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We extend our thanks to the gentlemen, who without\\ncompensation assumed the no light task of preparing their various portions of the work.\\nr", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "^p\\n1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I- A^ i\\n.*^?i\\nri\\nV K 1^ ^5\\n1^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J J^^\\n4 t y^\\n1^\\nVs. r g\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00ab^fl 15^^ ^i V\\n5 I\\nta\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v.\\nM\\n8\\nS\\nz\\nrr. K\\nQ\\nO\\no 5^\\n-f\\ns z\\nh\\nM.\\n..Ai", "height": "3309", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "HISTORY\\nOF THE\\nCITY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nFROM THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENT OF OLD DUNSTABLE TO THE YEAR 1895\\nWITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EARLY SETTLERS, THEIR DESCENDANTS\\nAND OTHER RESIDENTS\\nmiustratcO with flrJaps, JEngravinfls, anCi Iportratts\\nI KHPAUISn BV A SICLECTEI) CORPS OI EDITORS UNDER THE nrSINKSS SlI liRIN nCNDi; NCK OE\\nH. REINHEIMER CO.\\nJudge EDWARD E. PARKER\\nEDIT(1R-IN-CHIEI\\nNASHUA, N. H.\\nTELEGRAPH PUBLISHING COMPANY, PUBLISHERS\\n.897", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "Copyright 1895, by H. Reinheimer Co.\\nAU rights reserved.", "height": "3309", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "y^6\\nLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.\\nPage.\\nCharter of Old Dunslable, Title Page\\nEditorial Ciroup,\\nThe Indian Head House, 64\\nThe Arms of the Priorj of Dunstable, _ 77\\nA Venerable Witness, 93\\nThe Island A View on the Nashua River, 102\\nThe old Iron Bridge Over the Nashua, 1 14\\nThe First Congregational Church, 149\\nThe First Congregational Church, Main Street, 150\\nPilgrim Church, 152\\nThe Methodist Church, 158\\nThe Protestant Episcopal Church, 160\\nThe Chapel, Edgevvood Cemetery, 192\\nView in Edgewood Cemetery, 193\\nView in Edgewood Cemetery, 194\\nView in Edgewood Cemetery, 195\\nSchool Buildings, 255\\nNashua Literarj- Institute, 261\\nBattle Flags, 29S\\nResidence of Dana W. King, 310\\nSoldiers Monument, 317\\nSacred Heart Parochial School, 425\\nCotton Fibre, 438\\nWilliams Foundry, 439\\nOld HoUis Street Shoe Shop, 456\\nI agk.\\nEstabrook-Anderson Shoe Factory (Palm street view) 457\\nEstabrook-Anderson Shoe F actory, 457\\nEstabrook-Anderson Shoe Factory (Pine street view) 458\\nNashua Card and Glazed Paper Co. (some of the help) 459\\nNashua Card and Glazed Paper Company Factory, 460\\nPeunichuck Water Works Pumping Station, 468\\nAn Old Shop Window, 471\\nNashua Manufacturing Company, 472\\nNashua Falls Nashua River, 473\\nAn Old Advertisement, 497\\nTelcgra,ih Building, 5C0\\nFac-Simile of Old Regimental Order, 524\\nFac-Simile of Old Regimental Order, 525\\nThe Armory, 544\\nResidence of Mrs. Charles Williams, 554\\nThe Willows, 588\\nPublic Buildings, 589\\nF ire Stations, 595\\nCity Farm and House of Correction, 599\\nHudson Iron Bridge- High and Low Water, 600\\nStark Squaie, 605\\nSchool Houses erected in i8y6 1897, 607\\nHand Tub, 609\\nSteam F ire Engine number four, 610", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION.\\nVer\\\\ nearly half a century had elapsed since the publication of Fox s History of Dunstable,\\nand Nashua had grown from a village of six thousand inhabitants or thereabouts, to a city of more\\nthan triple that size.\\nNo systematic effort at preserving the account of its growth or the events leading to its present\\ncondition had been made. The importance of such a work was understood and appreciated by its\\ncitizens, but the task was recognized as a formidable one, involving much labor with but little\\nprobability of adequate compensation.\\nWhen, in November, 1894, an outside firm of publishers proposed to undertake the work,\\nNashuans were reluctant in encouraging the project, feeling that strangers could not prepare the\\nhistory intelligently and would be inclined to slight those things of most interest and importance,\\nfor such portions as would yield a profit.\\nAfter careful deliberation, the tone of the public sentiment having been ascertained in a meas-\\nure through means of the press and by interviews with citizens, it was decided to call a meeting of\\nseveral of the gentlemen who had been interviewed, together with others, in order that some defi-\\nnite and satisfactory plan might be decided upon.\\nThe meeting was called and, while there was a variety of opinions as to the method to be pur-\\nsued in writing the history, there was the greatest unanimity in regard to the desirability and\\npropriety of the work being done.\\nThe meeting adjourned without date and without arriving at any definite conclusion, but,\\nnotwithstanding the somewhat discouraging tone of the deliberations, the gentlemen engaged in\\nthe work were not disheartened but continued to labor assiduously, meeting, day by day, in spite of\\nmany obstacles and hindrances, the most encouraging signs of public sympathy and approval.\\nThe plan of a continuous narrative was finally dismissed as inexpedient, since it would pre-\\nclude the possibility of issuing such a work for many years from the date of its commencement.\\nThere then seemed to be but one plan to be considered, having, as its exponent and model, the\\nMemorial History of Boston, published in 1885, which has the indorsement and approval of some of\\nthe most distinguished scholars and citizens of Massachusetts and of the literary world.\\nFollowing the general plan of that work, the city s history has been divided in topics, or sub-\\njects, which are of sufficient number to include everything of vital importance. Each of these\\nsubjects or topics is written by one person, who, having nothing to do with matters other than\\nthose which appertain to his own chapter, will, we apprehend, give a correspondingly more lucid,\\naccurate and interesting account of the historical phase of which he writes.\\nThat the gentlemen whose names are associated together as editors of the work, perform their\\nlabor without compensation is a sufficient guarantee of its probable merit and value as a history,\\nand that it will fulfill all that it promises. All of them are residents of Nashua of years of stand-\\ning, distinguished among their fellow citizens as men of probity, sound judgment and abundant\\nmental capacities, and the promoters of this work can feel that they have reason to congratulate\\nthemselves and the citizens of Nashua upon having been successful in securing a staff of editors so\\nwell qualified and peculiarly fitted for the work which each has performed.\\nA prominent feature of the book are the portraits of citizens of Nashua, both of the living\\nand of the dead. In connection with these portraits there are also short biographical sketches.\\nTheir value and importance will be more readily seen and appreciated when one considers that\\nthey are made a component part of the work not so much for their present value, although that is\\nof no small account, as for the inestimable value and worth to future generations.", "height": "3309", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "i^m^h^:^^^-\\nTHE EDITORS.", "height": "3309", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS. V\\nCONTENTS. PART FIRST.\\nCHAPTHK I. THE FIRST SETTLERS OF DUNSTABLE.\\nLegend of the Xorthuien. l irst Voyages to the New World. Landing of the I ilgi ims. Valleys of the Merrimack\\nand Nashua. Kndicott Rock. Friendly Indians. Settlements extended north of Chelmsford and Groton.\\nEarly Grants. Brenton s Farm. Charlestowu School Farm Grant. Dramcnp Hill. Billerica School Farm\\nGrant. Jonathan Danforth, Surveyor. Thomas Brattle. John Parker, Brattle Street Church. 3\\nCHAPTER II. HISTORY FROM 1662 TO 1674.\\nHenry Kimball s Farm. Grant to .\\\\ncient and Honorable .\\\\rtillery Company of Boston, .\\\\rtillery Pond. Petition\\nfor consolidation of Grants into one Plantation. Township of Dunstable. F;arly Proprietors. Trafficking\\nwith the Indians. Indian Tribes. Passaconoway, Venerated Chief. Last Indian Resident. Roby s Farm.\\nWhittier s Poem The Bashaba s Feast. First Settlers. Rev. Thomas Weld, First Pastor. His House-lot.\\nOld Fort. Houses of Hassell, Temple and Perry. g\\nCHAPTER III. HISTORY FROM 1675 TO 1685.\\nCivil .\\\\ffairs. Town Meetings. First Meeting-house. Rev. Thomas Weld, first minister. His settlement. High-\\nland Farm. Other matters of interest pertaining to it. Bobbin Factory. Halilwin apple. Public Sentiment.\\nGreat Comet. Death of Edward Tyng. Town regulations. Mine Islands. Highway from Groton. Thirty\\nAcre Rights. Names of the proprietors. Taxes. i^\\nCHAPTER IV. HISTORY FROM 1685 TO THE DEATH OF REV. MR. WELD IN 1702.\\nNew Meeting-house built. Ordination of Mr. Weld. Church formed. Names of members. Covenant. Other\\nchurches in New Hampshire. Indians sell their lands and remove from the vicinity. Bridge built over\\nConcord river at Billerica. Dog Whipper appointed. Important meeting of Delegates in Boston. First\\nTythingman chosen. Indian ravages in eastern part. Representatives of the town. Settlers forfeit rights by\\nremoval. State tax abated and grant for support of ministry made. Mrs. Hannah Dustin taken captive at\\nHaverhill, Mass. Killed her captors and returned. Monument to her memory. Frequent alarms prevented\\ngrowth of settlement. Grist mill at mouth of Stony Brook. Rev. Mr. Weld s compensation. Meeting-house\\nglazed. List of inhnbitants. .\\\\u\\\\ asked to support the ministry. Death of Rev. Mr. Weld. Biographical\\nsketch. Monument to his memory. aj\\nCHAPTER V. ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY FROM 1702 TO 1737.\\nTown Records imperfect. Grant for support of the niinistrj-. Rev. Samuel Hunt. His petition. Rev. Samuel\\nParris. Meeting-house repaired. Rev. Ames Cheever. Salary. Rev. Mr. Treat. Parsonage. Rev. Jona.\\nPierpont. Rev. Mr. Coffin. Rev. Mr. Prentice. His marriage. Salary. Death of Rev. Mr. Prentice. His\\ngrave. Death of Jonathan Tyng. 33\\nCHAPTER VI. CIVIL HISTORY OF THE TOWN UNTIL ITS DIVISION BY THE NEW STATE\\nLINE IN 1741.\\nGrowth of town. Need of aid. Bills of credit issued. Farwell and Blanchard Trustees for town s share. Second\\nissue. Rev. Mr. Prentice receives it. Depreciation in value. No representative chosen. Records. The\\nMeeting-house. Pews erected. l irst Pauper. Grand Jurymen chosen by town. Tythingman chosen. Bridge\\nat Billerica. Voting by ballot. Customs of the times. Ferry-boat. ICarthquake. Innkeepers licensed.\\nBoom across the Merrimack. Jurisprudence. Taxes. Education. Laws relating to it. Difficulty of observing\\nthem. Town indicted. Small amount raised. Fell into neglect. Various disputes. New settlements.\\nNortingham (Hudson). Merrimack. Litchfield. Vote to build new Meeting-house. HoUis. Townsend.\\nState line fixed. Rev. Mr. Swan settled. New Lights. Meeting-house tniilt. 37\\nCHAPTER VII. HISTORY OF DUNSTABLE, N. H., TO THE OLD FRENCH WAR.\\nIncorporation liy New Hampshire. Great road to Tyiigsborough. Rev. Mr. Swan dismissed, .\\\\necdote of him. No\\nschoolhouse in town. Indian hostilities. Soldiers impressed into service. Farwell and Taylor captured and\\ntaken to Canada. Rev. Mr. Bird settled. Divisions in the church. Proceedings declared illegal. Mr. Bird\\nleaves Dunstable. One Pine Hill controversy. Full account by Judge Worcester. .Schools resumed.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "VI CONTENTS.\\nBridge over the Nashua. Lottery proposed to raise money. Not granted. Funds raised by subscription.\\nDeath of John Lovewell. Sketch of his life. His great age. Rev. Mr. Adams preached two years. New\\nmeeting-house built. 43\\nCHAPTER VIII. HISTORY FROM 1757 TO THE REVOLUTION.\\nChurch affairs. Rev. Mr. Smith. Protest. Notice of Colonel Blanchard. Rev. Josiah Cotton. Ecclesiastical coun-\\ncil. Compromise. Town meeting on points of doctrine. Rev. Mr. Ivivermore. Rev. Mr. Fessenden. Rev.\\nMr. Kidder settled. Notice of him. Rev. Mr. Sperry. Slaves owned in town. Customs at funerals. 50\\nCH.4PTER IX. HISTORY TO THE ORIGIN OF NASHUA VILLAGE.\\nSacrifices made for independence. Convention for state constitution Representatives. Convention to adopt consti-\\ntion of United States. Different opinions. Vote of the town against it. Notice of Jonathan Blanchard of\\nJudge Jonathan Lovewell. 53\\nCHAPTER X. HISTORY OF NASHUA VILLAGE.\\nFirst stage coach. Boating on the Merrimack. Population in 1800. Canal boat launched. Oration. Name of\\nNashua. Description of the village. Post office. Middlesex canal. Gradual increase. Dunstable plains.\\nChanges in Main street. New Meeting-house built. Rev. Mr. Sperry ordained. Dams across Nashua River.\\nCensus. Manufactures contemplated. First views. Nashua Manufacturing company. Their works. Boating\\ncanal. Indian Head company. Meeting-house on Olive street erected. History of the two Congregational\\nsocieties. New bridge. Taylor s falls bridge. Unitarian church. State of Nashua Manufacturing company.\\nJackson company. Newspapers. First Baptist church. Methodist churches. Growth of the village. Rail-\\nroads. Bank. Steamboat. Universalist church. Population. Second Baptist church. Name of the town\\nchanged. Free-will Baptist church. First Christian society. Protestant Episcopal church. Machine shop.\\nManufacturers and Mechanics association. Iron Foundr) Factory at Salmon Brook. Vote to erect a town\\nhouse. Town of Nashville organized. Contrast of the past and present. 56\\nCHAPTER XI.\\nIndian Head Coffee house. Wheelwright shop of Jesse Crosby. Kendrick Tuttle s store. The Tontine.\\nFletcher street. Watananock house. Thayer s court. Store on corner of F ranklin street, now Whiting build-\\ning. First Baptist church building. Central building. Shattuck s block. Greeley building. Central house.\\nBoat Landing. Timothy Gay s grocery store. First brick store and dwelling house in town. First Congre-\\ngational church building Ten-F ooters. Phillip s block. Eayer s block. Jacob Hall cottage, ^aron F.\\nSawyer house. Atwood s building. Murgatroyd Barker s block. Exchange building. Fisher s block.\\nBeasom block. Factory street. Hunt building. Washington house. Noyes block. John G. Bluut s store.\\nCraft s pottery. Residences of fort}- years ago. 63\\nAPPENDICES.\\nI Genealog} of the early settlers of Old Dunstable. 71\\n2 History of the post office in Nashua. 73\\n3 Statistics of the district schools. 74\\n4 The name Its origin. 77", "height": "3309", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS. VII\\nCONTENTS. PART SECOND.\\nPOEM\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The l.ast of tlif Nasluuvass, 80\\nTopography and Surface Geoloy;y, 93\\nHIGHWAYS, BRIIjGHS, CANALS, STAGING AND TAVbKNS.\\nIiilrochiotion. Apostle Eliot Ilis bridle path. Naticook land grant. Earliest laid out road. Eirst bridge over\\nSalmon lirook. Ferry over the Merrimack river. The I ouud. Eaying out of road from Nashua river to\\nPennichuck brook. Bridges over the Nashua. Runnells bridge troubles. Laying out o{ roads from Dec. 5, 1755,\\nto Oct. 4, 1766, inclusive. I irst hearse. I irst recorded dead. Taylor s falls bridge, 1825. Middlesex canal,\\n1804. The Nashua river (l.iin brlow the liridge. Taylor s falls bridge. Laying out. roads in Nashville. Stage\\ncoaches. Taverns. 114\\nECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.\\nIntroduction. Chronological tabic of the churches. The First Congregational ch\\\\irch. Division in the church.\\nBenevolences. Pilgrim church. Rev. Handel G. Nott. Pearl Street church. The I uiversalisl church. First\\nBaptist church. The Crown Hill Baptist church. The Unitarian church. The Methodist church Its division\\nand reunion. Appointments. The Protestant Episcopal church. The Church of the Immaculate Conception.\\nFather O Dounell. St. Aloysius. St. Francis Xavier. Young Men s Christian association. The Salvation\\nArmy. The Free Will Baptist church. Spiritualism. Conclusion. 148\\nTHE CEMETERIES\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ANCIENT AND MODERN.\\nThe old burying ground. The Southwest or Gilson cemetery. The Old South cemetery. Nashua cemetery. Edge-\\nwood cemetery. The Spring street cemetery. The Irish Catholic cemetery. Cemetery of the Church of St.\\nAloysius. Cemetery of the Church of St. Francis Xavier. i 4\\nMEDICAL HISTORY OF NASHUA.\\nIntroduction. Nathan Cutler. Doctor Maynard. Peter Howe. Micah Ivldridge. Ebenezer Dearborn. lUijah\\nColburn. Charles P. CofTin. J. G. Graves. Small pox\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1837. Edward Spalding. Josiah Kiltredge. K. R.\\nHammond. J. F. Whittle. O. A. Woodbury. B.Colby. S. A. Toothaker. H. W. Buxton. W. E. Rider. J.\\nH. Graves. N. P. Carter. J. C. Garland. Samuel Ingalls. N. J. Moore. George Gray. Edwin Colburn.\\nL. P. Sawyer. F. B. Ayer. W. Tracy. Ezra L. Griffin. James B. Greeley. Thomas H. Gibby. George\\nW. Currier. Andrew J. Gilson. IC. F. McQuesten. George F. Wilbur. G. H. Noyes. P. E. Dansereau.\\nEugene Wason. S. G. Dearborn. C. S. Collins. Henry G. Dearborn. R. J. Hallarn. W. S. Collins. John\\nNottage. C. C. Ellis. M. H. Tierney. A. M. Spalding. W. H. Dinsmore. N. E. Guillel. W. I. Blauchard.\\nDoctor Couroy. G. H. Greeley. A. M. Spalding. C. B. Hammond. J. N. Woodward. A. W. Petit. George\\nA. Underbill. C. S. Rounsevel. Bradford Allen. R. B. Prescott. A. W. Sliea. Ella Ulaylock. Katherine\\nE. Prichard. F. E. Kittredge. J. A. Lagace. M. T. Lajoie. A. S. Wallace. II. II. Jewell. I. F. Graves.\\nB. G. Moran. F.A.Dearborn. I. G. Anthoine. J.T.Greeley. R. V. Vaillancour. ICmile Simard. Augustus\\nGuertin. Napoleon Matte. Charles S. Valcour. Charles F. Nutter. First board of health. Nashua Medical\\nassociation. F^mergency hospital. ^3\u00c2\u00b0\\nEDUCATIONAL.\\nI irst school in town. I irst school committee. I irst school house. First school house on north side of Nashua\\nriver, 1816. Schools in iS;,9 and 1S40. Re-numbering of districts. Vocal music. Mount Pleasant school\\nhouse. West Pearl street school house. Main street school house. Formation of High school in 1869. Charles\\nH. Merrill. Evening schools. T. W. Hussey. Edward A. Kingsley. S. Arthur Bent. John H. Goodale.\\nO Donnell School. Fjastns B. Powers. E.J.Goodwin. Lemuel S. Hastings. FredGowing. Nashua Literarv\\ninstitution. St. .-Moysius Parochial school. School of the Sacre.l Heart. Parochial school of the Church of\\nSt. Francis Xavier. -i", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "VIII CONTENTS.\\nMILITARY HISTORY TO THE CLOSE OF THE WAR WITH MEXICO.\\nIntroduction. Indian trilies. Passaconaway. Wannalancet. King Philip. Perilous sitnatiou of Dunstable. Indians\\nremove. Garrison increased. Measures of governor and council. Mr. Tyng alone remains in Dunstable. His\\npetition. Attack on Chelmsford. .Sudden appearance of Mohawks. Second appearance. Wannalancet retires\\nto Canada. Treaty of Niniguen. French war of 16S9. Indian attack on Dover. Garrisons. Indian ravages.\\nHassell massacre. Joe English. Massacre of the Parris family. Attack on the Weld garrison Blanchard s\\nGalusha s. Death of Joe Ivnglish. Precautions against the Indians. Account of Indian wars from Bancroft\\nfrom Mary Rowlandson. Peace. Indian disturbances renewed. Incursion of Mohawks. Cross and Blanchard\\ncaptured. The pursuers waylaid and cut off. Second fight. Name of Indian Head. William Lund captured.\\nLovewell s war and Lovewell s fight. Ballads. Restoration of peace. Anecdotes of Indian hostilities.\\nRavages of 1745. Capture of Farwell and Taylor. Peace. Old French War. Rogers Rangers. Dunstable\\nmeu in the service. Colonel Goffe s regiment. Dunstable in the Revolutionary War. Fight at Lexington.\\nWalker s company. Character of New Hampshire troops. Battle of Bunker Hill. Committee of Safety.\\nI lags in use during the war. Representatives. New Hampshire troops in the service. List of Dunstable\\nsoldiers. War of 1812. I ew soldiers from Dunstable. List. Notes. Indian Stream War. Florida War.\\nMe.Kican War. Meeting to organize company of volunteers. Gen. Franklin Pierce. Lieut. George Bowers.\\nLieut. Thomas P. Pierce. Roll of Captain Bowers company. Lieut. John G. Foster. Roll of Dunstable men\\nin the navy. Conclusion. 270\\nNASHUA IN THE CIVIL WAR.\\nDedication of soldiers monument. Opening of the war. Meetings of Nashua s citizens. Public interest in war\\nmeasures. 1S61. Compau} E, First regiment. Aaron F\\\\ Stevens. Niagara Fire Engine company. Granite\\nState cadets. Home guard. Return of the First regiment and welcome home. Secoml regiment. Third regi-\\nment. Fourth regiment. Fifth regiment. Sixth regiment. Seventh regiment. Eighth regiment. Ninth\\nregiment. Tenth regiment. Eleventh and Twelfth regiments. Thirteenth regiment. Fourteenth to Eigh-\\nteenth regiments. New Hampshire battalion, First regiment, New England volunteer cavalry. First regiment\\nNew Hampshire volunteer cavalrj-. Other organizations. Distinguished sons. Local branch of Sanitar} com-\\nmission. Young Ladies .Soldiers Aid society. Names and personal record of 1,348 different men. Names of\\nnatives orresiilents of the city who participated in the War of the Rebellion. 317\\nTHE BENCH AND THE BAR.*\\nDaniel Abbot, the first lawyer settled in Dunstable. First law office. Benjamin F. French. Peter Clark, Jr.\\nCharles F. Gove. Aaron F. Stevens. Benjamin F. Emerson. Aaron P. Hughes. Bernard B. Whittemore.\\n.Samuel T. Worcester. Charles W. Hoitt. Eugene M. Bowman. Edwin B. Gould. Royal Dexter Barnes.\\nCharles D. Parker. Jeremiah J. Doyle. Stephen L. Hallinan. Bertis A. Pease. William J. McKay, .\\\\lviu J.\\nLucier. Edmund Parker. William Barrett. James F. J. Otterson. Leonard Freeman Burbank. Lyman D.\\nCook. George Wilson Clyde. Henri T. Ledoux. Walter p;. Kittredge. Other lawyers who have been and\\nremained in Nashua for a short time. 412\\nMANUFACTURES.\\nThe introduction. Textile. Nashua Manufacturing company, Jackson Manufacturing company, Vale Mills company.\\nMetal workers. Harbor Machine shop, Gage, Warner and Whitney, Nashua Iron foundry, Nashua Iron Steel\\nworks, Underbill F^dge Tool company, Nashua Lock company, Rollins I^ngine company, George W. Davis,\\nAmerican .Shearer Manufacturing company, Sewing Machines, Hartshorn Ames, Flather Co., Watch com-\\npan}-. Co-operative Foundry company, Mark l lather Co., William Highton Sons, Nashua Steam Press and\\nBoiler works, Nashua Sadlery Hardware company, Nashua Textile Machine company, Nashua Iron and Brass\\nF oundry company. Wood workers, F urniture, Door, .Sash and Blind, Bobbin works, Gregg Son, saw mills,\\nNashua Till company, American Fan company, Proctor Brothers, George O. Saunders, saw mill and box factory.\\nWhite Mountain Freezer company. Porter Blanchard Sons company, Roby .Swart, F ifield Box shop, Nashua\\nBuilding company. Carpenters and Builders. Shoes, Moody, Estabrook Anderson, Brackett Co., Nashua\\nBoot and Shoe shop. Card and paper, Nashua Card and Glazed Paper company. Miscellaneous, Luther A.\\nRoby, A. H. Dunlap cJt Sons, daguereotypes and photographs, confectionery, bakers, mill, elevator and drain-\\npipes, F rancestown Soapstoue works, paper box manufactory, Hall s Hair Renewer, The Ledge, mittens, gloves,\\netc.. Climax heater, brass foundr} electric power, ice, roofing and concrete walks, florists, minor enterprises,\\nroofing, cigars, dams, harness and carriage making, plumbing, tools for :nanufacluring, Nashua inventions,\\nmanufacturing establishments. Trades, stores, steelyards and hay market, dry goods, grocers, butchers, book-\\nstores, tailors, ready made clothing, boots and shoes, coal, hardware and builders supplies, apothecaries, jew-\\nelers, feed, flour and grain. 434\\nI lic iKunus of attorneys wliose portraits and hiograpliii S appear flsenlicru in this book do not appear in tliis cliaptcr.", "height": "3309", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS. IX\\nKAILKOAUS.\\nIntroduction, liostoii I.owcll railroad. Nashua I,o%vell railroad. Tnion of the two corporations. 1868, 1,200\\nshares new stock issued. Concord railroad. Lease of Manchester Lawrence by Concord railroad. The\\nWilton railroail. Worcester, Nashua Rochester railroad. The Nashua, Acton S: Itoston railroad. The\\nPelerhorough railroad. The Nashua Street Railway company. 479\\nNhWSPAPEUS.\\nIntroduction. First newspaper in Nashua; its many changes in name and management. I orty-three years under the\\nWhittemores. The (iazette Press company. The Nashua Herald. The New IlamiJshire Telegraph under\\nthe lieards. The first daily newspaper in Nashua, published by Moore Langley. The Telegraph Publishing\\ncompany. Pnblic career of Orrcn C. Moore. The Harrison Kagle. The Oasis. The Nashua Free Democrat.\\nThe Granite State Register. First morning new.spaper in Nashua published by the Telegraph Publishing com-\\npany. The New Ilauipsliire Republican. Its history until its absorption by the Telegraph Publishing company.\\nConclusion. Necrology. 494\\nFINANCH AND BANKING.\\nChoice of location of Dunstable. Its favorable position for extended trafTic. Large amount of property per ca])ita.\\nEmployment of capital. Cotton factory. Building of railways. Other inilustries. Business mainly prosper-\\nous. Nashua, Acton Boston railway. Necessity of banks and bankers. I irst bank in New Hampshire, 1797.\\nFirst bank in Hillsborough at Amherst. Its failure. No bank from 1809 to 1825. The Farmers bank. First\\nbank at Dunstable in 1835. F inaucial depression of 1837. Crisis of 1857. Depression of 1873. Panic of 1893.\\nCause. Result. Western investment companies. Nashua looses J2, 500,000. Banking institutions. The\\nNashua bank. Indian Head National bank. The Pennichuck bank. First National bank. The Second National\\nbank. Savings banks. Nashua Savings bank. The City Guaranty Savings bank. Jlechanirs Savings bank.\\nNew Hampshire Banking comiiany. Nashua Trust conipan\\\\ 510\\nTHE .MILITIA OF NASHUA.\\nIntroduction. Early militia laws. The old Fifth regiment. Old time mnsters. The old artillery company. Its\\nmarch to Boston June 15, 1842. The Eighth company, F ifth regiment. The I irst company. Fifth regiment.\\nThe Nashua Grenadiers. Reception of President Andrew Jackson. The First Rifle company. The Nashua\\nGuards. Lafaj-ette Light Infantry. Third company, light infantr)-. Columbian Grays. Washington Light\\nGuards. The Union artillery. The Granite Stale Lancers. Granite State Cadets. Muster of the state militia\\nat Nashua Oct. 11, i860. The Governor s Horse Guards. George Stark. The Nashua Light Guards. Nashua\\nCity Guards. Muster of Second regiment at Nashua 1866. Trip of City Guards to Yorktown. Foster Rifles.\\nCompany C, Second regiment, N. II. N. G. Tolles Light Infantry. The Nashua armory. 522\\nCIVIL HISTORY OF NASHUA.\\nIntroduction. First .settlement. Origin of board of selectmen. The first charter. Dunstable, Mass. Finishing out\\na settlement. Trials in peace and war. Ouarrels over the purchase of a parsonage farm and building a meeting-\\nhouse. Notes from records. The common and undivided lands. Dunstable, N. H. Boundary lines. Why\\ncalled Old Dunstable. A grievance because of date of charter. Bitter controversy over a minister. A quar-\\nrel, involving the people of Hollis and One Pine Hill, over the location of a meeting-house. How poor\\npeople were summarily dealt with. Dispute over Runnell s Falls bridge. Excerpts from records. The vote\\nfor first president and general statistics. Indian Head village. Nashua village. Post office established and\\nother signs of growth. Old South meeting house built and dedication. Town affairs. A notable celebration.\\nTownships of Nashua and Nashville. The cause of the division, an account of the quarrel, history of both\\ntowns and incidental topics. Nashua and Nashville reunited under a city charter. A complete outline of the\\nwork of each administration, showing the transformation of an unpretentious village into a modern metropolis.\\nPolice court. Police and fire departments. Public library. Conclusion. 567\\nSOCIETIES AND CLUBS.\\nThe club, its influence upon the comnuinily. The pioneer organization. Rising Sun lodge, the oldest masonic body\\nin Nashua, .\\\\ncient York lodge. Meridian Sun Royal .\\\\rch chapter. Israel Hunt council. St. George coni-\\nmandery, Knights Templar. Scottish Rite masonry. Masonic Temple. Odd I cllowship. Granite lodge.\\nPennichuck lodge. Olive Branch lodge. Daughters of Rebekah. Nashoonon encam])ment. Indian Head\\nencampment. Patriarchs Militant. Odd Fellows building. Knights of Pythias. John G. Foster post number", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\n7, G. A. R. Soldiers Monument. Women s Relief corps. Nashua Protestant Home for Aged Women Good\\nTemplars. Patrons of Husbandry. Golden Cross, Merrimack River commandry and Nashua commandery\\nPilgrim Fathers. Knights of Honor. Knights and Ladies of Honor. Good Cheer society. The Nashaway\\nWoman s club. The Guards club. The Fortnightly club. The Shakespeare club. The Hathaway club\\nKing s Daughters Day Nursery. Nashua Boat club. Improved Order of Red Men. Aucient Order of Hiber\\nmans. Circle Montcalm. Les Monlagnards club. The Entre Nous club. Order of United American Mechanics\\nNashua Veteran Firemen s association. The Ballou association. The Knights of Columbus. Sons of Veterans\\nDaughters of Veterans. The Union Veteran s union. gj.", "height": "3309", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "LIST OF PORTRAITS.\\nXI\\nLIST OF PORTRAITS.\\nAbbot, Daniel\\nAlherton, Charles .onion\\nAllen, Bradford\\nAnthoine, Isaiah C.\\nAthertou, H. H.\\nAdams, James M.\\nBeard, Albin\\nBowers, Jesse\\nBeasoni, William DuUon\\nHarr, Mattliew\\nlilack, James ,S.\\nBlunt, John Graj\\nBullard, Solomon R.\\nBullard, John\\nBowers, George\\nBowers, Horace A.\\nBowers, George A.\\nBarr, John N.\\nBowers, Col. George\\nBadger, George W.\\nBailey, William W.\\nBrown, Webster C.\\nBrown, Elbridge P.\\nBussell, Charles Sargent\\nBarry, Patrick\\nBurke, Charles H.\\nBeasom, William H.\\nChase, Thomas\\nCourser, Harvey F.\\nColburn, Elijah\\nColburn, Edwin C.\\nCrosby, David\\nCrowell, Fred J.\\nCopp, Elbridge J.\\nCutter, E. S.\\nCutter, Henry Arthur\\nCross, John\\nClough, William O.\\nChandler, Seth D.\\nDunlap, Archibald H.\\nDearborn, Ebenezer\\nDearborn, George V. N.\\nDearborn, Cornelius V.\\nDane, William P.\\nDauforth, Charles Pinkney\\nDeWolfe, Albert E.\\nDavis, Stillman S.\\nDearborn, John Eaton\\nEstey, Jesse\\nEaton, Alvin S.\\nEaton, James Bradford\\nFassett, James H.\\nFoster, John G.\\nFlinn, Albert N.\\nFassett, James Boutelle\\nFrench, George B.\\nFletcher, Josiah M.\\nFowler, George Winthrop\\nFletcher, Benjamin Jr.\\nGod f rev, Alfred\\nI Ar.K\\n395 Gage, Charles I inckney\\n396 Green, George Warren\\n221 Goodrich, Hiram M.\\n225 Graves, Josiah M.\\n401 Gray, George\\n489 Cireeley, James I).\\n546 Garland, Jeremiah C.\\n82 Greeley, George P.\\n91 Goodale, John H.\\nIll Greenleaf, Richard O.\\n141 Greenleaf, William H.\\n145 Gillis, Thomas W.\\n146 Gilman, Virgil C.\\n172 Hunt, John M.\\n227 Hill, C. B.\\n227 Hammond, Evan H.\\n228 Hammond. Charles B.\\n252 Hunt, James H.\\n263 Hamblett, Charles J.\\n26S Holman, Charles\\n400 Hall, Williams\\n431 Hoyt, Katharine E.\\n507 Howard, Joseph W.\\n487 Jackson, George I\\n517 Kimball, John Gardner\\n562 Kellogg, Henry Martiu\\n563 Kittredge, Frank E.\\n89 King, Dana W.\\n108 King, Aaron,\\n208 Lund, John C.\\n213 Laton, Thomas J.\\n246 Lessard, Rev. Henri A.\\n229 Locke, Luther F.\\n265 Labree, Edward\\n407 Moore, Benjamin P.\\n409 Morgan, Sumner\\n428 Moore, Norman J. M.\\n4gi McQuesten, Eugene F.\\n553 Marsh, John F.\\n140 McDonald, James G.\\n207 Moore, Orren Cheney\\n228 Murray, Orlando Dana\\n249 Minard, Lotie Irenus\\n253 Morrill, Hiram T.\\n487 Noyes, Leonard W.\\n488 Nutt, Charles H.\\n516 Noyes, Frank G.\\n521 Norwell, Henry S.\\n82 Norton, Alfred M.\\n313 O Dounell, John\\n476 Otis, Paul\\n254 Otis, Benjamin B.\\n262 Osborn, (ieorge O.\\n267 Otterson, Jothani D.\\n406 Pearson, .Vmbrose\\n408 Pearson, Thomas Jr.\\n427 Perhani. George W.\\n490 Petit, A. Wilfred\\n557 Parker, Edward E.\\n92 Parker. Joseph B.\\nI ACE.\\n167\\n170\\n7\\n209\\n212\\n214\\n216\\n217\\n247\\n312\\n432\\n545\\n550\\n106\\n1 10\\n210\\n218\\n3 2\\n410\\n556\\n563\\n226\\n565\\n411\\n147\\n168\\n224\\n3 o\\n475\\n84\\n86\\n142\\n226\\n521\\n85\\n144\\n21 1\\n215\\n264\\n266\\n484\\n493\\n5 9\\n547\\n87\\n3\\n269\\n520\\n558\\n143\\n72\\n517\\n519\\n55\\n83\\n107\\n168\\n219\\n404\\n410", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "XII\\nLIST OF PORTRAITS.\\nPhelps, George\\nPoff, Charles A.\\nProctor, Ira H.\\nProctor, Nathaniel H.\\nReed, John\\nReed, Elbridge Gerry\\nRounsevel, Charles S.\\nRanisdell, George A.\\nRoby, Luther A.\\nRunuells, Daniel P.\\nRogers, P reeman S.\\nSpalding, Isaac\\nShea, Augustus W.\\nShattuck, Gilinan C.\\nSaunders, Albert H.\\nSteele, Jaines\\nStevens, Charles W.\\nSawyer, Aaron W.\\nSawyer, George Y.\\nStevens, David\\nSawyer, Reuben M.\\nSmith, Roswell T.\\nSpalding, Edward H.\\nStark, George\\nSpalding, Solomon\\nSpalding, William E.\\nSargent, Fayette S.\\nSpalding, Charles W.\\nPaoe.\\n430\\n490\\n520\\n520\\n88\\n112\\n220\\n403\\n426\\n430\\n545\\n90\\n223\\n250\\n25\\n267\\n3 4\\n397\\n399\\n42S\\n431\\n433\\n476\\n477\\n506\\n508\\n508\\n509\\nShattuck, Joseph\\nSpalding, Edward\\nSargent, Dana\\nSpalding, John A.\\nSands, Thomas\\nTolles, Horace Clark\\nThayer, Andrew Eliot\\nTuck, Samuel\\nTolles, Willard C.\\nTolles, James H.\\nUnderhill, George W.\\nWhite, James\\nWilson, Allen\\nWellman, Samuel K.\\nWallace, Alonzo S.\\nWilliams, Seth W.\\nWhithed, Solon S.\\nWarren, John Q. A.\\nWoods, Benjamin S.\\nWadsworth, David\\nWheeler, Elbert\\nWason, Edward Hill\\nWood, Egbert O.\\nWhite, Jeremiah W.\\nWilliams, Charles A.\\nWhitney, George H.\\nWilliams, Charles\\nPage.\\n518\\n548\\n552\\n559\\n564\\n107\\n142\\n250\\n429\\n561\\ni6g\\n109\\n146\\n173\\n222\\n229\\n253\\n311\\n314\\n31S\\n316\\n406\\n432\\n505\\n518\\n553\\n555", "height": "3309", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "PART I\\nHISTORY OF DUNSTABLE\\nWHICH INCLUDES THE VALUABLE HISTORI-\\nCAL MATTER GATHERED AND PUBLISHED\\nBY CHARLES J. FOX, ESQ., IN 1846,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 WITH\\nSUCH ADDITIONS AS MAY BE OF INTEREST.\\nTHE SAME ORDER WILL NOT BE OBSERVED\\nBY REASON OF THE DIFFERENT DIVISION\\nAND CLASSIFICATION OF SUBJECTS", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "///STOK]- OF X.IS//r.l. X. If. 3\\nCHARLES J. FOX S HISTORY OF OLD DUNSTABLE.\\nREVISED BY VIRGII. C. GII.MAX.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nLegend of the Xoktiimen. First Voyage to the New World. Landixg of the\\nPilgrims. Valleys of the Merrim.\\\\ck axd Nashua. Endicott Rock. Friendly\\nIndians. Settlements Extended North of Ciieljisford and Groton. Early\\nGrants. Brenton s Farm. Charlestown School Farm Grant. Dramcui Hill.\\nBiLLERicA School Farm Grant. Jonathan Danfortii, Surveyor. Thomas Brattlic.\\nJohn Parker. Br.attle Street Church.\\nTHE general reader finds little of interest in the history of onr country from the time of its\\ndiscovery hy Christo])her Columbus on the fourteenth day of October, 1492, down through\\nthe sixteenth century. But the student whose ambition is to search out beginnings, finds\\nalong the track of the past, times and places that invite his attention and inquiry; there\\ncomes from out the misty years of the long ago the legend of the Northmen: that the shores of\\nthis New World were not new to them, but had for generations yielded to them the fruits of\\nfisheries and trade. His efforts, however, to find what the historian demands, as authentic\\nand worthy of record, fail, and he passes it by as the vaporings of pride and boasting, and returns\\nto the great maritime enterprise of Columbus, the most distinguished in all the annals of the world,\\nas the dawn of American History.\\nFrom this time on its progress is not left in doubt. Whate\\\\-er preceded it was limited in ex-\\ntent and meagre in results, and, although it may truthfully be said that our birth was humble, our\\nchildhood slender, and at times uncertain, yet the elements of greatness and strength ami of mar-\\nvelous ])ossibilities were there.\\nvSaj S a gifted writer, ICxcept the red race, of doubtful origin and melancholy fate, America\\nhas no surviving memorial of the past Here are no magnificent and picturesijue ruins no stu-\\npendous monuments of forgotten skill no curious relics of lost arts, the birth and historv of which\\nare in dispute. Here were neither high dukes or mighty earls neither a nobility, a banditti, nor\\na priesthood. Vet American History would be a treasure if it could offer to the world but the name\\nof Washington. Massachusetts would be honored, if it were only for the genius of Franklin. New\\nHampshire will not be forgotten while she preserves the memory of vStark.\\nEuropean vessels had coasted along the shores but had gained no definite knowledge of the\\nrivers and harbors. As to the order of the important events which followed the ojiening of the cal-\\nendar of sixteen hundred, there is slight discrepancy.\\nSays Bancroft, I, page in In 1602 Bartholomew Gosnold, who had made himself somewhat\\nfamiliar with the usual route by the Canaries and West Indies, conceived the idea of a direct voy-\\nage to America and well-nigh secured to New England the honor of being the first English colony.\\na\\\\ sail of seven weeks in his chosen bark brought him to the continent and into the waters of Mas-\\nsachusetts bay, not far to the north of Xaliant. Not finding a satisfactory harbor and discovering\\nCape Cod, he, with four of his men, made a landing; the first soil in New F ngland trodden by Eng-\\nlishmen. He doubled the cape and proceeded southward and reached Buzzard s bay. Upon the\\nislands he beheld vegetation, fruits and (lowers in luxuriant growth, which so filled him with admi-\\nration for his discoveries that he lost no time in making it known. How much the glowing reports\\nhad to do in influencing others to make their way to the New W^orld cannot now be determined,\\nbut it is certain that others had learned something of the fruitfulness and beauty of the Western\\nworld.\\nThe editor of Provincial Papers of New Hampshire Dr. Bouton) has the following in his pre-\\nliminarv notice: The first voyager to our shores of whom we can find any record was Martin\\nPring who, in the month of June, 1603, came here with a ship of fift\\\\- tons and thirty men and boys;", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "4 HISTONV OF X-ISHCA, X. H.\\nand a barque of twenty-six tons, Capt. William Brown, thirteen men and a boy. This small fleet\\nwas fitted out under the mayor, aldermen and merchants of the city of Bristol, England, to prose-\\ncute the discovery of the northern parts of Virginia, as the whole country was then called. The\\nflag-ship was called the Speedwell, and the barque the Discoverer. They first touched at one of\\nthe islands at the entrance of Penobscot bay; then visited the mouths of the Saco, Kennebunk\\nand York rivers, which Pring says they found to pierce not far into the land. They next pro-\\nceeded to the Piscataqua and explored it ten or twelve miles into the interior.\\nSixteen years before the landing of the Pilgrims in 1620, a French writer, De Monts, in writing\\nfrom Canada, said, The Indians tell us of a beautiful river lying far to the south which they call\\nMerrimac.\\nFrom the earliest period the valleys of the Merrimack and Nashua were the red men s paradise.\\nHere were their favorite fishing stations, as well as their richest planting fields. Alas, how soon the}-\\nwere to be despoiled of their possessions, and the venerable and hajapy Passaconaway, whose counsel\\nand wishes were the law for nearly fifteen hundred subjects, to see their glor^* depart. Barbarism\\ncould not forecast the future, and leaves no enduring memorials behind. The ploughshare may\\nreveal some specimens of their handiwork, or the spade di.sclose some cruml^ling bones. They lived\\nup to their opportunities they worshipped the God of Nature they died in hope of happier hunting\\ngrounds.\\nThis volume is designed to include the valuable historical matter gathered and published by\\nCharles J. Fox, E.sq., in 1846, with such additions as ma be of interest, bringing it down to the\\npresent time, although the same order will not be observed by reason of the different division and\\nclassification of subjects. Starting with Chapter I, Mr. Fox says:\\nThe landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, in December, 1620, is an epoch in the world s history.\\nOn this Jjleak New England shore, in the wilderness, with the snows of winter around them and a\\nfew wretched dwellings to protect them, they established a colony whicli is destined to solve a\\nproblem of the human race. Its motto and its basis was Freedom to worship God. Persecuted in\\nthe old world alike by Catholic and Episcopalian for opinion s sake, driven from their homes, they\\ncame to this wilderness world with gladsome hearts, singing the songs of Zion, even in this\\nstrange land for that here the}- could worship God according to the dictates of their consciences\\nin peace.\\nThe Plymouth settlers were but pioneers, and soon crowds flocked hither ready to dare, and to\\nendure all for the priceless boon of a free conscience and free speech.\\nBoston, Salem, Portsmouth and Dover were settled, and everywhere w-ith each little band of\\nbrethren, the man of God went forth to cheer them in toil, in peril, and in death. As the fame of\\nthis new asylum for the oppressed began to spread abroad more widely, greater crowds of emigrants\\ncame, until the older settlements became too populous. Adventurous .spirits went forth into the\\nwilderness upon every side to found new plantations, and at a A ery early period, not long after the\\nsettlement of Boston, attention was turned towards the \\\\-aneys of the Merrimack and Nashua. In\\nAugust, 1652, the A-alley of the Merrimack as far as the outlet of Lake Winnipisiogee, was surveyed\\nby Capt. Simon Willard and Capt. Edward Johnson. This survey was made by order of the General\\nAssembly of Ma.ssachusetts to determine the northerl\\\\- bound of the Colony and an inscription was\\nmade upon a large stone in Winnipisiogee River, at a point three miles iioith of the head of Merjiiuac\\nRiver, to designate the spot. The colony of Massachusetts then claimed all the land lying three\\nmiles north and east of the Merrimac from its mouth to this point atid thence due west to Yew York.\\nIn 1833 this stone was re-discovered and the late Judge George Y. Sawyer of this city, who was\\nthen practising law- in Meredith, was called to view it and interpret the inscription, since which time\\nit has been known as Endicott Rock.\\nIn pursuance of joint resolutions of the Legislature of 1883 and 1885, His Excellency, Governor\\nHiram A. Tuttle, in 1891, appointed commissioners to erect a suitalile structure for the protection and\\npreservation of this Endicott Rock.\\nThe work w-as completed after some unavoidable delays, and it was turned o\\\\-er to the possession\\nof the State, August i, 1892. It was an occasion of marked interest, attended by the Governor and\\nCouncil and a large concourse of people.\\nHon. Joseph B. Walker of Concord was president of the occasion. The principal address was", "height": "3288", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "J//S7 )h or x.t.s/fc.i, N. If.\\ndelivered by Hon. Eiastus P. Jewell oi i.acoiiia, and was the result of great historical research. He\\nwas followed by Hon. John Kimball of Concord, in behalf of his associate commissioners. Messrs.\\nJewell and Walker.\\nHe said, From 1652 to 1833, a period of one hundred eighty-one years, the people of New\\nHampshire had no knowledge of the ICndicolt Rock. .Since its discovery in 1833 the interest in it has\\nbeen increasing. A large number of louri.sts visited it annually and a strong feeling prevailed that\\nsomething should be done to preserve it, which resulted in placing over it a building of appropriate\\ndesign, after first raising the immense boulder from its almost hidden, sandy bed. The masonry is\\nsurmounted by a capstone suitable to receive a statue of Governor Kndicott, which it is hoped Massa-\\nchusetts will place there at no distant day.\\nIt bears the inscription\\nIvndicott Rock\\nThe name of\\nJohn Endicott, Gov.\\nAnd the initials of\\nEdward John.son and vSimon Willard, Commissioners\\nof the Massachusetts Bay Colon}\\nJohn ,Slierman and Jonathan Ince, surveyors, were inscriljed\\nupon this rock\\nAugust I, 1652.\\nto mark the head of the Merrimack River.\\nA line three miles northward of this rock was then claimed Viy that colony as the northern limit\\nof their patent.\\nE. I. vS. W.\\nW. P. lOHX\\nENDICVT\\nGO\\\\\\nI. S. I. I.\\nThe structure which covers this historic stone, long known as ICndicott Rock, was erected for its\\nprotection in 1892, by the State of New Hampshire, in accordance with Joint Resolutions of its\\nLegislature, Approved Sept. 7, 1S83, and August 25, 1885.\\nJoii.N Kniu.\\\\LL.\\nEr.\\\\stus p. Jewell.\\nJoseph B. W.xlkkr.\\nConnnissioners.\\nThis expedition was rendered necessarv because of the conflicting views relative to the Mason\\ngrant, and the doubt as to the furthest head of the Merrimack Ri\\\\-er, There had been an expedi-\\ntion by order of the Massachusetts Bay Colon\\\\- made under the supervision of Goodman Woodward\\nand John Stretton, with an Indian guide, in July, 163S, the result of which was their fi.xing the\\nbound at a great pine tree three miles north of the confluence of the Winnipesaukee and Penii-\\ngewasset rivers in Franklin. This was known as Ivndicott tree, but its location is now unknown, and\\nDr. Runnels in his history of Sanbornton, says it was of no account for a colonial bound after the\\nyear 1639 hence this second survey and the fixing of a more enduring monument.\\nThe valleys of the Meirimack and Nashua are of alluvial formation. That they have undergone\\ngreat changes is very evident. Their general appearance, the shape of their basins, their outlets,\\ntheir different levels, and the stratified character of the .soil, all show that at some remote period the\\ngreater portion of these valleys must have been covered with water in the form of lakes or large", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "6 HISTiUn OF X.lSHi:i. X.\\nponds. Geologists find the same characteristics upon all onr ri\\\\-ers, and some even refer their origin\\nto the Deluge. But whenever and however their origin may have been, it is evident that the alley\\nof the Merrimack was once a succession of lakes, one ending at Pawtncket falls, another at Amos-\\nkeag falls, through whose rocky basins the waters at length burst their way, and formed their present\\nlower channel, lea\\\\ ing their former beds dry.\\nThe same is equally true of the \\\\-alley of the Nashua, one outlet being at Mine falls, and another\\nat the high bluff near the Nashua corporation, through which the water has forced a passage and left\\nlarge basins exposed for cultix ation. In corroboration of this theory we know that logs have often\\nbeen found here, buried in the earth at great depth. When the excavation for the foundation of the\\nlocks near the Merrimack was being made in 1S25, at a spot about one hundred feet from the\\nriver, and at a depth of many feet below the surface, the workmen found several logs, a quantity\\nof charcoal, as if the remains of a fire, and a toad, which, on being exposed to the sun and air,\\nrevived and hopped away. Such discoveries are not of unfrequent occurrence, but as to the time and\\nmode of their deposit we are left only to theory and conjecture.\\nThe valley of the Merrimack was not an object of desire to the English alone. From the earliest\\nperiods it seems to have been looked upon by the Indians as almo.st a paradise. The Winnipisiogcc,\\nor the very pleasant place where there is but little land, or as they sometimes called it The smile\\nof the Great Spirit, was deeply belo\\\\-ed. The Merrimack with its numerous Xaainkccks, or fishing\\nstations, and its rich planting fields for maize, which also extended along the valleys of the Souhegan\\nand the Nashua, were still more dear.\\nThe Indians who inhabitated the more southerly jjortions of the valley were of a mild disposition\\nand invited intercourse with the whites, .so that in 1655 settlements had extended as far north as\\nChelmsford and Groton, and for the next ten j-ears there was unwonted activity and prosperity and a\\ncorresponding increase of population. It is not .strange, then, that when grants came to be made in\\n1655, the settlers were eager for these valleys and members of the exploring party were among the first\\nto be rewarded.\\nIn 1656 the lands upon both sides of the Merrimack, extending on the west side from Naticook,\\nthe little brook just above Thornton s ferry, in Merrimack, to a line about a mile south of Pennichuck\\nbrook, and including the greater part of Litchfield, were granted to William Brenton and called\\nBrenton s Farm.\\nThe Indian name for the towns of Merrimack and Litchfield was Naticook. Belknap says the\\nland east of the river Avas sometimes called Nacook. In 1659 and 1660 large tracts of land were\\ngranted upon the Souhegan, (anciently written Souheganack, meaning crooked), at a place called b}\\nthe Indians, Quohquinna-pashessaiianagnog, being the meadows in Amherst, lying at the mouth of the\\nbrook which rises in Mont Vernon, flows around the plain in Amherst, and runs into the Souhegan in\\nthe south part of the town. Five hundred acres were granted to Capt. William Davis of Boston, and\\nCapt. Isaac Johnson of Roxbury five hundred acres to Mrs. Anna Lane, and three hundred acres to\\nJohn Wilson of Boston. One thousand acres were also granted to the town of Charlestown, Mass.,\\nfor a School F^arm, lying upon the Souhegan, in Milford, about four or five miles westerly of the\\nfirst grants, at a great hill called Dramcup hill, and five hundred acres to Mrs. Anna Cole ad-\\njoining thereto.\\nCapt. Isaac Johnson, the above grantee, was killed at the great Narragansett Swamp fight,\\nDec. 19, 1675.\\nDram Cup hill was a point of more than ordinarv importance. It was not only the northwesterly\\nbound of Dunstable, but of the School F arm grant made to the town of Charlestown and also of\\nMiddlesex county, Mass., as this portion of Dunstable was supposed to be a portion of that county.\\nIn addition to this it was the northwest bound of the town of Monson, a subdi\\\\ ision of Dunstable,\\nand is near the noi thvve,st corner of Milford. It is upon the south side of the highway and the rail-\\nroad leading from Milford to Wilton, about three miles from the former and one from the latter, just\\nbefore crossing the bridge over the Souhegan river by Hillsboro mills. The origin of the name is\\nunknown but is in itself suggestive, and perhaps the reader may be allowed to infer that, on reaching\\nit at the end of a long and tedious surveying trip through the wilderness, they rested and celebrated\\nthe event by indulging in more than the customary ration possibh- drank from some stone essel\\nof Indian handiwork found on the premises.", "height": "3288", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "///.S/V A or NASHUA, A H. 7\\nAs in the case til the Iviulicott R ick. a fresh interest has sprung up within a few years and the\\nHistorical and Genealogical society of Milfonl has had a suitable granite monument, with appropriate\\ninscriptions, prepared to mark the place. The monument was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies,\\nAugust 21, 1895, Hon. George A. Ramsdell of Xasluia, delivering the principal address. The\\nmonument stands u])on the north side ol the highway, two hundred and nine feet from the stones, upon\\nthe south bank of the Soubegan river, the true bound.\\nAbout the same time a grant of four hundred acres, lying at the mouth of Salmon brook, was\\nmade to John Wliiling. it was bounded on the north l)y the upland, and extended up the brook\\nabout a mile and a half, embracing the southerly part of Nashua illage. Several hundred acres,\\nalso, were granted at Pennichuck jjond, and so down Pennichuck brook, in Merrimack, to the Merri-\\nmack ri\\\\er.\\nAbout 1662, five hundred acres upon the easterly side of the Merrimack, in Litchfield, at\\nNacook, were granted to the town of Billerica for a School Farm, and three hundred acres ad-\\njoining, to Phinehas Pratt and others for straights and hardshijis endured b\\\\- them in lanting at\\nPlymouth 0/ which he ivas one.\\nP our hundred acres were granted to Go\\\\ Ivndicott, lying in the westerly part of Pelham,\\nabout six miles north of Pawtucket falls, and one mile west of Beaver brook, at a great hill called\\nMasha-shattiick (Deer hill) lying between two other great hills, and adjoining southerly on a great\\npond called Pimmo-mitti-qiionnit, (a long pond).\\nAll these grants were made by the Massachusetts Assembly. (Records 1659-60).\\nSince Mr. Fox wrote, very valuable and interesting historical matter bearing upon all the above\\nmentioned grants has been made public in the hi.story of Billerica, by Rev. Henry A. Hazcn, by\\nwhich it appears that the first grant of land embraced in the township of Dunstable was made by\\nBillerica, she having petitioned the General Court for such a grant of land elsewhere, for her own\\nbenefit, which met with favor, as follows:\\nIn ans to the peticion of the inhabitants of Billirrikey, this Court doth grant the toune of\\nBillirrikey eight thousand acres of lands, for the ends desired, in any place or places that are ffree\\nand not capable of making a toune, provided that the said lands be laid out before the next Court of\\nElection, and that the inhabitants of Cambridge doe accept thereof and it is ordered y Majo Willard,\\nCap Edw. Johnson, Mr. Edward Jackson or any two of them, w Thomas Danforth, or any other\\nsur\\\\-eyor, shall lay y= same out at the peticoners charge, making retourne to the next Court of Election.\\nJonathan Danforth of Billerica, the younger brother of Thomas, and a noted land sur\\\\-eyor, was\\ncharged with the task of locating this eight thousand acres. Beyond Chelmsford he had the whole\\nMerrimack valley to choose from, or even the Connecticut and Champlain valleys, if it had suited\\nBillerica s profit to go so far. The survey which he made and returned through the above committee,\\non which the location was finally sanctioned, is, fortunately, still presented in the office of the secre-\\ntary of state and on this authority some facts long forgotten have recently come to light.\\nAs described and approved by the court it was located as follows Layd out to the vse of the\\ninhabitants of Billerikey eight thousand acres of land, lying vpon Merremacke River, on both sides\\nthereof, taking in the trucking howse now inhabitated by J Cromwell the sajd land being lajd out\\naliout sixe thousand three hundred acres on the east side of the river, and seventeen hundred fivety\\nacres on the west side, and is bounded by the wilderness surrounding the same, as is demonstrated by\\na plott thereof, taken and made by Jonathan Danforth, sun-eyor, and exhibited to this Court by Major\\nSymon Willard and Capt. Edward Johnson, appointed by this Court, Octob. 14, 1656 to lay out the\\nsame.\\nsvmon w it.i..\\\\rd,\\nEdw.vkd Johnson.\\nThe Court allowes and ajiproves of the retourne of these connnis.sioners in reference to the land\\nherein expressed.\\nIt is very gratifying to know something more of the men who were identified with the events of\\nthe settlement of our country than the mere mention of a single act like that related above. Mr.\\nDanforth was one of Billerica s most renowned citizens. He removed from Cambridge to that place\\nin 1654. He was one of the first selectmen, holding the ofhce twenty-one years. He also kept the\\ntown records for about the same length of time, and his fine penmanship is as legible and handsome", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "8 HISTORY OF XASHVA, A H.\\nto this da\\\\- as if done in copperplate. He was also a famous mathematician and suneyor, and oper-\\nated all through this region, going as far north as P ranklin, and is mentioned in many of the histories\\nof other towns. He died in 1712, aged 85 years. The following lines from Farmer s History, taken\\nfrom a poem written in the quaint style of the times by his nephew, Rev. John Uanforth of Dorchester,\\nare sacred to his memory\\nHe rode the circuit, chained great towns and farms\\nTo good behavior; and, by well-marked stations.\\nHe fixed their bounds for many generations.\\nHis arts ne er failed him though the local stone failed\\nWhen oft by mines and streanies it was assailed.\\nAll this was charming, but there s something higher\\nGave him the lusture which we most desire.\\nThis survey, says Mr. Hazen, p. 43, was the earliest ever made, it is safe to say, in the Merrimack\\nvalley beyond Chelmsford, and is the starting point in the history of Dunstable.* The location was\\nin a part of the valley commonly called Naticook, but which Danforth spells Naticott.\\nThe grant began at the Pennichuck brook, which forms the north bound of Nashua, and extends\\non the west side of the river as far north as the Sonhegan river then it follows the Merrimack nearly\\na mile, passing two islands, the larger of which received the surveyor s name, Jonathan, then\\nruns eastward two or three miles, and .southward five or six, returning to its starting point. This\\nNaticott grant remained for a year in the hands of Billerica, when John Parker received authority to\\ndispose of it, under date gth 6m 165S.\\nA month later Parker had sold the land, and made his return and agreement with the town, in\\nwhich he states that the sale was made to William Brenton for two hundred pounds for the entire\\neight thousand acres.\\nWilliam Brenton was a Boston merchant and leading business man often one of the selectmen.\\nHe removed soon after to Rhode Island, and was governor of that colony in 1666-8 and died in 1674.\\nAnother purchaser of a portion of this Billerica grant was Thomas Brattle, who, also, was a lead-\\ning merchant of Boston, and was reported to be one of the wealthiest men in the colony. His name\\nappears first upon the petition for the incorporation of Dunstable. He married Elizabeth, daughter\\nof William Tyng. Died April 5, 1683, in his sixtieth year. He had a son Thomas, who was at one\\ntime treasurer of Harvard college and was founder of the Brattle street church, whose meeting-house\\ngave place some years ago to the large business block in New Washington street, formerly known as\\nBrattle square. This was the first meeting-house built of brick in New England, and was erected in\\n1694. The round shot from a British cannon that was embedded in its walls was looked upon with\\ninterest as a memento of the hostility of the mother-country. Thomas Brattle, Jr., died May 18, 17 13.\\n*This does not correspond with what appears elsewhere, but may have reference to other parts of his work.", "height": "3288", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, X. H. 9\\nCHAPTER II.\\nHknkv KiMiiAi,i. .s Farm, .kant to Ancient anu Honokabi.k Artillkkv Company of\\nBoston. Artillery Pond. Petition kor Consolidation ok Grants into One Plan-\\ntation. Township ok Di-nstahlk. Karly Proprietors. Trakkickinc; with the In-\\ndians. Indian Tribes. Passaconaway, Vener.vted Chief. Last Indian Resident.\\nRoby s Farm. Wiiittier s Poem, The B.vshaba s Feast. Fir.st Settlers. Rev.\\nThom.\\\\s Weld, First P.\\\\stor. His House Lot. Old Fort. Houses of Ha.ssel,\\nTemple and Perry.\\nAMONG other grants made about 1662 was cue of a large tract in Hudson and Pelham to\\nHenry Kimball, and called Henry Kimball s Farm: Samuel Scarlet had a farm also,\\non the north side of Merrimack river, perhajis in Tyngsborough Lieut. Joseph Wheeler,\\nand his father, Capt. Thomas Wheeler, had a farm upon the Merrimack, in Nashua, a\\nlittle south of Salmon brook, and several others whose names are not presented.\\nIn September, 1673, a grant of one thousand acres, lying in Nashville,* was made to the Ancient\\nand Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. It was bounded east by the Merrimack, south by the\\nNashua, west by Spectacle brook** and extended about one mile northerly of the Nashua river. This\\nembraced the whole of the village of Nashville, and was called the Artillery Farm. From this cir-\\ncumstance the little pond in the north part of the village was called .Irtillery Pond.\\nAt the time this grant was made this pond was a very attractive little sheet of water, covering\\nan area of about twelve acres. Being fed by springs, the water continued with very little variation\\nin depth through the season. In freshets its overflow was to the south, over what are now Merri-\\nmack, Amherst, Fletcher and Franklin streets, to the Nashua river.\\nThere was at one time a mill upon the east side about where the Blanchard churn factory now\\nstands, owned by the late Samuel Shepherd, in which he manufactuted window-sa.sh, doors and\\nblinds by machinery. He claimed the invention of the machiner\\\\- and that it was the fir.st ever used\\nfor this purpose.\\nNear by was another building in which conveniences for puljlic baths were fitted up. Permission\\nwas obtained by the late Gen. George Stark and the late Col. Oilman Scripture to drain the pond by\\nputting in a sewer along the line of the overflow to the river. It was only a partial success, as a\\nledge was encountered upon the land of Dr. L. F. Locke, to reduce which would involve a greater\\nexpense than the expected results would warrant, which was to secure the rich deposit of muck for\\nuse upon the lands near by, owned by them. Being onlj partially drained, it became objectionable,\\nsanitarily, and the city deemed it necessar}- to carry out the original plan, and opened a channel\\nthrough the ledge at an expense of several thousand dollars. No water is now seen in fact, nearl}-\\nthe entire surface is now under cultivation, vhile upon its border is a finely graded track, five-\\neighths of a mile in length, which is much used for pleasure driving and bicycling.\\nAt this period, 14,000 acres, lying along the Merrimack, upon both sides, between Souhegan\\nriver and Chelmsford, had been granted to various individuals, but as yet few settlements had been\\nmade. It became necessary, therefore, for their mutual benefit, to consolidate all the grants into one\\nplantation, and to secure to the inhabitants all the privileges and immunities of an inco rj)orated town-\\nship. Accordingl}-, in September, 1673, the proprietors of the farms already- laid out, and others who\\nwere disposed to settle here, presented a petition to the General Assembly, of which the following\\nis a copyt\\nTo the Honored Governor, Deputy Governor, with the Magistrates and Deputies now assembled in\\nthe General Court at Boston, vSept. 19, 1673.\\n*For origin of Nashville see division of Nashua.\\n**The little brook about a mile \\\\ve.sterly of the village, which runs through the farm o\\\\vne l by Hiram Woods, now\\nby C. Gilman.\\ntMass. .\\\\ssembly Records, 1873. The original petition is on file and the ancient spelling has been preserved.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "lO\\nHISTORY OF XASHUA, N. H.\\nThe petition of the Proprietors of the farms that are laid out upon the Merrimac River and places\\nadjacent, with others wlio desire to joyn with them in the settlement of a plantation there\\nHUMBLY SHEWETH\\nThat whereas there is a considerable tract of the Country s land that is invironed with the\\nproperties of particular persons and towns, viz by the line of the town of Chelmsford, and h\\\\ the\\nGroton line, and b}- Mr. Brenton s farm, by Souhegan farms, and beyond Merrimac River by the\\noutermost line of Henrj- Kimball s farm, and so to Chelmsford line again All which is in little\\ncapacity of doing the country any service except the farms bordering upon it be adjoined to said\\nland to make a plantation there and there being considerable number of persons who are of a sober\\nand orderly conversation, who do stand in great need of accommodations, who are willing and read}-\\nto make present improvement of the said vacant lands And the Proprietors of the said farms are\\ntherefore willing to join with and give encouragement to those that .shall improve the said lands\\nthe farms of those that are within the tract of land before described, being about 14,000 acres at\\nthe least\\nYour Petitioners therefore humbly request the favour of the Honorable Court that they will\\nplease to grant the said tract of land to your petitioners, and to such as will join them in the settle-\\nment of the lands before mentioned, so that those who ha\\\\e improved their farms there, and others\\nwho speedily intend to do the same, may be in a way for the support of the public ordinances of God,\\nfor without which the greatest part of the year they will be deprived of, the farms lying so far remote\\nfrom anj towns: and farther that the Honorable Court will please grant the like immunities to this\\nplantation, as they in their favours have formerly granted to other new plantations So shall your\\nPetitioners be ever engaged to pray\\nI.\\nThomas Brattle.\\n2.\\nJonathan Tyiig.\\n3-\\nJoseph Wheeler.\\n4-\\nJames Parkerson.\\n5-\\nRobert Gibbs.\\n6.\\nJohn Turner.\\n7-\\nSampson Sheaf.\\n8.\\nSamuel Scarlet.\\n9-\\nWilliam Lakin.\\n10.\\nAbraham Parker.\\nII.\\nJames Knapp.\\n12.\\nRobert Proctor.\\n13-\\nSimon Willard, Jr\\n14-\\nThomas Edwards\\n15-\\nThomas Wheeler,\\n16.\\nPeter Bulkeley.\\n17-\\nJoseph Parker.\\n18.\\nJohn Morse, Sen.\\n19-\\nSamuel Combs.\\n20.\\nJames Parker, Jr.\\n21.\\nJohn Parker.\\n22\\nJosiah Parker.\\n23-\\nNathaniel Blood.\\n24-\\nRobert Parris.\\n25-\\nJohn Jolliffe.\\n26.\\nZachariah I^ong.\\nSen.\\nThe petition was granted upon conditions which were then univcrsall} inserted in the charters\\nthat the grantees should ^settle the plantation, procure a mini.ster within three years, and resen e a\\nfarm for the use of the colony. By scttli)ig the plantation was understood procuring a competent\\nnumber of actual stitlcrs, (twenty or more), who should build houses capable of defence, at least\\neighteen feet square, and who should live upon and improve their lands and also the erection of a\\nmeeting-house. The following is a copy of the original charter, dated October 15, 1673, (corres-\\nponding with October 26th, New Style), which includes all the above grants.*\\nSee photo of the original charter in possession of Dr. Israel T. Hunt, now of Boston, formerly of\\nNashua, kindly loaned by him for use in this history exclusively.\\nAt a General Court held at Boston ye 15th (26th) October 1673. In answer to the Petition of\\nThomas Brattle, Jonathan Tyng, James Parker and William Lakin, in behalf of themselves and\\nothers joyning in their humble Petition to desire the favor of this Court to grant them liberty to settle\\na plantation with their ffarmes, and a considerable tract of land belonging to ye country being in-\\nvironed with the proprieties of particular persons and towns as by ye line of Chelmsford, and b}\\nGroton line, and by Mr. Brenton s ffarm, by Souhegan ffarmes, and beyond Merrimac River by ye\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Mass. .Assembly Records, 1673, Page 730. Records of Towns, 1673. In order to make the dates which are pre-\\nvious to A. D. 1751, compared with our present reckoning, eleven days should in all cases be added.", "height": "3288", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "HisroRY or xAsriUA, n.\\niitinosl line of Henry KimlKiI s lannc, and so to Chelmsford line again, as also such other immunities\\nto the plantation as this Court lialli formerly granted to other new plantations:\\nThe Court judgeth it meet to grant their request provided a farme of five hundred acres of\\nupland and medo be laid out of this tract for the country s use, and that they shall in settling the\\n])Iantalinn endeavor so as to finish it once within three years, and procure an able and orthordox\\nminister amongst them.\\nThat this is a true copy taken and compared witli the original records, Attest\\nEdward Rawson, Secretary.\\nIn May, 1674, the new plantation was sun-eyed liy Jonatlian Danforth, and its boundaries are\\nthus descrilied t\\nIt lieth upon both sides Merrimac River on the Nashaway River. It is bounded on the South\\nby Chelmsford, by Groton line, and ]5artly by country land. The \\\\Ve.sterly line runs due North until\\nyou come to Souhegau River to a hill called dram cup hill to a great pine near to ye said River at the\\nN. \\\\V. corner of Charlestown School farm; bounded by Souhegan River on the North; and on the\\nEast side Merrimac it begins at a great stone which was supposed to be near the North East corner of\\nMr. Brenton s land and from thence it runs Sou-south east six miles to a pine tree marked :F: stand-\\ning witliin sight of Beaver Brook thence it runs two degrees West of South four miles and a quarter\\nwhich reached to the south side of Henry Kimble s farm at Jeremie s Hill thence from ye South\\neast angell of said farm it runs two degrees and a quarter westward of the south near to the head of\\nthe Long Pond which lieth at \\\\e head of Edward Colburn s farm. And thus it is bounded by ye said\\nPond and the head of said Colburn s farm; taking in Captain Scarlet s farm so as to close again all\\nwhich is sufficiently bounded and described. Dunstable, 3d. mo. (May) 1674. t\\nThe township of Dunstable embraced a very large tract, probably more than /r.w hundred square\\nmiles, including the towns of Nashua, Nashville, Hudson. Hollis, Dunstable and Tyngsborough,\\nbesides portions of the towns of Andierst, Milford, Merrimack, Litchfield, Londonderrv, Pelham, Brook-\\nline, Pepperell and Townsend, and formed a part of the county of Middlesex. At this late dav it is\\nextremely difficult to define its boundaries accurately, but by a perambulation of lines made in 1734,\\nan approximation may be made. The north eastern corner was a very large and high rock now stand-\\ning about three miles north ea.sterly of the mouth of the Souhegan river in Londonderry. The south\\neast corner was at the corner of Methuen and Dracut, in sight of Beaver brook. The north west\\ncorner was at dram cup hill on the Souhegan, in the westerly part of Milford, and the westerly line\\nwhich ran Uiue South. pa.ssed nearthe west end of ^luscatanapus Pond, in Brookline.H It extended\\nten or twelve miles west of Merrimack river, and from three to five miles east of it, and its average\\nlength, north and south, was from twelve to fourteen miles. The present township of Nashua occupies\\nvery nearly the centre of the original township.\\nIn 1674, because there was very little medo left except what is already granted to the ffarmes,\\nthe easterly line of the township was extended to Beaver brook, by an additional grant from the Gen-\\neral Court, and the town was called Dunstable. It received its name in compliment to Mrs. Marj-\\nTyng, wife of Hon. Edward Tyng. one of the magistrates of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,\\nwho came from Dunstable, England, about 1630, and whose son Jonathan became posses.sor of a laro-e\\ntract of land in what is now the town of Tyngsborough. The old Ivnglish town, says Nason, from\\nwhich not only the Tyng family but other early settlers came, is ]ileasantl\\\\ situated at the base of\\nChiltern Hills in Bedfordshire, eighteen miles .south-southeast of Bedford, and ten miles east-northeast\\nof the Boxmore station of the I^ondon Northwestern railway. It liad in 1851, 3,589 inhabitants\\nand with its green fields and neatl\\\\ trimmed hedge-rows, its ancient stone church and brick dwelling\\n*The meaning of this is obscure perhaps it is that the number of settlers necessary to make or finish a settle-\\nment shall be procured within three years.\\ntTown and Proprietary Records, Page i.\\n{Before A. D. 1751, the year began March 25th, and the mouths were often numbered thus: March, or first month;\\nApril, second mouth; May, third month, c. In 1751 they began to reckou the year from the first of January. .\\\\t\\nthat time, in consequence of having reckoned only 365 days to a year, eleven days had been gained, which were then\\nstruck out of the calendar. Dates prior to 1751 are called Old style; subseeiuent. New style.\\nllThis pond is situated near the meeting-house, and is still called Tanapus Pond. Musca-tanapus signifies\\nBear pond. ^Mass. Records. Towns. 1734. Page 63.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "12 HISTORY OF NASHC A, X. H.\\nhouses, makes a very picturesque appearance. Henry I founded here a priory of black canons, which\\nnow forms a part of the ancient church.\\nThe name Dunstable probably came from dun, a hilly place, and staple, a mart or emporium.\\n[See other reasons elsewhere.] The town is celebrated for the manufacture of straw plat bonnets and\\nhats, and a certain kind of straw braid in Massacliusetts bore the name of Dunstaple.\\nThe ancient Norman kings had a place in this town, and here Edward I erected a cross to mark\\nthe spot where the body of his deceased queen rested on its way to sepulture in Westminster Abbey.\\nThe town is also noted as the place where Archbishop Cranmer, in 1553, pronounced the sentence of\\ndivorce between Henry VIII and Katharine of Aragon, As the parish register in early times was not\\nwell kept, it furnished nothing in respect to the families which emigrated to America, yet the present\\ncitizens of old English Dunstable express a kindly interest in the welfare of its namesake in New\\nEngland.\\nAmong the original proprietors we find the names of man} of the leading men in the colony,\\n.some of whom, with the children and friends of others, removed here and took up their abode at an\\nearly period. Of this number we find Governor Dudley, who married a daughter of Hon. Edward Tyng\\nof this town. Rev. Thomas Weld, who was the finst minister, and married another daughter; Thomas\\nBrattle, Peter Bulkely, Hezekiah Usher, Elisha Hutchinson, Francis Cook and others who were\\nAssistants and Magi-strates. Many of the first settlers belonged to Boston and its vicinity, a circum-\\n.stance which gave strength and influence to the infant plantation.\\nAt what time and h\\\\ whom Dunstable was first settled is uncertain, but it must have been\\nconsiderably earlier than the date of the charter in 1673. In the charter, farms are mentioned as\\nthen existing, and some of the farmers were among the petitioners. Of this number were Scarlett,\\nWheeler, and others. In 1675, orchards are mentioned as then in existence, which must have been the\\ngrowth of years. In 1674, tlic house of Lt. hcclcr is designated as a place of holding a meeting of\\nthe proprietors, and we have some rea.son to suppose that he ma} have been the earliest settler.*\\nWheeler and Brenton were fur traders among the Indians. In 1657 the trade with the Indians was\\nregulated by the General Court, and the exclusive right of this trade upon Merrimack river was sold\\nto Maj. (Simon) Willard, Mr. (William) Brenton, Ensign (Thomas) Wheeler, and Thomas Hench-\\nman, for \u00c2\u00a3,2^. The sale bears the date July i, 1657.!\\nFor the purpose of trafficking with the Indians more con^-eniently it was cu,stomary to establish\\ntrading houses beyond the settlements, and at places to which they could easily resort. It is not\\nimpossible that Wheeler may have resided here for such a purjaose at an earl\\\\- date after his grant, as\\nHenchman resided a little farther south in Chelmsford. About 1665, John Cromwell, an Indian trader\\nalso, resided at Tj-ngsborongh, but soon after removed to Merrimack, where he built a trading house,\\nabout two miles above the mouth of Pennichuck brook, at the falls which now bear his name.t Ac-\\ncording to the custom of the time, it is said that he used his foot as a pound u cii^ht in the purchase of\\nfurs, until the Indians, beginning to suspect him of cheating them, drove him away and burned his\\nhouse, the cellar of which still is or was recently visible.\\n(Rev. Nathaniel Prentice, in his account of Tyngsborough, October, 1S15, says that the present\\nowner of the place was ploughing near the spot and found his plough moving over a flat stone which\\ngave a hollow sound. On removing the earth and stone, he discovered a hole, stoned, about six\\ninches in diameter, from which he took a sum of money.)\\nIt is .stated by Farmer,! whose authority is unquestionable, that the ancient settlement was\\nwithin the limits of Nashua, and as grants of land were made in 1659, and farms existed here before\\n1673, and as Chelmsford was settled in 1655, we may reasonably conclude that some, who stood in\\n*Lt. Wheeler left town in Phillip s War, 1675, and did not return. His father, Capt. Thomas Wheeler of Groton,\\nthe noted Indian fighter, for a time resided with him. 2 N. H. Hist. Coll. 5.\\ntMass. Assembly Records, 1657, page 293. The trade of Nashuway river was sold at the same time for ^8.\\n}The Indian name of Cromwell s Falls was Nesenkeag, and, as was generally the case, as at Naticook, Amoskeag,\\nc., the land for some distance around received the same name.\\nIIBelknap, 117, note by Farmer, and his manuscript records. In his Catechism of the History of New Hamp-\\nshire, he says This town had been settled several years before the date of the charter. Page 23.", "height": "3288", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "///STOA or XASHUA, X.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a23\\nneed of accommodations, found their way to the rich inter\\\\-als upon our rivers, at a period not much\\nlater than the date of the grants.\\nIt has often been remarked that, in the settlement of New England, we may discover the hand\\nof an overruling Providence the Plague, which swept off the Indian tribes in and around Pl\\\\niouth\\nand Piscataqua, in 1612 and 1613, prepared the way for the coming of the forefathers, and similar\\nprovidential events occurred as population moved westward. The valleys of the Merrimack and the\\nNashua were inhabitated by numerous small tribes, or branches of tribes of Indians, who lived in\\nvillages containing one hundred or two hundred souls, and subsisted chiefly by fishing and hunting.\\nThe Nashaways had their head quarters at Lancaster the Nashobas at Littleton the Pawtuckets at\\nPawtucket falls the Wamesits at Wamesit falls, at the mouth of Concord river the Naticooks in\\nthis vicinity: and the Penacooks around Penacook, now Concord, N. H. They were all, however,\\nsubject to Passaconawa\\nThe last resident Indian of Old Dunstable bore the name of Philip Antony. His hut was upon\\nthe farm in the .south part of the town now owned by Willard B. Cunuuings, a farm of historic interest\\ninasmuch as the title for a hundred and fifty years was in the venerable Simon Roby and his de-\\nscendants. It was the birthplace of our honored citizens, Luther A. and Noah W., who was my escort,\\nand it was with all the enthusiasm of youth that he, although in his eightieth year, led the way fifty\\nrods to the rear of Mr. Cummings house, and pointed out the .spot where dwelt this last of his race.\\nIt was just the place for such a home. From the little hilltop he could greet the King of Day as he\\nrose above the height of Long Hill and bid him good-night as he sank behind the gilded\\nwest that stood beyond the valley of the charming Salmon brook. vStanding upon such a spot and\\namid present surroundings, the words of Charles Sprague come home to us with a touch of sadness\\nHere lived and loved another race of beings. Beneath the same sun that rolls over j-our heads\\nthe Indian hunter pursued the panting deer gazing on the same moon that smiles for you the Indian\\nlover wooed his dusky mate. Across the ocean came a Pilgrim bark bearing the .seeds of life and\\ndeath. The former were sown for you the latter sprang up in the path of the simple native.\\nThe Mohawks, or Maquas, a fierce and savage tribe from New York, were the hereditary\\nenemies of them all. The Indian tribes which dwelt nearest to the English settlements, and especially\\nthe Pawtuckets and Wamesits, from their weakness, and their fears of both the Mohawks and the\\nEnglish, craved the friendship and protection of the latter. They served as guides and .sentinels for\\nthe exposed frontiers, and were often of great .service. The Penacooks, however, were a more bold,\\nwarlike and dangerous race, who refused all attempts to Christianize them, although their dread of\\nthe English was generally sufficient to keep them from open hostilitv.\\nIn the spring of 1669, a portion of the Penacooks, fearing an attack from the Mohawks, moved\\ndown the Merrimack to the Pawtucket, and built a fort there for their protection. Their neighbor-\\nhood was a cause of alarm to the settlers, some of whom shut themselves up in the garrisons; but in\\nthe succeeding autumn they joined in an expedition against the Mohawks, by whom they were over-\\npowered and almost entirely destroyed.*\\nThe greater part of the Indians in this vicinity, especially the more turbulent and dangerous, to\\nthe number of six or seven hundred, united in this expedition, and nearly the whole of them perished\\nwith more than fiftj- chiefs. The remnant, dispirited and powerless united with the Wamesits, and\\nbecame praying Indians.\\nIn 1660, not long before Passaconawaj- s death, at a great feast and dance, he made his farewell\\nspeech to his people, which is given in full in Drake s Book of Indians, III, 94, and is worthy of a\\nspace in this volume. He said\\nI am now going the way of all flesh, or am ready to die, and I am not likely to see your meet\\ntogether any more. I will now leave this word of counsel with you, that yon may take heed how\\nyou quarrel with the English for though you ma\\\\ do them nuicli mi.schief, yet assuredly you will all\\nbe destroyed and rooted off the earth if you do for I was as much an enemy to the English at their\\nfirst coming into these parts as anyone whatsoever and did try all ways and means possible to have\\nthem destroyed, at least to have prevented them settling down here, but I could no way affect it\\ntherefore I advise you never to contend with the English or make war with them.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Book of Ihf Indians. 45. Allen s History of Chelmsford.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "14 HISTORY OF XASHCA. If.\\nMr. Whittier in his poem. The Bridal of Penacook, thus alludes to the Great .Sachem\\nFor that chief had magic skill,\\nAnd a Panisee s dark will\\nOver powers good and ill.\\nPowers which bless and powers which ban.\\nWizard lord of Pennacook\\nChiefs upon their war-paths shook\\nWhen they met the steady look\\nOf that wise dark man.\\nWanualancet, his second son. succeeded him, after the eldest son with the more restless part of\\nthe tribe had removed into Maine and was always after a friend to the whites. He resided generally\\nat Wamesit falls, and was proprietor, with his tribe, of all the lands in this vicinity. About 1663,\\nthe eldest son of Passaconaway was thrown into jail for a debt of 45, due to John Tinker by one of\\nhis tribe, and which he had promised verbally would be paid. To relieve him from his imprisonment\\nhis brother Wannalancet and others who owned Wicasuck Island* sold it and paid the debt.\\nSoon after, the General Court granted him one hundred acres of land on a great hill about\\ntwelve miles west of Chelmsford, and probably in Pepperell, because he had a great many children\\nand no planting grounds. In 1665, he petitioned to the General Court that this island might be\\nrestored to him and his brethren, the original owners, and the original petition, signed by him with\\nthe others, in a fair, bold hand, is now on file at the secretary s office. His request was granted and\\nthe island purchased and restored by the colony. t\\nAbout 1675 during the war with King Philip, he left W amesit, and resided in Canada and various\\nother places, lest he .should be drawn into the contest. During these wanderings he warned the\\nwhites of many intended attacks and averted others. When Wannalancet returned to Pawtucket,\\nafter the death of Philip, he called upon Re\\\\ Mr. Fiske of Chelmsford, and inquired what disasters\\nhad befallen the town during the war. Mr. Fiske replied that they had been highly favored, for\\nwhich he desired to thank Grod. Me next, said the shrewd Sagamore, who claimed his share of\\nthe merit. Thus providentially was all this region freed from hostile Indians, and tlie way opened\\nfor the coming of our fathers in comparative safety.\\nThe valleys of the Naticook, of Salmon brook and the Nashua, (or Watananock, as it is called in\\nthe Court records), especiall} near the mouths, were favorite resorts and abodes of the Indians. The\\nIndian was the child of nature and gazed upon her charms with filial admiration. To him the moun-\\ntains were God s altars, and he looked up to their cloud-capped summits with awe, as the dwelling-\\nplace of the Great .Spirit. The chiefs who dwelt in these valleys did not generally live in a style\\nof crreater magnificence than their subjects, though they enjoyed greater abundance. Their confed-\\neracy was a great democracy, where danger, conflict, toil and privation were shared alike by all.\\nWhittier in his Bridal of Penacook has given us a graphic picture of a wedding and dance given\\nby Passaconaway on the occasion of the marriage of his daughter Weetamoo, to Winnepurkit, sachem\\nof Saugus, Maine.\\nHe has most beautifully and happily introduced the sweet and flowing Indian names which\\nabound along the Merrimack and its tributaries, and the whole scene is delightful as a specimen of\\nIndian domestic life. For this reason, and as a portion of the luxuries were furnished by our own\\nstreams and hillsides, it is thought that its insertion here will not lie inappropriate:\\nTHE BASHABA St FEAST.\\nWith pipes of peace and bows unstrung,\\nGlowing with paint came old and young.\\nIn wampum and furs and feathers arrayed,\\nTo the dance and feast Bashaba made.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Wicasuck is the small island in the Merrimack river, near Wicasee falls, in Tjmgsborough.\\ntAssembly Records, Mass., 1665, page 106.\\n{The name given to two or three principal chiefs.", "height": "3288", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, X. ,5\\nliinl of the air and beast of the field,\\nAll which the woods and waters yield,\\nOn dishes of birch and hemlock piled,\\nGarnished and graced that banqnet wild.\\n.Steaks of the brown bear, fat and large.\\nFrom the rocky slopes of the Kearsarge,\\nDelicate trout from Babboosuck brook,\\nAnd Salmon speared in the Contoocook.\\nSquirrels which fed where nuts fell thick.\\nIn the gravelly bed of the Otternic,\\nAnd small wild hens in reed-snares caught.\\nFrom the l)anks of Sondagardee brought.\\nAnd, drawn from the great stone vase, which stands\\nIn the river scooped by a spirit s hands,*\\nIn white parched pile, or thick suppawn,\\nStood the birchen dishes of smoking corn.\\nThus bird of the air and beast of the field,\\nAll which the woods and waters yield.\\nFurnished in that olden da\\\\-,\\nThe bridal feast of the Bashaba.\\n.\\\\nd merrily when that feast was done.\\nOn the fire-lit green the dance begun\\nWith the squaws shrill stave, and deeper hum\\nOf old men beating the Indian drum.\\nPainted and plumed, with scalp locks flowing.\\nAnd red arms tossing, and black eyes glowing;\\nNow in the light and now in the shade,\\nAround the fires the dancers played.\\nThe step was quicker, the song more shrill,\\nAnd the beat of the small drums louder still,\\nWhenever within the circle drew,\\nThe Saugus Sachem and Weetamoo.\\nAmong the first settlers of IJunstaljle we find tlie names of Kev. Mr. Thomas Weld, Joseph\\nWheeler, John Blanchard, Jonathan Tyng, Cornelius Waldo, Samuel Warner, Obadiah Perrv, Samuel\\nFrench, Robert Parris, Thomas Cnnimings, Isaac Cnmmings, Jo.sejih Has.sell, Christopher Temijle,\\nJohn Goold, .Samuel Goold, John Sollendine, Christopher Reed, Thomas Lund, Daniel Waldo, Andrew-\\nCook, Samuel Whiting, John Lovewell, John Acres, John Waldo, William Beale, .Samuel Beale,\\nJohn Cunnnings, Robert Usher, Henry Farwell, Robert Proctor, Joseph Lovewell, John Lovewell, Jr.\\nThe earliest compact settlements were made near the mouth of Salmon brook, between its mouth and\\nthe main road, and so down the Merrimack upon the spots deserted by the Indians.\\nThe land which lay between Salmon brook and the Merrimack was called The Neck, and for\\ngreater security the housne-lotts (house lots) of the first settlers were laid out adjoining each\\nother, and within the neck. The lots which la\\\\- nearest Salmon brook ran from Salmon brook to\\nthe Merrimack, and were generalh from thirty to forty rods in width upon each stream. After the\\nfirst six or eight lots, the we.st line of the lots was bounded upon Long Hill. In the rear of the\\nschool house in the IiaYbor district in Nashua, and the north and east edges of the mill pond, several\\ncellar holes are .still visible, and within a few j ears an ancient well was open. A]iple trees are there\\nstanding, hollow, .splintered, covered with mo.ss and almost entireh- decayed, bearing marks of verv\\ngreat antiquity. The early .settlers came from the .southeastern jiart of Kngland. where cider and\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6There are rocks in the river at the falls of .\\\\nioskeag, in the cavities of which, tradition says, the Indians for-\\nmerlv stored and concealed their corn.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "i6 HISTORY OF X.ASHrj. X. H.\\nperr}- were manufactured in great quantities, and they brought with them the same tastes and habits.\\nOrchards are spoken of in our town records as earh- as 1675, and these shattered relics of an age that\\nis past may possibl} have been the original stock, or at least their immediate descendants.\\nAbout fifty rods northea.st of the school house, near a small cluster of oaks, stood the Old Fort,\\nor garrison, in which the inhabitants dwelt in seasons of imminent danger, and to which they often\\nretired at night.\\nAs the school house used by Mr. Fo.x as a landmark to fi-x the location of the Old Fort was\\nremoved many years ago, it is well to mark the spot by the pre.sent surroundings so that any one\\ncurious to know may go directlj- to it.\\nWhen Bowers street, which runs from Main to Arlington street, was laid out it was found to pass\\nover the cellar holes where the fort stood. Dearborn street and Harbor avenue run at right angles,\\nand about thirty-three rods east of Dearborn and twenty west from the avenue is the spot, being\\nseventy-five rods east from Main street.\\nIt was under the slope of the hill. The fill for the street covered about ten feet of the cellar hole\\nand the remainder is filled and is a part of the lot occupied by the coal company north side of the\\nActon railroad. It would be very appropriate for the city to erect a stone monument to mark the\\nspot where stood the only safe retreat of the early settlers in days of peril from a merciless foe.\\nThis tract of land was bought by Mr. Elbridge G. Reed in 1848, and he filled the cellar hole in\\n1850 and planted a walnut tree to mark the spot, but the tree was removed when the .street was laid out.\\nThere was a well in the fort which was open until within a few years. South of this spot, on the\\nnorth bank of Salmon brook, and just in the rear of the house of Miss Allds, were the houses of\\nHassell, Temple and Perry, the cellar holes of which are still visible. The field adjoining was owned\\nby Perry and is still known as the Perry Field.\\nAll traces of these cellars disappeared many years ago. The present owner has cultivated this\\nfield for fifteen years and has had his attention called to this item of history, but there was nothing\\nvisible to indicate their location when he bought the property, and the name of the Perry Field is\\nnot heard.\\nAfter the charter was obtained in 1673, the inhabitants increased rapidly. The proprietors made\\nliberal grants to actual settlers, and upon the following conditions, which have been selected from their\\narticles of agreement drawn up Oct. 15, 1673\\nEvery one yt* is received (as an inhabitant,) shall have 10 acres for his person, and one acre\\nmore added thereto for every 20 estate, and none shall have above 30 acres in yr house lotts, nor\\nnone under 10 acres, and yt all after divisions of land shall be proportioned according to their home\\nlotts, and so shall all yr public charges be, both as to church and town.\\nAll ye inhabitants yt are received into this town shall make impro\\\\-ements of ye lotts yt they\\ntake up, by building upon them, by fencing and by breaking up land, by the time prefixed by the\\nGeneral Court, wh. is by Oct. 1676, and they .shall live, each inhabitant upon his own lott, or else put\\nsuch inhabitant upon it as the town accepts.\\nTo the intent yt we may live in love and peace together we do agree, yt whatever fence we do\\nmake, either about cornfields, orchards or gardens, shall be sufficient four rail fence, or yt which is\\nequivalent, whether hedge, ditch or stone wall, or of loggs, and if any person sustain damage through\\nthe deficiency of their own fences not being according to order, he shall bear his own damage.\\nAnd if any man s cattle be unruly he shall do his best endeavor to restrain them from doing himself\\nor his neighbour (any harm).\\nThese conditions, which evince much foresight, comb-.ned with the local advantages, were readily\\naccepted, for May irth, 1674, a meeting was holden at the house of Lt. Joseph Wheeler, and a\\nwritten agreement made between the proprietors and settlers. In this agreement it is provided, that\\nthe meeting-house which is to be erected shall stand between Salmon brook and the house of L,t.\\nWheeler, as convenient as may be for the accommodation of both. As a meeting house in those\\npeiilous times, when men toiled and worshipped with their rifles by their side, would not be very likely\\nto be erected beyond the settlement, we may reasonablj- suppose that the settlement at Salmon brook\\nhad already commenced, and that at that date there were a considerable number of inhabitants.\\n*T tin-\\\\rp nrp Cf^rx-prl flip rtrio-inpl mipllintr in wln rli vr. vt. ve. are Written for their, that and the.", "height": "3278", "width": "2327", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "///STOAT O/^ XAS/fCA, N. 17\\nCHAPTER III.\\nCivil, .\\\\fiaik.s. Town- .Mi:i;tin-g.s. Imkst Meeting-House. Rev. Tho.m.\\\\.s W Ki.n, First\\nMini.sti:k. His Setti.kment. Higiil.vnd F.\\\\km. Other Matter.s of Interest\\nPert.\\\\.ining to It. Bobbi.v F.vctory. Baldwin Apple. Public Sentiment.\\nGreat Comet. Di.atii ok IIo.v. Kdward Tvxg. Town Regul.vtions. Mine Islands.\\nHighway i ko.m (Ikoton. Thirty Acre Rights. Xamks oi- the Proprietors.\\nTa.\\\\i:s.\\nWV, M.W iKiw turn to the civil affairs of the town ami to a period when peace brought\\nwith it its attendant blessings security and prosperity. The settlerno longer feared\\nan ambuscade in ever\\\\- thicket, nor listened in the night watches for the prowling foot-\\nsteps of a foe. England and F rance, Charles II. and Louis XIV., were at war no\\nlonger. The Treaty of Ximeguen, strange though it be, was the rotection of Dunstable. The\\ndeserted cabin was again tenanted, the half cleared field was cleared and tilled, and new cabins .sent\\nup their smokes all along our rich intervals.\\nTown meetings were holden in Dunstalile as early as 1675. and town ofTicers were then chosen, for\\nin 1682 we find the town voting yt Joseph Parker have 20 shillings allowed him for his seven years\\nservices as Constable. t No records, however, of any meeting are jiresened of an earlier date than\\nXo\\\\-ember 2S, 1677. This was a meeting of the proprietors as well as the settlers, and was holden at\\nWobuni, at which jdace the meetings for the choice of town officers were held for many years, and\\noccasionally as late as 1711. The record is as follows t\\nXov. 28, 1677. At a Town meeting held at Woljurn.\\nCapt. Thomas Brattle, Cajit. (lilisha) Hutchinson, Capt. (James) Parker, Mr. Jonathan\\nTinge, and Abraham Parker were chosen Selectmen for the Town of Dunstable for the year ensuinge,\\nand to stand as such till new be chosen. S\\nIt was also agreed upon and voted yt as soon as may be, a minister be settled in the town of\\nDunstable. The time and person to be left to the .Selectmen his pay to be iiioiirv, or if in other\\npay the rate being to be made as mone\\\\ to add a third ])art more.\\nLikewise yt all public charges relating to the minister and other occasions is always to be levied\\nupon allotments, and every man engages his accommodations, (j)ledges his farm,) to answer and\\nperform the same.\\nIt was also voted that the minister the first }ear shall have fifty pounds, (e(pial to about S,^oo.oo\\nnow, and the overplus of the ffarmes, and never to be abated.\\nThen follows a vote extending the time for fjuilding the meeting-house and settling a minister,\\nwhich was a condition of the grant in 1673, but which had not been complied with, for the sjiace of\\nthree years longer, for the purpose of saving the forfeited rights of the settlers. They intended,\\nnex ertheless, to build at once, for it was left with Mr. Jonathan 1\\\\\\\\ ng. Captain Parker and Abraham\\nParker to agree with John .Sollendine, (who was the first house and niill-wright in town,) to secure\\nand finish said house, which had been commenced before the desertion of the settlement in 1675.\\n.Se\\\\ eral persons were also admitted as inhabitants, and it was oted yX. the selectmen have\\npower to add other inhabitants, provided that with the ])resent they exceed not the number of tit;/i/v\\nfamilies.\\nBefore the Rexolntion of 16S9. no person coidd \\\\ote or be elected to any office until he had\\nbeen admitted a I reeman of the Commonwealth. This might be done b\\\\ the General .\\\\sseml)ly or\\n*July 31, 1678.\\ntThe constable was the collector of taxes also, and the compensation for all his services was abont fifty cents per\\nyear.\\nJKor this and all other similar references, examine Dnnstablc Records of the date affixed.\\nJiHrattlc was of lioston, Hutchinson of Woburn, James Parker of Groton, Tynj; of Dunstable, and .\\\\braliam Par-\\nker of Chelmsforil. The laUer resided soon after in this town and is the ancestor of Edmund Parker, Esq., Judj^e of\\nProbate.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "1 8 HISrORY OF XASHi A. X. H.\\nthe comity court, but only upon evidence of his being a member in good standing of some\\nCongregational church. Before voting every person was required to take the Freeman s Oath.\\nHoping that it may be of value to the present generation and such as may come after it to be\\nreminded of the duties and responsibilities covenanted and entered into by such as became citizens\\nand were clothed with the right of suffrage, the Freeman s Oath, as found in History of New\\nEngland, Palfrey, vol. i., p. 377, is here inserted. It may kindle afresh the fires of loyalty and\\npatriotism that have apparently gone out upon many a hearthstone and stimulate to higher manhood.\\nI, A. B., being, by God s providence, an inhabitant and freeman within the jurisdiction of this\\ncommonwealth, do freely acknowledge my.self to be subject to the govennnent thereof, and therefore\\nhere .swear bv the great and dreadful name of the everliving God, that I will be true and faithful to\\nthe same, and will accordingly yield assistance and support thereunto, with my person and estate, as\\nin equity I am bound, and will also truly endeavor to maintain and preserve all the liberties and\\nprivileges thereof, submitting myself to the wholesome laws and orders made and established by the\\nsame and further, that I will not plot nor practice any evil against it, nor consent to any that shall\\ndo so, but will timely discover and reveal the same to lawful authority now here established, for the\\nspeedy preventing thereof. Moreover, I do solemnly bind myself, in the sight of God, that, when I\\nshall l)e called to give my voice touching an\\\\- such matter of this state wherein freemen are to deal, I\\nwill give my vote and suffrage as I .shall judge in mine own conscience may best conduce and tend to\\nthe public weal of the body, without respect of persons, or favor of any man. So help me God, in\\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.\\nThis meeting house was fini.shed in 1678, and w^as probably built of logs. The precise spot where\\nit stood is not known, but probably it was not far distant from the settlement at Salmon Ijrook. As\\nthe settlement increased a new meeting house was erected near the old burx ing ground in the south\\npart of Nashua. In the journal of a scout, in 1724, it is said to have stood about nine miles distant\\nfrom Pennichuck pond. No other church except those which succeeded this upon the same .spot, was\\nerected in the southern part of New Hamp.shire for more than forty years, and its minister, like\\nanother John the Baptist, was the voice of one crying in the wilderness.\\nTradition fixes the location of this house a short distance north of the state line upon the roatl\\nnorth of the residence of Alfred Kendall, leading from the main road westerly 1)\\\\- the Danforth place,\\nand thence on to the village of Dunstable, and this agrees ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ery well with the above and other\\nreferences to it, although not as definite as this.\\nApril 22, 1679, William Tyng, son of Jonathan Tyng, was born in this town. This is the first\\nbirth which is found upon the records of the town. April, 1680, Sarah, daughter of John Sollendine\\nwas born and appears under the caption Lambs born in Dunstable. It is probable that other births\\noccurred at a much earlier date, since it is known that there were man) inhabitants for years previous,\\nand in 16S0 30 families were settled there and a learned orthodox minister ordained among them.\\nBefore 1679, a lot of land upon Salmon brook was granted by the town, and known as the mill\\nlot, and a saw mill erected. Where it .stood is not known, but it is not improbable that it was on the\\nspot where the Webb mill, near the house of J. Bowers, Esq., now stands, since it is known that a\\nmill stood there at a very early period, and it would probably be located as near the settlement as\\npossible. There was originally a beaver dam at that place, and it required but little labor to prepare\\nthe site for the mill. Many years ago a mill crank was dug up near the spot, which must have come\\nfrom its ruins.\\nAs early as May i, 1679, and perhaps before that time. Rev. Thomas Weld was employed here as a\\nminister. In the settlement of New England, religion was at the very foundation. The means of\\nreligious instruction e\\\\-er kept pace with the spread of population, and he who counted religion as\\ntwelve, and the world as thirteen, had not the spirit of a true New England man. In the very charter,\\ntherefore, it was provided by the General Court, that the grantees were to procure and maintain an\\nable and orthodox minister amongst them, and to build a meeting house within three ears. This\\ncondition could not be complied with on account of Philip s war, which compelled them to desert the\\nsettlement, yet, as we have seen, at the first town meeting which was holden after its resettlement, the\\nJirst vote wsLS for the choice of selectmen, and the /icxt :i provision for the ministry and a place for\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Petition in two Province Papers Towns 253, in office of N. H. Secretary of State.", "height": "3278", "width": "2327", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "niSTOKY or XASUCA, N. H. 19\\njniblic \\\\v(-r,sliip, Uic scluctiiiL-ii just chosen lnjiiii; appointed agents to carry the vote into effect. A\\nIhirty acre right, as it was called, entitling;- the owner to about six hundred acres on the subsequent\\ndixisions of the common lands, was granted (or a ministerial lot, as a farther encouragement to the\\nministry. Upon this Mr. Weld resided, and it is probably a part of the Fletcher farm now owned by\\nJohn Little.\\nIt would be quite difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain the exact bounds of the lots set off to\\nthese early settlers after the lapse of .so many years. There has been no doubt, however, but that Mr.\\nWeld s settlement embraced the farms adjoining the abo\\\\e mentioned, owned for a generation by the\\nlate John Harwood and sold by him to Hon. C. Oilman in 1872, who added to and greatly im-\\nproved the buildings and the farm generally. As it extended westerly from the Merrimack ri\\\\-er to\\nand included a portion of the highest range of land between Nashua and I owell, he gave it the name\\nof Highland Farm, by which name it has since been known.\\nAs evidence that Rev. Mr. Weld once owned and cuUi\\\\-ated these acres, it may be mentioned\\nthat in widening the street leading to the station on the Nashua l/)well railway known as Littles,\\nnow as South Nashua, a .stone was turned up having the letters T. W. roughly cut upon its quite\\nsmooth surface, and beneath it was an old iron padlock and a small lead hatchet such as country\\nschool boys of fifty or seventy-five years ago were accu.stonied to run in molds and use for ruling their\\nletter paper. What the significance of these articles was is left to conjecture but, in view of the\\ngreat perils through which they had apparently jiassed, the lo.sses of property and of life by not a few\\nof their number, until brighter days seemed to have dawned, nuw not the lock have symbolized\\nsecurity, and the buried hatchet peace\\nThe farm has a history full of interest. ?*Ir. Harwood Ijought it at the assignees sale of Josephus\\nand luhvin 15akhvin in 1S37. The assignees were Stephen Kendrick, Thomas Chase and Charles J.\\nF ox. It was upon the identical spot where now .stands the cattle barn, that the Baldwin s bobbin\\nfactory .stood until destroxed by fire. W hen Mr. Gilman bought the farm the barn stood on the east\\nside of the highwax and ojiposite the dwelling house. It obstructed the view of the railwaj- .station\\nand the fine view bexond the river, and he employed Mr. David Stevens to remove it to where it now\\nstands, but the most singular part of it xvas that, after it was placed in what xvas adjudged to be the\\nmost desirable spot upon the side of the hill, the work of excax ation tor a cellar commenced, and, to\\nthe great surprise to the oxvner, he uncovered the foundation wall of the former bobbin factory, of\\nwhich he knew nothing at the time, but subsequently learned its history, and of its destruction l)y\\nfire. The cellar xvas filleil and all indications of its former occujiation renioxed by cultivation.\\nInstead of rebuilding they came to the village as will appear elsewhere.\\nThere is another interesting fact connected with this farm relating to the lialdwin apple. In 1873\\na claim was made that this apple originated in Maine. This led to the publication of its history,\\nwhich seems to be fully established. Mr. Gilman found upon investigation that the apple xvas\\ndiscox-ered in the present toxvn of Wilmington in 1790, by the engineers when surveying for the Mid-\\ndlesex canal. Loami lialdwin, xvho lived upon this farm, had charge of the corps of engineers in\\nconnection with Samuel Thompson, Esq. The apple had such merits as to induce him to take .scions\\nand place them in a tree upon this farm. That tree stood upon the lot east of the highwax and nearly\\nopposite the house. It xvas in an adx-anced stale of decay xvhen Mr. (jilman bought the farm and\\nsoon after yielded up its historic fame. Colonel Baldwin gave it wide dissemination, it having been\\ngiven his name. Mr. Gilman published in the .Wts/iKa Telegraph this claim for the origin of the apple,\\nxvhich was supported l)y the late Judge Geo. Y. vSawyer, who had learned the story of the discox ery\\nxvhen he xvas a resident of Wakefield, Mass., and well remend)ereil the notoriety it very .soon\\nattained.\\nAs an illustration of the character and manners of the earlx inhabitants of the town, the laxx s of\\nthe colony at this period, as an exponent of public opinion, form ])erhaps the best ^criterion. In 165 1\\n/(?\u00c2\u00abc/\u00c2\u00abs, at -arddings was forbidden, and in 1660. William Walker icas imprisoned a month for\\necurting a maid leitlioitt the leave of her parents. In 1675. becau.se there is manifest pride appearing\\nin our streets, the wearing of long hair or perixeigs, and also superstitious ridands, used to tie\\nup and decorate the hair, were forbidden under severe penalties. Men, too, were forbidden to keep\\nChristmas because it was a I oiiish custom. In 1677, an act was passed to prevent the profaneness\\nof turning the luick upon the public xeorship before it is finished, and the blessing pronounced. Towns", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "20 ///S7VA OF X.ISHr.l, X. II.\\nwere directed to erect a m;rc near the meeting house, and in this all offenders against the sanctity\\nof the Sabbath were confined.\\nAt the same time children were directed to be placed in a particular part of the meeting house,\\napart by themselves, and tythingmen were ordered to be chosen, whose duty it should be to take care\\nof them. So strict were they in their obsen-ance of the Sabbath, that John Atherton a soldier of\\nCol. Tyng s company, was fined by him -forty shillings for wetting a piece of an old hat to put into\\nhis shoes, which chafed his feet upon the march, and those who neglected to attend meeting for three\\nmonths were pul)licly whipped. Kven in Har\\\\-ard College students were -aliipped for grave offences\\nin the chapel, in presence of students and professors, and prayers were had before and after the in-\\nfliction of the punishment. As the settlers of Dunstable are described in the petition as of sober\\nand orderly conversation, we may suppose that these laws and cu.stoms were rigidlv obser\\\\-ed.\\nWe ought not to wonder at the seeming au.sterity of the Puritans still less should we blame or\\nridicule, for to them does New England owe her peculiar elevation and privileges. Scouted at by the\\nlicentious courtiers, whether Episcopalian or Catholic, for their strictness and formalit\\\\-, nicknamed\\nCrop-ears, ridiculed for their poverty and want of education, they naturally clung tenaciouslv to\\nthose peculiarities for which they had suffered, and prized them most dearly. As naturally did they\\ndislike all which savored of the offensive worship or customs of their persecutors, and strive\\nsedulously to differ from them.\\nThey would have no proud Churches f for the Church of Christ is a living Temple, so in\\ntheir plain, unsteepled, Ijarn-like Meeting Houses the worshipped God with a prouder humility.\\nThe Establishment was the mystic Babylon, and all its forms, rituals and ta.stes of course anti-\\nChristian. No band or surplice added dignity to the minister, for he was but the equal, nav, the\\nservant of all. Long hair or a wig was an abomination, and a crime against all laws human and\\ndivine. No sound of bells summoned them to worship, and no organ lifted their pravers and praises\\nto Heaven upon the wings of music. They placed no shrub or flower over the graves of the dead, but\\ninstead the plain slab with quaint carving of death s head or cross bones, or hourglass, and solemn\\ninscription. All ornament was a vain .show and lieauty a Delilah.\\nThey believed their wilderness homes to be the New Jerusalem, and, taking the 15ible as their\\nstandard, labored in all things ontwardh and inwardly to be a peculiar people. And the\\\\- were so.\\nThey did really believe in God and religion, and they strove to practice what they believed at any\\nsacrifice. The world has seen few such men, and it will be well for New liugland if she forget not\\niha principle, the real, living Faith, which inspired and exalted the Puritans.\\nNo records exist of any meeting from November, 1677, to April, 1680, when Joseph Cummings,\\nJr., was chosen a selectman in the place of Captain Hutchin.son Joseph Parker, Jr., constable;\\nCaptain Parker, Robert Paris, Joseph Parker and John Solleiidine a committee to assign lotts. At\\na subsequent meeting they also chose the.se men to run the line between Grotou and us. In the\\nspring of this year lands were improved upon the north side of the Nashua.\\nIn November, 1680, a great comet appeared at which, says Holmes, the people were greatly sur-\\nprised and terrified. It continued to be visible until February, 1681, and was the largest that had\\never been seen. vSo great and general was the alarm excited, that a general fast was appointed\\nby the governor and council, and one reason a.ssigned in the ])roclamation was, that aivfiil, porten-\\ntous, blazing star, usually foreboding some calamity to the beholders thereof This fast was oljserved\\nwith great strictness. We may smile at the ignorant and superstitious terror of even the dignitaries\\nand wise men of the land in those days, but our smile mu.st be checked a little when we remember the\\nalarm excited in 1833, in our own community by a similar cause.\\nJune 14, 16S1, Jona. Blan.sher [Blanchard] and Thomas Lun [Lund] were chosen fence fewers\\n[viewers,] and an order was passed commanding all persons to take care of and yook yr. hogs on\\npeuilty of paing double damiges.\\nDecember 28, 1681, died Hon. Edward Tyng, aged 81. Where he settled is unknown, l)ut prob-\\nably not far from the Haunted House, so called, in Tyngsljorough. He was born in Dunstalile in\\nEngland in 1600, settled in Boston as a merchant, 1639, was representative 1661 and 1662, assistant\\n*He was of Lancaster, Mass.\\ntHolmes Annals, 451.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "///svoA .WIS///: I. X. 21\\nfrom 1668 to iTiSi, and colonel of the Suffolk regiment. It appears that he was elected major-general\\nafter Leverett, Imt it is not known that he sen-ed in that office. He removed to Dunstable in 1679.\\nHe left si.x children \u00e2\u0096\u00a0.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Jonatluui, who settled in this town (see notice Eduard, who was one of\\nSir Edmund Andros s council, 1687, and Governor of Annapolis, (see notice 7;z;/ 7//, who married\\nHabijah vSavage, (son of the celebrated Major Thomas vSavage, commander-in-chief in Philip s war,)\\nwho afterward married Rev. Thomas Weld, and resided here /uiiiicc, wife of Rev. Samuel Willard,\\npastor of the Old South church, Boston, and vice president of Harvard college Rebecca, wife of Gov-\\nernor Dudley and another daughter who married a vSearle. He was buried in the family tomb in\\nTyngsborough, and a monument with an inscription points out the spot.*\\nIn 16S2, the inhabitants seemed to have increased considerably, and the settlement to have ac-\\n(piired a firm footing. The records assume a new form, and become more numerous and town-like.\\nCaptain Brattle, Captain Parker, Mr. Tinge, Sargeant John Cummings, and Robert Parris, were\\nchose selectmen. Provision was made for the collection of taxes, by ordering that the allotments of\\nsuch as neglect or refuse to pay their taxes, should be sould at an outcry on the next public meeting\\nday after such neglect or refus. Even at this early day there were some, to whom religion was as\\ntwelve and the world as thirteen, or even more.t Trespasses were committed upon the common\\nlands, and the town found it necessary to order that every man that felleth any wood or tre in the\\ncmnon shall pay y/iT sldllings for such offence. The cattle, also, seem to have become equally\\nunruly, for it was found necessary to heighten their fences to a saflfisient five raile or equi\\\\alent.\\nMay 8, 1682, at a selectmen s meeting, it was ordered that the hogs of Dunstable of three months\\nould and u]nvard, be soficiently yoked and rung at or Ijefore the twentieth of the present month, and\\nJohn Ackers be appointed and Imployed to pound, youke and Ringe such hogs and for so doing it is\\nordered that the owner of every such hog shal pay to the said Swinxard twelv penc, and John Acres\\nis appointed IIOGE Const.mslk to se this order exsicuted. So early was the necessity for this ancient\\nand respectable oflfice recognized by our wise forefathers, and the trust committed to one who was\\nqualified to e.xsicute it.\\nAugust 28, 1682, Mine Islands were laid out to Hezekiah I sher.l The islands at the foot of\\nMine Falls had acquired this name already, on account of mines which were supposed to exist\\nthere. The rumor was that they had been long worked by the Indians, who obtained from them their\\nsupply of lead. The banks of the Nashua, Souhegau and the Merrimack had been carefully explored,\\nand Mr. Baden, an ingenious miner and assayer, was sent over to New England for this purpose.\\nLead ore was found, but not plent}-, and so intermixed with rock and spar as to be not worth working.\\nUsher was an original proprietor, a man of wealth and enterprise, and uncle of John Usher, lieu-\\ntenant governor of New Hampshire in 1692. He seems to have been a speculator, and to have imbibed\\nthe extravagant ideas then prevalent among that class of emigrants, respecting the great mineral\\nwealth of New England. They had read of Mexico and Peru. They had li.stened to the Indians as\\nthey told of the Great Carbuncle, which dazzled the eyes of the beholder, upon the summit of the\\nWhite or Crystal Hills, where no human foot had ever trodden or dared to tread, and the Great\\nSpirit had his home. Visions of gold and silver, hing hidden in the bowels of the hills in untold\\n(juantities, floated before their distempered fancies b\\\\ night and b\\\\ day. Every sparkling rock, every\\ndiscolored spot of earth was to them an El Dorado, and such, without doubt, were our own\\nIslands in the eyes of U.sher.\\nHe made excavations there and found lead and iron, it is said, in small (|uantitics, but the enter-\\nprise proved a profitless one and was abandoned. This was probably not long after the were granted\\nto him as we find that May 15, 1686, Mason, the proprietor of New Hampshire, farmed out to Hez.\\nUsher, and his Heirs all tlie iiiines, minerals, and ores within the limits of New Hampshire, for the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Farmer s Genealogical Register, to wliitii I am largely inilclited in this way.\\ntHigginson s Klection sermon, 1663.\\nUsher was something of a wit. The converteil Indians were coninionly called praying Indians, Init Usher,\\nhaving heard of some outrage said to have been committed by thorn, called them \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2in-iijitiii liuliiiiis. In 16.S5, he was\\nhunting for mines in Deerfield. Mass. Records, 4685, page 485.\\n\u00c2\u00a72 Douglass Summary, 108. 5 N. H, Hist. Coll. 88. Lead ore, containing a minute proportion of silver, has been\\ndiscovered at Mine P alls by Dr. Jackson, in his geological survey of the State.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "22 HISTORY OF NASHTA, X. H.\\nterm of one thousaiul years, reserving to himself one foiiiih of tlie royal ores, and one scrcnlcciiih of\\nall the leaser metals. Of such a character and extent, however, were his explorations at these\\nislands, that they were familiarly called ihc J/iiics in all letters, records and journals of scouting\\nparties for half a century afterwards. t\\nAlthough this was a period of peace, and the Indians were committing no depredations, there\\nwas danger Iron i roving and lawless parties, and a small mounted guard was deemed expedient.\\nDaniel Waldo and John Waldo were employed for this purpose. t\\nDecember 3, 1682, the town let out to goodman Akers to cut ten lords of wood for tico\\nshilliiigs a rord, country pay, and Sargt. Cummings is to cart the same for two shillinirs a cord, same\\npaj-e. This was probably for the minister, Mr. Weld, who was married not long previous, and from\\nit we may learn something of prices in those days. Corn was worth about t tco stullinos per bu.shel in\\n1683, and the relative price of labor and pro\\\\-isions was nearly the same as at present.\\nAt the same time a committee was appointed, consisting of John Parker, Robert Paris, and John\\nSollendine, to lay out a Highway from Groton Meeting House to Dunstable Meeting House. The\\nmain river road, down the Merrimack, had been laid out long previously, and bridges built over the\\nsmall streams. This road passed ea.sterly of the present road, crossing Salmon brook at the bridge\\nnear Miss Allds house thence running northerly near the old Allds road below Judge Parker s\\nhouse, and crossing the Nashua at a ford way near its mouth, not far from the Concord railroad bridge.\\nJudge Edmund Parker was at this time of writing agent of the Jackson Company and occupied\\nthe house built by the company for the use of the agent. Subsequentl_\\\\ while occupied by Agent\\nBenj. Saunders it was externally moderni/.ed and is an attracti\\\\-e residence, now occupied b\\\\- Mr.\\nCharles H. Webster, a clerk of the company.\\nThe proprietorship of the township was divided into thirty acre rights, as they were termed,\\nor /lOHse lots of that size, with the privilege of an equal share in all subse(iuent divisions of the com-\\nmon lands in the township. Of these there were about ei ;//ty. and the proportion of each such right\\nwas about six hundred acres. The market value of these lands at this period may be estimated from\\nthe fact, that the proprietors, being indebted to Mr. Tyng in the sum of ,^23, (about $75.00,) they\\ngave him three thirty acre rights, or about 1800 aci es, in full discharge of his claim.\\nOf these proprietors, according to a certificate of the selectmen dated November 30, 1682, ticenty-\\nowc persons resided out of town in Boston, Salem, Marblehead, Cambridge and Chelmsford, and\\nteen in Dun.stable, viz: Jona. Tyng, widow Mary Tyng, John Cummings, senior, Thomas Cum-\\nmings, John Blanchard, Abraham Parker, Joseph Wright, Samuel Warner, Jo.seph Parker, .senior,\\nJohn .Sollendine, Obadiah Perry, Thomas Lund, Joseph Hassell, and John Acres. Most of the\\ninhabitants were not proprietors.\\nOctober 9, 1682, a twenty acre right was granted to Rev. Mr, Weld as an additional encour-\\nagement to the ministry. At the same time a tax was imposed of twent_v shillings in moiu upon\\nevery thirty acre right, toward the building of a meeting-house, which is to be built within one year\\nafter the date hereof, according to the dimensions of the meeting-house at Groton. A committee\\nwas chosen, ahso, to collect contributions for this purpose, of such as have ffarmes within the\\ntown, and to agree with a purson or pursons for the doing of said work. This meeting-house, the\\nsecond in town, was built probably in 1683, of a larger size and better finish, to accommodate the\\nincreasing wants of the inhabitants, and must have cost three or four hundred dollars.\\nMoney, as specie was called at that day, was difficult to be obtained as in all new settlements,\\nand possessed a comparati\\\\ e value far superior to that of produce or country pay. It is recorded\\nthat Mr. Weld is not willing to accept of one-third advance from those that pay him in money as\\nproposed, but accepts to have double the sum of such as pay not in money.\\nIn 16S3, Major Bulkley, (Hon. Peter Bulkley of Concord, one of the council,) Cajitain Hutch-\\ninson, Mr. Tinge, Jno. Blanchard, Sargeant Cummings and Robert Parris were chosen selectmen for\\n*i Belknap 116. Royal ores were gold auil silver. These were reserved to the Crown.\\ntSee original journals of Fairbanks, Blanchard, and others, 1700 to 1725 in Journals of Scouts. Mass. Records.\\nJTliej- were inliabitants of the town, and sons of Dca. Cornelius Waldo, the ancestor of nearly all the Waldos in\\nNew England. Farmer s Genealogical Register.\\n\u00c2\u00a7These rights include the greater part of the town of Tyngsborougli, and are still in possession of the family.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "///S/i^A X.IS/// I. X. If. 27,\\nthe year ensuiiii;e. Jolm Solk-iidine was chosen c()nstal)lc, Chi-i lo])her Temple and Audio Cooke war\\nchosen veioers of fenses, Saml Warner and John Ciinuniiigs war choes Sen aires of Hyways.\\nThe taxes iqion each thirty acre right for the four years together, from 1679 to 16.S;,, were\\nahont thirty-six sliillings.\\nJohn Cnniniings seems to have been town clerk for many years previous to 17CO, although there\\nis no record of any choice. For several years after 16S;, the town officers were nearl the same as in\\nthe years preceding, whose names have been recorded. Many of their posterity .still dwell here, and\\nit was thought it might not be unintere.sting to know who in its days of weakness and peril and\\nsuffering were the fathers of the town.\\nWe have .seen how zealously affected the proprietors of Dunstalile were toward building a\\nmeeting-house and settling a minister in 1677. Religious motives, however, were not the only ones\\nwhich actuated them, since their pecuniary interests were benefited thereby. By an agreement dated\\nMay 21, 16S4, .setting forth their desire for the increase and flourishing of said plantation, one diirf\\nmeans tchcrcoj iindrr God, is llic settling a pious and able minister thereof, they therefore bound them-\\nselves to pay 15.V. annually on each thirty acre right for this i)urpose, till the inhabitants can pay 50\\nper annum.\\nIn the summer of 16.S5 the inhabitants were thrown into a new alarm by the su.spiciou.s move-\\nment of the Penacook Indians and man}- retired to the garrisons. The alarm was soon, however,\\ndiscovered to be unnecessary, the Penacooks themselves, fearing an attack from the Mohawks, and\\ntaking precautions against it.* Such was the life of the early settler even in time of peace. The\\ninhabitants generally lived in garrisons or fortified houses, and scouts were abroad constantly to detect\\nthe approach of the lurking foe. The farmer tilled his fields with his arms ready for .self defence, and\\nas the lonely wife heard the frequent storj^ of massacre and captivity, her ear detected, with Irembling\\napprehension, in e\\\\-er\\\\- unusual sound, the footsteps of the Indian cncm\\\\-.\\n*i lielknap, 115.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "///sTok-y OF XASi/r.i. x. 25\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nNkw Mkktixc-Housk Brii/r. Ordination ok Mr. Wki.d. Church Formkd. N.vme.s of\\nMk:mber.s. Covex.v.nt. Otiikk Ciukchks in Nkw H.v.mi .shikk. Ixin.vxs Siii.i. Their\\nLaxd.s and Kkmovk krom Tin; icinity. Bridge Buii.t over Concord River .\\\\r\\nBii.i.KKicA. Dor, Wiiii i i.:k .\\\\i 1 ()inti;i). Important Meeting of Delegates in Boston.\\nFirst Tvthingmax Chosex. Indiax Rav.vges in Eastern Part. Representatives\\nOF THE Town. Settlers Forfeit Rights rv Remov.vl. State T.v.x Ab.\\\\ted .vnd\\nGrant for Sxppokt of Mini.strv Made. Mrs. Hannah Duston taken Captive at\\nHavkkiiii.l, Mass. Kn,i.i:i) IIkr Captors and RirrrRNiCD. Monument to Her Me.m-\\norv. Frequent Alarms 1 ki:vent Growth of Settlement. Grist Mill at Mouth\\nOF Stony Brook. Rkv. Mk. Weld s Compensation. Meeting-House Gl.vzed. Llst\\nof Inhabitants. .\\\\ii) Aski;i) to Support the Ministry. Death of Rev. Mr. Weld.\\nBiographical Sketch. Monument to His Memory.\\nUl TO this period .Mr. Weld had been preaching here hut liad never been ordained. In\\n1684, however, a new meeting-house was erected, and having consented to settle, he was\\nordained, December i6, 1685. At the same time a church was formed, consisting of seven\\nmale members, viz: Jonathan Tyng, John Cummings, senior, John Blanchard, Cornelius\\nWaldo, Samuel Warner, Obadiah Perry and Samuel French. John Blanchard and Cornelius\\nWaldo were chosen the first deacons.\\nThe following is the Covenant which was adopted in the neighboring churches at that period, and\\nwhich undoubtedly was adopted here. It is sub.stantially the same as that which was framed for the\\nl irst Church in Salem, bj the associated churches of the colony, in 1629, and ])romulgated by the\\nGeneral Assembly in 1680, for the use of the colony.*\\nWe covenant with our Lord and with one another, and we do bind ourselves in the presence of\\n(jod, to walk together in all his ways according as he is pleased to reveal himself unto us, in his\\nblessed word of truth, and do explicitly profess to walk as followeth, through the power and grace of\\nour Lord Jesus Christ.\\nWe avouch the Lord to be our God. and ourselves to be his people in the truth and simplicity\\nof our spirits.\\nWe give ourselves to the Lord Jesus Christ and the word of His grace for teaching, ruling and\\nsanctifying of us in the matters of worship and conversation, resolving to cleave unto him alone for\\nlife and glory, and to reject all contrary ways, canons, and constitutions of men in his worship.\\nWe promise to walk with our brethren with all watchfulness and tenderness, avoiding jealous-\\nies, suspicions, backbitings, censurings, provocations, secret risings of spirit against them; but in all\\ncases to follow the rule of our Lord Jesus Christ to bear and forbear, to give and forgive, as He hath\\ntaught ns.\\nIn ])ublic or in priv-ate we will willingly do nothing to the offence of the church: but will be\\nwilling to take advice for ourselves and ours as occasion ma)- be presented.\\nWe will not in the congregation be forward either to shew our own gifts and parts in speaking,\\nor scrupling, or there discover the weakness and failings of our brethren, but attend an orderly call\\nthereto, knowing how much the Lord may be dishonored, and His Gospel ami the profession of it\\nslighted, by our distempers and weakness in public.\\nWe bind ourselves to study the advancement of the Gospel in all truth and peace, both in\\nregard to those that are within and without no ways slighting our sister churches, but using their\\ncounsels as need .shall be; not laying a .stumbling block before any, no, not the Indians, whose good\\nwe desire to promote and so to converse that we may avoid the very appearance of evil.\\nWe do hereby promise to carry ourselves in all lawful obedience to those that are over us in\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Mass. .Xsscnibly Records. 1680, page 281. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Mien s Cliohiisford, 108.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "26 HISTORY OF NASHUA, X. H.\\nChurch or Comnioinvealth, knowing how well pleasing it will be to the Lord, that they should have\\nencouragement in their jilaces, by our not grie\\\\-ing their sjiirits through our irregularities.\\nWe resolve to approve ourselves to the Lord in our particular callings, shunning idleness as\\nthe bane of any state, nor will we deal hardly or oppressively with any, wherein we are the Liird s\\nstewards.\\nPromising also unto our best ability to teach our children the knowledge of God, and of His\\nholy will, that they ma\\\\- serve \\\\\\\\\\\\m also and all this not by any strength of our own, but b\\\\- the Lord\\nJesus Chri,st, whose blood we desire may sprinkle this our Covenant made in His name.\\nAt this date there were but four churches and four ministers within the present limits of New\\nHamp.shire.* It was during this year that Cranfield, the royal Governor of the state, issued his\\narbitrary decree against the Congregational Clergy, ordering their dues to be witheld, and threat-\\nening them with six months imprisonment for not administering the sacraments according to the\\nChurch of England. But this decree did not affect Dunstalde, which was still supposed to lie\\nwithin the bounds of Massachu.setts.\\nIn i6S6 the Indians at Wamesit and Naticook sold all the lands within the limits of Dunstalile to\\nJonathan Tyng and others, together with all their possessions in this neighborhood, and nearl_\\\\- all\\nof them removed from the vicinity. t How much was paid for this purchase of Dunstable, or rather\\nrelease of their claims, is unknown, but probably about ^20, as we find that this sum was assessed\\nupon the proprietors soon after, for the purpose of paying for lands bought of the Indians.\\nIn 1687 the town raised \u00c2\u00a31 \\\\2s. T,d. towards our proportion of the expense of building the\\ngreat bridge over the Concord river at Billerica. This was done by order of the General Assen.bly,\\nand for many years afterwards, it was rebuilt and kept in repair from time to time, as occasion\\nrequired, by the joint contributions of Dunstable, Dracut, Groton, Chelmsford and Billerica the\\ntowns most immediately benefited.\\nMay 21, 1688, Samuel Goold is chosen dog whippek for the meeting house. What were\\nthe duties of this functionary we are not informed, except .so far as is implied in the name.S It\\nstands alone without precedent or imitation. The choice is recorded with all gravity among other\\ndignitaries of the town, and the office was doubtless in those days a serious and real one, and no\\nsinecure, unless we ,suspect our grave forefathers of a practical joke.\\nIn 1688, owing to the revolution in England, by which James II. was deprived of his throne, and\\nwhich was followed immediately by a revolution in New England, Sir Edmond Andros, the royal\\nGovernor, was deposed, and a popular government, founded upon the ancient charters, instituted.\\nThe different towns in the colony were invited to choose delegates to meet in convention at Bos-\\nton and assume the government. This convention met accordingly in May, 1689, almost every town\\nbeing represented. Dunstable was among the number. In May, 1689, John Waldo was a delegate\\nfrom this town in June, 1689, Cornelius Waldo; and in December, 1689, Robert Paris. This was\\na popular assertion of inalienable rights, and a foreboding and precedent of the revolution in 1776.\\nIn 1690 Christopher Reed was chosen Tythingman, the earliest records of the choice of such an\\nofficer in the town.\\nDuring this year it is not known that any attack was made by the Indians upon this town,\\nalthough they ravaged the settlements from Salmon I alls to Amesbnry. burning a great number of\\nhouses, and killing and capturing nearly two hundred persons.** Two companies of scouts, consisting\\nof seventy men each, under the connnand of Capt. Thomas Chandler and Lieut. Simon Davis, were\\nranging the wilderness constantly for the prevention of damage to the frontiers. In June, 1692,\\nMr. Jonathan Tyng and Major Thomas Henchman were representatives of Dunstable. it With the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Portsmouth, Dover, Exeter, and Hampton, all organized in 163S.\\ntAllen s Chelm.sford, 151. i Belknap.\\n{Proprietary Records of Dunstable.\\n\u00c2\u00a7That surh an officer was a necessary one we may infer from the f.ict. that in Beverly a fine of sixpence was\\nimposed on every person whose dog came into the meeting-house during divine service. Stone s History of Beverly.\\nIMass. Records, 1689, page 81, 89.\\n**i Belknap 132, 144.\\nttMass. Legislative Records. 1692, page 219.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "///STOA x.is//f:i, X. 27\\nexceptidii of llu- years 1689 and 1692. no oilier mention is made of representatives from this town for\\nmany years. At this time no one was allowed the right of suffrage who did not possess a freehold\\nestate of the valne of forty shillings per annum, or personal property of the value of /\u00e2\u0096\u00a020.\\nIn March, 1694, a law was enacted by the (leneral Court, that every settler who deserted a town\\nfor fear of tlie Indians, should forfeit all his rights therein. vSo general had the alarm become that\\nthis severe and unusual statute was necessary. Yet neither the .statute, nor the natural courage of the\\nsettlers, which had never failed, was sufficient to withstand the protracted and incessant peril which\\nmenaced Dunstable, and in 1696 the selectmen affirmed, that near two-thirds of the inhabitants\\nhave removed themselves with their rateable estates out of the town. The town, harassed and poor,\\nprayed an abatement of ^50, part of their state tax, due by those who had left town, and this recpiest\\nwas granted accordingly.* Troops were kept here for the protection of the settlers who remained, and\\nall the garrisons were placed under the supervision of Jonathan Tyng, who had previou.slv been\\nnamed in the Royal Charter as one of the Royal Council of the province.\\nIn consequence of this desertion of so large a portion of the inhabitants, the su])i)ort of the min-\\nistry became very burdensome. In June, 1696, the General Court granted ^^30 for the support of the\\nministry at the Garrison in Dunstable for the year ensuing. In June, 1697, ^20 were allowed, and\\nin 1698, ^12 per annum for two years ensuing, and for the same purpose.\\nIn 1^197, the celebrated Mrs. Duston was captured at Haverhill, Mass., and escaped by killing\\nlier captors, ten in number, at the mouth of the Contoocook river in Concord, N. H. This was\\nconsidered as one of the most remarkable and heroic exploits on record.\\nRobert B. Caverley, Esq., of Lowell, became deeply interested in the history of these times about\\ntwenty-five years ago, and collected much matter of interest relative to this and other events that\\ntranspired in the valley of the Merrimack, which he embodied in form of an epic poem. Heroism.\\nhe says, is a divine attribute. Patriotism approves and honors it. Humanit} fervently and\\nambitiously inclines to cherish it. To make a record of its achievements becomes the pleasure as well\\nas the duty of a generous people.\\nHannah Duston was born in Haverhill, Mass., December 23, 1657. She was the daughter of\\nMichael and Hannah Webster Emerson; married Thomas Duston, December 3, 1677, and, up to the\\ndate of her captivity, had become the mother of twelve children, the j oungest being but a week old\\nat the time she was taken captive at Haverhill, March 15, 1697.\\nMary Neff, a widow, lived in the famih-. The Indians were especially active at this time all\\nthrough this region. They had taken captive, at Worcester, a lad of fourteen summers, named Sam-\\nuel Leonardson. In making their attack on the village of Haverhill, they divided their tribes so that\\non that da} the} took and carried away thirteen captives, burned nine dwelling houses and killed\\ntwenty-seven of its inhabitants.\\nWhen Thomas Duston, the husband and father, first saw the Indians he seized his gun and\\ngathered all the children except the baby and made their escape. In the meantime the Indians at\\nthe homestead had seized Mrs. Duston, Mar}-, and the infant, forced the child from Mary s arms and\\nkilled it again.st an apple tree, pillaged and set fire to the house, and drove the captives away into the\\nwilderness. Slowly they made their way up the Merrimack until, at the end of fifteen days, they\\nreached the Indian camp on the island at the mouth of the Contoocook river. This island con-\\ntained about two acres and afforded excellent security for their cam]). Nearly exhausted by the\\njourney and the e.\\\\])osure, for the snows of winter had not entirel}- disa])peared, and Mrs. Du.ston had\\nbut one shoe when the camp was reached, the reader will be prepared to judge whether the act that\\nwas .so soon to be committed was justifiable.\\nBefore reaching the camp the Indians had divided, one ])art, who held Hannah Bradley captive,\\nproceeded further on the journey north, while Mrs. Duston, Mary Neff and the boy were taken by the\\nother party to the island. The three captives took counsel together and resolved to free themselves\\nfrom their cruel captors. On that night, March 30, 1697, the camp fires blazed pleasantly, and the\\nfatigues of the journey had made good preparation.s for sound sleep.\\nThe captives ])atientl\\\\- awaited the midnight hour, and then cautioush and noiselessly, obtaining\\n*Mass. Asseiiil ly Records, 1696.\\ntMass. Lesi.sl;uivc Kccoicis. 46;;, 562. 609.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "28 HISTORY OF XASHl A, X.\\nthe tomahawks, they moved in concerted action and struck the deadlj blow. Only one old squaw,\\nwho was covered with wounds, and an Indian boy were spared. Ten were slain. Upon the consum-\\nmation of such a deed thej left in haste, but had not proceeded far when the thought of Ijearing away\\nwith them the evidences of their courage and skill induced them to return and take the scalps of their\\nsilent enemies, together with a .selected gun and tomahawk. Scuttling all but one of the canoes, they\\nfloated down the Merrimack and spent the first night of their regained liberty at the house of our own\\nJohn Lovewell, father of the worthy Capt. Lovewell, which .stood on the north side of vSalmon\\nBrook, not far from where the factory of the Nashua Boot and Shoe Compauj- now stands.\\nFor one hundred and seventy-five j-ears this heroic act was entrusted to tradition and peri.shable\\nrecords, until, in 1S72, an interest in it was developed and a deed of the island was obtained of the\\nowners, John C. Gage and Calvin Gage, by a committee consisting of the late Dr. Bouton, E. S.\\nNutter and Robert B. Caverly. The deed was a gift from the Messrs. Gage.\\nThereupon the committee issued a circular call under date of January 23, 1S73, appealing To\\nthe benevolent sons of New Hampshire, and to whom it may concern. for the sum of six thousand\\ndollars with which to erect a monument to the memory of Hannah Duston upon the ishmd already\\nsecured. The appeal met with the desired response and the sum was secured. Among the con-\\ntributors in Nashua appear the names of Edward Spalding, M. I)., Josiah G. Graves, M. D., T. H.\\nWood, H. W. Gilman, Dr. C. G. A. Eayres, B. B. F. P. Whittemore, Moore Langley, and Myron\\nTa^dor. William Andrews of Lowell, Mass., was sculptor: Andrew Orsolini of Carrara, Italy, John\\nMurray of Aberdeen, Scotland, and Charles H. Andrews of Lowell, Mass., arti,sts; Porter E.\\nBlauchard of Concord, N. H., builder. The monument is of Concord granite, surmounted with a\\nfemale figure, which .speaks, though from mute lips, the most thrilling and heroic story of those\\nmost trying and perilous years. Thousands look upon it as they pess upon the trains and realize\\nanew the cost of what we now have and enjoy. The exercises of dedication were held upon the\\nisland where it stands, June 17, 1874.\\nRobert B. Caverly of Lowell delivered the principal address. Manj distinguished persons were\\npresent and made brief addresses among them were Rev. Elias Nason, Rev. Smith Baker, Rev. Geo.\\nT. Flanders, Rev. T. W. Savage, Gen. B. F. Butler, Dr. J. C. Ayer, Hon. Geo. W. Nesmith,\\nex-Govs. Onslow Stearns and E. A. Straw, John H. George, Esq., Hon. Natt Head, Gen. S. G.\\nGriffin, Samuel B. Page, E. C. Bailey, Esq., Dana B. Gove, David O. Allen and Nathan W. Frye.\\nThe inscriptions on the monument are as follows\\nWE.ST SIDE.\\nHerouni Gesta\\nFides Justitia.\\nHannah Duston\\nMary Neff\\nSamuel Leouardson\\nMarch 30, 1697.\\nMidnight.\\nEA.ST SIDE.\\nMarch\\n15 1697 30\\nThe Warwlioop Tonialiawk Fagot\\nand\\nInfanticides\\nwere at Haverhill.\\nThe -\\\\shes of the Camp-fires\\nat Night\\nAnd ten of the tribe\\nare here.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF X.lS/fC.i, X. If.\\n29\\nSOUTH SIDE\\nwitnesses\\nB. V. Prescott\\nIsaac K. Gage\\nStatus.\\n1874\\nKnow ye that we with many plant it\\nIn trust to the State we give and grant it.\\nThat tlie tide of Time may never cant it\\nNor mar, nor sever.\\nThat Pilgrims here may liecd the mothers.\\nThat Truth and Faith and all the Others\\nWith banners high in glorious colors\\nMav stand forever.\\nXath. liouton (S)\\nKliph. S. Nutter (S)\\nRobert B. Caverly (S)\\nNORTH .SIDK\\nDonors.\\nJiilm S. liriiun\\n(F)\\nJohn Proctor\\n(A)\\nJonas B. .A.iken\\n(Fr)\\nAlmon Harris\\n(F)\\nKdward K. Knowlton\\n(C)\\nArtemus L. Brooks\\n(L)\\nGeorge W. Nesmith\\n(Fr)\\nJosiah G. Graves\\n(N)\\nOnslow Stearns\\n(C)\\nBenj. F. Butler\\n(L)\\nMorris Knowles\\nWalter .\\\\iken\\nEdward Spalding\\nHenry F. and I). A\\nJoseph Stickney\\nJohn C. Gage\\nGeorge A. Pillsbury\\nJames C. Ayer\\nCalvin Gage\\n(I.a)\\n(Fr)\\n(N)\\nBrown (F j\\n(Cj\\n(F)\\n(C)\\n(I.)\\n(F)\\nMrs. Jefferson Bancroft (I,)\\nFamily and Elliz. Rogers (I.,)\\nand\\nmany many others.\\nAltli()ti.i;li Dinistubk- suffered little dvirin.t; the war from actual injuries, _\\\\ et the cnntimial e.x])(isnre\\nto the tomahawk and .scalping knife, and the frequent alarms, prevented its growth. .Such was its\\neffect, indeed, that though as early as 1680 there were thirly families or more in the town in 1701 the\\nnumber did not exceed twentj -five families.* The .settlement had more than once been nearly deserted\\nand very few improvements were made. saw mill had been erected at the earliest settlement, and\\nothers followed at Mine falls and on Salmon brook, but no gri.st mill had beeu built, the inhabi-\\ntants resorting to Chelmsford. In 1695 Daniel Waldo set up a grist mill at the mouth of Stony brook,\\nseveral miles down the Merrimack, and was to grind the corn and mall of the inlialiitants of Chelms-\\nford, except on the fourth day of each zvcek -cchich is appropriated to the use of Dunstable. He agreed to\\ngrind according to turn as much as may be. t\\nOct. 4, 1697, every inhabitant was ordered to bring- half a cord of rcood to Mr. Weld by the first\\nof November, or forfeit /rrc shillings for each neglect. This was in addition to his salary.\\nAs silver was then worth ten shillings a:i ounce, five shillings would be ee^ual to half an ounce of\\nsilver, or fifty cents of our currency. This would make the value of wood about a dollar a cord.\\nIn 1698 the town joined with other towns in rebuilding ]5illerica bridge, and raised for that\\npurpose and other town expenses, \u00c2\u00a36 -js. Of course it could not have been a very splendid or\\nexpensive structure.\\nJune 29, 1699, it was voted that John Sollendiue build a snllicient cross bridge over Salmon\\nbrook, near Mr. Thos. Clark s ffarni hou.se. provided that the cost thereof do not exceed the sum forty\\nSHILLINGS. The town was to pay one-half and Mr. Clark the other. The bridge was to be -warranted\\nto stand a twelvemonth, and if the water carry it away he is to rebuild it at his own cost.\\nIn 1699 the woodrate was increased and assessed according to the ability of the inhabitants,\\nwho were reciuired to furnish him iiiiieteeii cords. The minister rate assessed upon the jiroprietors\\nPetition 1701 supra.\\nt.\\\\lltn s Chelmsford, 30.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "30 HIS7\\\\^R)- OF X.ISHC.l. X. H.\\nof Dunstaljle, including inhabitants, was 17 2S. 2d. (perhaps S50.00,) and was probablx the amount\\nof his salary.\\nIt is a singular and instructive fact, and one that might lead to useful reflections, that Mr. Weld\\nwas assessed, like any other inhabitant both to the wood-rate and minister s rate, to the former one\\ncord and to the latter eleven shillings. I had supposed that the respect paid the pastor in those\\ndays was so great as to exempt him from all such burdens, but it seems that the principle of equality\\nwas carried into rigorous practice. Nor did the minister receive any title except that of Mr., not\\neven that of Rev., for this was an inno\\\\-ation of vanity upon puritan sini])licit\\\\ of a much later\\ndate. I). D. and vS. T. D., and such like, are quite of modern introduction. It should be remembered,\\nhowever, that even the title Mr. was not in 1699 applied to common people.\\nThe following is a list of all the inhabitants who were heads of families and contributed to the\\nwood-rate in 1699. The number of inhabitants did not probably exceed one hundred and twenty-five\\nMaj. Jonathan T^-ng, John Sollendine,\\nMr. Thomas Weld, Robert l .sher,\\nRobert Parris, Nath l Cnnunings,\\nNathaniel Blanchard, Aliraham Cummings,\\nJoseph Blanchard, J ihn Cummings,\\nThomas Cununings, John Lovewell,\\nThomas Blanchard, Joseph Hassell,\\nMr. Samuel Searle, Mr. Samuel Whiting,\\nSamuel Ffrench, William Harwood,\\nTho s Lunn, [Lund,] Daniel Cialeusha.\\nIn 17C0 the town voted that the_v would g/asc tliv iiiccfiiig-hoiisc, which was done accordingly,\\nat a cost of i 6(/. Probably it had ne\\\\ er been glazed before and from this we may learn the\\nnarrow means of the settlers, and how different were the rude houses in which the worshipped from\\nthe costly edifices which now occupy their places. The windows could ha\\\\ e been neither very large\\nnor very numerous.\\nIn 1 701 the selectmen of the town prayed the general court for further assistance in the support\\nof the ministry and set forth, as was customary, their condition and sufferings at considerable length.\\nAs showing the situation of the town at this period and the customs of the times, the petition is\\ninserted entire.*\\nTo his Maje.sty s most Honorable Council and Representati\\\\-es in the Great and General Court\\nnow assembled in Boston by adjournment.\\nThe petition of the Selectmen of Dunstable in behalf of the inliabitants there settled. Humbly\\nSheweth that whereas the wise God, (who settleth the bounds of all our Habitations,) hath\\ndisposed ours, but an handful of his people, not exceeding the number of hccnty-ftvt faiiii/icx, in an\\noutside plantation of this wilderness, which was much depopulated in the late war, and two thirJ\\nparts of them, though living upon husl.iandry, et being but new beginners, and their crops of grain\\nmuch failing of wonted increase, are in such low circumstances, as to be necessitated to Ijuy their\\nbread corn out of town for the support of their own families, whence it comes to pass that they are\\ncapable of doing very little or nothing towards the maintenance of a minister here settled and our\\nNon-resident Proprietors being far dispersed asunder, some in England, and some in several remote\\nplaces of this country, and making no improvement of their interest here, most of them for divers\\nyears past have afforded nothing of assistance to us in so pious a work there having also in some\\nyears past been some considerable allowance for our help herein out of the Public Treasury, (for which\\nwe return our thankful acknowleilgments, the continuance whereof was ne\\\\ er more needful than at\\nthis time\\nThese things being duly considered we think it needful liereby to appl\\\\ ourselves to your Honors.\\nHumbly to request the grant of such an annual Pension out of the Country Treasury, for the support\\nof the mini.stry in this place, as to yourseh es may seem most needful, until our better circumstances\\nmaj render the same needless.\\n*Mass. Ecclesiastical Records, 1701.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "HIS TORY OF NASHUA, N. 31\\nMoreover having been lately iiifonned by a representative from a iieij^liboriny; town, that Dunsta-\\n1)1l s proportion in the Country rate nc\\\\vl\\\\ Linitted was \u00c2\u00a36, coming from the multiplication of 20s. six\\ntimes, but finding by the printed paper lately come to us that we, /he sma/lfsl lo-u ii in the Province, are\\nassessed \u00c2\u00a3s), being 3 beyond Stow which we deem in respect of the number of inhabitants may\\nexceed us at least one third part We humbly hereupon desire that the original assessment may be\\nrevised, and if there be any mistake found in the proportion assigned to us, (as we judge there may\\n1 e.) that it may be rectified and we shall remain your Honors Humble Servants,\\never to pray for you.\\nJoseph Harwell,\\nRobert Parris,\\nWilliam Tyng.\\nDunstable, July 28, 1701.\\nIn answer to this petition the sum of \u00c2\u00a3\\\\2 was allowed from the treasury in September, 1701.\\nJune 9, 1702, died Rev. Thomas W eld, first minister of the town, aged 50 years. A tradition has\\nlung been current that he was killed liy the Indians in an attack njjon his garrison.* Rut this must\\nbe a mistake, for In the year 1702, says I enhallow, who lived at this time and wrote the history of\\nthe war, the whole l)ody of the Indians was in a tolerable good frame and temj)er, and there is no\\nmention of an\\\\- attack until .Vugust, 1703.!\\nMr. Weld was a native of Ro.\\\\bury, Mass., and grandson of Rev. Thomas Weld, the first minister\\nof Roxburw who came from England in 1632, and was one of the most distinguished among the\\neminent men of that daw He was one of the three who made the famous first translation of the\\nPsalms into metre for the use of the churches of New England, which has been the occasion of\\nno little merriment the translators being selected, not because they possessed an poetic genius\\nwl .atever, l)Ut because they were the most pious and godly men.\\nMr. Weld graduated at Harvard College in 1671, and probably studied divinitx with his uncle,\\nKe\\\\ .Samuel Danforth, a celebrated minister, and came to Dunstable in i67,S or 1679. Nov. 9, 1681,\\nhe married Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. John Wilson of Medfield, son ol the first mini.ster of Boston\\nand l)oth of them ver\\\\- eminent men. She died July 29, 1687, aged 31, and is buried in the old\\nbur\\\\ing ground near the southerly line of Nashua, where a large horizontal slab of granite records\\nher death. Some years afterwards he married widow Hannah Savage, daughter of Hon. Edward\\nTyng, who was admitted an inhabitant in 1677. She surx ived him man years and dieil at the house\\nof their .son. Rev. Habijah Weld, in Attleborough, Mass., in 1731.+\\nHut little is known respecting the character of Mr. Weld. He was much belo\\\\-ed by his peoj)le,\\nand is said b Farmer to ha\\\\ e been a distinguished man.S Alden says that Mr. Weld was esteemed\\nin his day a man of great piety, an exemplary Christian and a ery respectable clergyman. He is\\nsup] osed to be the author of the verses in Mather s Magnalia, u]ion the death ol his uncle, Re\\\\\\nvSamuel Danfoith, who died in 1674.** He is tjuried beside his wife and over his grave is a granite\\nslab similar to that of his wife btit without any inscription.\\nIn 1876 the people of the First church, joined by a few citizens, raised a sum of mone sufficient\\nto erect a suitable monument to the memory of their first j^astor, Rev. .Mr. Welti, to take the place of\\nthe granite slab. Indeed it was looked upon as a long-neglected duty, so long as to suggest a rebuke\\nand that ga\\\\ e great force and prompt response to the a])i)eal. The needed amount was soon in hand\\nand the work begun. It was completed and put in place with ajipropriate ceremony. It is of granite,\\nmassive and substantial, ii\\n*X. H. Gazeteev, Dunstable.\\nr eiiliallow s Indian War. i N. H. Hist. Coll. 20, 23.\\nfX. II. Historical Collections, 57 64. Tarnier s Genealogical Register. AUlcn s Kpita])]! Dr. .Mden was a\\ndescendant of Jlr. Weld.\\n^Historical Catecliisni.\\nIt Alden s Collections, in.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Mather s Magnalia.\\nttSee chapter on cemeteries on succeeding pages.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "32 HIS TOR}- OF XAS//rA, X. H.\\nIn March, 1704, the town was again compelled to seek aid from the Colonial Treasury for the\\nsupport of the ministry and for defence against its enemy, and presented the following moving\\npetition. Upon the consideration of the petition the sum of 20 was granted to the town for these\\npurposes.*\\nTo the General Court in session, 8 March i703.t\\nThe most humble Petition of the inhabitants of the town of Dunstable in the\\nCounty of Middlesex, Shewcth\\nThat whereas your distressed Petitioners, through the calamities of the several Indian rebellions\\nand depredations, are much reduced in our estates, and lessened in our numbers, (notwithstanding\\nthe addition of many desirable families when there was a prospect of a settled peace,) so that we are\\nnot capable wholly to support the ministry of the Gospel, after which Ark of God s presence our\\nsouls lament, and the want of which, more than all other great hardships, and hazards, doth dis-\\ncourage us, and threaten the ruin of this desirable plantation, but the enjoyment of such a rich mercy\\nwill animate us still to stand, (as we have long done,) in the front of danger\\nInasmuch also as his Excellency, in his great wisdom and providence for the .security of this\\neminently frontier place, and of this part of the Province so much exposed to the invasion of the\\nbloody salvages, hath been pleased to post a considerable force of soldiers here, the great advantage\\nwhereof hath been experienced in these parts, but they can never hear a sermon without travelling\\nmore than t lcclvc miles from their principal post, which is to them no small discouragement t\\nWe are therefore humbly bold to lay before the wise and compassionate consideration of this\\nGreat and General Assembly the sorrowful circumstances of her Majesty s good subjects in said town,\\nand do most humbly implore that such a supply may be ordered, out of the Treasury of the Province,\\ntowards the support of the ministry in Dun.stable, as to your great wisdom and candor shall appear\\nmeet, we being found, (as we are in duty bound,) to contribute to such a service for our souls to the\\nuttermo.st of our ability, and much beyond the proportion of others in greater congregations for the\\nordinances of God s worship among themselves And your poor Petitioners are the more encouraged\\nthus to pray in hope, since their former applications of this kind have ever been compassionately\\nregarded and bountifully answered by former Great and General Assemblies of this Province.\\nYour obedient and humble servants,\\nvSamuel Whiting, Selectmen\\nWilliam Tvng, in behalf\\nJoseph Blanchakd, of the Town.\\nIn 1704 a block house was erected somewhere in town by Colonel Tyng, b\\\\- the direction and at\\nthe expense of the colony, but the place of its location is not designated.\\nIt may be a matter of some interest and curiosity, as illustrating the manners and customs of the\\ntimes, to insert the following account of the expenses of the funeral of James Blanchard, who died in\\n1704. He was a farmer in tolerable circumstances.\\nPaid for a winding sheet.\\nPaid for a coffin.\\nPaid for digging grave.\\nPaid for the use of the pall,\\nPaid for gloves, (to distribute at the funeral,\\nPaid for wine, .segars, and spice, (at the funeral,!\\nPaid for the Doctor,\\nPaid for attendance, expenses, c.\\n*Mass. Ecclesiastical Records, 1704, page 191.\\n+This was 8th. March, 1703-4, or 1704.\\nJThis garrison was at Salmon brook, and the nearest meeting-house, (except in town,) was at Chelmsford, then\\ntwelve miles distant.\\n\u00c2\u00a7Mass. Military Records, 1704.\\n\u00c2\u00a30-\\n-iS.f.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094od.\\n10\\n7\\n6\\n5\\nI\\nI\\nI\\n5\\n9\\n14\\n9\\nI\\n17\\n5\\n19\\n5", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "II/S7 k .V.IS7/r.l, X. If. ,3\\nCHAI^riil^ V.\\nTown Uiccokds Lmpickfhct. Grant i ok Sii I okt (ji- Tin-; Mi istkv. Ri-:v. Samtki, IItnt.\\nHis Pktitiiix. Ricv. Samuki, Pakkis. Mketing House Rkpaikhd. Rkv. Amks\\nCiii;i:vKK. v^Ai.ARv. Rkv. Mk. Tki:at. Paksonagh. Rev. Joxa. Piekpoxt. Rev.\\nMk. C()Ki-ix. Rev. Mk. Pki;ntici:. His Makkiaoe. Salary. Death ok Rev. Mr.\\nPkivntici:. Hi.s Gr.wi;.\\nF()R many N tars altt-r Uil- ik-atli ul Re\\\\-. .Mr. XW-ld the L-cclcsia.stical aflair.s of the lown are\\niinohx d in much ohscurity. No ininistL-r was settled liere duriiii; the war, and no records\\nremain of the proceedings of the town until 17 10. Yet during this long struggle, although\\nthe settlement was nearly deserted, the public services of the church were not neglected in\\ntheir distress and care for self-preservation. In June, 1705, the General Court granted ^26 to the\\ntown for the support of the ministry for the year ensuing. t Who was the minister at this period is\\nnot known certainly, but probably it was Rev. Samuel Hunt, as in September, 1706, he was desired\\nby the Governor and Council to coni/nuc at Dunstable by the following order:\\nBoston Sept. 4th, 1706. I am ordered by his Excellency the Governor and Council to acquaint\\n(111 that your .service as minister at Dunstable is acceptable to them and desire a continuance thereof,\\nand the\\\\ will endea\\\\ or to promote yr. encouragement the General Assemblv as formerly, and hope\\nthe\\\\- will be prevailed with to make it better: I am, sir.\\n3 our humble serx ant,\\nIs.aac Ai)Dix(;to.v, vSec y.\\nMr. Samuel Hunt, Clerk.\\nMr. Hunt continued his ministry at Dunstalile until the spring of 1707, when he was ordered to\\naccompany the expedition against Port Royal as chaiilain of the forces, as appears l)y the following\\npetition, j! upon which the sum of \u00c2\u00a3ii^ was allowed\\nThe petition of Samuel Hunt, Clerk, sheweth\\nThat your petitioner has served as minister at Dunstable ever since the fourth of Sept., 1706,\\nhaving received a signification from this Honorable Board, under the hand of Mr. .Secretary Addiiig-\\nton, that the same was desired by your Excellency and Honorables intimating withal that your\\npetitioner should have the same encouragement as formerly, (or better,) which your petitioner under-\\nstood to be the same as he had at Casco Bay, which was 52 per annum and his Ijoard. And on the\\n23d of April last past, yr. petitioner w^as dismissed from that service in order to go to Port Royal,\\nwhen he had served thirt --three weeks at Dunstable aforesaid, for which your petitioner has not yet\\nreceived any salary and yr. petitioner ])rays that the same may be allowed as aforesaid.\\nDec. 5, 1707. Samuel HiTx r.\\nAs early as the first of October, 170S, Rev. vSamuel Parris commenced preaching in Dunstal)le,\\nand the (icneral Court granted him ^20 per annum for three years or more toward his support. He\\nremained here until the winter of 171 1 or the spring of 1712, but how much longer is unknown. Mr.\\nParris was previously settled at vSalem village, (or Danvers, and in his society and in his family, it\\nis said, commenced the famous Salem Witchcraft delusion of 169 1, which led to the death of so\\nmany innocent persons, and which filled New liiigland with alarm, sorrow and shame.**\\nSept. 12, 171 1. [It was] agreed upon to repayr the meetiirg-honse, it being left to the seleclnicn\\nto let out the work and take care for the boards and nails.\\nAfter Mr. Parris left Dunstable public worship still continued and the pul])it was supi)lied\\n*Tliis subject finds a separate place and extended treatment elsewhere in this volume, nevertheless, by reason of\\nthe coiuiection in which it stands it may be found acceptable.\\nMass. Kcclesiastical Records, 1705.\\ntMass. Ecclesiastical Records, 1707, pa^e 239. .Mr. Hunt graduated at Harvard College, 1700.\\n\u00c2\u00a7Mass. Ecclesiastical Records, 1707, Jjajfe 239.\\nIMass. Kcclesiastical Records, 1709, 1710, 1711.\\n**Uphanrs Lectures ou the .Salem Witchcraft. Mr. Tarris died in Sudbury, Mass.\\n3", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "34 ///STCiR) OF XASHl A. X.\\nconstantly, for in June, 1712, the General Court granted /^lo to Dunstable lor the support of the\\nministry the last half year, and in June, 1713, 10 more for the year past. This is the la.st\\nrecord of any assistance granted to the town by the colony. With the return of peace, prosperity\\nsmiled upon the settlement. New settlers thronged in, farms were extended and the inhabitants were\\nenabled to bear their own burdens.\\nIn 1713 Rev. Ames Cheever, who graduated at Harvard in 1707, was preaching in Dunstable.\\nNo\\\\-. 20th, 1713. it was voted, that the resident proprietors of Dunstable pay Mr. Cheever \u00c2\u00a3i^o a\\nyear. How much earlier Mr. Cheever commenced his labors is uncertain, but he continued preach-\\ning here until June, 1715, at which time he received a call. At a general town meeting of the\\ninhabitants legall\\\\- warned at Dunstable, on June the 6th, 1715, Then \\\\-oted and agreed that Joseph\\nBlanchard is to pa\\\\ to Mr. Cheever his money that is due him, and upon discoursing with him, if he\\nseems to incline to settle with us, then to declare to him, that the town at a meeting voted that they\\nwould readilj consent that he should come and settle with us, and have the same encouragements as\\nto sctllcDU iit and salaiy as was voted him at our last meeting concerning him. Also, voted that Joseph\\nBlanchard shall deliver a letter to Mr. Short, (Rev. Matthew, who graduated at Harvard, 1707,) or\\nsome other minister, to come and preach with us for some time.\\nIn those days ministers were settled for life, and it was customary for the town to give them a\\nministerial farm, or a certain sum of money by way of deficit, which was called a scfl/cniciit. He\\nreceived an annual salary in addition. This settlement was usually, in a town like Dunstable, from\\n^80 to ^ico in value, while the salary ranged from /^5o to \u00c2\u00a3.100 per annum.\\nMr. Cheever, however, did not accept the call to settle, and soon after a Mr. Treat was preaching\\nhere. Nov. 2d, 1715, it was voted for to desier Mr. Treat to continue with us sum time longer, and\\nto give him as before, which was twenty shillings a Sabbath. Also, voted that Sarg t Cumings\\nshould be looking out for a minister in order for settlement.\\nJan. i6th, 1717, x oted that Henry Farwell and Sarg t Cuniniings are to endever to get a minister\\nas soon as they can, and to .see after Mr. Weld s place (the old parsonage,) to by it if it be to be had.\\nAlso, Joseph French is to entertain the minister. French lived at the first house on the main road\\nnortherly of the state line.\\nist Ma3% 1717, voted that there be a day of fast kept sum time this in.stant May. Voted that ye\\n15th day of this instant May, be the day appointed to be kept as a day of Fast. At the same time\\nDecon Cumings was chosen for to discourse Mr. Stoder (Rev. Samson Stoddard of Chelmsford,)\\nconcerning the Fast. This was a fa.st ordained by Governor Sliute,* and was, probably, inconse-\\nquence of the alarming threats and depredations which were made at this time by some of the Indian\\ntribes against the frontier settlements.!\\nSept. 26th, 1717, voted that the Rev. Jona. Parepoiut Peirpont of Reading, Mass., graduate\\nHarvard, 17 14,) .should have a call in order for settlement. Also, voted that the minister should have\\n;^8o a year salary, and one hundred -poundi for his settlement. Voted that Major Eleazer Tyng and\\nEnsign Farwell should acquaint Rev. Mr. Pairpont with what is voted at this meeting.\\nThis call was equally unsuccessful with the former, and Sept. 2d, 1718, cho.se a committee to go\\nto discourse with Mr. Coffin, (Enoch, graduate Harvard, 1714,) in order for a settlement. It is\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Stated by Mr. Farmer, so noted for his accuracy, that the Rev. Mr. Prentice was settled here this \\\\ear.\\nThis is a mistake, and the same error occurs in all other notices of Dunstable.!\\nDec. i.st, 1718, voted that the Rev. Enoch Coffin should have ^80 a ear salary In rnonev.\\nAlso, voted to give him lan;l which cost the town /^So, an:l ten acres of meadow for his settlement\\nand also two hundred acres of the common lands. Both the church and the town unanimously\\nagreed to give Rev. Mr. Enoch Coffin a call to be our settled minister.\\nIt would seem that Mr. Coffin accepted the call, for May i8th. 1719, a committee was chosen\\nwith Mr. Coffin to layout his meadows, which were offered him in case of settlement and during\\nthis year, in the records of land laid out, he is st\\\\led the present minister of said town. .Something,\\nhowever, occurred to prevent his legal ordination at that time, as nearly a year after, March 7th. 1720,\\nBelknap, 186.\\ntPenhallow. i N. H. Hist. Coll., 89.\\nJl N. U. Hist. Coll. 150, 5. 109, Rev. Mr. .Sperry s Sketch.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "iiisn^Rv \\\\.is//r.i, X. 35\\n:i oiiuiuiUcc was chiiscii logo to our iiL-ighljonug- niiiiislers, and to discourse thciii all in order for\\nthe ordination o( Rev. Mr. Collin. lUit he wa.s not .settled at all, for May 20th, 1720, a conuuity\\nwas chosen to compound niatter.s with Mr. Cofhii concerning the town s settlement nionev, and Mr.\\nCoffin s offer to the town concerning his place.\\nMr. Coffin resided here for some time with his family, and Nov. 5th, 1719, a daughter, Mehitabel,\\nwas horn. He left town June, 1720, and returned to his native i)lace, Xewbury, Ma.ss. He after-\\nwards went as chajjlain with the first band of settlers to Concord, X. H., and settled there May, 1726,\\nwhere he died August 17th, 1727, aged thirty-two.*\\nThe ecclesiastical affairs of the town were for nuui\\\\ years in\\\\-ol\\\\ed in .so much confusion and\\n(liilicultN-, as almost to warrant the facetious remark of Colonel Ta lor to Governor Burnet. The\\ngovernor, who was no friend to long graces before meals, on his first journey from New York to take\\nupon him the government of iMassachusetts and New Hampshire, enquired of Colonel Taylor when\\nthe graces would shorten. He replied, The graces will increase in length until you come to Boston;\\nafter that they will shorten until you come to your government of New Hain])shire, when vour\\nexcellency will find no grace at all. t\\nIn June, 1720, Rev. Nathaniel Prentice began to ])reach here. August 20, 1720, the town gave\\nMr. Prentice a call with the offer of ico settlement and 8o a year salary; but warned by their\\npremature grants of land to Mr. Coffin before ordination, they prudently inserted a proviso, that he\\nwas not to enter upon said X80 salarv till afhr he is our ordained minister.\\nMr. Prentice accepted the call, and was probably ordained during the fall of 1720. He probably\\nclaimed a larger salary, as Nov. 13, 1720, it was voted, That when Mr. Prentice comes to keep\\nhouse and have a family, and stands in need of a larger sup]il then to ad Reasonable Aditions to his\\n.salary, if our abilities will afford it. They also voted, Dec. Sth, 1720, That Mr. Prentice after\\nmarriage should ha\\\\-e a sufficioit supply of xcood, or tcti pounds of passable moncv in lao tlwrcof year/ v.\\nHe was .soon after married to Mary Tyng of Dunstable, and died here, according to Mr. Farmer, P el).\\n27th, 1737.} He was buried, it is said, in the old south bur\\\\-ing ground, beside his children, but\\nthere is no monument or inscription to mark the place of his interment.\\nOf the character and talents of Mr. Prentice, we have little information. It is said of him,\\nsa S Mr. vSperry, that he was a man of wit and a good sermoni/.er. That he was popular we may\\nconjecture from the fact that the people here were contented under his preaching for so many years,\\nand additions from time to time after his settlen\\\\ent, were made to his salary. In 1730, and perhaps\\nearlier, ,690 were rai.sed for him in 1731, the noii rcsidiiit taxes added; in 1732 he received ^105 and\\nthe non resident taxes and in 1733 the same. The town also voted to build a new meeting-house near\\nthe old one. The value of money, in comparison with other articles, however, had then depreciated\\nso much, in consequence of the emission of large quantities of paper money by the colony, that perhaps\\nhis compensation at this time was worth little more than his original salary. This, though it may\\nseem to us a small sum, \\\\_,C? o, or $270.00], was no mean salary in these days, when the colou\\\\- gave\\nthe Governor but 100 a year, and when Portsmouth, the capital, and which had been settleil a\\ncentury, gave its minister a salary of only ^130.\\nJanuary lyth, 1724, died Hon. Jonathan Tyng, aged Si. He was the oldest son of Hon. Ivdward\\nTyng, and was born Dec. 15th, 1642, He was one of the original proprietors of the town, and the\\nearliest permanent sctflcr, having remained here alone during Philip s war, when every other person\\nh;id deserted the settlement for fear of the hulians. That he was a man of much energy and decision\\nI character we ma\\\\- judge from this fact. That he was a man of probity and of considerable\\ndistinction at an earl\\\\- period, we ma\\\\- infer from his appointment as guardian o\\\\ er the Wamesit\\nIndians in 1676, and from the numerous other important trusts confided to him from time to time by\\nthe colony.\\nIn 16.S7, he was a])])uiuted (as well as his lirother, Ivdwartl l\\\\\\\\ng in the royal commission\\nof James II. as one of Sir Ivdmuiul Andros s Council. In 1*192 he was chosen representative of\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6N. II. Hist. Coll., 160.\\n1 1 Ik-lkiiap, 22.5 luite.\\n*Otliers say in 17,15.\\nSAdams Annals of I orlsnuiuUi.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "36 NISrORV OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nDunstable, and lor nian ^-ears as selectman, and otherwise was much engaged in the ]nil)lic bu.siness\\nof the town. For many years during the wars of 1703, he was colonel of the upper Middlesex regi-\\nment, and was entrusted with the care of all the garrisons within its bounds.\\nColonel Tyng married Sarah, daughter of Hezekiah Usher, who died in 1714. After her death\\nhe married Judith Fox of Woburn, who died June 5tli, 1736, aged 99. His children were \\\\,fohii,\\ngraduate of Han-ard College, 1691, who was killed by the Indians in 1710; 2, WHUcdu, born 22d April,\\n1679, the first child born in the town; 3, Elcazar, graduate of Harwird College, 171 2; 4, Marv, who\\nmarried Rev. Nathaniel Prentice, minister of the town; and others who died at an earh- age.\\n*Edward Tyng was appointed Ciovcrnor of Annapolis, but sailing for it, was taken prisoner and carried into\\nFrance, where he died. His children were: i, /idicard, a brave naval commander, born 16S3 ami died at Boston\\nSept. Sth, 1755. 2, Jonathan, who died young. 3, Maiy. who married Rev. John Fox of Woburn. 4, Elizabeth.\\nwho married a brother of Dr. Franklin. Edward Tyng was a I^ieutenant in the great Xarraganset swamp fight, Dec.\\ni;th, 1675, and commanded the company after Captain Davenport was killed.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "///STOR] OF N.lSI/[rA, ,V.\\nCHAPTER VI.\\n.KowTii (II- Towx. Nivi-.n oi Aid. Bii.l.s oi- Cki;i)IT Ls.srKi). F.\\\\k\\\\vkll .vnd i,.\\\\xcii.\\\\R]),\\nTkxstkk.s i-ok Town s .Shakh. Siccond Ls.snc. Ricv. Mr. Pkf.ntich Rkceive.s It.\\nDhpki;ci.\\\\tiox in Xai.tic. No Rkprr,si-:.\\\\tativic Chosf;n. Rkcord.s. Tiik Mkktino\\nHou.sH. Pews ICkkctjcd. FrK.sr T at-pek. C.KAxn Jfrymen Chosen liv Town. Tvtii-\\niNGMAx Chosen. Bridge at P.ii.i.icrica. X otixc, dy B.\\\\lu)T. Ctstoms oe tiiic\\nTiMICS. FjCRRV-l .OAT. ]v\\\\KTIIorAKlC. I X K EE IMCRS LiCEXSED. BoOM ACRO.SS THE MER-\\nRI.MACK. JrRISl KUDENCE. TaXES. EDUCATION. LAWS RlCEATIXG To Pf. I) II-l ICULTY\\nOF OnsicRvixCr Them. Town Indicted. vSmael Amoixt Raised. Fell Into Xec.i.ect.\\nVarioes DisiTTics. New Settlements. Nottinohaji, {Hedson.) Merrimack. Litch-\\nfield. Vote to Biild New ^Meeting House. Hoi.lis. Townsexd. State Linf;\\nFixed. Ri:\\\\-. Mr. Swax Settled. New Lights. Mi ;i :ting Horsi-: Blilt.\\nTIUv scUk-iiit-nt of the town which had been so niiich and so long- retarded, which for for/v\\nyears had scarcely advanced at all. now increased rapidly. But the inhabitants were extreme!)-\\nl)Oor. In addition to the heavy public taxes occasioned by the long and expensive Indian\\nwars, they had suffered much from the incursions of the enemy from the loss of the ransoms\\npaid for the release of their capti\\\\-e friends, and from the obstruction of all regular emplo\\\\-ment.\\nIn consideration of the universal scarcity of money, the General Assembh- of Massachusetts\\nissued bills of credit in 1721 to the amount of 50,000 to be distributed among the several towns in\\nproportion to the public taxes. They answered the purpose of money for the time. Nov. 7, 1721,\\nLieut. Henry Farwell and Joseph Blanchard were appointed tru.stees to receive and loan out the\\nshare of this town, in such sums that no man .shall have more than five pounds and no man less\\nthan three jiounds, and shall \\\\iAy five per cent interest for the use of the same to the town.\\nIn 1727 the General Assembly, finding this mode of making money popular, issued ^60,000 n-iore.\\nThe share belonging to this town was received and loaned to Rev. Mr. Prentice, to be applied in\\njiayment of his future salary as it should Ijeconie due. Thus early and easily did men disco\\\\-er and\\nadopt the practice of throwing their debts upon posterit}-. The consequence of these issues was a\\nruinotis depreciation in their value a nominal rise in the value of ever\\\\- species of property,\\nspeculation, and at last uni\\\\-ersal distress. In 1750 the bills were worth but twelve per cent.\\nThe general poverty of the inhabitants maj also be inferred from the fact that yio representative\\nwas sent to the General Assembly, although directed so to do, the town voting regularly from 1693 to\\n1733 not to send. Whenever the interests of the town were in danger, however, a special agent\\nwas sent to see that the) were protected. As an illustration of the feelings and peculiarities of those\\ntimes it may be added, that, F ebruarx- i, 1731, it was voted notto choose any jierson as representative,\\ndeeming ourselves not obliged by Lav. But in order to be certain as to their riglits and duties, the\\nnext \\\\-ear they took legal advice upon this subject and again voted not to send, finding the town not\\nobliged by l.a a-y At that time the rejiresentative received no compensation for attendance, but his\\nexpenses were paid b the town. In 17 iS the compensation was fixed by statute at three shillings \u00e2\u0096\u00a0pQV\\nday. At one period the General Assembly hired an inn-keeper to board all of the members at a stipu-\\nlated price ])er day, including wine, but not to exceed one cup of sack each. This was done not\\niinl\\\\- for econoni\\\\-, but for the greater despatch of business.\\nI or nianv years little occurred here which would be of general interest. The records are chiefly\\nvaluable as serving to show the contrast between the past and the ])resent, and the slow and painful\\nsteps by which towns arrive at maturity. Some memoranda of this ])eriod, therefore, may serve to\\namuse and jierhaps instruct the curious reader.\\nIn 1716 a committee was appointed by the town to lay out a road to Dracut, and to state the\\nCountry road from Capt. Tyng s to Xashaway ri\\\\-er. Its width was declared to be four rods.\\nSept. 2, 171S, voted, thai John Lovewell, .Sr., and his son John, [the hero of Pe(|uawkett,]\\nshould hav liberty to bild a dam in the higliway over Salmon brook, not to inconnnodate the", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "38 HISTORY OF A ASHl A, X.\\nliigluvay. This was at the little bridge near the house of Miss Allds, wheie the mud sills are still\\nvisible and the /lio/nraj was the Country road just mentioned.\\nMarch 31, 1719. Joseph French was ti/osa! to make coffins where there be need for the year\\nensuing. Friendly Indians still lived here, and this singular vote may have referred to them, as we\\nfind a charge made by him not long after, for Jacob Indian s coffin T.v.\\nThe selectmen and other persons in the employment of the town at this period charged 5.?. per\\ndav for their services.\\nThe humble meeting-house which had served for the worship of all the inhabitants, since no\\ndivision into sects existed, was a rude, one story, unsteepled edifice, and would show but poorly beside\\nthe erections of the present day. It was divided by an aisle in the center, with rows of benches on\\neither side, one of which was appropriated for the use of the women, and the other for the use of the\\nmen. Such a sepai ation was not unfrequent in these primitive days.*\\nBut even among our grave and simple forefathers, lu.xury and ambition crept in. March 2, 1720,\\nit was Voted that Lieutenant Henry Farwell and Josejili lilanchard should hav the libety to erect\\nfor themselves two Pewes on there own charge at the we.st end of the Meeting House. The example\\nwas contagious, so dangerous is a precedent. If Lieutenant Farwell and Captain Blanchard could\\nafford Pewes, why might not others? May 18, 1720, it was Voted that there be four Pewes\\nerected in our Meeting House one on the back side of the lowermost seats, and one seat to lie taken\\nup; Sargeant Colburn, one pew vSargeaiit Perham, one pew Nathaniel Cummings, one pew Oliver\\nFarwell, one pew.\\nThe first pauper in town appears to have been Joseph Hassell, a son probably of him who was\\nslain by the Indians in 169 1. He was supported by the town, which appointed a person to take\\ncare of him in 1722 or 1723.\\nIn i723Cirand Jurymen were chosen by the town at the annual meeting bj ballot. This was\\nprobably done as a precaution against the encroachments of the officers of the crown, and as a\\nsafeo-uard of popular rights. One trilnmal was secure from ro3-al influence, and no individual could\\nbe unjustly condemned. This mode of choice continued till after the revolution, and was a source of\\no-reat annoyance to the enemies of America, who complained that the towns chose the most active\\nopponents of England for their grand jurors, so that those guilty of political offences could not be\\nindicted.\\nIn 1723 the choice of a tything man, Thomas Blanchard, is recorded. The town raised ^20\\n[about $70] to defray all town expenses, and the collector had 3 pence in the pound [ij^ per cent.]\\nfor gathering all town rates for ye year.\\nIn 1724 the town was again called upon to assist in keeping the great bridge in Billerica in\\ngood repare, and chose Henry Farwell to jine with the committy appinted for that purpose.\\nIn 1729 they united with Dracut, Chelmsford and Billerica in further repairs, and in 1731 expended\\n\u00c2\u00a3t, \\\\os. for the same purpose. This bridge was over the Concord river on the main road to Boston,\\nand of great importance.\\nThe method of voting for all the more important officers was by ballot, while others of less\\nimportance were chosen by holding up of ye hands. So early did our forefathers recognize that\\ntruh republican principle and safeguard of popular rights, the secret ballot.\\nIn those days offices were not onl\\\\- places of lionor and profit, but also of good cheer. Those\\n*The followinji is a desonptiou of the early meeting houses as drawn up by Rev. I,eonar(l Bacon of New\\nHaven Immedialeh before the pulpit, and facing the Congregation, was an elevated seat for the ruling elder, and\\nbefore that, somewhat lower, was a seat for the Deacons behind the Communion Table. On the floor of the house\\nthere were neither pews nor slips, but plain seats. On each side of what we maj- call the centre aisle were nine seats\\nof siifficient length to accommodate five or six persons. On each side of the pulpit at the end were five cross seats,\\nand another shorter than the five, .\\\\long each wall of the house, between the cross seats and the si le door,\\nsix seats.\\nThe men and women were seated separately, on opposite sides of the house, and every one according to his office,\\nor his age, or his rank in .society, and his place was assigned by a committee appointed for that purpose. The\\nchildren and j-oung people at the fir.st .seating seem to have been left to find their own places, away from their parents,\\nin that part of the house w hich was not occupied with seats prepared at the town s expense.\\ntGovernor Hutchinson s Letters.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "///syoA x.is/f(rA, n. ir.\\n39\\nwere glorious times tor dignitaries. Ainniis; the accoiinls presented for acceptance, and whicli were\\nallowed and paid li\\\\- the town without scruple, we find the following:\\nTown of Dunstable to Samuel French, Dr.\\n1726. To dining the .Selectmen 6 meals. o 6.v. od.\\n[w ilnnii wwiX ivdi I had at Mr. William Iaww-a for llie Sticctmcu o 12 6.\\nWe are accustomed to look hack upon that early period as an age of primitive siniplicit\\\\- and\\n\\\\-irtne. Vet what would be said of such an account in these temperance days? But their faults\\nwere onl\\\\ those of rude and hard\\\\- pioneers, and of the age, and we would institute no comparison.\\nThey laid a noble foundation for our re]iublic. Ivvery man who wxs foiiy years old, says Belknap,\\nhad seen twenty years of war. vSnch continual dangers and hardships, although affording no\\ngood school for culti\\\\ ation and refir.ement, lurnished a race of hardy soldiers and sterling patriots for\\nthe times that tried men s souls.\\nIn March, 1727, the town raised eight pounds for building a boat. and it was directed that\\nCaptain Blanchard shoidd return the boat within the year to the town. This was j)robabl\\\\ for a\\nferry-boat over the Merrimack at the I51aiichard farm, [now Little s] as Hudson was then included in\\nDunstable, and a few settlers had located themselves on that side of the river. No bridge existed for\\na centnr\\\\- after.\\nOctober 29 and 30, 1727, at night, a .shock of an earthquake was felt here. It affected chiefly\\nthe towns upon the Merrimack. The shock was very loud and was attended with a terrible\\nnoise like thunder. The hou.ses trembled as if they were falling. Divers chimneys were cracked,\\nand some had their tops broken off. Flashes of light broke out of the earth, and the earth broke\\nopen. The .shocks lasted until February, 1728.*\\nAt this time tavcrners were licensed by the count court. In the fall of 1727, Captain Joseph\\nBlanchard, who had been the inn-keeper of the town for many years, died, and as the court was not\\nin session in December, 1727, Henry Farwell, Jr., petitioned the general as.sembly for a license, which\\nwas granted.!\\nIn 1728 a boom was built across Merrimack river by the town.\\nAmong the early settlers of New England the principles of jurisprudence were but little known,\\nand there were few lawyers. The jurisdiction of courts of law was limited, and as man}- of the\\njudges had received no preparatory legal education to fit them for the bench, but were taken directly\\nfrom the counting room or camp, all settled rules of law were of course unknown and disregarded.\\nThe people, therefore, in all cases of difficult}- applied at once to the general assembly, who assumed\\nand exercised jurisdiction in imitation of the English parliament, as a court of errors and of chancery\\nin all cases whatsoever, where their assistance was needed for the purposes of justice.\\nA connnittee having been appointed by the town to purchase the ministerial farm of Rev. Mr.\\nCoffin as a parsonage for Mr. Prentice, and refusing to convey it as directed, the town applied to the\\ngeneral court of Massachusetts by a petition for some redress, if it maj- be obtained, touching the\\npremises. This was not done, however, without a division, and several persons entered their dcsciit\\n[dissent] or protest against the proceeding.\\nThe amount of taxes raised from 1726 to 1733, for the general expenses of the town, including the\\nsupport of the ministry, varied from $250 to $400 per year.\\nThe subject of education was one of deep interest to the early settlers of New England. To them\\nmust be awarded the enviable distinction of their being the first to lay down the noble principle, that\\nevery child should be taught to read and write, and the first to establish common schools to carr\\\\- it\\ninto effect. It was ever the custom, and became the law in Puritan New England as early as 1642,\\nthat none of the brethren should suffer so much barbarism in their families, as not to teach their\\nchildren and apprentices so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English lan-\\nguage. A fine of 20 shillings was imposed for every neglect, and, if after reproof by the selectmen,\\nthey still neglected this duty the children were to be taken from them and bound out, males until 21 _\\nand females until 18 years of age.\\nIn 1646 it was enacted that if an\\\\- child above 16 years old, and of snfiicicnt understar.ding. shall\\n*4 N. II. Hist. Coll., 93.\\nt Mass. .*\\\\ssciiil)ly Records. 1727.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "40\\nH/SrOJ^) OF ASH[/.I, X.\\ncurse or smite his natural father or mother, lie shall be Pi r to death, i Nle.s.s can be sii/ficicnllv\\n/cslificd thai tin- arci//s have been vp:ry unchristiaxi.v NEGLIGENT in the Education of .such\\nCHILDKKN. This was the Mosaic law, but with an important and characteristic qualification.\\nTo the end that learning ma)* not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, it was ordered in\\n1647, that every township, after the Lord liath increased them to the number of /i//v house-holders,\\n.shall appoint one to teach all the children to read and lOritc And when an town shall increase to the\\nnumber of one hundred laniilies they shall set up a grammar school, the master whereof being able to\\ninstruct j outh so far as they may bs fitted for the university. These provisions, furni.shing the best\\nacademic education to every child gratuitously, go far beyond the present school laws, and we might\\ndo well to retrace our steps. For non-compliance the towns were liable to indictment, and a fine was\\nimposed for the benefit of the school in the next town.\\nOne reason which determined the Puritans upon a removal from Leyden was, that the place\\nbeing of great licentiousness and liberty to children, they could not educate them nor could they give\\nthem due correction without reproof or reproach from their neighbors. Their ideas of government,\\nfamily and national, were all derived from the Mosaic code, and as was said of the Connecticut settlers,\\nthey agreed to take the laws of God for their guide until they had time to make better.\\nBut deeply as the settlers felt the importance of education, it was no easy matter in a frontier town\\nwhei e a fierce Indian war was raging, when the inhabitants dwelt in garrisons and the settlement was\\nevery day liable to an attack, to e.stablisli common schools. The dense forest, where the quiet of the\\nschool room might be broken at any time b) the yell of the savage, was no fitting time or place for\\nhelpless children still at home education was not neglected, as the state of our ancient records every-\\nwhere attests. vSo much were the inhabitants scattered that no school was kept in town until 1730.\\nIn that year, it seems, the town having increased to the requisite number of fifty house-holders, and\\nhaving neglected to provide a teacher according to law, had been indicted by the grand jury. Nov. 3,\\n1730, it was according!}- voted, that it be left with the selectmen to provide and agree with a person\\nto keep a writing school in the town directly and that the sum of Ten pounds be granted and raised\\nfor defraying the charges in the last mentioned concern and other Toien charges. How liberal this\\nprovision was we may judge from the fact that the same sum, and even more, had been annually raised\\nfor town charges alone, and that Dunstable then included the greater part of HoUis and Hudson\\nwithin its limits.\\nHow many inhabitants the town then contained we are unable to ascertain. If there were fifty\\nhouse-holders or families, the number was probably about tivo hundred and fifty. How slow was the\\nincrease and how disastrous mu.st have been the effect of the long Indian wars, we may conjecture\\nwhen we remember that as far back as 1680, there were thirty families, or nearly one hundred and\\nfifty inliabitants, most of whom were settled within the present limits of Nashua.\\nAfter this indictment, however, had been arranged, it appears that the town relapsed into its\\nancient neglect and no further notice was taken of it. No record of any vote to raise money for the\\nsupport of schools, or to choose any school committee, or to build any school-house, or any allusion to\\nthe subject of schools is found for many years. The town was too much distracted at this period,\\nperhaps, by exciting religious and sectional questions, to attend to or agree upon any general plan\\nof education. The inhabitants of Hollis and Hudson were desirous of being erected into separate\\ntownships. Then came the question of erecting a decent meeting-house, and similar divisions\\nensued.\\nThe controversies about the boundary line between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, which\\nfinally di\\\\-ided Dunstable nearly in the middle, leaving one-half of the territory within the jurisdiction\\nof Massachusetts, and transferring the northern portion, with a large majority of the inhaliitanls, to\\nNew Hampshire, gave rise to an excitement still more intense and protracted. Then followed a suc-\\ncession of sectarian disputes about the Orthodox and .VeTc /.inhts, Congregationalists and Presbyterians,\\nall of which were discussed and decided in town meetings. These, and similar controversies, with their\\nconsequent victories and defeats, protests and reconsiderations must have occupied their time sufficiently\\nto prevent their union upon an\\\\ subject, where there might be conflicting interests or prejudices.\\nAfter Lovewell s war, so great was the security felt b} the settlers, that the}- plunged boldI into\\nthe wilderness in every direction. In July, 1729, the lands lying three miles north and south on\\nMerrimack river, extending three miles east and four miles west of it, and bounded southerl}- by the", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "ff/STOA Y or A .IS//r,l, X.\\n41\\n,Soulic!;aii, [now Ihe nortlicrlx jiart of Mciriinack] were granted to Joseph Blanchard and others. Kveii\\nas early as May, 1726, a settlement was conunenced at Concord. In Dunstal)le the outlands were taken\\nup, and soon the wilderness was alive with population. So nnnierous had they Ijeconie that for\\ngreater convenience ol public worship, lhe\\\\- desired on cver\\\\- hand to be erected into townships.\\nIn 1731 the inhabitants on the east side of the Merrimack petitioned the town to be set off, which\\nwas granted to take effect whenever the General Court should think it advisable. Leave was\\nobtained accordini;l\\\\- from the asscnd)l\\\\- of Massachusetts, and the new township was called Xo/lhii^.\\nham. On the establishment of the boundary line it fell within the .state of New Hampshire, obtained\\na new charter in 1746, and changetl its name to Nottingham- West, there being alreadv a Nottin -hain\\nin the eastern section of tlie .state.\\nIn 1732 the inhabitants on the northerly side of Nashua river petitioned to be set off also with\\nBrenton s farm, but Ihe petition was not granted by tlic town. In 1733, however, part of the town\\nlying west of Merrimack river was incorporated b\\\\- the general a.s.sembly into a township by the name\\nof Rnmford, but soon after was called Merrimack.\\nJnl\\\\- 3, i7,U- Litchfield w^as incorporated. In the petition for incorporation, dated May, 1734, and\\nsigned by Aqnila I nderwood for the Town, it is stated, as a rea.son for the grant, that they have\\nsupported a minister for some time.\\nWhile the jealousies and divisions, to which reference has been made, were existing in such\\nstrength, the old meeting house, it seems, had grown so old and out of repair, as not to be dectiit.\\nUpon a ote taken in 1732 whether the lown would Iniild a decent meeting house or rectify and\\nmend the old one, it was decided not to rectify but to build. After quarrelling a year and\\nholding various meetings, it was voted to build it about 4 rods westward of where the meetino- house\\nnow stands, upon which 19 perstnis, chiefly from that part of the town now hing in Massachu.setts\\nentered their dissent of record against the location.\\nIn 1736 Hollis was set off from Dunstable b} the name of tlie lecst parish of Diiiislab/e; but after\\nthe cstabli-shment of the boundary line, it received a new act of incorporation from the state of New\\nHampshire, by the name of Hollis. Its Indian name was Nissitisset. In the mean time settlements\\nwere extending rapidly all around, and the forest was bow-ing before the onward tread of civilization.\\nIn 1734 Amherst w-as settled, and in 1736 a bridge was built across Souhegan river, then the northerly\\nboundary of Dunstable, and a road laid out and built from the bridge to Dun.stable meeting house.\\nIn 1732 Townsend was incorporated, taking in the southerlj- part of thetow-n, including Pepperell.\\nThus township after township had become parcelled out from the original bodv of old Dun.stable,\\nuntil in 1740 the broad and goodly plantation was reduced to that portion only which is now embraced\\nwithin the limits of Nashua and Nashville, Tyngsborough and Dunstable. At length, after a long\\nand violent controversy, and against the wishes of the inhabitants, the boundary line between New-\\nHampshire and Massachusetts was established in 1741, severing Dunstable ver}^ nearly in the middle,\\nand leaving the present towns of Nashua and Nashville within the limits of New Hampshire. With\\nthe exception of a small section set off to Hollis, this portion retains the territory which it had in\\n1741, au/1 contains by computation, about 18,878 acre.s.\\nAfter the death of Rev. Mr. Prentice, Rev. Josiah Swan received a call to settle over the church\\nand town. He accepted the call, and was ordained Dec. 27, 1738. Mr. Swan is said to have been a\\nnative of Dunstable, and graduated at Harvard in 1733. In 1739 he married Jane [Mr. vS])erry says\\nerroneously J\\\\aehael, Blanchard, daughter of Joseph Blanchard, Esq., of this town. In 1741, how-\\never, on the division of the town by the new boundary, it became more difficult to support a minister.\\nNot long afterwards the .sect then called Weic /.iohts. but since known as Methodists, a])])cared, and\\na division in his society ensued. The churches were infected with lay exhorters, and some ministers\\nwho have left their parishes and charges and undertaken to play the bishop in another man s\\ndiocese, as the regular clergy complained, and distracted by such persons exhorting and preaching\\nin private houses without the consent of the stated pastor.\\nWe have seen that the question of building a new meeting house was discu.ssed as far back as\\n1732. and a \\\\ote taken fixing its hjcation. In November, 1734, John Kendall and others remonstrated\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Allen s Chi- liiisforcl, 116.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "42 N/STOin OF NASHirA, N. H.\\nto the general assenibh- against its location, and asked for a committee. The records of the\\ntown from 1733 to 1746 are lost, but it is known that the vote was inoperative and the house not built\\nuntil 1738, when Mr. Swan was settled. It stood near the old burying ground not far from the state\\nline, having been built for the accommodation of the original township. Immediately after the\\ndivision of the town, it became necessary to erect a new meeting house in a more central situation.\\nBut so diverse were the interests and the feelings of our then widely scattered population, that no\\nlocation was satisfactory. June 20, 1746, the town voted that \\\\\\\\vt place of preaching the oospcl this\\nsunnner be at Ephraim Lund x barn. After sundry votes, protests and reconsiderations, committees,\\nreports and compromises, the town voted to accept the proposal of Jona. Lovevvell and others to build\\nthe meeting house on their own account, and to have the liberty of selling all the wall pews for their\\nown benefit.\\nThe House was Intilt accordingly in the autumn of 1747, on a spot of rising ground about six-\\nrods d cst of the main road, which is a few rods northerly of the present South meeting-house. It\\nwas about twenty-eight feet by forty; had a small gallery, and was divided like the old one into the\\nmen s side and the women s side.\\n^Ecclesiastical Records, 1734, page 70.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "ff/STOh V (V- A .IS//( ,l. X. 43\\nCHAPTER Vll.\\nI.\\\\c M^i tiK ATiiix MY Xi:\\\\\\\\ II \\\\:\\\\ii SinKi;. C.khat Road to TvNcsiiOKorcii. Ri Mr. Swan\\nDiS-MissiU). Ani:ci ()T) oi Him. No Sciiooi.iiorsic in Town. Indian Hostilities.\\nSoi.niiCKS I:MrKHSSKi) Into .Skkvick. Fauwiu-I. and T.wi.ok Camtked and Taken\\nTo Canada. Re\\\\ Mr. Bird vSi rTi,i:D. Divisions in tid-: Ciurch. Proceedings\\nDeclared Tllecal. Mr. P.ikd Li:.\\\\ves DrNSTAiu.ic. One Pine Hill Controversy.\\nFill Acccji-nt hv Jmcic okci:sti:r. Schools Ri-:srMi ;D. P.ridge Over the NAsnr.v.\\nLottery Proposed to Raise Money. Not Granted. Funds Raised by Suuscription.\\nDe.a^th of John Lovlwicll. .Sketch of His lyiFi:. His Great Age. Rev. Mr.\\nAdams Preached Two Years. New Meeting-House Built.\\nAPRIL 4, 1746, the town was first incorporated bj^ the State of New Hampshire, having\\nprevious!}- acted under their charter, obtained from the General Court of Massachusetts, in\\n1673. It retained the ancient name of Dunstable. In 1746 the great road to Tjaigsborough\\nwas started anew and recorded. There would seem to have been but few houses upon this\\nroad at that time. The following are all that are mentioned: Capt. Joseph French s house was\\neight rods north of the state line; Col. Joseph Blanchard s house, 300 rods north of the state line and\\n29 rods south of Cummings s brook Cyrus Baldwin s near Colonel Blanchard s; John Searles house\\n66 rods north of Cummings s brook; Henry Adams s 80 rods north of Searles house; the old ditch\\nwhich led to the Fort was 90 rods north of Adams s house Thomas Harwood s house was 90 rods\\nnorth of the old ditch no other house mentioned between Harwood s and Nashua river, excepting\\nJonathan Lovewell s, which was 2.S3 rods .south of the river, or at the Harbor, south of Salmon brook.\\nAbout this time the difficulties with Mr. Swan having increased, he was dismissed. He did not\\nleave town, however, immediately, for we find his name recorded the next year as having voted\\nagain.st a successor. He settled in full with the town March 2, 1747. He did not remain here long,\\nbut returned to Lancaster, Ma.ss., his former place of residence. Here he was engaged in the tuition\\nof a school, which had been his occupation previous to his entrance upon the ministry, and became a\\nfamous teacher. He remained at Lancaster until about 1760, when he removed to Walpole, where\\nhe died.*\\nOf his character little is known and a single anecdote has reached us. From this, however, from\\nhis dealings with the town in regard to his salary, and from the amount of his taxes, for he owned a\\nfarm, we may infer that he amassed some property, and was a prudent, stirring, thrifty, but not over\\nspiritual man. One Sabbath morning it is said, during the latter part of his ministry, while old Mr.\\nLovewell was alive, he forget the day and ordered his hired men to their work. They objected, telling\\nhim it was Sunday. He would not believe it, but finally, says he, if it is Sunday we shall soon see\\nold father Lovewell coming up the hill and sure enough, punctual as the clock to the hour, the old\\nman, then more than a hundred years of age, but who never missed a Sunday, was seen making his\\nway to church and Mr. Swan was convinced of his mistake.\\nAt this time there was neither school nor schoolhouse in town. Sept. 29, 1746, it was voted that\\nJona. Lovewell be desired to hire a school ma.ster until the next March for this town, upon the co.st\\nand charge of the town. Two dwelling houses, one in the northern and one in the southern portions\\nof the town, were designated, in which the school should be kept, if they could be obtained. But\\none teacher was employed and he was to keep school halt of the time at each place. The number of\\ninhabitants was probably about four hundred.\\nDuring this year the Indians committed much havoc in the frontier towns around and above us.\\nMany settlements above us were nearly or cjuite deserted. The defenceless state they were in\\nobliged them all, namely, Peterborough, Salem, Canada, [Lyndeborough,] New Boston and Hills-\\nborough, [so called,] entirely to draw off, as well as the forts on the Connecticut river. t In the\\n*\\\\Villar(l ,s History of Lancaster, citiiit; 2 Mass. Ilisl. ColL. 55.\\n*rroviiicc Records, 1747. 5 N. H. Hist. ColL, 253.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "44 mSTOR) (IF X.iSHrA, jV. H.\\nwinter of 1745 and 1746 scouts were furnished by this state and Massachusetts for the protection of\\nthose towns.\\nIn May, 1747, the inhabitants of Souhegan West, [Amherst,] and Monson, [a town formerly\\nlying- between Amherst and Hollis, afterwards divided and annexed to those towns,] petitioned\\nGovernor Wentworth for a guard, being in imminent danger. The petition was granted and his\\nExcellency was desired to give orders for ftviWiAAWg or impressing fifteen good and efficient men, to\\nscout and guard, under proper officers, said vSouhegan West and Monson, till the twentieth day of\\nOctober next, if need be, and that said men be shifted once a month.\\nIt was about this time, probably, that Jonathan Farwell and Taylor were taken captive by the\\nIndians, while hunting in the south part of this town. They were carried to Canada and .sold to the\\nFrench, where they remained in captivity three years; l;)ut finally succeeded in obtaining their release\\nand returned to their friends. A daughter of Farwell, Mrs. Rachael Harris, a granddaughter also of\\nNoah Johnson, one of Lovewell s men, is .still living [1840] in this town.\\nAfter the dismi,ssion of Mr. Swan in May, 1747, Rev. Samuel Bird preached here. August 31,\\n1747, he received a call to settle and was soon after ordained. By the terms of his contract he was to\\nhave one hundred choices of coined silver, Troy weight, sterling alloy, or the full value thereof in\\nbills of public credit, or about one hundred dollars, yearly, for his salary, provided, tliai lie preaeli\\na lecture once in three months at least in this toien, and visit and catechise the people. At this\\nchoice there was much dissatisfaction, and the town was nearly equally divided.\\nMr. Bird was a New Light, and his ordination was a triumph. His friends, however, at the\\nhead of whom was Jonathan Lovewell, stood by him, and by them the new meeting-house, before\\nmentioned, was erected. His opponents, at the head of whom was Colonel Blanchard, complained of\\nthe inju.stice of being compelled to pay Mr. Bird, and all who were dissatisfied were freely excu.sed.\\nBut the quarrel was sectarian and could not be appeased. A division in the church ensued, and a\\nnew church was organized, which worshipped in the old meeting-house, in conjunction with members\\nfrom Tyngsborough and Dunstable. Lovewell and Blanchard were both distinguished men and had\\nbeen much in public life. The question soon assumed a party shape and laid the foundation of\\npolitical differences, which after the lapse of a century are not entirely forgotten or obliterated.\\nIt was soon discovered by Blanchard that neither b}- the new charter of the town, nor by any\\nexisting law of the state was there any provision for calling the first meeting of the town, after its\\nrecent incorporation bj- New Hampshire. Massachusetts having no legal jurisdiction over the town,\\nany organization under its old charter was illegal and void. He, therefore, petitioned the legislature\\nof New Hampshire that an investigation might be had into the authorit and proceedings of the town\\nmeeting, which gave Mr. Bird a call, and that all its transactions should be set aside as contrary\\nto law.\\nAn investigation was held accordingly. Much evidence was introduced, and long and learned\\narguments made on both sides. The petitioners contended that they paid tvo-thiids of the taxes, and\\nMr. Bird s friends rejoined that they had a majority of the voters. Finally, it was decided that the\\nmeeting was illegal all its proceedings were set aside, and a .special act was passed providing for the\\ncall of a new meeting, and the leading organization of the town.ship under its new charter. This\\nwas in 174.S.*\\nAfter this decision, and the triumph of Blanchard, Mr. Bird left town, and .settled in New Haven,\\nConn., but afterwards became chaplain in the army, in the French war of 1755. At what period he\\nleft Dunstable is uncertain. Mr. Farmer says it was in i75i,t Init it was probably earlier. His name\\nis not mentioned in the town records after 174S, nor was any money raised for the support of\\npreaching liy the town. In Janurry, 1751, Jonathan Lovewell was at length cho.sen a connnittee to\\nhire preaching, and in March, 1751, it was voted that the preaching should then again 1)C held at the\\nnew meeting howse, formerly occupied by Mr. Bird.\\nHow .strong was the feeling about the settlement of Mr. Bird, and how l)itter the ho.stilit}\\nbetween his friends and his opponents, we may judge from sundry remarks contained in a petition of\\nthe inhabitants of Fine Hill to be set off to Hollis. The petition was dated June, 1763. Soon after\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Original papers in the ofiice of .Secretary of .State, at Concord. Province Papers, Dunstable,\\nti N. H. Hist. Coll., 150.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "///SrORV OF XAS//f A, N. 11. 45\\nDunslabk- was incorporated, says Uie petition, theyi;()t into parties about the settlement of Mr.\\nliird. Kach courted Pine Hill s assistance, promising to vote them off to Hollis as .soon as the matter\\nwas settled. And s(j Pine Hill was fed with sugar plums for a number of years, till at length\\nDunstable cast off the mask and now appears in their true colours. After alluding to the objections\\nraised by Dunstable, they add: Their apprehension must arise from some other quarter. They\\nwi.sh to keep us as a whip for one party or the other to drive out every mhtisler that conies there, for they\\narc ahvaj s divided 7cith respect to these things.\\nIt is not difficult to see, that, when the sentiment of dismemberment of the old township opened\\nthe door, dissatisfaction improved the opportunity to walk in beside it. Reasons were easily fountl.\\nThe distance to the meeting-house seemed greater than e\\\\-er before; the burdens of maintaining the\\nministry grew with each year; other portions of the town were far better acconnnodated the\\northodoxy of the minister was not beyond question. What now appeared grievances in the light in\\nwhich lhe\\\\- saw them, heretofore were but the murmurings of pride or selfishness devoutly suppressed\\nby the love of thy neighbor as thyself. The unaniniit\\\\- that formerly characterized their action in\\nspiritual matters was absent in the .settlement of Rev. Mr. Bird. The Pine Hill controversv is fully\\nset forth in the follnwing:\\nDISINTEGRATION.\\nThe legislative dismemberment and mutilations of the body politic of the town of Dunstalile\\nl)egan in 1722, when its northeast extremity was cut off to fill up a corner of the town of Tondonderry.\\nThe next, in 1731, when a small slice of about eighty acres was taken from near its southwest corner\\nto piece out a side of Tow-nsend. In the year 1732 all the remainder of the old town, on the east side\\nof the Merrimack, extending from the north end of I^itchfield to Chelmsford, was incorporated into a\\nnew town called Nottingham. In the year 1734, the north part of the then new town of Nottingham\\nand a part of the present town at the Merrimack, south of the Souhegan, at the junction of that river\\nwith the Merrimack, were incorporated into the present town of Litchfield.\\nIn 1739 that part of Dunstable Ij ing west of the present east line of Ilollis and the Nashua\\nriver was incorporated as a parish, known by the name of the West Parish of Dunstable.\\nThe incorporation of West Dunstable was the last legislative act of the (General Court of\\nMassachusetts affecting that part of the old town now in New Hampshire.\\nThe boundaries of the towns into which the pari.sh of West Dunstable was divided do not ai)pear\\nto have been satisfactory to any part of its early settlers. The boundary line between Hollis and the\\nnew town of Dunstable, as established along Flint s brook and pond, and Muddy brook, soon became\\nthe occasion of a long, persi.stent and bitter controversy. The story of this controversy may be best\\ntold by extracts from the original documents relating to it still to lie found in the office of the Secretary\\nof State at Concord. Before, and at the time of tlie.se acts of incorporation into towns, there was a\\nsettlement of very worthy people, consisting of about fifteen families, near the east side of West Dun-\\nstable, and east of the new town line, known as One Pine Hill. This settlement had coustituted au\\nimportant part of the religious society of West I3unstable. The settlers there had aided in the settle-\\nment and support of Mr. Emerson, in tlie building of the new meeting house, in fixing the site of it\\nand their Inirial ground, and in the la\\\\ing out and making the public roads. In this settlement,\\namong other worthy citizens, were William Cummings and Thomas Patch, two of the deacons in the\\nchurch of West Dunstable also the brothers, David and Samuel Plobart, the first di.stinguished for his\\ngallantry as a colonel of a New Hampshire regiment at the battle of Bennington, and the latter as the\\nfirst register of deeds of the county of Hillsborough, and a niendjer of the New IIami .shire Committee\\nof Safety in the war of the Revolution. Much to their vexation and disappointment, and also to the\\nchagrin of the people in Hollis, these settlers on One Pine Hill found themselves on the wrong side of\\nthe town line and cut off from their former civil, social and church relations with the settlers of West\\nI)unstal)le. The only meeting hou.se in Dunstable, originally built for the accommodation of .settlers\\nsouth of the new jiroN ince line, as well as of those north of it, was from seven to eight miles distant\\nfrom the settlers on One Pine Hill, while that in Hollis was less than half that di.stance. What was a\\nmatter t v them of still more inqjortance, the religious society in Hollis was well united with their\\n*I)uiislal)K- Papers, ill ollice of Secretary of .State, Coucord.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "46\\nHISTORY OF XASHi A, N. H.\\npopular and acceptable minister, whose orthodoxy was without taint, while the society in Dunstable\\nwas distracted with bitter, chronic dissensions, niainh- on account of the alleged heres}- of their\\npastor, the Rev. William Bird, who was charged with being a New Light and follower of Rev. George\\nWhitefield.\\nIn these troubles of their neighbors, and late fellow parishioners, the sympathies of the people of\\nMollis were strongly with the settlers at One Pine Hill. The first reference we find in this matter in\\nthe HoUis records is in the proceedings of a town meeting, Oct. 26, 1747, at which the town Voted to\\nrequest of Dunstable the People of One Pine Hill with their Lands to be .set off to Hollis, and chose\\nCapt. Peter Powers, Thomas Dinsmoreand Samuel Cummings to assist in that affair, and Rais Bounds\\nbetween the Towns. This request of the people of Hollis was not hospitably entertained by their\\nneighbors of Dunstable.\\nNo further reference to this subject is to be found in the Hollis records till the annual town\\nmeeting in 1756, when the town Voted to joyn with the One Pine Hill People, so called, to get them\\nset off from Dun.stable to be annexed to Holies. Again, in 1759, the town voted ^50 O. T. for the\\nassistance of the People on the westerly side of Dunstable in their Petition to be annexed to Holies\\nand lastly, at the March Meeting in 1764, Voted to give the People of One Pine Hill, so called,\\n200 O. T. towards expenses in Getting off from Dunstable.\\nWe again recur to the documents already referred to, pertaining to this controversy, to be found\\nat Concord. It will l_)e seen from these papers that the people of One Pine Hill, aided more or less by\\ntheir allies in Hollis, were in almost constant rebellion against the ecclesiastical and civil authorities\\nof their own town, for it appears from the town records of Dunstable, that the settlers on One Pine\\nHill, very .soon after they found themselves, against their wi.shes, inhabitants of that town, jietitioned\\nthe people of Dunstal.)le for their consent to be set off to Hollis. This petition on the part of the\\npeople of One Pine Hill was refused by the Dunstable town meetings.\\nThe oldest of the documents above referred to, as found in the office of the Secretary of State at\\nConcord, is a petition to the Governor and Council in the spring of 1756, signed by fifteen of the\\nsettlers on the west side of Dunstable, and the selectmen of Hollis. In this petition these signers\\nfrom Dunstable say to the Go\\\\-ernor and Council\\nThat your Petitioners li\\\\ e in the west side of Dunstable and so far from the Meeting-House,\\nthat it is almost impossible for us to attend the Publick Worship of God there, for some of us live\\n7 2 miles and the nearest 5^2 miles from the Meeting-House, so that we Can t and Don t go to Meet-\\ning there for they have set their Meeting-Hou.se to accommodate them Selves, and seem not\\nin the lea.st to regard us only to get our Money. Our difficulties are so exceeding great that make\\nus Dispair of ha\\\\-ing any comfortable reviving Gospel Privileges unless we can obtain the aid of your\\nExcellency and Honnors.\\nWherefore, your Petitioners pray that your Excellency and Honnors would so far Compas-\\nsionate our Circumstances as to Relieve us by setting us with our Land to Holies to which we once\\nbelonged and helped settel our mini.ster and now go to attend the Publick Worship of God.\\nThe furthest of us from Holies is not more than 3)2 or 4 miles, and the bigest part about 2 2 or 3 miles\\nto which we can go with some degree of comfort. We therefore pray that you would be\\npleased to annex us to Holies with about 2500 acres of Land which wee have described in a Plan,\\nwhich will greatly relieve us, and help us to a Comforta1)Ie Injoyment of Gospel Privileges.\\nAnd as in dut^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 bound, c. Signed.\\nJohn Willoughbw\\nElnathan Blood,\\nJohn Phelps,\\nJohn Mooar,\\nBenjamin Parker,\\nNicholas Youngman,\\nGer.shom Hobart,\\nJonathan Hobart,\\nAmos Phillips,\\nSamuel Holiart,\\nDavid Holiart,\\nNehemiah Woods,\\nWilliam Cumings,\\nJoseph Farley,\\nAnna Patch,\\nSamuel Cumings,\\nSamuel Goodhue,\\nEnoch Noyes,\\nSelectmen of Holies", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "///S7 vn .v.is//r.i. x. 47\\nUpon being notified of this petition, the people of Dnnstable proniptlx- met in town meeting and\\nVoted not to set off the land and inhabitants of One Pine Hill to Holies, and appointed Colonel\\nISIanchard, with two others, a committee to oi)pose the petition. Colonel I51anchard at the time was a\\nmember of the New Hampshire Council, and made the answer to the petition on the part of Dunstable.\\nIn this answer he stated that About 1736, (9?) the old town of Dunstable was divided into two\\nparishes. That what was then Holies Monson with a part of Dunstable and Merrymac was the\\nWest parish and contained about 70,000 acres. That they had an annual tax of 2d. per acre for four\\nears on the land of non-residents to build a meeting-house and support a minister, and an after tax\\nof about the same amount. More than was needed for it, but they disposed of it all or divided it.\\nThat in 1741 the Province Line was run leaving -j of the Inhabitants and Estates of the East Parish\\nin Massachu.setts.\\nOn examination we find that Plolles is about eight miles in length P^ast and West and\\nabout four and a half miles North and South settled at each end. Some time after their\\nincorporation Holies set up a Meeting-House with a part of the money we and others paid for that\\nuse, and sett it about a mile and a half from their East line Regardless of the complaints of the\\nInhabitants on the Westerly jiart, so that many of them are eight miles from their meeting, as they\\nnuist tra\\\\ il, much further than any in Dunstable are from our meeting-house.\\nWee are sencible that this vexatious Petition is stirred up and encouraged by Holies i)nrely to\\nprevent Justice to their Western Inhabitants which they foresee will obtain unless they can Cloak it\\nby Ruining Dun.stable.\\nWhat genius gave them front to nuitter out this Motley Petition it is Difficult to guess.\\nThe Pretensions of Holies and the Petrs are totally groundless. Wherefore we j^ray that their\\nPetition may be dismissed.\\nSigned Joseph Blanchard, 1\\nZaccheus Lovewell, Agts. for Dunstable.\\nJoseph I rench,\\nI do not find in the records at Concord how- or when the above petition was disposed of. It is\\nevident, however, that it was not granted. It was said in the answer of Dunstable to a like petition a\\nfew years later, that when it was found that Dunstable would answer it, the petitioners were afraid or\\nashamed to appear in its defence. In the fall of 1760 the settlers at One Pine Hill again petitioned\\nDunstable for permission to be set off to Hollis, at this time offering to pa} to Dunstable 1500, O.\\nT., for the pri\\\\ilege. A town meeting was called in Dunstable to consider this offer, which was\\npromptly rejected, the town voting at the same time not to change their Meeting-House Place.\\nAfter this last defeat open ho.stilities were suspended till the spring of 1763, when the contest\\nwas renewed and a second petition presented to the General Court by Colonel Samuel Hobart as\\nattorney for the .settlers at One Pine Hill.\\nIn this petition Colonel Hobart says that about the year i747(?) {1746), a committee of five,\\ntwo of them from Dunstable, was appointed by the Governor, c., to view the Lands about Merrymac\\nRiver to see in what manner it was Best to Bound them into the Incorporations, that this\\nCommittee went no Farther Westward than the Old Town of Dunstable. That a Committee came\\ndown from Holies, and desired this Committee to go and view the Situation at Holies and One Pine\\nHill, and urged it hard. But the Committee could not be prevailed on to go any further that wa\\\\\\nthe opi)osition we judge being made bj Dunstable) vSoon after Dunstable was incorporated\\nthey got into Partys about Settling Mr. Bird. Each Party Courted Pine Hill s Assistance, promising\\nto vote them off to Holies as soon as the matter was settled and so Pine Hill was fed with Sugar\\nI /iiiiis for a number of years, till at length Dunstable ca.st off the mask and now ai)pears in their True\\nColors.\\nI ndtr the Government of Massachusetts we belong to Holies and helpt Build a large Meeting-\\nHouse and it was set to accommodate us, and helpt settle a minister not in the least Doubting but we\\nshould always belong there.\\nWe have ever since attended the Public W onship of God at Holies and paid our Taxes to the\\n.Minister toiere. tho. in the meantime we have been called on to pay Ministerial Rates with Dunstable\\nin full proportion, except some trifling abatement they made to us to keep us piiet. We know of no", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "48 I/ISrORV OF XASHC.l, .V.\\nother Real objection that Dunstable has to our going off, but reducing them to too small a numljer to\\nmaintain the Gospel. But if their Inclination can be judged by their practice it can t be tho t that\\nthey have an\\\\- inclination to settle a minister Dunstable as it lyes now consists of about ico\\nFamilies. All we ask to be set off it but about twelve. So that their opposition must\\narise from some other quarter to keep us as whips to drive out every minister that comes among them,\\nfor they are always di^ ided and which side we take must carry the Day.\\nThe Selectmen of Dunstable, on being notified of this Petition at once called a town meeting\\nwhich voted to continue their defence and appointed a committee of three to answer the petition.\\nThis answer begun with the assertion that this Complaint of the People of One Pine Hill was\\no-roundless and unreasonable. As to Dunstable Meeting-House which Petitioners complain of\\nas being at so great a distance from them, it was owing to themselves for many of them voted to\\nhave it where it is and none of them against it. That they so acted and voted for fear it might\\nbe moved to a place more just and equal and so they be prevented from being set off to Holies.\\nAs in Times past so they are now stirred up by some Holies people to bring this petition in order to\\nuphold the unjust Proceedings of Holies in setting their meeting-house where it is. And now\\nHolies are endeavoring to have the south part of Monson annexed to them, and should that be don\\nand also the Westerly half of Dunstable then their meeting-house where it now is will be aboute right.\\nSo could it now be obtained to breake up and ruin two towns it may hereafter be something of a cover\\nto hide the iniquity of Holies and help the private interests of some mercenary persons, but can t\\npo.ssibly promote the Public Good nor help the Interest of these Towns.\\nThe case was argued on both sides, and the evidence and arguments convinced the General\\nCourt that One Pine Hill with its inhabitants, ought no longer to remain a part of Dunstable.\\nAccordingly, on the 13th of December, 1763, an act was passed, entitled, An Act Annexing One Pine\\nHill to Holies. This act was prefaced by a preamble in which it was stated That .sundry inhabitants\\nof Dunsstable had petitioned the General Assembly, stating that they were more conveniently situated\\nto belong to Holies than to Dunstable that Dunstable is large, rich and able to .spare them which\\nreasons and the arguments and objections having been duly weighed, and it appearing reasonable to\\ngrant the petition. Therefore, be it enacted, c.\\nThen follows a description of the part of Dunstable to be annexed to Hollis, in accordance with\\na survey and plan made by vSamuel Cumings, the surveyor for Hollis and now at Concord. In running\\nthis new east line of the town this sun^ey begun at the pine tree standing on the hill called One Pine\\nHill, thence .south i3 2 degrees we.st, 372 rods to Nashua river. The line was then run ncirtherl)-,\\nbeginning again at the same pine tree, one mile and 225 rods, thence westerly one mile and 2;-, rods to\\nthe northeast corner of Hollis as chartered in 1746, thus taking from Dunstable all that part of Hollis\\nas it now is, east of Flint s brook and Muddy brook.\\nThis once famous pine tree, thus made to mark the Ijoundary of the belligerent towns, and which\\ngave its name to One Pine Hill is now no more. It is said to have been a tall, straight pitch pine,\\nnear a hundred feet high with no other tree of its species near it, standing solitary and alone on the\\nsunnnit of the hill. In early times, being conspicuous in all directions for a long distance, it served as\\na beacon to mark a place of rendezvous for backwoodsmen and deer hunters, whose names in scores\\nwere cut in its bark from its roots many feet upward.\\nThus at last ended by conquest the war between Dunstable and One Pine Hill and its ever faith-\\nful allies of Hollis, a war which had la.sted, with \\\\aried fortune .nearly twice as long as the siege of\\nTroy more than twice as long as our war of the Revolutinn and, sad to tell, no Homer has yet sung\\nits heroes no Marshall told its history. [Worcester s Hollis.\\nIn 1749, the \\\\.o\\\\\\\\w voted to hire a school for six mouths One teacher only was to be employed,\\nand the school was to be kept \\\\n four places in different parts of the town, alternately. Soon after this\\nthe French war commenced, which was very burdensome to the province, and exposed the frontiers to\\nIndian attacks, and no other record of any school is found until 1761, when the town raised a small\\nsum, to hire schooling and houses for that end. This was as the commencement of the difficulties\\nwith the mother country, and the importance of education began to be more sensibly felt. After this\\ntime money was raised for this purpose almost every year, but it was not until the Revolu.t^.n that the\\npeople were fully awakened. In 1772, Jose^Dh Dix was the Schoolmaster, and he continued to teach", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "H/STORV OF XASHUA, X. H.\\n49\\nin t .wn Inr iii;in\\\\- \\\\cars. In 1773 the town was dixided \\\\uUi Jive school tli si rii/s, and scliool houses were\\nfust erected. In 1777 each district received its proportion of money from the town, and hired its own\\nteachers, which had been formerly done by the town. Females now bes^an occasionally to be employed.\\niMoni this periiid until 1790, about 30, or $100 were raised ainiKa/ly for the support of schools, or\\ntwenty dollars to each district, h rom this fact we ma.\\\\- imaL;ine the advantages of education enjoyed\\n1)\\\\- our fathers at that period, and compare them with the privileges of children at the present day.\\nThe bridges over the Nashua have always been a source of much trouble and expense to the\\ntown. .\\\\t what period, and where the first bridge was erected, can not be ascertained with certainty,\\nbut there was a bridge over the Nashua not far from the present one at Main street, previous to 1746,\\nwhen the road was surveyed and recorded anew b\\\\- the selectmen in very near its present location.\\nIn the spring of 1753 it was carried away by a freshet, and rebuilt the same summer at an expense of\\n150. Before 1759 it was in a ruinous condition, and the town petitioned to the general court for\\nlibert\\\\ to raise a I.ollcry for re])airing the Bridge, or building a new one. The lottery was not\\ngranted, but a new bridge was built, part by subscription, and [KirtlN- by the town in 1764. It\\nstood a little above the old bridge, but below the present. In the spring of 1775 it was again\\ncarried away by a freshet, but was rebuilt the same season in the same place.\\nBetween 1752 and 1756,* died John Lovewell, at the great age of one hundred and Iwenly rears,\\nIJie oldest person who ever deceased in New Hampshire. He was one of the earliest settlers of\\nDunstable, after Philip s war, but of his history little is known. He came, it is said originally from\\nIvngland about 1660, and .settled .some years before 1690. It is not improbable that he came to this\\ntown from Weymouth, as a person of the same name, from that town, was in the great Narragansett\\nswamj) fight, Dec. 19, 1675, and throughout Philip s war, under the famous Captain Church and the\\nhand-writing of this person corresponds verj- closely with that of John Lovewell of Dunstable. t He\\nis said, according to the tradition in the family, to have been an ensign in the army of Cromwell, and\\nlo have left luigland on account of the restoration of Charles II. in 1660. This army of 30,000 men\\nwas raised in 1653, and Cromwell died in 165S. During the Indian difficulties, alxnit 17(0, it is said\\nthat he was often spared b}- the Indians in their incursions, because he had been kind to them in time\\nof peace. J He is represented as being even then old and white haired, and for such scalps the French\\ngovernor paid no bounty. The cellar of his house maj- still be seen on the north side of Salmon brook,\\njust above the bridge, by the road side, and there for a long time, when very much advanced in years,\\nhe kept a small store. There, too, he had a mill, and his farm reached far to the south of Salmon\\nbrook. He must have been exceedingly vigorous, for as late as 1745, when more than one hundred\\nyears old, he was very constant in his attendance upon church, and after 1752 used to chase the boj^s\\nout of his orchard with his cane. The children were, i. John, the hero of Pequawkett 2.\\nZaccheus, a colonel in the army; 3. Jonathan.*!\\nIn 1753 the town contained 109 polls, and one female slave. There wqxq four mills in town, anil\\nthe valuation was /,3795.\\nIn the fall of 1753 Rev. Benjamin Adams, (a graduate of Harvard college in 1738,) preached\\nhere for three months, and the greater portion of the time during the next two years.\\nDecember 21, 1753, the town N oted to build a new meeting-house at the crotch oi the roads as\\nnear as can be with convenience near the hou.se where Jonathan Lovewell now dwells. This was the\\ntavern stand now (1S46) owned by Jesse Gibson, about two miles below Nashua village, and the\\nmeeting-house was built upon the little triangular green in front of it. It was finished in 1754, and a\\npart of the materials of tlie old meeting-house in the south part of the town, were u.sed in its\\nconstruction.\\n*Fariner s i\\\\Ianusc-ript.s.\\ntOri,iiinal I apeis in Mass. Records, 1676, 1725.\\nN. H. Hist. Coll., 136. Fanner s Historical Catechism, S,S.\\niil roni a note in Mr. Fox s ni.anuscript. afterwards cros.sed ont by him, lie appears to have entertained doubts as to\\nthe extreme age of John Lovewell, bnt to have snbseqnently dismissed them. The following is the note referred to:\\nI am inclined to think that his age is somewhat overstated, and that the father and grandfather of Capt. John\\nare confounded. In i6gi we find in the records of the town the names of John Lovewell and John Lovewell, Jr. The\\nformer probably came from Kngland the latter was in Philip s War, and the person above described.\\nThis note w-as crossed out, and the following written, in connection with the reference to F armer s manuscripts.\\nHe was certainly alive in 1732, as appears by a deed in which he styles himself the original proprietor. He\\nnuist have been aged, however, since he did not write his name as usual, and his mark is faint.\\nIt has been thought best to insert both the above notes.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "50 I /IS TOR]- or xAsi/r.A, X. ir.\\nCHAPTER VIII.\\nChurch Affairs. Rk\\\\\\\\ Mr. Sjiith. Prote.st. Notice of Colonel Bl-Vnchard. Rev.\\nJo.si.VH Cotton. Ecclesi.\\\\.stic.\\\\l Council. Compromise. Town Meeting ox Points\\nOF Doctrine. Rev. Mr. Livermore. Rev. Mr. Fe.ssenden. Rev. Mr. Kidder\\nSettled. Notice of Hur. Rev. Mr. Sperrv. Slaves Owned in Town. Customs\\n\\\\t FUNER- ^.LS.\\nHOWEVER distracted and divided our predecessors may have been in relation to religious\\naffairs, we may justly be proud of tliem for their unanimity in patriotism. Exposed for so\\nmany years to the dangers of a border warfare, every citizen was a soldier. The story of\\nIndian atrocities, and French instigation had been handed down from father to son, and\\nnot a few had shared personally in the conflicts. To hold a commission was then a high honor,\\nand an object worthy of any man s ambition, for it was o\\\\\\\\\\\\y bestowed upon those who had given\\nproofs of courage and capacity Every officer might be called at any moment into actual service.\\nThe militar spirit was fostered as a duty, and New England freedom, which placed in the hand of\\nevery child A. gun as well as a spclliiig-book, made necessarily of every child not less a marksman than\\na scholar.\\nSeptember 26, 1757, the town voted, that some measures be taken to settle the Gospel in this\\ntown; and four persons were selected to preach one month each, on probation. Nov. 7 they gave a\\ncall to Rev. Elias Smith, (a graduate of Harvard in 1753), but dilficulty ensued, and Dec. 16 the\\ncall was retracted.* It was a custom for those dissati.siied to enter their protest, and as a curiosity\\nand a specimen, the following is inserted\\nWe, the subscribers, being freeholders in Dunstable, do for ourselves protest against the choice\\nof Mr. Elias Smith for our minister, which they have essa^xd to choose for these reasons first,\\nbecause we are not of the persuasion lie preaches and indeavors to maintain we are Presbyterians,\\nand do adhere to the Westminister Confession of faith and do declare it to be the confession of our\\nfaith and that we are members of the Presbyterian Church in Londonderry some 18 years some 15\\nyears, and have partaken of Baptism, and of the Lord s supper as frequently as we could, they being\\nthe sealing ordinances, and that we cannot in conscience join in calling or paying Mr. Smith.\\nTherefore we plead the libertj- of conscience that we may hear and pay where we can have the benefit.\\nJohn Alld, Jeremiah Colburn.\\nThere was also a protest of David Hobart and others against his settlement, because, as they say,\\nMr. Smith s preaching is contrary to our persuasion, and as we judge favors the Armenian scheme,\\nwhich we judge tends to pervert the truths of the Gospel, and darken the counsels of God.\\nApril 7, 1758, died Colonel Joseph Blanchard, aged 53. He was born Feb. 11, 1704, and his\\ngrandfather. Deacon John Blanchard, was one of the first settlers of the town. His father. Captain\\nJoseph Blanchard, was town clerk, selectman and proprietor s clerk for many years, a very active and\\nuseful citizen, and died in 1727. On the death of his father, although young, Joseph Blanchard was\\nchosen proprietor s clerk, which oihce he held, with a slight inter\\\\-al, during his life, and was\\nconstantly engaged in town business until his death. In early life he became distinguished as a\\nsurveyor of land, and was almost constantly employed in that capacity. In conjunction with Rev. Dr.\\nLangdon of Portsmouth, he projected a map of New Hampshire, which was published after his\\ndeath, in 1761, and inscribed to Hon. Charles Townsend, his Majesty s Secretary of War.\\nAt this period no accurate maps of the State exi.sted, and to prepare one from the then scanty\\nmaterials must have been a work of great magnitude. Surveys were to be made, and information\\ncollected from every quarter. Most of the labor, of course, fell on Colonel Blanchard. The greater\\npart of our territory was then a wilderness, for our whole population scarcely exceeded 50,000, and\\nthe means of intercommunication were limited and difficult. But settlements were springing up\\nrapidly, and the lands were becoming every day more and more valuable, and accurate information\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Perhaps the founder of the sect of Cliristiniis.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "ins 7v A i X. IS/// i x.\\n51\\nof the localities was inqiortaut. I luier these circumstances the map was considered of great value,\\nand as a token of their estimate of it, Mr. Townsend procured from the University of Glasgow, for\\nMr. Langdon, (Colonel P.lanchard ha\\\\ing deceased), the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity.*\\nTpon the dissolution of the connection between New Hampshire and Ma.ssachu.setts in 1741, and\\nthe accession of Benning Wentworth as governor, Mr. Blanchard received the appointment of\\ncoun-iellor of .state by mandamus from the Crown. This was an office of great dignity and authority,\\nand, ne.Kt to that of governor, was the most honorable and responsible in the colonies in the gift of\\nthe king. This office he held for a nundier of years, and probably until his death. In 1749, on the\\ndeath of Chief Justice Jaffrey, he was ai)pointed a judge of the superior court of judicature of the\\nState, which office he held during life.\\nWhen the old French war broke out in 1755, an expedition was ])lauued against Crown Point.\\nNew Hampshire raised a regiment of 500 men, and Mr. Blanchard was appointed colonel. Of this\\nregiment, the famous /wr\u00c2\u00ab; 7-.s-, under the command of Rogers and vStark, formed a part. The\\nregiment was stationed at Fort Ivdward, and returned home in the autumn of the same year.\\nColonel Blanchard married Rebecca Hubbard, [Hobart?] b\\\\- whom he had twelve children. He\\ndied in this town and is buried in the Old South Burying Ground; his tombstone bears the following\\ninscription: The Hon. Joseph Blanchard, Ksqr., deceased April the 7th, 175S, aged 53.\\nNov. 27, 175S, the town voted to give Rev. Jo.siah Cotton a call, and offered 178 milled dollars\\nsalary. Jan. 29, 1759, they added 5 sterling, making his salary about $2co. The call was\\naccepted, the day of ordination appointed, and the churches invited to attend to assist in the\\nservices. But a quarrel ensued as usual, the opposition prevailed, and Mr. Cotton was not\\nordained. Protests were entered at every meeting by the minority, as each party in turn prevailed.\\nIn 1759, in consequence of the divisions and the bitterness of feeling which e.Kisted, an\\necclesiastical council was called to settle the difficulties. For many years there had been two churches\\nand two meeting-houses, but no minister. After much trouble and effort, a compromise was made\\nand an union effected. Mr. Bird s meeting-house was purchased by Jona. Lovewell, removed, and\\nconverted into a dwelling house, which is now [1S43] occupied by Jesse Bowers, Esq., and the two\\nsocieties again became one.\\nAs the town at its public meetings settled and paid the minister, so it determined his creed, and\\nwe find accordingly, the following to us curious record. In 1761 a town meeting was called\\nexpressl}- to see what doctrines the town would support and it was voted, that the Doctrines\\ncontained in the New England Confession of P aith are the standing doctrines to be defended by\\nthis Town.\\nJuly 19, 1762, an invitation was given to Mr. Jonathan Livermore to settle here. He was to\\nreceive ^100 for a settlement, and /^4o .sterling per annum salary, if he will fulfil the duties of a\\nGospel minister agreeably to the Congregational persuasion, according to Cambridge Platform, and\\nNew England Confession of Faith. This proiu so was adopted by a party vote, and was a renewal of\\nthe old sectarian difficulties of past years. Mr. Livermore would not accept and afterward settled in\\nWilton.\\nDuring the next two years various preachers were heard, but not to general satisfaction.\\n.Mtlxuigh nominally united there was still a variance at heart, and no attempt was made to settle a\\nminister until August, 1764. A call was then given to Mr. Thomas Fessenden, (a graduate of\\nHarvard college in 1750), and an offer of /,ioo settlement, and /,5o sterling salary. Against this call\\n///rr separate protests were entered by persons styling themselves /brsptrtirioiisX or Presbyterians,\\nbecause this mode of settlement was contrary to the fundamental doctrines of Christianity, and\\nof our persuasion. Mr. F essenden accei)ted the call, but such was the spirit of discord that he\\nwas never ordained. He left town very soon after for he commenced a suit at law against the town\\nfor the recovery of his salar before Ma\\\\ 1765, and recovered judgment.\\nP or nearly twenty years the town had been without a settled minister. .Sept. 12, 1766, they gave\\na call to Mr. Joseph Kidder, (a graduate of Yale college in 1764), and offered him i32 ds. Sd. [about\\n$450] for a settlement, and a salary of ,^53 6s. Sfl lawful money, [or about S180]. Mr. Kidder\\naccepted the imitation, and, more lortunate than his ])redecessors, succeeded in Iieing ordained March\\n*i Ik-lknap. 312.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "52\\nn/STOKY OF x.is/n\\\\i, X. H.\\ni8, 1767. After many years old difficulties revi^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ed and new ones arose. Parties were again formed,\\nand in 1796, by a reference of all dispntes to a committee mutually chosen, the civil connection\\nbetween Mr. Kidder and the town ceased. He was the last minister over the town. He continued\\nhis relation to the church, however, as before, and preached to his society- until his death, Sept. 6,\\n1818. Nov. 3, 1813, Rev. Ebenezer P. Sperry was ordained as his colleague but was dismissed in\\nApril, 1819.*\\nA picture of Dunstable as it was before the Revolution, and of the manners and customs, opinions\\nand feelings, doings and sayings of the inhabitants, would be highh interesting. To sketch such a\\npicture would require the hand of a master, as well as materials, which can now hardly be obtained.\\nA few facts and anecdotes must serve instead.\\nSlavery was then considered neither illegal or immoral. .Several slaves were owned in this town\\none by Paul Clogstone. vShe was married to a free black named Castor Dickinson, and had several\\nchildren born here, but before the Revolution he purchased the freedom of his wife and children.\\nSlavery in New Hampshire was abolished by the Revolution.\\nIn those days it was customar}- to drink at all meetings, whether of joy or of sorrow. The idea\\nwhich was long after in vogue to keep the spirits up, by pouring spirits down seems to have\\nbeen then universally prevalent. Even at funerals it was observed, and in the eyes of man}- it was\\nquite as important as the prayer. The mourners and frie .uls formed themselves in a line, and an\\nattendant, with a jug and glass, passed around and dealt out to each his or her portion of tlie .spirit\\nand the due ob.servance of this ceremony was verj- rarely omitted. It is said that sometimes one\\nmore thirsty than the rest, after having received one portion, would slyly fall back from the line,\\nunder .some pretext or other, and re-appear in a lower place, in season to receive a second portion A\\n*Mr. Sperry is now [1843] or was recently Chaplain of the House of Correction, at South Boston.\\ntThis is stated on the authority of Mrs. Kidder, wife of Rev. Mr. Kidder, an e\\\\-e witness.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "JIISTURY Ol- XASllUA, N. 11. 53\\nCHAPTER IX.\\nSackii-ici;s Madk i ok Indkpkxdkxce. Coxvkxtiox kor Statk Coxstitutiox. Kki ke-\\nSKXTATIVKS. CoXVKXTIOX To AdOI T CoXSTITUTIOX OK UxiTED SXATKS. DiKFKKEXT\\nOpixioxs. ote ok the Town Acaixst it. Notice ok Hon. Jonathan Blanchard,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nOK Ji DGE Joxatiian I,( )\\\\i:\\\\vi:i,i,.\\nWE CAN form 1nit a lamt iik-a ol llie sacrifices which were made for iiulependeiice.\\nBeside perilling life in battle and submitting to privations of every description, so\\nlarge a proportion of the able-bodied population were in the army that the fields were\\noften left nntilled. Yet they gave both time and treasure to their country, without\\nmeasure and without a nuirmur. Our efforts are great, Mr. Adams said in 1780, and we give this\\ncampaign more than half our property to defend the other. He who stays at home can not earn enough\\nto pay him who takes the field. The amount annually expended by the town during the war was\\nse\\\\-eral thousand dollars; a heavy burden upon a po])ulation numbering in 1775 only 705. Yet\\nthis small number had diminished in 1783 to 578, showing a decrease of 127, or 18 per cent.; a fact\\nwhich proves better than pages of description the amount of the exertions which were put forth and\\nthe sacrifices which were made, and the consequent paralysis of the energies and pi-osjjerit},- of the\\nconnnunity.\\nIn 17S1 another convention was holden at Concord for the purpose of forming a state constitution,\\nand Jonathan Lovewell, Es(j., was chosen a delegate. But the same jealousy continued to exi.st as\\nheretofore and the new constitution, which was our present one with slight modifications, was rejected\\nby the town unanimously. In December, 1782, Jonathan Blanchard, lisq., was chosen representa-\\nli\\\\e, antl it was again voted not to receive the Rill of Rights and Plan of Government as adopted,\\nand the town chose Capt. Benjamin French, Joseph Whiting, Jonathan I^ovewell, Esq., and Col. Noah\\nlyOvewell, a committee to state the reasons of rejection.\\nMarch, 17S4, Capt. Benjamin French was chosen representative.\\nMarch 6, 1786, Col. Noah Eovewell was chosen representative, and the town voted that the\\nselectmen with Jona. Blanchard, Esqr., Jonathan Eovewell, lis([r., Mr. Joseph Whiting and Deacon\\nWilliam Hunt be a committee lo ifivc instrttdious to f/ic Ripirsiii/atrM s. In 1787 the same proceedings\\nwere renewed.\\nJanuary 10, 1788, Deacon William Hunt was chosen a delegate to the convention, which met at\\nIC.xeter in F ebruary of the same year, to consider of and ado])t the constitutiini of the United States,\\nwhich had recently been formed and sent out for the approval of the people. Throughout the country\\nas well as in the convention which formed it, there was a great diversity of opinion respecting it and\\nnuich opposition. It contained no bill of rights as it now does; as its opposers thought no limitation\\nof powers. The states had long been sovereign and independent democracies and hesitated to gi\\\\ e U])\\nany of their rights. The confederation had been inefficient from the want of central authority.\\nThus while .some belie\\\\-ed that the constitution vested too nuich power in the General Government,\\nwhich would eventually swallow up the several states, others feared that it possessed too little power\\nto protect itself from the encroachments of the states and would soon share the fate of the old\\nconfederacy. There was danger on both sides on the one side anarchy on the other usurpation It\\nwas an untried experiment and every little connnunity was divided. It was discussed in town meeting\\nand the town voted not to accept said Constitution, and chose a committee of nine to gi\\\\ e their\\ndelegates instruction to o]ipo.se its adoption by the convention. This committee reported a list of\\nobjections, which were adopted by the town and forwarded to the convention. The Constitution,\\nhowever, was adopted. It was a medium and a compromi.se, between the doubts of conflicting parties\\nand the fears of l)oth have hapi)il\\\\ proved vain.\\nJuly 16, 1788, died Hon. Jonathan Blanchard, aged 50 years. He was the son of Col. Jo.sejih\\nBlanchard, and was born .September 18, 1738. He had not the advantage of a collegiate education,\\nbut was earl\\\\- initiated b\\\\- his father into the active business of life. After the death of his father,\\n*Mrs. .\\\\dauis .s Letters, 152.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "54\\nrnsT(yj) of x.isi/r.i, x. ii.\\nwhich occurred in his 20th year, he was called upon to fill his place as proprietors clerk and surveyor\\nand was soon deeply engaged in the management of town affairs and other public business.\\nWhen the events which preceded the revolution occurred, the people of New Hampshire were\\namono- the first to resist the usurpations of the Crown. When in 1685 Cranfield forbade the ministers\\nto preach unless they would administer the communion to all who requested it in the Episcopal form,\\nthey refused obedience, denounced him from the pulpit and went to prison rather than yield. When\\nthe governor at a later day, levied a tax upon the lands of the people for his private advantage, the\\nwomen resisted the collection and drove his officers from their houses with water, scalding hot. The\\nbroad R, cut by some prowling official, upon their choicest trees, thus devoting them to the\\nRoyal Navy without redress or compensation was a continued eye-sore.\\nEarly in 1775 the legislature of New Hampshire, first of all the states and evidently anticipating\\nindependence, sent a request to the Continental Congress, which met at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775,\\nto advise them as to the organization of an independent government. Agreeably to their recommen-\\ndation, given with much hesitation,* a convention met at Exeter and adopted a constitution, bearing\\ndate January 5, 1776. It was the earliest adopted by any colony, and was violenth opposed by the\\nmore timid as a virtual declaration of independence. t It provided, as has before been mentioned,\\nfor a house of delegates and a council of twelve to be elected annually by the people and which were\\nsimilar to our senate and house of representatives. No provision was made for a go\\\\ ernor and the\\nwhole executive as well as legislative authority was placed in these two bodies. Of this council,\\nJonathan Blanchard was chosen a member in 1776, and continued such for three years. No better\\ntestimony to his worth could be given than the bestowal of such an office at such a period.\\nIn October, 1776, General Blanchard was sent by the legislature to recruit our regiments, which\\nhad been wasted by sickness, suffering and defeat at Ticonderoga. In 1777 he was appointed attorne}\\ngeneral of the state, in conjunction with Col. Nathaniel Peabody and is said to have discharged\\nhis duties in a manner satisfactory to the Government and advantageous to the people. Januar} 6,\\n1778, he was appointed a member of the Committee of Safety for the state, an office of unlimited\\nresponsibility and power and which he held for a long period.\\nHe was a delegate from this state in conjunction with Colonel Peabod}-, to the convention which\\nmet at New Haven, January, 1778, to regulate prices, enforce the recommendations of Congress\\nand relieve the distress of the people and he prepared a report to our legislature accordingly. In\\n17S4, soon after the adoption of our state constitution. General Blanchard was appointed Jxdge of\\nProbate for the County of Hillsborough, an office which he held nearly or quite up to the time of\\nhis death.\\nIn 1787, during the confederation of the states, he was elected a delegate from the state to the\\nContinental Congress. They were chosen annually, and whether he was again elected and died in\\noffice is uncertain.** Soon after the death of his father he was appointed agent by the Masonian\\nproprietors to manage and dispose of all the unsettled lands within the state of New Hampshire. The\\nterritory of this state had been granted originally to Robert Mason, but after many years, finding that\\nit yielded very little income and caused him much trouble he disposed of the land as far as it remained\\nin his possession to a company of individuals who were called the Masonian proprietors. As their\\nagent. General Blanchard conveyed most of the lands within the state, and this circum.stance caused\\nthat many of the original proprietors of a ver\\\\ large number of towns resided here, and from this\\ntown were drawn many of their finst settlers.\\nGeneral Blanchard died in this town and is buried in the Old South l.)urying ground. He married\\nRebecca Farwell, who died August 20, iSii, and left fve children, one only of whom is now\\nliving. [1843].\\nIn 1790, the population of the town was 632.\\n*Mrs. Adams s Letters, 85. 2 Gordon s History, 150.\\nti Belknap.\\nt3 Farmer s and Moore s Ilisl. Coll., 5.\\n\u00c2\u00a72 N. H. Hist. Coll., 39.\\nII3 Farmer s and Moore s Hist. Coll., 5.\\nI Belknap, 416.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "///.v /v )A .WIS///: I. x.\\nIn i7yj (liud Joiuillian I,c,\\\\e\\\\\\\\x-ll. Ivsq., aged 79. He was a l)n)llier of Ca])laiii Lovewell, The\\nIndian I ii^hter, and of Col. Zaccheiis IvOvewell, and was born in this town, May 14, 171-,. Karly in\\nlife he tnok an active part in town affairs, and became one of the proprietors of conunon lands in\\nthe township of Dunstable. For many years he was proprietors clerk, and a magistrate under the\\ncrown. About the year 1746, under the preaching of Rev. Mr. Kirk, he became a convert to the\\ndoctrine of the New Lights, as the followers of Whitefield were then called, and soon after became\\na preacher. This probably, however, was of short duration, as he never left town, and in 1755, he\\nwas commis.sary of the New Hampshire regiment, .sent out against Crown Point, under the command\\nof Col. Joseph Rlanchard. A gun taken from the French during that camjiaign, and brought home\\nby him, is still in possession of the family.\\nIn the earliest stages of the Revolution, Mr. Lovewell was an ardent and efficient friend of liberty.\\nIn April, 1774, he was chosen agent of the town to petition the general court for leave to send a\\nrepresentative, a privilege which they had not hitherto enjoyed. In September, 1776, he was chosen\\na delegate to represent the town in the convention holden at Exeter, for the purpose of sending a\\ndelegate to the first continental congress, to be holden soon after at Philadelphia. These were the\\nfirst steps towards independence.\\nJanuary 9, 1775, Mr. Lovewell was chosen a member of the Committee of Inspection for the\\ntown, to see that none of the inhabitants purchased or used British goods. February, 1776, he was\\nchosen a member of the Coiiunitlcc of Safety for that town, a situation of no little trust, and\\ncontinued a member of almost every such revolutionary committee during the war. These com-\\nmittees were of the highest utility in diffusing information, and in exciting and concentiating the\\nefforts of the patriotic, and demanded men of great energy and decision. June 20, 1777, he was chosen\\na member of the Committee of Safely for the state, and served in that capacity until January 5,\\n1779, about which period the necessity for the exercise of their functions in a great measure ceased.\\nApril, 177. he was chosen a member of the committee to assist the delegates from this town\\nin the convention for framing a constitution for the state. In 1781, he was chosen a member of the\\nconmiittee which formed our present State Constitution. After its adoption he was appointed a Judge\\nof the court of common pleas for this County, which office he held for several years. He li\\\\ed and\\ndied unmarried.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "56\\ninsroKV OF xashi a, x.\\nCHAPTER X.\\nFirst Stage Coach. Boating on the Merrimack. Population in iSoo. Canal Boat\\nLaunched. Oration. Name of Nashua. Description of the Village. Po.st\\nOffice. Middlesex Canal. Gradual Increase. Dunstable Plains. Changes in\\nMain Street. New Meeting-House Built. Rev. Mr. Sperry Ordained. Dams\\nAcross Nashua River. Census. Manufactures Contemplated. First Views.\\nNashua Manufacturing Company. Their Works. Boating Canal. Indian Head\\nCompany. Meeting-House on Olive Street I{rected. Hlstory of the Two\\nCongregational Societies. New Bridge. Taylor s Falls Bridge. Unitarian\\nChurch. State of Nashua Manufacturing Company. Jackson Company. News-\\npapers. Fir.st Baptist Church. Methodist Churches. Growth of the Village.\\nRailroads. Bank. Steamboat. Univer.salist Church. Population. Second\\nBaptlst Church. Name of the Town Changed. Freewill Baptist Church.\\nFirst Christian Society. Protestant Episcopal Church. Machine Shop. Manu-\\nfacturing and Mi. chanics Association. Iron Foundry. Factory at Salmon\\nBrook. Vote to Erect a Town House. Town of Nashville Organized.\\nContrast of the Past and Present.\\nF\\nOR a number of years little occurred in the history of the town which would he of general\\ninterest. It was slowlv recovering from the effects of the war and its exhausting sacrifices.\\nAbout 1795 the first stage coach was put upon this road and was an occasion of great public\\ninterest. It was a two horse covered vehicle, owned and driven b}- Mr. Joseph Wheat, and\\nran from Andierst to lioston and back again once a week. It stopped at Billerica over night, making\\nthe trip both ways in about four days. They had not then learned the advantages of changing\\nhorses, and the same team performed all the journey. People came from a distance of several miles\\nto look at sfcigi and gazed upon it with the same feeling of wonder that they now do upon a\\nlocomotive engine. [1843].\\nAbout this time the locks and canal around Pawtucket falls were Ijuilt, and boa/iiii;; ujion the\\nMerrimack began. At this time there were no dwellings where our village now stands, and but one\\nor two at the Harbor.\\nIn 1800 the population of Dunstable had increased to S62. In the sjjring of 1803 a canal doa \\\\va.s\\nIniilt in the village by Robert Fletcher, Esq. It was a singular structure, having .sides five or six\\nfeet in height all around it, and doors, and was looked upon as a wonder. It was the first canal\\nboat ever built in this vicinity for the regular transportation of goods, and the fact was considered of\\nas much importance to the infant \\\\-inage as the opening of a railroad at the present day. It was\\nlaunched on the Fourth of July, which was celebrated by a public meeting, and an oration b}- Daniel\\nAbbot, Esq.* There was a great gathering of the people, and great rejoicing. Already was it a\\nplace of some trade, and the more sanguine .saw, in imagination, its trade and population doubled or\\neven trebled. The landing was on the Merrimack near the mouth of the Nashua, and a store was there\\nerected. The boat was christened the Nashua, with much parade, and the village which had\\nuntil then been called Indian /had. received the name of Nashua Village. t That ma lie\\nconsidered the birlh-day of .Xasliiia, and forms an imjiortant epoch in its history.\\nLet us endeavor to picture to ourselves Nashua \\\\-illage as it appeared July 4th, 1803. A large,\\none story dwelling house stood on the site of the Indian Head Coffee House, and was kept as a\\ntavern by Timothy Taylor, Esq. A large, one story store, owned and conducted b\\\\ Robert Fletcher,\\n*This oration was printed.\\ntThis hame is found iu Winthrop s Journal, both in its present usual orthography and in other forms, as applied\\nto an early settlement on the Nashua river, now Lancaster, Massachusetts.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, X. 57\\nwho resided in Amherst, stood wliere Keiidrick Tuttle s store now (1S46) stands. Abbot and\\nFox s offiee was a dwelliiiij house occupied by uncle John Lund, his brother and sisters. A\\ndwelling house, three stories in front and two in rear, had just been erected by Mr. Fletcher, but\\nwas then unfinished. It stood on the north-east corner of Main and p-ranklin streets, opposite the\\nBaptist meeting-house, and here upon a temporary platform the oration was delivered. The Amherst\\nand Concord roads with Main street, and a road down the northern bank of the Nashua to the boating\\nhouse and ferries were all the highways then existing.\\nAt the Harbor the dwelling house of Gen. Noah Lovewell, now occupied by Hon. Jesse Bowers,\\nwith two other small houses on the south side of Salmon brook, were the only buildings. As the\\ngreater part of the inhabitants lived west and south of this, the meeting house was built on the little\\ntriangle in front of Silas Gibson s house. Here was the largest village in town, a tavern, ,store,\\nshops and dwellings, and here resided the physician and lawyer, (Mr. Abbot.) But in September,\\n1803, the Old Tontine, the long, low building at the head of Main street, in Nashville, was built,\\nand soon after occupied by Mr. Abbot, (who removed here Dec. i, 1803;) Dr. Ellas Maynard,\\nphysician Dea. James Patterson, bookbinder, and a Mr. Clements, saddler. There was no dam\\nacross the Nashua, and its waters flowed far down its natural channel over its rocky bed. The\\npi/gn nis who then settled here must have seen some light from the future breaking through the\\nsurrounding darkness, for there was not a building between Salmon brook and Nashua river, and a\\nbroad, unfenced, desolate, white-pine forest spread in every direction beyond.\\nIn 1803 a postoffice was first established in town, and General Noah Lo\\\\-e\\\\vcll ai)i)ointed\\n])ostmaster. Previously letters for this town were received from the postoffice at Tyngsborough.*\\nIn 1804 a further impulse was given to the growth and business of the village by the com])letion\\nand opening of the Middlesex canal. This opened a direct channel of communication with Boston,\\nand rendered the place, as the head of navigation, one of considerable trade. Hitherto the principal\\nmarkets of this region had been Haverhill and Newburyport.\\nFrom this period the growth of the settlement was gradual but constant. The wliok- jjlain, upon\\nwhich the village .stands, was covered with its nati\\\\ e growth of pines, and was considered generally\\nof but very little value. Dunstable Plains were often the subject of much merriment, and seemed to\\nsome the embodiment of the idea of poverty of soil. It is said that some wicked wag in our legislature\\nonce undertook to disparage our soil, declaring that it would not support one chipping squirrel to the\\nacre; but this, as well as the story that a grasshopper was once seen perched upon the top of a dry\\nnuillen stalk, with tears rolling down his cheeks looking in vain to discover one .stalk of green grass,\\nis a grieveous slander, and a device of the enemy.\\nThe soil of our plains was, indeed, naturally saudy and barren and of little value for culli\\\\ation\\nwhen other and more desirable locations for tillage were scattered all around. From this circum-\\nstance we ma)- believe the .statement to be quite credible that the rise of Main street from the bridge\\nover Nashua river, to the present (1843) place of Messrs. Kendrick Tuttle s store in Nashville, was\\nthe -u oisl hill between Amherst and Boston. We must remember, however, that a great change has\\ntaken place in its appearance and situation. The present bridge is raised some twenty or twenty-five\\nfeet above the old one, the water under the present bridge being not the natural stream, but a pond\\nIn 1648, Others of the same town (Watertown) began also a plantation at Nashaway, some 15 miles N. \\\\V. from\\nSudViury.\\nIn 1644, Many of \\\\Vaterto\\\\vn and other towns joined in the plantation of Nashaway, S:c. Winlhrop s Journal\\nvol. ii., pages 152, 161.\\nIn a note in the passage last quoted, the editor, Hon. James Savage, .says From our Col. Rec. ii., 57, I find\\nthe petition of Mr. Nathaniel Norcross, Robert Chide, Stephen Day, John Fisher and others for a plantation at\\nNashawake is granted, provided that there shall be no more land allotted to the town, or particular men,\\n(notwithstanding their purchase of land of the Indians,) than the General Court shall allow.\\nIn the following entries by Winthrop, in 1648, the name appears to have been spelt as usual at present:\\nThis year a new way was found out to Connecticut, by Nashua, which avoided much of the hilly way.\\nThe magistrates being informed at a court of assistants that four or five Indians who lived upon the spoil of\\ntheir neighbours, had murdered some Indians of Nipnett, who were subject to this government, and robbt-d their\\nwigwam, sent twenty men to Nashua, to enquire the truth of the matter. Journal, vol. ii., page 325.\\nIn t r*^ Appendix to the same volume, page 394, the editor gives the former name of Lancaster as Nashoway.\\n*See history of the postofTice in .\\\\ppeudix.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "58 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\noccasioned by the dam below at Indian Head, and many feet in depth. While the bridge has been\\nraised many feet and the road filled in accordingly, the slope of the hill on either side of the river has\\nbeen cut down and graded, so that the ascent now, in either direction, is comparatively slight.\\nIn 1812, the old meeting house, which stood in the little square in front of the Gibson tavern,\\nand which had been standing there more than sixt}^ years, had become too old and dilapidated to\\nanswer the purposes of its erection. A new and more costly house was built accordingly, nearly half\\na mile northerly of the old one. This is the one now called the Old South, and was dedicated\\nNovember 4, 1S12, upon which occasion the sermon was preached b} Rev. Humphrey Moore of\\nMilford.*\\nNovember 3, 1S13, Rev. Ebenezer P. Sperry was ordained as the colleague of Rev. Mr. Kidder.\\nHe remained in Dunstable until April, 1S19, when he was dismissed, and has been Chaplain of the\\nHouse of Correction, at South Boston. During his ministr}-, September 6, 1S18, Rev. Mr. Kidder\\ndied, aged 77, on which occasion a discourse was delivered by Rev. H. Moore. t\\nAbout 18 1 7 a dam was thrown across Na.shua river a few rods above Main street a grist mill\\nerected at one end of it by Dea. James Patterson, and a saw mill at the other by Willard Marshall.\\nSome time after, another dam was built near the spot where the present dam of the Jackson Compan}*\\nstands and a mill erected. At this time the village had increased so much that it contained about a\\ndozen or twenty houses, and being a central thoroughfare had become a place of considerable business.\\nThe population of the town was 1,142.\\nIn 1820 when the census was taken there were returned from Dunstable; one meeting-house,\\nnine school districts and school houses, six taverns, five stores, three saw mills, three grist mills,\\none clothing mill, one carding machine, two bark mills, three tanneries.\\nSoon after 1820 public attention began to be turned towards manufactures. Many years\\npreviously Judge Tyng of Tyngsborough, in a conversation with George Sullivan, predicted that the\\nvalley of the Merrimack would be a great manufacturing region, and he pointed out the locations at\\nLowell, at Nashua and at Amoskeag.+\\nIt was considered a visionary idea, but what was then prophecy is now lii.story. The erection of\\nmills at Lowell awakened the minds of enterprising men and capitali.sts to the manufacturing advan-\\ntages of other places. The leading citizens of the town seem to have been peculiarly far-sighted,\\npublic spirited and energetic, aiul the manufacturing capacities of Nashua river did not escape their\\nnotice.\\nThe idea which first suggested itself was that of Iniilding mills at Mine falls the water power\\nwas great and a saw mill had been erected there at a very early period, probably before 1700. It was\\nnot, however, for some time that the idea occurred to them of erecting the mills upon their present\\nlocation and liuilding up a \\\\-illage here by bringing the water from Mine falls by means of a canal.\\nIt was a great undertaking and of doubtful result, Imt a surve was made and its practicability\\nascertained.\\nThe few indi\\\\-iduals who had conceived the idea, formed an association and in 1S22 and 1S23\\npurchased the greater portion of the land in and around the village and up to the falls. In June,\\n1823, a charter was granted to Daniel Abbot, Moses Tyler, Joseph Greeley and others, by the name of\\nthe Nashua Manufacturing Companj^ with a right to increase their capital to one niillion dollars.\\nThe capital stock was at first fixed by them at $300,000: and was divided into three hundred shares of\\n$1,000 each. Of these Daniel Webster took sixty shares; Daniel Abbot thirty .shares J., E. A.\\nGreeley thirty shares Augustus Peabody seventy-five shares Benj. F. French thirty shares P oster\\nKendrick thirty shares John Kendrick fifteen shares Moses Tyler thirty shares.\\nIn 1S24 a considerable portion of the stock was disposed of to capitalists and the works were\\ncommenced. The dam at Mine falls was built and the excavation of the canal began under the\\nsuperintendence of Col. James F. Baldwin. This canal, which supplies the water for the factories of\\nthe Nashua Manufacturing Company, is about three miles in length, sixty feet wide and six feet deep,\\n*This sermon was printed.\\ntTliis discourse was also published, and appended to it is a short sketch of the Ecclesiastical Iiistory of the town,\\ndrawn up by Rev. Mr. .Sperry.\\nfMy authority for this statement is his grand-daughter, Mrs. Brinley.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "HISTORY (U X.lS//r-,l. X. If. 5g\\n;uiil alTcirds a head and fall of alHUil lliiit\\\\-Uiix-e fu ct. Ira Gay, ICsci-, was also engaged as machinist,\\nand Ciil. William Boardman as whcelw righl and engineer, and llie first factory was commenced.\\nDLcemher 25, 1S24, the machine sliop was completed and went into operation. The works advanced.\\nMill Xo. I of the Nashua Corporation was erected and went into partial operation in December, 1S25.\\nand into full operation in 1826.\\nIn December, 1824, a charter was obtained by the Nashua Manufacturing Company for the\\njnirpose of building a canal with the necessary dams and locks to connect the Nashua with the\\nMerrimack. They were built in 1825, and opened for the transportation of goods in the spring of 1826.\\nThe lower dam acro.ss the Nashua was built at this time. The locks were of solid .stone, twenty-four\\nfeet high each lift being ten feet wide and eighty-two feet long. They were built under the superin-\\ntendence of Colonel Baldwin and cost S2o,ooo. The canal dam co.st a further sum of ?io,ooo. This\\ncanal was of very great advantage to the rising village, which was now becoming the centre of\\nbusiness for the neighboring towns by affording such increased facilities for the transportation of goods\\nand produce, and its beneficial effects were soon sensibly felt in the increase of trade and enterprise.\\nIn May, 1825, a portion of the lower water privilege, now occupied by the Jackson company, was\\n.sold by the Nashua Manufacturing company to Charles C. Haven and others, who were incorporated\\nby the name of the Indian Head company, for the purpose of erecting woolen factories. Their\\nworks were commenced immediateh- aiul went into operation in 1826 under the agency of Mr. Haven.\\nIn the fall of 1824 and spring of 1S25 fifty new tenements or more had been erected and all was\\nbu.stle and prosperity. In 1825 a new bridge was built over the Nashua river in Main .street in\\nconsequence of the raising of the water by the dam at Indian Head. Lots of land were selling at the\\nrate of about $1,000 per acre, according to the report of the directors for that year.\\nIn 1826 a charter was granted to several indi\\\\ iduaLs by the name of the Projirietors of Taylor s\\nFalls bridge, for the purpose of building a bridge across the Merrimack. At this time the people\\ncrossed by a ferry, there being no bridge across the river between Lowell and Amoskeag. This bridge\\nwas com])leled and opened for puljlic travel the same year. It is thirt\\\\-4hree rods in length and its\\ntotal cost was about $12,000. It was no small undertaking in the then feeble state of the village and\\nwas deemed by many persons a hazardous in\\\\-estment, but the prosperity of the place required it and\\nsuccess has rewarded the effort.\\nIn 1827 Mill No. 2 of the Nashua corporation was built and went into partial operation, and\\ninto full operation in 1828. Mill No. 3 was built in 1836. Mill No. i is one hundred and fifty-five\\nfeet long, forty-five feet wide and five stories high. It contains 6,784 si)indles and two hundred and\\ntwenty looms, manufacturing No. 14 .shirtings and drills. Mill No. 2 is one hundred and fiftj -five\\nfeet long, forty-five feet wide and six stories high. It contains 12,170 .spindles and three hundred and\\nfifteen looms, which manufacture No. 24 printing cloths and jeans. Mill No. 3 is one hundred and\\nsixty feet long, fifty feet wide, and five stories high. It contains 6,400 spindles, and two hundred\\nand five looms, and manufactures No. 14 sheetings. Mill No. 4 was built in 1844, and was put\\ninto operation in December of the same year. It is one hundred and ninety-eight feet long, fifty feet\\nwide, and five stories high, and contains 6,720 spindles, and two hundred looms, manufacturing No.\\n12 sheetings. The whole number of spindles in the four mills is 32,074, looms nine handred and\\nforty. Number of female operatives eight hundred and thirty-five. Number of males two hundred\\nand twentj -five. These mills manufacture 11,500,000 yards of cloth per annum and use 8,000 bales\\nof cotton, weighing 3,250,000 pounds, 150,000 pounds starch, 8,000 gallons sperm oil, $1250 worth\\nleather, seven hundred cords of hard and pine wood, annually. There are forty-eight tenements\\nlor overseers and boarding houses, and two brick houses for the agent and clerk. Thomas \\\\V. Gillis,\\nKsq., is the agent; J. A. Baldwin, clerk. The capital is $800,000; the number of shares 1600, at\\n$500 each.\\nThe sa\\\\ings bank deposits in 1845 were $44,000, l)y three luindred and sixty-four depositors,\\nthree-fourths of whom are fenuiles. No interest is allowed on any sum exceeding $500, and the\\n]irivileges of the bank are limited to individuals in the employ of the comixmy. The rate of\\ninterest is five per cent. On the first of June of every ear interest is credited on all amounts and\\nadded to the j)rincipal, and interest cominited on the total sum from that date, thus giving to those\\nwho permit their savings to remain in the hands of the company for any length of time, the", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "6o\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, X. H.\\nadvantage of compouiul interest. The following table, arranged Oct. 13, 1845, shows the number\\nof females employed in the Nashua Manufacturing company s mills and the proportion thereof who\\nattend meeting are members of the Sabbath school, and are professors of religion:\\nNumber who\\nAttend\\nMembers\\nber ^irls\\nuttend\\nSiibbath\\nof\\nEmployed.\\n214\\nMeeting.\\nSchool.\\nChurches.\\nNo. I Mill,\\n194\\n116\\n67\\nNo. 2 Mill,\\n216\\n206\\n131\\n82\\nNo. 3 Mill,\\n192\\n167\\n88\\n52\\nNo. 4 Mill,\\n170\\n151\\n73\\n43\\nCloth Room,\\n8\\n8\\n3\\n6\\nTotal,\\n800\\n726\\n411\\n250\\nAbout 1S2.S the Indian Head company became embarrassed, and soon after the works stopped.\\nThe whole property was then disposed of to a new company, which was incorporated in 1830, by the\\nname of the Jackson company. They took out the old machinery, and converted the establishment\\ninto a cotton manufactory. The capital stock of this company is $480,000. They have two mills,\\none hundred and fifty and one hundred and fifty-five feet in length, by forty-eight feet in width, and\\nfour stories high. These contain 11,588 spindles and three hundred and seventy-eight looms, and\\nemploy ninety males and three hundred and fifty females. The amount paid males per annum is\\n$30,000, to females $60,000. They use 5,000 bales of cotton a year, averaging four hundred pounds\\neach, from which they maiuifacture five and a half million yards of cloth of the following kinds:\\nforty-six and thirty-seven inch sheetings, and thirty inch shirtings, all of Xo. 14 yarn. The value of\\nwood per annum is $2,500; oil $3,700; starch $2,500; leather $1,000. The amount of deposits in\\nthe savings bank is $18,000, on which five percent, compound interest is allowed. The depositing\\nis confined to operatives, and no interest is allowed on an sum over $500. The number of depositors\\nis one hundred and fifty. The agent of the company is Edmund Parker, E.sq.: George F. Beck,\\nclerk [1846].\\nFrom 1830 to 1837 the growth of the village was rapid and constant. The i)opulation of the\\nvillage had nearly trebled in number. Trade and travel had increased proportionally. In the spring\\nof 1835 the project was conceived of extending the Lowell railroad to Nashua. June 23, 1835, a\\ncharter for this purpo.se was granted by the legislature of New Hamp.shire; and by that of\\nMassachusetts April 16, 1836. In 1836 the preparatory surveys were made and the location filed.\\nUriah A. Boydeu, Es([., was engaged as engineer. In May, 1837, the work upon the road was\\ncommenced, and Oct. 8, 1838, the Nashua Lowell railroad was first opened for the transportation\\nof passengers as far as the great elms near Judge Edmund Parker s house, where a temporary depot\\nwas erected. December 23, 1838, the bridge over the Nashua, and the depot near Main street, were\\ncompleted, and the cars for the first time came up to the present terminus. The length of the road is\\nabout fourteen and a half miles, exclusive of double tracks, and its total cost about $380,000, or about\\n$25,000 per mile, including fixtures and apparatus.\\nJune 27, 1835, the Concord railroad company was incorporated. This railroad was connnenced\\nin the spring of 1841, under the direction of William S. Whitwell, Esq., as engineer, and finished to\\nConcord, September i, 1842. Its length is thirty-four miles, 3048 feet. The net profits have been ten\\nper cent, per annum from its commencement. The amount of capital is $800,000. The officers of\\nthe road are [1S46]\\nAddison Gilmore of Boston, president.\\nIsaac Spalding of Nashua, treasurer.\\nCiiari.es H. Peaslee of Concord, clerk.\\nJune 19, 1835, the Nashua bank was incorporated, with a capital of $100,000, and went into\\noperation soon after.\\nIn 1835 the steamboat Herald was also built, and placed upon the Merrimack in tlie summer of\\n1836. It was intended to ply between Nashua and Lowell, but the shortness of the distance, the\\ninconvenience of the landing places, and the necessity for the shifting of pa,ssengers and baggage,\\nrendered the enterprise a failure.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF X.lS/fC.l. X. ff. 6i\\n111 April, i.S;/i, thf poimlalioii had im-rtascd to 5,065, of which luunher 2,105 were maks and\\n2,960 feinalfS.\\nJanuary i, i.S;,;, the township hiid aside its ancient name ol Duu.stable, which it had worn from\\nits infancy, througli i;(H)d and evil fortune a liundred and sixty years, under which it had witnessed\\ntwo revolutions and formed a jwrtioii of a colony, a province and a sovereign state, under which it\\nluul passed through many wars and grown up from obscurity and poverty: and adopted in order to\\ndistinguish it from its neighbor t other Duu.stable, its present name, that of the river from which\\nits pros])erity is chief!}- deri\\\\-ed Nashua.\\nIn 1S40, the First Chri.stian society was organized under the pastoral care of Rev. Mr. Robinson.\\nThe\\\\ had no meeting-house.\\nIn 1.S45 a large machine shop built of brick, and slated, was erected by the Nashua company on\\nthe site of the old one. The main building is one hundred and fifty feet long, with an addition of one\\nhundred and fifty-eight feet, used for a blacksmith shop, furnace, etc. The main building is occupied\\nby shuttle and bobbin makers, locksmiths, gunsmiths, manufacturers of axes, hoes, ploughs, and by\\nartisans in other branches. The whole number of workmen employed in the building is two hundred\\nand eighteen. A portion of this building is occupied by the extensive establishment of Messrs. J.\\nv.. Baldwin for the mamifaclure of shuttles and bobbins, which gives emplovment to a number of\\nworkmen.\\nThe manufacturing Inisiness of the Nashua Lock companx is also done here. This establishment,\\nof which L. \\\\V. Noyes and David P.aldwin are the proprietors, is employed in the mamifacture of\\nmortise locks and latches for dwelling-house doors, and rose wood and brass knobs for the handles of\\nthe same. They usually ha\\\\-e in their employment about forty men, and manufactured during the\\nlast year $35,000 worth of goods. These manufactures embrace 56,617 locks and latches and 35,000\\npairs of rose wood knobs.\\nAnother portion of this shop is occupied by Mr. John H. Gage for building turning engines,\\nmachines for planing iron, engines for cutting gears, scroll chucks and all other tools requisite to fill\\na large machine shop for building cotton and other machinery, and for doing railroad work. Mr.\\nGage now employs sixty-four workmen and does business to the amount of about $40,000 per annum.\\nThe Nashua Manufacturing and Mechanics Association was chartered January 2, 1829, with\\nliberty to have a capital to the extent of $30,000. This company was organized under the charter\\nAugust, 1845. The present capital is $10,000, with two hundred shares at $50 each. The contem-\\nplation is to erect a brick building one hundred feet long, two stories high, with two wings, each one\\nhundred and fifty feet long and forty feet wide, one story, with an attic. The work in this shop is to\\nbe conducted by means of a steam engine of fifty horse power and is intended to embrace all kinds of\\nmechanical work similar to the Nashua company s shop. One wing of the building is now com]ileted,\\nand is occupied by Mr. Kdwin Chase for the manufacture of doors, window^ blinds and sashes.\\nThe officers of this association are\\nTiioiMAS CiiASK, president.\\nTiio:w.\\\\s Ch.\\\\.sk, L,. W. Novics,\\nH.\\\\kTI,ETT HoVT, LSR.VEI, IlrNT, Jk.,\\nJ(iHN H. Gr.voi^;, directors.\\nJoHX A. R.\\\\LDWIN, treasurer.\\nFraxcis Winch, clerk.\\nIn the suiiiiiier of 1.S45 the Iron Foundr\\\\- of ,S. C. Williams was erected. They manufacture,\\nfrom pig iron, 4000 ]Kninds of castings per daw and consume in the same time 1300 pounds Lehigh\\ncoal and six feet of wood. Their arrangements are such that they can melt nine or ten tons of iron at\\na melting, or eighteen tons in twelve hours. They now emjiloy thirty men, and have room for twenty\\nmore. The amount of their business is not far from $40,000 a year.\\nIn 1845 Mr. Alanson Crane commenced a cotton manufacturing establishment on vSalmon brook\\nat the Harbor. His mill is thirty by forty feet on the ground, two stories hi.gh, with an attic. When\\nin lull o])eraticiii this mill will contain five hundred s])iiidles, for making cotton yarn of various\\nnninbers and f|ualities. The yarn, when manufactured, is worked up into braids and cords of various\\nde,scrii)tions also twine for weavers harnesses, knitting cotton, etc. The number of operatives", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "62 HISTORY OF XASHUA, N. H.\\nemployed is twenty, (our males and sixteen females. Atiout $30,000 \\\\vf)rth of goods are mannfactured\\nannnally. A dyeliouse is cf)nnected with this establishment for dxeing braids, cords, )arn, etc.\\nFrom a survey recently made it is estimated that tliere is sufficient water running in Salmon brook\\nto ojierate 1500 spindles, and Mr. Crane contenqdates erecting another mill with about 1000 spindles\\nand looms for the manufacture of cotton shirtings, sheetings and drillings. [1S46.]\\nAt the annual meeting of the town of Nashua, March, 1S42, it was voted to erect a town house.\\nIn 1842 the town of Nashua was divided, and a part of the territory, chiefly l\\\\ ing north of the\\nNasliua ri\\\\-er, received the name of Nashville. The following act of incorporation, passed Ijy the\\nlegislature, June 23, 1842, defines the limits of the new town\\n]?e it enacted by the senate and hou.se of representatives in general court con\\\\-ened, That\\nall thai part of the town of Nashua, in the count\\\\- of Hillsborough, hing westerly and northerh- of a\\nline commencing upon the Nashua river at the east side of Holli.s, and running thence down said river\\nto the bridge erected over said river by the Nashua and Lowell railroad companv thence from the\\nsouthwest corner of said bridge eastwardly b said railroad to the Old h erry road so called, thence bv\\nsaid last mentioned road to the Merrimack river, be and the same is severed from the town of Nashua,\\nand made a body politic and corporate, by the name of Nashville.\\nThe town was organized July 11, 1842.\\nWhat a contrast our \\\\-illages now (1846) present to tlieir condition but twenty-six years ago!\\nThen there was one small religious society, without a minister; now there are ten, most of them in a\\nnourishing condition, and enjoying the services of settled clergymen. Then there was one meeting-\\nhouse now there are seven others, built at an expense of more than $45,000. It is a singular fact that\\nfor more than 100 years not a settled minister died in town. Then the receipts of the postoffice were\\nabout $250 earl\\\\ and now they exceed $2,500. Then a single stage coach passed three times a week\\nthrough the village. Now there are six daily lines, five tri-weekly lines, and two weeklies, besides\\nextras and the railroad. Then two stores supplied the town and neighborhood. Now there are near\\na hundred, several of which are wholesale stores, with an aggregate trad*^ of more than half a million\\ndollars. Then a canal boat dragging its slow length along, and occupying days in its passage,\\nlaid our goods at the mouth of the Nashua now by the magical power of steam they are brought to\\nour doors almost in as many hours. The little village of less than fifty souls has increased one\\nhundred and fifty fold. By the wondrous alchemy of skill and enterprise, out of the waters of the\\nNashua and the sands of this pine barren, from some half dozen dwellings, have been raised up within\\nthese tw ent3 -six years these thronged and beautiful villages of near seven thousand people.\\nWe ha^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2c now traced this History through a period of nearly- two centuries. From its wilderness\\nslate, by toil and privations, b.v bloodshed and sufferings, by enterprise and capital combined, has\\nthis place been brought to its present condition. Its prosperity must now^ depend upon its trade and\\nmanufactures, and for the increase of them every effort should be made. Its central position and its\\nfacilities of transportation are advantages which can not be too highh- appreciated.\\nThe multiplication of shops and stores, and the amount of their trade, are evidences of what\\nhas been accomplished by enterprise, and offer strong encouragements for the future. Other\\nnianufaclures besides cotton are creeping in, thus far with great success and should be encouraged.\\nThe manufactures of shuttles and bobbins, locks, guns, ploughs, edge tools, machinery, iron, brass,\\nand tin ware, carriages, saddlery, sashes, blinds, doors, hats, caps, boots and shoes, reeds, cigars,\\nlurnilure, time-pieces, boxes, .stoves, and of patent leather, and book-binding, employ a large amount\\nof cajiital and furnish employment to a large number of per.sons.\\nWhen we consider the ease and cheajiness of communication with lioston, and the comjiarative\\nlowness of the jiriec of land, of materials, and of board among ns, it is manifest that all kinds of\\nmanufactures may be greatly extended and multiplied, and to much advantage. If all will but labor\\npermanently for this end, thus, and thus only, will the means of support be afforded to additional\\nthousands, a market for all the neighborhood furnished, and the foundation be laid, broad and deep,\\nand imnii)\\\\-al)le, for the jiermanent iirosperit of Nashua and Nasln-ille.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "/s /yiA (y- x.isfn\\\\i, x. ir. 63\\nCHAPT1\u00c2\u00a3K XI.\\nIniian IIi:ai) Coi i -ici Hoi sk. Wiii;i;i.\\\\\\\\ kicht .Snoi- oi- Jicssic Ckoshy. Kkn drick and\\nrrrri.ic s Stoki:. Tin. Toxtini:. Im.i;tciii:k Stkki:t. Watanaxock House.\\nThaykk .s CoiKT. Storic ox Cokxek of Fraxklix vStrkkt, Now Whiting Building.\\nFirst Hai Tist Ciukch BriLnixo. Ckntrai, Buildixg. .Siiattuck s Block. Grrklky\\n1)111, Dixc. Ci XTKAL Hoi si-:. Boat Laxdinc. TmoTiiY Gay .s Grocery Store.\\nFirst Bkick Stoki- axd Dwiu.i.ixg Horsic in Towx. First Coxgreg.\\\\tion.\\\\l Church\\nBuii.DixG. Ti ;x-F()oti-;ks. Piiii.i.ii s Block. E.xyeks Block. J.\\\\coii Hall\\nCoTTAGic. .\\\\akox F. Sawyek Ilorsic. Atwood s Biii.dixg. Murg.atroyd .\\\\.xd\\nBarkek s Block. I .xciiaxc,]-: lirn.Dixc. I ishek s Block. Be.\\\\som Block. Factory\\nv ^TKEET. Hunt Biildixg. Washixgtox House. Noyrs Block. John G. Bluxt s\\nStoki;. Ckai T s Pottekv. Rjcsidicxces oi Forty Vi;ars Ac;o.\\nIX a [)re\\\\ ious cluqilcr Mr. I *ox iu\\\\-itcs Iiis readers to a retros])ecl covering a period of forty years\\nfrom 1803 to 1S43. The reader of to-da has lieen led alont; the highway of growth and change\\ncovering a period of more than fifty j ears, and the half centur\\\\- thns passed is vastly more than\\nall the centuries that preceded it so far as relates to the hislor\\\\- of Nashua. Taking our stand\\nat the same jioint suggested in Mr. Fox s chapter, at the close (if iSys, many and important changes\\nwill be found on every hand. The first building mentioned by him was the Indian Head coffee house,\\na picture of which appears on another page, taken at a time when it may be said of it that it was in\\nits highest state of prcsperity. The building he referred to as the Indian Head coffee house appears\\nin this picture as the L, and with its imposing front and long easterly extension, was .sold and torn\\ndown in 1892 to give place to the elegant granite edifice of the First church, now covering the site.\\nThus closes the history of the widely known tavern kept by the genial and popular host, Moses\\nTyler.\\nThe lot next north of the Indian Head coffee house where the dwelling house of Charles W.\\nI .dwards now stands was occupied by the wheelwright .shop of Jesse Crosby, one of Nashua s highly\\nrespected and well-to-do citizens. At one time he gave the most of his attention to the manufacture\\nof ploughs. In those days there were no manufactories covering acres of ground and putting\\nthousands of this very useful implement upon the market every month, so that the man who wrought\\nwith his own hands at his own bench and supplied these useful implements was looked upon by the\\nfarmer as a benefactor to the farming community.\\nThere has been no striking changes in the next building referred to the store of Kendrick\\nTnttle, corner of Main and Amherst streets it having been greatly improved and sold to John Keed\\nabout this time. It was a convenient location and within could always be found a stock of well\\nselected goods and sold at reasonable prices, liy two honorable and worthy proprietors, vStephen\\nKendrick, who lixed in the house that stood where the fine brick residence of Dr. Samuel G. Dearborn\\nnow stands, and .Major George Tuttle, brother of the late Nelson Tuttle, who lived in the house now\\nowned by Henrv .M. Bullard, 13 Concord street. The store is now occupied by Charles A. Nodding.\\nFpon the lot south stood, high uj) on the bank, a little back from the main .street, the low, long\\nwooden structure that was known as the T(jntine. It was a building of no little importance in\\nits day. Hon. vSolomon Sjialding boarded there, with Mr. Jameson, until his present home on\\nOrange street was completed. Hon. Daniel .Abbot is said to have occupied a part of it at the time of\\nremoving his office from the Harbor, and Mr. John Reed lived there for a lime, but the last years of\\nits existence it ser\\\\-ed as the house of the only Irish families in town, Patrick and John Donahue.\\nThev were brothers. Patrick came to town first and found constant employment with the weallh\\\\-\\ncitizens of the town as gardener, in the season, and man of general utility at all times. His ohlest\\nson read law and entered upon its practice in New York city, but on the death of the parents lost all\\nconnection frith his native town.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "f-^^.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07.\\nu\\nQ o\\nz o", "height": "3268", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "/f/SrOK)- OF .XAS/KJA, X. H. 65\\nKlctclier street was noted as the lumie of Unele John I.uiul, Franklin Foster, Samuel Merrill\\nand others. Mr. Foster erected the building on the corner of Main street, which he sold to the late\\nMajor Uunlap, who remodeled, added to, and fitted it for the headquarters of the garden and flower\\nseed business of Dunlap Sons.\\nThe next building south, now called the Watananock house, was owned by Rev. A. H. Thaj-er,\\nand was occupied by Levi W. Hodge, saddler and harness maker, and D. W. Burns, wheelwright, ou\\nthe first floor. The second story was used by Ephraim Stetson, parlor organ maker. Mr. Stetson\\ncame to Nashua from Mont ernon. In the progress of his business he took J. D. Nutter as a partner\\nand the firm of vStetson Nutter entered the field of church organ manufacturers. The}- placed one\\nin the Baptist church and one in the Olive street (now Pilgrim) church in this city, but lacked skill\\nand capital to compete with the larger and well known older firms. The partnership was terminated\\nby the death of Mr. Stetson and the business closed. Mr. Nutter removed to Montreal and engaged\\nin banking and other financial enterprises, and died there some years since.\\nThayer s court was dedicated to residences and has so remained all these years. Here was located\\nthe home of Rev. Mr. Thayer, a highly esteemed Unitarian clergyman, liy which it came to be known\\nas Thayer s Court. The wooden building on the southeast, corner of Main, gave place to the\\nbrick dwelling erected and occupied b} Ziba Gay. Mr. Gay was a machinist and carried on\\nbusiness in North Chelmsford, and the firm of Gay Silver achieved a wide and honorable reputation.\\nMr. Gay died many years ago. The next building south was a ten-footer owned by Mr. Thayer,\\nand was for many years occupied by J. P. Upton as a bakery. In course of time Mr. Upton, like so\\nmany business men, j-ielded to the temptation to a change and sold out and went into the livery stable\\nbusiness in the old stable that stood on the lot now occupied by Marsh Howard s hack stable, but\\nhe was not successful. He was a noted surveyor of wood and the seller and buyer had no question on\\nwhat this load contains, if surveyed by Jo. Upton.\\nThe next building was also owned by Mr. Thayer and had Herinon Dane for a tenant for main-\\nyears, and many were the auction sales held there. From thence to Franklin street Dr. J. G. Graves\\nheld undisputed title, but tenants were not very permanent. Luther Taggard occupied one store as a\\nmerchant tailor, after the dis.solution of the firm of Taggard (Charles H.) Nutt. Daggett Cross\\noccupied the basement store on F ranklin street for twenty-seven years, till the block was removed to\\ngive place to the present elegant Whiting building which covers the sites of the three last named\\nproperties. On the second floor the principal office was occupied by J. Hubbard Graves, brother\\nto Dr. J. G. Graves, and usually designated as the oung doctor, who was fast becoming a\\ndangerous rival to the old doctor.\\nOn the opposite corner of Franklin street stood the First Baptist church building, a wooden\\nstructure with stores on Main street and vestry rooms on Franklin .street, the auditorium being upon\\nthe second floor. One of the stores was occupied by Col. H. F. Courser, dry goods and woolens.\\nJohn B. Chapman was a very popular salesman in his employ. This building was destroyed by fire\\nin 1848. Upon the bank of the river at the north end of the bridge stood the Central building,\\nwhich was a building of not a little distinction. Rev. Andrew E. Thayer occupied one store for the\\nsale of books and a circulating library. Mrs. Robert Moore, one of the most popular milliners in town,\\noccupied one store.\\nUpon the second floor could be found the home of the New Hampshire Telegraph with the editor\\nand the well known printer, Samuel H. Noyes, and Billy Crooker in shirt sleeves at the case. An\\neditor in those days was a combination, editor, reporter, letter press and job printer. In the upper\\nstory was Concert hall Mr. L} man Heath taught singing school for nearl}- a score of successive\\nwinters there.\\nBetween this building and the meeting-house, where the Wilton railway is now located, was the\\nentrance to Front street. The grade was very sharp to the north shore of the river affording a good\\ncoa.st which the boys were not slow to improve. Shattuck s block stood on the north side of the\\nstreet on the lot where the Dearborn block on Franklin street now stands with the difference that it is\\nreversed. Shattuck s block stood on the south side of the lot fronting on F ront street with the open\\nspace in the rear on Franklin street. The Central building was a victim to the same flames that\\ndestroyed the meeting-house and necessitated the removal of The Telegraph. It took up quarters on\\nthe second floor in the building that stood where the open space next the .station now is. After a", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "66 HIS TOR or XASHL A, X. H.\\ntime gas for lighting was introduced. Mr. Beerd was a wit and enjoyed a joke. He said in his\\npaper that his job press stood where the shadow of the fly wheel fell on the floor; and, said he,\\nyou would be surprised to see that that .shadow had worn into the floor. Of course the curious\\ncame in to see the badly worn floor. They were graciously received, but said he, what did I say?\\nYou said the shadow of the fly wheel had worn into the floor. Oh, no, I said you would be\\nsurprised to see that it had worn into the floor, and so should I\\nSaid one of the old citizens as he dropped in one day, Our winters do not seem to be as long\\nor as .severe as they used to be in old times, how do you account for it, Beard? Possibly in this\\nwa^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2, I cannot account for it in any other. You know they have been extending a great nian\\\\-\\nrailroads to the South may not the great weight of iron have the effect to tip us up to the sun more\\nthan formerly Well. said he, I had not thought of that, but I guess j ou are right.\\nReturning to the top of the hill, we find the same building still standing on the corner of Main\\nand Lowell streets. Although several times tried by fire it remains an ancient landmark, awaiting\\nthe final order to give place to the new Hunt Memorial Library Building. It was, in the early\\nhistory of the town, the store of the brothers Joseph, Alfred and Ezekiel Greelej-. They were\\nsucceeded by George W. Perham in the Lowell street front, and Reed Spalding in the basement\\non Main street, who in turn were succeeded by Reed Lovejoy. The occupants since have been\\nmore numerous than permanent. The west store in the brick building (Greeley) was occupied by\\nHugh Jameson. His residence was situated on the lot now occupied by the elegant dwelling owned\\nand occupied by Frank D. Laton, the house erected by the late Colonel Thomas P. Pierce, Orange\\nsquare. Mr. Jameson was a very polite and courteous man, and enjoyed his reputation. Like most\\nof the traders in those daj S he kept liquors, and sold large quantities of the much u,sed New\\nEngland rum. The temperance question began to be agitated and the tramp of the cold water\\narm could be heard approaching, and it became necessary to be a little more guarded in the sale\\nof these goods, which Mr. Jameson could not easily bring him.self to observe. On one occasion a boy\\ncame in with a coffee pot which he held out, saying, Father sent me for a pint of rum. A pint\\nof rum in this coffee pot You go right home and tell your father that he cannot have any of\\nJameson s good rum in a coffee pot. Tell him to send a jug.\\nThe east store was occupied by John L. Pollard for the sale of ready-made clothing and\\ngentlemen s furnishing goods. Mr. Pollard was the son of the noted hotel keeper on the Lowell\\nroad, near the State line. He was not brought up in business training and did not succeed. It was\\nin the upper room of this building, known as Greeley s hall, that the first church worshipped while\\nthe church building was being erected south of the bridge. The building that stood on the corner of\\nClinton street was removed and stands next to the grain store of Henry Stearns. Before it gave place\\nto the Laton block, the store was occupied by Robert Moore, watchmaker, town clerk of Nashville,\\netc. Beneath was the meat shop of Sumner Morgan, who later removed to the basement of the Town\\nhall. There still stands on Clinton street the house, once the home of one of Nashua s honored\\ncitizens Benjamin Burke, whose son, William A. Burke was for many years the popular and\\nsuccessful superintendent of the Lowell machine shop.\\nWhere the Laton house now stands the Central house was located, the L extending westerly and\\ncovering a part of the Laton block lot. It was a noted hostelry, scarcely second to the Indian Head\\nCoffee house. When built it stood in the square fronting Main street, occupying a portion of the\\npresent oval. Captain Phinehas Adams was the popular landlord at this time, he ga\\\\ e it up for\\na few years, but returned to it and kept it until his death in May, 1842. Stephen Whittemore\\nafterward became proprietor, and the house under him maintained much of its popularity. Several\\nbuildings stood in what is now Railroad square. Thomas G. Banks occupied one and sold paper\\nhangings and made paper boxes. Thomas Tolman occupied another, and Philip O. Ames another for\\na liarber .shop, but they were all cleared off in 1S44 to 1846. The passenger station was a low,\\nwooden building where Williams Hall and the Marshall grocery company are now located. We.st\\nwere the grocery stores of A. and N. McKean and Chase Shattuck, with Charles S. Perkins as\\nprincipal salesman at the latter.\\nIn the corner building were P. B. Putney, confectioner, who afterward went to Manchester,\\nMajor Ignatius Bagley, meat and provisions, L. O. Fairljanks, barber. Offices above were occupied", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "///.s/v A .y.is//r.i. x. II. 67\\nby Charles O. Athtrton, attonify at law, and 1 1!. Whillc-UHji-L-, who had just entered upon the\\npractice of law.\\nSouth ol this building was a passageway or street running east from Main street to the boat\\nlauding, just as Front street on the opposite side of Main street ran west. Between this street and\\nthe river was the large wholesale and retail grocery store of Timothy Gay. Mr. Gay had a very large\\ncountrx- trade coming many miles down through Amherst, Francestown, Hillsboro and thence on\\nthrough to Windsor and other points in Vermont. Pork, butter, cheese, grain and other farm products\\nwere brought in on teams and exchanged for such supplies as the farmers required. The long\\nprocession of Pod teams on their way to town in the winter time was a sight never witnessed after\\nthe advent of the railroad. The upper story of the building was occupied as a furniture store.\\nvSamuel W. Abbott was the proprietor. The building was destroyed at the conflagration of the Baptist\\nmeeting-house and the Central building. Not long after this Mr. Abbott removed to Montreal and\\nwas in business there until his death.\\nThe same building stands at the south end of the bridge to-day as then. It was owned by Enoch\\nWebster and Mrs. Webster occupied one .store for millinery business. John Flagg kept groceries in\\nthe .store where C. W. Edwards now is. Mr. Klagg was succeeded by Hazeltine and L,ord. Mr.\\nWebster came to his death by drowning in the river east of the house. The property was purchased\\nby James A. Devereaux and at his decease, and, later, the decease of his widow, it passed by will to\\nthe Church of the Good Shepherd, the present owner.\\nThe next building south was the first brick store and dwelling in town. It was remodeled and\\nimproved by the addition of a French roof and extension on Pearson s avenue by V. C. Gilman. For\\nmany years the store was occupied by Thomas Benden, the first tailor in town. He came from\\nAndierst. Subsequently E. vS. Goodnow, who came from Waltham, Mass., kept dry goods there,\\nbut the Eastern land speculation seized him and brought financial distress from which he never\\nrecovered. He removed to Massachusetts and at one time kept a hotel (Washington house) at 258\\nWashington street, Boston. Eater the postoffice under Aaron P. Hughes was removed to it and\\nremained until taken to the present quarters in Phillips building. Between the avenue and Park\\nstreet stood the First Congregational church, which was destroyed by fire in 1869 and rebuilt in 1870\\nand occupied by them until the completion of the new church, since which it has lieen sold to the Free\\nBaptist societ}- and is now occupied by them.\\nThe north store was occupied by Coggin Fisher, dealers in furniture and crockery, while E. C.\\nAlexander sold dry goods in the south store until J. A. Wheat bought him out and continued for a few\\nyears until he removed to Long block opposite the Town hall.\\nThe .space between the church and Park street was covered by two ten-footers. The first was\\nat one time the law office of Benjamin Mark Farley of Hollis and his .son-in-law, Charles B. Fletcher.\\nThe other was one of the old school 03 .ster saloons. It was kept many years by Oliver H. Phillips\\nand later by William Marshall, now in Boston, and still later by E. B. Burke, until these buildings\\ngave place to a two story wooden building which was burned with the church building, after which\\nthe present Phillips block was erected in 1870.\\nUj)on the corner of Main and Park streets stood Eayers block, a two-stor^- wooden building in\\nfront, while in the rear it was but one story on account of the rise of the land. The northerlj store\\nwas occupied by^ Miss Ridgway, later Mrs. Rodneys Dane, the .south half by her brother, Charles T.,\\ndealer in watches, jewelry, etc. Next was the hat store and manufactory of E. B. Hines. The late\\nHiram Campbell was at one time employed there. The third store hung out the sign of the Good\\nSamaritan, the first drug .store, and was owned by our present venerable citizen, Elias S. Russell.\\nThe south store was the book .store of Job Buffum. J. M. Fletcher was his clerk and sold books\\nand wrote excellent poetry. This block was torn down and Nutt s Iilock was Iniilt on the lot in i860.\\nGeorge E. Wilder was contractor and builder.\\nNext .south stood the picturesque cottage of Jacob Hall where Dr. McQuesten s block now stands.\\nThe cottage was on the ungraded elevation of those days, reached by steps from Main street. Here\\nlived the genial family consi.sting of Mr. and Mrs. Hall, sons John and Luke, and daughter Eliza, a\\nyoung lad)- of uncommon personal beauty, all of whom have passed away but the sons.\\nNeighboring on the south and next the Town hall was the mansion of Attorney Aaron P\\\\ Sawyer.\\nThese two residences were in marked contrast. The latter with its broad piazza and stately columns", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "68 HISTORY OF NASHirj, N. H.\\nsuggested just such a home as it was. Mr. Sawyer came froui Mout Vernon to Nashua and was one\\nof a group of eminent lawj-ers located here. Like Daniel Abbot he wore a rufHed shirt front and was\\na genial and entertaining talker. He was of medium stature with nervous and energetic step. His\\nhair was as white as the driven snow. Presiding over the hou.sehold affairs was a wife of rare tact and\\nability. Always as pleasant as a morning in spring and untiring in her efforts to care for her family\\nof children, consisting of Samuel L., who went to Missouri, Charlotte L., Aaron W., Flint H. and\\nCatherine. All have joined the great majority but Charlotte, who married Hon. Aaron P. Hughes.\\nCatherine married Mr. Taft of Worcester and so lost her identity with Nashua society in which she\\nwas a favorite. Aaron W. was honored with a seat upon the judges bench and is well known by the\\npresent generation from whom he passed some years since. He will receive the extended notices\\nelsewhere to which he is entitled.\\nReturning to the bridge the first building on the west side of Main street was Atwood s building,\\nowned by John Atwood. Jesse Wetherbee kept a boot and shoe store and manufactured to order.\\nThe postoffice was located next, on being removed from the Hunt building, corner of Factory street,\\nthen came the restaurant of George E. Burke. To-day Murgatroyd s and Barker s blocks occupy\\nthe site.\\nExchange building remains, although fire has assailed it on several occasions, the last time about\\nten years ago, which made it necessary to put on a new roof, which, with the added story, makes it a\\ngood looking block and desirable. In it was located the Nashua bank; W. H. Hauley, a portrait\\npainter, had his studio there, also Don P. Wilson s dental rooms. Next south was a narrow wooden\\nbuilding. Colonel Banks removed from Railroad square to it, and continued nearly up to the time\\nwhen the building was torn down. Edward A. Gallison painted and finished furniture for Coggin\\nFisher in the second story. Standing next south was the stove and tinware store of Reuben Goodrich.\\nThe front was one story onh% with workshop in the rear. Upon the corner of Water street was the\\ndwelling house of Mr. Goodrich, having a store in the front on Main street. W. R. Wilcox had a\\nstock of books and stationery there, which he sold out to Copp Brothers before the war, prior to the\\nclearing off of the entire lot to Exchange building, to give place to the Goodrich block of to-day.\\nThe dwelling was removed and now stands upon Walnut street, corner of Pleasant. Upon the\\nopposite corner of Water street was the same building as to-daj-. William T. Martin had a clothing\\nstore in the corner, and Thomas Tolman had a mattress manufactory in the upper rooms.\\nWhere Fisher s brick block now stands were three ten-footers, Hartshorn Ames had a stove\\nshop in one, Albert Lull, merchant tailor, another, and E. P. Hill, dry goods, being the one next the\\nopen lot on the rear of which stood the dwelling house of the owner of all to Water street, Mr. Aaron\\nFisher. He sold the dwelling to Jo.sephus Baldwin and removed further south on Main street, near\\nthe Worcester railroad. From the Fisher homestead property Long block stretched southerly to an\\nopen lot now covered by Beasom block. In the north end was the office and dwelling of Dr. Josiah\\nKittredge, next, office and dwelling of Dr. J. F. Whittle. Changes were made after Dr. Kittredge\\nleft and Drs. Tracy Ayer had a drug store there, afterwards it was occupied by R. T. Smith for a\\nbookstore. South was the store of B. D. Bingham, watchmaker, and J. A. Wheat, dry goods.\\nGustine Marshall kept a large stock of millinery in the next with N. W. Goddard, jeweler, for a\\nneighbor, while Henry Parkinson, grocer, closed the list of occupants of the stores.\\nUpon the corner of Main and Factor} streets stood the large wooden building where Isaac\\nSpalding conducted a large store of the usual general merchandise class. With good business sagacity\\nhe saw that Nashua was soon to overshadow the popular shire town of Amherst and he removed here.\\nCharles H. Nutt who also came from Amherst succeeded him, who in turn sold out to Munroe\\nTaylor. There are a few citizens remaining who can recall the looks of this leading store. There\\nwas quite a large open lot north of the store on which were the customary mangers on posts to\\naccommodate the farmers who drove in and usuall}- stopped long enough to bait their horses.\\nBehind these mangers leaning against the low L to the store in the rear of the lot was a line of\\ngrindstones, great and .small. But a property so centrally located was not to remain unimproved.\\nW. D. Beasom bought the property and it soon took on the form and proportions of the leading block\\nof the town. The corner store was occupied bj Beasom Reed as a dry goods and carpet warehouse.\\nThe second floor was divided into offices which never lacked tenants. Upon the third floor was a hall\\nand ante rooms which were in demand. Beacon Light Division, Sons of Temperance, occupied a", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "///.S /V A OF NASHtJA, X. II. 69\\njKirtion of it. The block was jri-eatl dainai^fd by fire in 1S70, but jmt to a severer test in 1SS6 and\\nput beyond repair, but there was conii)eusation in the present elegant and substantial brick structure\\nas the outcome of apparent misfortune.\\nFactor} street must not be passed withnut mention for upon it was done a large amount of\\nbusiness, indeed, there were more stores and trade than on Main street. Merrill Kimball, Reed\\n.Shuler, Mark A. Adams, William vS. Anderson all had dry goods. Jonathan Hosmer, dry goods,\\nclocks, and variety store. John Osborne, confectioner, and the only one of the list still living, is\\ndoing business at the old stand.\\nPassing to the opposite corner still stands the Hunt building. Joseph Wyniau made clocks and\\nrepaired watches on the first floor after the postoffice was removed to Atwood s building. Later\\nWhite Hill occupied it for a drug store. Mr. White took a lease of the building and raised it a\\nstory, and made two stores in front as appears to-day. The office of the Nashua Gazette had its\\neditorial rooms on the second floor and composing and press rooms on the third floor until removed to\\nTuttle s building.\\nThis brings us to another distinguished hotel, the Washington house, kept for some years\\nl)y Thomas Chase, who sold out to John Gray. Like the Indian Head Coffee house it was built of\\nwood, with piazza in front, with massive columns two stories in height, supporting the piazza roof.\\nThe main building was forty b\\\\- thirty, with two stories, and high chambers in the roof. The L was\\ntwo stories. The building was on the north end of the lot fronting on Main street, with a large open\\nspace on the south extending to the Universalist church building, being the lot now occupied by\\nNoyes block. In the rear of the open yard stood the necessary stables to complete accommodations\\nfor man and beast. In connection with it was the livery stable of Capt. S. F. Wright, and later of\\nCharles H.Parker. The captain could always turn out a first-class team. Tecumseh and mate\\nwere an elegant pair of greys. Good sleighing brought out the competition in teams. Col. I. J. Fox\\non the north side turned out the Blue Bird and four, but when the captain appeared with the\\nGen. Taylor and six, with Charlie Parker on the box (or dasher) he took the cake. Captain\\nWright shipped this beautiful sleigh to his brother in Chicago and its equal has not been owned in\\nNashua since. The sleighing parties of to-day cut no figure in comparison to those days. The\\nLady, a magnificent sleigh, accommodating thirty to fort}-, owned by John Hadley of Lowell,\\nusually came here two or three times a week. Hadley was an admirer of a docked tail, well set up,\\nfor livery teams and it was the new dress for every horse that became an inmate of his noted livery.\\nBob Short was the trusted jehu for the Lady turnout and no charioteer felt clothed with\\ngreater honor or responsibility than he on such occasions.\\nPearl street was the southern limit of trade. The only store upon it, east or west, was that of\\nJohn Blunt on the corner of Chestnut. Mr. Blunt was a former resident of Amherst, but w-as moved\\nby the same impulse that brought other business men from that once lively and prosperous town to\\nNashua in 1836. In due course of business his son, John G., became a partner and the firm of John\\nBlunt Son continued as one of the leading grocers and other lines of goods, giving special attention\\nto the article of tea, of which the senior had come to be a recognized connoisseur. On retiring from\\nbusiness Mr. Blunt, Sr., returned to Amherst and died there.\\nThe firm name continued, Kdward O. Blunt, oldest son of John G., having taken an interest in\\nthe business with his father, and thus the .style of the house remains the same, although Mr. John G.\\nBlunt died in 1883, honored and respected as an honest, upright man and valued citizen.\\nOn Main street south of Pearl were the residents of some of the early and most substantial\\ncitizens John M. and Israel Hunt, Peter Clark, Thomas Chase, Bernard Whittemore, Paul Morrill,\\nand at the Harbor, Hon. Jesse Bowers, whose house stood near Salmon brook, where the factory of the\\nAmerican Shearer company now stands, but it may still be seen east of the factory on the margin of\\nthe pond. Air. Bowers did quite a little at farming in those days and his cattle barn stood on the\\ncorner of Main and Lake streets, where the beautiful residence of Mrs. Benj. Saunders now stands,\\nthe yard having its sunny outlook to the south of it.\\nOn the east side of the .street was the pottery of Martin Crafts where the watch factory stood, and\\nthe watch factory had the Wa.shington house for its street front, having been removed to the lot when\\nXoves block was built.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "yo\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, X. H.\\nFurthtr north was the substantial homestead of Neheniiah Hunt, occupied later by the late Judge\\nThomas Pearson, and now by his son G. Byron Pearson.\\nDr. Micah Eklredge lived in the house that stood where the house of Charles Holman now stands,\\nand John Atwood and X. W. Goddard in the houses south.\\nNoah Wyeth had a bakery between the Eldredge house and where the Episcopal church building\\nnow .stands. John D. Kimball lived where Mr. Runnells house now stands. Mr. Kimball was a\\nmanufacturer of sash, doors and blinds, and had an extensive business in dressed lumber. He built a\\nsteam mill at the head of Franklin street, known as Kimball s steam mill. It shared the usual fate\\nof such structures and was wiped out by flame and never rebuilt.\\nFranklin street was regarded as the most select, and in some respects the most desiraljle in the\\ntown for residences. Dr. J. G. Graves, Rev. I). D. Pratt. Rev. Austin Richards, Rev. Jonathan\\nMcGee, afterwards Rev. M. Hale vSmith, Col. William Boardman, Francis Winch, Joel Carter, E. S.\\nRussell, Charles T. Gill, John N. Barr, Walter McKean and other prominent business men lived there.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "///.S /Wv Ol- XASIICA, X.\\nAPPENDIX I.\\nGENEALOGY OF THE EAKLY SETTLERS OF OLD DUNSTABLE.\\nTHKRE is a natural desire in every ninii lo know something of his ancestry, and to the descendants\\nof the early settlers of Dunstable it must be interesting to trace back their families to their\\norigin. The nuiterials for this purpose exist, to a great extent, in the ancient records of marriages,\\nbirths and deaths among the town papers, a large part of which were collected, compared and arranged\\nby John Farmer, Esq. His deserved reputation as an anti(|uarian is a guarantee of its accuracy. The\\nlist is not generally brought down to a period later than i 750 to have extended it would have required\\ntoo much time and s]iace.\\nACKK.s, JOHN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 lie w:is of Boston in 1656; settled in Dunst:ililc before\\nifxSo; und h;id children, Miiry, born M:iy 2(1, ifxSj, and Joanii;i, born\\nJan. 10, 16S4.\\nADAMS, THOMAS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Horn 1075: died Feb. iS, i7| i. ni^ed 71. wife,\\nJudy, born 16S0: died April 15, 1754, ajjed 74. Had ibildttn,\\nl*hinch:is, born 172^ tiled Dec. 4, 1747, aj^ed 2,1.\\nBLAN CHARD, DEA. JOHN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 One of the founders of the clr.nxli in\\n16S5: freeman 1649; son of Thom.is Hlanchard, who came to New\\nKngland in the ship Jonathan in 16^9. Settled in Charlestown and\\ndied there May 21, 1654. He left children, Joseph and Thrnniis.\\nBLAXCHAUD, CAPT. JOSEPH.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of preceding; married Abiah\\nHassell, daughter of Joseph Hassell, Sen,, May 25, 1696. She died\\nDee. S, 1746, aged 70. He died in 17J7. His children were, 1. Jiliza-\\nhcth, born April 15, 1697: murried Jnna. Cuinmings; 2, Esther, born\\nJuly ^4, 1699; 3. Hannah, horn Oct. 2S. 1701 4, Joseph, born Feb. 1 1.\\n1704; 5. Uachel, l orn March 2,5, 1705: died in infancy; 6. Susanna,\\nborn March ^9, 1707; 7. Jane, born March 19. 1709: married Kev.\\nJosiah Swan; S. Kaclicl. born March is, 171--: 9. Kleazer. born Dec.\\n1, 1715: died Ajiril 29, 1717.\\nnLAXCIIAKI). COL. JOSEPH.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son iif Ihe precedin-; born Fel^. 11,\\n1704; ni.inieil Kebccca Hubbard; died .April 7, 175S: she dieil April\\n7 774- nis children were, i. Sarah, born 1726: died Nov. 30, 1726;\\n2. Joseph, born April 2S, 1729; 3 and 4. Elea/.er and Susanna, born\\nNov. 15, 1730; Eleazer died March 19, 1753, aged 22; 5. Rebecca, born\\nJuly 20, 1732; 6. Sarah, born Oct. 7, 1734; died in infancy; 7. Cath-\\nerine, born Nov. 11, 1736; S. Jonathan, born Sept. iS, 173S: died July\\n18, 17S8; 9. Sarah, born Aug. 2, 1740; 10. James, born Sept. 20, 1742:\\nin army; 11. Augustus, born July 29, 1746: died at Milford, 1S09; 12.\\nCaleb, born Aug. 15. 1749; 13. Hannah, born Oct. 21, 1751 married\\nDr. Ebenczer Starr, of D., ApVil 21, 1776: died March 22, 1794. aged 42,\\nlU.AXCHAKD. HON. JONATHAN. Son of the preceding; born\\nSept iS, 173S; married Rebecca FarAvell of this town, who died Aug.\\n20, iSii, aged 72. He died July 10, 17SS, aged 50. His children were,\\nI. Rebecca, born May 4, 176 married Dr. Augustus Starr: died Oct.\\n19, iSio, aged 45; 2. Grace, who married Frederick French, Esq.; 3.\\nSophia: married Oliver Farwell, and still living (1S46); 4. Charles,\\nborn March 14, 1776: died at Batavia, N. Y., March 16, iSii; 5.\\nAbigail; married Dr. Joseph F. Eastman of HolHs, and still living\\nC1S46). Eli/,a married Thomas French, Esq.: died 1S43.\\nHLANCHARD, THOMAS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Dea. John; born about 1670: nnii-\\nried Tabitha ,-.who died Nov. 29, 1696; married Ruth Adams o^\\nChelmsford, Oct. 4, i(x S: died March 9, 1727. His children were, i.\\nAbigail, born May 5, 1694; 2. John, Iiorn May 20, 1696; 3. TIu)mas,\\nIiorn Aug. 12, 1699: taken captive by the Indians in Septendier. 1724;\\n4. William, borti 1701; 5. Ruth, born April 1, 1703.\\nBEAXCH.NRD, THOMAS, Jk., and Elizabeth, his\\\\vife.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son ..f the\\npreceding. Had a son Thomas, 3d, born Oct. 20. 1724,\\nHI.ANCHARD, JOHN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Thomas, Sen., born Mav 20, i^x/S:\\nwife s name, Mar\\\\-. Had a son William.\\nHLANCHARD, NATHANIEL, and Lydia. his wife.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Killetl by the\\nIndians July 3, 1706. Had a son^ Nathaniel, 2d. Ihhii Sept. 12, 170^.\\nHLANCHARD, WILLIAM. Son of Thomas, Imrn 1701: married\\nDeliverance, daughter of Samuel Searles. Had childnn. Olive, born\\nNov. 4, 1733; Nathaniel, born Dec. 25, 1735.\\nHE.-VLE, WILLIAM.- Had children, Williinn. born M;n Ii 12. 1^X5.\\nand Elizabeth, born Nov. 16, i6S5.\\nHE.ALE, SAMUEL. Had children, Sannul. born July 3. 10S5. and\\nIvbenczer, born Jan. 30, 16SS.\\nHAXCItOFT, LIEUT. TIMOTIIV.-Came from born in 17CX,:\\ndied Nov. 2t, 1772, aged 63. He had children. Colonel Ebenezer,\\nIiorn 1737 an officer in the French and Revolutionary wars and in the\\nbattle of Bunker Hill: died Sept. 22, 1827, aged 90: Dea. Jonathan,\\nborn 1750: died July it, 1815, aged 65.\\nCOLHUHX. THOMAS. Probably from Clielmsford and a son of\\nEdward Colhurn; born about 1675; died Nov. 2, 1770, aged 96; his\\nwife died Sept. 7, 1739. aged 59. His children were, i. Elizabeth,\\nborn Sept. 29, 1700; 2. Thomas, born April 2S. 1702: died April iS,\\n1724; 3. Hannah, born Jan. 21, 1704; died March S, 171S; 4. Edward,\\nborn Dec. 14, 1705: died April iS, 1724; 5. a daughter, born Nov. aS,\\n1707; 6. a son, born April, 1799; 7. Sarah; S. Bridget, born Aug. 20,\\n1717; 9. Louisa, born 171S; 10. Rachel, born Sept. i.S, 1721.\\nCOLHURN, THOMAS, and Elizabeth, his wife.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Had a son Isaac,\\nlunn Dec. 28, iSii.\\nCUMMINGS, JOHN, SEN.^His wife was Sarah who died Dec.\\n7, 1700: he died Dec. l, 1700. His children were, John, Nathaniel,\\n.Sarah, Thomas-, Abraham, Isaac, and Flbenezer. The two latter were\\neither killed by the Indians or were drowned, as Ihcv died Nov. 2,\\ni(?SS, and were not buried for many days after.\\nCUMMINGS, JOHN, JR.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of preceding; married Elizabeth\\nSept. 13, 16S0. She was killed by the Indians, July 3, 1706. His\\nchildren were, 1. John, born July 7, 16S2; 2. Samuel, born Oct 6, 16S4;\\n3. Elizabeth, born Jan. 5, 16S7; 4* Anna, horn Sept. 14, 1698; 5.\\nLydia, born March 24, 1701 died April, 1701 6. William, born April\\n24, 1702.\\nCUMMINGS, NATHANIEL.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of John, Sen. His children were,\\n1. John, born Jan. 14, 169S; 2. Nathaniel, born Sept. 8, 1699; 3. Elcazer,\\nborn Oct. 19, 1701 4. Joseph, born May 26, 1704.\\nCUMMINGS, ABRAHAM.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of John, Sen.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Had a son, Jnsiah,\\nborn July 12, 169S.\\nCUMMINGS, THOMAS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of John, Sen.; born in 1659: married\\nPriscilla Warner, sister of Samuel VV., of D., Dec. 19, 16SS: died\\nTan. 20, 1723. His children were, i. Priscilla, born Oct. i, 16S9; 2.\\nMary, born April 25, 1692; 3, Anna, born Feb. 6, 1699; 4. Thomas,\\nborn April 10, 1701 5. Jonathan, born July 3, 1703: married Elizabeth,\\ndaughter of Gipt. Joseph Blanchard; 6. Ephraim, born March 10,\\n1706; 7, Samuel, born April 12, 170S.\\nClIMMINGS, DEA. WILLIAM. Son of John, Jr.; born April 24,\\n1702: married Sarah, daughter of Wdliam Harwood: died Sept 9.\\n175S. His children were, 1. Sarah, born Nov. 10, 172S; 2. Ebenezer.\\nborn Jan. 29, 1730; 3. John Harwood, horn April 24, 1733; 4. Dorcas,\\nborn Dec. iS, 1737.\\nCUMMINGS, JONATHAN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Thomas; born July 3, 1703; mar-\\nried Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Joseph Blafichard, and had a son,\\nHenjamin Blanchard, born Aug. 15, 1732.\\nCUMMINGS, SAMUEL, and Prudence, his wife, son of Thomas; horn\\nApril 12, 170S. Had daughters Sybil, born Nriv. 1, 1736: Prudence.\\nbcn-n Nov. 26. 1740.\\nCUMMINGS. NATHANIEL, JR. Son of Nathaniel; born Sept. 8,\\n\\\\(xy.y. married Elizabeth His children were, i. Nathaniel\\nborn July 7, 1724; 2. Jeremiah, born Dec. 27, 1726; 3. Oliver, born\\nApril 10, 172S; 4. Elizabeth, born Dec, 30, 1730; 5. Abigail, born\\nFeb. 12, 1732.\\nCUMMINGS, ELEAXER.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Nathaniel, Sen.; born Oct. 19,\\n1701 married Rachel Had a son Eleazer, born Dec. 15, 1730.\\nCOOK. .ANDREW.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 His children were Lydia, horn July 26, 1686, and\\nAndrew. Alice and Elizabeth, born afterwards.\\nC(n FI\\\\. WV.W ENOCH.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 From Newbury, Mass. Had a daughter,\\nMrliit:iblr. born Nov. 5, 1719. Settled in Concord, N. H.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "72\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nDARBYSHIRE, JOHN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 His children were, i. William, born Aug;. 14,\\n169S; 2. James, born April 30, 1702.\\nDANFORTH, JOSEPH. Dicil in Tyngsboroni?h, March 30, 1795,\\naged 75.\\nFARWELL, HENRY.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 From Chelmsford; a son of Henry Farwell of\\nConcord. His children were, i. Henry; 2, Oliver, born 1691 killed\\nby the Indians at Naticook, Sept. 5, 1724; 3. Josiah, the only survivor\\nof that fight; was a lieutenant under I.ovewc.U and killed at Pig-\\nwacket, May S, 1725; 4. Jonathan, born July 24, 1700; 5. Susanna,\\nborn Feb. 19, 1703; 6. Isaac, born Dec. 4, 1704; Sarah, born Dec. 4, 1706.\\nFARWEI,!.. HENRY, JR.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of the preceding; married Esther\\nBlanchard. daughter of Capt. Joseph Blanchard. His children were,\\n1, Eleazer, born Oct. 7, 1726; 2. Esther, born May 16, 1730; 3. Olive,\\nborn July 19, 1732.\\nFARAVEI.L, JONATHAN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Henry, Sen.; born July 24, 1700:\\nmarried Susanna His children were, i, Susanna, born Jan. 17,\\n1724; 2, Rachel, born Feb. 19, 172S; 3. Jonathan, born Aug. 2S, 1729.\\nFARWELL, OLIVER.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Henry, Sen.; born 1691 married Mary\\nCummings, daughter of Thomas, Cumniings killed by the Indians\\nSept. 5. 1724, aged 33. His children were, i. Mary, born May S, 1716;\\n2. Oliver, born Nov. 19, 1717: married Abigail who died Aug. iS,\\nT7S9, aged 6S: he died Oct, 12, iSoS, in this town, aged 91; 3. Benja-\\nmin, horn May 14, 1720: died March 20, 1772; 4. Sarah, born May S, 1724.\\nFv\\\\RWELL, LIEUT. JOSIAH.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Henry, Sen.; married Hannah\\nLovewell. Had a daughter Hannah, born Jan. 27. 1723,\\nFARWELL, ISAAC Son of Henry, Sen.; born Dec. 4, 1704. His\\nchiidrL-n were, i. Elizabeth; 2. Josiah, born Aug. 19, 172S; 3. Relief;\\n4, Bunker, born Jan. 2S, 1732; 5. Abigail; 6, Isaac, born Feb. iS, 1736.\\nFLETCHER, ROBERT.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Came from Chelmsford. His children were,\\nI. Sarah, born March 1. 1724; 2. Rolicrl, born 1727: died .Sept. 9, 1792,\\naged 65; 3. Elizabeth; 4. Marv.\\nFLETCHER, ROBERT.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of the preceding; born 1737: died Sept.\\n9, 1792, aged 65. Had children, Robert, born Aug. 1, 1762; Hannah.\\nFRENCH, SAMUEL.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Lieul. William French; born at Cam-\\nbridge, Dec. 3, 1645; removed to Billerica and thence to Dunstable:\\nmarried Sarah, daughter of John Cummings, Sen., Dec. 24, 16S2. His\\nchildren were, 1. Sarah, born Feb., 16S4; 2. Samuel, born Sept, 10,\\n16S5, cd Nov. 4, 1727; 3. Joseph, born March 10, 16S7: 4. John, born\\nMay, i6gi 5. Ebenezer, born April 7, 1693 killed by Indians Sept. 5,\\n1724; 6. Richard, born April S, 1695; 7, Alice, born Nov, 20,1699; S,\\nJonathan, born Feb. i, 1704: a deacon: died Nov. 17, 1757.\\nFRENCH, JOSEPH.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of preceding; born March 10, 16S7: married\\nElizabeth, daughter nf John Cummings, Jr. His children were,\\nJoseph, born July 2Sth, 1713; 2. Sampson, born July 2S, 1717; 3, Josiah,\\nborn Feb. 24, 1723; 4. Thomas, born June 29, 1724; 5. Benjamin, born\\nJuly 6, 1726; 6. Samuel, born Aug. 10, 1730.\\nFRENCH, SAMUEL.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Perhaps a brother of Henry French; born about\\n1665. His children were, John, born May 6, 1691 and Ebenezer.\\nborn April 7, 1693.\\nFRENCH, JOHN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Samuel; born May 6, 1691. His children\\nwere, John, born March 1, 1719; illiani, born Oct. iS, 1721; and\\nHannah, Eleazer and Elizabeth, Ebenezer, and Sarah, born from 1723\\nto 1753.\\nFRENCH, EBENEZER.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Samuel; born April 7. 1693; killed\\nby the Indians at Naticook Brook, Sept. 5, 1724. Had a son, Eben-\\nezer, born Oct. 27, 1723.\\nFRENCH, JOSEPH, JR.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Joseph born July 2S, 1713: died April\\n21,1776. His first wife, Bridget died Oct. 29, 1735, aged 29;\\nchildless; his second wife, Elizabeth died Jan. 20, 1753, aged\\n44. Had a son. Joseph, born Nov. 1, 1739: was a Colonel, and died\\n1770: married Sybil Richardson, who died .March 3, 176S.\\nFRENCH, THEODORE.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Joseph 3d.; born Jan. 6, 1759; mar-\\nried Rhoda Danforth, Oct. 4, 17S1. His children were, 1. Joseph, born\\nNov. 22, T7S3; 2. Theodore, horn Dec. 19, 17S6; married Lydia AUds,\\nof D., now of Concord, N. II.; 3. lacnb, born Oct. 24, 17S9: of Stod-\\ndard.\\nFRE.XCH, BENJAMIN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Joseph, Sen,; born July 6, 1726; mar.\\nried Molly, dangbter of Col. Zaccheus Lovewell, Jan. 2S, 1751, who\\ndied Dec. 17, 1774; and for a second wife, Mrs. M.aiv Cummings. Feb.\\nI, 1776. He died Dec. 15, 1799, aged 74. His children were Benjamin,\\nhorn Dec. 4, 1752; died Oct. 20, 1776, aged 23; Esther; Augustus;\\nBetty; Charlotte; Frederic, born Sept. 26, 1766; Thomas, born May\\n7, 176S; Lucy, married James Cummings, July 5, 1787; and Bridget.\\nFRENCH, FREDERIC\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of the preceding; born Sept. 26, 1766:\\nmarried Grace, daughter of Hon, Jonathan Blanchard, Dec. 30, 1790;\\ndied at Amherst, N. II, His children were, Benjamin Frederic, horn\\nOct. 2, 1791; Charles; Arthur; Rebecca; and Edward.\\nFRENCH, THOMAS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Capt. Benjamin; born May 7, 176S; mar-\\nried Elizalieth Blanchard, Jan. 7, 1796; he died May 3, 1S46, aged 7S:\\nshe died May 4, 1S43. Their children were, Jonathan Blanchard,\\nborn Oct. 16, 1796; Mary; Elizabeth; Caroline; Thomas; Benjamin;\\nand Charles.\\nHARWOOD, WILLI.VM.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Born in 1665: married Esther he\\ndied Sept. 17, 1740, aged 75; she died Ocl.S, 1737, aged 72, His chil-\\ndren were John, killed in the Pig^vacket Fight, May S, 1735; Thomas,\\nborn Jan. 9, 1702; Man, Sarah; Abigail; Rachel; Dorcas; and Lydia.\\nHASSELL, JOSEPH, SEN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Of Cambridge: freeman, 1647: his wife\\nwas Joanna both killed by the Indians, Sept,, 1691. His children\\nwere, I.Joseph, born at Cambridge, 1645; 2. Esther, born at Cam-\\nbridge, 164S; married Obadiah Pern. 3. Richard, taken prisoner by\\nthe Indians; 4, Abiah, married Capt. Joseph Blanchard.\\nHASSELL, JOSEPH, JR.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of the preceding; born in 1(^145. His\\nchildren were, Joseph; Benjamin; Hannah; Esther; Dinah; Abiah;\\nBetsev; Rachel; and Sarah, born from 170010 1731.\\nHASSELL, BENJAMIN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sonof Joseph, Jr.; born Aug. 19.1701. Had\\na daughter, Adah, born April 27, 1734.\\nHOWARD, S.\\\\MUEL.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Born in 36S4; died Feb. 7, i7(S9, aged S5.\\nJOHNSON, NOAH,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Prob.ahly from Woburn born in 169S: survivor of\\nLovewell s fight: died at Pembroke, Aug. 13, 179S, in the one\\nhundredth vear of his age. His children were, Elizabeth, born Oct. 3,\\n172S; Noah, born May 37, 1730; and Edward, killed in the nhl French\\nwar.\\nKENDALL, JOHN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Probably from Woburn; married Deborah\\nwho died March 3. 1739, aged 45, His children were, i. Sarah, born\\nMay 2},, 1737; 3. Jacob, born Aug. 9, 1729; 3. Temple, born Aug, 10,\\n1731; he was the ancestor of Hon. Amos Kendall, and lived in that\\npart of the town which is now Dunstable, Mass.\\nLOVEWELL, JOHN,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Probably from Weymouth; born in England\\nbefore 1650; married Hannah; died about 1754 said to havebeen aged\\n120. His children were. i. John, a captain, the hero of Pigwacket,\\nborn Oct. 14, i(x;i killed by the Indians at Pigwacket, May S, 1725\\n2, Hannah: m.irried Capt, Joseph Baker, of Roxbury; 3. Zaccheus, a\\ncolonel in the French w.ar, born July 22, 1701 4. Jonathan, born May\\n14, 1713: a judge: died about 1792, unmarried.\\nLOVEWELL, CAPT, JOHN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of the preceding; born Oct 15, 169\\nkilled Mays, 1725. His widow, Hannah, died Jan. 5, 1754. His chil-\\ndren were, John, born June 30, 171S: died July 2, 1703; left children,\\nJohn, Jonathan, Rachel, and Mary; 2. Hannah, born July 24, 1721 3.\\nNehemiah, born Jan. 9, 1726; married Rachel, daughter of Jonathan\\nFanvell, Nov, 24, 174S: removed to Corinth, Vt., where he died, leav-\\ning a numerous family.\\nLOVEWELL, COL. ZACCHEUS,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of John, Sen,; born July 22,\\n1701: married Esther died April 12, 1772, aged 72. His children\\nwere, i. Zaccheus, born Feb. 19, 1726; 2. Esther, born Nov. 10, 172S;\\n3, Lucy, born Jan. 12, 1730; 4. Molly, born May 26, 1732, who married\\nCapt. Benj. French and died Dec. 17, 1774; 5. Bridget, who married\\nAugustus Blanchard, and died Nov. 25, 1S36, aged SS; and 6. Noah,\\nborn 1741, and died in D,, May 29, 1S20, aged 79.\\nLOVEWELL, GEX. NOAH.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Col. Zaccheus; born 1741; mar-\\nried Mary Farwell, Dec, 17, 1767, He died May 29, 1S20: she died\\nNov, 24, 1S35. aged 03, His children were, Betsy, who married Hon.\\nJesse Bowers; Mary, who married Luther Taylor of D.; and Moody\\nD., still living.\\nLUND, THO.M AS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Born about 1660. His children were, i. Thomas, born\\nSept, 9, 16S2; 2. Elizabeth, born Sept. 29, 16S4; 3. William, born Jan.\\n25, 16S6.\\nLUND, THOMAS, 2d,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of the preceding; born Sept, 9. 16S2 killed\\nby the Indians, Sept, 5, 1724. His children were. 1. Thomas, liorn\\nOct. 31, 1712; 2, Elizabeth, born May 14, 1715; 3. William, born Oct.\\n12, 1717; 4, Ephraim, born Aug. 3, 1720; 5. Phlnehas, born April 3, 1723.\\nLUND, WILLIAM.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Thomas, Sen.; born Jan, 25, 16S6: married\\nRachel died in 176S, aged Si, His children were, i. William,\\nborhjiilv iS, 1717; 2. Rachel; 3. Charity, (a son) born Feb, 16, 1731;\\n4, Mary.\\nI^UND, T1I(^M.\\\\S,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Thnin.as, 3d.; born Oct. 31, 1712, a Deacon;\\nmarried Mary died Feb. 4, 1790. He had a son, Thomas, born\\nMarch 12, 1739,\\nLUND, EPHR.MM.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Thomas, 2d.; born Aug. 3, 1720; married\\nRachel Had a daughter, Rachel, born Aug, 39, 1743,\\nPERRY, ORADIAIL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Married Esther, daughter of Joseph Hassell.\\nHis children were, John, born Jan. 31, 16S2; and Elizabeth, born\\nApril 7, 16S3. He was killed by the Indians Sept, 2S, 1691,\\nPOLLARD. THOMAS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The family came from Coventiy, Eng. He\\nmarried Marv His children were, i, John, born Sept. 20, 1727;\\n2. Ebenezer, born Dec. 4, 172S; 3. Thomas, born Sept. 17, 1730.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "///S OA OF NASHUA, N. H,\\n73\\nI ltKNTICK, REV, NATHANIEL.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 His children were. i. .M;ny, bnrn\\n[an. 2, 1725; 2. William Henry, born Dec. 2, 1726; 3. Nathaniel, bnni\\nMay 29, 1729.\\nPATTERSON. JAMES, and Mary, his wife. Had a ^^nti, John, hnrti\\nApril 10, 1711.\\nI OWER.S, CAPT. PETER, aiid Anna Kcyes. his wife; the first\\n-Settlers of Hollis. He died Autjust 27, 1757; his widow died Sept.\\n21, 179.S, ajjed 90. His children were, 1. Peter, hnrn Nov. 29. 172S:\\njjraduated at Harvard, 175S: was a niir.ister forty years and died at\\nDeer Island, Me., in iSoo, aged 72; 2. Stephen, born Oct. 2S, 1729; 3.\\nAnna, horn March g, 1731: married Benjamin Hopkins of Milford.\\nFor a further account see Powers Centennial Address at Hollis.\\nKOIUHXS, EIEUT, JONATHAN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Probably came from Concord.\\nMass.; married Margaret Goold; was lieutenant under Lovewell.\\nand killed in the fight. May S, 1725. His children were, Jane, born\\nDec. 26, 1712; Margaret, born Feli. 29, 1716; Jonathan, bnrn \\\\ov. 4.\\n171S; Elvira and Elizabeth.\\nUlCHARDSO N. JOSIAH, and Phebe, his wife. Had children. Phebe,\\nborn Jan, 19, 172S; Josiah, born Sept. 28, 1729; Lucy, born Oct. 5, 17.^1\\nEunice, liorn Oct. 13, i7.Vi-\\nSEARLES, SAMUEL, and Sarah, his wife. His children were, Sarah.\\nborn Oct. 20, 1700; Deliverance; Samuel, born March i, 1707; Mary;\\nDaniel, born July 17, 1715; John, born Oct. 11, 1717; J(niathan, born\\nSept. 21, 1720.\\nSE.VRLES, SAMUEL, 2d. Son of the preceding; born March 1. 1707.\\nHis children were, Samuel, born Sept. 4, 173S; Renjainin. Iiorii Sept.\\n6, 1740.\\nSEARLES, DANIEL.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Samuel tst; born July 17. 1715. His\\nchildren were, Oliver, born Aug. 20, 1736; and James, born Nov. 17, 173S.\\nSOLLENDIXE, JOHN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Married Aug. 2. 16S0. His children were.\\nSarah, born April, z\\\\ John, tmrn May, 16S3; Alice, horn January,\\n16S6.\\nSMITH, DEA. BENJAMIN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Born 1736; died March 29, 1S21, aged S5.\\nS\\\\V.\\\\N, REV. JOSIAH.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Married Jane, daughter of Capt. Josiah\\nlllancliartl. Had a son, Josiah, born Aug. 25, 1740.\\nTAYLOR, ABRvVHAM, and Mary, his wife. Born about 1(^)90; from\\nConcord, Mass. His children were, i. Abraham; 2. Samuel; 3.\\nTimothy, born Sept. i, 171S; 4. Alice; 5. Amos, born Sept. 10, 1725.\\nTAYLOR, JONATHAN, and Hannah, his wife. His children were,\\nDavid, born Jan. i, 1723; Jonathan and Ephraim, born Sept. S, 1725;\\nHannah Esther; Sarah; Nathan, born Oct. 9, 1734 Oliver, born April\\n6, 1737; Sampson, born Dec. 6, 1739.\\nTAYLOR, SAMUEL.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son of Abraham. His children were. Reuben.\\nhorn March S, 1733; Samuel, born Oct. 13, 1734; Susannah.\\nTEMPLE, CHRISTOPHER.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Probably from Concord, Mass.; married\\nAlice, daughter of Joseph Hassell, Dec. 3 16S5; killed by the Indians,\\nSept. 28, 1691. His children were Jeremiah, born. Oct. 6, 16S6; Alice,\\nborn Jan, 3, 16S9; Christopher, born Oct. 3, 1690.\\nTVNG, HON. EDWARD.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 From Boston, where he was rep. assistant,\\nand major general removed to Dunstable in 1679, and died Dec. 2S,\\n16S1, aged Si. His children were, Jonathan, born Dec. 15, 1642; Ed-\\nward, governor of Annapolis, etc.; Hannah who married Habijah\\nSavage, and for a second husband. Rev. Thomas Weld; Eunice.\\nwife of Rev. Samuel Willard, president of Harvard College; Rebecca,\\nwife of Gov. Joseph Dudley; and another daughter who married a\\nSearle.\\nT^ XG, HON. JONA illAN.- Son of Hon. Edward; married Sarah,\\ndaughter of Ile/.ekiah Usher died January 9, 1724; his children were\\nJohn, born about i^ 7o; graduated Harvard College, 1691 ;killed by\\nIndians in August, 1710; William, born April 22, 1679; Jonathan, born\\nSept. 29, i6S^); Eleazer, born April 30, 1690; graduated Harvard Col\\nlege, 1712; Bersheha, (a son) born Februarys, 1694; Mary.\\nTYN ELEAZER. Son of Jonathan; horn April 3, 1690: graduated\\nHarvard College 1712. His children were, Jonathan, born September,\\n10, 1717; Sarah, bo.n April 22, 1720, who married John Winslow\\nBenjamin, born January 26, 1722; John Alford, [Judge Tyng,] born\\nAugust 29, 1729; James, born March 6, 1731.\\nUSHER, ROBERT.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Son or relative of He/.ekiah Usher; from Charles\\ntown, Mass. His children were, John, born May 31, 1696; Robert,\\nhorn June, 1700; killed in Pigwacket fight.\\nUSHER, JOHN. Son of the preceding, horn May 31, 1696; his children\\nwere, John, born May 2, 172S; Robert, born April 9, 1730; RacheL\\nHabijah, born August S, 1734.\\nWALDO, JOHN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 From Chelmsford: son of Dca. Cornelius Waldo;\\nremoved to D. His children were, John, born about 16S2; Catherine;\\nRebecca.\\nWALDt), DANIEL.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sou of Dea. Cornelius. He had two daughters,\\nliorn 16S4, anil ifxS7.\\nWARNER, SAMUEL.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Married Mary Swallow, May 4, 16S4. His\\nchildren were, Eleazer, horn Jan. 27, 16S6; Priscilhi.\\nWELD, REV. THOMAS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First minister of Dunstable; son of Thomas\\nWeld of Roxbury, Mass.; married Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. John\\nWilson of Medfield, Nov. 9, i( Si, who died July 29, if\u00c2\u00bbS7 his second\\nwife was widow Hannah Savage, daughter of Hon. Edward Tyng.\\nHe died in 1702; she died at the residence of her son, Rev. Habijah\\nS. Weld, in Attleboro Mass., in 1731. His children were, Elizabeth,\\nborn Oct. 13, 16S2; Thomas, born F eb. 7, 16S4; ^y his first wife: and\\n.Samuel, born March 4, 1701 and Habijah Savage, born in September,\\n1702, by his second wife; ordained at Attleboro Mass., 1727, and\\ndied there in 17S2, aged So,*\\nWHITING, SAMUEL.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Probably a son of Rev. Samuel Whiting of\\nBillerica: born January 19, 16^2; di^d March 14, 1715, aged 51, His\\nchildren were, Samuel, born Oct. 22, 1687; who was in the Pig\\\\vacket\\nfight; Elizabeth; Catherine; Leonard, born August, 12, 1693; Joseph,\\nborn Dec. 14, 1695; Mary; Dorcas; John, born March 11, 1706.\\n^VHITJNG, JOSEPH.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Born about 1735; grandson of preceding; mar.\\nried Abigail, Chamberlain, June II, 1761 she died April 19, 1779. His\\nchildren were, i. Joseph, born Nov. 13, 1761; died Aug. 21, 177S; 2.\\nSamuel, born June 30, 1763 died at Amherst in March, 1S05, aged 42;\\n3. Susanna, born March 20, 1765; 4. Leonard, born Jan, 16, 1767; 5.\\nOliver, born Jan. 29, 1769; 6. William, born Sept. 2S, 1770; died in\\nMerrimack; 7. Elizabeth, born July 16, 1772 S. Thomas, born Oct. 2C,\\nT774; died at Amherst; 9. Abigail, born Aug. iS, 1776; 10. Jonathan,\\nborn Feb. 14, 177S; died at Amherst.\\n*Of Mr. Weld it is said, that he was distinguished for his usefulness\\nin the ministry and highly respected as a man, both at home and abroad.\\nHe united to an uncommon degree the affections of his people for a period\\nof fiftv-five years, during which h.e was their pastor. White s Early\\nHistory of N. E., 271.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "74\\nHISTORY OF NASnr.l. X. If.\\nAPPENDIX II.\\nHISTORY OF THE POSTOFFICE IN NASHUA.*\\nTHE POSTOFFICE in this town was established sometime between April ist, and July ist,\\n1803, and Gen. Noah Lovewell appointed postmaster. The office was opened in the tavern\\nof Cummings Pollard, who was appointed assistant postmaster, and had the charge of the\\noffice until iSii. Up to that time it was located in the tavern lately owned and occupied by\\nby Silas Gibson. In 1811 the office was removed to the Harbour, so called, and placed under\\nthe charge of Israel Hunt, who was appointed assistant postmaster, and in whose dwelling\\nhouse it was stationed. After its removal to the latter place, it being located near the residence of\\nGeneral Lovewell, he continued to superintend the duties of the office personally until his death, which\\ntook place in May, 1820. ITpon his death, John M. Hunt, Esq., was appointed and commissioned in\\nJune, 1820. He established the office in the office of I. and J. M. Hunt, (at the Harbor), where it\\nremained until 1S26, when it was removed to Nashua Village, soon after the erection of the cotton\\nmills. Since its establishment in 1S03, the receipts of the office have increased to an astonishing and\\nalmo.st incredible degree.\\nThe receipt for the first quarterly balance of postage, for the quarter ending June 30, 1S03, is still\\non file in the office, and acknowledgedges the sum of twenty cents For the quarter ending Sep-\\ntemper 30, 1805, the receipts of the office had increased to the sum of two dollars, eighty-seven cents,\\nvielding a commission as compensation for discharging the various duties of the office of eight\\\\-six\\ncents per quarter, or three dollars, forty-four cents per annum.\\nBut a glance at the finances of the office at periods of ten years will best show its rapid\\nadvancement\\nIn 1810 the net receipts to the general postoffice were\\n1820\\n1830\\n1840 I. I 1 I. 11\\n1845\\nFirst six months of 1S45 under the old postage law,\\nLast six months under the new law,\\nJ31.86 gross I45.00\\n55-95:\\n80.00\\n356.64\\n510.00\\n1715-53:\\n2450.00\\n1902.30\\n2679.20\\n997.18:\\n1406.61\\n905.12;\\n1272.41\\nDifference I 92.06 134.20\\nThe present facilities for travelling, when compared with those of by-gone days, have placed the\\nexpedition of the mails on a par with their advancement in amount of business and increase of\\nrevenue. In former times. Wheat s old mail .stage occupied two days in travelling from Amhenst to\\nBoston, and put up regularly for the night in Billerica. Now by the aid of .steam power and\\nrailroad accommodation, we can receive a mail from Boston in less than two hours!\\nForty years ago there was not a single letter or newspaper brought into this town b) mail\\nconveyance. For the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1840, the amount of postage collected on letters was\\nfive hundred and twenty-three dollars, and on newspapers and pamphlets one hundred and thirteen\\ndollars, eighty cents.\\n*This sketch was prepared for the Nashua Directory by John IM. Hunt, P^sq., in 1S46.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "H/STOKV OF NASHUA, N.\\n75\\nAPPENDIX III.\\nSTATISTICS OF THF DISTRICT SCHOOLS.\\nTHE TOWN was first divided into school districts, five in uuinber, and .school houses\\nerected in 1775. Previously (?\u00c2\u00abc teacher had been employed by the town to keep school\\nin different places alternately. The sum rai.sed never exceeded and rarely equalled o)ic\\nhundred dollars. There are now (1S40) eleven districts, and the whole amount of money\\nraised and expended during the fiscal year 1S40, for schools and school houses, was $4,000.95; of\\nwhich $263.93 only were expended for the latter. Tlie amount required by law to be raised by tin-\\ntown was only $2,627.10.\\nFrom the following table we learn that there were eleven districts, seventeen schools, and lwent\\nsix teachers. The amount of mone\\\\ expended for the support of teachers and for fuel was $3,411.\\nThe whole nundier of scholars in all the districts was 1452. Of these 1268 (viz: six hundred and\\nthirteen males and six hundred and fifty-five females) attended school in summer; and 1188 (viz:\\nsix hundred and ninety-six males and four hundred and ninety-two females attended school in winter.\\nThe average attendance in summer was only seven hundred and twenty-two, however, and in winter\\n(inl seven hundred and eighty-eight; showing that almost one-halt ol all the children in town\\nwere constantly absent from school.\\n,ST.\\\\TISTICS OF THE .SCHOOLS IN XASHU.V FOR 1S40.\\n(Previous to Itie division oj the Town.)\\nH\\nZ\\nr\\ng\\ng\\n5\\np\\nre\\nc\\n=j\\n5\\nE,\\nere\\nn a\\n1\\nd\\na\\ns-\\nNl MBEK or Tk.\\\\CIIEKS.\\n11\\nn\\np\\ni?\\n3\\nre\\n3\\na\\n3\\n-1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a26 3\\n7^\\n.\u00c2\u00b03\\nfT\\n8\\nt/i\\n5\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a05\\nI\\nSum.\\nI female teacher.\\nJio.33\\n16\\n27\\n13\\n14\\n18\\n40\\nI131.00\\nWin.\\nI male.\\n26.00\\n12\\n40\\n27\\n13\\n35\\nSum.\\n1 female.\\n11.00\\n16\\n4.S\\n28\\n17\\n25\\n45\\n131.00\\n2\\nWin.\\nI male.\\n25.00\\n9\\n36\\n25\\nII\\n28\\n3\\nSum.\\n4 females; f 17, f 14, $14 and I13,\\n21\\n292\\n141\\n151\\nf5\\n358\\n758.16\\nWin.\\nI m. and 3 f.; f 29, I17, ;f 14 and I14.\\n19\\n288\\n164\\n124\\n183\\n4\\nSum.\\nWin.\\nI female,\\nI male.\\n11.60\\n23.00\\n14\\n8\\n24\\n26\\n12\\n21\\n12\\n5\\n16\\n20\\n29\\n131.00\\n5\\nSum.\\nI female.\\n1 1.32\\n9\\n20\\n10\\n10\\n18\\n22\\n88.77\\nWin.\\nr male.\\n20.00\\n10\\n20\\n13\\n7\\n[4\\n6\\nSum.\\nI female.\\n10.00\\n16\\n22\\n13\\n9\\n18\\n36\\n131. CO\\nWin.\\nI male,\\n21.68\\n14\\n33\\n23\\n10\\n26\\n7\\nSum.\\nWin.\\nI female,\\nI male.\\n12.00\\n24.00\\n14\\n13\\n40\\n47\\n17\\n26\\n23\\n21\\n23\\n32\\n47\\n131.70\\n8\\nSum.\\nWin.\\nt female,\\nI female.\\n12.00\\n12 00\\n29\\n31\\n14\\n17\\n13\\n30\\n88.77\\nSum.\\n3-\\nI male. #42; 6 females, jfi^ each.\\n23\\n441\\n227\\n2T4\\n275\\n556\\n1177.47\\n9\\nWin.\\n3-\\nI male, I42 6 females, f 13 each.\\n12\\n415\\n250\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a065\\n274\\n10\\nSum.\\nWin.\\n2.\\n2.\\n2 females; wages, I14 and I13,\\nI male, I26; i female, #14,\\n26\\n12\\n169\\n114\\n66\\n53\\n103\\n6i\\ngo\\n80\\n135\\n316-69\\nSum.\\n2.\\n2 females; wages, #14 each.\\n20\\n1.57\\n72\\n8.5\\n91\\n154\\n326.14\\n1 1\\nWin.\\n2.\\nI male, f27; i female, J14,\\n13\\n138\\n80\\n58\\n83\\n1 1\\n17-\\n22 Te.\\\\chkrs.\\nSummer.\\nWinter.\\n1268\\n1 188\\n613\\n696\\n655\\n492\\n772\\n788\\n1452\\nJ34II.OO\\nOf the scholars in all the schools, i,oqo attended to reading, nine hundred and forty-nine to\\n.spelling, eight hundred and thirty-one to arithmetic, two hundred and seventy-three to geography,\\none hundred and fifty-two to grammar, fifty-four to history, seventeen to moral philo.sophy, sixteen to\\nnatural philosophy, eight to chemistry, and se\\\\en to algebra.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "76\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nSTATISTICS OF THE SCHOOLS IN NASHUA FOR 1^45.\\nTabic of Teachers, Scholars, Attenciaiuc, etc.\\nhJ\\n?w\\n3;\\nz\\nZ\\n1)\\n2\\nc\\nD\\n3\\no\\n5-\\ny\\nr.\\nc\\nn\\n1\\n1\\nn\\n-iq\\nPI\\nNo. OF Teachers.\\na.\\n1\\nn\\nX\\nISt\\nI female,\\n$10A2\\n14\\n19\\n9\\n10\\n15\\n^101.34\\nI\\n2d\\nI male,\\n26.00\\n9\\n31\\n20\\nII\\n25\\n2\\nISt\\nI female,\\n10.00\\n12\\n35\\n25\\n90.19\\n2d\\nI male.\\n2 1. 00\\n10\\n35\\n20\\n15\\n25\\nISt\\nI\\nI female,\\n12.00\\n16\\n47\\n19\\n28\\n24\\n2\\nI female,\\n12.00\\n16\\n6t\\n30\\n31\\n38\\n302 -3\\n3\\n2d\\nI\\nI male,\\n26.00\\n14\\n50\\n26\\n24\\n35\\n2\\nI female.\\n13.00\\n12\\n57\\n35\\n22\\n39\\nI\\nI male and 2 females.\\n68.00\\n26\\n188\\n90\\n98\\n80\\nISt\\n2\\n2 females.\\n26.00\\n26\\n136\\n58\\n78\\n60\\n3\\n2 females,\\n26.00\\n26\\n157\\n75\\n82\\n81\\n4\\n4\\nI female.\\n14.00\\n26\\n74\\n28\\n46\\n40\\n1416.97\\nI\\nI male and 2 females.\\n68.00\\nII\\n126\\n61\\n65\\n93\\n2d\\n2\\n2 females.\\n26.00\\nII\\n98\\n46\\n52\\n71\\n3\\n2 females.\\n26.00\\nII\\n97\\n59\\n38\\n68\\n4\\nI female,\\n14.00\\nII\\n46\\n19\\n29\\n33\\n5\\nISt\\n1\\nI female.\\n10.00\\n10\\n20\\n9\\nII\\n10\\n25.00\\n2d\\nI female.\\n10.00\\n12\\n18\\n10\\n8\\n14\\n98.34\\nI male.\\n22.67\\n8\\n29\\n19\\n10\\n23\\n1 ISt\\nI female.\\n11.00\\n17\\n29\\n15\\n14\\n22\\n107-34\\n7 2d\\nI male.\\n23.00\\n12\\n36\\n18\\n18\\n30\\nSTATISTICS OF THE SCHOOLS IN N.ASHVILLE FOR 1 845.\\nTable of Teachers, Scholars, Attendance, etc.\\nH\\nw\\nZ\\nz\\nS\\nn\\nC\\ng\\nIf\\nn\\ni^\\ns\\n3\\ns\\n3\\np.\\nr:\\n3\\n3\\no-\\nD-\\nin\\nre\\nn\\nn\\n1^\\nn\\nNo. OF Teacher.s.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2X\\nX\\n3\\np\\n1\\nft\\nn\\n3-\\n5\\nre\\n0_\\nD.\\nc\\nd-\\nX\\nP\\ni,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a03\\nQ\\nr,..\\nI\\nI female,\\nJ14.CO\\n20\\n44\\n20\\n24\\n26\\nI\\n2d\\n2\\nI\\nI female,\\nI male.\\n14.00\\n30.00\\n20\\n16\\n54\\n65\\n24\\n27\\n30\\n36\\n37\\n52\\n160\\n1386.38\\n2\\nI female,\\n14.00\\n16\\n56\\n30\\n26\\n40\\nI\\nI male.\\n35-00\\n25\\n90\\n42\\n48\\n50\\nISt\\n2\\nI female,\\n16.00\\n25\\n65\\n30\\n35\\n42\\n3\\nI female.\\n16.00\\n25\\n70\\n36\\n34\\n55\\n2\\n4\\n1\\nI female,\\nI male and female.\\n16.00\\n49.00\\n25\\n17\\n85\\n86\\n39\\n45\\n46\\n41\\n52\\n59\\n442\\n1032.95\\n2d\\n2\\nI female,\\n16.00\\n17\\n59\\n27\\n32\\n45\\n3\\nI female.\\n16.00\\n17\\n60\\n33\\n27\\n47\\n4\\nI female,\\n16.00\\n17\\n77\\n35\\n42\\n56\\nISt\\n1 2d\\nI female.\\n10.80\\nII\\n22\\n16\\n6\\ni6\\n3\\nI male.\\n21.00\\n10\\n18\\n16\\n2\\n12\\n20\\n91-75\\nS ISt\\nI female.\\n12.00\\n15\\n16\\n7\\n9\\n12\\n4\\n2d\\nI female,\\n13-25\\n12\\n22\\n10\\n12\\n17\\n19\\n139-39\\nThere are two academies in Na.shua. The Nashua Literary Institution, David Crosb\\\\-,\\nA. M., and Mrs. Louisa S. H. Crosby, principals, and the Nashua Academy, Zuinglius Grover,\\nA. M., and Miss Caroline Wood, principals. These academies were both incorporated in 1840.\\nAbbot s High School, in Nashville, is under the charge of Charles Abbot. Beside the\\nusual liranches taught in high schools, daily instruction is given in vocal and instrumental music.\\nThere are also numerous private schools in the village, for small scholars.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "H/STOK)- OF XASI/rA, X. H.\\n11\\nAPPENDIX IV.\\nTHE NAMH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ITS ORIGIN.\\nI\\nX September, 1673, the proprietors of the farms\\nalready laid out and others who were disposed\\nto settle in this viciiiit}-, presented a petition\\nto the general assembly, asking that all the\\ngrants be consolidated into one plantation, that\\nthey might enjoy the privileges and immunities of\\nan incorporated township. In the following year\\nthe boundaries having been extended, the town was\\ncalled Dunstable, in compliment to Mrs. Mary\\nTyng, who came from Dunstable, England, and\\nwho with her husband, Hon. Edward Tyng, then\\none of the magistrates of the Commonwealth of\\nMassachusetts, shorth- afterwards removed to the\\nnew township.\\nInquiring into the origin of the name as first\\napplied to the English town, lying thirty miles\\nnorthwest of London in Bedfordshire, we find (ac-\\ncording to Sanborn s History of Dunstable, Eng.)\\nthat while the ancient Priorj- is now entirely\\ndestroyed, there is to be seen in the garden wall of\\nthe old farmhouse, occupying its site, a curiously carved stone, bearing the original Arnies of\\nthe Priory of Dunstable, which are here reproduced. In the records which were kept at the\\nPriory are found the following\\nARMS OK THE PKIORV OF DUNSTABLE.\\nVERSE.S CONCERNINGE THE NAME AND ARMES OF DUNSTAPLE, 1558.\\nBy Houghton Regis, there, where Watliiige .Streete\\nIs cross d by Icknell way, once grew a wood\\nWith bushes thick orespred a covert meete\\nTo harbor such as lay in waite for blood,\\nThere lurkte of ruffians bolde an hideous route\\nWliose captaine was one Dunne, of courage stoute.\\nNo travailer almost coulde passe that way\\nBut either he was wounded, rob d, or kil d\\nBj that leude crewe, which there in .secreete law;\\nWith murthers, theftes, and rapes, their hands were fil d.\\nWhat l)Ooties ere they tooke, ech had his share\\nThus yeere by yeere they liv d without all care.\\nAt last king Ilenrie, first king of that name,\\nTowards the northern partes in progresse rode\\nAnd hearinge of those greate abuses, came\\nCame unto the thicket where the tlieues abode\\nWho on the comniinge of the kinge did flie\\nEach to his house, or to his freinde did hie.\\nWherefore the kinge, such niischiefes to prevent,\\nThe wood cut down; the w-ay all open laj-de\\nThat all trew men, which that way rode or w ente,\\nOf sodaine sallyes might be lesse affrayde\\nAnd might descrie their danger ere it came,\\nAnd so bv wise foresighte escape the same.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "78 HISTORY OF XASHUA, N. H.\\nThis done, he rear d a pouU both houge and longe\\nIn that roade-highway, where so nianie passe\\nAnd in the poul let drive a staple stronge,\\nWhereto the kinge s owne ringe appendant was\\nAnd caus d it to be publisht that this thinge\\nWas done to see what thiefe durst steale the ringe.\\nYet for all that, the ring was stol n away.\\nWhich, when it came to learned Beauclerke s eare,\\nBy skylful arte to finde, he did assay\\nWho was the theife, and first, within what shyre\\nHis dwellinge was, which this bould act had done,\\nAnd found it to be Bedffordshire, anon.\\nNext in what hundred off that shyre might dwell\\nThis vent rous wighte, kinge Henrie caste to find\\n.\\\\nd upon Mansfield Hundred, straight it fell.\\nWhich being founde, he after bent his minde\\nTo learn the parish, and by like skyll tride\\nThat he in Houghton Regis did abide.\\nLastlie. the parish knowne. he further soughte\\nTo find the verie house where he remaynde\\nAnd by the precepts of his arte he toughte.\\nThat by one Widow Du:i he was retayned\\nThe widowe s hoase was .searched, so wil d the kinge,\\n.A.nd with her sonne was founde, staple and ringe.\\nThus Eeauclerke by his arte, found out the thiefe,\\n.A. luetic tall younge man of courage goode.\\nWhich of the other ruffians was the Chiefe\\nThat closlie lurked in that waylesse wood.\\nThen Dunne, this captain thiefe, the widowe s sonne,\\nWas hanged for the factes which he had done.\\nAnd where the thicket stoode, the kinge did Ijuild\\ni\\\\. market towne for saulfetie of all those\\nWhich travail d that way, that it might them yielde\\n.A. sure refuge from all thievishe foes\\n.\\\\nd there King Henrie, of his great bountie.\\nFounded a church, a schole, and priorie.\\nAnd for that Dunne, before the wood was downe,\\nHad there his haunte, and thence did steal away\\nThe staple and the ring, thereof the towne\\nIs called Dunstaple untill this day\\nAlso in amies, that corporation.\\nThe staple and the ringe give thereupon.\\nOther authorities claim that the word is of Anglo-Saxon origin, the first s} llable, Dun, is\\n.\\\\nglo-Saxon for hill, as seen in Dundee, Dunwhich, Dune, etc. that formerly certain goods\\ncould not be exported withottt first being brought to one of the Royal Staples or markets and\\nthere charged with a duty that the second part, Staple, grew out of the fact that Henry, the First,\\nwhen re-erecting the town, desiring to give it commercial importance, establi.shed a Staple or\\nMarket there, and named the town Dunstaple meaning the Market on the Hill.\\nAs a result of the readjustment of our state lines in 1746, Old Dunstable was divided and there\\ncame into existence two Dunstables, one in Massachusetts the other in New Hampshire divided\\nonly by the state line.\\nDuring, and after the Indian wars, the settlement at vSalmon brook became known as The\\nHarbor, through being a harbor or place of safety while in the Indian attack in 1724 occurred\\nthe circumstances through which the settlement at the mouth of the Nashua received the name\\nof Indian Head.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "PART II\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "8o HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nTHE LAST OF THE NASHAWAYS.*\\nR. B. PRESCOTT.\\nTowurd the chise of ;i late summer s day about the year 1842 or 1S43, band of Indians with their ponies, dogs and carts suddenly appeared in\\nthe main street of the then village of Nashua, coming from the southward. They halted a few moments on the bridge and gazed earnestly about,\\nbeing especially interested in the green meadows opposite the Nashua company s mills. They passed the night in what is now called Railroad\\nsquare, where Hon. Daniel Abbot addressed to them a few words of inquirv and welcfuuc. The writer, then a small child, distinctly remembers being\\nlifted upon the shoulders of his father to witness the novel spectacle.\\nThe gathering shadows, k-ngtheniiig to the east.\\nProclaimed the sun well down the western sky.\\nWearily along the hot and dusty street,\\nHeralded by all the noisy village boys.\\nMoved a strange procession. At its head.\\nFeathered and tinselled as became his rank,\\nRode the venerable chief. A motley crew\\nOf painted braves and beaded squaws\\nIn number several score in silence followed.\\nPonies, rough and unkempt, rude wagons drew\\nWith dusky children filled, and household goods;\\nWhile tween the wheels with drooping heads\\nAnd lolling tongues, walked the gaunt Indian dogs.\\nStolid and silent along the street they passed,\\nNor heeded aught of all the curious eyes\\nWhich wonderingly from every door and window\\nThe unwonted sight surveyed. Upon the bridge\\nWhich spans the placid waters of the Nashua\\nVt length arrived, the cavalcade made pause.\\nWhile through the ranks a sudden impulse ran.\\nWith outstretched hand the chief their glances drew\\nTo where, above, the stream makes sudden curve\\nAnd laps the edge of broad, green meadow lands\\nWhere now, from underneath the wheel s dark pit\\nThe foaming torrent plunges madly forth.\\nWith earnest words and feelings deeply moved\\nHis hearers minds he seeming much impressed.\\nIt was as when some long forgotten scene,\\nSuddenly reappearing, floods the heart\\nWith cherished memories, and, like spring-time torrents,\\nBears all else impetuously away.\\nA moment thus they gazed, then moving on\\nTo where the street first verges to the right,\\nBeneath two giant Balm-of-Gilead trees\\nWhose spreading branches overarched the way,\\nA final halt was made. The village folk.\\nCurious, yet timid, a gradual circle formed.\\nWhich, as it grew, to narrower limits pressed.\\nTill some, more bold than others, dared to feel\\nWith cautious touch the strangers quaint attire.\\nAnd now the circle parts and entering in\\nApproached the chief a portly man and wise\\nWhose face, dress, speech, and general air, proclaimed\\nA man of power and weight within the town.t\\nWith proffered hand and kindly tone he asked,\\nWho and whence are ye, and with what intent\\nCome ye here thus to camp within our town?\\nThe swarthy chief a moment him surveyed.\\nThen glancing o er the throng thus made reply.\\n*Prizc poem; written in response to an offer, on the part of the managers of this history, of fifty dollars in gold for the best original poem\\nwritten for the work; the author to be either a native or resident of Nashua. There were several competitors, and, by unanimous consent of the\\ncommittee of aw.ard, the above obtained the jirize.\\ntHon. Daniel Abbot.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "///SVOA OF XASUUA, X. 11. 8i\\nOh, pale-face, many, many years are flown\\nSince these fair lands our fathers called their own\\nEre yet these whirrinj^ wheels the silence broke,\\nOr shriek of iron horse the echoes woke,\\nFreely they roved where e er their fancy drew.\\nGuiding their course by Nature s instincts true.\\nTheir broad domain on every hand was seen,\\nl- roni Nashua s source to Penacook s meadows green\\nFrom where the Merrimack meets the Atlantic tide\\nWestward to far Wachusett s rugged sides.\\nSix tribes here dwelt in peace, or banded, fought\\nTheir common foe, the wily, fierce Mohawk,\\nAnd each and all were subject to the .swa}-\\nOf that proud sachem, Passaconaway.\\nWe the descendants are a feeble band.\\nOf those same Nashaways that possessed this land.\\nFrom distant shores we hitherward are come\\nTo view once more our father s ancient home\\nTo note again the streams they loved so well.\\nTo mark the ground where in fierce strife they fell.\\nThese have we seen, and to our children told\\nThe wrongs ye did their sires in days of old.\\nYet in our hearts we bear no thought of hate,\\nBut only see the o erruling hand of fate.\\nPoor and unskilled, the red man must give i)lace.\\nAnd own the white man the superior race.\\nHe ceased. The throng in silence moved away\\nThe village youth no more resumed their play\\nAnd when again returned the morning light,\\nThe Indian liaud had vanished from the sight.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "82\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL\\nJESSE ESTEY.\\nJesse Estey was born in Middletown, Mass., in 1780,\\ndied in Nashua, Sept. 12, 1846. Mr. Estey was educated\\nin the public schools of his native place and early in life\\nJESSE ESTEY.\\nmoved to Mont Vernon. In 181 1 he settled in Nashua\\nand bought what was then known as the Pollard house,\\nchanging the name to Kstey house, and continuing it as a\\nhotel till 1S27, when he gave up the occupation of land-\\nlord and removed to the north side of the river, taking\\nup his residence in the house now standing at the\\ncorner of Concord and Laton streets. From that time\\nuntil 1846 he was engaged in the grain business. In 1830\\nMr. Este)- built the house now 217 Main .street and resided\\nthere until his death. In his da^ Mr. Estey was one of\\nthe prominent men of Nashua and closely identified with\\nthose who were enthusiastic in effort to develop its\\nresources and advance its prosperity. He was a director\\nin the Nashua State bank and one of the original stock-\\nholders in the Washington house and Worcester Nashua\\nrailroad, both of which enterprises had his endorsement.\\nIn a word he was a stirring citizen who had the confidence\\nof the business community and the esteem of all with\\nwhom he came in contact.\\nMr. Estey was united in marriage June 19. 1808, with\\nAnna Peabody, daughter of Deacon Benjamin Peabod)- of\\nMiddletown. Deacon Peabody was a captain in the Con-\\ntinental army during the war of the Revolution and after\\npeace was declared was commi.ssioned colonel of a militia\\nregiment. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Estey s marriage\\nwere Hannah F., Augustus, Willis Hall, Julia A., Maria,\\nwho married Col. Harvej F. Courser, (see sketch of his\\ncareer elsewhere in this work), Caroline and George P.\\nThe last named removed in earl)- life to Toledo, O., and,\\nwhen the Civil War broke out, was emploj-ed on the edi-\\ntorial staff of the Toledo Blade. The day Fort Sumter\\nwas fired on he was visiting his relatives in Nashua. He\\nimmediately telegraphed his frienrls in Ohio to muster a\\ncompany of volunteers and include his name on the roll.\\nHis suggestion was acted upon and he went to the front\\nin the F ourteenth regiment, Ohio volunteers, in which\\ncommand he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.\\nBefore the war was closed he was Ijrevetted, for gallantry,\\nbrigadier-general. General Estey was united in marriage\\nJune 3, 1868, with Emma Lindsey, daughter of IvOuis\\nLindsey of Winchester, Va., at Washington, 1). C. Mrs.\\nEstey died Oct. 9, 1870. General Estey died in New York\\ncity Feb. 6, 1881, and his body was buried in the family\\nlot in tile Nashua cemetery.\\nJESSE BOWERS.\\nHon. Jesse Bowers was born at Chelnisfi rd, Mass., Nov.\\n12, 1785, died at Nashua, June 22, 1854. He was the\\nyoungest of seven sons of William and Hannah (Kidder)\\nBowers, whose ancestors were among the first settlers of\\nChelmsford and Billerica, Mass.\\nMr. Bowers obtained such schooling as possible in the\\npublic schools of his native place and then attended an\\nacademy at Concord, Mass. He came to Nashua in i8(X\\nand after his marriage resided in what was known at the\\ntime as the Gen. Noah Lovewell house, which is still\\nstanding, having been moved a few feet east of its original\\nfoundation to make room for the manufactory of the\\nAmerican Shearer company. Of the industrious and busy\\nmen in Nashua in the days of small beginnings he was\\none of the liest known and most influential. He was one\\nof the builders and owners of the Taylor s falls toll-bridge,\\na director in the Nashua State bank and Nashua Lowell\\nrailroad, an incorporator in the Nashua Literary institu-\\ntion, and its first president; and also engaged in\\nmanaging his farm and settling estates in the capacity of\\nadministrator. Mr. Bowers represented the town in the\\nlegislature from 1816 to 1824, was a member of the senate\\nfrom 1826 to 1828, and deputy sheriff of the county from\\n1840 to the time of his death. He was also a moving\\nfactor in town affairs and was identified with many local\\nenterprises that resulted beneficially to his fellow-citizens.\\nHe was prominent in the Unitarian church, and a :nan\\nin whom the public placed implicit confidence.\\nMr. Bowers was twice married. His first wife was\\nBetsey Lovewell, daughter of Gen. Noah and Mary\\n(Farwell) Lovewell: second, Laura Fletcher of Lowell.\\nSix children were born of bis first marriage of whom only\\none is living: Mrs. Bedel, widow of Gen. John Bedel of\\nBath. The children of his second marriage were Laura\\nMaria, born at Nashua, March 12, 1S39, married George O.\\nWhiting of Wilton, May 1, 1865, and now residing in\\nLexington, Mass. Clara Adelia, born at Nashua, July 22,\\n1841, married Frank A. McKean of Nashua, June 11, 1863.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "inSTORY OI- XASHIJA, X. If.\\n83\\nWILLIAM BOAKUMAN.\\nCol. William I5oar(lnian was born al Ilaverliill, Mass.\\nrSsfi. Hf was\\nDl C. 15, 17S7, (lied at Nashua. Oct.\\nson of Thomas ami .\\\\iin (Noves) Boanlmaii, and\\nJ\\nJESSE liOWEKS.\\nik SCL-ndant of William Boardman who was born in Cam-\\nbridge, England, in 1614, came to America in 1638 and\\nsettled at Saugus, Mass., where he died March 25, 1685.\\nThe descent was William, 1614, William, 1657, William,\\nabout 1700, Thomas, 1744, William, 1787. William, 1614,\\nhad a family of eight children and their descendants\\nhave become prominent in public life and honored resi-\\nilents of many states in the Union.\\nColonel Boardman was educated in the public and\\nprivate schools of his day and thoroughly qualified him-\\nself as a civil engineer. He remained in his native place\\nand followed his profession until in 1823, w hen he came\\nto Nashua and entered the service of the Nashua Manufac-\\nturing company, and to him belongs the credit of locating\\nthe company s canal, mill buildings and tenement blocks.\\nHe was a Whig in politics and a strong party man,\\nand represented Nashville in the legislature in 1843. In\\nreligious belief he was a Unitarian. He was one of the\\noriginal promoters of the Indian Head state bank. Colonel\\nBoardman was a member of Rising Sun lodge, A. and\\nA. M., and served it as worshipful master in 1830.\\nColonel Boardman was united in marriage Oct. 3, 1810,\\nwith Anna Welister, daughter of David and Mary\\n(Conant) Webster of Haverhill, Mass. The children\\nborn of this marriage were: William, who died in New\\nYork in 1891 Charles and Henry, both residing in New\\nYork; Mary W., married Josiah G. Graves, M. D., of\\nNashua, died 1893; Frances, married Charles W. Hol-\\nbrook of Athol, Mass.; Jane N., married William I).\\nBeasom of Nashua.\\nAMBROSK PHARSON.\\nMajor Ambrose Pearson, son of Caleb and Elizabeth\\nI arnier I earson, for ancestors see sketch of his father),\\nwas born at Londonderry, July 19, 1819; died at Wilton,\\nJuly 23, 7876. He was educated in the common schools of\\nhis native place and the New Hampton institution. In\\n1825 he became a resident of Nashua, and from that time\\nuntil 1848 was identified with many of the enterprises\\nthat developed its resourses and gave it prominence as a\\nmanufacturing center. His profession was that of a civil\\nengineer, and, in the construction of many of the railroads\\nin the New England and Western states, he had charge of\\nstone masonry, of which he became an expert whose su-\\nperior skill and judgment were inc onstant demand in\\ngreat undertakings. After leaving Nashua he resided at\\nCJuincy, Mass., St. Albans, Vt., Marietta, O., Antioch, 111.,\\nLowell, Mass., Putnam, Conn., Vinelaud, N. J., and Wil-\\nton, all the changes being made necessary by reason of\\nhis profession. In early life he was interested in military\\nmatters and held various commissions, including that of\\nmajor. In 1856 and 1857 he was mayor of Antioch, 111.,\\nand in other places where he resided he was prominent in\\ncivil affairs and in society. Major Pearson was a member\\nof Rising Sun lodge, A. F. and A. M., Nashua. He was a\\nman of the most genial and companionable temperment,\\nwidely known and highly regarded by friends and ac-\\nciuaiiitances. At the time of his death, which was sudden,\\nhe was engaged in surveying a route for a railroad\\nbetween Greenfield and Keene. His body was. buried in\\nthe Nashua cemeter}-.\\nMajor Pearson was united in marriage June 13, 1848, with\\nMary R. W^hite of Quincy, Mass., who died Aug. 2, 1853.\\nHis second marriage, which occured March 8, 1855, was\\nwith Hannah A. Edgerley, daughter of Samuel J. and\\nElizabeth (Bickford) Edgerley of Barnstead. Five child-\\nren were born to him by his first marriage, Mary M., at\\nSt. Albans, Vt., Aug. ig, 1849, married J. A. McCrillis,\\nf)ct.\\ntioch\\nFred\\nFeb\\nAMIUSOSK I KAR.SON.\\n1S73 by his second marriage, Carrie W., at An-\\n111., vSept., 1856, married J. W. Smith, Nov. 20, 1S76\\nS., at Lowell, July 3, i86r, married Mabel Ward,\\n5, 1886; Walter A., al Putnam, Conn., July 3, 1869.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "84\\nHISTORY OF NASHCrA, N. H.\\nJOHN CLIFTON LUND.\\nJohn C. Lund was Ijorn in Nashua, Jan. 28, 1821 died at\\nNashua, Jan. 14, 1896. He was a son o( Clifton and Rebec-\\nca (Carleton) Lund of Old Dunstable. His inunigrant\\nancestoi on the paternal side was Thomas Lund, born in\\n1660, and among the first settlers in Dunstable, whose\\ngenealogy is traced to William DuLund whose name ap-\\npears, 1313. on a list of over 400 persons who were par-\\ndoned by the King of England for participating in the\\nrebellion. The\\nAmerican descent\\nis Thomas, i66o.\\nWilliam, i686,AVil-\\nliani, 1717. John,\\n1749, Clifton, 1784,\\nand John C 1821.\\nThey were all wor-\\nthy men and with\\ntheir brothers in\\neach generation\\nwere among the\\nbravestof the brave\\nIndian fightersand\\nsoldiers in the ear-\\nly history of Dun-\\nstable they were\\ncitizens of infln-\\nenceand character.\\nThomas Lund, the\\noldest son of the\\noriginal settler,\\nwas killed Sept. 5,\\n1724, with some\\nothers while fight-\\ning Indians near\\nNashua; William\\nLund was taken\\ncaptive in the same\\nfight and carried\\nto Canada where\\nhe was afterwards\\nransomed. Major\\nJohn Lund, grand-\\nfather of the sub-\\nject of this sketch,\\nwas at the battle\\nof Bunker Hill,\\nwhile other de-\\nscendants have\\nsustained the hon-\\nor of the flag in all\\nthe wars of the\\ncountry and\\nadorned the professional and industrial occupations of\\nmen. On the maternal side he is a descendant of Timothy\\nand Rebecca (Field) Carleton, both of whom were from\\nfamilies of worthy people.\\nMr. Lund was educated in the district schools of Dun-\\nstable and at Crosby s Nashua Literary institution. When\\nhe was twenty years of age he went out into the world to\\nseek his fortune. He settled at Cabotville, now Chicopee,\\nMass., and during the next six years was employed in the\\nDwight cotton mill. In 1848 he went to Victory, (a set-\\ntlement in Saratoga, N. Y.,) in charge of cotton mill\\nJOHN C. LLUN D.\\nmachinery-, made in Chicopee. He set up the machinery,\\nand operated the mill five years. In 1853 he went to\\nBellevue, Ohio, and took a contract to build seven miles\\nof the Cleveland, Norwalk Toledo railroad. He com-\\npleted his contract in 1855 and then went to Milwaukee,\\nWis., and engaged in the sale of a patent atmospheric belt\\nfor flour mills. In 1857 he returned to Chicopee and for\\nthe next two years was employed as overseer of two\\ncotton mills. The year 1859 found him at Augusta, Ga., in\\ncharge of the Augusta cotton factory of which his brother-\\nin-law, Francis\\nCoggin, was the\\nagent. The Civil\\nWar broke out in\\n1861, and, it being\\nan uncomfortable\\nplace for a Union\\nman, he immedi-\\nately returned to\\nNashua. In 1862\\nand 1863 he was\\nemployed in the\\narmory at Spring-\\nfield, and after\\nthat for a short\\ntime in the Flor-\\nence Sewing ma-\\nchine manufactory\\nat Florence, Mass.,\\nand the Weed sew-\\ning machine shop\\nat Nashua. His\\nlast venture was\\nthe White money-\\ndrawer patent. He\\npurchased the half\\ninterest of A.\\nMiles, later bought\\nWhite out. He\\nmanufactured and\\nsold drawers four\\nor five years, made\\nsome money and\\nsold out. Since\\nthen he has man-\\naged his farm on\\nthe Lowell road\\nand engaged ex-\\ntensively in the\\nreal estate busi-\\nness.\\nNo citizen was\\nbetter liked among\\nsocial Nashuans\\nthan Mr. Lund. He carried sunshine with him wherever\\nhe went and was democratic iu all his ways and dealings.\\nWhen at Chicopee he was made an Odd Fellow in St.\\nJohn s lodge, but on his return to that place from the\\nWest he found that the charter had been given up and so\\nhe never applied for re-instatement in the order. He was\\na member of Rising Sun lodge, A. F. and A. M., Meridian\\nSun Royal Arch chapter, Israel Hunt council of Masters\\nand St. George Commmandery, K. T. He w as also a\\nScottish Rite Mason of the 32d degree. Mr. Lund was a\\nUnitarian and a single man.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "J/ IS Ton y OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n85\\nBENJAMIN PETTENGILL MOORE.\\nBenjatniii P. Moore was born in Old Dnnstahle, now\\nNashua, March 10, 1806, died at Nashua, Jan. 20, iS8g.\\nHe was son of Tlionias and Polly (Petten, ;il! Moore, an l\\na grandson of .\\\\sa Moore, who died at his farm in the\\nsouth part of the city in 1S22. Their ancestors were early\\nsettlers in this section of New Kn ;land. They were a\\nhardv and imlustrions race who did their full share in\\nlaving deep and secure the foundation of religious and\\ncivil liberty. The\\nsubject of this\\nsketch settled, fol-\\nlowing his mar-\\nriage, on what is\\nknown in this\\ngeneration as\\nHighland fa r ni\\nHe set the el m\\ntrees there that\\nhave become an\\nattraction to trav-\\nellers in 1832, and\\nshortly after re-\\nmoved to the Har-\\nbor. His mother,\\nwho dieil in 1813.\\nwas the first per-\\nson buried in the\\nOld .South church-\\n\\\\ard.\\nMr. Moore was\\neducated in the\\npublic schools of\\nthe place and be-\\ncame one of its\\nbest known citi-\\nzens. His occupa-\\ntion was that of a\\nwheeUvright. He\\nworked steadily at\\nhis trade until\\n1847. when he gave\\nu]) the 1)usiness\\nand went to l .oston\\nwhere he engaged\\nin trucking until\\n1852. He then re-\\nturned to Nashua\\nand though he had\\na stabling business\\nin Chariestown,\\nMass., he spent\\nthe rest of his life\\nhere. Mr. Moore was one of the founders of the Univer-\\nsalist society and the only survivor of the original\\nmembers who attended its fiftieth anniversary in 1S85.\\nHe held many positions of honor and political trust in\\nthe town. lu the city he served as a member of the\\ncommon council in 1857 and 1858, and on the board of\\naldermen in 1859, i860, 1861, i868 and 1870. In 1862 he\\nrepresented his ward in the legislature. Mr. Moore was\\na member of the first board of trade and deeply interested\\nin every thing calculated to promote the industrial\\ninterest of the city and thereby aid the laboring man. In\\nI!I-;.\\\\|.\\\\.M1\\\\ I KTI l-.\\\\l,n.l. MiKiKI-..\\nearly life he was quite a musician. He was a member of\\nthe brass band that escorted Lafayette into Concord on\\nthe occasion of his visit to New Hampshire. Mr. Moore\\nwas also interested in the military and was a mendier of\\nthe Nashua .\\\\rtillery comi)any at the time of its march to\\nHunker Hill in 1842. During the latter part of his life he\\nwas a trustee for a short time in the Mechanics Savings\\nbank. Mr. Moore was a man of sterling character and\\nstrict probity. He lived a long and useful life.\\nMr. Moore was unite l in marriage Feb. 2, 1830, with\\nRo.xana Spalding,\\n(laughter of Solo-\\nmon and Martha\\n(McClure) Si ald-\\ning of Merrimack.\\n(For ancestors see\\nsketch of Solo-\\nmon Spalding of\\nNashua). Mrs.\\nMoore died Oct.\\n25, 1891. Mr. and\\nMrs. Moore cele-\\nbrated the fiftieth\\nanniversary of\\ntheir marriage in\\niS.So, the event be-\\ning more notice-\\naide from the fact\\nthat all their chil-\\ndren and grand-\\nchildren and two\\nwho attended their\\nwedding w ere\\npresent. Six chil-\\ndren were born of\\ntheir marriage\\nCharles P., born\\n.\\\\ng. 14, 1832, died\\nMarch 23, 1834;\\nKllen A., born July\\n28, 1835 Martha\\nA., born Nov. 10,\\n1S37, marrieil Levi\\n\\\\V. tSoodrich of\\nLunenburg, Mass.;\\nJohn Francis, born\\nNov. 30, 1838, died\\nMarch 4, 1845;\\nMary Ella Spald-\\ning, liorn l eb. 28,\\n1848; Luciuda\\nReed, liorn in\\nChariest o w n\\nMass., January\\n9.\\niS.s\\nlied September 12, 1S53.\\nTHOMAS J. LATON.\\nThoma.s J. Laton was born in Nashua in 1815, died in\\nNashua, in the same house in which he was born, in 1879.\\nHe was a son of Capt. Thomas Laton, a sketch of whose\\ncareer appears in this work, and Kezia (McKean) Laton,\\nwho was born in Merrimack and was a descendant of the\\nMcKeans who came from ye north of Ireland being\\nScotch-Irish, and settled in Londonderry in 1719.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "86\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nMr. Laton was educated in the public schools of Nashua.\\nHe was one of the largest owners of real estate on the\\nnorth side of the river and during a long, active and\\nhonorable career followed the business of purchasing and\\nslaughtering cattle for the markets of Nashua and vicin-\\nity. His business was large and of a fluctuating character,\\nand the confidence reposed in him by the farmers of Hills-\\nborough county and no man was ever more worthy\\nof the confidence of the people was such that times\\nwithout number they delivered their stock to him with-\\nout bargaining in\\nthe matterof price,\\nknowingthatwhen\\ndressed the return\\nin cash would be\\nto the last penny\\nthe market would\\nafford him to pay.\\nHe gave credit to\\nstruggling men of\\nsmall capital, ami\\nby so doing, and\\nadding words of\\nencou ragement.\\nhelped many a\\nworthy man into a\\npaying business.\\nIt is true that now\\nand then a few\\nmen proved un-\\nworthy of his con-\\nfidence and sub-\\njected him to loss,\\nbut for all that he\\ncontinued stead-\\nfast in his sympa-\\nthy for his fellow-\\nmen to the end of\\nhis life. He was a\\nman of democratic\\nsimplicity in do-\\nmestic. life of the\\nmost attractive so-\\ncial characteris-\\ntics of generous\\nimpulses and un-\\nfaltering friend-\\nship. Mr. Laton\\nserved the town of\\nNashville on its\\nboard of select-\\nmen, but he had\\nno taste for public\\nlife and therefore\\ndeclined further honors from party associates. In early\\nlife he held a commission as captain of a militia company,\\nand later in life was a trustee in the Cit} Savings bank.\\nHe was a member of Granite lodge, I. O. O. F., and\\nattended the Unitarian church.\\nMr. Laton was united in marriage in 1842 with Abigail\\n\\\\V. Edson, daughter of Asa R. and Theodotia (Cutler)\\nEd.son of Rockingham, Vt. Three sons were born of his\\nmarriage: .\\\\lbert T., 1843, married Gcorgie Ebert of\\nLowell; Frank D., 1845, married I ;flie ]\\\\L Wood of Wash-\\nington; Charles E., 1847.\\nrnoMA.s\\nLEONARD WHITH NOYHS.\\nCol. I^eonard W. Noyes was born at Canaan Jan. 14,\\n1779; died at Nashua, March 18, 1867. He was the fourth\\nson in a familj of nine children of Mood}- and Anna Pike)\\nNoyes. His paternal ancestor in this country was Ed-\\nward Noyes, a graduate of Oxford college, Eng., who\\ncame to America in 1630, settled at Newbury, Mass., and\\nbecame one of the principal men of this section, being\\nprominent in educational circles and in public affairs. On\\nthe maternal side\\nhe was a descend-\\nant of the Pikes, a\\nhardy race of men\\nwho have bee n\\nconspicuous i n\\nthis state for man^-\\ngenerations, who\\nhave represented\\nthe people in both\\nbranches of con-\\ngress, followed the\\nfortunes of the\\nflag in war,\\npreached the gos-\\npel, adorned the\\nprofessions, and\\ngraced the com-\\nmon walks of life.\\nCol. Noyes at-\\ntended the com-\\nmon .schools of his\\nnative place and\\nwas given an aca-\\ndemic education.\\nWhen seventeen\\nyears of age he\\nwent to Boston and\\nenteredtheemplo}-\\nof William Green-\\nleaf, and soon after\\ntook charge of Mr.\\nGreeuleaf s busi-\\nness on Long\\nwharf. In 1823 he\\ncame to Nashua,\\nthen Dunstal)le,\\nwhere he remained\\nuntil his death.\\nHis business was\\nprincipally that of\\na manufacturer.\\nAmong the enter-\\nprises in which he\\nengaged was the manufacture of mortise locks. He estab-\\nlished the first manufactoi-y in this countrv on Water\\nstreet, Nashua, and b} good judgment and sagacity devel-\\noped it till it became incorporated as the Nashua Lock\\ncompany, which, under his management, gave steady em-\\nployment to more than one hundred men. He was the\\nfirst exhibitor of this class of wares at the Mechanics ex-\\nhibition in Boston, and, according to the newspapers of\\nthat day, was given credit as the founder of this branch\\nof American industry. Col. No\\\\ es was also one of the\\npromoters of the first sewing machine enterprise in this\\nLATOiN.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N.\\ncountry, the machine having been invented by Elias Ilowe,\\nthen a Nashua mechanic; and it is also to his credit that\\nhe invested money in the Nashua Watch company and did\\nall in his power to keep that business which was re-\\nmoved to Walthani to the buildinj; up of that place into a\\nprosperous city intact here. More than this Col. Noyes\\nfarsightedness made him a believer in Nashua s future to\\nthe degree that he built Noyes block, which, at that time,\\nwas considered by more conservative citizens a hazardous\\nenterprise. Colonel Noyes was an old line Whi;..; and a\\na warm political\\nfriend of Daniel\\nWebster, whom he\\noften eiitcrtaiiu-d\\nat his home in\\nNashua. During\\nhis early life in\\nNashua he took an\\nactive part in the\\ncouncils of his par-\\nty, held public of-\\nfice and represent-\\ned Nashua in the\\nlegislature in 1840\\nand again in 1843,\\nwhen he vigorous-\\nly but unsuccess-\\nfully opposed the\\ndivision of the\\ntown. He was\\nchairman of the\\ncommittee that\\nbuilt the town\\nhouse, known to-\\nday as the City\\nHall, and in 1S50\\nwas a member from\\nNashua of the con-\\nstitutional con-\\nvention, serving as\\nchairman of the\\ncommittee on the\\nbill of rights. Colo-\\nnel Noyes, how-\\never, had become\\nso disgusted with\\nthe action of the\\ndemocratic major-\\nity in dividing\\nNashua for parti-\\nsan purposes that\\nhe eschewed pol i t i\\ncal preferment and\\nnever afterwards,\\nwith the exception of the constitutional convention, could\\nhe be persuaded to accept public office, it being a matter\\nof record that he was chosen to represent his ward in the\\nfirst city government but never qualified, and also that he\\ndeclined to be a can lidate for the mayoralty.\\nWhile in Boston Colonel Noyes attended ,St. Paul s\\nchurch. When he came to Nashua there was no Episcopal\\nchurch or mission here, therefore he identified himself with\\nthe Olive street Congregational church, and afterwards\\nbecame an active member. He was one of the founders, in\\n1847, of the Pearl street Congregational church, of which\\nLKOXAKD W. XOVK:\\nRev. I eonard Swain was the first pastor, and was one of\\nits pillars and foremost supporters till the day of his\\ndeath. His memory is kept green in the Pilgrim church,\\nsuccessor of the two churches mentioned, by a beautiful\\nmemorial window. In his early life he was an active\\nworker in the order of free masonrj He joined vSt. John s\\nlodge, Boston, in 1820, and was senior warden of Rising\\nSun lodge, Nashua, in 1828, and worshipful master in\\n1829. Colonel Noyes also took an interest in military affairs\\nand was at one time colonel commanding the fifth regi-\\nment. Shortly be-\\nfore his death, on\\nthe evening of\\nMarch 1, 1865, Colo-\\nnel and Mrs. Noyes\\ngave a reception,\\nthe eventsof which\\nare among 1 h e\\npleasantest recol-\\nlections of many\\nof his friends and\\nacquaintances who\\narc still living.\\nThe printed pro-\\ngram of the event\\nwas headed Mem-\\nories and reminis-\\ncences of forty\\nyears: associat-\\ntionsofalifetinie,\\nand the names of\\nthe invited guests\\nshow that rich and\\npoor alike were re-\\nmembered for both\\nColonel and Mrs.\\nNoyes wereexceed-\\ningly democratic\\nin their hearts and\\nin their regard for\\nthe people. He\\nwas the poor man s\\nfriend, says the\\nNashua Gazette at\\nthe time of his\\ndeath. No ap-\\npeal was made to\\nhim in vain. The\\nresiiect and esteem\\nin which he was\\nheld in the com-\\nmunity was prac-\\ntically shown by a\\ngreat number of\\ncitizens who wei e present and participated in his funeral\\nobsequies. As the procession moved through the streets\\nto the tomb the bells were tolled, stores were closed, busi-\\nness suspended and many buildings were draped in\\nmourning. Sadness and gloom pervaded the city. The\\nexercises took place in the Pearl street church. Rev. Dr.\\nRichards, Rev. Dr. .Swain and Rev. Dr. Parsons olTiciated\\nin the religious services, and Rising Sun lodge, William\\nBarrett, worshipful master, performed the last rites of the\\norder. His body was buried in the Nashua cemetery and\\na handsome monument was erected there to his memory.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "88\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nColonel Noyes was united in marriage Christmas daj-,\\n1825, with Ann Sewall Gardner, daughter of John Gardner\\nof Leominster, Mass. She was a lineal descendant of Rich-\\nard Gardner, one of the Pilgrim fathers who came over in\\nthe Mayflower and landed^at Plymouth rock, Dec. 22,\\n1620. Dorothy Quincy, the wife of Gov. John Hancock of\\nMassachusetts was her great-aunt. Her family was con-\\nnected by marriage with several of the old colonial fami-\\nlies, and Henry J. Gardner, governor of Massachusetts in\\n1854 and 1855, was her cousin. Francis Gardner, who was\\nthe distinguished\\nhead master of the\\nBoston latinschool\\nfor upwards of for-\\nty years, was also\\nher cousin. She\\ndiedatNashuaJuly\\n29, 1889. Three\\nchildren were born\\nof their marriage\\nElizabeth, born at\\nNashua, July 4.\\n1829, died at the\\nage of two j ears\\nGeorge Henry,\\nborn at Nashua,\\nMarch 19, 1831, a\\ndistinguished sur-\\ngeon in the War of\\nthe Rebellion. died\\nat Nashua, Dec. 10,\\n1881 Frank Gard-\\nner, born at Nash-\\nua, July 6, 1833,\\ngraduated from\\nUnion college in\\nof 1853, law school\\nat Harvard uni-\\nversity, class of\\n1856, and a colonel\\nin the Union army\\nduring the war,\\nstill living resid-\\ning in the Noyes\\nblock, on Main\\nstreet he abun-\\ndantly sustains\\nthe reputation of\\nhis distinguished\\nfather for liber-\\nalit)- and hospi-\\ntality. A sketch of\\nhis life appears\\nin this volume.\\nJOHN RHED.\\nJohn Reed was born at Westford, Mass., Aug. 9, 1805,\\ndied at Nashua, Nov. 27, 1887. He was a son of John and\\nSally (Wight) Reed, who moved to South Merrimack in\\n1824 and engaged in farming near the pond that has since\\nborne their name. On the paternal side he was of the\\nbest stock in Massachusetts, descendants of which have\\nkept the name honored in the professions and general\\noccupations of men. His paternal grandfather was\\nNahum Wight, a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War\\nand engaged in battle at Lexington, Concord and Bunker\\nHill. The Reeds of South Merrimack were frugal\\nindustrious and highly honored b} the townspeople,\\nMr. Reed obtained a district school education in his\\njouth, and by observation and application in early\\nmanhood became a well informed and capable merchant.\\nHe came from the farm to Nashua in 1836 and formed a\\nco-partnership with Solomon Spalding under the firm\\nname of Reed Spalding. The firm dealt in West India\\ngoods and groceries. In 1840 Charles Lovejoy succeeded\\nMr. Spalding in\\nthe business and\\nfrom that time till\\n1852 the firm was\\nReed S: Lovejoy,\\nwhen he sold out\\nto Mr. Lovejoy.\\nTwo years later he\\npurchased the\\nKendrick grocer}-\\nstore at No. I\\nMain street and\\nagain entered with\\nMr. Lovejoj-, and\\nso continued until\\n1868, when he sold\\nout and retired\\nfrom business.\\nMr. Reed never\\naspired to ollice or\\nheld any except of\\nminor importance\\nin the town of\\nNashville. He\\nwas, however, in\\nhis youth an en-\\nthusiastic militia-\\nman and one of\\nthe original mem-\\nbers of the Nashua\\nArtillery c o m\\npany, iti which he\\nheld several com-\\nmissions, includ-\\ning that of captain.\\nHe was one of the\\npromoters of the\\nWilton railroad\\nand served as a\\ndirector in the\\ncompany 35 years.\\nHe was also a di-\\nrector for man}\\nyears in the Indian\\nHead bank. Mr. Reed was twice married: first, Dec.\\nI, 1831, Lucinda Spalding, daughter of Solomon and\\nMartha McClure) Spalding of Merrimack. Mrs. Reed\\ndied July 16, 1850: second, .\\\\ng. 18, 1852, Hannah F^ultou.\\ndaughter of James and Hannah (Faulkner) F ulton of\\nDeering. His children by his first marriage were Martha\\nAnn, born Nov. 19, 1832, died Nov. 16, 1834; Andrew,\\nborn Feb. 8, 1835, died March 5, 1837; John S., born June\\n15, 1837, died Oct. 8, 1838; Ann L., born June 16, 1842,\\ndied Aug. 22, 1854 by his second marriage, John Fulton,\\nborn April 8, 1855, died Feb. 4, 1875.\\nJOHN ItKED.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "IIIS n^RY (IF NASniW, N. !f.\\n89\\nTHOMAS CHASE.\\nThomas Chase was born at Diiiiliartoii. March r6, 179.S,\\nilied in Nashua, July 3, 1885. He was a son of Robert and\\nSarah (Hawes) Chase, both of whom were descenchmts\\nof the early settlers of that part of Merrimack county\\nwhere they resided. The former was born Dec. 3, 1768,\\nilicd Nov. 6, 1838: the latter born March i, 1773, died\\nDec. 31, i860. Mr. Chase obtained\\neducation in his native town and i\\nproved upon it by\\ncommon school\\nafter vears im-\\nirivate study and\\nobservation, so\\nthat in his day\\nthere were few bet-\\nter informed men\\non topics of gen-\\neral interest and\\nnone who sur-\\npassed him in\\nliusiness knowl-\\neilge. He came to\\nNashua in 1823.\\nHis first contract\\nwas to fell the for-\\nest on the land\\nnow occupied by\\nt li e mills an d\\nboardiufj house of\\nthe Nashua Manu-\\nf a c t u r i n g c o m\\npany. Meantime\\nhe subscribed to\\nthe stock of the\\nc o m p a n y that\\n1)uilt the Wash-\\nington house, a\\nnoted hostelry\\nthat stood on the\\nsite of No yes\\nblock, and was\\nemployed in its\\nerection. Upon\\nits completion he\\nbecame its first\\nlandlord, and it\\nwas during his\\nm an age men t of\\nthe hotel that Gen-\\neral Jackson, the\\nhero of New Or-\\nleans and the pres-\\nident of the United\\n.States, visited New\\nHampshire, and was his guest. He retired from hotel life\\nafter several }-ears of popular service as a caterer, and\\nengaged in the manufacturing and sale of carriages, a\\nbusiness in which he continued more or less interested\\nduring the rest of his life.\\nMr. Chase was a public spirited man who saw the pos-\\nsibilities of a prosperous future for Nashua, and to assist\\nin accomplishing this result was his constant endeavor.\\nAmong the things in which he had confidence when\\nothers were faint-hearted was the Nashua Worcester\\nrailroad. He subscribed to the original stock and became\\na substantial backer of the enterprise. He served for\\nmany years on its board of directors and it is an oft\\nadmitted fact that its success was largely due to his\\nenergy, capacity and sagacity. One of the locomotives bore\\nthe name of Thomas Chase. Mr. Chase was active in\\nthe affairs of the town and one of its first citizens in all\\nthings. He served many years as constable, on the board\\nof road commissioners, and on the board of selectmen,\\nbeing several times chairman he represented the town in\\nthe legislature in iS45and i8)6, and after its incorporation\\nas a cit) was a\\nm ember o f t h e\\nboard of aldermen\\nin 1 S 5 7 Mr.\\nChase was the first\\npresident of the\\nFirst National\\nbank and served\\nfor many years on\\nits board of direc-\\ntors. He was also\\na director, and at\\nonetime president\\nof the Souhegan\\nNational bank a t\\nMilford, an l dur-\\ning his long and\\nhonorable career\\nfilled many other\\nresponsible posi-\\ntions. He was a\\nman of democratic\\ninstincts, hard\\ncommon sense and\\nunquestioned pro-\\nbity, a man who\\nlived a useful life\\nand was respected\\nby thecommunity.\\nMr. Chase mar-\\nried Nancy B o w\\ners, daughter o f\\nIsaac and Mary\\n(Cowin) Bowers of\\nNashua. Their\\nmarriage was the\\nfirst that w a s\\ns o 1 c m n i z c d i n\\nthe Olive street\\nchurch. Three\\nsons, none of\\nwhom married,\\nwere born to them\\nCharles H., Wil-\\nliam H., and Thomas K. Chase. Of these sons, two,\\nWilliam H. and Thomas E., are deceased, Thomas E.\\npassing away a few years ago his memory is yet green in\\nthe minds of many of our citizens as a worthy and in-\\ndustrious citizen.\\nCharles H. is still living, residing in the old homestead\\non the west side of Main street, near the Worcester\\nNashua railroad. He is a worthy descendant and repre-\\nsentative of a man, whose energy, perseverance and pub-\\nlic spiritedness contributed in a very large measure to\\nthe elements which established Nashua s prosperity.\\nTHOMAS CtlASE.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "90\\nHISTORY Of NAS/irA, N. H.\\nISAAC SPALDING.\\nHon. Isaac Spaldint; was the son of Captain Isaac Spald-\\ning, and was born in New Ipswich, February i, 1796. The\\nfamily moved to Wilton in 1800. His father was a man\\nof good education for those times, but his means were\\nmoderate. His son, therefore, had a limited education,\\nand was very early thrown upon his own resources.\\nIn 1809, at the age of thirteen, he went to Amherst, N.\\nH., as the clerk of Robert Reed, Esq., a leading merchant\\nof that place, with\\nwhom he contin-\\nued in that capa-\\ncity seven years.\\nIn 1816 he became\\na partner of Mr.\\nReed, remaining\\nin that situation\\nten years, being\\nfor the most of the\\ntime the post nuis-\\nUr.\\nIn 1826 Mr.\\nSpalding moved to\\nNashua, where he\\n.soon became the\\nleading dealer in\\niron, steel and\\ngeneral merchan-\\ndise of the then\\nnew and thriving\\nvillage. After\\ntwelve years in\\nbusiness he retired\\nfrom it to engage\\nin railroad enter-\\nprises, chiefly in\\nthe Concord rail-\\nroad, with which\\nhe was connected\\nfor twenty-five\\nyears. He was\\namong the first\\nwho saw the im-\\nportance of a rail-\\nroad connection\\nbetween the lakes\\nand tide-water and\\ng a V e hi s aid to\\nthose enterprises.\\nThere was no\\nmore systematic\\nand efficient 1)usi-\\nness man in Hills-\\nl orough county than Mr. Spalding, and such was the\\nconfidence in his impartiality and so strong was his per-\\nsonality that in the most heated political contests he was\\nmany times chosen moderator by unanimous consent.\\nHe was several years a representative in the legislature,\\nand, under the cit}^ charter, was a member of the board Of\\naldermen. He was a niemlier of the state constitutional\\nconvention in 1850 and of the governor s council in\\n1866-67 ami 1867-6S.\\nMr. Spalding was elected one of the trustees of the\\nState Asvlum for the Insane in 1865, and was chosen\\nI.SAAC .SP.\\\\LDING.\\npresident of the board in 1869. He was one of the earliest\\nadvocates of the Concord railroad and its first treasurer,\\nand, from its incorporation in 1835 to 1866, served\\neither as treasurer, director or president. He was for\\nmore than twenty-five years president of the Nashua\\nbank, a state institution, which closed its business in 1869,\\nhaving never made a bad debt or lost a dollar. In the\\nWar of the Rebellion he was a financial agent of the gov-\\nernment and assisted in providing the means of our\\ncountry s success. Jlr. Spalding at the time of his death,\\nin May, 1876, was\\none of the richest\\nmen in NewHamp-\\nshire, having ac-\\nquired his ]irop-\\nerty by imhistry\\na n d e c o n o ni\\nunited willi a wise\\nforecast ami uutir-\\ning energy. He\\nleft no surviving\\nchildren. In May,\\niSjS, lie married\\nLvicy, daughter of\\nNathan Kendall of\\nAmherst, who was\\nborn Decendier 13,\\n1796. Two sons\\nwere born to them\\nFxlward Francis\\nin 1 83 1 and Isaac\\nHenry i n I 840.\\nIkith of them died\\nin e h i 1 1 h o o d\\nAfter Mr. Spald-\\ning s death his\\nwife continued to\\nlive in the family\\nresidence on Main\\nstreet until her\\ndeath December 8,\\n1893, aged 97 years\\nhaving survived\\nher husband sev-\\nenteen years.\\nDuring the sixty-\\nfive years of Mrs.\\nSpalding s resi-\\ndence in Nashua,\\nshe had an ever\\nincreasing interest\\nin its affairs, con-\\nstantl} inquiring\\nregarding Nashua\\nand the residents. Her liberality had been manifested\\nmany times, notably towards the church of her choice, to\\nwhich she gave largely. She gave the site for the edifice\\nfor the First Congregational society, and made it possible\\nfor the society to erect a new church. In many wa3-s Mrs.\\nSpalding found opportunities of exercising the spirit of\\ntrue charity, with which she was richly endowed, and\\nwhich, while it prompted her to give generously to such\\nobjects as seemed to her to be worth}- and deserving, was\\nalso tempered with the sterling (piality of common sense,\\nwhich enaliled her to give with discrimination.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "/iis nn^v or .v.is//r:-i.\\nA\\\\\\n91\\nWILLIAM DUTTON BEASOM.\\nWilliam I). Heasom was born at I^yndeboro, A])! 19,\\n1810; died at Nashua, March 20, 1870. He was a son of\\nJohn and Rebecca (Dutton) Beasoin, and on the paternal\\nsiile a decendent of Philip Beasom, a Ilusuenot, who was\\ndriven from France early in the eighteenth century, by\\nreligous ])ersecution. He fled to the Isle of Guernesy,\\nand a little later emigrated to America and settled at\\n.Marblehead, Mass. He married Sarah liarbiere in 1751.\\nThey were the\\ngreat grand-par-\\nents of the subject\\nof this sketch. On\\nthe maternal side\\nlie was a descend-\\nant of Rebecca\\nlUilloM, daughter\\nWilliam Dutton of\\nI.vndeboro Mr.\\nlU asom was edu-\\ncated in the pub-\\nlic schools, and\\nbeyond that was a\\nwell informed\\nman, and t h or-\\nough in business\\nknowledge by pri-\\nvate study, intui-\\ntion and close ap-\\nplication to what-\\never he was e n\\ngaged. He began\\nhis career as a\\npeddler, and in\\n1831 was located\\npermane nt ly in\\nNashua. A little\\nlater he opened a\\ngeneral merchan-\\ndise store on Chest-\\nnut street. Good\\nmanagement gave\\nprosperity and he\\nmoved to Factory\\nstreet. Then he\\nformed a co-part-\\nnership with H\\\\-\\nbridge (V Reed\\nunder the firm\\nname of Beasom 6t\\nReed and moved\\ninto the store at\\nthe corner of Main\\nand Factory streets. The firm was well known for many\\nyears. I ater Mr. Beasom purchased the building of Hon.\\nIsaac Spalding and after that it was known as Beasom s\\nbuilding. It was destro)-ed by fire in 18S2 and the hand-\\nsonic building erected on its site by his heirs bears the\\nname of Beasom block.\\nMr. Beasoin retired from mercantile business in 1854 and\\nafter that devoted his time to the affairs of the Indi.in\\nHead National bank in which he was a director, and f(n-\\nmany years, and at the time of his death, president. He\\nwas also president of the t ndeihill Edge Tool company\\nWIM.I.VM DUTTON BEASOM.\\naiul prominently identified with other enterprises and in-\\ndustries, both local and in other places. Mr. Beasom was\\nconspicuous in the councils of the Democratic party but\\nnever aspired to office, nor did he hold one. In religious\\nbelief he was a Baptist, a member of the first church of\\nthat denomination in the city, energetic in its affairs and\\na liberal contributor to its support and the missions con-\\nnected with it. He w-as a man who possessed the courage\\nof his convictions, and who performed his duties from the\\nhigh standard of fixed principles. He belonged to that\\nclass of men of\\nwhom it could be\\ntruthfully said,\\nhis word is as\\ngood ashis bond.\\nActive and ener-\\ngetic in his habits,\\nprogressive a n d\\nbroad in his ideas,\\nlie was a always\\nrecognized by his\\nfellow-citizens as\\na potential factor\\nin all enterprises\\nwhich conduced to\\nthe growth and\\nI c-sti^^St improvements of\\nf ^H^^^^Kl^... the city s material\\ninterests and the\\ngeneral welfare of\\nits citizens and,\\nalthough, as has\\nbeen said p r e v i\\nously, the natural\\nmodesty of his\\ndisposition kept\\nhim out of official\\npositions which he\\nw a s abundantly\\nable to fill, and to\\nwhich public\\nsentiment would\\nhave gladly- elect-\\ned him. his charac-\\nter was such as to\\nhave left its stamp\\nupon all that ap-\\npertains to the\\nbetter part of the\\ncity s history of\\nhis day and gen-\\ne r a t i o n Mr.\\nBeasom was twice\\nmarried: first,\\nSept. 18, 1834, with Laura Hobbs, who diqd in 1857: sec-\\nond, with Jane N. Boardman, daughter of Col. William\\nBoardman. (For ancestors see sketch of her father.)\\nTwo children, now living, were born of his first marriage:\\nLaura A., married Calvin B. Hill of Nashua: Louisa J.,\\nmarried E. B. West of Portsmouth; and three of his\\nsecond: William H., married Mary F. Stevens of Sloans-\\nville, N. Y.: Charles B., now residing in New York,\\nmarried Elizabeth Lord of Newton, Mass. Jennie F.,\\nmarried C. P. Stevens of Albany, New York. They\\nall inherit the noble qualties of their distinguished father.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "92\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nALFRED GODFREY.\\nAlfred Godfrey was born at North Hampton, Oct. 3,\\n1818; died at Nashua, April 6, 1877. He was a son of\\nJoseph and Sarah (Dearborn) Godfrey.\\nMr. Godfrey was educated in the public schools of his\\nnative town and at Sanbornton, to which place his parents\\nremoved in 1825, and where his father died a few years\\nlater. An ambitious lad, not afraid of hard work, he\\nlabored on the home farm, and, by prudence and per-\\nseverance paid off\\na mortgage of long\\nstanding. At the\\nage of twenty-six\\nhe went to Con-\\ncord for the pur-\\npose of learning\\nthe book-binder s\\ntrade, but, finding\\nthe occupation un-\\nsuited to his taste,\\nsoon gave it up,\\nand, being with-\\nout money, walked\\nto Nashua. He ob-\\ntained e m p 1 o y\\nment in the mills\\nof the Nashua\\nMfg. Co., where\\nhe remained about\\na year. Meantime,\\nhis industrious\\nhabits, thrift and\\nhonesty attracted\\nthe attention of\\nthe c o m p a n y s\\nagent, who gave\\nhim a lease of the\\nledge w-est of the\\nmills and loaned\\nhim money with\\nwhich to purchase\\nteams and estab-\\nlish himself in\\nbusiness. The\\nagent s confidence\\nin him was not dis-\\nplaced. He did a\\nlarge and prosper-\\nous business as a\\nquarry man, and,\\nas in all the trans-\\nactions of his life,\\npromptly paid\\nevery debt he had contracted. In 1855, having sold out\\nhis business, he bought a farm on the Dunstable road,\\nnear the Massachusetts line, where he remained until\\n1859. He then returned to the city proper and engaged\\nin the ice business, which, with stone and lumber interests,\\nhe followed till i856, when he purchased the Estey farm\\non the Lowell road, where he had his home till he died.\\nMr. Godfrey was a public spirited citizen who took a\\ndecided interest in everything that promised to aid in the\\ngrowth and prosperit)- of Nashua. To that end he aided\\nmany enterprises and contributed liberally in time and\\nALFKED (iODKKEV.\\nmoney. He represented ward eight in the common coun-\\ncil in 1856, and served his district several times as highway\\nsurveyor and commissioner. He cared very little, how-\\never, for public office, declining an aldermanic nomination\\nand refusing to be a candidate for representative in the\\nlegislature. Mr. Godfrey was a prominent member of the\\nMain street M. E. church, and served it several years as a\\ntrustee and was on the official board. Moreover, he was a\\nliberal contributor to the support of the church and its\\nmissions, as well as private charities. He was open-handed\\nopen-hearted,\\nfrank and above\\nboard in all his\\ndealings and all\\nthe affairs of life\\na valuable citizen,\\na true man who\\ncontriliuteil, ac-\\ncording to his\\nmeans and his op-\\nportunity, III the\\nthings that add to\\nthe well-being of\\na community, and\\nhe left behind\\nhim a reputation\\nfor probity and\\nstraightforward-\\nness in his busi-\\nness dealings, for\\ngeniality and sun-\\nniness of disposi-\\ntion, as that his\\nfriends could re-\\ncall his memory\\nwith only the most\\nrespectful and\\nkindly feelings.\\nIn his death the\\ncity suffered loss\\nsuch as all com-\\nmunities undergo\\nwhen an upright,\\nhonorable and\\nconscientious man\\npasses away.\\nMr. Godfrey was\\ntwice married\\nfirst, June 7, 1847,\\nwith Mary Jane\\nJones, who died\\n.Sept. 28, 1847;\\nsecond, Oct. y,\\n1849, with Cather-\\nine Wilson, daughter of Stephen and .-\\\\bigail (Thompson)\\nWilson, of Tyngsboro.\\n:\\\\Ir. Godfrey left no children of his own, but the nat-\\nural generosity of his disposition, as well as the love and\\naffection for humanity, as exhibited in its young and\\nhelpless years, which distinguished both Mr. Godfrey\\nand his wife, led them to sxipply the lack of children of\\ntheir own by adoption. His adopted child (Viola) sur-\\nvived them; and at this time lives on the Lowell road,\\nnear the old homestead, the (Estey farm) in a house\\nwhich has been erected since Mr. Godfrey s death.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "///svoA u- x.is/rr.i. y. h.\\n93\\nTOPOGRAPHY AND SURFACE GEOLOGY.\\nliV IIKNKV B. ATIIICKTON.\\nABROAD band of silver thiou^li a carpet of verdure al niidsuinnier, the noble Merrimack\\nflows southward throut;h the heart of the territory which once comprised the ancient\\ntownship of Dunstable. The present city of Nashua lies on the western side of that\\nriver, between Pennichuck brook on the north and the Massachusetts state line on the\\nsouth. Two considerable streams which furnish all the city s water power, the Nashua river and\\nSalmon brook, enter the town and the state from the .south and after a vain and rather up-hill\\nattempt to flow further northward, in imitation of the Contoocook thirty miles away to the west,\\nabandon the futile struggle and discharge their\\nwaters into the Merrimack, the one a few rods\\nabove Taylor s Falls bridge and the other a mile\\nbelow at Edgeville. From an eminence, the\\nview eastward toward the Atlantic is cut off by\\nlyondonderry high ridge and Barrett s and Bush\\nhills in Hudson and Pelham, but from the north\\naround to the southwest a series of beautiful blue\\nhills and mountain peaks are seen in the dis-\\ntance, beginning with the gracefully rounded\\noutlines of the twin Uncanoonucs in Goffstown\\neighteen miles distant, and including Joe Eng-\\nlish with its abrupt southern declivity in New\\nBoston, Crotchet mountain, twenty-five miles to\\nthe northwest in Francestown, Lyndeborough\\nmountains, the symmetrical peaks of the Pack\\nMonadnock and the broken outline of Temple\\nmountain about the same distance off Grand\\nMonadnock seen between, and twent\\\\- miles further away around to Wacliusett at the sources\\nof the Nashua in the distant southwest. F ^rom Fairmount heights this panorama of the western\\nhills is beheld and the lovely village of Mont Vernon, on the green hillside fourteen miles distant,\\nits white houses sparkling in the morning sun, is easily distinguished.\\nTo the casual observer this territory lying nearly midway between the mountains and the sea\\nmight at first glance appear too flat and unbroken to be interesting. But it is not monotonous,\\nthere is much charming scenery, and if the observer begins even a superficial study of the locality,\\nhe cannot fail to be interested. The underlying rock is the ordinary granitic gneiss with here and\\nthere crystaline schists, quartz and clay slates common in this region with a possible synclinal of\\nporphyritic gneiss beneath. In a few places the rock floor comes to the surface, but for the most\\npart it is covered with hard-pan gravel and sand, varying in depth from only two or three feet on\\nsome of the higher hills to seventy-five or eighty feet in the Fairmount plateau.\\nA series of hills gradual!}- growing less in altitude extends southward from the I ncanoonucs\\nthrough Bedford, Merrimack and Nashua, the last in the line being Long hill in the southerly part\\nof the town. The rock of which they are composed is of great hardness, which perhaps is the\\nreason why they are hills at all, lieing able on that account to resist erosion.\\nI propose to present a stud}- of the phenomena of the surface of this locality, ancl, so far as possi-\\nble, write a history of the changes that have taken place upon the rock floor of the region, both in\\nthe production and distribution of the so called drift, and especially during the continuance and\\nupon the close of the great ice age.\\nWhen one undertakes to write history he first consults the oldest credible witnesses and then\\nexamines the most ancient authentic records. A venerable witness of great weight and dimensions,\\nin fact an enormous glacial tramp, was found apparently now very much at home a little distance\\nA VENKK.MiLK WITXKSS.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "94 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nnorth of Pennicliuck brook and within sight of tlie Manchester road, who expressed a willingness to\\ncommunicate with his visitors. Who was ma3 or of Nashua when you landed here? inquired our\\nhistorian, to whom the granite monster replied I came here before Nashua was a cit}-, before Old\\nDunstable was chartered, before the first white man arrived in New England. When Cross and\\nBlanchard were taken prisoners while making turpentine on the north bank of the Nashua in 1724\\nthey were carried by their dusk} captors along the Indian trail at my feet and when the relieving\\nparty under Lieutenant French was ambushed and all but one killed, the report of their guns was\\nwithin hearing and their dead bodies were carried back by this place. Long before that the Nasha-\\nways and Penacooks used to hunt their game with bow and arrow where you now stand, and find\\nplenty of salmon in the waters of the Merrimack on the other side of this ridge. Packs of hungr)-\\nwolves and the solitar}- bear sometimes found shelter on my flanks, and, high overhead among the\\nbranches of the sturd}* oak that once kept me company, the stealthy panther often waited for his\\nvictim. Hannah Duston passed by me here on the next day after her blood)- exploit at the mouth of\\nthe Contoocook, going to sleep that night at the house of John Lovewell at the Harbor, a very harbor\\nand place of refuge for her. Rogers and his rangers passed this way and Stark has visited me, as\\nhave several generations of his descendants. Matthew Thornton was known to me Lafayette and\\nJackson have gone along the highwaj yonder, and Grant, the peerless captain, has passed through\\nthis valley at my feet. Oh yes, I consider myself an old settler on the Merrimack.\\nWhere tlid you come from, how did you get here and how long ago did you pre-empt a resting\\nplace on this ridge of clay slate asked th j mineralogist of our party.\\nI came from that granite hill that you see in the distance at the north, and before I left my\\nnative place, that rountleil hill yonder was a very respectable mountain with dizzy heights, covered\\nwith loft} pinnacles of rock and all its sides precipitous and steep. The same thing that ground off\\nthe sharp edges of those cliffs and filed the lofty peaks down to that rounded knob of rock brought\\nme here ice. When I started away all this country from Long Island sound to Labrador was\\nshrouded in slowly moving ice man}- hundred feet in thickness. I was thousands of years\\nperforming this journey of mine, and I should have continued still longer to move southerly had not\\nthe increasing heat of the summer sun caused that immense sea of ice to grow thin and shrink back\\ntoward the north, so that in passing over this ledge of slate, the ice beneath me could no longer bear\\nmy weight, and, cru,shing through, I became stranded where 3 ou see me. If I could only have held\\nmyself up for a few rods further and been borne upon the ice current of the Merrimack, which for\\nyears after I lodged here continued to flow southerly, you might have looked for my shattered\\nremains along the right bank of that stream of ice, somewhere in Nashua, or perhaps, in Massa-\\nchusetts in its lateral moraines, those ridges of stones that stretch southwardly from the right liank\\nof the present Merrimack to the ocean. In those days, you know, the broad ice stream of the ancient\\nMerrimack did not, as the river does now, go trickling off to the northeast and out of its true course\\nbehind its own moraines, but plowed its way straight through to the sea.\\nI came here a good many years ago before the white man or the red man, the wolf or the bear,\\nthe shaggy elephant or any other form of organic life, so many years before that it is needless for me to\\ntell you how long, for you might not believe me, and you could not realize it even if you lielieved.\\nWhen, toward the end of the great ice age, my head first emerged from its tomb of ice into the free air\\nand welcome sunlight, no green thing was visible in all this region. But year after year as the\\nglacial streams and tongues of ice gradually and irregularh- melted, their places were at first occupied\\nby level sheets of water perched at varying heights all over the face of the country, and the ponds and\\nlakes slowly silted up with the detritus, the deep chasms and gashes made by the glacial plow were\\nfilled up and smoothed o\\\\ er, and the water ha^ ing found in many instances an outlet to the sea, the\\nsurface of the earth was gradually covered with vegetation and became as you see it to-day.\\nWhen I was first expo.sed to the sunlight these cracks and crevices that you now see in my\\nsides, these wrinkles of old age that now stretch across my face did not exist but I stood beneath the\\nsun a comely block of fifty thousand cubic feet of solid granite with a fine rosy flush on my feldspar\\nface and no moss upon my back. In that distant day these friendly birches that now thrive upon my\\ndecay would hartlly have got a foothold upon my sides nor could the wild foxes, as now, have found\\na lurking place within the very marrow of my bones. But then, considering my years, I think I have\\nheld myself together pretty well.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "I/fSTONV OF XASHUA, N. H. 95\\nOur divinity student, who ought to have been at church that morning, began an inquirj- about\\nArchbishop lasher s chronology, but the erratic did not seem to hear, or hearing did not understand,\\nand interrupting his interlocutor, he continued\\nThat bowlder that you see to the eastward there among the trees is a kinsman of mine we were\\nborn in the same locality and have travelled and lived together many years you will be glad to make\\nhis acquaintance. With these words our audience with His Highness closed and the oracle became\\nilund).\\nOf the many witnesses consulted as to the condition of this locality during the ice age and at its\\nclose each tells the same storj-.\\nThe records made by the ice l)oth here and elsewhere are authentic, for nature never lies, and\\nthey ai e so ancient that by comparison the oldest inscriptions found in Egypt or Chaldea seem as\\nrecent and modern as yesterday s newspaper. People have only just begun to realize that at .some\\nperiod of the earth s history large areas of its surface have been modified by vast fields of moving ice,\\nthousands of feet in depth and thousands of miles in extent. Yesterday the glacial theory was an\\ningenious though very improbable hypothesis, to-day it is an accepted fact and furnishes a certain\\nexplanation of many phenomena hitherto regarded as hopelessly inexplicable.\\nTlie book of nature has never been sealed. The student, if he would, could always open it and\\nread. Its pages have offered infinite variety, excited wonder, piqued curiosity and repaid tenfold\\nevery effort to translate the plainly written record yet for ages nobody found the right alphabet,\\nnobody could construe the meaning of the characters he saw plainly engraved upon the rocks and\\nhills. Like scholars surrounded by manuscripts in an unknown tongue, men of science were baffled,\\nthough dindy conscious that the record of the earth s recent geologic hi.story lay engraved upon its\\ncrust aiul was legible could they but obtain a key to the writing. It was Agassiz who found the\\nRosetta stone that furnished a key to the my.stery when he suggested the glacial theory and sub.se-\\n(juently substantiated its correctness yet nearly a generation elapsed before scholars were willing to\\ndrop their preconceived notions and began to read aright the record made by the ice. The limits of\\nthis paper will not allow us to follow Agassiz from his study of the Swiss glaciers to his successful\\n(|uest for moraines in Scotland, and his finding in New Hampshire a moraine more extensive than any\\nhe had ever seen in Europe. Nor have we time with Tyndall, Forbes and Canon Mosely to discuss\\nthe formation and movement of the ice, nor with Croll to follow out the astronomical causes of the\\nrecurrence of the ice age. But we will gi\\\\-e our attention to things to be seen in this vicinity to the\\nhieroglyphics which many may have noticed but which all have not yet deciphered.\\nIf we go up Kinsley street nearly to the height of land southwest of the cemetery, we shall find\\nthat the excavation made for the street has been deepened and extended a little at the north of the\\ntra\\\\elled portion of the highway, leaving expo.sed several square yards of the surface of the granite\\nbed-rock. The contour of the rock seems to correspond with that of the top of the ground eight or ten\\nfeet above it, and the surface of the granite, instead of being rough and angular as one might expect\\nto find it, is on the contrary worn down smooth and poli,shed. This surface is not quite plane, however,\\nand on close examination, certain parallel grooves and streaks, varying in width and depth, and not\\nfollowing the line of cleavage, will be observed. These striae have a southerly direction and are\\nnot all continuous. One may begin quite wide and deep, gradually grow smaller and then perhaps\\nsuddenly end. They never waver in direction, however, and never cross each other. The hand that\\nheld the gra\\\\er was very firm indeed. Some of the marks and scorings are mere scratches, others are\\nbroad and deep. A few years of exposure of this crystaline rock in the open air, subjected to heat\\nand cold, to rain and fro.st, will obliterate all the finer lines, and change its glittering surface to a dull\\nand crund)ling gray covered with lichens. Then only the larger and deeper grooves will remain.\\nHence we shall have more difficulty in finding the marks for which we are .seeking upon rocks which\\nhave been for years exposed to the weather.\\nNow if we cross the Hollis road and the railroad, and visit the extensive quarry of the Na.shua\\nManufacturing company, and are fortunate enough to find any of the rock undisturbed, from which the\\nearth has been removed, we shall discover the same phenomena. The rock is polished, the grooves\\nvary in size, are parallel and run in a .southerly direction.\\nAcross the valley two or three miles, on the other side of the Merrimack in Hud.son, lying east of\\nthe Catholic cemetery, are a number of quarries, about which the uncovered bed rock, when swept", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "ge HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nclean of the soil, afford many fine illustrations of this polished work, with parallel groove sand markings\\nall pointing toward the south. When once one has learned to recognize and distingui.sh the marks\\nindicated, he will easily find many more examples of the same in this vicinity both upon rocks that\\nhave been newly uncovered and upon those for a long time weathered. In fact if all the stones, sand,\\no-ravel and clay were removed from the bed rock anywhere north of this latitude in New England, and\\nthe rock floor of the country laid bare, we should find nearly every square rod of the surface smoothed\\nand polished, grooved and striated precisely as we find the spots I have mentioned.\\nLooking toward Nashua from the Uncanoonucs, one sees a succession of hills growing less in the\\ndistance; some of them are knobs of rock, from which the earth has for the most part disappeared,\\nallowing us to discern their contour. We find the ascent of these prominences from the north to be\\ngradual and easy, while their southern declivities are frequently abrupt and precipitous. This is\\nnotably the case with Joe English. This peculiarity is also quite obvious to any person who will take\\nthe trouble to visit the rocky hill about four miles north of Nashua, just west of the Manchester road,\\nin the southern part of Merrimack. This hill is of a clay slate formation extending from northeast to\\nsouthwest, and on top is mostly bare with here and there long stretches of moss interspersed with\\npatches of thin soil. On the northern acclivity, though much weathered, broad shallow grooves can\\nbe traced for rods, and on that side the hill is rasped and rounded off as though some vast and\\nponderous force had slowly ploughed and ground its way up the ascent, overcoming every obstacle,\\ncuttino- off every projection, and wearing down every angle on the southern face of the hill it is\\nevident the solid rock could not stand the immense pressure from the north, and, with nothing to back\\nit up on the south, it yielded to the enormous weight, cracked into huge blocks, which being crowded\\nout, toppled over the precipice and lay at its foot in detached masses, or were borne slowly away toward\\nthe south by the same irresistible force that tore them from the fastness of the solid rock. This\\nobscure Merrimack ledge, within an easy morning s walk of our firesides, will tell us, if we will but\\ninterrogate it sharply, the story of Winter hill and Long hill in Nashua and nearly every mountain\\nand hill and surface rock in situ in New England. The rock in the pasture upon which as boys we\\nused to play and upon the southern extremity of which we used to sit and let our feet hang down\\nthe steep sides, is a true nuhc iiioutoncc, well smoothed and graded on its northern side, broken and\\nprecipitous on the south, where perhaps at the foot it has sheltered us when the north wind blew\\ntoo cold. If we go now and look at the old friend of our childhood we shall find parallel grooves along\\nits sides as though made by the chariot wheels of the great northern god of force, the Scandinavian\\nThor, as he drove over its surface with even reins, veering neither to the right or left.\\nThis Merrimack witness tells us that before New Hampshire ever went through a period of\\nglaciation, her hills lacked the soft cun-es and rounded outlines which we see to-day, and that formerly\\ntheir summits were like the roofs and pinnacles of a great cathedral towering thousands of feet further\\ntoward the sky that Francestown may have been the Jungfrau, Lyndeboro the Matterhorn, and\\nMonadnock the Mont Blanc of our southern New Hampshire Alps, while sixty miles away across the\\nConnecticut, the Green mountain range may have formed the Jura of this New England Switzerland.\\nHow many beautiful lakes lay shimmering between we may never know, for on that subject our witness\\nis silent. But he tells us that every lofty mountain pinnacle was toppled over, every high peak and\\ndizzy ridge broken off and ground down and covered over with a vast depth of snow, which coming\\nmore and more of it every winter, refused to go away in summer, but congealed into ice and grew\\ndeeper and deeper until Mt. Washington tells us it was more than a mile thick, and it began to\\nmove southerly and southeasterly in the line of the least resistance out over the ffoor of the Atlantic\\nocean, and when it reached the vicinity of George s Banks and Newfoundland, assailed by the sun\\nand the sea, to break off into great icebergs and float away just as the ice is now doing from the\\nHumboldt glacier, a degree of latitude in width on the coast of Greenland.\\nIndeed, the interior of Greenland now is not unlike this country from Long Island to Labrador\\nduring the great ice age. Mr. Edward \\\\\\\\niymper. who ascended some of the high elevations near the\\ncoast of Greenland, finds the surface of the inland ice rough and broken into crevasses and seracs of\\no-io-antic dimensions, and the heart of that frozen land covered with ice which he estimated to be from\\nfive to ten miles in thickness. By the side of such a great expanse of ice the Alpine Mer de Glace is\\nlike a rippling brook by the side of the stormy sea.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "ffisTOK) OF .x.tsrrr,]. x. ir. 97\\nDuring the ice age all New England, and with it. all the northern part of this continent, was a\\nscene of desolation and Arctic solitude. No form of organic life was possible death reigned supreme\\nand the ice like a shroud covered the whole land. This lasted many years. The approach of the\\ncontinental glacier was doubtless slow, and to the rude inhabitants, who may have dwelt in this land,\\nimperceptible. Perhaps some aged chieftain, when, after long years, he returned to the snowy regions\\nwith his savage tribe in pursuit of the shaggy elephant or polar bear, may have failed to discover\\nthe crystal lake he had known as a l)oy, or the dark cedar forest which had been the hunting-ground\\nof his youth, yet, if such were the case, he may never have dreamed of the cause, and may have charged\\nhis lack of success to the failing faculties of old age. Ever longer and more severe grew the winters,\\n.shorter ana colder the summers. Arctic storms usurped the region of suminer breezes and the dweller\\nl)y the glacier s .southern edge unconsciously followed his game and found his home farther to the\\nsouth on each recurring spring. As even now so little do we frequent the arctic regions if the ice\\nof Greenland were slowly approaching the sea line, proposing by and by to cross the straits on the\\nsea bottom to the main land, we should hardly be aware of it, unless we were able to compare the\\ncondition of things there to-day with what it was a thousand years ago. Then we might learn that\\nwhere once were green and fertile fields now is found the perennial glacier, where, placed on dry land,\\nwere the foundations of an ancient building now the waves of the sea have arisen and stay as if eager\\nto meet their kindred in the glacier from whicli so long ago they parted company. If the writer\\nunderstands the significance of the phenomena observed on the coast of Greenland another ice age has\\nbegun and already in that region the ice fields have become so thick and heavj- as to change a few feet\\nthe earth s centre of gravity, bringing the water up on the coast, just as a heavy weight on the side of\\na boat causes the water to appear to rise on that side.\\nGeologists say a similar displacement of the Atlantic coast has occurred before, beginning in the\\nvicinity of New York and growing deeper toward the north until on the coast of Greenland the water\\nrose a thousand feet. We have not far to go for the cause when we consider the continental ice-cap\\nof the last great ice age. That extended south to the vicinity of New York. A few years ago before\\na learned society in Philadelphia, a young man from this vicinity who had assisted in the geological\\nsurvey of this state, Warren Upham, delighted his audience by tracing the great terminal moraine\\nof that continental glacier from the Banks to Cape Cod, Nantucket, Long Island, through New Jersey\\nand into Pennsylvania. Since then Professor Wright of Oberlin traced the extreme southern limit\\nof the ice cap to the Ohio river near Cincinnati and beyond, and later Mr. Chamberlin, of the U. S.\\nGeological surve}-, and the state geologists of some western states have followed the moraine across the\\nMississippi and onward to the Rocky mountains. The displacement caused by the weight of ice might\\nwell cause the apparent rise of the ocean level along our coast and cause that rise to appear greatest\\non that parallel where the ice lay deepest, terminating on the parallel where the ice cap terminated.\\nIf this depression of the continent took place as the geologists affirm and of which the writer knows\\nnothing from obsen^ation, then the land must have been well protected by its armor of ice more than\\nmountain high, for I have never been able to find inland along our coa.st or in the interior any\\nindication of the action of ocean waves and tides against hills and rocks.\\nAs ma\\\\ have been noticed, our Merrimack witness also discloses the origin of the bowlders called\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nwhen awa.\\\\ from the parent rock lost children, foundlings, wanderers and glacial tramps.\\nAt the foot of the crag where they fell when pressed off by the great weight of moving ice above,\\nthey are merely detached rocks carried for even a short distance in or under the ice the sharpest\\nangles are rubbed off and they become bowlders carried still further they lose their angular shape\\naltogether, and, unless they still retain a considerable size, they become merely rounded pebbles, worn\\nand smoothed by attrition against each other. In the high lands and in the hard-pan hills where the\\nbowlders have been left undisturbed since the retreat of the continental glacier, the bowlders as well\\nas the bed-rock show plainly the glacial grooving and striae. Bowlders of slate receive and retain\\nthese glacial marks better perhaps than any others. For obvious reasons these scorings and marks\\nare seldom found on small bowlders of crystalline rock or on bowlders which have been moved from\\ntheir beds in the hard-pan, either by sub-glacial or post-glacial streams of water, and hence they are\\nnot of frequent occurrence in the Nashua drift.\\nThe word drift has been used to apply to the clay, sand, gravel and stones, which, here mingled\\nand there separated, lie in apparent and aimless confusion all over the face of the country between the", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "98 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nbed-rock and the atmosphere. Its location, distribution and varying composition, its division into\\nbowlder, covered hills, terraced valley sides, and broad, sandy plains, all show that it has, much of it,\\nbeen through some kind of a sorting process, and such changes and transportations as naturally lead\\nus to inquire What was the original source and condition of the drift What has moved and sorted\\nand changed it, and how and relatively, when did it assume its present shape and form?\\nMany a good geologist has been all at sea in regard to the distribution of the drift and has seen\\nin it onh- a confused and disorderly jumble, without rhyme or reason in its arrangement; here a hill\\nand there a sand bank, here a clay bed and there a gravel pit, and here again nothing but bowlders\\nand rocks, all the result, apparently, of pure chance. To the unthinking obser\\\\-er there appears\\nto be a o-reat preponderance of drift, but in fact there is comparatively little of it and it constitutes\\nno appreciable part of the earth s diameter. Yet the distribution of this drift was no slight matter, but\\nwas in reality one of the greate.st works ever done on the earth s surface, whether we reckon the\\nexpenditure of energv required or the length of time it took. Eight thousand miles of solid rock or\\nsomething equallv dense then, during the ice age, perhaps two miles of solid ice on the top of that\\nfifty miles of atmosphere, and beyond that illimitable space at two or three hundred degrees below\\nzero. The drift comes in between the solid rock and the nearly equally solid ice, a thin paste only\\ntwenty-five or thirt^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 feet deep on an average over New Kngland, according to Mr. Slialer, made by\\nthe grinding of the ice southerly over the rock.\\nBy stepping into a marble worker s shop when he is engaged in polishing a piece of marble or\\no-ranite we may see something akin to the origin of the drift as he slowly moves one piece over\\nanother, keeping a supply of water and fine grit upon the surface, which in time becomes smooth and\\npolished. If, instead of fine sand, gravel is u.sed upon the surface and the upper stone is moved in\\none direction onlv, we shall find scratches and grooves upon the lower, very much like glacial striae\\non rock slate. The similarity of the process does not end here for the fine flour from the grinding of\\nthe two surfaces gives the water a milky appearance as it flows away such as all glacial streams have,\\nand, if allowed to settle undisturbed, it forms a miniature clay bed. Marble is sawed in the same way\\nat the mills, just water, sand and moving strips of smooth, soft iron arranged like saws, and the solid\\nblock is soon reduced to thin planes.\\nIn denuding the mountains, excavating the valleys and eroding the lake-beds of New England,\\nthe thin strata of paste and bowlders, pebbles, gravel and sand, between the ice and the bed-rock was\\nborne along also with the ice, but perhaps not always with the same velocity. The friction of the\\nimmovable rock surface below would serve to retard it and in some instances a projection of peculiarly\\nhard rock, or a very narrow valley across which it mo\\\\x-d, may have been the occasion and cause of\\nan accumulation of the material composing this strata.\\nSuch accumulations, which have escaped the modifying effects of the melting of the great\\ncontinental ice-cap which once covered them, and bore them along beneath its weight are found all\\nover New England. They are generally in the shape of gracefully cur\\\\-ed hills of regular outline,\\nhaving their longest axis in the direction of the movement of the ice. Such hills are found in the\\nsouth part of Nashua, in Hollis, New Boston, Mont Vernon, Greenville, and Groton and Ouincy,\\nMass., and in Boston Harbor. In building the railroad north from Plymouth toward the Profile house,\\nmasses of the same material were found wedged into the valley so solid and close as almost to defy\\nthe attempts of the civil engineer.\\nThese hills, sometimes called drumlins, are composed of hard-pan or till, as it is called by the\\nScottish writers. It is not stratified. The clay and sand, the gravel and pebbles, and bowlders, great\\nand small, are all indiscriminately mixed. The bowlders are as liable to be near the surface as\\nelsewhere. This hard-pan has never been aerated except for a .short distance below the surface.\\nWhen mixed with water it becomes .soft and plastic and flows like thin mortar. Though it will\\nhardly yield to the pick-axe or to d\\\\mamite, it is easily displaced, removed and sorted by running\\nwater. The hard-pan was the original home and storehouse of all the drift of New England. For\\nwhatever was here upon the surface before the beginning of the fir.st ice period was carried out into\\nthe Atlantic l)y the ice advance, and it is evident that large portions of Massachusetts, Connecticut\\nand Rhode Island have been built up and raised abo\\\\ e the sea level by the agency of the drift\\nbrought down by the northern ice.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "/riSTORV OF XAS/fTA, If. 99\\nThese masses of hard pan which I have attempted to describe are the ground moraine of the ice-\\ncap formed as we have seen beneatli its weight on the rock floor of the continent. Sorted and\\nseparated b\\\\- the water, whether in the form of mountain torrents, sub-glacial streams, great rivers or\\nthe floods arising from the melting ice, or all combined, the hard-pan has furnished the material for\\ntlie clay bed, the sand bank and the gravel pit and although in a certain limited sense the process of\\nseparation and deposit is still going on, when the freshets of spring reach the mass of hard-pan and\\nbear away its clay to the ocean or some still lake, and its sands to silt up the slow running streams\\nand ponds below and leave the large bowlders near where they were deposited by the ice, yet it is safe\\nto assume that the chief part of this work of separating the rest of the drift from the hard-jian and\\ndepositing it where we find it now was done by the waters from the melting ice at the close of the\\nice age.\\nThe phenomena of the disappearance and retreat of the continental ice cap and their effects on a\\ngiven locality have never yet been very fully discussed by any glacialist; so one needs to proceed very\\ncarefully on this as yet untrodden ground. Yet here in Nashua within the limits of an easy walk we\\nmay derive some light on this interesting subject. It is evident that the great southward moving\\nglacier could not have disappeared at once. Its retreat must have been gradual whether at the rate\\nof a few rods, or miles each year, it is hard to determine. There are indications that its general\\nretreat was attended with now and then a short advance. It may be that the phenomena at the\\nsouthern extremity of the ice sheet were repeated a hundred years later only twenty or thirt\\\\ miles to\\nthe northward.\\nIt is also obvious that there must have come a time over a more or less limited extent when the\\nice sheet became too thin to keep up its general southerly movement, so thin that it broke on the\\nheight of land and shrunk back and in some places taking with it its ground moraine, slid into the\\n\\\\-alleys, still, however, keeping up a southerly movement in a north and south valley unless such\\nvalley was closed by these lateral slides.\\nFor example, when such a time had come here and the ice and accompanying hard pan began to\\nslide from the surface of Long hill easterly into what is now the Merrimack, and from Bush hill in\\nHudson, westerly into the same receptacle, instead of keeping on its former course south, it is possible\\nthat the general southerly course of the ice was still retained twenty miles to the north, so that the\\ntendency was to keep up the movement of the ice stream down the Merrimack valley well defined in\\nwidth and volume. It was the pattern or ca.st of which the mould, the Merrimack inten-al, alone now\\nremains, and that has been nearly half filled up by the sand brought down from the north. Although\\nthis ice stream lacked the steep incline of an Alpine glacier yet the movement was kept up l)y the\\ngreat pressure of snow and ice not far to the north, say at Amoskeag falls a pressure much greater\\nthan would be found in the snow-fields of the Alps. Now, if this were the case, then the ice sliding\\ndown from Winter hill, for example, at first reached and coalesced with the actual ice stream of the\\nMerrimack on the west, and with that of the Nashua on the south, then subsequently, as the ice melted\\nat the edge and all over its surface as well, these tongues of ice reaching down toward the two ice\\nrivers failed to quite touch them leaving only a narrow hollow Ijetween. Then when summer came\\nand water fell in the form of rain instead of snow it would run down the surface of the ice, and, if it\\nfound no outlet it would stand in the spaces at the foot of these lateral tongues of ice and the main ice\\nstream of the two river intervals. Anything on the surface of either body of ice, in the shape of sand\\nor gra\\\\ el or pebbles, washed down their sides and lodged in these open spaces.\\nLet us examine the vicinity of St. Francis Xavier church on Chandler street. To build Chandler\\nstreet a high ridge was cut down thirty or forty feet, where the ridge curves from east to north parallel\\nto the Nashua river. The church has been located in the same ridge, a little further to the north and\\nbeyond tlie little cun e, in an excavation made for the purpo.se. If we closely examine the sides of\\nthe excavation made for the street we shall .see that the hill is made up of layers of gravel and pebbles\\nas large as a man s fist and some small bowlders as large as his head, all well washed and rounded.\\nHere are layers of black pebbles sloping southerly toward the Nashua river and two or three feet in\\nthickness. That kind of stone is found in its natix e rock north of Shattuck s ledge toward Merri-\\nmack. The ice on which these small stones rode came over the height of Concord street and probablj^\\nover the easterly Hank of Winter hill. In the section by the church we see thinner layers of yellow\\nsand sloping inward toward the west and awaj- from the Merrimack river. That sand came down on", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "loo HISTORY OF NASHUA, A^ H.\\nthe Merrimack river ice when it stood a luindred feet or more above the l.)Ottom of the present bed of\\nthe river. It is the same kind of sand as that borne on the current of that river every spring. Tliis\\nhill or ridge, which still extends westwardly from Chandler street, between Tolles and Canal streets,\\nthough fast disappearing, being in great demand for gravel roofing and concrete sidewalks, was the\\nterminal moraine of the Shattuck s ledge glacier. This moraine, with a break from Tolles street to\\nRailroad square west of which beginning at Beacon hill between Amherst and Auburn streets it\\nbecomes the moraine of the Winter hill glacier (and perhaps of a great northwestern ice stream)\\nextends clear across the north part of the city, taking in Fairmount in its course, and around to the\\nsteep banks on the Nashua. The two saucer shaped depressions, one just west of Chandler street\\nand south of Lock, and tlie other on the site of Artillery pond on the North common, and the narrow\\ndepression extending across the Wilton railroad to the Nashua ri\\\\-er north of the Fairmount terrace,\\nare the beds of the lateral tongues of ice which reached down from the north, after they had receded\\nfrom the ice rivers and come to a stand-still. The clay found west of Chandler street, and for many\\nyears used to such good purpose by the late Hon. Charles Williams in his foundr\\\\ is the jiaste made\\nby this lateral glacier grinding down over the surface of Shattuck s ledge. When the water and ice\\nfell below the top of the dam made by the bordering ridge, which dam as we ha\\\\-e seen the ice itself\\nhad built up, the fine flour from the stone settled at the bottom, there being no current to take it away.\\nThat sediment gave Mr, Williams his clay lied. This cla extends into Lock street near the residence\\nof the late Seneca Greeley and will be noticed by the pedestrian e.specialh- in wet weather. The\\nbreak in this moraine mentioned above, extending from Tolles street on the east to Heacon hill on the\\nwest, is accounted for by the fact that just before the final disappearance of the last remnant of the\\ncontinental ice cap a tongue of ice had gone down Concord street and across Railroad square, acro.ss\\nthe Nashua river, and southward along Main street, jjushing before it its terminal moraine as far as\\nthe northeast corner of the South common, and on the west side of it as far as High .street, and on\\nthe east side as far as the Pilgrim church, and retreating left there sections of the otherwi.se continuous\\nmoraine at the places indicated, where they constituted the considerable hills which were there found\\nby the first settlers, but which have since been dug down and carried away.\\nGoing northeast about seventy rods from the angle of the gravel ridge before described to an\\nexcavation through it at Lock street, we find it is there formed of stratified yellow sands sloping away\\ntoward the west from the Merrimack river at an angle of about forty degrees. The location, color antl\\ncharacter of this sand show that it came down the Merrimack on the ice when that stream filled the\\nwhole interval of the river, being about a mile wide at this point and at lea.st one hundred and twenty-\\nfive feet deep, and that it was washed off in the water that ran off its side into an open space that lay\\nbetween the glacial Merrimack and the tongue of ice before mentioned which had then come to a .stand\\nstill and no longer at this point coalesced with the ice river, but, through the influence of sun and rain,\\nhad retreated from it a few feet. There might have been some water .standing in this open crack along\\nside of the ice stream but there was some outlet for the water when it rose to this height which fact is\\nshown by the absence of clay. Most of the wash which carried in the sand came from the glacial\\nMerrimack, but not all for if we observe closely we shall see that a nearly horizontal sweep across the\\ntop of these strata, with a little incline toward the river, has been made as if by the sudden irruption\\nof water and gravel from the surface of the local glacier on the land side. How do we know it came\\nfrom the west or northwe.st Because it is a gravel made up in ])art of the dark colored slate found\\nbetween Winter hill and Merrimack. How do we know it was a sudden irruiJtion? Because it\\nswept clear across the ridge and left a deposit of gravel three or four feet in thickness. On the bottom\\nof that layer and resting on the top edge of the strata of yellow sand which is cut off at an angle, is a\\nflooring of black slate pebbles three or four inches in diameter. The rest, though finer, is of the same\\nmaterial. At the time of this irruption of gravel from the west, the ice extending across the\\nMerrimack interval must have stood as high as the top of these jellow strata, or the layers of yellow\\nsand would have been cut down still lower by this torrent from the hill over the local glacier ice\\ntongue. This sand bank not only tells its own story but also that of innumerable similar deposits all\\nover New England. The finest debris from the broken rock floor is carried farther by the current of\\nthe stream whether it be of water or of ice. The slower the current of that stream moves the more\\nlikely the smallest and finest particles are to be deposited. The very finest of the rock paste, unless\\ndeposited where there is no current, goes on to the ocean. If deposited in perfectly still water it forms", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "If /STONY or NASHir.A, A loi\\na clay bed. Fine, heav}- sand falling off the ice stream in still water is put down in level strata.\\nCoarser sand, gravel and pebbles, as they glide off the ice stream s edge, back up against the ice and\\nlorm strata at angles varying from twenty to twenty- five degrees and from one to three feet in\\nIhickness. As the moving ice stream diminishes in depth, and even after it has ceased to move, while\\nit still retains its general shape and features, even though its surface has sunk below the sand and\\ngravel ridges in its outer edges, both the ice stream itself and the.se lateral ridges are subject to\\nincursions of torrents of water bearing immense quantities of gravel, pebbles and l)Owlders from the\\nbordering hills and from the overhanging tongues and sheets of the glacial ice upon their tops.\\nI housands of banks of fine stratified sand all over the country are thus held down by layers of coarse\\ngravel and small bowlders which have prevented the wind seizing them and transporting the\\n])nlverized particles in moving dunes across the countrj-.\\nThis layer of dark slate, gravel and stones thrust nearly horizontally across the upturned strata\\nof yellow Merrimack sand here at the Lock street section of this gravel ridge solves another mystery.\\nIt discloses the method of the formation of the valley terraces of New England and those of Scotland,\\niiiul of the fjords of Norway and of every other country that has once been glaciated. Aga.ssiz\\ne.\\\\plained the parallel roads of Glen Roy a series of terraces around the sides of a Scottish valley\\nas being cau.sed by a glacier building a series of transverse moraines one after another, each following\\none lower than its predeces.sor and these moraines serving as dams, held back the waters at different\\ntimes at the different heights of the existing terraces. So late as his journey to Brazil, he alludes with\\nsome satisfaction to that early discover} But he fails to show how a valle\\\\- lake thus held in check\\ncan receive and retain the material comprising the terrace and hold it at the level of the water s edge\\nor that any such process is anywhere going on at the present time.\\nAn earlj- and frequent explanation of these river or valley terraces is that the river internal was\\nfirst filled up level across from side to side with the drift, which for that purpose is usually described as\\nlying in level strata, and then afterwards the existing interval was cut out by the water courses, which\\nwere considerably intensified in order to perform that work. This is the explanation of the text book\\nwriters, of Geike, the Scottish geologist, of Mr. Warren Upham, and of many others. Another\\nexplanation which met with considerable favor a generation ago was that these terraces stood at the\\nwater level and that a succession of them marked the successive steps in the gradual upheaval of the\\ncontinent. In trying to verify this theory Professor Hitchcock was perplexed by the fact that there\\nwas no connection between one set of valley terraces and another either as to their elevation above\\nthe .sea or in the height of each successive upheaval. Both these theories .still find many adherents.\\nIt is easy in theory to hoist and submerge again the continents. It is easier to talk about the\\ndrift in a valley teiTace than to examine it carefully. It is not difficult to be pleased with the thought\\nof having made a great discovery in nature and yet to neglect to verify the details. A lake or pond\\nsilts up first at the upper end no transverse moraine or other dam can be contrived to make the still\\nwater build up a terrace all around the edge of a pond at the water level, or place the gravel and\\nbowlders of the terraces in such position. Besides, as the writer has discovered from numerous\\nobserv-ations, the valley terraces are not level they all descend with the valley often more rapidly\\nthan the brook or river at its bottom. Thus a river near the mountains here in New England was\\nfound by the writer to have a fall of eleven feet in two miles, while a well defined terrace one hundred\\nand sixty-five feet above it fell forty feet in the same distance.\\nThe reason wlij- the slanting strata of yellow sand was not cut down any lower by that furious\\nirruption of water, bearing dark gravel and stones from the west at this section of the gravel ridge on\\nLock .street, can only be explained by the fact that there was something substantial and solid on the\\neast of that ridge and close along side of it that could not be overturned or washed away. There is\\nnothing of that nature there now. We know that what was there then and is gone now was the great\\nice stream of the Merrimack. The ridge of sand along its side could be cut off lower than the top\\nsurface of that ice against which it rested. When the water came with sufficient force the sand could\\nstand no higher than the top of the ice, but if the torrent came from the hills or local side glacier the\\ntop of the sand ridge was thrown over and ui)on the ice stream, and if the torrent came down or across\\nthe ice stream the top of the sand or gravel ridge would be struck oft as a miller strikes off the full\\nmeasure of grain, and the surplus thrown ujion the other side of the sand ridge toward the hill\\nside, and thus the intervening space between the ritlge and the bordering hill filled in up to the", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "I02\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nheight of the top of the ice stream. The top of the ice stream in either event was the gauge of the\\nheight of the terrace. The ice which held the terrace in place and regulated its height has disajipeared.\\nThe bed-rock upon which it scraped and ground along has been silted over and covered up but the\\nterraces remain. The dam was longitudinal and not transverse, the ice itself and not its moraine.\\nNorth of Lock street the ridge becomes a terrace and extends northerly past the O Donnell school\\nhouse, the Laton homestead and along the western side of the Merrimack interval, and the .space\\nbetween the top of the ridge and the hill to the west is filled in as before indicated.\\nFairmount Heights, which overlook the city on the northwest, constitute an elevated plateau\\nstanding about two hundred feet above the .sea level and about fifty feet above Main street. This\\nplateau is twentv-five hundred feet long from east to west and from seven hundred to twelve\\nhundred feet broad upon the top. It lies parallel to the interval of the Nashua which flows at its\\nsoutherly ba.se .seventy-five feet below. This plateau is nearly level, with, however a slight incline\\nTHE IST-AND A VIEW ON THE NWSIIUA RIVER OF TO PAV.\\ntoward the east or dt wn the \\\\-alley of the Nashua. It can be reached in no direction excejU b\\nmaking a considerable ascent. It is all within a mile of the City hall. It constitutes a very large\\nand perfect glacial terrace, made up of sand, gravel, pebbles and small bowlders of gneiss, mica\\nschist and the dark slate found in the region lying to the north and northwest. The clay and fine\\nsand has been entirely washed out and carried away so that no water will remain on the surface and\\nto obtain any b}- means of wells they need to be sunk at least seventy-five feet. At the time this\\nterrace was formed the Nashua inteni-al from Mine falls to the Merrimack was full of ice. This drift\\nwhich now constitutes the Fairmount terrace probably was once the terminal moraine of a great\\nnorthwestern ice stream, a remnant of the continental ice cap, and this moraine banked up close\\nagainst the Nashua ice stream, while some of its material no doubt is made up of the lateral moraine\\nof that stream. Before it was stricken off comparative level down to the surface of the ice stream,\\n(then from a hundred to a hundred and fifty feet deep), that moraine stood in irregular conical ridges.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "///SrOA OF A ASnCA, X. 103\\nsome of tlieiii perhaps fifty feet higher than the present plateau, and it took an immense force of water\\nto sweep off and level down the to]is of these ridges. When that was done, the tongues of ice from\\nIIr- north were also l)anked up against the moraine on that side and there they remained until thej^\\nmelted, leaving the precipitous sides and deep depression still to be found toward the Wilton railroad.*\\nWhen the general ice cap was on its course toward the south and southeast, after passing over the\\nsite of the present citw it struck tlie mass of \\\\ery hard cr stanine rock composed of mica schist with\\nstreaks of feldspar, lying between the Merrimack and .Salmon brook, the remains of which now\\nconstitute Pratt s hill and Long hill, and extending from the Harbor south beyond the state line. This\\nrocky prominence was so hard it could not be entirely eroded, but was much rasped off and ground\\ndown. When the ice cap on this hill finall\\\\- disap])eared it left the thin paste beneath it, in some\\n])laces not more than two or three feet deep covering the hill. There are also many bowlders, some of\\nthem of jiorplivritic gneiss which have come at least thirty or forty miles from beyond the Contoo-\\ncook. The ice disappeared ,so gradually that neither the water from its melting disturbed the ground\\nmoraine nor did that moraine itself, though not held back by the roots of grass or trees or any\\nvegetation, slide down the polished and slipjjery sides of the bed rock except in a few places.\\nWhen the ice cap had rested from its laliors on this hill, the ice stream of the Merrimack still\\nkept on its course and has left its lateral moraine stranded in gravel ridges along its right bank, and\\nthese ridges mav be traced at an altitude of more than one hundred feet above present low water in\\nthe Merrimack across the land of J. L. H. Marshall, near which they now furnish material for\\nthe cement pipe works of Hon. Seth 1). Chandler on the Lowell road. Traces of this ridge are found\\nrunning south from that point (ui the west side of the highway and further along on the east between\\nit anil the railroad for se\\\\ eral miles.\\nOn the other side of the Merrimack one may begin on the west side of Otternie pond in Hudson\\nand follow a corresponding ridge parallel with the present Merrimack and about half a mile east of it\\nfor three or four miles .southward. The ridge, irregular in height, is only eight or ten feet wide on\\ntop. It stands from fifteen to forty feet above the adjacent land. Its sides are steep and nearly devoid\\nof soil. It is composed of coarse gravel, pebbles and small bowlders, smooth and well rounded. It is\\nunstratified. Oppo.site where the ice stream of the Nashua united with that of the Merrimack,\\ndeflecting the latter to the eastward, the ridge rises the highest and appears in a succession of parallel\\nbow shaped hills with their concave sides toward the river. They are the lateral moraines of the\\nancient Merrimack and stand from a hundred and ten to a hundred and forty feet above the rocky floor\\nof that glacial stream. Beyond it to the eastward the lateral glacier and subsequently the larger pond\\nthat occupied the site of Otternie and Hudson Centre found an outlet toward the east until the waters\\nIjroke through this ridge where Otternie brook now runs, draining the pond to its present dimensions\\nand empt\\\\ing its waters into the Merrimack. The westerly side of the ridge is banked up with drifts\\nof fine sand lilown up from the shores of the Merrimack by the prevailing northwest winds. Toward\\nthe southern extremity of the ridge, on the farm of Mr. Fuller, the dune has been retarded in its\\neasterly movement by the action of man, who now seeks to hold it back from the destruction of the\\nfertile territory between. This lateral moraine is a kame and differs from an osar in being laid down\\nin the air. Opposite this kame the main current of the ice must have been deflected near to the\\neastern shore, rising above it for that reason, and allowing the rubbish borne along on its surface to\\nslide down upon the eastern side, thus building up the gravel ridge. Within its walls are found\\nbowlders of the coar.se pink granite found in the vicinity of Manchester and which one sees in the curb\\nstones and flags of that city. None of this granite is found in the moraines or gravel ridges west of\\nthe Merrimack. But they in turn hold many bowlders of Milford granite, which is not found in the\\nHudson kame. This is in accordance with the well known law that the material con.stituting the\\nlateral moraine of an ice .streatu is never transferred liy the ice to the opposite side of the current.\\nThe lakes and ponds which covered so large an extent of the surface of New England during the\\ndisai)])earance of the ice cap were held in place by barriers of the ice itself in the first instance, and\\nsnbse iuently by dams built up by the ice as we have seen that the osar across Lock street was\\nproduced.\\n*This explanation of tlie formation of tlu terraces in j;lacial regions was arrivcil at liy the writer in 1S85 from his\\npersonal investij, ation of many terraces in Xew England and northern New York, and so far as he is aware is original\\nwith him. His conclusions were first given to the public in a paper read by him before the Nashua Fortnightly club,\\nI ebinary 5, 1888, an l printed at tliat time.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "I04 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nThe extensive sand\\\\- plains about Nashua indicate the bottom of such a lake through which there\\nwas a sufficient current of water to carry awaj to the ocean the clay in solution which the wash from\\nthe bordering hills brought down from the ground moraines left bare by the ice cap. The rock bottom\\nof this lake is probably fifty or seventy-five feet below the level of Main street, and was covered over\\ndeeply with sand and gravel from the hard pan by the same water which carried away the clay. In\\nthe same way the lake of Geneva is now being silted up by the stream flowing from the Rhone glacier.\\nAt the close of the ice period, a barrier possibly an ice gorge near the state line caused the\\nwaters to be held back, forming a narrow and shallow lake which extended northward beyond Goffe s\\nfalls, northwest to Amherst and thence along the Souhegan river for two or three miles, and southwest\\nup the Nashua to Mine falls. That part of Merrimack lying between the Souhegan and Pennichuck\\nbrook was an island. Nearly the whole of Litchfield was submerged. In places this pond was four\\nor five miles wide and its surface was about two hundred feet above the sea level, and it varied in\\ndepth from five or ten feet at the upper end to fifty or sixty in the vicinity of Nashua. At first it was\\nmuch deeper but it was rapidly silted up, especially toward the north and northwest extremeties. There\\nwas a considerable current through the lake, sufficient to carry away nearly all the clay in the soil.\\nMany spots were still occupied by the ice and the faces of the terraces in many places were protected\\nfrom the action of wind and wave by glacial ice. Now and then huge masses were broken off and\\nfloated away from their moorings until they became .stranded on the bottom, and the silting up process\\nstill going on around them, when they had melted and the waters came to depart, the hollows lately\\noccupied by these miniature icebergs formed small ponds without inlet or outlet, like Sandy pond, and\\nRound pond near the Amherst road. The bottom of these ponds in some instances is as low as the\\nsurface of the neighboring rivers, and always lower than the rock floor of the surrounding hillsides, so\\nthat they are generally fed with a lasting supply of pure water of a quality superior for drinking\\npurposes to that of such sluggish streams of the vicinity as are filled with the ooze of swamps and the\\nunfiltered wash of the surface.\\nMany other depressions in the sandy plain which once formed the bottom of this ancient lake,\\nthough not deep enough to reach down to the water, were formed in the same way, and some msrk\\nthe places where, near the moraine terraces, tongues of ice were covered up when the gravel ridges\\nwere struck off in the formation of the terraces, and these bodies of ice, until they melted, constituted\\na part of the terrace and helped to hold up the surface earth to the general level of the terrace, but as\\nthe ice underneath slowly melted away, the surface gradually sank down and the existing hollows or\\nkettle holes were formed.\\nThe disappearance of a series of such bodies of ice, either banked up with, or sbmerged by the\\ngravel, has resulted frequently in creating water courses, either upon the surface or underneath,\\nbetween the lateral moraine of the ice river and the bounding hills. An example of such underground\\ncurrents is found at the base of Winter hill, the water on the east side finding its outlet into the\\nMerrimack by the well known spring upon the Laton farm, and on the west, from the vicinity of\\nConcord street, through the North common, across Amherst .street, under the Wilton railroad and\\nalong at the northerly base of the Fairmount terrace, where it feeds a succession of ponds, around to\\nits outlet to the river at the never failing cold spring, much visited by boatmen on the river at the\\nsteep banks.\\nThe glacial ice, even that which upon the formation of the terraces was buried to a great depth\\nbeneath the gravel, we have reason to believe is all gone in this vicinity. No phenomena, charac-\\nteristic of the Siberian tundra, like that observed upon the opening of the frozen well in Brandon\\nin the neighboring state of Vermont, has ever been chronicled in this locality. People cannot drink\\nice water from their springs in .\\\\ugust even in the White Mountain state. How long ago the last\\nremnant of glacial ice stored away in Nature s ice hou.se, yielded to the combined strength of the\\nsun s raj S and the internal heat of the earth, and melted, whether it was a few hundred or a few\\nthousand years ago, no man can now say.\\nWhen the mean annual temperature of this region shall be lowered again in the coming aphelion\\nwinter, and the snows of spring shall linger all sunnner through upon Monadnock and Mt.\\nWashington when they and their sister peaks and ranges .shall again become centers of dispersion\\nfor the ice, until, gradually deepening j^ear by year, the glacial plow shall again furrow all New\\nEngland and wipe off the face of the earth as with a sponge all the boasted works of num all his", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "H/STOKV OF NASHTA, X. H. 105\\nmechanical, architectural and engineering achievements when all this shall come again the\\nastronomer may perhaps with tolerable certainty foretell but we ourselves know, that, whatever of\\nthat character nature has in store for this region, it is so far in the remote future it can in no manner\\naffect our li\\\\x-s or the li\\\\ es of any wlm will have us in remembrance for we shall then be\\nAs much foriiotteu as the canoe\\nThat crossed the Ijosoin of a lonely lake\\nA thousand years ago.\\nM^.fifclyUjiMJlt^-vo", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "io6\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nJOHN M. HUNT.\\nJohn M. Hunt was born at Dracut, Mass., March 31,\\n1797 died at Nashua, Oct. 30, 1885. He was a son of\\nIsrael Hunt, born Aug. 27, 1758, died March 2, 1850,\\nand Catherine (Nowell) Hunt, born June 15, 1765, died\\nMay 15, 1850. Their ancestors came from England in the\\nseventeenth century and were among the early settlers in\\nMassachusetts Bay colony. Their descendants have been\\namong the pioneers in near and remote sections of this\\ncontinent and\\nmany of them\\nhavedistinguished\\nthemselves in the\\nservice of their\\ncountry, in the\\nprofessions and\\nemplo) meiits that\\nhave developed\\nthe civilization\\nwhichisthecrown-\\ning glory of the\\nnineteenth cen-\\ntury.\\nMr. Hunt ol)-\\ntained a common\\nschool education,\\nand beyond that,\\nfor he was a well\\ninformed man on\\ntopics of general\\ninterest, was self-\\ntaught. From 1803\\ntill the time of his\\ndeath in 1885 he\\nwas one of the\\nbest known resi-\\ndents of Nashua.\\nIn the beginning\\nof his honorable\\ncareer he was in\\ntrade at the Harbor\\nin a store that\\nstood in the south\\ntriangle where the\\nLowell and Dun-\\nstable roads form\\najunction. Hewas\\nalso interested in a\\nlinen manufactur-\\ning enterprise, the\\nmill of which was\\nlocated on the site\\nof the present Vale\\nmill. The business was not successful. In 1820 he was\\nappointed postmaster of Nashua, which office he held\\nuntil July, 1841. During all these years, and in fact\\nduring his active career, he took part in town affairs and\\nperformed the duties of citizenship with fidelity to every\\ntrust, being town clerk and chairman of the board of\\nselectmen in 1830, 1833, 1834, 1835 and 1836, and instru-\\nmental in causing the first town report to be issued to\\nthe taxpayers in printed form. When the Nashua State\\nbank, chartered at the June session of the legislature in\\n1835, was orgauized in 1836, he was appointed cashier,\\nJOHN M. IIU.N T.\\nwhich position of trust he held until the bank closed its\\nbusiness in October, l856. Hon. Isaac Spalding was\\npresident of the bank during its entire life, and it was a\\nmatter of pride with him and Mr. Hunt that the institu-\\ntion never lost a dollar by a bad investment, and that\\nwhen its affairs were liquidated it paid its stockholders\\ntheir principal and a handsome dividend in addition to\\nthe dividends paid yearly when it did business. A s a\\ncitizen, neighbor and friend, no man of his generation\\nstood higher in the regard of the community. He was\\ndemocratic in all\\nhis ways and deal-\\nings a man whose\\ninfluence in the\\ncommunity was\\nalways on the side\\nof justice, morality\\nand religion. Mr.\\nHunt was a regu-\\nlar attendant at\\nthe Unitarian\\nchurch and a mem-\\nber of Rising Sun\\nlodge, A. F.and A.\\nM., of which he\\nwas senior warden\\nin 1826 and wor-\\nshipful master in\\n1827. January 28,\\n1823, Mr. Hunt\\nwas united in mar-\\nriage with Mary\\nAnn Munroe, who\\nwas born in Lex-\\nington, Mass., Oct.\\n31, 1812 died at\\nNashua, Dec. I,\\n1894. She was a\\n(laughter of Thom-\\nas Miinroe, born\\nMarch 30, 1785,\\ndied July 8, 1854,\\nand Elizabeth\\n(Jewett) Munroe,\\nborn Sept. 8, 17S5,\\ndied Nov. 23, i8|8.\\nMrs. Hunt sances-\\ntors were among\\nthe first English\\nsettlers in Massa-\\nchusetts, and a\\ngreat number of\\ntheir descendants\\nhave made their\\nmark in the world and have served, and are still serving\\nin honorable professions and callings. Mrs. Hunt came\\nto Nashua with her parents when she was a child and\\nher home was here until her death. She was a constant\\nattendant at the Unitarian church and very much inter-\\nested in its work. In fact she left a bequest to the\\nsociet} Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hunt\\nThe first, born April 8, 1839, died in infancy second,\\nMary E., born .\\\\pril 10, 1842, unmarried. Mrs. Hunt was\\na woman of retiring disposition, of modest deportment\\nand domestic tastes.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "NJSTOK)- OF NASI/ A, A 11.\\n107\\nHORACE CLARK TOLLES.\\nHorace C. Tolles, son of Henry and Azubah (Nichols)\\nTolles, was born at Weathersfield, Vt., May 31, iSii, died\\nat Nashua, March 21, 1878.\\nIIOllACIi CI.AIiK TOI.LKS.\\nHis immigrant ancestors came from England early in\\nthe eighteenth century and settled in Connecticut. Cap-\\ntain Henry Tolles, and four of his six sons, became\\npioneers at Weathersfield, Vt., sometime before the Revo-\\nlution. Clark Tolles, one of these four sons, grandfather\\nof the subject of this sketch, was a soldier in the Conti-\\nnental army. He married Sail} Proctor, by whom he\\nhad eight children, Henrj-, the eldest, being the father of\\nHorace C, who married .\\\\zubah Nichols of Weathersfield.\\nMr. Tolles obtained a common school education in his\\nnative town and remained there until 1832, when he came\\nto Nashua and settled on a farm in the south-west secticn\\nof the city near the Dunstable line. He was a prosperous\\nand well-to-do farmer; a man of excellent judgment,\\nprudent, industrious anfi highly regarded b}- the com-\\nmunity. Mr. Tolles served his ward on the board of\\nselectmen, as highway surveyer, on the board of assessors\\nand in other capacities. In 1862 and 1863 he represented\\nWard eight as a memtier of the board of aldermen, and in\\n1864 and 1865 as representative in the legislature.\\nMr. Tolles was united in marriage Dec. 10, 1835, with\\nSopha A. Wright, daughter of Joel and Sally Wright of\\nWestford, Mass., of which place her ancestors were early\\nsettlers and among the first families. Nine children\\nwere born of their marriage: Horace W., born April 26,\\n1838, married Caroline L. Newton, Nov. 7 1867; Franklin\\nN., born July 25, 1839, married Edla F. Kempton, May 10,\\n1870; Henry J., born Aug. 24, 1841, married Sarah L.\\nDavis, Oct. 24, 1867; Willard Cborn May 8, 1843, married\\nEllen F. Kendall, Oct. 6, 1868; Hannah S., born Feb. 6,\\n1845, died March 10, 1866; James II., born Oct. 17, 1846,\\nmarried Mary E. Cross, July 8, 1872; Sarah A., born Nov.\\n30, 1848, married Frank Wilkins, Oct. i, 1868, died Nov.\\n10. :869; Jason E., born Jan. 5, 1852, married Sadie S.\\nChase, Aug. 11, 1874; Xenophon D., born March 23, 1858,\\nmarried .S. Jennie Eaton, July 29, 1885.\\nTHOMAS PEARSON, Jr.\\nHon. Thomas Pearson, fourth by the name in direct\\nline of descent, was born in Tyngsboro, Mass., Dec. 25,\\n1820, died at Nashua, March 5, 1891. (F or ancestors, see\\nsketch of his father, Thomas Pearson, Sen.) He attended\\nthe public schools of Nashua and was fitted for college at\\nCrosby s Literary institution read law with Abbot\\nFox, and a graduate of Harvard Law school, was admitted\\nto the bar in 1843, and subsequently opened an office in\\nShattuck s building, then standing on the site of the\\nMain street railroad station. Meanw-hile, Charles J. Fox,\\nwith Samuel D. Bell, was engaged in revising and codify-\\ning the laws of the State, and, as Mr. Fox was in con-\\nsumption, young Pearson assisted considerably in the\\nwork and also devoted much of his spare time to the\\ncompletion of Fox s History of Dunstable. After prac-\\ntising law aw-hile, the state of his health forced him to\\nout of door work. As railroading was just coming into\\ngreat prominence, he decided to take up civil engineering\\nas a profession. His first work was with General George\\nStark on one division of the Coucord railroad. After the\\ncompletion of the work he superintended the laying of\\nthe second track of the Lowell road worked as an engi-\\nneer under Chief Engineer Stark, on the laying out of the\\nOld Colony railroad to Plymouth, Mass., and on the\\nStony Brook railroad out of Lowell; also on the Boston,\\nConcord Montreal railroad. He engaged, with Harry\\nWoods, to do the engineering and building of the Wilton\\nroad from Danforth s Corner to East Wilton also svir-\\nveyed, in company with his cousin, Ambrose Pearson,\\nand built the Edgeville canal. Soon afterward he was\\noffered and accepted the situation of engineer of the North-\\nern division of the Marietta Cincinnati railroad, with\\nriver line from Greenfield to Windsor, Vt. from Nashua\\nto Concord, on the west side of the Merrimack river;\\nTIIOM-Xs l i;.\\\\ltSl)X, jn.\\nheadquarters at Wheeling, Va. Later he ran numerous\\nrailroad lines, some of which were afterward built wholly\\nor in part; from Plymouth to Sandwich, Mass., from\\nFranklin to Bristol on the Northern road from Meredith\\nvillage through Centre Harbor to Conway; the I orest", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "io8\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nfrom Groton to Winchester, Mass. from New Ipswicli to\\nEast Wilton from Tyngsboro to Brookline from Green-\\nfield to Keene from Nashua to Epping from Danforth s\\nCorner through Amherst, Mont Vernon and Oil Mill\\nvillage to New Boston to meet the Manchester Keene\\nroad, and the Texas Great Western railway.\\nJudge Pearson s profession kept him awa)- from the\\ncity months at a time, but he always kept a home in\\nNashua. He entered politics early in life, was a delegate\\nfrom Nashua to the first abolition convention at Concord,\\nwhen there were onlj twent3--one delegates all told. He\\nwas appointed to succeed General Israel Hunt as judge of\\nthe police court of Nashua, and held that office until he\\nbecame chief clerk of the pension office at Washington,\\nD. C, which position he held under a part of Lincoln s\\nand also Johnson s administrations. He held the office of\\njustice of the peace and quorum ever after he was of age,\\nwas a trustee of the Reform school, now called State\\nIndustrial school, seven years a representative to the\\nlegislature, street commissioner when the whole citj- was\\none district, assessor, inspector of checklists and held all\\nthe ward offices of Ward seven. In secret societies he\\nwas a member of Rising Sun lodge, A. F. and A. M., of\\nwhich he was master in i860. Meridian Sun Royal .^rch\\nchapter, the charter of which, with Alfred Greeley, he\\ngot renewed after its forfeiture in 1832, and of which he\\nwas king in 1857, 1858 and 1859. He held the office of\\nexcellent grand king of the Grand Chapter of New\\nHampshire, and was a member of Washington com-\\nmandery, K. T., District of Columbia. Judge Pearson\\nwas a member of the Pilgrim church, had been a director\\nof the old Olive street society and was superintendent of\\nits Sunday school at the time of the fiftieth anniversary\\nof its formation. He was a good story teller, a man of\\nwide experience and of the most cordial disposition in\\nsocial and business life. His memory was a storehouse of\\nfacts and incidents relative to Nashua. In a word, his\\nlife was rounded out in good living, cheerfulness, honor-\\nable citizenship and faithful service.\\nJudge Pearson was three times married; first, Jan. 21,\\n1844, with Angeline M. Hunt, daughter of Nehemiah and\\nClarissa Hunt, who died Nov. 26, 1877; second, with Mrs.\\nCarrie Weston of Medfield, Mass; third, with Hannah A.\\n(Edgerly) Pearson, widow of his cousin, Ambrose Pear-\\nson. Two children were born to him by his first marriage\\nGertrude K., who married T. W. H. Hussey, (high school\\nprincipal), of Barrington George Byron, (civil engineer)\\nwho married Jennie E. Wadleigh, daughter of Benjamin\\nH. Wadleigh of Nashua.\\nHARVEY F. COURSER.\\nColonel Harvey V Courser was born at Thetford, Vt., in\\nJanuary, 1809, died in Nashua, Dec. 23, 1883. He was a\\nson of Daniel and Lucy (Taft) Courser, both of whom\\nwere descendants of the pioneers of New Hampshire, the\\nhome of the former being at Boscawen, (with his parents)\\nfrom the time he was two j-ears of age. The place one\\nof the most attractive in New England in its surround-\\nings has been known as Courser hill more than a\\nhundred years.\\nCol. Courser was educated at Boscawen and remained at\\nhome, being employed upon his father s farm, until he\\nwas twenty-one. He then obtained employment in a\\nstore at Concord, and later was employed three years as a\\nUnited States mail agent. In 1835 he came to Nashua\\nand entered the dry goods trade in one of the stores in\\nthe first Baptist church edifice, where he remained until\\nhe was burned out in 1848. During the next five years he\\nwas in business in Boston. Returning to Nashua, his\\nnext and last business venture was in the grocerv trade\\nwith his son-in-law, the firm being William H. Greenleaf\\nCompany, in the middle store of the Telegraph block.\\nThe firm clo.sed out its businses in 1S82, at which time\\nhe retired from active pursuits. Colonel Courser obtained\\nhis title as aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. Luther\\nMcCutchens of New London, with whom he was promi-\\nnent in military affairs during his early manhood. Mr.\\nCourser was not a politician in the ordinary acceptance of\\nthe term he never aspired to public life or craved public\\noffice. Yet few men evinced greater zeal or showed more\\ncommendal}le interest in all matters of politics that\\nII-\\\\K\\\\ EV F. COUK.SEU.\\nappertained to the general welfare and permanent good\\nof his city and country. He was thoroughly patriotic in\\nhis impulses, and outspoken in his advocacy of all such\\nprinciples as tended, in his judgment, to build up and\\nstrengthen the superstructure of equity and equality upon\\nwhich he believed the government of his country to be\\nfounded. He was a citizen of the most social and amiable\\nqualities who did his part in all things for the public\\ngood. He was a member of the First Congregational\\nchurch, a constant attendant upon its worship, and inter-\\nested and intelligent participant in its society- affairs and\\nsocial functions, and a consistent man in everything.\\nColonel Courser was united in marriage, in 1839, with\\nMaria Estey, daughter of Jesse and Anna (Peabody)\\nEstey. One daughter was born of their marriage Lucy\\nA. M., who married William H. Greenleaf.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "///STOA V OF NASHUA, N.\\n109\\nJAMES WHITE.\\nJ:i!iRS W liitf was born al Now Hoston, March iSoS.\\n(iicil at Nashua Auic- 19. 1868. lie was a son of John and\\nI.ucv lilanchard While. Mr. White was educated in\\nthe schools of Calais, Vt.. to which place his parents\\nremoved when he was six years of age, and beyond that\\nwas a self-taiitjht and self-made man whose general\\nknowledge and business cajjacity was of the first order.\\nAfter serving an apprenticeship as liridgc- builder he went\\nto Manchester,\\nwhere he remained\\nfor some time and\\nmet with gratify-\\ning success. I n\\n1837 he located in\\nNashua. He then\\ngradually extend-\\ned his fiehl of oper-\\nation until he be-\\ncame one of the\\nlargest and most\\nsuccessful con-\\ntractors and bridge\\nbuilders in New\\nEnglanil. There\\nare many monu-\\nments of his work\\nstill standing.\\nMr. White served\\non the town school\\ncommittee a num-\\nber of years, and\\nwas chairman of\\nthe board, but his\\noccupation took\\nhim out of town a\\ngood deal and\\nheuce he was un-\\nable to fill other\\npublic positions\\nw hich were offered\\nhim. He was a\\nsubstantial citizen\\nand a true man in\\nall the relations of\\nlife. He was a\\nUniversalist and a\\nfreemason, being\\na menil)er of a\\nlodge in Vermont.\\nMr. White was\\nunited in marriage\\nJune 26, 1838, with\\nRebecca (Moore)\\nMcConihe, daugh-\\nter of John and\\nElizabeth (Alex-\\nander) McConihe of Merrimack. Four children were\\nborn of their marriage: James B., born July 3, 1839,\\nmarried Anna F. Davis of Bangor, Me., March 23, 1S68;\\nFMwin D., born Oct. 27, 1841, soldier and journalist, died\\nin Naslu j, March 12, 1886; Sarah FHiza, born F eb. i,\\n1844, married Col. Elbridge J. Copp of Nashua, died Dec.\\n6, 1893 Abby Sophia, born Oct. 13, 1S46, died Sept. 6, 1848.\\nAUGUSTUS GARDNER REED.\\n.Augustus C. Reed, son of Joshua and Harriet (Flint)\\nReed, was born in Stoddard, Sept. 8, 1816, died at\\nNashua, July 3, 1896. (For ancestors see sketch of his\\nbrother, Elbridge G. Reed.) He was educated in the\\ncommon schools of his native place, at Walpole, and at\\nthe academy at Bellows Falls, Vt. When he was in his\\nsixteenth year he accompanied his parents in their re-\\nmoval to Rockingham, t., where he remained about\\nthree years, when\\nhe came to Nashua\\nand entered the\\nemploy of Beasoni\\nReed, dry goods\\ndealers, as a trav-\\nelling salesman.\\nFour years later\\nhe became a mem-\\nber of the firm,\\n.and after that was\\nin company at\\ndifferent times\\nwithChas. Crosby,\\nhis brother, Henry\\nH and E. A.\\nSlader. Mr. Reed\\nwas one of the\\ncharter members\\no f the Indian\\nHead Stale bank\\nand served on its\\nboard of directors,\\nincluiling service\\nsince it was a na-\\ntional bank, fortv-\\nt wo 3-ears He a I so\\nserved many years\\non the board of\\ninvestment of the\\nNashua Savings\\nbank and was trus-\\ntee of the Charles\\nT. Gill estate and\\nguardian for the\\nchildren. He was\\nan honorable and\\nuseful citizen and\\nc o nscientiously\\nperformed his\\nduty in all things.\\nMr. Reed served\\non the board of\\ninspectors of\\nchecklists two or\\nthree years and\\nwas a member of\\nthe board of alder-\\nnun in 1873. He was a member of the fire department\\ntwenty-nine years and held all the offices except that of\\nchief. He was a Universalist.\\nMr. Reed was twice married: first, June 21, 1843, with\\nEliza C. Crabtree, daughter of I.emuel Crabtree, who died\\nin June, 1863: second, in July, 1865. Mary E. (Jones)\\nFoster, who died April 25, 1893. No children.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF X.4S//r.l, .V.\\nCALVIN B. HILL.\\nCalvin B. Hill was Ijorn at East Douglas, Mass., March\\n5. 1827, died at Nashua, May 9, 1889. He was a son of\\nMicah and Sally (Marsh) Hill. Mr. Hill s genealogy\\nis clearly traced through eight generations to John Hill.\\nan English member of the Plymouth colony, who, in\\n1633, settled at Dorchester, Mass. He was a blacksmith,\\na member Of the Boston Artillery company, the father of\\nei^ht children and a man of good report. His children\\nbecame settlers in\\nother places in the\\ncolony, and many\\nof their members,\\nand also their de-\\nscendants in later\\ngenerations be-\\ncame prominent in\\nreligious, civil and\\nmilitary affairs.\\nEphriam Hill, son\\nof Samuel and\\ngrandson of John,\\nwas the first set-\\ntler of East Doug-\\nlas, 1721 His\\nname frequently\\nappears iu the\\nrecords of that\\nplace, (with the\\nprefix of captain,\\nwhich shows that\\nhe was among the\\nofficers of the town\\nand transacted a\\ngood deal of its\\nbusiness. He died\\nat the age of about\\n107 years. His\\nson, Caleb, was a\\ndeacon in the\\nchurch at East\\nDouglas, and is\\nmentioned in the\\nold records as\\ncolonel, which is\\npresumptive evi-\\ndence that he was\\na soldier in the\\nContinental ami}\\nIn the next gen-\\neration Moses\\nHill, son of Caleb,\\nis recorded as lieu-\\ntenant, by this it\\nmay be inferred that he was also a Revolutiouar}- sol-\\ndier. He was a church deacon and died at the age\\nof forty-two years. Micah, son of Moses, and father of\\nthe subject of this sketch, was an influential citizen of\\nEast Douglas, a man of uubleniished character, and, like\\nhis father before him, a deacon iu the church. On the ma-\\nternal side his genealogy is identical with the Sheffields,\\nMarshes and other prominent Massachusetts families.\\nMr. Hill attended the common schools in his native\\nplace and finished his education at the academy at East\\nCM/^^^\\nHaddain, Conn. He left school in 1843, anrl the following\\ntwo years were spent in Boston learning the art of a\\npharmacist. In 1845 he came to Nashua and formed a\\nco-partnership with J. W. White, under the firm name of\\nWhite Hill, and from that time to 1857 conducted a\\nprosperous business on the south corner of Main and\\nFactory streets. In the last year mentioned he sold out\\nhis interest to Mr. White and became treasurer of the\\nUnderbill Edge Tool company, a position which he filled\\nwith credit to himself till 1883. In the meantime he\\nwas interested in\\nseveral other en-\\nterprises and a di-\\nrector in the Indian\\nHead Nat l bank,\\nbeing president\\nof that institu-\\ntion a number of\\nyears, rendering\\nit valuable ser-\\nvice. Mr. Hill\\nnever aspired to\\npublic office. It\\nwas not to his\\ntaste, and, besides\\nthe time he devot-\\nto business, was\\nfully occupied\\nwith the trusts\\ncommitted to his\\ncharge, and the\\ncare of the estate\\nof the heirs of W.\\nD. Beasom.\\nMr. Hill was a\\nm ember o f t h e\\nMain street M. E.\\nchurch and served\\nmany years on its\\nboard of trustees,\\nas superintendent\\nof the S u n d a y\\nschool being the\\norganizer of its\\njuvenile depart-\\nment and in\\nother capacities.\\nHe was a liberal\\ncontributor for the\\nsupport of preach-\\ning and church\\nwork, and one of\\nthe very foremost\\nin making every-\\nbody feel at home\\nand happy at the church socials and entertainments.\\nIn a word, Mr. Hill s career was a success in upright-\\nness as a business man, and in the cheerful performance\\nof the duty men owe their fellowmen and their Creator.\\nMr. Hill was united in marriage Nov. 12, 1856, to Laura\\nA. Beasom, daughter of William D. and Laura (Hobbs)\\nBea.som of Nashua. (For ancestors see sketch of her\\nfather). Two children were born of thjrr marriage:\\nWilliam Beasom, born Feb. 7, 1858, died Sept. 26, 1877;\\nClara Baldwin, born Jlarcli 9, 1862, died Jan. 30, 1866.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "irrSTORY OF NASHUA. N. H.\\nMATTHEW BARR.\\nMaltlu-w llarr was born in Ik dfonl, Nov. i6, 1S21, lUi-il\\nin Nashua, July 18, 1882. He was a sou of John anil\\nSophia (Richardson) Barr. (For ancestors see skt-tcli of\\nhis brother, J. N. Barr).\\n:\\\\Ir. Barr was educated in the common .schools of his\\nnative place, including the high school and was graduated\\nat Tembrook academy. When he was twenty-two years\\nof age he came to Nashua and entered the store of Merrill\\nBarr as a clerk.\\nA few years later\\nhe formed a co-\\npartnership with\\nWilliam I rcncli,\\nunder the firm\\nname of I rench\\nBarr and entered\\nthe grocery busi-\\nness at Manches-\\nter, where he re-\\nmained two years.\\nHe returned to\\nNashua in 1850 and\\nentered into part-\\nnership with his\\nbrother, the firm\\nbeing J. N. S: M.\\nBarr, the south\\nstore in the Bap-\\ntist church edifice\\nbeing the place of\\nbusiness. The\\nfirm did an exten-\\nsive hardware\\nbusiness and upon\\nits dissolution was\\ncontinued with\\nanother brother,\\nJames, under the\\nname of M. Barr\\n6s: Co. Meanwhile\\nthe place of busi-\\nness was changed\\nto Greeley block,\\nand later to the\\nnorth store in the\\nFirst church edi-\\nfice on Main street.\\nI pon the death of\\nJames, Matthew\\ncontinued alone\\nfor a while and\\nthen formed a co-\\npartnership with James Barnard, under the firm name of\\nBarr S: Co. A few- years later he sold out to James\\nBarnard, Frank E. Kittredge and John H. B.irr, wdio did\\nbusiness under the name of Barr Co. until 1894. Upon\\nretiring from business he traveled extensively in Europe\\nand upon his return, in 1897, he bought out Mark W.\\nMerrill and was engaged in the flour and grain l)usiness\\nthe two following years. Later he again retired and after\\nthat spent ^Vst of his time until death in travel.\\nMr. Barr was one of the foremost members of the Pearl\\nstreet Congregational church and one of the largest\\nMATTHEW liAKR\\ncontributors to its support for a number of years. He\\ntransferred his membership to the Pilgrim church when\\nthe Olive street and Pearl street churches united under\\nthat name. His relations with and to the church were\\nthose of a sincere and unostentatious Christian. Never\\nforcing himself to the front, he was always ready to\\nrespond to any call for help to aid the advancement of\\nthe religion of Christ in whom he unhesitatingly believed\\nand trusted as the Saviour of the world. Mr. Barr was a\\ndirector in the Indian Head National bank and a trustee\\nof the City Sav-\\nings bank. He\\nwas a Democrat in\\npolitics and a man\\nof influence in his\\nparty. In 1866 he\\nrepresented Ward\\nOne in the board\\nof aldermen, and\\nlater he was once\\nor twice the candi-\\ndate of his party\\nfor the office of\\nmayor. He was\\nadministrator of\\nseveral estates and\\nguardian of sev-\\neral minors in-\\nheritances. In his\\nbusiness and social\\nlife Mr. Barr was\\na quiet, dignified\\nand generous man\\nwho performed\\nevery duty in life\\nin a conscientious\\nmanner and who,\\nin a long residence\\nin Nashua, won\\nthe respect and\\nkind regards of all\\nclasses of his fel-\\nlow-citizens. In\\nhis business meth-\\nods he was strictly\\nhonorable and\\nabove board. His\\nsimple promise\\nwas as good as\\nan elaborately\\nwritten bond, and\\nhis business repu-\\ntation at home and\\nabroad was of the\\nhighest order his success was proportionally great. He\\nwas in fact a member of that class of men who succeed\\non their merits. His memory deservedlj occupies a\\nprominent page in this histor)\\nMr. Barr was united in marriage June 29, 1848, with\\nE.sther A. Clapp, daughter of Allen and Hannah (New-\\ncomb) Clapp of Marlboro. Her grandfather was Asa\\nClapp of the same place. Two daughters were born of\\ntheir marriage: Eva Lillian, married John F. Stark,\\ndecea.sed, leaving one son, George F. Stark Carrie E.,\\nmarried John F. Stark.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "I 12\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nHLBRIDGH GERRY RBED.\\nKlbrid.Hf (1. Reed, son of Joshua and Harriet (I lint)\\nReed, was born in Stoddard, May 28, 1810, died in Nashua\\nJan. 21, 1896. His grandfather, Joshua Reed, son of\\nv.\\\\.n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\M;v. (;KRiiY kked.\\nJoshua, born at Westford, March f 1763, served three\\nyears in the Revolutionary War, and after the independ-\\nence of the country was won settled at Stoddard he was\\na pensioner. Of his large family, many have become\\ndi.stinguished in professions and mercantile life. Mr.\\nReed was educated in the coninion schools of his native\\nplace and at the academy in Bellows Falls, Vt. He\\nremaine l on the home farm till he was eighteen years of\\nage. and then went to Walpole, where he was employed\\nin agricultural pursuits until he was nineteen, when he\\nwent on the road as a traveling salesman, and continued\\nin that occupation until he was twenty-four years old.\\nHe then came to Nashua, and engageil in the dry goods\\ntrade with William 1). Keasom, the firm being Beasoni X:\\nReed, during the next eleven years, after which he was in\\ncompany in the .same busines five years with E. A. Slader,\\nvmder the firm name of Reed Slader. .\\\\fter that\\ntime he gave his attention to private affairs.\\nMr. Reed was one of the founders of the Indian Head\\nbank, and was a director in it twenty-five years. He\\nrepresented his wanl one year in the common council,\\nand was held in the highest respect by the community.\\nHe attended the Baptist church, and contributed liberally\\nto its support. Mr. Reed was united in marriage May 26,\\n1836, with Nancy Phelps, daughter of Simeon Lakin and\\nRhoda (Harris) Phelps of Nashua. Two children were\\nborn of their marriage: Abby M., born in Nashua, April\\n27, 1838, married, in May. 1864, Dr. J. A\\\\ Hedee of\\nAuburn, Me.; Helen Delia, burn in Nashua, Sept. 22,\\n1842, married Sept. 22, 1868, William H. Baldwin, New\\nN ork, ci\\\\il engineer.\\nFRANKLIN MUNROE.\\nFranklin Munroe was born at Lexington, Mass., Aug\\n31, 1805, died at Nashua, Sept. 18, 1873. He was a\\ndescendant of William Munroe, who was born in Scotland\\nin 1625 and came to America in 1682. The family settled\\nat Lexington. The descent is William, Jr., Philemon,\\nwho, being a lieutenant in the enrollment of Minute men,\\njiarticipated in the first engagement in the Revolution at\\nLexington common, and Thomas Munroe, father of the\\nsuliject of this sketch.\\nMr. Munroe was educated in the schools of his native\\nplace. In 1827 he became a resident of Nashua, and for\\nsome time after was engaged in mercantile pursuits. He\\nwas a stirring citizen, whose influence was felt in many\\ndirections and who held many responsible positions\\namong his fellow citizens. Mr. Munroe served the town,\\nand laUr the city, in many capacities, and was identified\\nwith the militia and fire department, being a commissioned\\nofficer in the Lafayette Li.ght infantr\\\\ and foreman of an\\nengine company. He also held the offices of assessor,\\ntown clerk, selectman, alderman, moderator, surveyor of\\nhighways, many years as a member of the school com-\\nmittee, and was chief engineer of the fire department\\ntwenty years. In 1861 he was nominated for the office of\\nmayor, and in a three days contest, (a majority vote\\nbeing required to elect at that time), was defeated by Col.\\nGeorge Bowers. Mr. Munroe was an active member\\nof the First Congregational church, and for several\\nyears was treasurer of the society and superintendent\\nof its Sunday school. He was also president of a temper-\\nance society and of Bethonian society. In 1849 he gave\\nup mercantile pursuits and became treasurer of the\\nNashua Iron and vSteel company, which position he held\\nuntil his death. Meantime, he served as president of the\\nVerd Antique Marble company and Nashua Lock com-\\npany. Mr. Munroe was a member of Rising Sun lodge,\\nV and M., and his body was buried in the Nashua\\ncemetery with the rites of the order, the grand master of\\nthe state oiTiciating. He was a man of magnificent\\nphysique, of cheerful and hopeful disposition, of unaf-\\nfected and loyal companionship, and a conspicuous\\nNashuan. who had the good will of the whole community.\\nIt mav l)e added, without injustice to any of the societies\\nof which INIr. Munroe was a member, that it is in the fire\\nde])artnient that his name will go down to posterity. One\\nof the companies has a fine oil painting of him and the\\nstory of musters and anecdotes, in which he was a moving\\nfactor, are told and retold and passed along from gener-\\nation to generation until they become legendary. Take\\nhim for all and all, and considering the bon homme of\\nhis nature and the cordiality of his greeting, he was a\\nman who filled a large place in the hearts of the Nashuans\\nwho were the pride of the earl\\\\ daj-s in the gate city.\\nMr. Munroe was united in marriage Aug. 19, 1826, with\\nMary R. Bell of Boston. One son was born of their mar-\\nriage L ranklin Otis Munroe, born in Boston, Nov. 9,\\n1827, married Harriet Hosmer in Ma- 9, Eliza A.\\nWhite in June, 1869, and Mary Edson i iy, 1890. No\\nchildren.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "iiisrom- or .\\\\:is//r.i, .y,\\n3\\nCHARl.HS H. NUTT.\\nCharles H. Nutt was born at Tviij;sboro, Mass., May 3,\\n1817, (lied at Nashua, Aiifj. 7. rSg2. He was a son of\\nSamuel and Hannah (I sher) Xutt. His paternal ances-\\ntors were early settlers in Krancestovvn and were worthy\\npeople. On the maternal side he was a descendant of the\\nUshers, one of the first families of Danvers, Mass.\\nMr. Nutt )l)taintcl his primary education in the public\\nschools of .\\\\mhcrst, to which place his parents removed\\nwhen lie was a\\nchild and where\\nthey became wiile-\\nIv known as laud-\\nlord and huuUady\\nof Xutt s tavern.\\nWhile yet a lad he\\nw;is in tlie employ\\nof Robert Reed,\\nwho kept a coun-\\ntry store at .\\\\ni-\\nherst. He com-\\npleted his studies\\nat Derry academy,\\nand in 1 S33 be-\\ncame a clerk in\\nthe general mer-\\nchandise store of\\nHon. Isaac Spald-\\niiij; in Nashua. In\\niS.v. Mr. Spaldiuj,\\nhaving sold out his\\nbusiness, Mr. Nutt\\nwent int j the mer-\\nchant t a i 1 or i n g\\nInisincss o n his\\nown account. His\\nvent u r e w .a s a\\nsuccess. The busi-\\nness, however,\\nhad its limitations\\nand, beino; ambi-\\ntious for a larger\\nfield of endeavor,\\nhe sold out in 1846,\\naud purchased the\\nstock and good\\nwill of the succes-\\nsor in the Ijusiness\\nestablished by his\\nfirst employer in\\nNashua. He con-\\ntiuueil the busi-\\nness at the old\\nstand at the corner of Main and I actory streets till 1S60,\\nin which year he purchased the property at the corner of\\nMain and Park streets, built a new block, which has since\\nbeen greatly improved, and pursued the hanlware depart-\\nment of his former l)usiness until 1889, when, by reason of\\nfailing health, he sold out and retired to private life.\\nMr. Nutt was an old school and progressive merchant\\nwhose word was as good as his note. He did business on\\nthorougli liusiuess principles, and was a man whose\\njiidgnient was much sought after by the mercantile com-\\nmunity. He was a good citizen and an ardent lover of his\\nLII.XRI.I IS 11. \\\\t! 1 t.\\ncountry ami her institutions. In 1846, 1847 and 1848, he\\nserved the town as clerk, but his retiring disposition and\\ndread of notoriety aud public life was such that he could\\nnot be ])revaile l n])on in his later life to stand as a candi-\\ndate for any office in the gift of the peo])le. He was a\\ndirector for a number of years in the First National bank\\nof Nashua, and the Souhegan National bank of Milford,\\nand was interested in other institutions. Mr. Nutt was a\\nCuitarian, and very firm and decided although quiet and\\nunobtrusive, in his religious convictions. He had the\\ninterests of the\\npeople at heart. It\\nis very evident,\\nfrom his will, that\\nfor several years\\nprevious to. his\\ndeath he had.been\\nmeditating upon\\nvarious methods\\nand ways of dis-\\n])osing of a con-\\nsiderable portion\\nof liis large estate\\nat his decease, so\\nas that it would\\naccrue to the bene-\\nfit of the city in\\nwhich he by his\\njustice ami perse-\\nverance had accu-\\nmulated it, and\\nwhose people and\\ninterests occupied\\nso large a place in\\nhis a ff e c t i o u s\\nThat his medita-\\ntions finally cul-\\nniiiialeil in the\\ndetermination to\\nestablish a hos-\\npital fund was\\nworthy alike of his\\nbusiness sagacity,\\nwhich enabled\\nhim to select this\\n111 e t h o d a s o 11 e\\nmost likely to\\nbenefit all classes\\nof citizens, and of\\nhis generosity and\\nhumanity, which\\nprompted him to\\nprovide especially\\nfor that large class\\nof unfortunates, who, in accident and disease, are too\\noften left to the cold charity of the world. Kventually a\\nlarge sum will be available to erect a set of buildings to\\nbe known as the Nutt hospital.\\nMr. Nutt was united in marriage in December, 1842,\\nwith Elizabeth Anderson, daughter of John and Ivliza\\n(Kckfeldt) Anderson, both of Philadelphia. The chil-\\ndren of their marriage were: Lizzie A., born March 16,\\n1844, married F. E. Allen of Keene, deceased; Charles\\nA., born June 19, 1847, married Sadie M. Putney of\\nManchester: George, boru June 16, 1855, deceased.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "114\\nHISTORY OF XASHUA, N. H.\\nHIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, CANALS, STAGING AND TAVERNS.\\nBY A. H. SAUNUEKS.\\nBut come thy \\\\va3-s, we ll go along together.\\nAnd thereby hangs a tale.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094As YoH Liki It.\\nTHE earlier history of Dunstable, so far as the records of the town were made, is exceedingly\\nunsatisfactory in that no results of the various tindertakings of the town are entefed upon\\nthe records so that sticceeding generations could be able to identify and locate the work done\\nby their predecessors. The settlers of the town were too earnest in their work of wresting\\nfrom the soil the means of sustaining life, and, from their advanced position in the then wilderness, in\\npreserving from their Indian foes even life itself, to ctiltivate the graces or such an edtication\\nas would qualify them to become narrators of the\\nevents in their own times; indeed, from the very\\nanxiety displayed in the fact that they must in\\nany event have a spiritual leader, the minister,\\nwho was the only educated man in the comnuinitv,\\nit may be jtistly inferred that among the doctrinal\\ntenets inculcated stifhcient unto the day is the\\nevil thereof was taken by them in its nuxst literal\\nsense and they were eminently satisfied if they\\ncotild work out for themselves a home, provide\\nfor their families, and at last die in the hope of a\\nblessed innnortality indeed, the ecclesiastical\\nelement entered so largely into the daily life of\\nthese early settlers that no communit)- could exist\\nas a corporate body tintil a minister was settled.\\nThe earliest disturbances, as it appears by the\\nrecords, were catised by the difficult\\\\- in locating\\nthe meeting hotise so that the people of the\\nsparsely settled colony could all eqttally enjoy\\nthe benefits to be derived from the weekly\\nexpounding of the laws of their austere religion,\\nsubject as they were to the inevitable fine for non-attendance and their proportional part of the\\nminister s tax at all events, without the corresponding benefit to be derived therefrom.\\nTaxation without representation was thus early a matter of great import. All this had much to do\\nwith the location of the roads and bridges, as will be seen later on.\\nUnfortunately the town dark, being more familiar with the carnal weapons than tho.se of the\\nscribe, we are left very much in the dark about the highways and bridges, and are led to the belief that\\nat that early period they must have been first located by blazed trees so that the good man, with his\\nwife mounted upon a pillion behind him, rode to chtirch as l)est he might, upon horseback later as\\nthe families increased, the trees were cttt, making a passageway- through the woods which would\\npermit the use of a rough home-made sled in the winter, or rude cart fashioned for farm use as well\\nas a conveyance in the summer.\\nThe ri\\\\-ers were the natural highways along which were the Indian trails which were followed by\\nthe earliest roads. Timber was eagerly sought after, which, with the king s reservation of those\\nsuitable for masts of his ships, thus found a ready passage to the sea. The rivers also afforded fish\\nin abundance, no small item in those days. The earliest record of a trail is taken from Potter s\\nManchester, and is as follows\\nIn 1648 the famous apo.stle, Eliot, hired a hardy man of Nashaway to cut out a way and mark\\ntrees from Nashaway to Namaskee, and he hired Indians and cut his way and marked the trees,\\nand when they came to Souhegau in their work the Indians of Souhegan were much pleased to think\\nTHE OLD IRON BRIDGE OVER THE NASHUA AT\\nCANAL AND BRIDGE STREETS.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF .y.lS//r/A, N. 11. 115\\ntluit Ivliot was come to visit them, for tlK-\\\\- had iK-aid him at Pawtucket and Nashua, so that the first\\nbridle path e\\\\ er made from Nashua to Namaskeag (now Manchester) was made at the expense of\\nApostle hUiot.\\nLand grants were made to enterprising men from Hoston, Salem, Marblehead and elsewhere,\\ncomprising what were known as the Boston Farms, probably as early as 1650; settlers had come\\nin, orchards had been planted and the cultivation of land commenced, and so the foundation of the\\nfuture Dunstable laid. This I conjecture, for when the new elected town of Billerica was incorporated,\\nMay 29, 1655, they having been handicapped by large grants to the Cambridge church and college,\\nalread}- made or insisted upon, petitioned the authorities to offset this bj a grant of land not hitherto\\ntaken u]), which was granted and it was ordered by the general court that Major Willard, Capt.\\nIvdw d Johnson, Mr. Edw d Jackson or any two of them with Thomas Danforth, or any other\\nsurveyor shall laA out the same. The following is a literal copy of their report:\\nLayd out to the vse of the inhabitants of Billirrikey, eight thousand acres of land, lying vpon\\nMerremacke Riuer, on both sides thereof, taking in the trucking howse now inhabitated by Jno.\\nCromwell, the same land being lajd out about sixe thousand three hundred acres, on the east side of\\nthe riuer, about seventeene hundred and fi\\\\-et\\\\ acres on the west side of sajd riuer, and is bounded by\\nthe wilderness surrounding the same, as is demonstrated by a plott thereof, taken and made by\\nJonathan Danforth, sur\\\\-ejor, and exhibl)ited to this Court by Major Symon Willard and Capt. Edward\\nJohnson, appointed by this Court, Octob. 14, 1656, to lay out the same.\\nSvMON Willard,\\nEdward Johx,son.\\nThe Court allowes iS: approves of the retourne of these connnissioners in reference to the land\\nherein expressed. 1657, May 15.\\nIt is safe to say that this survey was the earliest ever made for the purpose of locating land grants\\nin the Merrimack valley beyond Chelmsford, and is the starting point in the history of Dunstable,\\nand shows conclusively that the Dunstable lands had already been occupied or at least taken up.\\nThe location was in a part of the valley commonly called Naticook. This Naticook grant remained\\nfor a year in the hands of Billerica, when John Parker received authority to dispose of it. (Mass.\\nGrants, page 7\\nThe authority for the above will be found in the Mass. Col. Records, \\\\o\\\\. 4, part I, p. 269-302,\\nand Mass. Ancient Maps and Plans, Vol. 2, Index: Billerica. William Brenton, who bought the\\nNaticot land of Billerica was a Boston merchant and leading business man. He removed soon after\\nthis date to Rhode Island, and was governor of that colony in 1666-S, and died in 1674. Litchfield,\\nwhich was taken from Dunstable in 1734, was known as Brenton s Farms.\\nI have apparently digressed in thus giving the true history of the Brenton farm, but I judge that\\nit will be of interest to many from the fact that its boundary lines appear to this da\\\\ in conveyances\\nof lands both in Litchfield and Nashua.\\nA serious obstacle to the identification of the earlier roads arose from the practice of the owners\\nof lands adjacent to each other who agreed as to travelled ways through their lands without recording\\nthe same, as for instance, the owners of the Brattle farm, which embraced about two thousand acres\\nand extended from Massapoag pond northea.sterly, taking in the present \\\\-illage of Dunstable, agreed\\nas follows\\nDUNSTABLK, Oct. 25, 1718.\\nAt a meeting of us whose names are underwritten, being the proprietors of ye farme that was\\nMr. Thomas Brattles, and having divided ye greatest part of it among.st us into lots, both y^ upland\\nand ye medow, doe all agree that every one of us shall bee allowed all necessar\\\\ ways, for the\\nimprovement of our lands, and to ye meeting house, as the major part of the propriety shall order\\nand determine, and in case any one be more damnified by ye he shall be recompenced for his damage\\nby ye way exing. Witness our hands, Thomas Cummings. Nathaniel Cumings, Jacob Kendle,\\nAbraham Taylor, John Taylor, James Jewell, Thomas Jewell.\\nAgain, roads were laid from the hou.se of one man to that of another, the residence of one or\\nboth at this late day unknown still again, many of these roads were afterward changed or discon-\\ntinued with no record of the fact made in some cases descriptions are given but no distances, so", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "ii6 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nthat at the very outset we are met with a predominating element of vagueness and uncertainty well\\nnigh, if not quite, impossible to surmount.\\nThe earliest laid out road of which we have any record was in 16S3-4, from the meeting house,\\nwhich probably stood near the old burying ground on the Lowell road, to Groton Centre.\\nAt a generall Town Meeting, held September 15, 1686, Obediah Perry and Daniel Waldo\\nwere chosen sur\\\\-eyers of the highways. This is the first recorded election of such officers. Obediah\\nPerry, mentioned above, was killed by the Indians, Sept. 28, 1691, on the south bank of the Nashua\\nriver. As a matter of interest, showing an ancient custom in the transfer of land to complete the\\ndelivery thereof, I subjoin the following action taken at the same meeting.\\noted. That the selectmen shall spedily confirm the house and land promised to Mr. Weld\\nbefore his ordination, by signing and sealing to a deed of gift in the behalf of the whole town and\\ngive him posses.sion thereof by iiirf and hcig.\\nThis minister s lot was on the Lowell road, near the state line and included the now so called\\nHighland farm.\\nIn 1687 we find the town assessed 1 12s. 3d. to aid in building the great Bridge o\\\\-er the\\nConcord river at the fordwax in Billerica on the Great Boston Road.\\nSeptember 22, 16S7, Cornelius Waldo and Christopher Temple were chosen Servayours of the\\nhy way, and at a selectmen s meeting, Oct. 19 following, it was ordered that they shall forth with\\nmend the hy ways and ar impowered to warn and require men and teams to assist them in this work.\\nChristopher Temple was killed by the Indians with Obediah Perry before mentioned.\\nThe initial step toward laying out Main street, or, as it was for over a century thereafter called,\\nthe Great Boston Road, was taken May 24, 1688, when it was ordered, the selectmen are to lay\\nout the Kings liyway, throu the Town to Nashawa river, and lay out Convenient liyway frome the\\ngenerall hy (way) to merimathe River, where it may be best and do lest damag to the lot whear it\\nmust ly through.\\nWhat, if an\\\\ thing, resulted from this does not appear upon the records.\\nDunstable lieing dependent upon Boston for all material supplies beyond what they could gather\\nfrom the forest and .streams or extract from the soil, the settlements below thought that inasmuch as\\nthey were thus dependent it would be fair and equitable that they bear a part of the burden of keeping\\nthe travelled way in a passable condition and so it appears that Dunstable was asked to contribute to\\nthe building of a bridge over Billerica river as per this record.\\nThis 2nd day of January, 1698-9, it was unanimously Agreed by the Inhabbitence of dunstahle\\nthat Major Jonathan Tyng be Requested and he is hereby Impowared to appare on the behalf of this\\nsaid town at Mr. nathaniell hills house in Chelmsford upon Wednesday next and Joyne with other\\nparsons ABoute a Brige over billarica River and Consenting to our Raising a proporsauable part of\\nthe charge hearof According to our estate as witness hereof the Selectmen and town Clark have\\nhereunto subscribed their names.\\nRobert parris\\nSamuel Franch (French.)\\nhis\\nThomas X lun (Lund.)\\nmark\\nas attest\\nJoseph Blanchard\\nTown Clark.\\nThe first mention of any bridge in the town itself is in the following vote\\nJune the 29th, 1699.\\nAt a town meeting of the Inhabitents of Dunstable it was agreed and voted that Mr. Jno.\\nSollendine be desired to build a sufficient cross bridge over Salmon brook near Mr. Thomas Clark s\\nffarm hous provided the co.st thereof do not exceed the sum of forty shilings and the Inhabitents of\\nthe town will bear the charge of one-half part in money or other things of money price as soue as\\nthe said bridge .shall be finished provided that Indifferent men judge it to be worth so much when the\\nwork is done.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "Secondly. In case Mr. Solk-ndint- do Refuse to l)uikl the saiil bridge- for theprice aforesaid the\\ncondition nicnlioned it is agreed that Thomas Ivnn(d) and Nathanael lilanchard do build the said\\nbridge and the Iidiabitents of the said town do promise to bear one-half part of the cost of said\\nbridge if Mr. Thomas Clarke will bear the other half part and not to exceed fort\\\\ shillings and the\\nwarrant it t stand a tweUe month and if the water Carrv it away they will rebuild it at their own\\nCost.\\nThis was probably a rough log bridge, and located at or near the old bridge just below the\\npresent new stone bridge on Allds street.\\nThe Nathaniel lUanchard mentioned above was killed, with Ins wife Lxclia, daughter Susannah,\\nand his brother s wife, Hannah, on the night of Jul\\\\- 3rd, 1706, b\\\\- the Indians.\\nMarch 4, 1700. Robert paris Mr. William ting and John Cumings are chosen a Comity to\\nla\\\\- out the Kings hight way.\\nMarch i, 1703. Nathaniell ISlanchard and Joseph Hassel was chosen Surveyers of the\\nh\\\\-eways.\\nPerambulation of the Dracut line, wee whose names are under wriUn being Appointed a\\nComit\\\\ b\\\\ the town of dunstable and the town of dracut to Run and istake the bounds Between Each\\ntown accordingly wee have attended said work in March 1710-g wee begun at the northerh- Side of\\nWeakisook Island at a .Stack and vStons then wee Renewed the old bound marks Hetween Said towns\\nuntill wee cam to the South Kast angel of henery Kembels ffarm then finding old bound marks wee\\nagreed to Run according to the general Corts grant which was two degrees Ivastward of the North\\nfouer Mils which Reched to a pine tree marked with D D F with Stons About it which is the Norwest\\nangel of dracut Town the above said line of fouer mils is sufiRtchantly Bounded by trees and heaps\\nof Stons.\\nfor dunstable William Tyng\\nhenery farwell\\nJoseph Blanchard\\nfor dracut Thomas varnum,\\nJoseph Colburn\\nJoseph varnum\\nSam Danforth, Surveyor\\nImployed by Dunstable and Dracut In Said work.\\nJanuary 13, 1711-10, the selectmen agreed with Capt. John Buckley that he should be allowed to\\nvendue a lot granted to his father Major Bucklej- and take another adjoining his farm and in\\nconsideration the captain by the record, doth promis and Ingage to procure for the said town a\\npare of Honarable Culors Compleated and a good Suflitchant Drum within Six months.\\nThe people left in the town were living in garrison houses and in daily fear of Indian attack, and\\nno doubt the Culors and Drum were valued, as the colonies were in the mid.st of Queen Anne s\\nwar, which continued into the year 1713. .Still Generall Town Meetings were held, the regular\\nofficers cho.sen, no mention of the war being made in the records, but we do find that at the next\\nmeeting, held March 3, 171 2, a conunittee was appointed to repair the meeting-house. Ihider all\\ncircumstances they were bound to worship Cioil, but we may well believe that they still kept their\\n])Owder dry.\\nMarch 7, 17 15, Thomas lilanchard was chosen .Saxon of the Meeting house anil grave diger\\nand pound Keeper.\\nMarch 5, 1716. Voted and agreed that there be a commity of five men to state the Cuntry\\nRod from Captain Tyng s to the Nashaway River and also to Lay out a Cunlr\\\\ Rod from Dracut as\\nhigh as the Meeting house.\\nAt a general town meeting on the first day of May in the year 17 17 voted and agreed that their\\nbe a Da_\\\\- of Fast Keep .Sum time this Instant May voted and agreed that ye 15 Day of this Instant\\n.May is the Da\\\\- appointed to be Ajipointed to be kept as a Day of F ast. This is the first recorded\\nappointment of a F^ast-day.\\nSeptember ye Seventh 1718 also agreed that the Cuntry Rod .should be lUit four Rod wide\\nthrough the town on the west Sid of Merrimack River, also voted that John Lovevvell Sener and", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "ii8 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nhis sun John shouUl have Liberty to build a dam in the high way on Sahnon Brook not to Inconimod\\nthe high way.\\nMoney was so scarce that the Massachusetts assembly issued bills of credit to be distributed\\namong the several towns, and on November 7, 1721, Dunstable having received its allotment, chose\\nthree trustees to receive it and let it out to the people in sums not exceeding nor less than ^3 to\\neach individual, charging one shilling in the pound Interest, as the record naively asserts, to pay\\nthe expense in Bringing ye money in to ye town and Leting of ye Said money out. The town\\nhow^ever reserved ^20 for the use of the town, \u00c2\u00a31^ to be paid Mr. Prentice and ^5 towards Berring\\nCloth and a stock of amminition for said town. This last would seem to be a coalition that would\\ncover the whole business.\\nThe boundary line between Dunstable and Dracut seems to have been a source of trouble. We\\nhave alreadv given the perambulation in 17 10, and in 17 16 two men were appointed to go over it\\nao-ain. In 1723 we find the following entered upon the town records.\\nDecembr In the year 1723.\\nRenewing the bounds between Dunstable Dracut Ijy order of the Selectmen of Each town\\nbegining at a pine tree on the North side of beaver Brook in sight of Sd Brook being marked and\\nlettered wh E being fallen down we have laid Stones about it from thence Running Southerly by the\\nold marked trees many of them lettered wh D. D. as we came Near to a place Called Stone Dam then\\nnot finding the old bound then we agreed both parties to niake a pine tree wh Stand on the East Side\\nof beaver brook, four Rods from Sd Dam wh tree is Lettered wh D. D. and Stones bout wh Sd tree\\nstones both parties agreed to be a bound between Sd Towns from Sd bound tree Running Southward\\nto a pine tree marked and lettered wh D. D. fo wh D. D. So Running to pine tree marked Stones\\nabout it near to a pine tree wh is called the Southeast angle of Henry Kimble farm and from vSd pine\\ntree we Removed the old bound to Long pond then running by the pond part of the way to an oak\\ntree then the Sd bound being Lost both Comittyes agreed upon a Line of marked trees to tray Rock\\nto be the bound between Sd towns wh trees are Lettered wh D. D. and then we Removed the old\\nbound to merrimack River this is our Mutual agreement that the Sd Lines Shall Stand Good for Ever\\nand it is agreed that the bound wh mentioned Shall be Entered in Dunstable Dracut Town Books.\\nJoseph Blanchard\\nhis\\nJoseph X Butterfield\\nmark\\nBeing the Major part of the commity of\\nthe town of Dunstable appointed for Sd work.\\nThos. Varnum\\nJoseph Varnum\\nSam ll Colburn\\nBeing the whole of the Commity for Dracut.\\nvSam ll Danforlh, vSurvayer.\\nFrom the nature of the bounds, marked trees with .stones about them and not mentioning the\\nvao-ueness in the direction of the courses, the Good for Ever, ending seems to be, to say the least,\\na trifle high-sounding, Init if it sen-ed the purpose of settling the disturbance of mind in the people,\\nit evidently produced the result desired and to that extent it was commendable, even if mortal man\\ncould never again follow the trail as indicated by the report.\\nApril 30, 1724. Voted that the Selectmen shall imprue a ,Sur\\\\-arear to Rune the Line on the\\nWest Sid of merrinuik River from Grotton Line to merrimake I^iver.\\nVoted that Lut. Henry Farwel shall Gine with the Committye appinted to keep the Grait Bridge\\nin Billerica in Good repare.\\nMarch ye 22, 1725 voted that Every man on the west Side of merrimack River vShould give a\\nday s work towards the highways in repairing of them.\\nApril the 5, 1725 At a meeting of the selectmen Capt. Henry Farwell Sanuiel french were\\nChosen A Commety to preambulate the line between north Town and Dunstable.\\nMarch 6, 1727 voted that there should be eight pounds Rai.sed for Building a Boat.\\nVoted that Capt. Blanchard should Return the Boat with in the year to the Town.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "///SV OA X.IS/frA, jY. 119\\nThis was probal)l\\\\- for a ferr\\\\- o\\\\xt the Merrimack river near llie farm of Captain Hhmchai d at\\nLittle s rail\\\\va\\\\- station, now called South Nashua. Dunstable at that time included lands upon both\\nsides of the river and the settlers upon the east side needed the acconnnodation. Captain Blanchard\\nwas the first, and at that time the only inn-keeper in the town. He died in the fall of this year and\\nas the count\\\\- court was not in .ses.sion in December, 1727, Henry P arwell, Jr., petitioned the general\\nasseml)l\\\\- for a license, which was granted. The above relative to iini-kee])ing is taken from Goodale .s\\nhistorw which I think is wrong. Deacon Samuel l rench, who came from liillerica and l)nilt the\\nhouse, still standing close by the state line, was ])robabIy the first inn-keeper in the town and was\\nsucceeded by his son Samuel F rench who died in November, 1727. At the town meeting held May\\n23, 17,12, among other liills, the following appears and by vote of the meeting, it was allowed and\\nordered jiaid to the heirs.\\nThe town of Dunstable, Dr. to Sam l French, Dec d.\\n1725 to dining the Selectmen c\\\\: meals, /^o 8 o\\nDitto in ye year 1726 fi nieals, .060\\nfor Rhum and Cyder had at Mr. Willm. Lunds for the vSelectmen, 0126\\nGoing abt. to take the Invoice 1726 1727, 4 da) S, 16 o\\nTotal ^^2 2 6\\nThe town records from 1733 to 1745 are missing. Meanwhile the dividing line between Massa-\\nchusetts and New Hampshire had been settled upon in 1741, by which the ancient town had been cut\\nin two, leaving the meeting house and the larger part of the settlement in what seemed to them a\\nstrange country, but they settled down at last and accepted the inevitable. April i, 1746, the town\\nwas incorporated under the laws of New Hampshire and the people proceeded to business.\\nPrevious to this, resen-ations had been made in nearly all of the land grants, expressly stating\\nthat highways should be laid out through them whenever needed and they were doubtless taken in a\\ngo-as-you-please way, which will account for their non-appearance in the records. Now, however,\\naccommodating themselves to the new order of things, we find full records of all new highways, but\\nvery many of them are, from lack of definite description, hard to identify and fully locate at this late day.\\nIt will be borne in mind that Dunstable had been shorn, largely, of its original territory by concessions\\nto, and the erection of other towns taken from its broad acres.\\nIn the charter, Joseph Blanchard was authorized to call the first meeting, which he did April 5,\\n1746, to meet at the house of Jonathan L,ovewell, innholder, on April 14. At this meeting only town\\nofficers were chosen among them were Thomas Lund and John Huston, survej ors of the highways.\\nAt this meeting, also, the method for calling town meetings was adopted by vSigning Notifications to\\nbe Posted at two of the Publick Houses nearest the Middle of said Town. This public house kept\\nby Lovewell stood on the site now occupied by the Godfrey farmhouse at what was then and for a\\nlong time afterward called the Centre.\\nThe next town meeting was held April 30, when it was Voted that the Selectmen lay out what\\nroads they think proper where is most convenient. It was also Voted that a Pound be erected as\\nnear the house of Jonathan Lovew ell as a place can be found convenient for the same and that the\\nPound be Thirty feet square and seven and half high.\\nIt was also Voted that Thomas I-nnd build the Pound and sett it where the Selectmen order and\\ndo it to their Acceptence sum time in May next and upon their accepting the same that the} order the\\nTown Treasurer to pay him Eleven Pounds old tenor for doing the same. The walls of this pound\\nare still standing on the north corner of Taylor road and the Lowell road and w ith but little repairing,\\nand the addition of a gate and lock, would be ready for business to-day.\\nJune 26, 1746, the Great Boston Road was newly staked out and recorded as three rods wide.\\nBut few of the houses known to have been located upon this road are mentioned. Below are all that\\nare given.\\nCapt. Joseph French s house was eight rods north of the state line, Beauchamp s house was one\\nhundred and fort\\\\--nine rods north of the .state line, Colonel Blanchard s house was one hundred and\\nforty-eight rods north of Beauchamp s and twenty-nine rods south of Cummings brook, John Searles\\nhouse sixty-six rods north of Cummings brook, Henry Adams house eighty rods north of Searles\\nthe old ditch which led to the fort was ninety rods north of Adams Mr. Harwood s house was ninety", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "ISO ///STORY OF NASHr.4, N. H.\\nrods north oi thi; old ditch. No other house is mentionetl between Harwood s and the Nashua river\\nexcepting Jonathan Lovewell s at Sahnon lirook, which was five hundred and seventy-three rods\\nnorth of Harwood s and two hundred and eight.v-three south of the Nashua river.\\nWe have no means of knowing when the first bridge was built over the Nashua river, that there\\nwas one at that tnne we know from tlie following record\\nProvince of fo Thomas Lund, one of the Surve\\\\ ors of Highwavs for the Town of Dunstable.\\nNew Hamp.\\nYou are required in his Majestys Name to repair the Plank of Nasliuay river Bridg or to git new\\nif need be which Bridg is an addition to your District which was assigned to you the i ilay of July\\nlast and for assistance to take all that you then reed. Order to take and fail not.\\nJonathan L,ove\\\\vp;i.l, t^\\nDunstable Setatember ve 20, 174.6. i-* tt -vSelectmen.\\nLMUiMainc, V cpLciiujci c _ 1/4. ThOMAS HARWOOD,\\nSeptemlier 26, 1746. Dunstal)le town road was laid out from the Nashua river to the Pennichuck\\nbrook four rods witle untill it comes to the Hill near Penychuck Brook and thence to the ]5ritlge six\\nrods wide.\\nThis is now called the Manchester road, a continuation of Manchester .street.\\nOctober 11, 1746, what is now known as the Concord road was laid out from Penychuck Brook\\nabove Fordwav near Jonathan ]?owers House 1 y John Huston s and Richardson s and Butterfield s\\nand to Nashua River Bridge.\\nAt the town meeting held March 30, 1748, the dissatisfaction existing relative to the location of\\nthe new meeting house and the settling of the new minister. Rev. Samuel Bird, culminated in an open\\nquarrel and, a part of the voters seceding, organized and elected a full set of officers. Here then\\nwere two separate and antagonistic set of town officials, each claiming to be the true governing\\npower. The general a.ssembly was appealed to and after long and repeated hearings, they declared\\nthat particular meeting null and void, and directed when and how a legal meeting for the election of\\ntown officers should be called and appointed a moderator to preside at the said meeting (see N. H.\\nProv. Papers, Vol. 5, article Dunstable). The said meeting was holden, the ofScers were elected and\\nthe town affairs moved along in their accustomed channel, but not without considerable friction in\\nmatters ecclesiastical, although no attempt was ever again made to apply a similar remedy for existing\\ntroubles.\\nFox in his history of Dunstable, (page 153) says, It was soon discovered by Blanchard that\\nneither by the new charter of the town nor by any existing law of the State, was there any provision\\nfor calling the first meeting of the town after its recent incorporation by New Hamp.shire.\\nThis was not so. The charter itself provided for calling the first meeting in these words, We\\ndo by these presents nominate and appoint Coll. Joseph Blanchard to call the first meeting of the said\\nInhabitants to be held within the said town at any time within Thirty days from the date hereof,\\ngiving Legal notice of the time, place and designe of Holding such meeting.\\nThe date of this instrument, it will be noticed, was April i, 1746, and not as given by Fox, April\\n4. Due notice of the above mentioned first meeting was gi\\\\en by said Blanchard and it uhxs held at\\nthe house of Jonathan Lovewell, Inholder, on the fourteenth day of the same month, and town\\nofficers, including Thomas Dund and John Huston, sur\\\\-eyors of highwa\\\\ S, were duly and legally\\nelected and the new town fairly and legally erected.\\nAt this same meeting, March 30, 174S, which we have sliown was declared illegal by the general\\nassembly, the following vote was passed\\nWhereas Capt. John vShepard Built a Piridge over Nashuay River in l)unstal)le and ha\\\\-ing\\nrequested of this town that they would gi\\\\ e their Consent that the Same may be made a Tole Bridge\\nand the Town having Considered the Great Cost in Building and Maintaining said Bridge do There-\\nfore Agree that his request be (Granted npor. his Petitioning the Gen ll Court that the same may don it\\nis provided that this \\\\-ote d(i not bender those persons or their passing over said Bridge or expose them\\nto pay tole who have purchased of said Shepard a pass and Repass over said Bridge .so long as said\\nBridge vStand, also provided said Shepard keep said Bridge in Good repair so long as he takes Tole\\nand that the Town be at no Cost by reason thereof.\\nWhether or not the recjnest was granted by the general court, I am unable to say, but I find in\\nthe town record, at the meeting held vSept. 3, 1750, the following:", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "HISTORY IF NASHUA, N. H. 121\\nX oted that I ifty pouiuls old ten he paid Capt. Jolin Shep])ard in three months from this chite\\nill lull lor all his Rii^ht and ])roperty in the Hridge riiiibcrs and Appur ces over Nashna River he\\nlinilt ill Dunstahle Reser\\\\iii to hiiiiself the Irons for hanging the Gate on vSd. Bridge of which he\\nhas Signed a qnit Claim. Also Voted to Repair the ,^1 Bridge and that the snm of two Hnndred\\nponnds be Raised fifty part Thereof for payment of Capt. Sheppard aforesd. the Other Hundred\\nFifty to be Layd Out in Repairs. .\\\\ii 1 that Messrs. Jonathan Lovewell, John Butterfield Hphraim\\n.\\\\danis be a com tee to vSee that the .Service aforesd. be done.\\nIt would seem that this bridge, for a time, must ha\\\\ e been a Tole Bridge.\\niMu lullowing appears on the record of the meeting held Ma\\\\- 14, 1753\\nThe ,^rd Article in the Warrant was taken under Consideration and the Hon. Jose])h Blanchard\\nEsq. offering the Town the liberty of the land to the old fordway provided the I\\\\jwn forth with make\\na jood fence near the Ri\\\\-er bank so that his field may not l\\\\ e e.xposed 1)y reason of the passing a\\nVote was proposed to se if the Town will build a fence as proposed. Passed in the Negative.\\nA ()te pro]iosed on the 5th Article as ft}lloweth. That in as much as the 15ridge over Nashaway\\nRi\\\\ci ill this Town is of Great Kxjience in Building and keeping in Repair latl\\\\- at a large Kxpence\\nBuilt and car ed a way with a freshet. vSo much Travelling for the Publick it is of (ireat Needcessety\\nfor rebuikling the Heavy Charges l\\\\ ing on this Town for their other necessary affairs has left them of\\nInabillity According to the corse of comon Taxes to perform the same with out further Aide W here\\nas there is large Quantity of land unimproved belonging to Residents and nonresidents which are not\\nrateable that rise in value by reason of the Impro\\\\einents and Taxes that are paid amongst us.\\nThere fore oted that this Town Petition to the Genl. Assembly of this Province shewing ouer\\ndificulty Pray that the sum of one Hundred fifty pounds new tenor be laieyed upon the lands in\\nthis Town in P^qual proportion pr. Acre -in such maner as shall be free of any charge for Collecting to\\nbe appropriated for the Building a Bridge over the Nashu\\\\vay River and no other use what so ever\\nThat the Hon. Joseph Blanchard Ivsq. and Mr. Jonathan Lovewell l)e desired to Petition the Genl.\\nAssembly for their Grant Agreable to the foregoing vote. Pased in the Affairmative.\\nVoted that a Bridge be built over Xashuway River the Ensuing sumer at the Charge of this\\nTown that the Hon. Joseph Blanchard Esq. Mr. Noah Johnson and Mr. Jonathan Lovewell be a\\nComte Authorized Impowered in behalf of this Town to Agree contract with any person or\\npersons at their discretion to Effect the Same and that such their contract or Agreement be Obligatory\\nbinding upon this Town for payment.\\nJune 4, 1753. A road was laid out from Thomas Adams house to the country road, also one from\\nGideon Honey s house to the countr\\\\ road.\\nNeither of these, from the loose way in which the la out was made was recorded, can at this late\\nda J be located.\\nNovember 11, 1754, the road which is marked as the I^uud road on our town map was laid out.\\nIt commenced at what is now called the East Dunstable road and was practically an extension of what\\nappears on our map as the Robinson road it extended in a northwesterly direction across .Salmon\\nbrook and across the then calletl Hassel, now known as Hale s brook, to Mine island. About tliis time\\na saw mill was built at Mine island falls and this read led from what was then called tlie Centre,\\nat the junction of the Robinson and the Great Boston Roads, directly to it. The new church also,\\nbeing located at the Centre, at the crotch of the roads, it will be seen that this was a very imjiortant\\nand much used road. Also on this same da a road was laid out from Pennichuck l)rook at T\\\\ ler s\\nfordway to the country road. It was custonmry to call any main road, the country road probably\\nthis road is the one known as the Reed s pond, or middle Merrimack road, the countrv road being\\nthe Manchester road.\\nBridging the Nashua ri\\\\-er at Main street, expensi\\\\-e as it bad alread\\\\ been to the town, was\\ndestined to ])ro\\\\-e still more a source of trouble and expense. W e have seen that there was one of\\nsome sort as early as 1746, we liave also seen that Capt. John Shepard had built one in I74 S, and that\\nthe town purchased of him all that there was left of it in 1750, and then re])aired it at a co.st of 150,\\nand that in 1753 it had been carried away by a freshet and subsequently a land tax of ,,/,i,so was voted\\nto rebuild it: still again we find March 19, 1759, the following:\\nWhereas the Bridge over Nashuwax River wants Repairing and has been a Great cost and\\ncharge to this Town and so much passing over it by peo])le from other ])laces makes it of Necessity", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "122 HISTOR) OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nthat tlie same be kept in Repair and its being such a cost that this Town is not able to do it without\\ndistressing the Inhabitants. Therefore Voted that Jonathan Lovewell Esqr. Petition the General\\nAssembh for liberty to set up a Lottery so as to Raise a sum of money to Repair or Build the same\\nwhere said Bridge now is, provided liberty is obtained without the Towns Cost.\\nThe lottery was not granted and so the next March it was voted to collect the land tax which the\\ntown had voted to raise. In February, 1763, a committee was appointed to Geet a Collection by\\nSubscribers to build a new bridge.\\nSept. 29, 1763, it was Voted that the Com for keeping the Bridge in Repare Provide a .Suffiant\\nQuantity of 3 Inch Plank to Cover a new Bridge at or neare the Place where it now stands.\\nAug. 9, 1764, it was Proposed that a Bridge be built over Nashua River a little above where\\nthe Bridge now Stands in the most Proper place and one or two Stone arches be made as fit and that\\nthe Committee use of the old Bridge what they vShall think proper for the New one and that the Said\\nCom have power to Draw the money raised for that I{nd by a Tax on all the Land in Dunstable b\\\\-\\nact of Assembly that each person have Liberty to work out his rate at sd. Bridge if the think fit\\nand that the said Com Draw what shall be Subscribed to Sd. Bridge and that they render an acct.\\nof the Costs to the Town when Done and that Mrsrs Joseph Senter Thomas Lund and Joseph\\nWhiting be said Com oted in the affirmative.\\nThe meeting held Dec. 27, 1764, adjourned untill Next Tuesday come fortnight when the\\nCom reported the cost of the bridge to have been .;^5i3-i6-7.\\nMarch 4, 1765. Voted to Sell the old Bridge at vendue Excepting the plank and it struck off\\nto Mr. Jos. Senter for 13-5-0 old tenor.\\nVoted that Mr. Jos. Senter be a Com to take care of the New Bridge and finish the planking\\nand underpinning the Arch.\\nIt would seem by the above that this was a stone-arch bridge, and soon after carried away, for\\nMay 27, 1765, we find the following\\nWhereas this Town Lately Built a Bridge over Nashua River at a great charge and the same\\nbeing carried away last Spring with a flood and the Town not being able to pay so much to Build\\nanother as was then layed out on that, and many people in other Towns proposing to give Something\\ntowards Building the Same again, therefore Voted that fifty Dollars be raised by this Town to Help\\nBuild a New Bridge over said River where the last was and that Messrs. Joseph Whiting Thomas\\nLund Samuel Roby Joseph Senter and Noah Lovewell be a Com to take Care and Build Said\\nBridge as soon as their is a Sufficient Sum Subscribed So as to finish Said Bridge with the fifty\\nDollars and that the Said fifty Dollars be assessed on the Inhabitants of this Town So Soon as the\\nBridge is finished fit for passing and paid to Said Com\\nThe only report of the doings of the committee is suggested at the meeting held Dec. 12 of the\\nsame year when it was Voted that the acct of the Com appointed to Build a Bridge over Nashua\\nRiver this present year over and above what the Town has already Raised and what has Been\\nSubscribed towards Building Said Bridge amounting to Eighteen pounds thirteen shillings and\\nSixpence LawfuU money be allowed and paid to Said Com\\nAt the same meeting it was Voted that Mr. Jos. vSenter be paid four Shillings Lawfull money\\nfor taking care of Nashua River Bridge Last Spring. In 1771 labor on this bridge was paid for at\\nthe rate of two shillings per day.\\nIn looking over the old records, one sees at every turn of the page a strong, ever-present feeling\\nantagonistic to the ecclesiastical condition which prevailed in the old country, and from which these\\nearly settlers had fled to an untrodden wilderness. The stern and unbending faith which they had\\nadopted, as being the farthest from that, was their constant and over-ruling guide in all their daily\\nwalks. They carried their faith into their works even to the extent of a seeming disregard of, or\\nrather a tearing out from the hearts of the living, all tender memories of their dead, as shown in\\ntheir neglect of their last resting places. I am led to this belief by the following extract from the\\nrecord of March 20, 1764\\nVoted that Jonathan Lund take Care of the Beurying Place and keep the Brush well mown for\\ntwo years and that he have Liberty to feed it with Sheep that time.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "///SrOA OF X.lS//fA. N. 11. 123\\nWas there not among them all one poor, rebellious soul, who could lovinsi;l\\\\- linger, with the\\npoet, in that other silent home of the dead, where,\\n1. scatter d oft, the earliest of the year,\\nBy hands unseen are show rs of violets found.\\nThe red1)rcast loves to build and warble there.\\nAnd little footsteps lij^htly print the ground.\\nAt the meeting held on Mondax-. the last da\\\\ of March, 1760, it was oted that every person\\nwork at Highways in proportion to their last Tax\\nThis is the first attempt of working out Taxes on the Roads in the history of the town, a\\npractice which still holds good in all country towns.\\nTlie first record of the discontinuance of a highway was March 22, 1762, when it was Voted\\nthat the highway from Nashway River by Buck Meadow to Salmon Brook until it comes to the East\\nSide of Said meadow be droped and not Repared by the Surveyors, and that the Selectmen take\\nproper Care that Said Rode be droped. A duty that the selectmen performed .so well that no trace\\nof the old road can now be found.\\nDec. 13, 1739, that part of Dunstable lying west of the Nashua ri\\\\ er was set off by the Massa-\\nchusetts general court, for religious purposes only, under the name of Dunstable West Parish in all\\nsecular matters the\\\\- retained their old position in the town and took an active part in all its affairs.\\nTheir first settled minister was the Rev. Daniel Emerson, who was ordained April 20, 1743. Mean-\\nwhile the new province line had been determined but they still retained their position as an\\nindependent parish. Early in the year of 1746, yielding to incessant importuning for a division of\\nthe town, the governor and council appointed a commission of five members, to join three appointed\\nb}- Dunstable, to settle matters. The commissioners met at once, but the weather being cold and\\ninclement, evidentl it was more comfortable to investigate matters by the warm fireside of the inn,\\nthan by tramping about the country, for a division of the township into four towns was made without\\nviewing the territory. Merrimack and Monson were taken from the northern, and Hollis from the\\nwestern part. Monson was chartered April i, Merrimack April 2. Dunstable as newly defined, and\\nHollis April 3, 1746. In the case of Hollis the Dunstable commissioners succeeded in limiting the\\neasterly line to the French and Muddy brooks, which left a large number of the people in the vicinity\\nof One Pine Hill, whose affiliations were all with Hollis, still in Dunstable. This created instant\\ndiscontent and caused a continual fight lasting for seventeen years and until the governor and council\\nsettled it by annexing the territor\\\\- to Hollis Dec. 13, 1763.\\nA second border trouble, (I quote from Worcester s Hollis), in respect to the boundary between\\nHollis and Dunstable, began soon after the contest of One Pine hill. This controversy grew out of\\na question in respect to the support of an expensive bridge across the Nashua river, in the south-east\\npart of Hollis, near the place in the Hollis records at first called Lawrence Mills, afterwards\\nJaquith s and in our times known as Runnells Mills. A bridge at this place was very necessary\\nto the people of Hollis, being on their main road to market but much less needed by Dunstable. So\\nindispensable was this bridge to Hollis, that in 1740 provision was made for building it out of the\\nnon-resident tax of 2d. per acre, granted by the parish charter for the support of the mini.stry. Hut\\nthat tax being lost, with the parish charter, I do not find sufficient evidence that any bridge was built\\nat that place till many years after the charter of Hollis and Dunstable as towns. These charters, as\\nhas been seen, made the Nashua river from the Province line to Flint s brook the boundary of the two\\ntowns: the south line of Dunstable beginning at Merrimack river and running on the Province line\\nto the Nashua, and the south line of Hollis, beginning at the Nashua, and running westwardly\\non the Province line six miles and iiinetA -six rods. A New Hampshire court in these times would\\nhave probably held that this charter descriptive of this boundary would ha\\\\e divided the river equall\\\\\\nbetween the two towns, leaving the town line in the middle or thread of the stream, instead of on its\\nbanks, and each town under equal obligation to build the bridge. But we shall see by and tiy that\\nthe town meetings in Hollis and Dun.stable did not take this view of the law.\\nIn the early Hollis records there are many references to this bridge and to the troubles in respect\\nto it. The first of these is found in the record of the March meeting in 1751, when the town \\\\()ted to", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "124 HIS TORY OF X.4SHU.4, N. H.\\nImild a liridi^e across Nashua river near Dea. Cuniinings. From this vote it is evident that the\\nbridge had not been then built, and that Dunstable was expected to help build it.\\nAt the annual meeting in 1756, Hollis chose Capt. Peter Powers, Samuel Cummings and\\nBenjamin A1)1ii)tt a Committee to see if Dunstalile will joyn with Holies to bould a bridge over Nashua\\nriver in some convenient Place where the Road is laid out from Holies to Dunstal)le. It seems that\\nDaustable did not accept this invitation of the Hollis co;n:nittee, for it is found that a special town\\nmeeting in Hollis, in 1760, chose a committee to Petition the Creneral Court for a Lottery to Hould\\na Bridge over Nashua river if they think fit. lint the Generall Court did not think fit to\\ngrant a Lottery, as it appears that at the annual meeting in 1761, the town without calling on Dun-\\nstable for help oted to have a Bridge built over Nashua ri\\\\-er near Lawrence s Mills, and chose a\\ncommittee to obtain subscriptions for it. The next year, 1762, the town oted to raise money to be\\nRedukted out of the co.st of the Bridge that was subscribed out of town. From this vote it is evident\\nthat as early as 1762 a britlge had been built across the Nashua ri\\\\-er mainl if not wholly, by Hollis.\\nIn May, 1765, at a special town meeting, the town oted to Rebuild or Repair the Bridge over\\nNashua river, and that the /,Soo voted at the March Meetiiig for Making and Mending the Roads be\\nlaid ut in building and Rejiairing the Bridge. From the abo\\\\-e Ote I infer that the bridge built in\\n1762 was either washed away wholly in the spring of I7C 5, or so much injured as to need costly\\nrepairs. Though, in the language of the law, often requested, the town of Dunstable, as it seems,\\nhad gi\\\\ en no aid in supporting this bridge, and the question of the legal lialiilitN of that town to aid\\nin it was allowed to sleep till the annual meeting in Hollis in March, 1772. At that meeting, in\\npursuance of an article in the warrant, the town Voted to appoint a committee to ask for and\\nrecover of Dunstable a share of the Cost of Building and Repairing the Bridge across Nashua River\\nnear Jaquith s Mills with power to prosecute if necessary.\\nThis request of the people of Hollis, upon being submitted by the committee to a town meeting\\nin Dunstable, in the month of June following, was curth rejected, and it was Voted that Dunstable\\nwould not do anything towards building a bridge over Nashua river.\\nBut it fortunately so happened that not far from this time, the Mills before known as Lawrence\\nMills, had become the property of Ebenezer Jaquith. This Mr. Jaquith and Ensign Merrill lived in\\nthe bend of Nashua river on the Dunstable side, their two farms containing about five hundred acres,\\nand comprising all the land in this bend. These men were nearer to the meeting house in Hollis than\\nto that in Dunstable, and like the saintly and sensible settlers on One Pine hill, wished to be annexed\\nto Hollis and were willing to pay something for the privilege. With these new facts in view, and the\\nlong and costly contest for the conquest of One Pine hill not et forgotten, a special town meeting\\nwas called in Hollis in December, 1772, at which it was oted that whereas, there is a dispute w-ith\\nrespect to the Bridge over Nashua river between Holies and Dun.stable, and whereas Messrs. Merrill\\nand Jaqueth live more convenient to Holies than Dunstable, and are willing to pay something hand-\\nsome towards the Building of said Bridge, and also considering the expense of Suits at Law in the\\nPremises now in order to the amicable settlement of the matter, and for the Preservation and\\nCultivation of Harmony between said Towns Voted to accept said Families with their Lands,\\nProvided Dunstable shall lay them off to us and assist in an amicable manner to get them incorporated\\nwith us. Also Voted that Samuel Hobart, Dea. Noyes and William Nevins be a Committee to treat\\nwith Dunstable on Bridge affairs. The Hollis committee soon communicated these amicable terms\\nof peace to the selectmen of Dunstable, who upon their receipt summoned a town meeting of their\\nconstituents, by whom these neighborly overtures were disdainfully rejected and the meeting oted\\nthat the people of Dunstable would not pay anything towards the lUiilding of the Bridge, nor would\\nthe\\\\ consent to annex any more Land to Holies.\\nIn the meanwhile the legal advisers of Hollis, learned in the law, upon the examination of the\\ncharters of the two towns, had expressed the opinion that Nashua river, where it flowed between\\nHollis and I)unstal)le, was not in any part of either town, and that neither town was under an}\\nobligation to build a bridge across it. This ojnnion in respect to the law with the proposed remedy is\\nset forth in the following preamble and resolution, adopted at a town meeting of Hollis, Jan. 20, 1773,\\ncalled to consider the report of their peace amliassadors to Dunstable.\\nWhereas it appears by the charters of Dunstable and Hollis that Nashua Ri\\\\er is not in either\\ntown That it is highly necessary that a Bridge be erected over said River, but that neither town is", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "n/s-nyn- of x.is/irA, x. 125\\nobliKt d by Law to make or inaiiitain the same and Dunstable manifesting an unwillingness to do\\nanything res]Kcting the Buikling of a Bridge thei-efore, voted that William Kevins be agent of the\\nTown to Petition the Governor and Council and General Assembly that Dunstable and Holies may be\\nconnected so that a Bridge ma\\\\- be Iniill over said River.\\nAgain at the annual town meeting of Ilollis, in 1773, Col. John Hale, William Nevinsand Jvnsign\\nStephen Ames were chosen to represent the matter in respect to the bridge, to the governor and\\ncouncil.\\nI his proposal to a])iieal to the general court, or governor and council, ver soon had the effect to\\nrender the ]ieople of Dunstable more placable, and more read.v to accept the treaty of peace offered by\\nHoIIis the Near before. The choice of e\\\\-ils now jiresenled was another trial of their border troubles\\nl)efore the general court or the acce])tance of the proposed compromise, and it is manifest from the\\ndoings of a town meeting in Hollis on the ensuing i8th of March, that Dunstable had voted to submit\\nto the least of the two evils. At this meeting Hollis voted To extend llie easterly line of Hollis so\\nfar as to include Messrs. Merrill and Jacpiith with their Improvements, provided it shall be done\\nwithout expense to the Town, and that Dea. Boynton, Reuben Dow and vSamuel Cnmings 1)e\\nconunitlee to agree with Dunstable in respect to ISoundaries.\\nAt a town meeting the following 12th of April this connnittee made a rejiort as follows:\\nWe have met the Dunstable Connnittee and have mutually agreed that the liasterly line of\\nIlollis shall be extended Eastwardly to the following bounds To begin at a ,Stake and Stones fifteen\\nRods below Buck Meadow Falls, at the River, which is Mr. Jaquitli s n .)rllierl\\\\- corner Thence\\nrunning southerly in a straight line to a Pine tree on the River Bank which is Mr. Jacpiith s\\nsouthwesterly corner. April .S, 1773.\\nThis report was accepted 1)\\\\- the town, and afterwards, in the month of May, 1773, at the joint\\nretpiest of Hollis and Dunstable, the general court passed an act establishing the boundary line\\nbetween the two towns as so agreed upon, where it has remained undisturbed from that day to this.\\nThese terms of settlement, though at finst not willingly accepted b\\\\ Dunsta!)le, were exceedingly\\nfavorable to that town, and ought to have been ample satisfaction for the loss of One Pine hill. It\\nis true that Dunstable came out of the controversy short of 500 acres of territory, but in return\\nfor this loss, that town was relieved from the burden of aiding in maintaining this bridge in all future\\ntime a charge that has alread\\\\- cost Hollis much more than the value of all the land so annexed.\\nReturning to highways Roads were laid out as follows\\nDec. 5, 1755, from John Lovewell s to the meeting-house.\\nMay 25, 1755, from John Willoughby s to the country road.\\nMay 25, 1755, from Jonathan Hobart s to the country road.\\nNov. 14, 1757, from Nathaniel Lawrence s to the country road.\\nNov. 14, 1757, from David Gilson s to Lund s bridge.\\nOf the above I can only locate the last, which started at the Runnell s bridge road, about 150\\nrods ncH therly from the bridge and was laid out ea.sterly across the town to the Lund bridge at vSalmon\\nbrook, making a direct route from One Pine hill to the Centre. This road was doubtless laid out\\nas a peace offering to that district, and would seem to ha\\\\e been a \\\\er\\\\- much needed, as it i)roved\\nto be a very much used, road.\\nMay 31, i7,vS, from Pienj. P rench s to Joseph Danforth s.\\nMa\\\\- 31, 1758, from Peter Honey s to a town road.\\nMar. 15, 1760, from Widow Honey s to Sanuiel vSearles\\nApr. 2, 1760, from Danl. Pike s to join a road to the Province line.\\nA])r. 7, 1760, from about 20 rods north of Wm. Cox, easterly to the Merrimack river.\\nThis last was probably to the ferry at what is now the vSouth Nashua railway station.\\nDec. 26, 1760, from David Gilson s to Blood s near the Province line.\\nNov. 2, 1763, from Daniel Adams to Joseph Swallow s.\\nJan. 2, 1764, from a little west of Cornelius Danley s to Pelletiah Whittemore s.\\nJan. 2, 1764, from Robert P letcher s stone wall to road over Salmon brook.\\nDec. 3, 1764, from new bridge over Nashua river, north and south.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "126 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nThis last led from the bridge northerh-, up the hill, tij Abbot square, and southerly from the\\nbridge, until it met the old road (Main street.) The location of the new bridge having been changed,\\nit became necessary to alter the approaches to it.\\nOct. 14, 1766, from Merrimack river to town road, crossing Salmon brook.\\nThis road probably commenced at Hamlett s ferry at the lower end of Crown street, thence up\\nCrown street to Arlington street, and around the hill by Brackett s shoe shop, thence b}- Hollis street\\nand Allds street over the old bridge at Salmon brook and around the steep banks to Main street\\nat the junction of Allds and Main streets as now located.\\nDec. 22, 1768, altered road from the country road to Jos. Danforth s and Buck meadow, between\\nBenj. French s and Jona. Blanchard s.\\nMarch 4, 1771. Voted that the Road from David Adamses to Longleys Brook by David Gilsons\\nbe altered from where it was formerly Laid out and that it be established Where the Selectmen latel)\\nlaid it out.\\noted also that the Road from D. Longleys Brook by the lower end of Elez. Fisks meadow\\nthat leads to the Widow Bloods House be Discontinued from being a Town Road.\\nMarch 2, 1772. Voted that the Road that leads from the Road, that leads to John Fletchers to\\nwhere Nathaniel Lawrence Lived be Discontinued.\\nThe above completes the record of highwa\\\\s and bridges up to the time of the commencement\\nof the colonies to assert their independence of the mother-countr\\\\-.\\nI give the following as displaying the spirit and courage of the men of those da^-s as shown in\\ntheir public meetings, and especially in one notified in the way this was, it being the last one called\\nIn his Majesty s Name and held March 6, 1775, at which the town officers were all elected as\\nusual with these additions a Committee of In.spection Relative to the Results of the Continental\\nCongress was appointed. The duty of this committee being to see that none of the people bought\\nor used goods imported from England. A committee was appointed to Joyn the County Com-\\nmittee to Petition the General Assembly of this Province that This Town may be Released from\\nPaying any more Province Tax until they have Prevelidge of Sending a Representation to Represent\\nthem in Genl. A.ssembly and to Do any thing in the affairs according to the Information they shall\\nReceive from the Town. At this meeting various sums, from is-3d to 1-12-5, amounting to\\n^6-8-11 for work Dun at Nashua river Bridge in the year 1774 were ordered paid to twenty\\ndifferent people.\\nIn the face of these troublous times, the town having the year before voted to raise ^18-6 for\\nammunition and paid the expenses of delegates to the Grand Continental Congress, the people\\ndid not forget the education of their children, for at an adjourned meeting held April 3, 1775, 8o\\nwas voted to build a school-house in each of the five districts, and a committee of three in each\\ndistrict to see that the houses were built.\\nAt the next town meeting held March 4, 1776, which was called without reference to any\\nauthority, a committee of seven was chosen to attend the County Congress and also a\\nCommittee of Safety. The duty of this latter committee was to concentrate patriotic effort and\\nweed out Tories from the town, if any could be found. Of the latter none were found in the old\\ntownship.\\nThe State authorities having ordered, the previous year, a census of the people, the committee\\nappointed to perform that duty presented their bill at this meeting which was ordered paid. It being\\nthe first on record, made with a view to ascertain the military resources of the .state, I give it in full\\nas taken. ide Prov. Papers, vol. 7, p. 736.)\\nPersuant to the request of the Provincial Congress in New Harnp we have taken the number\\nof all Inhabitants of the Towne of Dunstable with those gone with the army as Exhibited in the\\nfollowing Schedule\\nMales under 16 years years of age, 215\\nMales from 16 years of age to 50, not in the army, 88\\nAll males above 50 years of age, 30\\nPersons gone in the army, 40\\nAll Females, 152s\\nNegroes and Slaves for life, 7", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "///.v/v A x.is//r.i. x. If. 127\\nWe have also taken an account of all the Powder in ]ierticular men s hands which is 41 lbs.\\nAlso we find in the Town Stock, 36\\nAlso we find 46 fire arms fit for use \u00c2\u00abS: 42 wanting oj compleat one for e\\\\-ery person capable of\\nusing them.\\nDunstable Oct. 2, 1775. Joseph Eavk.s\\nNoah Lovewell /-Selectmen.\\nDavid Ai.i.d\\nTo the Hont Corn of vSafety\\nfor the Province of Xew Hamp.\\nJune 7, 1779, a Particular highway was laid out from the west side of the country Rode\\nbetween Jonathan Blanchards and Cyrus Baldwins running westerly about 132 Rods to Spit Brook\\nRoad.\\nThe depreciation of the currenc\\\\- was such that March 13, 17.S0, labor on the highways was rated\\nat $20.00 per da the best of the \\\\-ear and $16.00 per day after the last of Sept. ^11,000\\ncurrency now passing, was voted to be raised by a tax levy this year, to be layed out in procuring\\nBeef that the Town is called upon for to send into the arm}-. Also /,9,4oo was voted to be raised to\\nilischarge obligations to soldiers, in money or grain. The financial condition of affairs may perhaps\\nbe better comprehended by reading the prices jmid b\\\\- the town in March following to Samuel Roby.\\nFor 3 bushels Rye, /^54-o-o\\n7 Turnips 4 bush. Potatoes, 69-0-0\\n200 feet Plank for Nashua River Bridge, 36-0-0\\n2 davs labor on 18-0-0\\nAmounting to ^177-0-0\\nJune 28, 1782. A Particular Curb or Bridle Rode was laid out from Thomas Blanchard\\nJunr s house extending northerly, northeasterly, easterly, northerl\\\\-, northwesterly, and westerly to\\nthe country road, for the benefit of Mrs. Gordon s heirs, in the room of a road that was laid out\\nbetween the land of said Blancliard and Land of Lieut. Joseph Danforth, which is hereby\\ndiscontinued.\\nMarch i, 171^4. Voted to allow Thomas Killicut three vShillings for the use of the Canue at\\nNashua River Bridge.\\nVoted to allow those men that workt at giting the Timber out of Nashua River in March, 17S3,\\n^0-3-6 Per Day.\\nVoted to Pay for the Rum that was Drank when the Timber Was took out of Nashua River.\\nThe bridge was rebuilt this year and Nov. 30, 1786, it was voted to pay sundry persons for plank\\nand labor upon it. Three shillings per day was allowed for labor, and one-half that ])rice for a yoke\\nof oxen.\\nThe first mention of a doctor that I find in the records was April 7, 17S8, when Dr. Nathan\\nCutler was chosen constable, who warned the meeting held May 7, 17.S8, when the following vote\\nwas ])assed.\\nVoted that Dr. John Queens Taxes in Lu David Allds list for 1784 be suspended till further\\norders.\\nJanuary 16, 1782, the town paid /92-4-0 for repairing the Na.shua river bridge and voted to\\nraise thirteen pounds more to Compleat the Rebuilding Nashua river Bridge last fall.\\nThe fir.st record of any dissatisfaction as to the condition of the highways ajipears in the\\nfollowing, of date Jan. 2, 1794\\nVoted to allow Maj. John Lund s account, it being for what he paid by reason of a Complaint\\nagain.st the Town on account of their highways, amounting to ^4-15-4-\\nThe bridge over the Nashua river was still troublesome, for we find that April 10, 1794, the town\\nvoted to rebuild it, at the place where it formerh- stood and in such a manner as the committee of\\nseven appointed to build it should decide, the only stipulation being that men should not be allowed\\nto work out their taxes upon it, but that the committee should employ such men as they thought\\nproper and at as good a lay as they could and it was further voted to raise eighty pounds for its\\nerection.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "128 mSTORV OF NASHiU, N. H.\\nApril 21, 1796. Voted to accept of the Road laid out by the Selectmen the last year from\\nMollis Line to Hills Ferry with this alteration, that said Road join the Country Road al)0Ut one rod\\nnorth of John Snow s barn.\\nHill s ferry crossed the Merrimack river about one mile below the Pennichuck brook. The\\neasterly part of the above road, long known as the Hill s Ferry road, from the Amherst road to the\\nMerrimack river, has been but little used for years and a part of it practically abandoned. From the\\nHollis line to the Amherst road, it is now known as the Pine hill road.\\nAugust 28, 1797. oted to Accept of the road laid out by the Selectmen from the Road\\nleading from said Dun.stable Meeting house to Nathan Fi.sk to the Road laid from said meeting house\\nto Thomas Pearson s.\\nThis road is now known as the Searles road and .started at the Harris road near the house of\\nPhinehas Whitney (now John P. Dane) and extended .southeasterly, passing between the house and\\nbarn of James vSearles (now Otis Searles across vSalmon l ni(ik. and joining the middle Dunstaljle\\nroad near the house of Zadock Searles, now owned by Wni. H. Wright.\\nSept. II, 1797, the town accepted a road, from the Hollis line to the Amherst road. This is a\\ncontinuation of Broad street, known as the north Hollis road.\\nAug. 27, 1798, the road from vSalmon lirook to the Nashua river was .straightened, leaving it\\npractically as it now is.\\nJanuary 14, 1799, a road was laid out commencing on land owned by Silas Marshall at the Hollis\\nline near where now is the Hollis .station on the Worcester Nashua railway, thence running\\nsoutheasterly and easterly to the main Dunstable road near the present residence of Charles F. Tolles.\\nIt is marked upon our town ma]i as the (iroton road.\\nOn the same day another road was laid out from FoUansbee s mills to the Amherst road, which\\nmade a continuation of the Blood s crossing road to the Pennichuck brook. This road was first\\ncalled the h ollansbee road, later the Holt road; it now appears on our map as the Thornton road,\\nfrom the fact that it leads directly, on beyond, to Thornton s ferry.\\nAug. 25, 1806, I find that this road was slightly altered, the bridge across Pennichuck bnjok\\nbeing called Conant s bridge, and the mill, Conant s mill.\\nOct. 19, 1799, a road was laid out commencing four rods west of Theodore French s house and\\nrunning in a north-westerly direction one hundred and fifty-six rods, to the road leading from Amherst\\nto Boston. There is no trace to-day of such a described road. Also on the same da a road from\\nthe above road to the road leading from David Allds to the (h eat road, about two rods west of the\\nbridge over vSalmon brook, about .sixty-eight rods long.\\nMarch 2, iSoi, two roads were laid out, referring to minutes on file, which can not now be found;\\none from Kelley s ferry to Medad Combs land, and the other from Thomas Lund s to Nathaniel\\nLund s and Joseph Lund s new house.\\nMarch 21, 1801. Voted to discontinue the road In mi the land Dr. Woods lately .sold to (xeneral\\nLovewell to Coburn s ferry.\\nThe fourth article in the warrant for the meeting of August 26, 1801, read To see if the Town\\nwill allow Mr. Benj. Smith to cut or fell a Large oak tree which stands near the Meeting House.\\nThe town voted to sell it at vendue and it was struck off to Theodore French for thirteen shillings\\n($2.17). This is the first recorded instance of the interest of the people in the matter of shade trees.\\nSucceeding years have .served to intensify that interest to such a degree that within the memory of the\\npresent generation any interference with them has been met by physical resistance bordering on riot.\\nMarch 15, 1802. Voted to raise five hundred dollars to repair the Highways and to give the\\nmen ten cents per hour from the first day of June to the first day of September, and if a Man is\\nleagall warned and works less than half a da\\\\- at a lime he shal be allowed nothing for what\\nhe doth\\nAug. 30, 1S02. oted to discontinue the old road through Nath Lunds land.\\nIt would seem that towns, instead of the state, appointed Fast day, for by the record of the\\nmeeting held March 7, 1803, it was Voted to appoint a Day of Fasting and Prayer in this Town.\\noted the Day of Fasting be on next week a Thursday, which is the Seventeenth da.v of this\\npresent month.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Whit-\\ntle.\\n///svtun /-.v.is//r.i, .v. 129\\nApril iS, iSo,^. ()te(I to accept f the rciad laid out 1)\\\\- the Towns Committee beginning at\\nSalmon brook three rods ea.st of Israel Hunt Mills, thence running South ten degrees East to a stake\\nand stones .seven feet west of the Southwest corner of Mr. Isaac Marshs House, thence South seven\\ndegrees East seventy-six n,ds to a I ine stump a Ixmnil of the road as it is now had, the road to be\\nwest of the line and to be three rods wide.\\nThe above mentioned mill was a grist-mill and occupied the site of the present ale mills weaving\\nmill the Marsh house is now the Morrill house, on the other side of the road at the south end of the\\nbridge. If this la --out had been looked uj) seventeen or eighteen years ago, it would have saved the\\ncitv a long and expensive suit at law with the ale mills when the bridge over the vSalmon brook,\\nwith its approaches, was widened, and it would have materiall\\\\- altereil the final result by throwing it\\nfurther to the east than it now is.\\nMa\\\\- 14, 1804, several slight alterations were made in the C.ilson road and a committee of five\\nwas ap])ointed as agents to meet the Courts Com and invite them to visit the great Road and\\nmake straightening where they think necessary. The result, if anw does not appear in the\\nrecords.\\nAug. 27, 1804. oted to Rebuild Nashua river Bridge the j)resent -ear. oted to ha\\\\-e the\\nnew l)ridge sixteen feet wide in the clear. oted to raise Eight hundred dollars to rebuild sd.\\nbridge. Voted and chose Mr. John Whittle, A Com to rebuild Nashua\\nMaj John Lund, j River Bridge agreeable to\\nCapt. Thomas Roby, ^the moddle Exhibitted by\\nMr. John Lund, Jr.\\nand Theodore French,\\nthe town then oted their Comf^*^ should build said Bridge as narrow as thirteen feet if the\\\\-\\nthought it proper.\\nJanuary 7, 1805. oted to raise two hundred and eighty-six dollars to pa for building Nashua\\nRiver Bridge.\\nOct. 7, 1805. oted to accept a road, beginning at the road about four rods west of Tim\u00c2\u00b0\\nTaylor Esqr. house, thence north forty-eight degrees and eighteen minutes west, three hundred and\\ntwenty-eight rods to the old road near Cooks meadow.\\nMarch, ^i, 1806. oted to build Nashua River Bridge where it formerly stood, then Voted to\\nlet out the building of Said Bridge by the job to the lowest bidder, then Voted to Build Nashua\\nRi\\\\-er Bridge according to Mr. Reuben Durant jilau. Said Nashua River Bridge was vandued and\\nstruck off to Mr. Reubin Durant at Five hundred and fifty dollars. A committee of inspection was\\nappointed and it was voted to raise six hundred dollars for the purpose of building it.\\nIt would seem by this that the action taken by the town Aug. 27, 1804, had not resulted in\\nbuilding the bridge, nor did that taken at this meeting, for we find in the record of the meeting held\\non the fourth da}- of the following August, the following\\nVoted to Rebuild Nashua River Bridge whare it formerly stood, then oted that the [bridge]\\nbe built on the plan exhibited by Messrs. Baldwin and Whittle two years since with the Difference of\\nhaving white oak posts about Two feet Longer than the former instead of pine. It was voted not\\nto have it more than sixteen feet in the clear.\\nA committee of five was chosen to build it, they then Voted that the Committee Rebuild\\nNashua River Bridge with as much expedition as Propriety and Prudence will Dictate at the expense\\nof the Town.\\nThus spurred on to expedite matters, and doubtless governed by Propriety and Prudence, it\\nis small wonder that they succeeded the bridge was built, and that is all we know about it, as no\\nfurther mention is made of it for years upon the records, with the single exception of the appointing\\nof a committee, on the 25th of the same month, to settle whatever claim Mr. Durant might have, but\\nwe are left in ignorance as to that, for no report appears in the record.\\nMarch 31, 1S06. Voted to accept a road laid out beginning at the southerlx- side of Amhenst\\nRoad at the jilain between Esqr. Taylors and George Whitefield running South-easterlx- al)out nine-\\ntenths of a mile to the north side of the Nashua River at the old ferry ])lace. No such road can\\nnow be traced. On the same da\\\\- a road was accepted from James Bell s to Thomas Lund, Jr. s.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "I30 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nThis road was about one and one-third miles long. I can not locate it, it being dependent upon the\\ngift of the land, possibly it was not laid out.\\nAug. 26, 1805. Voted to accept a road from the old road near Henry and Joel Adams running\\nnorth and fifty-one rods long.\\nMarch 10, 1S07. The Blood s crossing road from the Amherst road opposite Conant s mill road\\nwas laid out, including what is now known as its north fork, to the HoUis line near Daniel Blood s\\nhouse, the latter is in Mollis and now known as the Farley place. This house is so near the Hollis\\nline that the shed attached lies partly in Nashua.\\nApril 21, 1807. The Hills ferry road was altered to its present location. On the same day it\\nwas voted to accept the road through Mr. Asa Moor s land and Mr. Cummings Pollard s land, to be\\nopened in two years, and the old road to be then discontinued and revert to Mr. Moor.\\nJanuary 15, 1810. oted to accept the road laid out from Mr. John Whittles towards\\nHamblets Ferry.\\nThis is now East Hollis .street. John Whittle s, since known as the Tyler house; the road\\ncommenced fourteen rods north of it on Main street and extended to Allds road.\\nA road was laid out in 181 1 (no day or month given) from Zachariah Alexander s to Joel Lund s,\\nliving near lunerson s mills (at Mine falls) from thence to the road about eight rods easterly of\\nWilliam Bntterfield s house. After the Nashua Manufacturing company acquired the title to Mine\\nfalls and the lands adjoining, this road, like all others in that vicinity, was discontinued.\\nApril 17, 1S12. oted to discontinue a road from Nashua Bridge to Benaiah Hlodgets\\nproviding it was laid out b the vSelectmen.\\nWhen the Jackson company l)uilt their block on Amor street, they demoli.shed a \\\\nr\\\\ ancient\\none-story house which .stood near the corner of Union street, and, I am inclined to think, that was\\nthe Blodgett house. I am fortified in this belief from the fact that the bend in the river opposite, was\\nknown as Blodgett s edd\\\\-, and is so mentioned in old tleeds.\\nThe new meeting-house being assured, it was voted April 17, 1812, to raise one hundred and\\ntwent dollars to purcha.se a Meeting House Bell, provided there should be a sum raised by private\\n.subscription sufhcient, in addition to that, to purchase said bell, and at a meeting held on the fifth\\nof the following October, twenty-two dollars and fifty cents additional was voted for its purchase, at\\nwhich meeting it was voted to have it rung at twelve o clock noon and nine o clock P. M., and the\\nselectmen were authorized to hire a person to ring it. It is needless to add that this was the first and\\nonly bell in town, or that the Curfew thus inaugurated continued to be rung for years.\\nApril 26, 1813. Laid out a road from Zacehas Hale s house north-ea.sterly to the Hollis Road\\nbv James Jewell s, one hundred and fifty-one Rods long.\\nSept. 18, [815, the court s committee having laid out a road from the meeting-house to the guide\\npost at the crossing of the Robinson road, the meeting voted to let it out by dividing it into three\\njob.s one part to be bridging the big gully, one part from the gully to the Great Road, and the last\\nfrom the big gully to the Guide Post. Three parties took it for the sum total of $191.25.\\nMarch 30, 1816. Laid out a road from Zacehas Hales vSoutherly to the Hollis line. On the\\nsame day laid out a road from Daniel Bloods (now the Farley place) north-westerly to the Hollis line\\nat the bridge over Muddy brook.\\nNov. 4. 1816, a road was laid out beginning at the tireat Road at the south side of Gen.\\nLovewells barnyard and running westerly to the Hollis road. This road is now Lake street, the\\nDunstable road at the westerly end not yet having been laid out.\\nDuring the three years following, the roads leading from the Amherst road to the Hollis line\\nwere straightened somewhat, for further particulars the curious are referred to vol. of the Dunstable\\ntown records, now in the city clerk s office at the City hall, in perfect presen-ation.\\nThe following appears on the record of the meeting held March 14, 1820\\nVoted that the vSurveyors of Highways vShall not be allowed anything for Rum out of their\\nlists.\\noted to lay out the Money as it had heretofore been except finding spirits.\\noted that paupers who reside or who hereafter nmy reside in Town who are now chargeable\\nor who hereafter may become chargeable the current year, be put up at auction in one lot, the person\\ntaking the paupers, to keep their clothing in as good repair as he finds it, and so return them; the", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "lIlSrORY OF .v. IS// /-.I. X. 13,\\nchildren to receive a common chance of .Schooling, the Doctoring to be paid liy the Town, the\\njjaupers to be nursed by the person bidding them off, if any paupers happen to die they shall be\\ndecentl I .uried at the expense of the Person bidding them off, etc., etc. They were bid off by Dr.\\nPeter Howe for $5X9.00 who also bid off the Doctoring for $10.00 per year. Heretofore the paupers\\nwere bid off singly to tlie lowest Ijidder.\\nIf there is an -thing correlative to be deduced from a reading of the above action of the town, at\\nleast let us ho])e that they were honestly consistent and refrained from taking their regular nip behind\\nthe door. Of one thing we may be glad, the\\\\- did not allude to that unfortunate class as the 2i-o i/iy\\npoor, a (liscriminaliim that in these latter days savors strongly of hypocrisy when poverty is rated as\\na crime.\\nIt would seem that the town had been indicted on account of a defective highway, for, Sept. 3,\\n1S21, it was X oted to raise two liundrcd dollars to l)e laid out in highway work on the road now\\nl\\\\ing under Indictment. This is the first instance on record of an\\\\- /rgal action relative to a\\ndefective highway.\\nJune 15, 1.S22. oted to discontinue a road passing through Cummings Pollard and James\\nI akhvin s land and leading from the road which leads from the great road at C. Pollard s to Josiah\\nDanforth s, Escjr., to Spit brook Ichabod Richardson s.\\noted to discontinue that part of the road leading from Ivdw Turrell s cornhouse to lyOvevvell s\\npond.\\nX oted to purchase a hearse and build a house for the same.\\nIt was customary for the town to own a hearse and as the inhabitants had largely increased in\\nluunbers, it became necessary- to purchase one. All went well with it, no complaint had ever been\\nmade by those for whose use it had been obtained until five years later we find in the warrant for the\\nmeeting of June 15, 1829, the following:\\nArt. 3. To see if tlie town will correct any abuse or outrage committed by the .Selectmen in\\nrelation to the very extraordinary assumption of Power exercised by them in withholding from the\\nInhabitants of said town the hearse and its appendages for the purpose of Burying their dead.\\nAnd this counterblast. Art. 4. To see if the town will do an\\\\thing in relation to the breaking\\nopen of the hearse house by David Wallace in April last.\\nAlthough the record does not show it, we may well imagine that a ])art of that meeting was a\\nstormy one. It ended, however, in passing over both articles pro\\\\-ided David Wallace shall purchase\\na lock as good as the one he broke and put it on to the hearse house.\\nMarch 11, 1.S23. Voted and chose a Committee of twelve to co-operate with the .Selectmen in\\nthe Inspection of Licensed Houses.\\nThe members of this committee must ha\\\\-e fountl their duties tlelightfully arduous, but no doubt\\nthe landlords devoutly prayed that their visits might be few and far between, especially if they went\\nthe grand rounds in full force.\\nThe Nashua Manufacttiring compan\\\\- was chartered June 18, 1823, having secured the previous\\nyear, through interested parties, lands and water privileges which covered all that was necessary for\\nthe company to own to ensure success in their undertaking. I have before me a copy of the original\\nsurvey of the river and adjoining lands, including Mine falls and all the lands to Main street,\\nextending as far south as Lake street and the Hollis road. This survey was made by John Lund, a\\nnoted surveyor, proljably in 1822, as the plan bears the date of Feb. 4, 1823.\\nThe first recorded deed was dated July 28, 1823, of Mine island and adjacent land given by\\nDaniel Abbot, the able law\\\\er of the town, which was followed two days later by a deed conveying\\nthe Marshall farm, the French farm, and more land at Mine falls, and also a deed of the Emerson\\n(arm, one hundred acres on the river and all the mills in the vicinity of the falls. November 6,\\nfollowing, a deed is recorded of Patterson mills and the land adjoining, including what is now\\nFranklin street. Later, other lands and flowage rights were obtained covering all below to the\\nMerrimack ri\\\\er and all above extending into Hollis. All this included what for a considerable\\ntime comprised the residential part of the town. The company laid out streets and divided up its\\nlands into lots and, in fact, made the town. I mention this not only as unrecorded hi.story but as the\\nreason whj- there has been no record of the laying out of so many of our streets and highways, no\\ntitles having been acquired by the general public except bj adverse possession, and they stand .simply", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "132\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nas rights of way guaranteed by the original owners to the alauttors; the purchase of the entirety-\\non any street would give the owner the right to close up that street in spite of the authorities\\nrepresenting the general public.\\nFire wardens were first elected March 8, 1825, when Col. Prentice Cushing, Col. William\\nBoardman and Col. Joseph Greeley were chosen.\\nThe Nashua river bridge which had served the public need for nineteen years, with occasionally\\na small outlay in repairs, again appears prominently in view. The Nashua Manufacturing company\\nintending to build a dam below, it became necessary to rebuild this bridge, raising it above the pond\\nthus created. A committee of six was appointed March 28, 1825, who submitted a very able report,\\nevidently from the pen of Judge Abbot, at the meeting held June 6, following, stating that in their\\nopinion, a new bridge will be indisputably necessary in the course of the next year, or the year\\nfollowing, and that in order to lie prepared for its erection, it will be expedient to build two stone\\nPiers, at proper distances and of suitable dimensions to receive a Bridge, when it shall be necessary\\nto erect one, to be twenty-five feet wide in the clear, and as an inducement the committee stated\\nthat the said Nashua company offered to give all the necessary stone for building the bridge and\\nthey offered the following motion: That a Committee be chosen, or the Selectmen authorized to\\nbuild sd. Piers agreeably to the foregoing Report which, after amending by substituting one\\nPier instead of two, was adopted, and the selectmen authorized to go on with the building, giving\\nthem directions relative to achertising for bids, raising funds, etc., Voting to accept the offer\\nof stone and directed the selectmen to take an obligation from said company to perform their part\\nbefore going on with the work.\\nThis was not satisfactory and a special meeting was called to consider matters. It was held Aug.\\n18, 1825, when the selectmen presented the following report\\nIn persuance of the Votes passed at the last town meeting June 6, the Selectmen posted up\\nNotifications in sundry public places in town for proposals to be bro t in for building a Stone Pier\\nunder Na.shua River Bridge, agreeably to the Plan and description for erecting it, The Proposals\\npresented considerably exceeded the calculations which had been previously made of the expense of\\neffecting the object. In addition to this objection, very serious difficulties were suggested by the\\nbest informed people upon such subjects, and by persons whose opinions had great weight with the\\nselectmen, as to the utility of the proposed Pier, if it should be built. From the best information our\\nSelectmen have been able to obtain, they believe that omitting the proposed Centre Pier altogether,\\nand enlarging 6t extending the Aliutments, according to a plan tS: description to be presented to the\\nMeeting, will ensure us a more permanent duralile Bridge, than b\\\\ persuing the former proposed\\ncourse.\\nThe difficulties attending the former proposal and calculation in regard to the Bridge, together\\nwith the situation and feelings of the town, were communicated in writing to the Directors of the\\nNa.shua Maunfac. Co. The subject has been fully considered and duly appreciated by them, and they\\nhave come forward with a proposition, which by the Selectmen, and many others who have examined\\nit, is considered both liberal and honorable as regards that Company, and highly beneficial to the\\nInterest of the town and of the Public.\\nThe Plan of the proposed Bridge, together with a particular statement of the Aliutments Walls,\\nand some calculations in regard to the expense will be laid before the Meeting. The general outline\\nof the Proposal is this: that the town shall build two strong sufficient abutments, to extend\\nFifteen feet each into the River beyond the present ones, suitable to receive a Bridge Twenty-six feet\\nwide, to be raised from six to seven feet higher than the present Bridge, and also suitable Walls\\nrunning from them, to extend as far as the lines of the Road, which is three rods wide, to meet similar\\nWalls which are to be built by the Company and by the Messrs. Pearsons, which are to extend up\\nand down the River to a distance of at least Fifty feet beyond the Town s Walls. The Abutments\\nWalls to the line of the Road being completed, the Company propose to erect a Bridge, upon the Plan\\nto be presented, twenty-six feet wide, to find all the material of good and approv qualities, to have\\nthe work done in handsome style, and in a workmanlike manner, to complete the whole satisfactory\\nto the town, place it securely upon the Abutments and present it to the town for their own and\\npublic use.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF X,IS7/r.l. .V.\\ni.-?3\\nTliL Cimipain also offer to gi\\\\ f the iifce.ssary stone from their lower ledge, and the sand gravel\\nlor tilling up the Roads, upon liotli sides of the Bridge, to be taken out in a reasonable proper\\nmanner, from convenient ])laccs therefor, to be taken in a manner satisfactory to the Company s\\nAgents. And it is understood that provided the town accept the proposals of the Companj the\\nexpence of the Abutments and Walls is to be assessed and paid the next year.\\nIt will readil\\\\ occur to the town, that the stone work required of them V)y the foregoing proposals,\\nif once done T,r// done, as it should be, is not done for the ])resent Near, or age merelj-, but that\\nprobably we, nor our children, ma be called on to rebuld it.\\nIn every light in which your Selectmen have been able to view the subject, it presents itself to\\nthem, as one eminently beneficial to the Town, and the\\\\ trust that after due examination and under-\\nstanding of it, it will be recei\\\\-ed in that spirit ol Amit and good feeling, in which it appears to be\\noffered.\\nAugust i8, 1S25. Dan Abbot, 1 vSelectmen\\nCummings Pollard, of\\nWill F. Hoynton, Dunstable.\\nAugust 23, 1825, the Amherst road at Pennichvick bridge, near Whitney s tavern in Merrimack,\\nwas altered by building the bridge ten rods and five feet further up stream and changing the road to\\ncorrespond. The center of the bridge being on the dividing line.\\nJuly 3, 1826, Moses Tyler, Joseph Winn, Joseph Greeley and their associates were incorporated\\nunder the name of the proprietors of Taylor falls bridge for the purpose of building a bridge across\\nthe Merrimack river between Nashua and Hudson, or as it was then called, Nottingham West, giving\\nthem the right to collect tolls as hereinafter specified. The contract was made with Samuel\\nChittenden, a carpenter of Chelsea, Mass.. and Franklin Sawyer, a mason of Cambridge, Mass., for\\nthe sum of eleven thousand and one hundred dollars. The contract, together with a covenant of\\nwarrant)- and bond, with sureties to the amount of twenty thousand dollars, were signed Nov. 22, 1826,\\nand the bridge was opened for travel in the following year. The stone piers and abutments are the\\nsame now .standing under the present iron structure. The bridge was of wood, in three spans, and\\ncovered. As a curiosity I give the rates of toll. For every foot passenger. Two Cents; for\\nevery horse and rider or led horse. Six Cents for every Chaise or other carriage of pleasure drawn\\nby one horse. Seventeen Cents and for each additional horse. Six Cents for every Cart or other\\ncarriage of burthen drawn by one horse or yoke of oxen. Ten Cents for each additional horse. Three\\nCents; for each additional yoke of oxen. Five Cents; for each Gig wagon. Ten Cents; for each\\npleasure sleigh drawn by one horse. Eight Cents and for each additional horse, four Cents for\\neach Sled or sleigh of burthen drawn by one horse or one yoke of oxen. Six Cents; and for each\\nadditional horse or yoke of oxen. Three Cents for each carriage of pleasure having four wheels\\nand drawn by two horses. Twenty-five Cents for horses and mules in droves. Three Cents each for\\nneat cattle in droves. Two Cents each for sheep or swine, one-fourth of a cent each and one\\njierson and no more, with any loaded team or drove of horses, cattle, sheep or swine shall be allowed\\nto pass said bridge free of toll and at all times when the toll gatherer does not attend his duty, the\\ntoll gate shall be left open.\\nThe justices of the Superior Count Court had the power to regulate, alter or amend the rates\\ni( loll so that the net income should not exceed twelve per centum, the comi)aii\\\\ making returns to\\nthem every five years.\\nTo allay the constanth increasing irritation and burdensome payment of tolls, Nashua and\\nIludsini finallx- actjuired all right in this bridge in 1854, and opened it as a free bridge to the general\\npublic.\\nIn 18S1 the old bridge, originally warranted to safely sustain the passing of not exceeding five\\ntons weight with a time limit of ten years, began to show the effects of its more than fifty years of\\nconstant wear and was condemned as unsafe it was replaced in that year by the present iron\\nstructure which scarcely met the requirements which the times then demanded and has since proved\\nentirel inadequate both in regard to strength and travel capacity. The running of the electric cars\\nover It has almost ruined it for general ]niblic use but it has demonstrated one fact, that in the\\nerection of public works, the future niu.st be considered entirely, leaving the present out altogether.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "134 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nThe early settlers considered the rivers highly important not only as waterways or roads, but\\nvaluable for their fisheries and they were exceedingly averse to parting with any rights in them.\\nThis is shown in the defining of the lines and bounds of Hudson (Nottingham West) when set off\\nfrom Dunstal)le, being bounded to the Merrimack, thus reserving to Dunstable the full control of the\\nriver. With this condition of ownership it was urged, when the payment for the first bridge came\\nunder consideration, that Nashua should pay a very large part of, if not the entire cost. This would\\nnever do and so the county commissioners were appealed to, who decided that the divisional line\\nshould be the centre of the river, an opinion affirmed by the Supreme Court, and the cost was settled\\non that basis.\\nFollowing the construction of the Middlesex canal from Boston to Chelmsford, which was\\nincorporated June 22, 1793, and opened for business in 1804, a series of dams, locks, and short canals\\nwere built to overcome the natural rapids and falls of the river and render the Merrimack navigable\\nas far as Concord. Dunstalde took immediate advantage of this new opening, and we learn from\\nFox s historv that an elaborately constructed canal boat built by Robert Fletcher, E.sq., was\\nlaunched on the Fourth of July, 1803, attended 1:)\\\\- a great gathering of the people, who with much\\nparade and general rejoicing christened it the Nashua and the village that had until then been\\ncalled Indian Head recei\\\\-ed the name of Nashua Village. It was celebrated liy a i)ul)Iic meeting\\nand an oration bv Daniel Abbot, Esq. The landing was on the Merrimack near the mouth of the\\nNashua river.\\nConcord, I iscataipiog, Litchfield and Nashua each had its line of boats, making in the aggre-\\ngate quite a fleet, and this waterway for nearly forty }-ears formed the principal channel for heavy\\ntransportation between Boston and Concord until its usefulness was destroyed by the railways.\\nThe Nashua Manufacturing company at once took advantage of this waterway and, securing a\\ncharter from the legislature in December, 1824, to connect the Nashua with the Merrimack by means\\nof a canal with the necessary dams and locks, erected the lower dam across the Nashua with its\\nhead gates, built the lucks at the Merrimack river and connected the two by a suitable canal they\\nalso put in a substantial stone wall with the necessary backing just below the Main street liridge for\\na wharf or landing, built a freight shed upon it and started a regular line of boats for its own\\nfreighting.\\nThe building of this dam developed additional water power which was transferred with consid-\\nerable land, Feb. 15, 1826, to Charles C. Haven and associates, who secured a charter and erected two\\nmills for the manufacture of woolen goods under the name of the Proprietors of the Indian Head\\nFactories. This company bought additional land upon the east side of the Nashua river and built\\nthe first bridge on the site of the present Canal street bridge, which was long known as the Haven\\nbridge. Nov. 1, 1828, the Nashua Manufacturing company transferred to the proprietors of the\\nIndian Head factories all of its ownings in their vicinity including the dam, saw-mill, head gates,\\ncanal, and all lands between the boating canal and Nashua river. These mills were not successful\\na new company was formed who purchased the entire plant without reservation and were incorporated\\nat the June .session of the legislature in 1830, as the Jackson Company. The building and\\noperation of the Nashua Lowell railwaj ruined this boating canal and the Jackson company\\nobtained permission of the legislature in 1S52 to surrender its charter whenever they should deem it\\nfor their advantage to do so. In the absence of a general flowage law governing water-power plants\\nin the state, which rendered it imprudent to annul the charter at once, it required several years to do\\nso with safety. It was finall}- accomplished, the bridge on Canal street under which it passed was\\nremoved, the stone in the locks were taken out, and the bed of the canal left, like the scar of a wound,\\nto be healed over by nature s own process, so that to-day no trace of it is to be seen. A part of the\\nstone from the locks was used in building the abutments of the suspension foot-bridge in the rear of\\nthe mills of the Jackson company.\\nIn accordance with an act passed by the legislature at the June session, 1823, three police officers\\nwere appointed June 4, 1827. They were Thomas Chase, George W. Wilson and Willard Marshall.\\nThis was the finst appointment of a police force in the town.\\nApril 16, 1827, F^ast Hollis street was laid out from the contemplated new bridge at Taylor falls\\nwesterly to the Joshua Pierce house, which stood opposite the foot of what is now Arlington street.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "///.V7Y)A Ol- XASIirA, N. If.\\n135\\nAut,nist II, 182S, Canal strt-cl from Main street south of the Oval to the land of the Jackson\\ncompany near the foot of Chandler street was laid out, also that part of it north of the Oval from the\\nGreele building joining the former at the foot of Orange street.\\nDecember 5, 1828, West Mollis street from Chestnut street westerly as far as the junction of the\\nDunstable and Hollis roads was laid out.\\nI judge that this Dunstable road was laid out by order of the court, I find no record in the\\nproceedings of the town relatix e to it.\\nJanuary 2, 1829, Bridge street from Taylor falls bridge westerly to land of Charles C. Haven was\\nlaid out and Feb. 10, 1829, the selectmen accei)ted the report of the court, laying out the remaining\\nparts of Canal and Bridge streets; this took in the Haven bridge.\\nThe town voted, Nov. S, 1828, that it was expedient to purchase a town farm and on the 24th\\nof the same month appointed a committee of five to examine farms, with power to .select one and run\\nthe town in debt for it. March 10, following, they reported unanimously in favor of the Benjamin\\nCutler farm, which they purchased for $2,659.14, giving in payment the notes of the town. The plan\\nof this farm, drawn on sheepskin, is now in the office of the city engineer. The cost of running\\nit for the following year was reported by the selectmen as $551.55 net.\\nJune 22, 1825, Temple street was laid out from East Hollis street to the Great Pllm tree and\\nfrom thence to the Rev. Mr. Nott s meeting house (Pilgrim church) and Main street. Also Amory\\nstreet from the Great Elm tree to Bridge street. I nder the administration of Mayor Williams\\nHall in 1893, this latter street was widened and jiaved, a much needed and most appreciated\\nimprovement.\\nJanuary 25, 1830, Eowell street was laid out from Abbot square to the Unitarian church, mention\\nbeing nmde of the postoffice and the Greele\\\\- building.\\nJune 5, 1830, West Hollis street, from Main to Chestnut street, was laid out through land of the\\nNashua Manufacturing company and Joseph Greeley.\\nThe Main street bridge across the Nashua river which we have seen was built in 1825 by the\\ntown and the Nashua Manufacturing company, jointly, after ten years service was declared in 1835\\nto have outlived its usefulness, and it was voted August 5 of that year to build a new one,\\nraising it two feet higher and increasing its width with each sidewalk at least ten feet. A committee\\nof seven was appointed to superintend- the building. The present stone pier in the middle of the\\nriver was put in and the supporting trusses placed under the flooring instead of overhead as they\\nwere in the old bridge. It was finished during the next year and cost $7,413.78. With occasional\\nrepairing it remained unaltered until the administration of Mayor Otterson in 1870 when it was\\ndecided to still further widen and thoroughly repair it. This was done under the super\\\\-ision of Mr.\\nSamuel Pollard Wilson, an expert mill-wright and builder. Three trusses, similar to those already\\nthere, were added on the west side and two on the east side increasing the width correspondinglj^\\nthe sidewalks were projected over the water, supported by braces and retained their old width, each\\nten feet the roadway was newly planked and concreted and no expense or effort was spared in the\\nendeavor to unite durabilits with thoroughness of construction. The cost was $14,840.87.\\nIn iS,s6 the street railway placed their tracks across this bridge and, during the past summer\\n1895) in re-locating them for the electric cars, it was found that through negligence, surface water\\nhad penetrated under the concrete and much of the underlying plank was badly decayed. Advantage\\nwas taken of the resultant uncovering of the roadway to widen it two feet and four inches on the\\nwesterly side and project the sidewalk the same distance farther out. It was noted that the trusses,\\nfi\\\\e of which were placed twenty-five years since, and the remainder sixty years ago, were as sound\\nand strong as when they were put in, which woidd seem to show that wood properly put together and\\nprotected from the weather is durable.\\nNov. 7, 1836, the town voted that the selectmen petition the legislature to change the name of\\nthe town from Dunstable to Nashua. With such expedition did they act that on the eighth (la\\\\- of\\nthe following month, their petition was granted, to take effect from and after the last day of that\\nmonth. The rising sun of January i, 1837, dawned upon the new town of Nashua, and the old town\\nof Dunstable passed into history as a memory.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "136 HISTORY OF NASHUA, X. II.\\nThe Nashua Lowell railway commenced running passenger trains in October, 1838. The road\\nended at the Great Elm at the head of Amory street, the bridge over the Nashua river and the\\nstation on Railroad square being built a year later.\\nOn the twentieth of this month East Pearl .street was accepted by the town, having been laid out\\nby the Nashua Manufacturing company in 1832. It was fifty feet wide from Main street to Olive\\nstreet (now Spring .street), and from thence to Factory street, (now Temple .street) forty feet wide.\\nFeb. 23, 1839, a conunittee reported the Haven bridge across the Nashua river at Indian\\nHead to be in a ruinous condition, and during that year it was rebuilt at a cost of $4,459.98.\\nThe .stone bridge over Salmon brook at the Harbor was probably built in 1838, as I find in\\nthe selectmen s annual report of March 12, 1839, various amounts as having been paid for\\nrebuilding the Harbor bridge; one amounting to $283.03, probably for the stone work.\\nAnd now comes the great internal war of the town. Hitherto the people of the ancient borough\\nhad found their only foes outside their borders and had given and taken hard blows, but in the end\\nhad come out victorious though often sorely wounded. Their only town fights had been merely\\nchurch scrimmages which had been settled by building another meeting-house or two and letting\\ntheir neighbors go to whichever they might choose, and invariably ended in the combatants being\\nbetter friends than ever; but this present one stirred the hot rebellious blood, inherited from their\\nsires, which, after lying dormant through the intervening generation, now showed itself with added\\nintensity. The building of the town house was the casus belli and it ended in the disruption of the\\ntown.\\nThe first movement having this end in view was at the meeting held Nov. 2, 183S, when a\\ncommittee, who had been appointed on the twenty-ninth of the previous month, reported favorably\\non an offer of Thomas Chase to place the Old South meeting-house on his lot at the corner of West\\nPearl and Main streets for the sum of $820.\\nAt the ver}- outset the Nashua Manufacturing company had built the Olive Street church, now\\nthe Pilgrim and since that time four other churches had been erected, so that the Old South was\\npractically deserted, being used only for town meetings. No result following the Chase offer, at the\\nnext meeting, held March 12, 1839, another committee of five was appointed to consider the matter\\nand also to see about building a nnc town house. Nothing definite resulted until the meeting of\\nMarch 8, 1842, when it was voted to erect a town house of brick or stone, appropriating $10,000 to\\nbuy the lot and build it.\\nOn the motion to appoint a committee to purchase a lot between the Nashua river and Pearl\\nstreet, the trouble commenced and the line was sharply drawn, but finalh it passed, 5S2 voting in the\\naffirmative and 396 voting to locate it on the north side of the river.\\nThe north side voters at once withdrew and, true to their inherited traits, immediately drew up a\\npetition to the legislature to be set off from Nashua, which was granted on the twent\\\\--third of the\\nfollowing June and the new town of Nashville was born. The dividing line connnenced at Buck\\nMeadow falls, thence down the center of the Nashua river to the railroad bridge above the Jack,son\\nCompany s mills, thence by the Lowell Nashua railroad to Crown street, thence down Crown\\nstreet to the Merrimack river.\\nIt may be well to add that at a meeting held on the nineteenth of August following, the committee\\nwere told to go ahead with the town house if it could be completed for $iS,ooo, and in the following\\nyear it was finished, but it cost $22,915.17 and we do not learn that anybody complained; it still\\nstands, a solid monument bearing witness to the skill and hone.sty of its builders.\\nIt has been asserted, and as often denied, that there was a bridge over the Nashua Lowell\\nrailroad at the Temple street crossing, in the earlier days. At the Nashua town meeting held March\\n15, 1S43, a committee of three, Ezra Drown, Wm. D. Beasom and W m. W. Parker, was appointed\\nto remove the said bridge, which would seem to settle that question.\\nThe fire department of Nashua was re-organized April 5, in accordance with an act passed Dec.\\n20, 1844, and Thomas G. Banks was appointed chief engineer with eight assistants.\\nSept. 23, 1845, the Conant road, in Nashua, was laid out.\\nIn 1849 the hill on High street was lowered eight feet and connecting streets adjusted to the\\nnew grade.", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "/f/sTOR) OF x.is//t:-i, X. ji. 137\\nThe legislature having passed, June 27, 1^53, an enabling act, subject to its adoption by a\\nmajority of the legal voters in both towns, permitting Nashville and Nashua to unite under a city\\ncharter, was submitted to the voters of Nashua Sept. 17, 1H53, and was adopted, 468 in the afTirmative,\\nand 334 the negative.\\nHa\\\\ing al)ru])tly left our young offshoot, Nashville, let us cross the Rubicon and com])lete our\\nhistory from her records.\\nMay 9, 1843, the North Hollis road, from the .\\\\niherst road, (Broad .street) was laid out anew a\\ndistance of nearly one and one-fourth miles, sixty feet wide.\\nIn December, 1845, the town bought the land in what is now Railroad square, then occujiied by\\nthe Central house, for a town house location, which, by the way, was never built, but the hotel was\\nmoved in the following spring to the site of the present Laton house.\\nAug. 18, 1847, Main street was widened on the we.st side from Nelson Tullle s store to Amherst\\nstreet.\\nDec. 15, 1847, Clinton .street was laid out forty feet wide and extending five luindred and eighty-\\nseven feet to the Nashua river bridge.\\nJune 28, 1848, Pine Hill road was altered somewhat and for a distance of about three hundred\\nand twenty-two rods was laid out fifty feet wide; it extended to the house of Nathan Buttrick, (now\\nThomas Holmes The small brook near the Wilton railroad is called Cold Rain brook.\\nFeb. 22, 1850, a contract was signed leasing from the Nashua X: Lowell railway, Franklin hall\\nfor the town hall.\\nIn the spring of 1852 the bridge over the Nashua at the Indian Head was carried awa\\\\ b\\\\- what\\nhas since been referred to as the Big Freshet, and later in the ear it was replaced l)y an iron\\nbridge at a cost of $5,143.1 1. In i860 this bridge was strengthened at an expense of $717.60, and in\\n1883 it was replaced by the present structure costing $8,534.53, ^t the same time Canal street was\\nwidened by a purchase of land on the north side of the Jackson Compain, the price paid being\\nS2,ooo.\\nOn the same day that Nashua voted to unite with Nashville under a city charter, Sept. 17, 1853,\\nNashville by a vote of two hundred and forty-nine yeas against one hundred and fifteen nays, also\\nassented and in the several wards, Oct. 8, 1853, the compact was finalh consummated by the election\\nof all city officers.\\nHaving traced, in Highways and Bridges, the history of the old townsliip from the ad\\\\-ent of\\nthe earliest recorded pioneer, through all the various stages of its progress toward its honorable\\nposition as a community endowed with the highest civic honors in the power of the state to grant, I\\nleave what was commenced as an unwilling task, but continued with constantly increasing interest,\\nregretting that time and space had not permitted me to do justice to vay subject. The briefness of the\\nallusions to passing events and lack of all mention of many important matters, in the records, together\\nwith the absence of corroborative or explanatory papers, which, if ever in existence, have long since\\ndisappeared, have made it impossible to realize complete measure of exactness or cohesion in the\\nstory. I have occasionally lingered by the wayside to gather facts not pertinent to the subject of my\\ntext, thinking that jsossibly they might be overlooked by others in their research. Of one thing I am\\nsure, whatever I have jiresented in this chapter as facts, are substantiated by the records.\\nWith a passing allusion to .staging and taverns, this Epistle to Posterity will be closed.\\nThe .stage coach was for many years an enlivening and distinctive feature of Nashua and added\\ninterest and excitement to the daily life of the people. The stage driver was a prominent man and\\noccu])ied a place both unique and of great responsibility. He was the embryo express embodied /ar\\ncxcdlcncc. Packages confided to his care were prompth- delivered; relying on his unfailing honesty\\nhe was often entrusted with large sums of money for the settlement of accounts between separated\\nparties, often including bank exchanges he was the active, energetic, living means of communication\\nbetween the hamlet and the town, or the town and the city with a lively dash and a sharp pull-up at\\nthe door of the tavern, while the horses were being changed, the eager crowd caught from his willing\\nlips the news or gossip from the outer world above or below. In a twinkling, with a merry blast of\\nthe bugle he was off, leaving behind him a pleasurable sensation only appreciable to those who have\\nexperienced it. Nashua was then as ntnv on the main through lines of travel, and secured her full", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "138 HISTORY OF NASHTA, X. H.\\nshare of the general prosperit} which followed the extension of the old, and the opening np of new,\\nstage routes.\\nThe first stage of which we ha\\\\-e any account was a two-horse covered affair, owned and driven\\nby Joseph Wheat, in 1796, from Amherst to Boston once a week and returning, without a change of\\nhorses, stopping over night at Billerica. This route was afterward extended to Concord connecting\\nthere with other routes beyond, and later penetrated via Andierst, into ermont, keeping relays of\\nhorses along the routes. The Francestowii Stage company had a large stable on the site of the\\npresent Tremont house stable, opening out into High .street. The advent of the Lowell Nashua\\nrailway saw the staging interest on the highest wave of its prosperity, more than thirty per day\\nleaving or passing through the town. I am informed b\\\\ an e e witness, that it was not unusual to\\nsee ten four-horse stages, full, outside and in, starting away one after the other from the Indian Head\\nCoffee hou.se for Concord, and this was only one line, and a competing line at that, and from one only\\nof the stage taverns of the town.\\nThe freighting teams, large wagons drawn by four, six, or eight horses, passing through the\\ntown, constantlv increasing in number until the railroads were built, united with the staging in giving\\nlife and activity throughout the length of the town; added to these, the smaller teams, owned and\\ndriven bv farmers who made a trip or two -earl\\\\- to market, either here or beyond, carrying their own\\nproduce and returning with supplies for themselves, or the country store-keepers, and it may well be\\ninuxgined that business was brisk. All this created a demand for taverns, which were numerous and\\nbusv, fully up to the needed requirements. As earl\\\\- as 1769 five taverns are noted, kept by the\\nfollowing named persons: Benj. French, Thomas Harwood, William Hunt, Jona. Lovewell, Esq.,\\nand Widow Mar Butterfield. I am unable to locate their houses with the exception of Lovewell s,\\nwhich stood on the site of the present Godfrey farm house, and the Hunt tavern, which stood on the\\nsite of the present V.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ house, on the opposite side of the road from and a short distance below the\\nresidence of the late John C. Lund. I think French kept the old French tavern close by the state\\nline, probably a grandson of the first Dea. Samuel French.\\nIn 1792 the general court passed an act authorizing the selectmen of towns to grant licenses to\\nkeep tavern to suitable persons having accommodations, who might make application, giving them\\nthe right to retail rum, brandy, gin, wine and other spirituous liquors. The selectmen licensed the\\nfollowing named persons, Capt. Benj. French and Deacon William Hunt, located as before noted,\\nLt. Sam l Pollard, who kept just south of the residence of the late John C. Lund, the house being\\nlong since decayed and removed, and Mr. Wm. Whittle, whom I fail to locate.\\nI find the above licenses, continuously, as follows, Captain French in 1799, Deacon Hunt in 1797,\\nMr. Whittle in 1794 and Lieutenant Pollard in 1808.\\nIn this latter year, we find in addition to Lieutenant Pollard, the following named tavern keepers\\nWillard Marshall, William Roby, William F. Boynton, David Combs, James B. Starr, Samuel\\nPreston, Isaac Marsh, Cummings Pollard, James T. Lund, and Timothy Tajdor.\\nOthers had been in the business between these years, 1 792-1808, but at the latter date were either\\ndead or had retired. Of the above mentioned, Marsh built what is now the Morrill homestead at the\\nHarbor and opened it to the public in 1805. Later it was kept by Thomas Monroe, the father of the\\nlate Mrs. John M. Hunt, and the late Franklin Monroe of pleasant memory. Timothy Presby\\nsucceeded him. I find in the directory of 1845 Smith Morrill, inn-keeper and butcher at the Harbor,\\nprobably here. It passed finally into the possession of the late David L. Morrill who closed it to the\\npublic.\\nWilliam Roby owned what is now the O Neil farm on the Lowell road and was licensed in 1802,\\nending with the year, 1808.\\nWilliam F. Boynton was licensed as early as 1803 and as late as iSii, and probably kept the old\\nLovewell tavern. He did a very large business as a country- trader in a building which stood just\\nnorth of the tavern. Later Jesse Estey kept this tavern as did Silas Gibson and others whom I am\\nunable to name. From its location at the Centre where, in the early days all the business of the\\ntown was transacted and having the postoffice under its roof, this was the most prominent tavern of\\nall, but it did not long survive the advent of manufactures at the village.\\nThe Cummings Pollard tavern was in its day one of the favorite stopping places on the road.\\nIn later years a floor was laid resting on the wide spreading branches of the large elm still standing", "height": "3268", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "rrrsTORV of x.isnr.t. x. 139\\nnear tliL- house; it was reacliL-d 1)\\\\- a llii;lit of stairs and guarded by a railing. It was quite a resort\\n(or driving jiarties from Lowell as well as Nashua; although it is not remembered that any serious\\naccident ever happened from its elevated situation, still the descent from it must have been at times\\nrather hazardous, considering the nature of the refreshment served to the exalted guest. An\\norganized com])an\\\\- with horses went into training here one winter, and in the spring with a complete\\ncircus outfit started out on the road in search of shekels and glory. It is now owned and occupied\\nby Alfred P. Kendall, ha\\\\ing long been closed as a jniblic house.\\nA few years later the large house (since burned) on the opposite side of the road, but further\\nnorth, was opened as a tavern. At one time Ned Maynard, the noted horseman, kept it and ojieued\\nup a race-track in the rear.\\nThe large square house at the top of the hill beyond the old grave-yard was long known as the\\nLittle stand, John Little having kept it for years. He was succeeded by Charles Willard and he by\\nothers until about eighteen \\\\ears since, when it was sold to the Rev. I). I). Dodge for a residence.\\nIt is now owned b} Charles M. Gage.\\ner\\\\- little stage traffic fell to any of these taverns after the village of Nashua was started, but\\nthe teaming remained to a great extent with them until the coming of the railway to Nashua.\\nI can not place the remaining tavern keepers of 1808 mentioned before, with the exception of\\nTimothy Taylor, the pioneer of the north side. I find him licensed in 1801. He probably built the\\ntavern since called the Indian Head Coffee house, which was at first of one story only. It was\\nleased April 7, 1813, to Phinehas Whiting, Jr., who greatly enlarged it and added another story, but\\nhe failed and the lease was acquired by Willard Manshall who kept the house during the following\\nfourteen years I can not say. It was included in the two hundred acres bought b\\\\- the Na-sliua\\nManufacturing company of Benjamin P French, Sept. i, 1824, subject to this lease. April 4, 1828,\\nthe Nashua compan}- sold it to Moses Tyler, who by report was a most admirable landlord. For the\\nnext fifty 3 ears its reputation was sustained and popularitj- increased by such jovial, hearty, attentive\\nlandlords as O. Bristol, P. O. Richmond, Mark Gillis, Oilman Scripture and others, which made this\\nhouse noted all over New Phigland for hospitality and good cheer. Nor must we overlook the Central\\nhouse. December 31, 183 1, the Nashua Manufacturing company sold to Cushing Baker a lot with all\\nthe buildings thereon, being the Nashua Hotel establishment. This hotel stood in Railroad\\nsquare, facing Main street. The lot, reserving the buildings which were moved to the site of the\\npresent Laton house, was sold to the town of Nashville Dec. iS, 1S45, by Peter Clark. Other\\nadjoining lands were bought by the town, the whole being intended for a town house location. I\\ninfer from the above that the Nashua company built this hotel. It was known later as the Central\\nhouse. The American hou,se stood on the east side of Main street where now are the Beasom and Ham-\\nmond residences, and the imposing Washington house stood on the present site of the Noyes block,\\nbut was later moved to the corner of Bowers and Main streets, within whose walls watches were first\\nmade by machinery, which was destined to revolutionize the watch making of the world. All four of\\nthese hotels were noted for the excellence of their table and the attentiveness of their landlords to the\\ncomfort of their guests, making, as Dr. Johnson quaintly said, a tavern chair the throne of human\\nfelicity.\\nThey were emphatically stage taverns and lively ones too, with the bustle and stir of the\\nconstantly coming and going stages, but all is now changed, the railroads, with more facility, greater\\nrapidity, and comparativeh little noi.se, confusion or effort now bring a multitude uiuioticed in the\\nplace of the few who then seemed so many. Of a truth the times are changed.\\nI\\\\Iy task is done, tho tlit story be not half told.\\nCL^ytyly^^oOL^r^", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "140\\nHISTOID) OF NASHi A, N. M.\\nARCHIBALD HARRIS DUNLAP.\\nHon. Archibald II. Dunlap was born at North Brancli,\\nAntrim, Sept. 2, 181 7; died at Nashua, April 5, 189.1. He\\nwas a son of John and Jennie (Nesmith) Dunlap, and of\\nthe fourth generation in descent from Archibald, who\\ncame from the Scotch settlement in Ireland about the\\nyear 1740 and settled in Chester. The line of descent is\\nArchibald, John, John and Archibald H. Archibald mar-\\nried Martha Neal of Chester. She was of Scotch ancestry\\nand her father,\\nJoseph Neal, was\\namong the Presby-\\nterians who peti-\\ntioned the legisla-\\nture, in 1736, to be\\nfreed from paying\\na second tax to\\nsupport a Congre-\\ngational minister.\\nThe third child of\\nArchibald was\\nMaj. John Dunlap\\nof Revolutionary\\nmemory. He was\\nborn in Chester iu\\n1746, married\\nMartha Gilmore,\\nsettled in Bedford,\\nowned and carried\\non a large farm.\\nAs a military man\\nhe was well known\\nin his day and his\\nhospitality and\\nliberality were\\nshown by enter-\\ntaining on one\\noccasion his entire\\nregiment.\\nHis son John\\nearly left Bedford\\nand settled in -An-\\ntrim, where he\\nwas in the cabinet\\nmaking business\\nfor many years,\\nand was probably\\nthe first to intro-\\nduce the manu-\\nfacture of knitted\\nunderclothing in\\nthis state, and also\\nmade looms for\\nthat purpose. This was about th\\ndeemed a great curiosity.\\nThe subject of this sketch inherited the zeal, power of\\nendurance and enterprise of the Scotch race. At the age\\nof thirteen years, with but a limited education, he started\\nout to seek his fortune. With his elder brother, Robert,\\nhe left his home at an early hour in the moruing with a\\nbundle in one hand and a staff in the other to walk to\\nNashua, a distance of thirty-five miles. Thej- reached\\nthe town late in the afternoon and the next day, Saturday,\\nspent their time in looking over the village and making\\n.MlCIIIIl.M.n ll.\\\\RRI.S DUNI..VI\\nvear 181 2 and was\\nac iuaintances. Sunday they attended services at what\\nIjecanie known a little later as the Olive Street church,\\nRev. Mr. Nott being the pastor at that time, and there\\nMr. Dunlap continued a worshipper while the church\\nstood more than half a century and after that at the\\nPilgrim church, built upon the same site. On Monday he\\nsecured employment with Ziba Gay, manufacturer of\\nmachinery, to work through the summer. All the while\\nMr. Dunlap felt the need of a better education and so in\\nthe autumn of that year, 1831, he entered Franklin\\nacademy, of which\\nProf. Benjamin M.\\nTyler was princi-\\npal, and remained\\nuntil spring. He\\nafterwards attend-\\ned Kranceslown\\none term and one\\nterm at .Antrim,\\nfinishing his edu-\\ncation at the latter\\nplace.\\nMr. I) u n 1 a p s\\nnext place of em-\\nployment was at\\nthe Indian Head\\nmills, where, at\\nthe age of nine-\\nteen, he was pro-\\nmoted to the po-\\nsition of overseer.\\nHe held this re-\\nsponsible position\\nuntil 1847, when,\\nhis health again\\nfailing, he re-\\nsigned. The next\\ntwo years were\\nspent in business\\nin Franklin. In\\n1849 he returned\\nto Nashua and\\ncommenced the\\ngarden seed busi-\\nness. It was at\\nfirst an experi-\\nment, but his\\ncharacteristic en-\\nergy, push and\\nsteady devotion in\\nwhatever he was\\nengaged, overcame\\nthe discourage-\\nments that would\\nhave caused many less courageous men to have abandoned\\nthe enterprise, and it was crowned with success.\\nMr. Dunlap was many times honored with positions of\\ntrust b}- his fellow citizens. He held offices in the town\\nand city governments in 1858 he was elected railroad com-\\nmissioner of the state for three \\\\-ears, and in 1S64 he was\\nchosen one of the presidential electors of New Hampshire\\nwith the honor of casting an electoral vote for Abraham\\nI^incoln. Mr. Dunlap represented his ward in the legis-\\nlature in 1869 and 1870. The influence of his strong\\npersonality was widely felt in all matters pertaining to", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "insroKY (U- \\\\.is/fi-,L x.\\n141\\nthe welfare of the city; witness the fact that when the\\neo]3le were divided into conten ling factions over the\\nlocation of the soldiers and sailors monument he calmly\\narose in his place in an excited meetinj^, poured oil upon\\nthe troubled waters and suggested Abbot scjuare -the site\\nwhere it is located urged harmony and made a patriotic\\nappeal that silenced discord and settled the vexed ques-\\ntion. This public spirit was shown in the advocacy of,\\nand aid given, to many other improvements and enter-\\njirises that now enter into the ilaily life of nir citizens\\nnotably the build-\\ning of the Nashua\\nRochester rail-\\nroad, the acquire-\\nment of the fund\\nfor the North com-\\nm o n a n d the\\nfounding o f t h e\\nNew Ham] shire\\nRanking company\\nin all of these\\nhe was one of the\\norigin. il promot-\\ners. l roin his\\nyouth Mr. Dunlap\\nwas a leaderamong\\nmen. Tall, finely\\nproportioned, easy\\nin carriage, fear-\\nless in the advoc-\\nacy of his princi-\\n]iles, a man of\\noriginal ideas,\\ncapable of making\\nan argumentative\\nand c o n V i n ci ng\\naddress, he was a\\npower in church\\nand state, and in\\njustice to his mem-\\nory it sliould be\\nsaid that he never\\nwielded this ])Ower\\nfor gain or selfish\\nmotives. Toljuild\\nup Nashua, her\\nindustries and her\\nchurches, and to\\nadvance the stand-\\nard of good living\\nin the home and\\nmercanlile affairs\\nwas his aim. He\\nwasa constant con-\\ntributor to everything that helped society. He was a\\ndeacon for many years in the churches heretofore men-\\ntioned. He was chairman of the building committee for\\nthe erection of the present Pilgrim church edifice in 1881,\\nand worked diligently until it was completed and dedicated.\\nDeacon Dunlap was united in marriage Aug. 12, 1841,\\nwith Lucy Jane, daughter of Josiah Fogg of Exeter and\\ngranddaughter of Major Josiah Fogg. Five children were\\nborn of the marriage: James H., Georgianna, John P.,\\n(died in 1852, aged four years), .\\\\bby Jane. Charles H..\\n(died in 1894, aged 41).\\nREV. JAMES S. B!:ACK.\\nRev. James S. Hlack, writer of the ecclesiastical chapter\\nof this work, was born in Scotland in 1845. He attended\\nschools at C.lasgow and Kdinburgh and was graduated\\nfrom institutions of learning in this country. He was\\nsettled over the Olive Street Congregational society in\\nNashua from 1870 to 1874, was pastor of Erskine church in\\nMontreal from 1874 to 1884, at Colorado Springs, Col., from\\n1884 to iSgo, at Minneapolis, Minn., from tSgo to 1894,\\nand at present is\\nthe minister at St.\\n-Andrew s church,\\nHalifax, N. S. He\\nhas traveled in\\nEurope, in Pales-\\ntine and Egypt,\\nand is author of\\nseveral popular\\nworks of a reli-\\ngious character.\\nMr. Black is an\\nearnest and elo-\\nquent extempora-\\nneous preacher\\nwhose services\\nhave been very\\nprofitable to the\\ncongregations and\\npeople where he\\nhas been settled.\\nDuring the four\\nyears of his min-\\nistry overthe Olive\\nStreet church,\\nwhich was his first\\npastorate, he en-\\ndeared himself to\\nits mendjers. He\\nwas not only a verj\\nearnest and zeal-\\nous preacher, but,\\nalso, a warm and\\ndisinterested\\nfriend. Broad in\\nhis religious views,\\nhe had, neverthe-\\nless, the courage\\nof his convictions\\nand never hesitat-\\ned to denounce\\nwhatever, in his\\njudgment, tended\\nto subvert or com-\\nbat the great truths of Christianity. In addition to his\\nwork as a pastor his services were in frequent demand as\\na platform orator, his reputation as an eloquent and\\ninstructive speaker on popular themes being well known\\nand appreciated in this vicinity as well as throughout\\nNew^ England. He took great interest in public affairs,\\nand was a zealous and patriotic citizen. He has been\\ntwice married, first, 1872, with Helen M. Kimball of\\nNashua, who died while he was settled in Colorado, and,\\nsecond, with Mary Cameron, a native of Pittsburgh and\\nof Scotch descent. No children.\\nKliN J.VMK.S .s, lil.ACK.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "14-\\nHISTORV OF X.lS//[-A. X. H.\\nANDREW ELIOT THAYER.\\nRev. Andrew E. Thayer was born Nov. 4. 1783, in\\nHampton, died in Na.shua, Jan. 31, 1846. He was a son of\\nRev. Ebenezer (twenty-six years a minister at Hampton),\\nANi)i!i;\\\\v i;i.i()i riiAVKH.\\nand Martha (Cotton) Thayer, and grandson of Rev. John\\nCotton of Newton, Ma.ss., and descendant in the fifth\\nj^eneration from Rev. John Cotton, who came from Eng-\\nland in 1633 and was settled over the First church in\\nBoston.\\nMr. Thayer fitted fur college in Exeter and entered\\nHarvard university, graduating in 1803. After stud3 ing\\ndivinity and being ordained for the ministry, January, 1806,\\nhis health failed and he was obliged to go south. Return-\\ning north he came to Nashua about 1820, and from that\\ntime until Jan. 1, 1S24, he supplied the pulpit of the Old\\nSouth church. He also taught school and afterwards\\nhad a bookstore and circulating library in a building\\nstanding where the entrance to Thayer s court now is.\\nHe assisted in establishing The Nashua Constellation. In\\nJune, 1827, he became one of its publishers, being also\\nits editor until Feb. 24, 1832, the name in the meantime\\nhaving been changed to Nashua Gazette. Mr. Tha\\\\ er\\nthen .sold the paper to General Hunt, who changed its\\npolitics from Whig to Democrat. While Mr. Thayer\\nwas editor the Gazette was published in a room back of\\nthe bookstore, and the Telegraph was starteil in the same\\nplace, the latter remaining there until it was removed\\nto the next building, where the Watananock house now\\nstands. It was in this building until the fire of Novend^er,\\n1838, when the two buildings, in which were the book-\\nstore and Telegraph, were burned to the ground. The\\nbookstore was then placed in the building lately occupied\\nbv Mr. Dane, standing on the site of the Whiting block,\\nand the Telegraph in the room above. It was owing to\\nMr. Thayer s exertions that Mr. Beard came here and\\nfounded the Nashua Weekly Telegraph, the editor of the\\nsame saying at the time of Mr. Thaj-er s death: A debt\\nof gratitude, as well as a pecuniary debt, has been due\\nhim, and although we have been compelled to be a poor\\npaymaster in regard to the latter, we have never disowned\\nthe former. Mr. Thayer filled a conspicuous place\\namong his fellow-citizens and occupied many responsible\\npositions. His enterprise did much to build up the place,\\nand he was ever ready to assist in good works.\\nRev. Mr. Thaj er was united in marriage to Lucy Flagg,\\ndaughter of John and Lucy (Curtis) Flagg. Mrs. Thayer\\nwas highly esteemed and beloved b}- all who knew her.\\nDuring the Civil war she was active in everything to\\nrelieve the wants of the soldiers, and, in fact, her whole\\nlife was devoted to the things that make home and a\\ncommunity wiser and better. She died at her home in\\nThaj-er s court. June 24. 1S74. They had several children,\\nonly two of whom are now living, Lucy V and Katharine\\nM. Thayer.\\nREV. HENRI A. LESSARD.\\nRev. Henri Lessard was l orn in .St. Johns, on the\\nbanks of the Richelieu river, in the province of Quebec,\\n.April 14, 1850. He is a son of Rene Edward and Marie\\nMarguerite Lessard, and a descendant on the paternal\\nside of Stephen De Francis Lessard, who settled at St.\\n.\\\\nne d Beaupre, P. Q., in 1623. On the maternal side he\\nis a descendant of Galjriel Lambert, who settled in Quebec\\nin 1687. They followed agricultural pursuits and were a\\nsturdy, industrious and respected people.\\nRev. Father Lessard was educated in the puljlic schools\\nof his native place and began classical study there in\\n1863. In 1865, the college at that place having closed its\\niloors, and its founder. Rev. Charles Larocque, having\\nl)een promoted to the bishopric of St. Hyacinthe, he\\nentered St. Therese college, Terrebourne county, P. Q.,\\nwhere he pursued his .studies. Four years later his\\nparents removed to Montreal, and he resided there with\\nthem aliout eighteen months. In 1871 he became a resi-\\ndent of Manchester. After five years spent in mercantile\\npursuits he returned to St. Therese college with avowed\\ni;i;\\\\ IlKMtl A. I.I SAK1).\\nintention of becoming a priest. He pursued his studies\\nwith diligence and on June 7, 1879, his hopes were real-\\nized by his ordination at Montreal. A few days later Rt.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "HISTOR) ()/-A\\\\IS//f/,^, A\\n143\\nRev. James A. Healey, bishop of the diocese of I ortlaml,\\na])i)ointe(l him assistant to leather Chevalier, pastor of St.\\n.Aujjustine s church. Manchester, where he remained a\\nyear, when he was sent as assistant :nissionarj- with\\nFather Sweron to attend the mission of Madawaska,\\nAroostook county. Me. lu January, 1881, after a month\\nspent at the cathedral of Portland, he began service under\\nRev. Father Hesey. then pastor of the church at Lewis-\\nton. Me. In September of the same year he was appointed\\nto .\\\\11 Saints church at Lancaster, and his twelve missions\\nwere confirmed by\\nRt. Rev. Bishop\\n1 1 e a 1 e y Four\\nyears of constant\\nand arduous labor\\nin that parish be-\\n^an to undermine\\nliis health, and\\nconsequently he\\nasked for a change.\\nThis was granted,\\nand, in 1885, the\\nIVench Canadian\\nJ) o p n 1 a t i o n of\\nNashua havinj;\\noutnumbered the\\ncapacity of the\\nchurch of St. Louis\\nd t l o n z a g u e on\\nHollis street, he\\nw as chosen to\\nshare Rev. Father\\nMilette s labors\\nand was assigned\\nto a nucleus of a\\n]Kirish on the north\\nside of the city; his\\nzealous labor in\\nllie past ten years\\nlias been abun-\\ndantly blessed\\nand the parish of\\nSt. Francis Xavier,\\nof which he is the\\nhonored pastor,\\nhas (July, 1896;,\\nlai l the corner-\\nstone of a church\\nedifice, on Chan-\\ndler street, which\\nwill be among the\\nfirst in the city.\\nRev. Father Les-\\nsard is a courteous\\nand affatile priest and citizen, who has the confidence and\\nrespect of the entire community.\\nVERY REV. JOHN O DONNELL, V. G.\\nVery Rev. John O Donnell. V. G., was born at Donegal,\\nIreland, Nov. 22. 1821. died at Nashua, Jan. 22, 1882. He\\nwas a son of Dennis and Mary Ann (McGrath O Donnell.\\nboth of whom were connected with the best families in\\nthe country in which they were reared, and possessed of\\na laudable ambition to give their children greater advan-\\ni;rv ]{1-:\\\\. JOHN (i ihiwki.i,, v.\\ntages in the matter of education and opportunity than\\nthey themselves had enjoyed. They accordingly emi-\\ngrated to .\\\\merica.\\nFather O Donnell obtained his primary education in the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2schools of his native place and shortly after his arrival\\nin this country entered Mount St. Mary s college at\\nF;mniitsl)urg, Md.. where he was graduated in 1847. He\\nwas ordained the same year at the cathedral in Boston,\\nand appointed pastor of a mission at Eastport, Me. In\\nthis limited field of labor he ex-liiliitcd tact, talent and ex-\\necutive ability and\\nthe result was\\nhis transfer to\\nSt. Domi nick s\\nchurch, Portland.\\nIt was at the time\\nwhen Neal Dow\\nand his followers\\nwere struggling to\\nmake Maine a pro-\\nhibition state and\\nFather O Donnell\\nbeing a man of\\npositive convic-\\ntions and pos-\\nsessed of the cour-\\nage of those con-\\nvictions advo-\\ncated a license\\nlaw. His observa-\\ntion led him to\\nbelieve, that all\\nthings considered.\\nt h e c a u s e o f\\ntemperance and\\nmorality would be\\nbetter conserved\\nby a rigid control\\nof the sale of\\nintoxicatingliquor\\nthan by prohibi-\\ntion, for. as he\\ns a w the evil,\\nmen will debauch\\nthemselves de-\\nspite law, and pro-\\nhibition often\\nleads to i)erjury.\\nI ather O Donnell\\nstated his views\\nfairly ami honestly\\ninit for all that\\nthe leaders of total\\nabstinence bitterly\\nassailed him, orally and through the coUimns of the\\npress, and later endeavored to hold him responsible for\\nthe riot and bloodshed that were witnessed in Portland\\nwhen an attempt was made to enforce the prohibition\\nlaws. He, however, never felt that he was in any way\\nresponsible. He had simply .stated his views as he had a\\nright to do. and, moreover, the sad outcome was not owing\\nto the method he had advised in dealing with the issue,\\nbut to the methods in law of tho.se who opposed his views.\\nIn 1855. after the installation of the first bishop of the\\ndiocese of Portland, Father O Donnell was assigned to", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "144\\nIf /STORY or XAS/frA. X. H.\\nNashua. Before he came here Sunday rioting was the\\nrule rather than the exception. He held services in the\\nFranklin hall, as the opera house was then called, ami\\nin a very short time restored order among his people and\\nwon the respect and confidence of the community. He\\npurchased, with his own money, land on Temple street\\nand set off to the diocese a lot for a church edifice and then\\nset to work to build the same. It was a great under-\\ntaking for that day, but he overcame all obstacles and in\\nNovember, 1857, at the time of the great financial panic,\\nthe Church of the Immaculate Conception of which he\\nwas the founder and in the yard of which his body lies\\nburied\u00e2\u0080\u0094 was duly consecrated. A few years later a con-\\ntroversy arose over the parsonage and lot, which he built\\nwith his own funds, and the diocese requested a free deed\\nof the same. Father O Donnell knew his rights, and, as\\nin every crisis of his career, was able to maintain them.\\nHe explained the matter and declined to act. His sus-\\npension followed and another priest was sent to take his\\nplace. The affairs of the parish then went from bad to\\nworse. The people clamored for his return and the Viishop,\\na man of rare good sense, settled with Father O Donnell\\nand reinstated him as pastor of the church he founded,\\nin which sacred office he officiated until his death. The\\ntwenty-fifth anniversary of the dedication of the church\\nhe founded was a great event in Nashua. His people had\\nits walls beautifully frescoed at great cost and at the\\nreception, following mass by the bishop, he was honored\\nwith the congratulations of people of all denominations,\\nwho called at the parochial parsonage.\\nThat F~ather O Donnell had the confidence and highest\\nesteem of all loyal Nashuans, without regard to creed or\\npolitics, was shown on many occasions. They loved him\\nbecause of the sublime manhood he exhibited in asserting\\nhis rights, for his broad catholicit} that recognized all men\\nas brethren, for the loyal support of the cause and flag of\\nhis adopted country, for his interest in popular education,\\nbut most of all for the warm fatherly greeting that char-\\nacterized his deportment when abroad among the people.\\nAll these things are in evidence over and over again in\\nthe story of his life. At his altar and at public meetings\\nin the City Hall he proclaimed the doctrine of emancipa-\\ntion, and when Lincoln fell by the hand of an assassin,\\nhe denounced the act in a public speech with tears that\\nchoked his utterance. Often he went unobtrusively to\\nthe homes of other faith than his own and offered the\\ncondolence and sympathy of a citizen. Every political\\norganization recognized his devotion to the schools, and\\nthe returns of his last election as a member of the board\\nof education, show that not a ballot was cast against\\nhim. His door was always ajar for teachers and scholars,\\nand in him they found a safe counsellor and a sympa-\\nthizing friend, and when his life on earth ended the school\\nboard of which he was an honored member named the\\nschool building on Chandler street, the O Donnell school,\\nin honor of his memory. He gave his handsome set of\\nthe Kncyclopx-dia Brittannica to the High school, and to\\nthis time his portrait hangs in several schoolrooms. His\\nlife was an exceedingly busy and laborious, as well as an\\neminently useful one. In his efforts to advance the gen-\\neral interests of hunianit\\\\-, to upbuild and strengthen\\ncharacter, and especially to promote and establish the\\nreligion of the Master, as the foundation of true and hon-\\norable lives in this world, and the only hope for the\\nfuture, he was indefatigable. His memory is a sacred\\npage on the history of the generation he served.\\nSUMNER MORGAN.\\nSumner Morgan, son of Isaac and Tabitha (Pear.son\\nMorgan, was born at Washington, June 6, 1803, died at\\nNashua. .\\\\ug. 27, 1885. He was a descendant, on the\\nSUMNEK MORGAN.\\npaternal side, of Robert Morgan, who came to America\\nfrom England in 1650, and settled at Salem, Mass., and\\nwas the progenitor of a family that has become widely\\nscattered, and has made honorable records in the civic and\\nmilitarv affairs of the country. On the maternal side he\\nwas a descendant in the line of Thomas Pearson, a man\\nwho was among the pioneers of that part of Old Dunsta-\\nble, now known as Nashua, and honored by his townstnen.\\nMr. Morgan was educated in the public schools of his\\nnative place, and early in life settled in Nashua. His\\nbusiness was that of a butcher and provision dealer, and\\nat one time he was located in the basement of the City\\nHall building. He acquired a fine tract of land on what\\nis now known as Morgan street, and after retiring from\\nmercantile life busied himself in agricultural pursuits.\\nMr. Morgan was an old school gentleman a man of\\nunblemished character, strict integrity and modest citi-\\nzenship. He made a constant and earnest endeavor to\\npromote the welfare of Nashua and Nashuans, and was\\nfaithful to every trust. From i86o to 1870 he resided in\\nMerrimack, where he served the town on its board of\\nselectmen. He was an attendant of the Olive Street\\nchurch. Mr. Morgan was married three times; first,\\nNov. 25, 1830, with Jane E. Pearson, daughter of Thomas\\nPearson, whose ancestors came to this country in 1685\\nand settled at Reading, Mass. second, Dec. 27, 1836, with\\nMary P. Fry, daughter of Roland and Mary (Young)\\nFry. His third wife s name was Mrs. Rebecca Butler,\\nFeV). 7, 1861. Eight children were born to him; by his\\nfirst marriage, Ellen J., Dec. 25, 1831, married ,Saniuel C.\\nBarnes; Edward S., March 27, 1833, died Dec. 15, 1864;\\nby his second marriage, Caroline E., Oct. 24, 1838, mar-\\nried Rev. Hiram G. Blair; Abby K., Aug. 6, 1841, married\\nIrving Estey Charles W., Dec. 4, 1842, married Mary L.\\nLonga, and, second, Rosabel E. Brown; three who died\\nin infancy Both his .sons served their country in the army\\nduring the Civil War, and both were wounded in battle.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "jf/s mRV or .y.is//f .-i, n. h.\\n145\\nJOHN GRAY BLUNT.\\nJohn C. Uliiiit. soil of Joliii anil Mary (Estey) Blunt,\\nwas born in Amherst, Aug. 23, 1S17, died at his summer\\nhome at Marblehead, Mass., July 24, 1883. He was edu-\\ncated in the puljlic schools of his native place and at the\\nNashua Literary institution. In 1837 he settled in Nashua\\nand eiiKajjed in the grocery trade with his father. Later\\nhe was in liusiness alone, and in 1832, Warren J. Cooper\\nbecame his partner under the firm name of Blunt Co.\\nlu 1839, his son, E.\\nO. Blunt became\\nhis partner under\\nthe firm name of\\nJ. G. Blunt Son,\\nand from that time\\nand since his\\ndeath, the business\\nhas been con-\\nducted under the\\nold sign, it being\\nthe oldest mercan-\\ntile house in the\\ncitv. Mr. Blunt\\nwas a successful\\nand honorable\\nmerchant, diligent\\nin bus iness and\\ngenerous in his\\ndealings. He was\\none of the founders\\nof the Pearl street\\nCongregational\\nchurch and a lib-\\neral contributor to\\nits support, his\\ngift to the organ\\nfund alone being\\nJi,5tx). 1 n I 889,\\nwhen the church\\nunited with the\\nOlive Street\\nchurch, he became\\na member of the\\nnew organization,\\nthe Pilgrim\\nchurch, and, as in\\nthe old church,\\nheld the office of\\ndeacon. Mr. Blunt\\nrepresented Ward\\nSix in the board\\nof aldermen in\\n1859 and i860 and\\nin the legislature in 1861 and 1862. His tastes and habits\\nwere such as led him to prefer the quiet and retirement\\nof home life, rather than the bustle and excitement of\\npolitics and he declined further political honors. Mr.\\nBlunt was united in marriage Dec. 18, 1845, with Caroline\\nBall. P our children were born of their marriage Edward\\nO., born -Aug. 4, 1847, married Lucette Harmon, died\\n.\\\\pril 14, 1896; Charles E., born Oct. 15, 1849, married\\nEmily A. Clark; Mary E., born Feb. 18, 1853, married\\nGeorge E. Holt, who died May 14, 1894; .Alfred A., Jan.\\n28, 1838, died Nov. 29, 1885.\\nALLEN WILSON.\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Mien Wilson was born at Tyngsboro, Mass., .\\\\ugust 27,\\n1823, died Feb. 27, 1892. He was a son of .Allen and El-\\nmira (Sherburn) Wilson and a descendant of the early\\nsettlers of the country lying along the banks of the Mer-\\nrimack river between Nashua and Chelmsford. His father\\nwas drow-ned when he was three months old and his\\ninothcr subsequently married a Mr. I anner. He lived\\nwiUi his lirolhcrs and sisters until he was able to take\\ncare of himself and\\nwas in everj- sense\\nof the word a self-\\nmade man.\\nMr. Wilson was\\neducated in the\\n])ublic schools of\\nhis native place\\nand at the aca-\\ndemy in Newbury,\\n\\\\t. He learned\\nthe trade of a reed\\nmaker and fol-\\nlowed that occu-\\npation till the con-\\nlition of his health\\nadmonished him\\nthat he must\\nchange his occu-\\npation, whereupon\\nhe established a\\nrestaurant at the\\nConcord railroad\\nstation where he\\nremained thirty-\\none years, and, it\\nbeing a junction\\nfor passengers\\npassing through\\nsouthern New\\nHampshire, be-\\ncame one of the\\nbest known men\\nin the state. Nor\\nis it too much to\\nsay of him that he\\nwas most highly\\nregarded by the.\\npublic. Of corn-\\nIll a 11 ding pres-\\nence, a rare good\\ntalker on current\\nthemes, of unques-\\ntioned upright-\\nness in his religious and civic life, kind and sympathetic\\nin dealing with the poor and unfortunate, a liberal con-\\ntributor to every good cause, he was as near the ideal of\\nperfect manhood as it is possible to attain in a world\\nof bargain-making and of money-getting, temptations\\nand folly.\\nMr. Wilson was much in public life and conspicuous in\\nthe every-day affairs of the city. He served in the first\\nand second common council from Ward Three in 1853 and\\n1854, and was tw-ice chosen to represent his ward in the\\nlegislature, his seat being successfully contested one of\\nJOIIX GR.W lil.UNT.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "146\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nthe terms by his Democratic opponent. Later he was\\nurged to accept a nomination for assessor and still later,\\nwhen his hundreds of friends were urging his nomination\\nas a candidate for the Mayoralt)-, and it was a foregone\\nconclusion that he was the chosen of the convention, he\\narose in his place and declined the honor. The cares of\\npublic office had no attraction for him. Mr. Wilson was\\na director many years in the Second National bank, a\\ntrustee in the Mechanic s Savings bank, and also held\\nmany other positions of trust, the duties of which he dis-\\ncharged with ability and fidelity.\\nIn his religious life he was a Methodist. He was one of\\nthe supporters of the Lowell street church, a liberal\\ncontributor for the fund for building the society s Main\\nstreet edifice and in supporting its preacher and missions.\\nHe was several years superintendent of the Sunday School\\nconnected with the church, a class leader, steward, and\\nalso served upon its financial board, and when, by reason\\nof failing health, he resigned, his friends in the society\\npresented him with a gold headed cane which records in\\nits inscription fifty years of membership, from May n,\\n1841, to May II, iSgi. He lived a life of honor and prob-\\nity, and in death was mourned by the whole community.\\nenterprises until 184S, when, on account of failing health,\\nhe .sold out to McOuesten and retired to private life on a\\nsmall farm. Mr. Bullard built several houses and took\\nALLEN WIL.SON.\\nMr. Wilson was united in marriage Oct. 18, 1849, with\\nCatherine S. Parker, daughter of John and Sarah (Mc-\\nCaine) Parker of Peterboro. Mrs. Wilson seconded her\\nhusband in all good works, and since his death has con-\\ntinued the generous giving that endeared him to the peo-\\nple and which gives her a like reputation for loyalt} to\\nGod and humanity. There were no children by their\\nmarriage.\\nSOLOMON R. BULLARD.\\nSolomon R. Bullard was born in Dedham, Mass., Sept.\\n15, 1798, died in Nashua Oct. 10, 1866. He was a son of\\nJohn and Abigail (Richards) Bullard. Mr. Bullard was\\neducated in the public schools of his native place. He\\ncame to Nashua in September, 1831, and engaged in trade.\\nHe also had a pecuniary interest in a sawmill and other\\nSOLOMON K. BLTLLAKD.\\nan active interest in everything calculated to promote\\ngood morals and advance the material interests of Nash-\\nua. He served the town of Nashville one or two years on\\nthe board of selectmen, and as street commissioner, and\\nrepresented in the legislature. He attended the Baptist\\nchurch and was a true man in all the relations of life.\\nMr. Bullard was united in marriage Feb. 6, 1826, with\\nSarah F. Sanborn, daughter of Moses and Nancy (Fogg)\\nSanborn of Epping. Three sons were born of his mar-\\nriage Henr} M., born atWatertown, Mass., Nov. 7, 1827,\\nmarried Oct. 11, 1853, Sophia P. Patten of Raymond;\\nSolomon Chester, born in Nashua Sept. 28, 1832, married\\nDec. I, 1859, Sarah W. Fisher, died Nov. 12, 1884; Dura\\nPratt, born in Nashua Feb. 22, 1839, died June 23, 1843.\\nJOHN GARDNER KIMBALL.\\nJohn G. Kimball, son of Dea. Isaac and Lucinda (Ten-\\nney) Kimball, was born at Mason Village, now Greenville,\\nSept. 14, 1827, died at the Shirley Hill house in Goffstown\\nwhere he was spending his vacation, Oct. 19, 1886. His\\nimmigrant ancestor, Richard Kimball, came to America\\nfrom Suffolk county, Eng., in April, 1634.\\nMr. Kimball attended the public schools at Temple, to\\nwhich place his parents removed when he was two j ears\\nof age, and was a student at the academies in Hancock\\nand Francestown. Later he attended the Normal insti-\\ntute at Reed s Ferry, and after that taught school. Still\\nlater he spent a year in Boston, where he was graduated\\nin 1855 from Comer s Commercial college. The next two\\nyears were spent in Philadelphia. In April, 1857, he\\ncame to Nashua, and here he had his home until his\\ndeath. From 1857 to 1864 he was engaged in the express\\nbusiness with Hon. Hiram T. Morrill, and after that he\\nwas a busy man of affairs, being clerk of the common\\ncouncil in i860 and 1862, city clerk from 1863 to 1866, and\\ncitv treasurer several years, cashier of the Indian Head\\nNational bank eight years, and the greater part of this", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF .VASHCU X. If.\\n147\\nliiiK (loin,tc an extensive insurance business. In 1876 he\\nwas appointed b\\\\- the governor and council a member of\\nllie board of bank commissioners, a position which he\\nheld until 1880 and the duties of which he performed\\nwith exceptional ability. Mr. Kimball represented his\\nward in the constitutional convention of 1876 and in the\\nfirst biennial session of the legislature of 1879. He served\\nhis constituents with fidelity and was instrumental in ob-\\ntaining the charter for the New Hampshire banking com-\\npany and Guaranty Savings bank, which institution he\\norganized in 1880. He was a member of its lioard of trus-\\ntees and its treasurer until his death. Mr. Kimball was\\na director in the First National bank, president of the\\nfnderhill Rdge Tool company, and treasurer of the\\nPeterboro railroad. Besides these important trusts, he\\nwas an active citizen in matters of public concern. Mr.\\nKindiall was universally esteemed and trusted. He was\\nJOHN GARDNER KIMB.\\\\LL.\\na man who gave his influence to advance the interests of\\nUie church, the state and society. He was amember of\\nthe First Congregational church and society, and held the\\noffice of treasurer in the latter organization nearly tw-enty-\\nfive years. He was also a member of Rising Sun lodge,\\nF. and A. M., and of Pennichuck lodge, I. O. O. F.\\nMr. Kimball was united in marriage Nov. 19, 1857, with\\nBetsy C. Spalding, daughter of Capt. Ira Spalding of Mer-\\nrimack. Mrs. Kimball is a descendant of Edward Spald-\\ning, who came to this country from England about 1633.\\nSix children were born of their marriage Elwood Davis,\\nborn Sept. 29, 1859, married Luella Johnson of Burton,\\nOhio, and who resides at Wichita, Kansas .\\\\nnie Rand-\\nlett, born Jan. 28. 1862, died Jan. 8, 1868; Elizabeth Gard-\\nner, born July 5, 1869; John Hovey, born Jan. 21, 1871\\nRalph Tenny, born F eb. 21, 1873; Richard Spalding, born\\nMarch 12, 1879.\\nSAMUEL SHEPHERD.\\nSamuel Shepherd was born in Dedham, Mass., .^pril 8,\\niSoi, died in Nashua, Ajiril 10, 1889. He studied archi-\\ntecture with Ashur Benjamin, of Boston and was a\\nmechanical engineer and inventor of marked ability.\\nMr. Shepherd settled in Nashua in 1824, and for a time\\nwas engaged in making doors, sashes and windows. The\\nprocess was too slow for a man of his genius and conse-\\nquently he studied improvements and evolved machinery\\nwith which to do the work. His inventions revolution-\\nized the business. A little later he became superintendent\\nof the entire building department of the Jackson companj\\nand built its first mill buildings to the entire satisfaction\\nof agents and owners. Mr. Shepherd s next venture was\\nin Boston, where he added new* devices to his inventions\\nand built and equipped for a stock company mills for the\\nmanufacture of doors, sash and blinds. In 1842, he\\ndraughted the plans for the City Hall building, Nashua,\\nand served upon the town committee that built it. Mr.\\nShepherd spent fifteen years in the southern states, being\\nlargely engaged in mechanical pursuits, and meantime,\\ninventing the cotton-gin and other labor-saving machines.\\nLater in life he gave pretty much all his time to invention.\\nMr. Shepherd was a member of the F irst Congregational\\nchurch, a deacon for many years in its organization and a\\npioneer in Sunday-school work. He was a good man and\\nhighly respected by the community.\\nJOHN .A. BALDWIN.\\nJohn A. Balilwin was born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 20,\\n1793, died in Nashua, .\\\\pril 10, 1873. He was a descendant\\nof the Baldwin family that came from England in the\\nseventeenth century and settled at Woburn, Mass. The\\nBaldwins were conspicuous in the struggles of the colonies\\nto free themselves from British rule and several of them\\nwere soldiers of the Revolutionary War. The genealogy\\nof the family is published in book form and is an inter-\\nesting work to persons bearing that name or connected\\nby marriage.\\nJSIr. Baldwin was educated in the common schools of\\nBoston. He came to Nashua in 1825, and was emplo^-ed\\nuntil his death as paymaster of the Nashua Manufacturing\\ncompany, fort3 -seven years. Mr. Baldwin was among\\nthe first citizens of Nashua in all things and took a deep\\ninterest in whatever his judgment commended for the\\ninterest of the city and the people. He served the town\\nas chairman of the board of selectmen in 1846 and 1847,\\nwas town treasurer in 1848, and sat in the first and second\\ncommon council as the representative of Ward Five, and\\nduring the next two years, 1855 and 1856, was a member\\nof the board of aldermen. In the dark days of the Civil\\nWar no man in Nashua was more loyal than Mr. Baldwin\\nor willingly sacrificed more, according to his means and\\nopportunity, in all of which he was seconded by Mrs.\\nBaldwin, than whom a more honored wife and mother\\nnever lived. He was a member of the Unitarian church\\nand superintendent of the Sunday-school of the parish\\nthirty-five years.\\nMr. Baldwin was united in marriage Oct. 26, 1826, with\\nSarah Collins, daughter of John and Sarah (Avery)\\nCollins. Seven children were born of their marriage,\\nfour of whom are living Marian Baldwin, Newton Centre,\\nMass. John A. Baldwin, Brookliue, Mass. Mary A. and\\nLucy A. of Nashua.)", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "148 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.\\nBY JAMES S. BLACK.\\nTHE ecclesiastical history of any New England community forms no small part of the whole\\nstory. It throws light upon the religious and ethical progress of society, upon much self.\\ndenying zeal, and also upon sectarian strife and narrowness. The evolution of church\\narchitecture and music indicates the progress of the testhetic, while the growing zeal and\\nliberality proclaim the moral development. The rise and progress of the various denominations of\\nChristians in our city al.so tell the story of the changes that have taken place in the almost exclu-\\nsivelv New England community of fifty years ago. It is a happy circumstance that this historical\\nchapter has no tale of oppression or of persecution, for conscience sake, to relate. Interdenomina-\\ntional courtesy and good feeling has been the rule. The nearest approach to .strife has been not be-\\ntween denominations, but in denominations as such, and even of these conscientious differences of\\nopinion it can truly be said that they have passed away and left no bitterness behind.\\nPresbyterians from I^ondonderry, zealous in their adherence to the Westminster Confession,\\nCono-regationalists, who were con.servative in their tastes and habits, but in doctrine were influenced\\nbv Harvard university and ridiculed Whitefield and the New Lights, as the zealous followers of\\nthat great preacher were called, fought out their differences in wordy warfare which found its storm\\ncentre at the calling and settling of ministers.\\nWere we to give the history of the churches with as much detail as several of the churches have\\nobserved in their ptildished manuals, the limits of this chapter would be transgressed; but as far as\\nis possible we give the .story of each congregation as related by its own representative.\\nIt will be noticed that the churches are arranged in the chronologocal order of their coming to\\nthe city.\\nThe following chronological table will enable the reader to follow more clearly the history of\\neach of the churches\\n1673 Organization of the town of Dunstable.\\n1678 The first church in the village of Dun.stable. It was a log house about twenty feet .square.\\n16S4 A new meeting-house was built.\\n1685 A church was organized and Mr. Weld ordained as minister.\\n1738 A new meeting-house erected.\\n1747 A church was built a few rods north of the Old vSouth church in Dunstable, New Hampsliire.\\n1753 A meeting-house built two miles below the present City hall.\\n1761 At a town meeting the New England Confession of Faith was adopted.\\n1766 Voted that the civil connection between the town and the minister of the church should\\ncease.\\n181 2 The Old South meeting-house was built.\\n18 18 Organization of the First Universalist society.\\n1819 The First Baptist society in Dunstable, N. H., (now Nashua) was formed.\\n1S25 Olive Street church built.\\n1826 Olive Street church purcha.sed by Congregationalists.\\n1826 First Unitarian society organized.\\n1S31 First Methodist Episcopal services in tlie city.\\n1833 Reorganization of the Universalist church.\\n1833 The First Baptist church built on the present site.\\n1835 First Congregational church, Main street, dedicated.\\n1836 Second Baptist church, corner of West Pearl and Chestnut .streets.\\n1838 Free Will Baptist church organized.\\n1839 Old Universalist church on west side of Main .street built.\\n1S45 First Episcopal church service in Nashua.\\n1847 Pearl street church (3rd Congregational) dedicated, now owned by the Universalist church.\\n1850 New First Baptist church dedicated.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF iXASin-A, X. If.\\n149\\n1857\\n1868\\n1870\\n1873\\n1878\\n1882\\n1886\\n1894\\nChurch of the Immaculate Conception consecrated.\\nMain .Street Methoilist ICpiscopal chnrch dedicated.\\nFirst Congregational church, Main street, rebuilt.\\nChurch of St. Aloysius consecrated.\\nChurch of the Good Shepherd con.secrated.\\nPilgrim church dedicated.\\nSt. Francis Xavier church consecrated.\\nPresent First Congregational church dedicated.\\nTHE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.\\nUpon Dec. 16, 1685, in a new meeting-house, built of logs and located near the old burying-\\nground, four miles down the L,owell road, the present First Congregational church of Nashua, then\\ncalled the Congregational church of Dunstable, was organized. Immediately after its organization\\nTHE FIHST CONCREGATIONAI. CHl liCH.\\nthis church with its seven memtiers, stood as a sentinel at the \\\\-ery fore-front of Christ s spiritual\\nforces in this part of the newly occupied continent. No church north of it in the whole stretch of\\nterritory up to the Canada line. No church east of it nearer than Hampton and none south or\\nwest for several miles. Just how many families there were at that time to worship in the little\\nmeeting-house we have no means of knowing.\\nThomas Weld, the first pastor, came from Roxbury, Mass. Jonathan Tyng, whose name stands\\nfirst upon the roll of church-membership, came from Boston.\\nJohn Blanchard, who was elected a deacon of the church at its formation, had his early training\\nin Charlestown, Mass.\\nSamuel French was born in Candjridge. Henry Farwell was a descendant of Henry Farwell of\\nConcord, Mass. Indeed, most of the original settlers of Dunstable came either from Boston or its\\nneighboring towns. This fact shows that they were eminently Puritan in their birth and breeding.\\nThe outlines of the history of the church may be traced through its line of ministers.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "ISO\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nRev. Thomas Weld, the first pastor, was probably ordained in 16S5 and continued his ministry\\nuntil 1702, when, as is supposed, he was murdered by the Indians.\\nRev. Nathaniel Prentice was .settled in 17 18 and died in office in 1737.\\nRev. Josiah Swan was settled in 173S and dismissed in 1746.\\nRev. Samuel Bird was .settled in 1746 and dismissed in 1751.\\nRev. Jo.seph Kidder was settled in 1767 and dismissed in 1796.\\nAndrew Elliott Thayer, who was ordained in 1806, was not mini.ster of the church, but supplied\\nthe pulpit for some time before his ordination.\\nFIU.ST CONGREGATION.VL CHUIiCM,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .MAIN STREET,\\n[Now Church of the Free Will r!:iptists.]\\nRev. Ebenezer B. Sperry was settled in 1813 and dismissed in 1819.\\nRev. Handel G. Nott was settled in 1826 and dismissed in 1834. Previous to the dismission of\\nMr. Nott, he publicly announced that he could no longer administer the ordinance of baptism to\\ninfants. This resulted in a division of the church. A very slight majority resented the action of the\\nsociety in securing Mr. Nott s services as supplj- for the vacant pulpit. The}- withdrew and held\\nworship in the Greeley building, being recognized as the First Congregational church.\\nRev. Jonathan McGee, the first pastor after the division, was settled in January, 1835. In August\\nof the same year the society completed their new house of worship at a cost of $10,000. This house\\nserved the societj until April 16, 1870, when it was destroyed b_v fire.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "H/STOKV OF NASHUA, N. H. 151\\nRev. Mr. McGee was dismissed in June, 1842. During his pastorate of seven j-ears and five\\nmonths there were 260 additions to the church, 125 by profession, and 135 by letter.\\nRev. Matthew Hale Smith was settled in September, 1842, and dismissed in June, 1845. During\\nliis pastorate of two years and nine months there were 117 additions to the church, 87 by profession\\nand 30 by letter.\\nRev. Samuel Lamson was settled in April, 1846, and dismissed in April, 1848. During his\\npastorate of two years there were 29 additions to the church, 11 by profession and 18 by letter.\\nRev. Daniel March was settled in January, 1849, and dismissed in January, 1855. During his\\npastorate of six years there were 133 additions to the church, 82 by profession and 51 by letter.\\nRev. George B. Jewett was settled in May, 1855, and dismi.s.sed in August, 1856. During his\\nshort pastorate of one year and three months, 22 were added to the church, five by profession and 17\\nby letter.\\nRev. Charles J. Hill was settled in January, 1857, and dismissed in April, 1864. During hi.s\\npastorate of seven years and three months there were 144 additions to the church, 102 by profession\\nand 42 b\\\\- letter.\\nRev. Elias C. Hooker was settled in September, 1865, and dismis.sed in August, 1868. During\\nhis pastorate of two years and eleven months there were 53 additions to the church, 32 by profession\\nand 21 bv letter.\\nRev. Prederick Alvord was settled July 6, 1869, and dismissed May, 1883. During his pastorate\\nof thirteen years and ten months there were 290 additions to the church, 161 by profession and 129 by\\nletter.\\nRev. Cyrus Richardson was settled Aug. 30, 1883. During his pastorate thus far three hundred\\nha\\\\e united with the church, 159 by profession and 141 by letter. The church at the present time\\nboth in membership and in pew rentals is the largest in its history.\\nAfter the meeting hou.se which stood on Main street was burned another was immediately erected\\non the same site at a cost of about $45,000. This building was occupied until the dedication of the\\npresent structure, which occurred Ma} 17, 1894. This house is built of granite, costing with land\\nand furnishings $125,000 the spacious lot upon which it stands being the gift of Mrs. Lucy Spalding.\\nIn strength and beauty as well as in availability of room this house is the finest in the state and has\\nfew superiors in New England.\\nThe following statistics will show that the church has developed in benevolence, as much as in\\nexpenditure on itself. In decades they have been as follows\\nFrom 1845 to 1855, $15,200 00\\n1855 to 1865, 19084 08\\n1865 to 1875, 11,317 21\\n1875 to 1885, 9,257 04\\n1885 to 1895, 32,097 13\\nAmounting in the last fifts years to $87,455 46\\nThe above sum has been for pure benevolence aside from the expenses incurred in the ordinary\\nsupport of the church and society.\\nOn the sixteenth of December, 1885, this church observed its two hundredth anni\\\\-ersary, and\\nmany of the former members returned to join in the celebration.\\nPILGRIM CHURCH.\\nFor a clear understanding of the history of the church, it is necessary to go back to the conditions\\nwhich led to its establishment. Up to 181 9 the Dunstable church had been a town church, supported\\nby the town, and, to an extent, subject to the will of its inhabitants. At this date church and\\nstate were separated and the Dunstable church was left without financial organization of any kind,\\nand with little vitality or enterprise. For seven years they had no stated service. Meantime, the\\nNashua village had taken root and begun a vigorous growth. The new comers of the village were\\nmen of enterprise and push, and they at once began to consider the matter of religious instruction\\nand organization.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "152\\nHIS TOR}- OF N.-iSHfU, A\\\\ H.\\nTo this end, upon the twenty-fourth da)^ of June, 1826, they met and organized a corporate\\ncompany called The First Congregational vSociety of Nashua Village, and provided a sum oi\\n$6,000, borrowed at interest, to be used for securing a house of worship. The original thought was\\nto purchase the Old South meeting-house of the Dunstable church and remove it to the village.\\nAt the time of forming this society there was no definite plan as to a church organization to\\noccupy the meeting-house when procured, but, doubtless, there were hopes that the Dunstable church\\nwould consent to do so. The union between the societ\\\\ and the Dunstable church was consummated\\nwithin the first year.\\nThe Rev. Handel G. Nott was settled Nov. 8, 1826, as pastor over the church at a salary of $Soo\\na year, and he preached in the Old South meeting-house until the purchase of the meeting-house\\nbuilt by the Nashua Manufacturing company. It was afterwards known as the Olive .Street\\nmeeting-house and was situated on the same site as the present Pilgrim church.\\nPILGRIM CIIlIRCIi.\\nUntil July, 1834, the Dunstable church was greatly blessed; new and strong men were constantly\\ncoming to the village and joining the church, making it strong in numbers and character. At the\\ndate given above, Mr. Nott announced his change of views on the question of infant baptism. This\\nraised a storm of indignation and dissatisfaction on the part of many members of the church.\\nThe Christian people of that time had been held to liberal ideas, or at least to liberal action, by\\nthe fact that all opinions had equal rights or tolerance in a state church, but when freed, to a\\ndegree, from this binding force, the reaction drove the church members into numerous sects, dividing\\non points and opinions which would now be considered of minor importance. A council was called\\nOct. 7, 1834. Mr. Nott was commended for high Christian character by this council, but he was no\\nlonger recognized as a proper pastor for a Congregational church and he was dismissed from his\\npastorate.\\nAfter his dismission the society hired him as a temporary supply until a suitable pastor could be\\nsecured. Upon this action on the part of the society, the officers of the church called a meeting of\\nthe church and voted to secede from the societv. The vote was a tie, the chairman voting. At an", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "///SrOA Of X.IS/Zf.l, A 153\\nadjourned meetint,^ the measure was passed by a inajorily of one, and so the church, with its officers\\nand its records, disconnected itself from the society.\\nA council, held December 11, 1X7,4, decided that the come-outers were the church. On\\nDecember 31, iS;,4, a new church was formed and called itself The I ir.st Church of Nashua\\nillase, and was recognized as a Congregational church by a council held Oct. 31, 1835. The\\narticles of faith of the new church were the same as those of the first church of Dun.stal)le, except\\nthat the matter of infant baptism was left to the choice of parents, most of the members favoring the\\nordinance,\\n.\\\\s first organized this churcli had one hundred and forty-three members.\\nAt a meeting of the church held January 25, 1836, a call was extended to Rev. Austin Richards\\nto become its pastor. He was installed April 6, 1836. On February 8, 1846, the name of the\\nchurch was changed to The (^live Street church.\\nOn Augu.st I, 1846, the church voted to encourage the formation of another Congreo-ational\\nchurch, and upon the twenty-ninth of August, 1846, Josiah Kittredge and fifty others were dismissed\\nfor the purpose of forming such a church.\\nMarch 23, 1862, Rev. G. D. Pike was installed as assistant pastor. Mr. Pike resigned May, 1865,\\nto become a secretary of the American Missionary association. After a pastorate of thirty years Mr.\\nRichards resigned and was dismissed Nov. 16, 1867.\\nDecember 17, 1S67, the Rev. Hiram Mead was installed as pastor. During his pastorate the\\nparsonage was built. He was dismissed Sept. 22, 1869, to occupy a professor.ship at Oberlin.\\nOn March 31, 1870, the Rev. James S. Black was ordained and installed over the church, and\\nresigned June 29, 1874. Dec. 17, 1874, the Rev. S. S. Martyn was installed, and was di.smissed\\nJan. I, 1S76. November, 1876, Rev. J. K. Aldrich was employed as acting pastor.\\nAt a meeting held in May, 1879, it was voted to appoint a committee to arrange for a union of\\nthe Olive and Pearl Street churches.\\nThe old Olive Street church is proud of two of her sons who attained to usefulness and\\nprominence as ministers of the gospel. The late Rev. Samuel Spalding of Xewburyport was a man of\\nfine scholarship. The Rev. Dr. James Powell gave the greater part of his official life to the\\nAmerican Missionary Association, and his praise is in all the churches.\\nTHE PEARL STREET CHURCH.\\nWe have seen that on August 29, 1846, fifty members withdrew from the Olive Street church for\\nthe purpose of forming a new church. The organization was effected Sept. 3, 1846, and called the\\nThird Orthodo.x Congregational church. Services were held in the City hall while a new meeting-\\nhouse was being built. Nov. 21, 1847, the new house was dedicated. In January, 1848, it assumed\\nthe name of The Pearl Street church.\\nJune 24, 1847, the Rev. Leonard Swain was ordained and installed as jiastor with a salary of\\n$1200 without parsonage. Mr. Swain was dismissed April 5, 1852, at his own request, to occupv a\\nlarger place in Providence, R. I.\\nAugust 16, 1853, the Rev. E. Adams was installed. He was dismissed July 16, 1857. Feb.\\n24, 1858, the Rev. Edward H. Greeley was installed, and dismissed May 17, i860. He was followed\\nDec. 7, 1861. by Rev. B. F. Parsons. On June 18, 1867, Mr. Parsons was dismissed. On Dec. 3,\\n1867, the Rev. W. L. Gaylord was installed as pastor, and was dismissed Oct. 27, 1870. Dec. 17,\\n1871, Rev. Clias. Wetherby was installed, and was dismissed March 28, 1879.\\nFor some years the feeling had obtained both in the Olive Street and the Pearl Street churches\\nthat the best interests of the church required a union of the congregations. This union was, after\\ncareful negotiation, happily accomplished, and the new organization assumed the name of the Pilgrim\\nchurch. Rev. George W. Grover was the first pastor. He was installed in December, 1879, and dis-\\nmissed by Council, at his own reque.st in F ebruary, 1894.\\nThe Pearl vStreet church was sold, the old Olive Street building was taken down, and, on its site\\nthe Pilgrim church was built. It was dedicated March 30, 1882.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "154 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nThe chapel of the church originally occupied the site of the present fire engine house. It was\\nremoved to the site of the present chapel in 1S71. The present beautiful and commodious chapel was\\ndedicated March 16, 1893.\\nThe present pastor, Rev. R. A. Beard, D. D., was installed September 29, 1S94.\\nTHE UN IVERSALIST CHURCH.\\nThe first Universalist society was formed January 27, 1818. There were twenty-eight who\\nsigned the original resolutions looking towards the formation of the society. The moving spirit in\\nthis enterprise was Israel Hunt, the father of General Israel and John M. Hunt. In 1819 the society\\nwas formally organized in Dunstable, N. H., with forty members and Israel Hunt, Junior, was\\nchosen as clerk. Rev. Charles Hudson was the first pastor. This original Universalist church\\nbecame merged with the Unitarian society. It was not until 1833 that the society, as a distinct\\norganization, was reorganized, and for two years worshipped in the Old South church under the\\npastoral care of Rev. A. P. Cleverly. In 1839 they took possession of their former church on the\\nwest side of Main street, and for six years Rev. U. C. Browne was the pastor. He retired on account\\nof ill health, but after two years he was re-installed and remained until 1853. During his absence on\\naccount of ill health the pulpit was supplied by Rev. Dr. W. H. Ryder. His successor was Rev. Dr.\\nCharles H. Fay, 1853-1855. The next pastor, Rev. O. D. Miller, 1855-1860; followed by Rev. J. O.\\nSkinner, 1860-1S63. Rev. Thomas L. Gorman s pastorate 1863-1866. Rev. Dr. G. T. Flanders was\\npastor for five years, and he was succeeded by Rev. Dr. S. H. McCollister, who, much to the regret\\nof his people, was called in 1872 to the presidenc)- of Buchtel college. He was followed by Rev. H.\\nA. Philbrook, whose successor, the Rev. Dr. H. B. vSmith, although he has resigned his charge, is a\\nmuch esteemed citizen of Nashua. The present pastor is Rev. F. A. Gray.\\nWhen the union of the Olive Street and Pearl .Street Congregational churches took place, the\\nPearl Street church was purchased by the Universalist society, and is their present house of\\nworship.\\nTHE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.\\nAfter much thought, consideration, and planning for months and even years, The First Baptist\\nSociety in Dunstable, N. H., was formed May 3, 1819, when twenty-three men adopted and signed\\nits constitution, the same year that the New Hampshire legislature, under the administration of Gov.\\nSamuel Bell, passed the Toleration Act, so called, the most important and far reaching measure\\nof that session, according to Barstow s History of New Hampshire, as it, for the first time, placed all\\nreligious sects in the state upon equal ground and made them dependent upon the voluntary\\ncontributions of the people for their support.\\nThis society sustained occasional preaching in abandoned meeting-houses, in school-houses, and\\nin private dwellings as opportunity presented. Under the new law of liberty, the Baptists were\\ninspired with renewed courage and hope. Still few and weak, The First Baptist Church was\\nconstituted July 10, 1822, of fifteen members, who had previously belonged to neighboring Baptist\\nchurches, six men and nine women. James Baldwin, the father of the late Hon. Josephus Baldwin,\\nwas the first name on the list. The organization of the church took place in a school-house that\\nstood just north of the residence of the late Gen. George Stark.\\nThis church was for ten years without a meeting-house, or means to build one. In this respect,\\nat least, it was according to the pattern of the New Testament churches which was a source of much\\nencouragement.\\nIn September of 1822, the church united with the Boston Baptist Association, from which\\nit received sympathy and some pecuniary aid. Preaching was now enjoyed more frequently than\\nbefore; still it was only for a few Sabbaths in succession until 1828. In May of that year, Rev.\\nBartlett Pease accepted an invitation to act as stated supply, and remained fourteen months.\\nPrevious to his coming only six had been received by letter and one by baptism. During the\\nministry of Mr. Pease to this church, nineteen were received h\\\\ letter and nine by baptism.\\nJan. 26, 1830, Rev. Caleb Shute was recei\\\\-ed by letter from the Second Baptist church of Boston,", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "HISTOUV OF NAS/fL A, A\\n155\\nand was ordained as pastor elect Feb. 25. During his V)rief ministry, of less than a year, he received\\nt\\\\veiit\\\\--seven members into the church, all but one, by baptism.\\nvStill new trials awaited the little flock. June 12, 1831, Rev. John K. Weston visited the church,\\npreached, and administered the ordinances. The members received him cordially, and gave him a\\ncall to be their overseer, which he accejited. He was on his way to the village to preach on the\\nensuing vSabbath. He .stopped to give his horse some water in Sandy pond, in Wilmington, Mass.,\\nwhen the horse lost his footing in con.sequence of a deep bank near the edge of the pond, and Mr.\\nWeston fell into the water with his carriage, and was drowned.\\nThe necessity of a meeting-house of their own became every day more apparent. A lot was\\nobtained where the present Baptist church now .stands, and a plan was procured for a wooden house\\nthat would cost about $4,000, nearly equal to all the jiroperty possessed by the Baptists in town at\\nthat time. Largely through the energy of Mr. Wilson, the house was built and dedicated January\\n23, 1S33. This was also the date of the ordination of D. D. Pratt to the mini.stry of the church.\\nWith their new house of worship and with their new pastor, a new era dawned upon the church,\\nwhich now numbered 109 members. Suksequent years showed that Mr. Pratt was the right man in\\nthe right place. As an indication of the favor of God upon his ministry, the church increased during\\nthe first three years of his pastorate from one hundred and nine to three hundred and fifty. It was\\nduring this period that Prof. David Crosby joined the church. It was at this time also that Rev. H.\\nG. Nott, pa.stor of the Olive Street Congregational church, becoming dissatisfied with infant\\nbaptism, was immensed by Mr. Pratt in the Nashua river.\\nSuch was the rapid growth of the church that in 1S36 a second church was started under the\\npastorate of Re\\\\-. N. W. Smith, and a house of worship built on the corner of West Pearl and\\nChestnut streets. In 1S3S Rev. Samuel C. Pratt was ordained as the pastor. This new church had a\\ncheckered career of three years, when it was again united to the First Baptist society.\\nIn 1848 the First church reported a membership of five hundred and forty-four, and at this time\\nit was strong in manly material and in pecuniary resources.\\nThe church edifice was burned down October 13, 1848, but under Mr. Pratt s energetic leadership\\na new building arose on the same site and was dedicated January-, 1850.\\nDuring a faithful and efficient ministry of twenty-three years Mr. Pratt welcomed into the church\\nnine hundred and fifty-seven; by baptism, four hundred and ninety-five, by letter, four hundred and\\nfifty-five, and seven by restoration. He preached his last sermon from John 8:12, with uncommon\\nenergy and pathos, March 11, 1S55. He was soon prostrated with lung fever, succeeded by paralysis,\\nfrom which he partialh- recovered. But in the autumn he again began to fail, and finally died Nov.\\n13, 1855, aged fort) -nine years, a good pastor and a good citizen.\\nRev. W. H. Eaton, late of Salem, Ma.ss., who was canvassing the state in the interests of the\\nNew London Lit. and Sci. Institution, was engaged by Mr. Pratt to supply the pulpit during his\\nillness. This he did with so much acceptance, that the committee asked him to continue the supply,\\nafter Mr. Pratt s decease, for an indefinite future. In January, 1856, the church gave him a call to\\nbecome its pastor, which he accepted, and was regularly installed over the church June 26, 1856.\\nThe first marked work of grace, under the ministry of Dr. Eaton, was in 1S58, which resulted in\\nan ingathering of one hundred and twenty persons: the work was carried on without foreign aid.\\nAbout forty married persons were baptized, and about thirty family altars established.\\nDr. Eaton closed his labors without leaving any stain upon the church or its pulpit in 1869. Dur-\\ning his pastorate he welcomed to the fellowship of the church three hundred and sixty-two persons, one\\nhundred and eighty-nine by baptism, one hundred and fiftj -two by letter, sixteen by experience, and\\nfive by restoration. Prof. J. W. Churchill, in his historical address, said of him, While firm and\\nunyielding in his personal convictions, he never witheld sj-mpathy and co-operation from any plan for\\nthe public good which seemed to him to be for the general welfare.\\nDr. W. H. Eaton, D. D., died in Nashua. June 10, 1896, being sur\\\\i\\\\-ed 1) his wife, Caroline\\nBartlett Eaton.\\nAfter candidating more or less for about five months, the church extended a call to Rev. H. H.\\nRhees of California to become their pastor, which elicited a favorable repl\\\\ and he commenced his\\nlabors on July 1, 1870, and on the fourteenth of the same month he was publicly recognized as the\\npastor of the church.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "156 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nMr. Rhees pastorate covered a period of only two and a half years, but they were fruitful in\\nlarge additions to the rhurch. He gave the hand of fellowship to one hundred and nineteen persons,\\neighty-one by baptism, twenty- nine by letter, eight by experience, and one by restoration. He closed\\nhis labors with this people Dec. 31, 1872. Since 1878 he has been a mis.sionary in Japan.\\nIn church meeting held March 27, 1873, the church voted to extend a call to Rev. G. W.\\nNicholson of Essex, Conn., to become their pastor. He accepted the invitation and entered upon\\nthe duties of his new position on the first of May following.\\nThere were several seasons of awakening and conversion during Mr. Nicholson s earnest and\\nefficient ministry. He showed his faith by his works. He had charge of the church about eight\\nyears. In that time there were added to the church two hundred and fifty-two persons, one hundred\\nand thirt}--six by baptism, seventy-eight by letter, twenty by experience, and eighteen by restoration.\\nHe was succeeded by Rev. J. A. Johnston, of Ludlow, t., who entered upon his labors in\\nconnection with this church in June, 1S81. As the fruit of his labors of love and works of faith\\nduring the term of his pastorate of over seven years, he received b} baptism one hundred and twenty-\\nnine, by letter, sixty-seven, by experience, nine, by restoration, one; in all two hundred and six. He\\nresigned Sept. 2, 18S8, and in May of the following year he was succeeded by Rev. O. J. White, of\\nNew Jersey. In the five years of his pastorate he received into the church, by baptism, one hundred\\nand seventy-three, by letter, seventy-eight, b experience, nine, bj restoration, two; in all two\\nhundred and sixty-two. His pastorate ended August 31, 1894, and he was succeeded on December\\nsecond by the present pastor. Rev. C. L. WHiite, during whose pastorate thus far thirty-nine have\\nbeen received into the church.\\nCROWN HILL BAPTIST CHURCH.\\nIn November of 1883 Rev. J. A. Johnston, pastor, and several of the members of the F^irst Bap-\\ntist church of Nashua hired McQuesten s hall in Belvidere, and began holding religious meetings on\\nSundaj afternoons. On Jan. 6, 1884, the Belvidere Mission Sunday school was organized in the\\nsame hall, and was continued there for seven years; Charles D. Whiting, superintendent, succeeded\\nby William H. Lovell.\\nMay, 1890, Captain E. M. Shaw gave a bond for a deed of a tract of land on Allds street, on\\nwhich to erect a chapel. W. H. Eaton, D. D., John O. Marshall, W. H. Lovell, C. W. Hopkins and\\nCharles D. Whiting, all members of the First Bapti.st church, acted as trustees, and organized, under\\nthe name of the Crown Hill Baptist Mission.\\nIn addition to the above donation of land Mr. Shaw agreed to give $500 towards building a\\nchapel. This chapel was completed and furnished at an expense of about $3300.\\nDec. 31, 1890, the Baptist chapel on Crown Hill was dedicated. The house is 40 feet wide b)- 52\\nfeet deep, with a tower 12 feet square containing a belfry in which is hung a bell given by the Ladies\\nSewing circle of the First Baptist church. The seating capacity accommodates 300 people. On the\\nevening of Jan. 12, 1891, the trustees of the mission appointed C. S. Seasholes of Newton Theological\\ninstitution to take charge of the work of the mission.\\nApril 23, 1891, his resignation was accepted, and on the eleventh of May following, F. R.\\n]{nslin of Newton acted as missionary, remaining fifteen months. The trustees were now convinced\\nthat for the mission to grow into a church, a constant worker on the ground must be secured. Under\\nthis conviction an invitation was extended to Rev. Thompson A. Howard, who accepted the call, to\\nbecome their pastor, and entered upon his work in November, 1892.\\nWith his earnest, judicious work it was soon apparent that the time had come when a church\\nshould be formed.\\nThis organization was effected Sept. 20, 1893, under the name of the Crown Hill Baptist\\nChurch. Fifty-eight names were enrolled as constituent members, the present number is one\\nhundred and eight.\\nMr. Howard has proved Ijy his work that he is an able leader, enjoying the distinction of being\\nthe first pastor. He is held in high esteem by his people.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "///sroA y (^F x.is//r.i. x. 157\\nTHE UNITARIAN CHURCH.\\nIn the autumn of 1826 a comparatively small number of persons in sympathy with more liberal\\nviews of the Christian religion than prevailed among the denominations, united themselves into a\\nsociety known as the First Unitarian Congregational Society of Dunstable. For the first year it\\nhired Ihc churcli built by the Nashua Manufacturing company, familiarly known as the Olive Street\\nchurch, but they soon obtained a religious home of their own, built in a pretty grove of oaks on the\\nnorth side of the river facing what is now Canal street. This house was finished in the spring of\\n1827, and, on the twenty-seventli of June of that \\\\ear, was dedicated, and to the present day has been\\noccupied by that society.\\nIts first pastor was Rev. Nathaniel Gage, whose ministrations extended over a period of seven\\nears. He was succeeded b\\\\- Rev. Henry I^nunons, who, being in delicate health, was compelled,\\nafter a ministry of two jears, to ask a dismission.\\nThe year following, 1838, Rev. Samuel Osgood became its pastor, and under his ministrations the\\nchurch throve and pro.spered exceedingly. Hut, at the end of four years, Mr. Osgood resigned his\\njiastorate to accept a call to Providence, R. I.\\nDuring the next two years the society was without a settled pastor, but toward the close of 1843,\\nRe\\\\-. C. L. Arnold was settled but remained only one year. He was succeeded by Rev. S. C. Bul-\\nfinch, a man of saintly character, who remained its pastor for seven years, and finally withdrew, to the\\ngreat sorrow of all. Rev. Martin \\\\V. Willis came next, but on the breaking out of the Civil War he\\nwent 1(1 the front as chaplain of the Fourth Regiment.\\nIn 1.S62 Rev. Samuel S. Stuart, a young man fresh from his theological studies, was settled and\\nrenu\\\\ined until 1S65.\\nRev. Minot G. Gage, a son of the first minister, followed, and occupied the pulpit to the satisfac-\\ntion of all, until 1869, when failing health necessitated his withdrawal from the ministry altogether.\\nRev. Clarence Fowler was the next pastor, but he resigned after a pastorate of only two years, to be\\nsucceeded, the following year, 1873, by Rev. Thomas L,. Gorman, a former clergyman of the Univer-\\nsalist faith. x\\\\fter a sennce of five years, Mr. Gorman gave place of Rev. Henry C. Parker, who re-\\nmained until 1888, nearly ten years. He resigned to accept a call to a larger field, and was succeeded\\nby Rev. Cary F. Abbott, who remained a little less than three years. He was succeeded by Rev.\\nluioch Powell, who was settled early in 1892 and is the present pastor.\\nTHE METHODIST CHURCH.\\nMethodism came to this country in 1760, was brought to New Kngland some thirty-eight years\\nlater, liut did not appear in this community in organized form until 1831.\\nSometime in the fall or early winter of 1831 Rev. Samuel Norris, a Methodist preacher, came to\\nDunstable, and twice on the same daj preached the gospel of Methodism.\\nIn Augu.st, 1832, the N. H. Conference met at Lyndon, Vernunit, Bishop Roberts presiding. A\\nrequest from this little band for preacher was granted, and Dunstable became a regular appointment\\nas a part of Amoskeag circuit. James G. Smith was put in charge of this circuit, with William E.\\nLocke as his colleague. Besides Dunstable, the preaching places were Amoskeag and Amherst.\\nThey found at this station a society with al)Out forty members. The meetings were held in a school\\nhouse on the Indian Head corporation.\\nThe first church was built in 1833, and dedicated Nov. 12, at the junction of Orange and Lowell\\nstreets. After some reverses, the church rallied under the pastorate of Rev. William D. Cass, in 1835.\\nIn 1838 the Rev. Jared Perkins was pastor and the membershi]) was two hundred and fifty. He\\nwas one of the most popular men of his time both in church and .state. He was elected to congress\\nand performed honorable service. He died in 1854, when pastor of the Chestnut Street church.\\nIn 1843 Lorenzo D. Barrows became pastor. At this time the town of Nashua had been divided,\\nand that portion north of the river became the town of Nashville, and so remained for about ten years,\\nand when re-united became the city of Nashua. In April of this year certain members of the church\\nliving on the south side of the river organized a Second Methodist society, .securing the church on", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "158\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nChestnut street, formerly occupied by the Baptists, and started under very flattering auspices, but it\\ngreath^ weakened the First church, and made it a year of trial. Mr. Barrows returned the second\\n3-ear, but soon failed in health, and in the middle of the year was compelled to leave and seek a differ-\\nent climate. J. Ci. vSmith, the finst pastor, filled out the Conference year, and about the time of Con-\\nference, May, 1845, another secession took place, in which Ezra Drowne, one of the leading members\\nand original ones, and B. L. Jones, donor of the church lot, were leading spirits. Disaffection was\\nthe cause and the slavery question was also involved in it. A Wesleyan Methodist society was formed\\nand services were held in the old Free Will\\nBaptist church, opposite the freight depot and\\nclose to the Lowell Street church. This Wes-\\nleyan church existed only two years.\\nJames Pike was appointed to Nashville in\\n1845. He was a man of great administrative\\nability which he showed not only in guiding\\nthe church with wisdom in its time of trouble,\\nluit also as a member of congress, as colonel of\\nthe Sixteenth Regiment, N. H. Volunteers,\\nduring the war and for many years as a presid-\\ning elder.\\nIn the next pastorate, that of Rev. Henry\\nDrew, the society on Che.stnut street disbanded\\nand the members returned to their old home,\\nbut in 1.S50 a society was again started on\\nChestnut street, which did good service to the\\ncommunity until, in i.SSi, it united with the\\nMain Street church.\\nThe church on Lowell street became too\\nsmall for the growing society and under the\\nable ministrations of Ebenezer A. vSmith, the\\nfirst pastor, who, under the new rule, was able\\nto serve the church three ^-ears, steps were\\ntaken to secure a new and more commodious\\nhouse of worship, now known as as the Main\\nStreet Methodist church. The corner stone\\nwas laid with impressive ceremonies, in which\\nthe Masonic order participated, June 13, 1867,\\nand the church was dedicated July 22, 1868,\\nunder the pastorate of Rev. George Bowler.\\nFor a short time before entering the new build-\\ning, worship had been conducted in the Cit}\\nHall.\\nThis first year in the history of the society\\nunder its new name, and in the new house, was\\none of remarkable prosperity. The pastor, who,\\nas a pulpit orator, had few peers, was exceed-\\ningly popular, and the large church was crowd-\\ned at each service. But the year closed in\\ngloom. March 26, 1869, Mr. Bowler was called from earth to heaven. For some days he had been\\nconfined to his house by illness, but he was not thought to be seriously sick until the day before he\\ndied. His death was a stunning blow to the society. On Easter Sunday, in the house where multi-\\ntudes had hung upon his eloquent words, and from whose pulpit shortly before, his last sermon was\\npreached from the words, There is joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, his funeral was\\nattended by an immense concourse of people.\\nThe next pastor was Angelo Canoll, who came from the New England conference and remained\\nI llK MKIIIUDIST t IIIKCII.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "frisroRV OF Nashua, n. h.\\n159\\ntwo years. He preached to large congregations, and his labors were blessed in the conversion of\\nsouls.\\nIn April, 1871, arnuni A. Cooper was transferred from the Providence conference andstationed\\nat the Main vStreet church, Nashua. He remained three years. Though he did excellent work in\\nother directions, whose fruit remains, he will be chiefly remembered for his successful attempt to\\nextinguish the church debt. He is now the superintendent of the Home for Little Wanderers in\\nthe city of Boston.\\nIn 1874, Rev. Charles Shelling, from the California conference was appointed pastor, remaining\\ntwo years. The next pastor was Rev. Charles E. Hall, who served three years. His successor, Rev.\\nJ. R. Day, after two years ministry, went to Grace church in Bo.ston. He was followed bv Rev. Dr.\\nH. P. Raymond, during who.se term of office. Chestnut Street church, after a continuance existence of\\nthirty-one years, was reunited with the original family in the Main Street church.\\nDr. Raymond having been called to the presidency of Lawrence university at Appleton, Wis., his\\nunexpired term was filled by Rev. P. M. Frost, from Vermont.\\nRev. James Henry Haines was minister from 1885 to 1888 and Dr. J, Z. Armstrong from 188S to\\n1891. His pastorate was followed by that of Rev. C. W. Rowley, whose acceptability to the\\ncongregation was manifested by his being invited to remain during the longer term of oflice now\\nallowed in the Methodist church.\\nRev. C. W. Rowley was called to the Methodist church in Manchester this jnesent year, 1896,\\nand was succeeded here by Rev. J. M. Durrell who is the present pastor.\\nThe present membership of the church is over seven hundred. We gi\\\\ e the appointments to the\\nMethodist Episcopal churches in Nashua, since their formation.\\nAPPOINTMENTS, 1832-1896.\\nJames G. Smith, 1832-1833.\\nA. P. Brigham, 1834.\\nW. D. Cass, 1835.\\nW. H. Hatch, 1 836- 1 83 7.\\nJared Perkins, 1838-1839.\\nS. Kelley, 1840.\\nJ. W. Mowry, 1841-1842.\\nE. D. Barrows, 1843-1844.\\nC. C. Burr, 1844.\\nJames Pike, 1845- 1846.\\nJacob Boyce, 1845-1846.\\nThomas Rood, 1S47. (Nashua).\\nHenry Drew, 1847-1848. (Nashville).\\nGeorge Bowler, 1868.\\nAngelo CanoU, 1869-1870.\\nV. A. Cooper, 1871-1873.\\nCharles Shelling, 1874-1875.\\nC. E. Hall, 1876-1878.\\nJ. R. Day, 1879-1880.\\nJared Sparks, 1854.\\nGeorge S. Dearborn, 1855-1856.\\nH. H. Hartwell, 1857-1858.\\nSullivan Holman, 1859-1860.\\nLinvilleJ. Hall, 1861-1862.\\nW. H. Jones, 1863-1864.\\nRobert S. Stubbs, 1865-1866.\\nI.OWEI.I. STREET.\\nD. M. Rogers, 1849.\\nElijah Mason, 1850-1851. (Nashville).\\nJohn McLaughlin, 1851-1852. (Nashua).\\nLewis Howard, 1853-1854. (Nashua).\\nFranklin Thurber, 1854. (Nashville).\\nElihu vScott, 1855.\\nDudley P. Leavitt, 1856-1857.\\nHenry Hill, 1858-\\nCharles R. Harding, 1859-1860.\\nLewis Howard, 1861.\\nCharles Young, 1862-1863.\\nG. W. H. Clark, 1864-1865.\\nE. A. Smith, 1865-1867.\\nM.\\\\IN STREET.\\nB. P. Raymond, 1881-1883.\\nP. M. Frost, 1884.\\nJ. H. Haines, 1885-1887.\\nJ. Z. Armstrong, 1888-1890.\\nC. W. Rowley, 1891-1895.\\nJ. M. Durrell, 1896.\\nCHESTNUT STREET.\\nF:iijah R. Wilkins, r867-i869.\\nDaniel C. Babcock, 1870.\\nTruman Carter, 1871-1872.\\nHiram C. Kelsey, 1873-1874.\\nL. P. Cnshman, 1875-1877.\\nO. H. Jasper, 1878-1880.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "i6o\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA. N. H.\\nFREE BAPTIST CHURCH.\\nIn the present year the Free Baptists of the city have begun to hold services in the building\\nrecently occupied by the First Congregational church on Main street, and a pastor, Rev. Charles S.\\nPerkins, has been installed. This church is but at its beginning and has not had time to make any\\nhistory for itself.\\nThe First Free Will Baptist church was organized November, 1S38, and was under the pastoral\\ncare of Elder Silas Curtis, to vSeptember, 1839. He was succeeded by Elder Thomas M. Preble, who\\nwas dismissed in September, 1841. In December of the same year. Elder Benjamin Phelon was chosen\\npastor. He was dismissed in December, 1842. In 1843 the church numbered forty members; the\\nSunday school fifty-six members, and the library contained one hundred and fifty volumes.\\nThey erected a church in 1844 opposite the freight depot and near the Lowell Street church, at a\\ncost of $600.\\nTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.\\nFifty years ago, in the spring of 1845, a few Churchmen petitioned Bishop Carlton Chase, the\\nfirst bishop of New Hampshire, to send a clergyman to Nashua. This resulted in the inunediate\\nappointment of the Rev. Milton Ward. For a period of twelve years services were held at intervals\\nrilK l R()Tl;sTAN r KIMSCHI AI, CIlUKCll.\\nin private houses and in the Town hall. Of all the clergy who officiated during those early years\\nthe only one now living is the much loved and venerated principal of St. Paul s School, Concord, the\\nRev. H. A. Coit, D. D.\\nIn April, 1857, the Rev. J. G. Hubbard, rector of Grace church, Manchester, called a meeting\\nin Nashua, to consider the organization of a parish. This resulted in the formation of the parish of\\nSt. Euke s church, with the following officers: Wardens, Chas. Cunningham and David A. Warner;\\nvestrymen, T. H. Gibby, I. C. Bradbury, Hugh McKean, J. A. Devereaux clerk, J. P. S.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "inSTOKV Ol- XASllUA, X. 11. l6i\\nOtters(iii treasurer, T. H. (libhy. 1 Ir- Rev. Edward V Wright of New Jersey was chosen first\\nrector.\\nMa 27, 1857, Bishop Chase writes In the work undertaken in Xasliua we have been much\\nblessed and encouraged. The Lord be praised for thus selecting another cit\\\\ of refuge for offending\\nmen. Our friends there have acted with noble liberality, the like of which I scarcelv remember.\\nAn e.Kcellent hall was engaged by the vestrv, until, by God s blessing, the parish might be able to\\nerect a church.\\nMay 27, 1857, the parish was received into union with the ConNcntion. and, on ()ctol)er ri of the\\nsame year, was visited 1)\\\\- Bishop Chase, who confirmed thirteen ])ersons.\\nDuring the ele\\\\-en years that followed, St. Luke s church was erected at the junction of Pearl\\nan l Temple streets. For a time large congregations attended, but the ])Oor construction of the\\nchurch and its remote situation, rendered it permanently valueless. This added to the short rector-\\nships of excellent clerg and two unworthy ones in succession having obtained the position, and the\\n(piarrelsome sjiirit of certain mendiers of the congregation, led to vSt. Luke s church going out in\\ndarkness. In October, 1868, Bishop Chase closed the church, and refused to send another clergyman.\\nl or two and a half years no services of the church were held in Nashua. In the meantime Bishop\\nChase dietl.\\nOn the twent -first of September, 1870, the noble minded, zealous, and earnest William Woodruff\\nNiles, the present bishop of the Diocese, was consecrated as his successor. Nashua had, too, become\\nan important commercial centre. Ihider much discouragement, with strong faith, the new bishop set\\nabout reorganizing the church.\\nHe first declared the old parish of St. Luke s extinct. He then organized a new mission, under\\nthe name of the Church of the Good Shepherd. A hall was engaged, on the corner of Main and\\nFactory streets, where Beasom block now stands. The Rev. Jas. B. Goodrich, a former pupil of the\\nbishop, in whom he had perfect confidence, was put in charge. The bi.shop provided the entire salary\\nof $1,500, raising it outside of the pari.sh. Mr. Croodrich completed a rectorship of four years, during\\nwhich time he won all hearts by his genial, sunny disposition and Chri.stian zeal, at the close of which\\ntime ill health compelled him to resign.\\nThe outlook for the parish was, howe\\\\-er, still dark. The faithful had to climb two flights of\\nstairs to attend service. Numbers were few and the prospect of obtaining a church seemed still\\ndistant.\\nIn July, 1875, the Rev. Jacob LeRo was appointed to the mission. For ten }-ears he labored\\nwith heroic zeal and faithfulness. In 1878 Mrs. Lucia A. Rand, of Middletown, Conn., in memory\\nof a beloved and sainted daughter, Iniilt the present stone structure, the Church of the Good\\nShepherd\\nThe bishop and Mr. LeRoy secured $6,500 with which to pay for the land and, on Nov. 21, 1878,\\nthe beautiful little church was consecrated and forever set apart for the worship of Almighty God.\\nOn Sept. 26, 1883, the Church of the Good Shepherd, having been organized as a parish, was\\nadmitted into union with the Convention of the Diocese.\\nJuly 15, 18S5, the Rev. William Hall Moreland succeeded Mr. LeRoy as rector. In 1888 the parish\\nfor the first time became self-supporting and has continued so ever since. This great advance was\\nlargely due to the loving zeal of Mr. Moreland, aided by the generous liberality of one layman.\\nDec. 27, 1890, a comfortable parish house, with rector s room, parlor and kitchen, built by the\\nefforts of the parishioners, was opened.\\nJuly 3, 1893, the Rev. William Hall Moreland, after eight years of faithful anti successful sen-ice,\\nresigned the rectorship, and on July 6, 1893, the Rev. Charles Bancroft, was elected and entered\\nupon his duties.\\nDr. Bancroft resigned his charge in April, 1895, and in due time the Rev. James Goodwin of\\nHartford, Conn., was called to succeed him.\\nTHE CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.\\nForty years ago, in 1S55, so far as the native American population was concerned. Nashua was a\\nlarger city than it is to-daj-, for the foreign population at that time was about four hundred, and the", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "i62 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\ntotal population was ii,ooo. This Roman Catholic population was then composed, almost without\\nexception, of Irishmen, who had been attracted to the locality by the building of the Wilton\\nrailroad, together with their wives and children. In November of 1855, the Rev. John O Donnell\\ncame to take spiritual oversight of this small company, and worship was commenced in Franklin hall.\\nMeanwhile, a great influx of Irish people was taking place, and the building of what was then the\\nfinest ecclesiastical edifice in the city was pushed with such energy that it was consecrated in 1857.\\nAt the time of the consecration two thousand communicants were added to the roll of the church.\\nThere was more or less prejudice on the part of the New England community against the creed\\nand the nationality of the young priest, but Father O Donnell, by the geniality of his character, his\\nready wit, and his frank manliness, won his way into the esteem and confidence of his fellow-citizens.\\nHe served for many years on the school board and his monument is not only the church that he built,\\nbut also the school-house which has been named in his honor.\\nThe church was only a few years old when the Irish immigrants began to diminish, and the\\ninflux of the French Canadian population began. In 1855 the population of Nashua was 11,000 and\\nof that number four hundred were foreigners. In 1S73 the population was 12,000, and of this number\\n5,000 were of foreign birth or of foreign parentage. It is not the province of this chapter of the\\nliistor} to enter into any discussion of the causes of the shrinkage of about 4,000 in the native\\nAmerican population. Of the 5,000 Catholics of 1873, 2,000 were Irish and 3,000 Canadian French.\\nIt very soon became apparent that another church was needed, and that the new church .should\\nbe for the French speaking people. When St. Aloysius was built the Church of the Immaculate\\nConception, or Father O Donnell s church as it was more familiarly known, became again what it\\nhad been at first, the church of the Irish population, who belonged to the Roman communion.\\nThere was, and there is at the present date, a sufficiently large English speaking population of\\nthis faith to make this church enjoy continued prosperity. In Father Buckle, the present incumbent,\\nFather O Donnell has an able successor.\\nIt is no disparagement to the other clergymen of this faith, who have been or are now in office in\\nour city, to say that Father O Donnell, by the geniality of his manner, his public .spirit and energy,\\nhis kind-heartedness, and above all by his interest in, and his loyalty to our public school system,\\nhas won a unique place of honor and esteem in this city.\\nST. ALOYSIUS CHURCH.\\nIn the year 1871 the number of Canadians, attracted here from the French Province of Quebec,\\nhad so increased that, counting themselves and measuring their strength and worldly means, the)-,\\nafter a series of meetings, resolved to organize a new congregation. The first of the meetings was\\nheld in March, 1871, and after consulting with the ery Rev. Fr. J. O Donnell, V. G., then pa.stor of\\nthe church of the Immaculate Conception, a petition was presented to the Rt. Rev. Bishop Bacon of\\nPortland, whose jurisdiction then included this state. The delegates returned with the confidence\\nthat their prayer would be heard.\\nThe lamented Very Rev. Fr. O Donnell accepted the presidency of the temporary organization\\nand, until success was achieved, he acted as its advisor.\\nThe eighteenth of June Bishop Bacon, having obtained the services of Rev. Fr. Girard, who had\\nresigned his Chair of Rhetoric in the College of St. Hyacinthe, P. Q., sent him as pastor in this new\\nfield of labor and the separation of the St. Aloysius congregation from that of the old Immaculate\\nConception, was definitely announced June 25.\\nThe old Episcopal church, then standing at the junction of Temple and Pearl streets, was rented\\nand used till November, 1872.\\nFather Girard s feeble liealth, together with his desire to return to his professorship, caused his\\nresignation. He was succeeded by the present able and popular priest. Father Milette, who had at\\nonce to undertake the great work of building St. Aloysius. His success reflects equal credit upon\\nhimself and upon his congregation.\\nIn April, 1872, the lot on Hollis street, previously purchased by Father Girard, was partially\\npaid for and the old buildings were partially demolished.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "///SrOA OJ- NASHUA, N. H. 163\\nThe corner stone was laid by Bishop Bacon in presence of the French and Irish societies and an\\nimmense concourse of people. In November of the same year the old Episcopal church was aban-\\ndoned and the basement of the new church, then partially finished, was occupied till the dedication of\\nthe church proper, on Trinity Sunday, June 8, 1873.\\nA census taken in 1872 gave 2200 souls.\\nThe cemetery on Mollis street was purchased in December, 1880, and over 1700 are now resting\\nthere, and over 800 in Hudson cemetery.\\nIn June, 1883, the debts contracted previously were about paid and the convent on Chestnut street\\nwas built by Smith Lakeman, H. A. Holt doing the carpenter s work, and 500 children entered it\\nin November. The teachers are the Sisters of the Holy Cross.\\nIn October, 1875, the Goodwin place on Chestnut street was purchased, the house enlarged and\\nfitted up as a parsonage, and the old house occupied as such on Hollis street was demolished.\\nJune 12, 18S5, a bell of 2500 pounds was put in position and the first Angelus was rung the\\nnext day.\\nThe parish kept increasing with the demands for labor, and the census for 1883 gave 604 families\\nand 3368 souls.\\nThe parish outgrew the ability of one man to care for it, and, since his return from Europe,\\nF ather Milette has always had one or more assistants.\\nOn June 21, 1885, the Bishop of Manchester divided St. Aloysius parish and the new church of\\nSt. Francis Xavier was formed. After the division St. Aloysius has 4S7 families or 2705 individuals.\\nThe boys school was built in 1SS9, and in the same year this parish was declared a permanent\\nrectorship, and Father Milette was appointed as its first permanent rector.\\nThe last census, that of 1893, gave this church 994 families and 5621 souls.\\nIn September, 1894, the last cent of the debt was paid.\\nST. FRANCIS XAVIER CUURCH.\\nSt. Francis Xavier parish came into existence in 1885 as the result of a division of Rev. J. B. H.\\nV. Milette s parish. The north side of the Nashua river was portioned off as its territorial limits.\\nScanty were its chances of success the population was willing and generous, but poor and small.\\nMass was had for the first six months in McQuesten s hall. Nothing could this pari.sh claim as its\\nown, no land, no church, no parsonage. But generous hearts provided a site for the new church.\\nThis congregation will ever gratefully remember the names of Agent Cadwell and Treasurer Amory\\nof the Jackson corporation for the munificent donation of land. The fifth of November of the same\\nyear saw the congregation gathered under the lowly roof of the present basement, which was-blessed\\nby Rt. Rev. Bishop Bradley in January, 1886. The scattered elements were gradually brought\\ntogether and soon after developed into a fair sized congregation.\\nThe purchase of L. P. Duncklee s property enabled the parish to have its schools and parochial\\nresidence. The St. Stanislaus convent was soon built, and the nuns of the Holy Cross began their\\nfruitful teaching. The parsonage has this last year assumed larger proportions and enhances the plot\\non which it rests.\\nA cemetery lot was also purchased of Mr. Cornelius Sullivan on the old Hollis road, which in\\ntime will become the pride of the city.\\nSunday, July 18, 1896, this parish laid the corner stone of a new church edifice near the old edi-\\nfice on Chandler street. The old edifice to be used in the future for other purposes. The ceremonies\\nattending the laying of the stone were very elaborate and impressive, and were conducted by the Rt.\\nRev. Dennis Bradley, D. D., bishop of the house of Manchester, assisted by sixteen attending priests.\\n.Vt two o clock in the afternoon the bi.shop was received at the Nashua railroad junction by all the\\nFrench and Irish Catholic associations in the city, and the procession moved immediately to\\nChandler street in the following order", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "1 64 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nPlatoon of fourteen policemen under Deputy Marshal Wheeler.\\nChief Marshal of the Daj-, D. N. Cardier and mounted aids, A. R. S. Sj lvester,\\nDr. H. Laviriere, T. O. vSavelle, O. O. Dichaut, W. E. Keeley and John Field.\\nMontcalm band, seventeen pieces, A. Lajoie, leader.\\nF. Gaffney and aids, G. Burque, F. Cate and A. Burque, mounted.\\nLafayette Guards, twenty-four, Leon Girouard, captain.\\nSix representatives from Sacred Heart commissary department, Nathan Sul-\\nlivan, P. McLaughlin, J. Clifford, B. Kilpatrick, JL Delaney and D. Clark.\\nSacred Heart Cadets, Capt. T. F. Tierney.\\nGranite State Drum corps, eight pieces.\\n,St. Jean Baptists union, under A. C. Blain aids, N. P. Bouley, E. H. Geu-\\ndron, T. Aprile, A. Cardin.\\nSecond Regiment band, twenty-four pieces, M. J. Devine, leader.\\nAncient Order Hibernians, two divisions, under P.J. Murphy, first division;\\nPatrick Lonergan, second division.\\nLeague of Sacred heart, under Paul Belevance aid, Joseph Durelle.\\nCircle Montcalm.\\nCarriage containing Bishop Bradley and others.\\nThe procession marched from the station to Temple, Amory, Bridge, Canal to Chandler street.\\nThere were about 900 people in the procession.\\nWhen the procession reached Chandler street the companies executed the order open rank.\\nThe mounted aids then all formed together and with the Second Regiment band in the lead escorted\\nthe bishop, priests and the other occupants of carriages between the uncovered ranks. The priests all\\nrepaired to Father Lessard s house, where they donned the garb of their calling.\\nAt 3.15 the bishop and his suite of priests were escorted by the cadets from the parish house to\\nthe platform erected at the southwest corner of the church. The Rossini choir of Lowell, composed\\nof twenty-five members under the leadership of P. H. David, Jr., opened the exercises by singing an\\nanthem.\\nThe anthem was followed by an address given by the Rev. PV. Slyoia Corbeil of St. Therese col-\\nlege, P. Q., and Rev. Fr. Francis Burke of Pepperell, Mass. Immediately following the addresses\\noccurred the ceremonj- of laying the stone the service, in Latin, being read b} the bi.shop.\\nThe stone was marked on three sides. On the front read, St. Francis Xavier, 1896, Rt. Rev.\\nD. M. Bradley, bi.shop; Rev. Henri A. Lessard, rector. On the north side, Chickering O Con-\\nnell, architects, and on the south side, Guernsey Dubuc, contractors.\\nA box contaiuiug the United States coins of this j-ear s coinage, records of the pari.sh, and the\\nlocal newspapers of the day were placed under the .stone. The church is to be of marble, and will be\\nthe first chttrch edifice of that material in the state. Its erection marks a period of great prosperity\\nfor the French residents of Nashua, and it will stand as a lasting monument to the zeal and persever-\\nence of Rev. Fr. Henri A. Lessard, to whose efforts its existence will be due.\\nYOUNG MEN S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.\\nThe Young Men s Christian association has been actively engaged in its specific work as an arm\\nto the church. In 1867 it was first formed in this cit}-. At that time, however, the associations\\nthroughout North America had not developed their work as they have in the last decade. The work\\ncarried on was for the most part evangelical only, and gospel meetings were held each evening in the\\nweek. Both sexes were actively employed in carrying on its work, but the direct idea of working for\\nyoung men by young men was at that time crude. We find E. O. Blunt, B. A. Pearson, George\\nE. Wheat, A. J. Tuck and C. R. McQuesten were among the foremost workers in the old association.\\nMan}- others were also connected more or less actively with the organization.\\nIn the year 1887 several yotmg men had become interested in association work when in other\\nStates, and H. E. Kendall and D. V. P. Pratt interested themselves sufficiently to re-organize,\\nand a meeting was called to find out what could be accomplished Aug. 31, 1887. The following parties\\nmet in the Union block to organize temporarily, \\\\z: Herbert E. Kendall, D. W P. Pratt, C. A.\\nGoldthwait, Mark Flather, Fred E. Peckham, Jerrie Wheeler, C. D. Whiting, Alonzo Gould and\\nChas. M. Foote. Mark Flather was chosen temporary chairman and H. E. Kendall, secretary-. On", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "I/IS7 OK) OF X.lS/n A, X. If. 165\\nSept. 9, 1.SS7, Horace \\\\V. Giliuaii was chosen president, Albert Shedd, secretary, and (ieorge E.\\nWheat, treasurer. Robert H. True was first general secretary.\\nThe association became nicely established upon modern association principles under Mr. True,\\nlint owing to a throat trouble he was obliged to resign after about one year and a third of most\\nexcellent ser\\\\ ice. His successor was Robert \\\\V. Matthews of Boston, who came in January,\\n1S89. This was Mr. Matthew s first field of a.sociation labor as secretary, but he proved to be the\\nright man in the right place and won hosts of friends for the ssociation and himself during his four\\nyears of acti\\\\-e service for the young men of the city.\\nThe association became an incorporated body under the state legislature of iSgi.the following\\nbeing the boerd of directors at that time: irgil C. (iilman, George E. Wheat, A. R. Shepherdson,\\nCabin W. Greenwood, (iilman C. vShattuck, Lester K. Thurber, Charles A. Goldthwait, Alfred W.\\nHeald, Elijah M. Shaw, C. O. Collins, Andrew J. Tuck, Harry R. Wheeler, Eyman D. Cook, Charles\\nR. Pease, Mark Flather, F. E. Peckham, Charles W. Morrill, James M. McFadden, Andrew Kelley\\nand E W. Pearson.\\nLester V. Thurber w^as chosen president in 1889, and was succeeded by Gilman C. Shattuck\\nin October, 1S90, who has served the association as a most worthy ofhcial since election.\\nIn Ma\\\\ 1SS9, a Ladies auxiliary was organized, witli Mrs. L. A. Hall as its first ])rcsident.\\nHall made a valuable organizer and president for two years, and was succeeded by Mrs. J. H. Reed\\nin May, 1S91. Mrs. Reed proved a hard and successful worker, and was succeeded by Mrs. A. K.\\nWoodbur\\\\- in 1892, who served as president of the auxiliary for three years, with marked success.\\nMrs. C. W. (rreenwood was chosen president in May, 1895.\\nMr. Matthews resigned in February, 1893, and F. H. Merrill, at that time Mr. Matthews\\nassistant, remained till the calling of the present secretary, D. N. Bartlett.\\nIn 1893 Miss Marv P. Nutt made the association her residuary legatee, and at the time of Miss\\nXutt s decease, which occurred in April of 1893, it was thought by the executors of Miss Nutt s will\\nthat tlie amount eventually falling to the association would reach nearly $50,000. Owing to financial\\ndisturbances the association still awaits the settlement of the estate to learn the amount of its gift,\\nbut the association has surely won its way into the hearts of the citizens to the extent of their\\nbestowing large favors upon it annualh for support, and it is safe to say that within a few years the\\nAssociation will have a delightful home of its own. Since its re-organization in 1887, it has occupied\\nrooms at No. 69 Main street. The present membership is over five hundred, including sustaining,\\nactive, associate, Junior members and members of the Ladies auxiliary. A well equipped\\ngvmnasium is occupied by them, and the spiritual, mental and physical portions of the association\\nwork are carried on in our city in the best possil^le manner, the limited circumstances being taken\\ninto consideration.\\nSALVATION ARMY.\\nA few years ago there was an attempt made b Commander Moore to have a Salvation Army in\\nAmerica under his own leadership. It did not prosper, but during its life time meetings were held\\nunder its auspices in Nashua.\\nIt was not until January, 1892, that the vSalvation Army, under the leadership of Conunander\\nBallington Booth began its work here. Quite a number of converts have been added to its ranks, but\\nman\\\\- of them have removed to other places. The present membership of the army is sixteen.\\nIts discipline is strict. Total abstinence is demanded and enforced. It is virtually an anti-\\ntobacco society, and indulgence in worldly amusements is strictly forbidden.\\nSince the coming of the Salvation Army to Nashua, the headipiarters have been the hall at 12\\nElm street and 72 West Pearl street.\\nModern spiritualism in Nashua made its appearance about 1852. A few people gave credence to\\nthe accounts of marvelous manifestations by the Fox sisters and others in New York state and\\nelsewhere, having a supposed spirit origin, and circles were formed for investigation. These continued\\nfor three or four years, when an organization was formed for the presentation and discussion of the", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "i66 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nquestion. Meetings were held in 1856-7 in the Free Will Baptist church on Railroad square, now\\nStearns grain store, after that denomination had vacated it. These meetings were discontinued in\\n1858 from a lack of financial support. During their continuance no settled speaker was engaged, but\\na number of men and women of considerable note appeared upon its platform in advocacy of the\\ndoctrine of spirit presence and intercourse, and the genuineness of some of the manifestations. The\\nbe.st known of these, perhaps, was William Lloyd Garrison, who occupied the platform one Sunday\\nin advocacy of this faith. Some of the meetings were quite well attended, and no special opposition\\nor manifestation of bigotry was shown in regard to them. After this no consecutive meetings were\\nheld for a number of years. Along in the seventies the small hall on the second floor of Telegraph\\nblock was used for similar meetings. The organization then took the name of The First Christian\\nSpiritualist society of Nashua. A little later Historical hall, on the third floor of the same block,\\nwas used, and meetings were held for three or four )-ears there, when another discontinuance took\\nplace. Later still, meetings were held in Beasom hall for a year or two, but were given up in 1880.\\nSince then meetings have been held, but not regularly for over six months at a time. The historical\\nfact seems to be that since the advent of modern spiritualism, private interest has been shown, and\\nseances more or less public or private have been held at family residences or generally in small halls\\nfor investigation and the satisfaction which the manifestations have brought to many minds.\\nThe opinion has gained prevalence that the subject is more a science than an ecclesiastical\\nmatter, and hardly a proper one to be confined within denominational limits. There are no special\\nsigns that a new departure from the present situation is likely to be made, but from the writer s\\nknowledge of the undercurrent, it is quite possible that a more concentrated effort may be made at\\nany time for the presentation of spiritualism to the public, and for investigation upon the lines of\\npsychic and spiritualistic phenomena.\\nNashua is not over-burdened with churches, and all of them, Protestant and Catholic, are\\nwell attended.\\nIn this chapter no reference has been made to Sunday-schools, Young People s Societies of\\nChristian Endeavor, Epworth League and other guilds and societies for the promotion of the\\nChristian life, and for the accomplishing of good works, because the editor of this chapter is of the\\nopinion that if these subjects are to find a place in the historj of the city they ought to have a place\\nand a chapter to themselves.\\nThe average number of clergymen resident in this cit} and in active service is fourteen, and the\\naggregate value of the church property is about seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "HIS TORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n167\\nCHARLES PINCKNEY GAGE.\\nCol. Charles P. Gage, son of John and Dorcas (Merrill)\\nGage, was born at Orford, Get. 20, 1813, died at Pepperell,\\nMass., .-Vug. 23, 1893. He was a descendant, on the pater-\\nnal side, of Benjamin Gage, a pioneer settler of Pelhani.\\nOn the maternal side he was a descendant of Jesse\\nMerrill, whose ancestors came to .\\\\nierica in the seven-\\nteenth century- and settled at Salem. The Gage family,\\nas shown by complete genealogy, sprnng from the\\nEnglish nobility,\\nmany of whom\\nwere titled, had a\\ncoat of arms and be-\\ncame conspicuous-\\nly distinguished in\\nthe affairs of the\\ncountry.\\nColonel Gage was\\neducated in the\\ncommon schools\\nand at his native\\nplace and at an\\nacademic school\\nin Nashua, his\\nparents removing\\nhere when he was\\nten years of age.\\nThe first employ-\\nment in which he\\nengaged was that\\nof bobbin boy, in\\ncompany with N.\\nP. Banks), in the\\nmills of the\\nNashua Manufac-\\nturing company.\\nLater he was a\\nclerk in a store,\\nand, in 1833, went\\nto Boston, where\\nhe was employed\\neight years in the\\ndr} goods trade.\\nIn 1 84 1 he re-\\nturned to Nashua\\nand opened a dry\\ngoods store in com-\\npany with a Mr.\\nChase, which he\\nsold out a year\\nlater. He worked\\nfor a time for J. A.\\nWheat in the same\\nline of trade, after which he was in the express business\\nand, in company with William T. Parker, merchant tailor-\\ning. Colonel Gage then entered the card and glazed paper\\nbusiness and became one of the pioneers of that industry\\nin Nashua. He was associated at different times with his\\nbrother John, with Charles T. Gill, O. D. Murray, under\\nthe firm name of Gage Murray, and with Hiram T.\\nMorrill under the name of Eagle Card company. The\\nlast named company sold out to the Nashua Card and\\nGlazed Paper company in 1872, and after that he was not\\nin active business.\\nCHAKI.KS riNCKNEV GAGE.\\nColonel Gage was many times honored by his fellow\\ncitizens during his fifty years residence in Nashua. He\\nserved on the board of selectmen in township days, and\\nrepresented Ward Four in the common council in 1854.\\nHe al.so represented his w-ard two terms in the legislature\\nand served the state three years as railroad commissioner,\\n(being elected on a general ticket with the governor, the\\npractice under the state constitution of 1850), and was\\naide-de-camp on the staff of Governor Gilmore with the\\nrank of colonel. Colonel Gage w as a director several years\\nin the Pennichuck\\nState bank and a\\ntrustee in the\\nNashua Savings\\nbank. He was al.so\\na director in a coal\\ncompany and in-\\nterested and an\\nofficer in several\\nother business or-\\nganizations that\\nserved his genera-\\ntion and gave\\nNashua the impe-\\ntus that made it\\nthe second city in\\nthe state. He was\\na loyal and true\\nman a man of\\nproverbial cour-\\ntesy, of kind and\\ngenerous impulses\\nand the warmest\\nfriendship. Col-\\nonel Gage was a\\nmember of Rising\\nSun lodge, A. p\\nand M.,anddur-\\ningthe greatWash-\\ningtonian temper-\\nance movement a\\npower for good\\namong his fellow-\\ncitizens and clerk\\nof the local organ-\\nization. In fact,\\nhis was an honor-\\nable and useful\\ncareer.\\nCoIonelGage was\\nunited in marriage\\nJune 29, 1843, w-ith\\nMatilda .A.. Baker,\\ndaughter of Tim-\\nothy M. and Elizabeth (Wright) Baker of Boston. Colo-\\nnel and Mrs. Gage celebrated their golden wedding by a\\nfamily gathering June 29, 1893, less than two months\\nbefore his death. Four children were born of their\\nmarriage: Adelaide Elizabeth, April 5, 1844, married\\nFrank M. Crane of Lowell, Mass.. May 16, 1886; Charles\\nMinot, Jan. 20, 1847, married Kate H. Cutter of Hollis,\\nSept. 18, 1868; Alice Maria, June 20, 1849, married\\nEdwin E. Hills of Hudson, Nov. 5, 1874; Helen Ma-\\ntilda, March 5, 1851, married Marshall Merriam of\\nMerrimack, Dec. 15, 1881.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "i68\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nGEORGE W. PERHAM.\\nGeorge W. Perhani, son of Jonathan and Mary (Parker)\\nPerham, was born at Chelmsford, Mass., Sept. 23, 1808,\\ndied at Nashua, Feb. 18, 1891. He was a descendant of\\nGEOKCji \\\\v. i i:kii.vm.\\nJohn Perham, who came to .\\\\merica from England in\\n1620; married Lydia Shipley in 1630 and settled at\\nChelmsford, where he became prominent in public affairs.\\nThe descendants of the family have liecome widely-\\nscattered and many of them have risen to places of\\ninfluence, have honored the professions and advanced\\nmercantile and industrial interests.\\nMr. Perham attended the common schools in his native\\nplace and was graduated at the academy in W estford,\\nMass. Following his graduation he went to New York\\nCity, where, from 1827 to 1833, he was in business as a\\ncommission merchant. He followed the same line of\\nbusiness at Oswego, N. V., from 1833 to 1838. Mr. Perham\\nhad now been alxsent from New Pjigland more than ten\\nyears, but he had not become weaned from its orderly\\nand healthful life. He felt that his happiness depended\\nupon it, and so here turned to familiar scenes, and engaged\\nin the West India goods trade in Nashua. He was a\\nsuccessful merchant, and realized his fondest hopes in\\nthe enjoyment of peace of mind and domestic happiness.\\nDuring the last twenty 3-ears of his life he was not in\\nactive business, although he was financially interested in\\nthe firm of Bristol Company, and later in Verder\\nCompany. Mr. Perham was a man of the most agreeable\\nsocial qualities. No man was ever more loyal to his\\ncountry than he. No man had greater affection for the\\nman that fought its battles, and whenever the Grand\\nArmy post marched past his residence, it found tubs of\\nlemonade and other refreshments at his gate, and when-\\never it held a fair or sought aid for its comrades, he did\\nnot wait to be solicited for a contribution. ISIr. Perham\\nwas charitable in many directions, and that, too, without\\nostentatious displaj and he was an unusually cautious\\nman in the matter of wounding the feelings of friends\\nand neighbors. He never sought or held public office,\\nnor was he a secret order man. He was a member of Lhe\\nGovernor s Horse Guards, and of the Unitarian church.\\nMr. Perham was twice married; first, October, 1841,\\nwith Hannah Ke\\\\ es, of Keene, daughter of Zebediah and\\nSybil (Dunn) Keyes, who died in 1849; second, Nov. 21,\\n1854, with Sarah J. Waterman, daughter of Nathaniel G.\\nand Nancie (Brayton) Waterman, of Williamstown, Mass.\\nMrs. Perham is a descendant of Resolved Waterman,\\nwho married Mercy Williams, daughter of Roger Wil-\\nliams, of Providence, R. I., in 1660. One son was born of\\nmarriage, (ieorge Francis, born at Nashua, Sept. 7, 1857.\\nHENRY MARTIN KELLOGG.\\nHenry M. Kellogg was born at Jamaica, t., June 8,\\n1826, died at Nashua, April 9, 1891. He was educated in\\nthe public schools of his native place, and at the age of\\neighteen years came to Nashua. In 1846 he entered the\\nemploy of the Nashua ^Manufacturing company, where he\\nremained until his dealh. ^Nlr. Kellogg s cheerfulness\\nand plain dealing with all with whom he came in contact,\\ntogether with his conscientious attention to ever)- detail\\nof the work for which he was in anj- way responsible, won\\nthe confidence of the company s managers and he was\\nspeedily promoted to the position of overseer of the\\nspinning department of the mill. The confidence thus\\nreposed in him l)y agents and treasurer continued un-\\nshaken through his entire career, as evidenced through\\niii;.\\\\i;y .mai:ti.\\\\ kellocg.\\nthe fact that in all the changes in heads of departments\\nin nearly forty years\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and there were many he remained\\nat his post. Mr. Kellogg s manhood was of the kind that\\nregards the rights of the humblest operative with the\\nsame fairness and courtesy that it bestows upon those", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "///SVOA OF XASHUA, X. H.\\n169\\nhigh in authority, and he was accordingly honored and\\nrespected by his fellow-toilers and by the coniniunity.\\nIk- represented Ward Five in the board of aldermen in\\n1S73 and 1874, and rendered faithful service on the com-\\nmittee that had charge of erecting the High school build-\\ning and wns idcntifieil with other important umlertakings.\\nIll 1.S75 and 187(5 lu- represented the sanu- ward in the\\nkjiislature. where he performed his duty in a conservative\\nand conscientious manner. He was a member of Clranite\\nlodge, 1. F., and Xashoonon encampment of the\\nsame order. He was also a member of Nashua lodge, K.\\nof I and S. S. Davis division, uniformed rank, of that\\norder; he attended the Pilgrim church. Mr. Kellogg was\\nunited in marriage March 15, 1846, with Flizabetli V.\\nCreeley, a daughter of Gilbert and Lucy Treeley of\\nManchester. Three children were born of their mar-\\nriage; Charles H., born Aug. 31, 18,^3, died .\\\\ug. 15, 1882;\\nI Yed C, born Sept. 8, 1853, died May 5, 1861 Frank C,\\nborn Se])t. 8, 1855, married .V. Leonora Lovejoy, \\\\mherst.\\nGEORGE W. UNDEKHll.L.\\nOeorge W. Underbill was born at Chester, July ig, 1815,\\ndied at Nashua, Oct. 13, 1882. He was a son of Jesse J.\\nand lUi/abeth (Graham) I nderhill, substantial and lion-\\ni.i.dni.ii w. rM)i:Kiiii,i,.\\nored residents of the place. The T nderhill ancestors on\\nthe paternal side were of Puritan descent and upon the\\nmaternal Scotch-Irish. They were among the first known\\nsettlers of Chester, where there are deeds on record (see\\nHistory of Chester) in the name of Sampson Underbill\\nas early as .\\\\pril, 1717. Sampson and his wife Elizabeth\\n(.\\\\mbrose) were married at Salisbury-, Jan. 15, 1717, by\\nRev. Caleb Cushing, a minister of the gospel at that\\nplace. Thev owned a farm of fifty acres on which they\\nlived and ke])t a tavern. The subject of this sketch was\\na direct descendant of this worthy couple, the genealogy\\nbeing distinctly traced in the history mentioned.\\nMr. Ihiderhill obtained a common school education in\\nhis native town, after which he was a student at Hopkinton\\nacademy. He learned the trade of an edge-tool maker in\\nhis father s shop at Chester and then entered the employ\\nof an elder brother in Boston. He remained in Boston\\ntill 1839, when he came to Nashua and the next year\\nstarted in business with his brother Rufus at the Harbor,\\nnear the ale mills, making tools for the brother in\\nBoston. .Ml tools were made by hand in those days and\\nan idea of the slow process is gathered from the fact that\\nhe carried the result of two day s labor to the railroad\\nstation in a wheelbarrow. Notwithstanding these disad-\\nvantages the Underbills prospered. They removed their\\nbusiness to Water street and were doing a good business\\nwhen their shop was burned and they lost all they\\npossessed. Josephus Baldwin, afterwards the first mayor\\nof Nashua, came to the rescue, however, and thev were\\nshortly on their feet again.\\nIn 1852 Mr. Underbill, John H. Gage, William D.\\nBeasoni and others formed the X nderhill Edge Tool com-\\npany and Mr. Underbill became superintendent, which\\nposition he held until he retired from business in 1875.\\nHe was also a director in the company from its formation\\ntill his death in 1882. The success of the company was\\ngratifying to all the stockholders and resulted in the\\npurchase of the rights and privileges of the Ingalls\\nDickerman s dam at the mouth of Salmon brook, where\\na larger factory- w-as established. The companv did a\\nlarge and flourishing business for years, the demand for\\nits superior brands of tools coming from all parts of the\\nworld. The works and business finally changed hands\\nand in the end was sold to the .\\\\merican .^xe company\\nand removed to East Douglass, Mass. Since then the plant\\nhas been utilized as a box factory.\\nThe development of this industry which was removed\\nfrom Nashua under the severest protests of the news-\\npapers and many citizens of influence is shown bj- the\\nstatement made to Benjamin Chase, author of the Historj-\\nof Chester, by Mr. Underbill in 1865. Says Mr. Chase:\\nMr. Underbill informs me that when he first started at\\nNashua in the old Ingalls shop with a blower, nine nar-\\nrow or five broad axes was a day s work. The Underbill\\ncompany employ about sixty men and produce three\\nhundred chopping a.xes and other kinds of tools daily.\\nIt should be added that a few years later Mr. L nderhill\\nincorporated the business of the .\\\\moskeag Axe company\\nof Manchester with his company, and for several years\\nthereafter employed an average of one hundred hands.\\nMr. Underbill s interest, and the interest of those who\\nwere dependent upon him for employment, were such\\nthat he had no time for public life and consequently he\\nnever sought public office. He was, however, a member\\nof the first common council of the city in 1853 and served\\nagain in 1854. In 1872 he represented Ward Seven in the\\nboard of aldermen, and it was his wise forethought that\\nsaved to the city for a nominal sum the splendid tract of\\nland upon which the Arlington Street school-house is\\nbuilt, while he was at the same time instrumental in\\nlaying the foundation of Nashua s High school building.\\nMr. Underbill was an energetic man in other fields of\\nendeavor. Sometime in the 40s he purchased a tract\\nof land that has since become known as Crown Hill.\\nHere he did considerable farming, and, in 1851, built the\\nbrick house in which his family now reside. This fine", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nresidence stood a lonely sentinel of the hill until 1872 or\\n1873, when Mr. Underbill mapped the surrounding ter-\\nritory and put it into house lots. The result is the\\nsurprising growth of the city in that direction, many of\\nthe finest residences in town being on the hill.\\nA word is due to the character and characteristics of\\nMr. Underhill. He was a modest and unassuming citizen\\nof sterling worth and unquestioned probity. In his char-\\nacteristics the blood of the Scotch-Irish prevailed, in that\\nhe was broadminded and careful to give every man with\\nwhom he had any-\\nthing to do an hon-\\nest representation\\nof the matter un-\\nder consideration.\\nThe Puritan blood\\nwhich flowed in his\\nveins also assert-\\ned itself, for he\\nwas a man of fixed\\nprinciples which\\nhe never hesi-\\ntated to express or\\ndefend. In fact he\\nmany times sac-\\nrificed his pecun-\\niary-interests when\\nhe believed he\\nwas right, rather\\nthan yield to\\nwhat he thought\\nwas wrong.\\nThus in George\\n\\\\V Underhill\\nNashua had a man\\nwho did praise-\\nworthy service in\\nfurthering her in-\\ndustrial interests,\\nwhose influence\\nwas always in\\nthe right direct ion\\nand who deserves\\nto be r e m e m\\nbered as one of the\\nfathers of a city\\nthat has a bright\\nfuture before it.\\nMr. Underhill\\nwas united in mar-\\nriage Sept. 18, 1841,\\nwith Mary M. Gale,\\nadescendant of the\\nChases who came\\nto this country in\\n1640. Of their six\\nchildren, all died\\nin infancy except\\nDr. George A. who\\nmarried Helen\\nM. Bell, daughter of Charles P. Bell of Nashua. Mrs.\\nUnderhill, as did her husband, attends the First Congre-\\ngational church, and was among the liberal contributors\\nto the fund for building the beautiful edifice on Lowell\\nstreet.\\nGEORGE WARREN GREENE.\\nGeorge W. Greene was born at Nashua, Dec. 20, 1838,\\ndied at Nashua Feb. 25, 1881. He was a son of Francis\\nand Nancy (Steele) Greene, both of whom were descend-\\nants of early settlers of the Souhegan valley and con-\\nnected with a race of hardy and industrious people who\\ndid the best their means afforded to educate their children,\\nand lived useful lives.\\nMr. Greene obtained a common school education in\\nhis native town, to\\nwhich he added a\\nbusiness and gen-\\neral knowledge by\\nunaided effort. He\\nwas a self-made\\nman. .Shortly after\\nattaining his ma-\\njority he came to\\nNashua and en-\\ntered the store of\\nCaleb J. Emery as\\na clerk. He be-\\ncame proprietor\\nof a grocery busi-\\nness located on\\nPearl street, and\\nfrom that time till\\nhis death was one\\nof the most suc-\\ncessful business\\nmen in Nashua.\\nHe was a director\\nin the Indian Head\\nNational bank and\\nclosely associated\\nwith other institu-\\ntions, besides be-\\ning interested in\\nseveral enterprises\\nthat have been\\ndeveloped since\\nhis day to the ad-\\nvantage of the\\ncity. A few months\\nbefore his death he\\nwas elected treas-\\nurer of the Pen-\\nn i c h u c k \\\\Va t e r\\nworks, in which\\nposition, with that\\nof superintendent,\\nwhich place he had\\nheld forsonietime,\\nhe labored very\\nearnestly and un-\\ndermined his\\nhealth. He was a\\nmember of Rising\\nSun lodge, A. F.\\nand A. M., Meridian Sun Roj-al Arch chapter, and St.\\nGeorge commandry, K. T. Mr. Greene was united in\\nmarriage June 14, 1865, with Abby D. Stevens, daughter\\nof Francis E. and Hannah (Colby) Stevens of Benning-\\nton. There were no children by their marriage.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "HISTOKV OF NASHUA, N. II.\\n171\\nHIRAM M. GOODRICH.\\nCol. Hiram M. Goodrich, son of Reuben and I,ucy\\n(Mygatt) Goodrich, was born in Nashua, Aug. 23, 1828,\\ndied in Nashua, Sept. 19, 1895. He was a descendant on\\nthe paternal side of Captain Goodrich, an early settler\\nand prominent citizen of Weathersfield, Conn., and on\\nthe maternal side of Roger and Honor (Bid well) Mygatt\\nof Berlin, Conn.\\nColonel Goodrich was educated in the public schools\\nof Nashua and at\\nCrosby s Literary\\ninstitution. When\\nfifteen years of age\\nhe became a clerk\\nin the stove and\\ntinware business\\nof his father,\\nwhere he remained\\nemployed eight\\nyears, or until the\\nUnderbill Edge\\nTool company was\\nformed, of which\\nhe became treas-\\nurer. Three years\\nafterwards he en-\\ngaged in the stove\\nand tinware busi-\\nness in Boston and\\nlater on was inter-\\nested in the metal\\ntrade in that city.\\nIn i860, on the\\ndeath of his\\nfather, he resumed\\nhis residence in\\nNashua, but con-\\ntinued his rela-\\ntions with a firm\\nin Boston seven\\nyears. P rom the\\ntime of his return\\nuntil his death\\nhe prosecuted\\nthe successful\\nbusiness which\\nwas established\\nby his father in\\n1822, in which he\\nhad formerly been\\nemployed.\\nColonel Good-\\nrich was engaged\\nfrom time to time in enterprises outside of his regular\\nbusiness. He was a director in the Pennichuck State\\nbank and for many years a director and president of the\\nI nderhill Edge Tool company. He was also auditor of\\nthe Nashua Lowell Railroad company and prominent\\nin affairs of other corporations and enterprises that bene-\\nfited the people of the generation in which he was active.\\nIn 1869, Colonel Goodrich built Goodrich block on Main\\nstreet and in 1893 he remodeled, improved an l modern-\\nized the stores of the same, making it one of the hand-\\nsomest blocks in the city. In the things enumerated and\\nHIR.\\\\M M. GdODRICH\\nin many other ways he exhibited a spirit of commendable\\nenterprise, and performed his part in making Nashua the\\nsecond city in the state.\\nColonel Goodrich never aspired to public office or\\nsought conspicuous place in party councils. He was\\ncontent outside the bickering of political strife, and yet\\nhe took the interest that all good citizens are bound to\\ntake in furthering the ends of good government, and\\ncontributed influence and money to that end, all of which\\nwas recognized by his party leaders, at whose request he\\nwas commissioned\\ncolonel, on the\\nstaff of Governor\\nStraw, on the eve\\nof his departure\\non a pleasure trip\\nin Europe in 1872.\\nColonel Good-\\nrich was an active\\nmember of the\\nsociety of the\\nPearl Street\\nCongregational\\nchurch and one of\\nthe most liberal\\ncontributors to its\\njJK^^. support, his gifts\\nm^/fmUm i from time to time\\naggregating many\\nthousand dollars.\\nHe was also a\\nmember of Rising\\nSun lodge, A. F.\\nand A. M., and\\nwas a Scottish rite\\nMason of the 32d\\ndegree, being en-\\nrolled in Edward\\nA. Raymond con-\\nsistory in the Val-\\nof Nashua. He\\nwas a man of\\npleasing physique,\\nuntiring devotion\\nto family and\\nfriends, social and\\nabove reproach in\\nall his business\\nrelations.\\nColonel Good-\\nrich loved and\\nhonored Nashua\\nas the place of his\\nbirth; he was\\nproud of its growth, development and institutions his\\nentire life with the exception of the few years of his early\\nmanhood, passed in Boston, was completely identified\\nwith it; and his love and devotion for the city caused\\nhim to respond readily and willingly to all demands\\nupon him in its behalf. Colonel Goodrich was united in\\nmarriage June 17, 1856. with Sarah E. Morgan, daughter\\nof Charles and Sarah A. (Robinson) Morgan of Nashua.\\nTwo daughters were born of their union Helen, who died\\nin infancv, and Clara Morgan, an accomplished and lovable\\nvoung woman, who survived until eighteen years of age.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "172\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nPAUL OTIS.\\nPaul Otis was born at Leominister, Mass., Oct. 20,\\nl8i8, died at Nashua, Jan. 4, 1894. He was a son of Paul\\nand Mabel I,:tchfield Otis, and a descendant on the\\nadded a sash, door and blind manufactory, alid in this\\nbusiness he continued until he secured a competency for\\nold age, when he sold out and retired to his farm on\\nConcord street. He served his ward one or two terms\\non the board of selectmen, and the city in 1891 on the\\nboard of assessors. He never aspired, however, to pub-\\nlic office. Mr. Otis was one of the pillars of the Main\\nStreet M. E. church. He w as an active member of that\\ndenomination more than fift\\\\- years, a class leader more\\nthan forty years, a member of the board of trustees and\\nthe official board. In all religious matters he was strict\\nand just, and in that and other affairs he was a liberal\\ncontributor of financial aid. In a word, he performed\\never^ duty of life in a manner acceptable to his con-\\nscience and his religious belief. He was an Odd Fellow.\\nMr. Otis was united in marriage Oct. 13, 1840, with\\nLaura M. Knight, daughter of John H. and Lucy (Pierce)\\nKnight of Worcester, Mass., and Oct. 13, 1890, they cele-\\nbrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage at their\\nhome on Concord street. The event was one of unusual\\ninterest, their home being crowded for hours with citizens\\nand friends who called to do them honor. The gifts of\\naffection and esteem were many and lieautiful. Right\\nchildren were born of their marriage Ellen Louise, born\\nOct. 21, 1844, died March 2, 1845; Charles A., born Nov.\\n24, 1845, a soldier, died from sickness contracted in the\\narmy, March 17, 1866; Ella L., born Oct. 15, 1848; Benja-\\nmin B., born April i, 1850, (for marriage see personal\\nsketch); Lucy M., born June 15, 1853, died July 19. 1854;\\nEdward E., born April 30, 1857, married Malonia Suydam\\nof Belmont; Willis H., born Aug. 21, 1858, married\\nBertha Sager of Nashua; Algernon E., born March 18,\\n1864, married Bessie Dunbar of Augusta, Ga.\\nPAII, OTIS,\\npaternal side of John Otis, who was born at Barnstable,\\nDevonshire, Eng., in 1581, came to America in 1635, and\\nsettled in Hingham, Mass. Subsequent to 1635, he re-\\nmoved to Weymouth, Mass., w here he died May 31, 1657.\\nJohn Otis, 2d, born in Barnstable, Devonshire, Eng., in\\n1620, came to America in 1620, and also settled at Hing-\\nham. He married Marj- Jacobs and moved to Scituate,\\nMass., in 1661. In 1678 he took up a tract of land in\\nBarnstable, Mass., known in subsequent generations as\\nthe Otis Farm, where he settled his son, John 3d, after\\nwhich he returned to Scituate, where he died in 1683.\\nStephen Otis, son of John 2d, and the line of descent of\\nthe subject of this sketch, was born in Hingham, Mass.,\\nin 1661. He married Hannah Ensign, was captain in the\\nmilitia and a prominent man in his times. The descent\\ncontinues as follows Isaac Otis, born 1699, physician\\nand surgeon, married Deborah Jacobs, 1718; .Stephen\\nOtis, born 1728, married Elizabeth Wade; Paul Otis, born\\n1771, married Mabel Litchfield; Paul, liorn 1818; (for\\nmiuute genealogy see Otis family record in archives of\\nthe Massachusetts Genealogy society). In the genera-\\ntions since the immigrants came to this country the\\nOtises have borne an honorable part in field, farm,\\nchurch, and have shown enterprise in developing indus-\\ntries.\\nMr. Otis obtained a common school education in his\\nnative place and at the age of sixteen years went to\\nWorcester, Mass., where he was engaged in house painting\\nuntil 1852, when he came to Nashua. To his trade he\\nJOHN BULLARD.\\nJohn Bullard, son of Willard and Harriet (Thompson)\\nBullard, was born at Dedham, Mass., Jan. 19, 1814, died\\nin Nashua, Feb. 25, 1893. He was educated in the public\\n^3r^\\n^^iH\\nHTji\\nP\\nJOHN BULI.AKl).\\nschools of his native place and in early life had charge\\nof a dyehouse in connection w ith a woolen mill. He\\nremained in Dedham until he was twent3 -five years of", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "H/SrOKV OF NASHLU, N. H.\\n173\\nage, and then went to Newton, Mass., and was emploj-erl\\nin a grist mill until 1843, when he came to Nashua and\\nentered the employ of Solomon Bullard, who operated\\na large saw mill on the Jackson conipan^- s land near the\\n(lam. He then leased the grist mill of the Jackson com-\\npany, located in the basement of the mill), which he\\nsuccessfully managed on his own account until 1875,\\nwhen he retired from active pursuits. Mr. Bullard was\\na man of superior judgment and conservative tendency of\\nmind in matters affecting the public weal. He had the\\nconfidence of the business men of the community and the\\nrespect of all his fellow citizens, and so, often against his\\ninclination, he was elected to public office. He .served\\nWard Two several years on the board of selectmen, repre-\\nsented in the common council in 1863 and 1864, on the\\nboard of aldermen in 1865 and 1866 and declined, owing\\nto the demands of his business, a nomination for repre-\\nsentative in the legislature. He was supervisor of check\\nlists a number of years, and, after changing his residence\\ntil Ward One, served the city on the board of assessors in\\n1S76, 1879 and 1881. Mr. Bullard was a member of\\nAncient York lodge, A. F. and A. M., and of Granite\\nlodge. I. O. O. F., forty-nine years. He was also a\\nmember of the Baptist church and a liberal contributor\\nto its support. His last years were spent in the enjoy-\\nment of a sunn}- old age, consequent on a well spent life.\\nHe was united in marriage May 10, 1840, with Mary .\\\\nn\\nW. Parker, daughter of Abraham and Mary CHaynes)\\nParker of Newton, Mass. Of the children of their\\nmarriage but one is living, Jlary Jane, born Dec. 17, 1844.\\nSAMUEL KNOWLTON WELLM.4N.\\nSamuel K. Wellman was born in Karniington, Me.,\\nJan. 22, 1822. He was a son of Thomas and I.ydia\\n(Knowlton) Wellman, and a descendant on the paternal\\nside of .\\\\braham Wellman, who came to America from\\nWales in 1625 and settled at Lynn, Mass. His great-\\ngrandfather, Capt. Jacob Wellman, who was born at\\nI.vnn, .Vpril 24, 1720, was a commissioned officer under\\nGovernor Wentworth of New Hampshire in 1764, and\\nafterwards an officer in the Army of the Revolution and\\nfought at Bunker Hill. On the maternal side he was a\\ndescendant of Jonathan Knowlton, one of the first set-\\ntlers of P armington, Me.\\nJlr. Wellman attended the public .schools of his native\\nplace and was to a large degree a self-taught and self-\\nmade man. Early in life he became an apprentice in the\\nmanufacture of iron and steel, and for several years prior\\nto 1850 was connected with the works at Wareham, Mass.\\nIn the year mentioned he came to Nashua and entered the\\nemploy of the Nashua Iron Steel company as a heater.\\nShortly after he became assistant superintendent, then\\nsuperintendent, which last position he held eighteen\\nyears. X nder his efficient management the compan)\\nhad phenomenal prosperit\\\\-. The works were greatly\\nenlarged, a steel plant added, and for a good many years\\nlucrative eniplojment given to between three and four\\nhundred men. He resigned his position in 1876 and\\npurchased a farm at East Wilton, Me., where he resided\\nuntil his death. He considered Nashua, however, as his\\nhome and his body was buried here. To few men of his\\ngeneration do we accord more of public confidence, and\\nnone were i.;ore worthy of it.\\nBut Mr. Wellman was something more than a mere\\nmanufacturer of iron and steel. He was active in muni-\\ncipal affairs and took a decided interest in everything\\nthat pertained to society. He represented Ward Seven in\\nthe common council in 1857, in the board of aldermen in\\n1S74, and in the legislature in 1875. He also served the\\ntown of Wilton, Me., in various town offices and was\\ncommissioner of Franklin county six years. Mr. Wellman\\nwas a member of Rising Sun lodge, A. F. and A. M.,\\nMeridian Sun Royal Arch chapter and St. George Com-\\nniandry, K. T. He was also a Scottish Rite Mason of the\\n32d degree and a member of Edward A. Raymond con-\\nsistory. Fpon his removal to Maine he took a demit from\\nSt. George commandcry to become a charter member of\\nPilgrim comniandery, K. T., at Farmington, Me. Mr.\\nWellman was a member of Pennichuck lodge, I. O. O. F.,\\nof which he was past grand and of the Grand lodge, I. O.\\nO. F., of the state.\\nSAMUEL KNOWI.TOX Wlil.I.MAN.\\nMr. Wellman was twice married first, March 8, 1846,\\nwith Mary Besse of Wareham, Mass., who died in Nashua,\\nin 1832 second, June 23, 1853, with Mary A. Cogswell,\\ndaughter of Joseph and Mehitable (Howe) Cogswell of\\nNashua. One son was born by his first marriage Samuel\\nT., born Feb. 5, 1847, married J. Almina Ballard of\\nNashua; Mary L., born March 16, 1849, died in infancy;\\nMary E., born Dec. 14, 1851, died June 19, 1865; by his\\nsecond marriage, Mittie V., born March 23, 1854, married\\nFrank W. Atwood of East Wilton, Me.; J. Francis, born\\nJan. 13, 1856, married Jennie M. Walker of Cleveland, C,\\nand Lizzie Thompson of Alleghany, Pa., died May 17,\\n1892; Emma L.. born Dec. 24, 1857, married John M.\\nTobin of Brookfield, Me.; Reno B., born March 25, 1862,\\nmarried Hattie E. Luce of West Boylston, Mass. Charles\\nH., born June 12, 1863, married Bertha E. Adams of\\nCleveland, O. Jessee E., born Nov. 17, 1867; Abby M.,\\nborn June 17, 1871, died in infancy.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "174 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nTHE CEMETERIES-ANCIENT AND MODERN.\\nBY E. E. PARKER.\\nTO ONE who contemplates the number of cemeteries* within the boundaries of the Nashua\\nof today and the density of their population, and reflects upon the fact that it is, probably,\\nless than six generations since the oldest one of them was first in use, the question natu-\\nrally suggests itself where were the burial places of the Indians who inhabited this ter-\\nritory at the time of the coming of the earliest white settlers, and whose ancestors had lived and\\ndied here for unknown numbers of generations before them? It is true that, owing to the nomadic\\nhabits of the Indians who frequented the mouth of the Nashua river, their burial places may have\\nbeen nearer the headquarters of the tribes to which they belonged, that of the Nashuas being at\\nwhat is now Lancaster, Mass., and the Naticook s at the mouth of the Souhegan river, but it is also\\nprobable that, apart from those who were slain in battle and buried hastily in concealed graves, in\\norder to secure their scalps from falling into the hands of their enemies, there must have been many\\nof their dead, whose bodies, by reason of the distance from tribal headquarters, and other causes,\\nsuch as the danger of infection from death, during big epidemics, would, necessarily, be buried\\nnear the places of their temporary sojournings.\\nYet it is true that, so far as can be ascertained by examination of the records and inquir}^\\namong the oldest inhabitants, there does not exist, either in written records or in traditionary lore,\\nany mention or knowledge of spot or place, as having been known as an Indian burying ground.\\nNo peculiar land-marks, or configurations of soil remain or exist in anj- part of the city s bound-\\naries, to which we may point, even in a spirit of speculation, and say that is probably an Indian s\\ngrave.\\nTheir last resting places have vanished from sight and memory as completely as has the race\\nitself; except that, occasionally, some busy toiler of the present day and generation, in following\\nhis plough, or digging excavations in the sandy soil wherein to lay the foundations of some of\\nthe substantial buildings which have succeeded the frail but far more picturesque wigwams, finds\\nhimself suddenlj confronted with the unexpected evidence of former mortality in the shape of\\nbones, unmistakably human, and with them such other relics as arrow-heads and stone gouges, as\\nfurnish indubitable proof of their Indian origin. Such an instance as this happened, it is said, in\\nBelvidere some twenty or more years ago, and others, similar, will possibly happen in the years to\\ncome.\\nBut while the Indian burying grounds have been lost in the lapse of years, those of the early\\nwhite settlers of Nashua yet remain, and can be located with sufficient accuracy; although some of\\nthem are in such a condition of decay and dilapidation as to be suggestive of a time coming, in the\\nnot very remote future, when the antiquarian will need keener vision, and a much greater knowl-\\nedge of legendary lore than even Old Mortality possessed, in order to decipher the names and\\nlegends, now nearly illegible, upon the weather-worn and moss-grown surfaces of their ancient\\nmemorial stones.\\nIn the early settlements of New England the first duty to be attended to, after the building of\\ndwelling-houses, was the erection of a meeting-house, and, near the meeting-houses, more fre-\\nquently than otherwise, in accordance with a custom brought by the colonists from the mother-\\nland, was located the parish burial place, frequently under the shadow of the meeting-house; often-\\ntimes however, in cases where families were living in localities comparatively isolated by their\\nremoteness from the centres of communities and the common burial-grounds, both necessity and\\nconvenience caused them to establish what were called family burial lots near their homes. These\\nfamily burial places are to be found in nearly ever} old town in New England; frequently upon\\nthe borders of highway s, which once main thoroughfares, have in process of time, by changes\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2The names aud inscriptions given in this chapter were taken from the tombstones by the author, personall}-, and\\nare believed to be substantially correct. The historical data has been collected from old citizens and collated from\\nFox s History of Old Dunstable, Nason s Historj- of Dunstable, Mass., Belknap s and McClintock s Histories of New\\nHampshire and other available sources.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 175\\nill centres of population and the consequent change in the direction of travel, degenerated into mere\\nby-ways. Many of them are no longer in use the families which established them having long since\\nbeen broken up, their descendants scattered, and living afar from the old homestead others of them\\nhave in years developed into large and beautiful modern cemeteries. It is very probable that some\\nof our present cemeteries originated from old family burial places.\\nThe pioneer settlers of Nashua were, for the most part, rude and unlettered men their lives\\nwere in consonance with the times in which they lived the dangers and perils with which they were\\nsurrounded, the hardships which they were forced to endure, and the difficulties which they had to\\novercome in the struggle to build homes and provide su.stenance for the living, gave them little time\\nfor the expression of sentiment in the preparation of beautiful resting places for the dead.\\nVet, that they were not lacking in sentiment, nor wanting in reverence and love for the memory\\nof their departed friends is evinced by the number of monumental tablets, each bearing the inscription,\\nIn Memento Mori, which having survived the ravages of time are still standing in the ancient burial\\ngrounds of the city.\\nThe greater portion of these early settlers were either English or of English descent, from original\\nancestral immigrants to New England and, while thej^ were gradually acquiring that spirit of freedom\\nand independence which finally led them to become among the most fearless and determined of the\\npatriots who opposed and fought against the encroachments of the mother country upon their civil\\nrights, the)- preserved through their colonial life, as did their descendants for man)- years after them,\\nmany of the English customs of their ancestors, and among others that of locating their burial place\\nnear and adjacent to their meeting-houses. From a knowledge of this fact we are able to settle the\\nquestion as to which of the cemeteries of Nashua is most ancient with some considerable definiteness.\\nThe old records of the town throw- but little light upon this question. The first meeting-house\\nin Nashua was built of logs its location is unknown, but it was somewhere between Salmon brook\\nand what is now the state line. The second meeting-house was erected in 1684, and not far from the\\nstate line, near the Old Burying Ground. It w-as in this last meeting-house that the Rev. Thomas\\nWeld, the first minister in Nashua, was ordained in December, 1685 and at his death in 1702, he\\nwas buried in the Old Burying Ground, as his monument now .standing therein testifies.\\nThe dates upon the monumental stones also bear witness to the antiquity of the Old Burying\\nGround, one of them, at least, bearing the date of 1687, which is perhaps the oldest now decipherable.\\nTHE OLD BURYING GROUND.\\nThe following ab.stract from the old records of Dunstable in New Hampshire, after the division\\nof the old township, refer, apparently, to this cemetery\\nAt a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dunstable assembled at the meeting-house on\\nThursday the 2d day of June, 1757. A oted that the bearying Place be fenced in at the charge of the\\nTown, Excluding those on the North side of Nashua River also voted that Jonathan Lund Take a\\nDeed of the Bearying Place in behalf of the town.\\nApparently the matter of fencing the grounds was overlooked or neglected, for, at a meeting of\\nthe Inhabitants of the Town of Dunstable, March 4 30, 1761, as appears by the records, after the\\nfollowing preamble, viz Whereas, as a vote was passed June 2d, 1757 to fence the Burial place in\\nthis town and it not being don, it was Voted that Joseph French, Esq., Jonathan Lund and\\nJonathan Blanchard be a com to git it don and that the selectmen tax the Inhabitants of the town\\nagreeable to said ote to pay the charge and order s com. to draw the money for that charge out of\\nthe Town Treasury.\\nAt a meeting of the Inhabitants of Dunstable mett at the meeting house on tuesday the 20th\\nday of March 1764.\\nVoted that Jonathan Lund take care of the Beurying Place and keep the Bru.sh well mown for\\ntwo years and that he have Liberty to feed it with sheep that time.\\nAt a meeting held at the Meeting house Sept 12th 1766 oted that the deed that ]\\\\P Jon-^ Love-\\nwell gave to the Town of the Land where the Meeting House stands and the Deed that Mrs. Rebecca\\nBlanchard gave of the Buring Place be put on Record in the Registers office and that Capt Jon\u00c2\u00bb Lund\\nget the same done.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "176 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nMarch 6, 1769, it was Voted that Capt Jona Lund have the use of the Burying yard to pasture\\nhis sheep on this present year He mowing the Bushes on sd Burying Yard three times the ensuing\\nSummer.\\nIt is located on the south side of the highway leading from Nashua to Lowell, on the west side of\\nthe Merrimack river. It is distant about four miles from the City Hall, and near Little s station. Its\\narea is about one-half of an acre, and, while its general shape is that of a parellelogram, it is\\nsomewhat irregular in its contours. Within its limits, at the present time, there are two hundred and\\nthirty-five graves, more or less distinctly defined. Of these about two hundred and thirteen have\\nmonuments or headstones upon many of which the inscriptions are nearly illegible. It is enclosed\\nwith an ordinary stone wall. Beneath the sacred soil some of the most distinguished and reputable\\nof the citizens of the old township of Dunstable are interred; some of whom, in life, resided in that\\nportion of the old township which now constitutes Nashua, and all of whom are represented by\\nnumerous descendants now living in our midst. Here are the graves of Nashua s two first ministers\\nof the gospel, soldiers of the Indian and French wars, of the Revolution, and War of 1812 and 1S14,\\ntogether with many of the early settlers, whose reputations as men of abilit}^ were colonial. The\\nmajority of the oldest graves are located in the front-central and northwest part. Many of these\\nancient graves are unmarked, and the names of their inmates utiknown.\\nIn the southwestern corner of the enclosure is a substantial granite monument, upon the sides of\\nwhich are the following inscriptions\\nRev. Thomas Weld. Born June i, 1653. vSettled as the first minister of Dunstable in 16S5.\\nProbably massacred by the Indians while defending the settlement June 7th, 1702. Aet. 49.\\nErected b the City cf Nashua, 1876.\\nHere lieth the body of Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Thomas Weld, aged about 31 years, who died on\\nJuly the 29th in the year 1687.\\nRev. Natha l Prentice. Born Dec. 1698. Settled as the second minister in Dunstable\\n1720.\\nDied Feb. 25, 1737. Aet. 39.\\nThat portion of the above inscription which refers to the Rev. Mr. Weld s being massacred by\\nthe Indians is legendary, and, probably mythical, as there was no Indian war waging in 1702, nor\\nfor several years before or after that date. It .should be corrected.\\nMrs. Elizabeth Weld was a daughter of Hon. Edward Tyng. Her mother s native place was\\nDunstable, England, and our Dunstable received its name in compliment to her. It may be stated in\\nthis connection that Hon. Edward Tyng s death, which occurred Dec. 28, i68i, was the first recorded\\ndeath in Dunstable; and that the first recorded birth was that of his grandson, William, son of\\nJonathan Tyng, born April 22, 1679. The original slatestone slab which stood at Mrs. Weld s grave,\\nand from which the above inscription is taken, is, at this date, lying flat at the base of the monument\\non the south side.\\nIn the central part of the grounds stands a small rude slab of slatestone bearing the following\\ninscription\\nMemento Mori. Here lies the bod}- of Mr. Thomas Lund who departed this life Sept. 5, 1724,\\nin the 42nd year of his age. This man with seven more that lies in this grave was slew all in a day\\nb}- the Indiens.\\nThe eight bodies interred in this grave were of those who were ambushed and slain by the\\nIndians near Naticook brook.\\nThe number of settlers engaged in the affair is uncertain. Judge Penhallow gives it as fifteen;\\nFox, whose account is, perhaps, as careful and particular as anj-, puts the number as ten; as do also\\nNason and McClintock respectively.\\nThe names of seven of the party are given by the Boston News Letter as follows: Lieut.\\nEbenezer French, Thomas Lund, Oliver Farwell and Ebenezer Cummings, of Dunstable, Daniel\\nBaldwin and John Burbank, of Woburn, and Mr. Johnson, of Plainfield.\\nIt is certain that Josiah Farwell was also one of the party, and the only one, perhaps, who\\nescaped death.\\nThe names of the seven who were buried in this grave with Thomas Lund are unknon n; but, if\\nthe records of other memorial stones near bv and in a line with that of the eight, are true, it is", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. ,77\\ncertain tliat of tlic seven naniuil in the Boston News Letter, two, at least, were buried in other and\\nseparate ;raves.\\nUjion that one of these other stones nearest to the grave of the eight is the following inscription:\\nHere lies the body of Oliver l arwell, who died Sept. 5, 1724, aged 33.\\nTo the right, and next adjacent to Oliver Farwell s, stands a .stone upon which is inscribed\\nHere lies the body of Kbenezer Cumniings who died .Sept. 5, 1724. Aet. 29. It will be\\nnoticed that both Farwell and Cunnnings are mentioned in the News Letter s list. Next to\\nCnniuiings grave, and on its right, is another nieniorial stone with this inscription:\\nBenjamin Carter, who departed this life Sept. 5th 1724. Aged 23.\\nCarter s name does not appear in the above list, but is mentioned as a member of this party by\\nNason. Of Josiah Fanvell, who has been mentioned as the only one who escaped death in the\\nmassacre, it is recorded that he was a member of Lovewell s expedition in the following year, 1725,\\nand that he died of exhaustion after the fight at Pigwacket Pond. Thus it would appear that,\\nwith the eight mentioned as buried in one grave, and the four whose names are last above mentioned,\\nand whose membership in the ambushed party would seem to be well established, the party\\nconsisted of, at least, twelve men, a result which gives color of truth to Judge Pennhallow s\\nstatement that there were really two conflicts with the Indians on vSept. 5. 1724, occurring between\\nNaticook brook and the Nashua river, and that the whole number of whites engaged was fifteen.\\nHere lies interred the Remains of Col. Zaccheus Lovewell, who departed this life April 12,\\n1772, in the 72 j-ear of his age.\\nColonel Lovewell was a brother of Capt. John Lovewell who was slain b\\\\- the Indians at the\\nfamous fi,ght at Pigwacket Pond, May 8, 1725. He was a colonel of a regiment in the P rench War of\\n1759, succeeding Colonel Blanchard in command, and was present at the taking of Ticonderoga and\\nCrown Point.* He is the only member of the original Lovewell family buried in this cemetery, so\\nfar as monumental records show.\\nIn Memor\\\\- of Col. Plbenezer Bancroft who died Sept. 22, 1S27. Aet. 90. He was an officer\\nin the French war, and in the American Revolution and was in the battle of Bunker Hill.\\nThe Bancrofts lived in what is now T\\\\-ngsborough. Col. Ebenezer Bancroft enlisted at the age of\\nsixteen in the company comnianded by Capt. John Goffe, Col. Joseph Blanchard s regiment in the\\nPVench War. He was an ensign and .served through the war. In 1769 and 1771 he was one of the\\nselectmen. vSoon after the fight at Lexington he entered the Continental army as a captain in Col.\\nEbenezer Bridge s regiment and was present in the battle of Bunker Hill, where he was wounded.\\nHe was made a lieutenant-colonel in 1780. In 1777 he was chosen representative to the general court.\\nAt his death he was buried with military lienors. He was a son of Lieut. Timothy Bancroft.\\nIn Memory of Mrs. Susannah, wife of Col. F^benezer Bancroft, who died Oct. 4, 1823. Aet. 80.\\nIn Memory of Maj. John Lund, who died March 11, 1822. Aet. 74. One who took an active\\npart in the liberty of his country and defended well in the battle of Bunker Hill.\\nHe was a sergeant in Capt. William Walker s company, which formed a part of Col. Reed s\\nregiment at the battle of Bunker Hill. In July, 1776, he was first lieutenant of a company raised by\\nCapt. William Barron for an expedition to Canada. He was a Dunstable man.\\nHannah, wife of Maj. John Lund, died Ma 4. 1847. Aet. 96.\\nSacred to the memory of Ensign Benjamin Smith, who died Aug. 16, i So5, in the 41st year of\\nhis age.\\nHis name appears in Fox s list of Revolutionary soldiers. He was from that part of Dunstable\\nnow in New Hampshire. His company and regiment are unknown. He was one of the committee\\nchosen to assist the town s delegates to the constitutional convention.\\nHere lies Interred the Remains of Ensign Samuel Howard, who departed this life February\\n7th, 1769. Aged 84 years and 10 months.\\nProbably a soldier in the P rench War. In 1774 he was the owner of a large tract of land near\\nHoward s brook. [Nason].\\nHere lies the Body of Lieut. Timothy Bancroft, who departed this life Nov. 21st, 1772, in the\\n63 year of his age.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Belknap s History of N. II., p. 315.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "178 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nHe is said to have lived in that part of Okl Dunstable which is now Tyngsboroiigh, in a house\\nwhich is still standing on the river road. He had two sons; Col. Ebenezer and Dea. Jonathan\\nBancroft, who are buried in this cemetery. [Fox].\\nHere lies ye Body of Mrs. Elizabeth Bancroft, ye wife of Eieut. Timothy Bancroft, who Dec d\\nSept. 23d, A. D. 1754 in ye 39th year of her age.\\nMrs. Bancroft was a sister of Lieut. Josiah Farwell, who was slain in the Pigwacket fight.\\nErected in memory of Capt. Benjamin French, whose remains are here interred, who departed\\nthis life Dec. 15, A. D. 1779 in the 74th year of his age.\\nHe was a son of Joseph French, Sr., and a grandson of Samuel French, one of the first settlers\\nof Dunstable, coming from Billerica.\\nIn January, 1775, he was chosen as one of a committee of inspection to see that the result of\\nthe late Continental congress be carried into practice. This was the congress that met at Philadelphia\\nin September, 1774, and published a Declaration of Rights. In 1776, he was elected a delegate to the\\ncounty congress and also a member of the committee of safety. April 17, 1778, he was chosen a\\ndelegate to the Constitutional convention at Exeter. In March, 17S2, he was elected representative\\nto the general court.\\nHere lies the body of Mrs. Mary French, wife of Capt. Benjamin French, who departed this\\nlife Dec. 17, 1774, aged 44 years 7 mos. and 8 days.\\nHere lies the body of Col. Joseph F rench who departed this life March 21st 1776 in the 63 year\\nof his age.\\nA brother of Capt. Benjamin French. Was proprietor s clerk at one time, and undoubtedly a\\nman of influence, as, in a list of the inhabitants of the First parish in 1772, his name appears under\\nthe title of Esquire, a title which then meant something more than mere form.\\nEnsign Benjamin Whitney. Died May 19, 1802. Aet. 49.\\nHe was a Nashua man and a member of Capt. William Walker s company, Colonel Reed s\\nregiment, and participated in the battle of Bunker Hill.\\nHere lyes interred ye body of Josiah Willard, Captain of Fort Dummer, formerly of Lancaster,\\nLunenburg, and Winchester, and colonel of regiment of foot, who died here December ye 8th Anno\\nDomini 1750 in the 38 year of his age. Fort Dummer is now Hinsdale, N. H.\\nLieut. Samuel Pollard who died Oct. 16 1800 in the 58 year of his age. He was probably\\none of the family of Pollards who were among the early settlers of Dunstable some of the family\\nbeing located on the ea.sterly side of the Merrimack river as early as 17 12.\\nHere lyes Buried the Body of the Hon. Joseph Blanchard, Esq., who departed this life April\\n7th, 1758, aged 55 years.\\nHe was a son of Capt. Joseph Blanchard and grandson of Dea. John Blanchard, an early settler\\nin Dunstable. Colonel Joseph lived in Nashua, his house was three hundred rods north of the state\\nline. [Fox, 150].\\nHe sen-ed in the French War as colonel of a regiment raised by New Hampshire for an expedi-\\ntion against Crown Point. In 1741 he was counsellor of state by appointment from the king, and\\nfrom 1749, until his death, he was a judge of the superior court of judicature of the state.\\nMemento Mori. Here lyes ye Body of Madam Rebecca Blanchard, Relict of Jo.seph Blanchard,\\nEsq. Aet. 63, who died April 17th, 1774. Mrs. Blanchard was a Hubbard (Hobart).\\nCapt. Mathew Chambers, an ofhcer of the Revolution, died Jan. 30, 1809. Aet. 73.\\nRemember Death. In Memory of Lieut. Oliver Woods, who departed this life Feb. 22, 1799, in the 68 year\\nof his age.\\nHe was a soldier in Capt. William Walker s company, raised in Cambridge soon after the fight\\nat Lexington. The company consisted of sixty-six men, of whom forty, including Captain Walker,\\nwere from Dunstable.\\nHere lyes Buried vr Body of Mr. Thomas Adams, who departed this life Feb. i8th. 1746, in ye 71st year of\\nhis age.\\nHere lyes the Body of Mrs Juda Adams, who departed this life the 15th of .\\\\pril, 1755, aged 74.\\nHere lyes Buried ye Body of Phinehas Adams, ye son of Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Juda Adams, who Dec t Dec.\\n4th, 1747, aged 23 y rs 7 mos. 28 days.\\nThe Adams resided in the south part of Old Dunstable.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "H/STOh V or NASHUA, N. 179\\nHere lies the body of William Pickiiian AhboU who dec d Sept. 14, 1809, aged 3 years and i mo.\\nHere lies the body of Mrs. Mary .Mis who departed this life Mar. 28, 1771, in the 71 of her age.\\nMemento Mori. Here lies Timothy Bancroft Junr who departed this life .\\\\ug. 12, 1754, in the 21st year of\\nhis age. This erected b)- E. B. in 1774.\\nIn memory of Mrs. Hannah, wife of Ebenezer Bancroft, Ksij., who died I eb. 13, 1783. .\\\\et. 78 years.\\nJulia Bancroft, died Feb. 13, 1783. Aet. 78 years.\\nMary Bancroft, Died Aug. 14, 1880. Aet. 79 yrs. 6 mos.\\nIn memory of Timothy Bancroft son of Deacon Jonathan and Mrs. Martha Bancroft, who died .Sept. 17,\\n1785, aged 2 years.\\nMartha, daughter of Maj. Jona. and Sarah Bancroft, died Sept. 6, 1751. Aet. 33.\\nIn Memory of Ebenezer Bancroft, Est]., who died Mav 6, 1758. Aet. 80.\\nHe wa.s a son of Ebenezer and Susannah Bancroft.\\nIn Memory of Mrs. Hannah, wife of Ebenezer Bancroft, Esq., who died Oct. 13, 1770. .Aged 94 years i mo.\\nand 15 da}-s.\\nIn Memory of Dea. Jonathan Bancroft, who died July 11, 1815, in the 65th year of his age.\\nMartha, daughter of Maj. Jonathan Bancroft and Mrs. Sarah his wife, died March 19, 1817. .Aet. 9 mos.\\n,S. Elizabeth, dau. of Ebenezer Jane R. Bancroft. Died Feb. 27, i860. Aet. 2 y rs.\\nIn Memory of Mrs. Haunahe, daughter of Eben Bancroft, Esq. and Mrs. Hannah his wife, who died March\\n20, 1830. Aet. 24.\\nJoseph G., son of Ebenezer cit Hannah Bancroft. Died Oct. 27, 1849. Aet. 28.\\nOne f Jonathan Bancroft, died Sept. 24, 1838. Aet. 64 yrs. 7 mos.\\nstone. I Sarah his wife. Died Dec. i, 1862. Aet. 87 years 2 mos.\\nThe Bancrofts interred in this cemetery are descendants of Lieut. Timothy Bancroft, one of the\\nearly settlers of Okl Dnitstable. For memoranda concerning him see prior page in this chapter.\\nErected in memory of the Hon. Jonathan Blanchard, who departed this life July ye ]6th, 1788. .Aet. 51.\\nSon of the Hon. Joseph Blanchard.\\nIn Memory of Mrs. Rebeccah Blanchard, wife of the Hon. Jonathan Blanchard, who died Aug. 20. 181 1 in\\nthe 72 year of her age.\\nJonathan Blanchard was a son of Col. Joseph Blanchard, and a great grandson of Dea. John\\nBlanchard, whom Fox mentions as one of the founders of the church in Dunstable in 1649, and who\\ncame to New England in the ship Jonathan in 1639. In 1775 he, Jonathan, was a delegate to the\\nRevolutionary convention at Exeter; and in 1776, a representative to the general court. In 1777, he\\nwas attorney general for the state. In 1778, a member of the committee of safety for the state, and\\nin 1784 was appointed jttdge of probate for Hillsborough count)-, an office which he held, probabh-,\\nup to his death.\\nHere lyes the Body of Mr. Eleazer Blanchard, who departed this life the 19th day of March, 1753, in the 22d\\nyear of his life.\\nEleazer Blanchard, son of Mr. Joseph and Abiah Blanchard, aged i year. Died .April 20, 1718.\\nHere lies the body of Caleb Blanchard the son of the Hon. Joseph Blanchard the rest of the inscription is\\nillegible.\\nHere lyes ye Bod} of Mrs. Abiah Blanchard. the relict of Capt. Joseph Blanchard, who Deceased the 8th of\\nDecember, 1746, aged 70.\\nDeacon James Baldwin, born in Woburn, Mass., 1773. died Nov. 25th, 1827. .Age l 54.\\nPricilla Keyes, wife of Deacon Jas. Baldwin, born in Westford, Mass., 1772, died Aug. 11, 1849, aged 77.\\nHere lies the Body of Jonathan Butterfield, the son of Capt. Jonathan Butterfield Susan his wife, who\\ndeparted this life July 3rd, 1759, in the i ith year of his life.\\nHere lyes Buried the Body of Mr. Ebenezer Cummings, who Dec d Sept. e 5, 1 724, in the 29th year of his age.\\nHe was one of the party who were slain in the Naticook massacre (see preceding page in this\\nchapter.) Probably a son of John Cummings, Sr., an early settler.\\nHere Ives the Body of Deacon Thomas Cummings aged 64 years 3 mos 17 days. Dec d Jan. 20, 1792.\\nHere lies ye Body of Oliver Colburn ye son of Capt. Oliver Colburn \\\\A\\\\cy his wife, whodied July 5, 1752.\\nHere lies ye Body of Mary Colburn ye daughter of Oliver Colburn Lucy his wife, who died March ye nth\\nA. D. 1746, in the 6th year of her age.\\nRachel Colburn, daughter of Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Mary Colburn. Dec d Jan. 8, 1723, aged i year 3 mos.\\n19 days.\\nHere lies ye Body of Edward Colliurn, son of Mr. Thomas Mrs. Mary Colburn, who died .April 18. 1723,\\naged 18 years, 7 mos. 2 days.\\nHere lyes j-e Body of Hannah Colburn, Daugt. of Mr. Thomas and Jlrs. Mary Colburn. .Aged 14 years.\\nDied March 8, 1717.-18.\\nMemento Mori. Here lies the Body of Deacon Thomas Colburn, who dc]iartcd this life Nov. 2d, 1770 in the\\n96th j-ear of his age.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "i8o HISTORY OF N^SHi^A, N. H.\\nHere Lyes the Body of Mrs. Mary Colburn. wife of Deacon Thomas Collnirii, who died Sept. yth, A. D. 17.^9.\\nDe a. Thomas Colburn (says Fox) probably came from Chelmsford. He was an early settler in\\nDunstable. Many of his descendants are now living in Nashua and vicinity.\\nHere Lyes the Body of Mr. Benjamin Carter, who Dec d Sept. the 5th, 1724 in the 25 year of his age.\\nHe was one of the victims of the Naticook Brook massacre, mentioned previously in this chapter.\\nHere lies the Body of Mrs. Elener Cox, daughter of Mr. William Cox and Miss Esther his wife, who\\ndeparted this life April 13, A. D. 1767 in the 24th year of his age.\\nJas. Campbell born in Windham, Aug. 10, 1805, died Feb. i. 1886.\\nSara W., his wife, born in London, Aug. 8-1805, died July 11, 1886.\\nThe Campbells sleep under a white marble monument of modern design.\\nIn memorv of Mrs. Benjamin Cutler. Obt. Feb. 21, 1S29. .Aet. 61.\\nIn Memorv of Dr. Nathan Cutler. Obt. F eb. 22, 1830. Aet. 91.\\nFox says that during the Revolutionary War and for many years Ijefore he was the only physician\\nin town. [S.ee chap, on Physicians].\\nf Nathan Cutler, Esq., died July 19, 1S62. Aet. 65 years 8 uios.\\n1 Sarah F). his wife, died June 20, 1875. Aet. 70 yrs.\\nThe last two inscriptions above are upon one headstone.\\nChas. V,. Cutler. Died Mar. 5, 1886. Aet. 49 years and 4 mos.\\nNathan L. Cutler. Born Mar. 28, 1831, Died April 29, 1S83.\\nBenj. W. Cutler: boru Nov. 16, 1820. Died Dec. 21, 1880.\\nJoseph W. Cutler, died Oct. 8, 1867. Aet. 38.\\nIsaac Cutler died April 23, 1865. Aet. 71.\\nHannali, his wife, died Dec. 27, 1863. .Aet. 74 years.\\nHannah L., daughter of Isaac Hannah Cutler, died Nov. 17, 1858. Aet. 30 years 11 months.\\nFrances, daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah Davis, died July 30, 1838. aged 2 years 3 months.\\n[n Memory of Miss Betsey B., daughterof Mr. Isaiah and Mrs. Deborah Davis, who died Jan. 30. 1826, aged 35.\\nDeborah, widow of Isaiah Davis. Died June 15, 1853. Aet. 82.\\nIn Memory of Mr. Isaiah Davis who died Aug. 2, 1835. Aet. 65.\\nMemento Mori. Here lies the body of Mr. Cornelius Danley, who departed this life July 10, 1776, in the\\n68th year of his age.\\nHere lies the Body of Mrs. Mary Eaton the wife of Mr. Josep Eaton, who departed this life the 19th of June\\nA. D. 1750.\\nHere Lyes ye Body of Oliver Ears, son of Mr. Joseph Ears Mrs. Bridget Ears his wife, who died Dec. ye\\n26, A. D. 1757. Being 8 months 8 dav-s old.\\nHere lies ye Body of Joseph Ears the son of Mr. Joseph Ears and Mrs. Bridget Ears his wife, who died May\\nye 31st, 1756. Being 8 months 5 days old.\\nErected in Memor\\\\- of Mr. Joseph Eayrs, who departed this life F eb. 7th, 1798, aged 69 years 4 mos. I2days.\\nIn April, 1775, he was a delegate to the Revolutionary convention at Exeter. In May, same\\nyear, he and Noah Lovevvell were delegates to the Revolutionary convention at Exeter.\\nErected in memory of Robert Fletcher, Esq., who died Sept. 9, 1792, aged 65 years.\\nA son of Robert Fletcher, one of the earliest settlers of Dunstable, coming from Chelmsford.\\nDied June 23, 1834. Roger Fuller, aged 60 years.\\nNathan Freeman. Died Dec. 24, 1891. Aet. 84 yrs., 9 mos.\\nAmv Turrell, wife of Nathan Freeman. Died Nov. 28, 1884. Aet. 78 years, 5 mos.\\nHere lyes ye Body of Mr. )liver Farwell, who died Sept. 5th, 1 724 in ye 35 year of his age.\\nOne of the slain at the Naticook Brook massacre. He was born in 1691. His father, Henry\\nFarwell, was one of the early settlers of Old Dunstable, coming from Chelmsford. The descendants\\nof the family are numerotis in Nashua and ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0icinity.\\nIn Memory of Peter Smith F arwell, son of Capt. John and Mrs. Elizabeth Farwell, who died Oct. 12, 1792,\\nin the 6th year of his age.\\nMemento Mori. Erected in Memory of Mrs. Abigail Farwell. wife of Oliver Farwell, who departed this\\nlife .Aug. 18, 1789 in the 68 year of her age.\\nIn Memory of Mr. Oliver Farwell, who was born at Dunstalile, Nov. 19, 1717, departed this life F eb. 3-e\\n12, 1808.\\nMemento Mori. Here lies the Body of Benjamin I arwell, who departed this life JIarch 20, 1772 in the 56\\nyear of his age.\\nElizabeth Farwell, daughter of Mr. Isaac Mrs. Sarah I arwell. Died Nov. ve ist, 1727, aged 7 mos. 21\\ndays.\\nHere lies ye Bod}- of Ensign Joseph F arwell. who died Deer, ye 31, 1772 in ve 82 year of his age.\\nMemento Mori. Here lyes the Body of Mr. Benjamin French, son of Capt. Benjamin French and Molly\\nhis wife. He departed this life Oct. 29, 1776, in the 23rd year of his age.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "///.V7VVv OF .V.ISNf .l, X. II. i8i\\nMemento Mori. Here lies the Hody of Mrs. Hridjjet French, wife of Capt. Joseph I rench, who departed this\\nlife October 29, 1735. aged 20 years.\\nHere lyes ye Body of Isaac l rench. son of Capt. Joseph French and Mrs. I!rid et l- rench his wife, who died\\nAug. ye 4th, 1753, in the 20tli year of his age.\\nHere lyes ye Body of Mrs. F^li/.abeth French, wife of Capt. Joseph French, who deceased Jan. 20th, V). 1753.\\nHere lyes Buried ye Body of Deacon Jonathan l- rench, who departed this life Nov. 17, 1757, in the 54th year\\nof his age.\\nHe wa.s a brother of Kbeiiezer French, who was slain hy the Indians at Xaticook Hrook, Sept.\\n5. 724-\\nHere lies lUirinl the Body of Mrs. Jane, the wife of Dea. Samuel (Vreeley, who departed this life June 12th,\\n1762, in the 58 year of her age.\\nErected in Memory of Mrs. Charlotte Harvanl, wife of Mr. Jonathan H.-irvard, who departed this life July\\nII, 1 801, in the 28th year of her age.\\nHere Lyes the Body of Mr. William Harwood, who departe l this life Sept. 17. 1740. in the 75th year of his\\nage.\\nMemento Mori. Here lies the Body of Esther Harwood. wife of Mr. William Harwood, who departed this\\nlife Oct. 8th. 1747. in the 72d year of her age.\\nHe was an early settler in Old Dnnstable. One of his sons (John) was killed in the fi.i;ht at\\nPigwacket Pond.\\nMemento Mori. Here lyes the Body of Mrs. Jemima Houston, ye w ife of Mr. Ovid Houston, Who departed\\nthis life Dec. 26, 1762, in the 27th year of her age.\\nMemento Mori. Erected in Memory of Mrs. Catherina Houston, 2d wife to Mr. Ovid Houston, who departed\\nthis life Nov. 17, 1778, in the 45th year of her age.\\nEbenezer Hadley. Died June 23, 1867. Aet. 84.\\nMary, his wife. Died July 5th, 1827. Aet. 31.\\nElizabeth, his 2nd wife. Died Dec. 15, 1879. Aet. 77.\\nThese inscriptions of the Hadleys are taken from a marble square set into a massive granite slab,\\nwhich stands at the front of the only tomb in the cemetery. It is situate in the southwest corner, and\\nappears to be of considerable antiqtiit}-.\\nDeacon Joseph Hall. Died Dec. 18, 1854. Aet. 79 y s and 3 m.\\nRhoda, wife of Joseph C. Hall. Died March 13. Aet. 87 yrs.\\nFranklin Hall. Died Jan. i. 1869. Aged 69 years.\\nSarah W., wife of Elbridge Hall. Died Oct. 21, 1849, aged 49 years.\\nMary, wife of Elbridge Hall. Died Dec. 23 aged 57 years.\\nRebecca. Daughter of Mr. Samuel and Mrs. Rebecca Howard, died .\\\\ug. 25, 1793. Aet. 3 years 10 months.\\nIn memory of Jonathan Howard, son of Mr. Jonathan Howard, who died July 27. 1802. .^ged 5 yrs.. 7 mos.\\nHarriet, wife of Chas. Hunter. Died March 24, 1854. .Aet. 40 years. 7 mos.\\nHere Lyes the Body of Jlrs. Ruth Hill, wife of Enoch Hill, who departed this life the 7th of February, 1747,\\naged 36.\\nRemember Death. In memory of Dea. William Hunt, who departed this life May 9, 1797. in the 74th year\\nof his age.\\nHe was an early settler here was a representative to the general court in 17S1. and a delegate to\\nthe convention which met at Exeter in Feb. 1788, and adopted the Constitution of the l^nited .States.\\nMemento Mori. Here lies the Bodyof Mrs. Mary Hunt, wife of Deacon William Hunt, who departe l this\\nlife Feb. ist, 1781, in the 52d year of her age.\\nRemember Death. In Memory of Mrs. Hannah Hunt, wife of Dea. William HuiU. wlio departed this life\\nOct. 19th, 1787, aged 51 years.\\nJeremiah Hunt. Died Jan. 3, 1844. Aet. 85.\\nMemento Mori. Erected in memory of Mrs. l^annie Hunt, wife of Mr. Jeremiah Hunt, who departed this\\nlife Oct. 3, 1795, aged 31 years 10 mos. 20 days.\\nEsther Hunt, wife of Jeremiah Hunt, died April 9, 1843. .\\\\et. 84.\\nHere lyes Ijuried ye Body of Deborah Kendall, ye wife of Mr. John Kendall, who died .March ye 34I, I).\\n1739 was 43 years old.\\nJohn Kendall was an early settler in Dunstable, coming from Woburn, .Mass.\\nIn Memory of Xoah Lovewell, son of Col. Noah Lovewell and Jlrs. Mary his wife, who died May 6, 1777,\\naged 5 months and 25 days.\\nIn Memory of F;sther Lovewell, daughter of Col. Noah Lovewell and Mrs. Mary his wife, who died Oct. ye\\nI7i i777 aged 3 years 8 da\\\\-s.\\nHere lies the Body of Mrs. Jean Lund, wife of Capt. Jonathan Lund, whodeparted this life Sept. ye 14 .\\\\nno\\nD. 1764, in the 51st year of her age.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "i82 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nHere lyes the Body of Mary Lund, Daughter of Capt. Jonathan Lund and Mrs. Jean his wife who departed\\nthis life Nov. ye 17th, 1758, aged 9 years, 2 mos, 3 days.\\nHere lyes the Body of Mehitable Lund, daughter of Capt. Jonathan Lund Mrs. Jean his wife, who departed\\nthis life Nov. 28, 1758. aged 3 years, 5 mos. and 9 days.\\nRemember Death. In Memory of Mr. Oliver Lund, who departed this life March i8th, 1776, aged 24 years.\\nHere lies the bodv of Mr. Thomas Lund, who departed this life Sept. 5, 1724, in the 42d year of his age.\\nThis man with seven more that lies in this grave was slew all in a day by the Indiens.\\nHe was a son of Thomas Lund, one of the earliest settlers in Nashua, from whom the ntimerotis\\nbranches of the family, residing in Nashua and vicinity, are descended.\\nIn Memor}- of Lieut. Levi Lund, who died Dec. 24, 1814, aged 59 3 ears.\\nIn Memory of Mrs. Sarah Lund, wife of Lieut. Levi Lund, who died May 28, 1785, aged 23 years.\\nLevi Lund, died Oct. i5, 1853. Aet. 70.\\nIn Memory of Mrs. Mary Lund, wife of Mr. Levi Lund, who died June 2, 1837, aged 41.\\nSarah, daughter of Mr. Levi and Mrs. Mary Lund, died May 17, 1832. Aet. 14 years.\\nBenjamin, son of Levi and Mary Lund, died Aug. 15, 1824, aged 15 mos., also (in same grave) died Jan.,\\n1823, Aet. 14 days.\\nBrother. Friland P. Lund, born March 20, 1816, died Jan. ii, 1890.\\nMrs. Mary Ann, wife of Friland P. Lund, died May 23, 1858. Aet. 37 years, 8 mos.\\nOur Father. Clifton Lund, died April 26, 1857. Aet. 73 years.\\nOur Mother. Rebecca C. Lund, died Nov. 6, 1869. Aet. 77 years.\\nCharles A. Lund, died Jan. 14, 1865. Aet. 3 years.\\nJohn Little, died June 7, 1854. Aet. 53 years.\\nBetsey D. his wife, died Dec. 17, 1840, aged 34 years.\\nJohn Noyes, son of John and Mrs. Betsey D. Little, died Nov. 16, 1S37, aged 2 j ears.\\nNathaniel Prentice, son of ye Rev d Mr. Nathaniel Mrs. Mary Prentice, deceased Vug. 17, 1724, aged 8\\nweeks 6 days.\\nRebecca L., wife of Timothy Presby, died Sept. 10, 1841, Aet. 38.\\nIn Memory of Mrs. Clarisa, wife of Timothy Presby, who died Jul} 13, 1820. Aet. 32.\\nEdmund D. Page, died June 3, 1879. Aet. 67.\\nHis wife Rebecca died June 8, 1859.\\nCummings Pollard. Died Aug. 19, 1848. Aet. 81.\\nHannah, wife of Cummings Pollard, died Sept. 23, 1870, aged 88 yrs. 9 mos. 13 days.\\nIn Memory of Samuel, son of Mr. Cummings and Mrs. Hannah Pollard, who died June 2, 1832, aged 16.\\nIn Memory of Mr. Samuel Pollard, who died Jan. 13, 1816. Aet. 32.\\nPeggy, wife of Samuel Pollard. Died Jan. 25, 1830, aged 55 years.\\nIn Memory of two daughters of Mrs. Peggy and Mr. Samuel Pollard.\\nS. died April 27, 1800, aged 11 days.\\nMary died Sept. 28, 1805, aged 2 years.\\nIn Memory of Mary J. Pollard, who died March 20, 181 1, aged 3 years.\\nLucien Pollard, died May 15, 1851, aged 21.\\nJas. F., son of James F. and Lucinda Pollard, died Dec. 3, 1837, aged 4 years.\\nAn infant son of Jas. F. Pollard, aged 4 days.\\nLucinda, wife of Jas. F. Pollard, died Aug. 7, 1870, Aet. 63 years.\\nJames Pollard, died March 19, 1848, Aet. 47.\\nMr. Thomas Pearson, died Feb. 9-1817, Aet. 66.\\nGreat grandfather of G. Byron Pearsons.\\nMrs. Amy Pearsons, second wife of Mr. Thomas Pearson, died Sept. 9, 1798. .^et. 48.\\nMrs. Phebe, third wife of Mr. Thomas Pearson, died Jul}- 29th, 1826, Aet. 68.\\nHannah M. Roby, wife of Edward F. Richardson, born Feb. 12, 1818, died May 30th, 1891.\\nThis inscription is upon a stibstantial and beautiful granite monument, upon another side of which\\nis the following\\nHannah, wife of William Rob} a Lieut, in the American Revolution. Died June 11, 1838, aged 95.\\nJames S. Roby, died Feb. 8, 1866. Aet. 57 years, 8 months.\\nEmeline P., wife of James S. Roby, died Sept. 24, 1859, aged 31 years i mo. 11 days.\\nWilliam Roby, died Aug. 27, 1850, aged 80 years, 9 mos.\\nDolly, wife of William Roby, died March 12, 1846. Aet. 68 years, 5 mos.\\nElbridge G., son of William and Dolly Roby, died Aug. 3, 1835. \\\\ei. 24 yrs.\\nWilliam Roby, born May 13, 1802, died July 6, 1862. Aet. 60 yrs.\\nAmelia, wife of William Roby, born May 3, 1812, died May 17, 1864. Aet. 52 years.\\nIn Memory of Mr. Samuel Roby, who departed this life Nov. 3, 1799, aged 51 years 7 mos. i day.\\nIn Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Roliy, wife of Mr. Samuel Roby, who died 19 Oct. 1812, aged 61 yrs. 10 mos.\\nSamttel Roby was a delegate to the county congress in 1776, and same year, was one of the com-\\nmittee of in 5pection and also a member of the committee of safety.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 183\\nAndrew J. Swan, died July 28, 1865. Aet. 18 years.\\nErected to the Memory of Rbenezer vStarr, I hy.sician. wlio died Septenilier 7, MDCCXCVIII.\\nErected in Memory of Mrs. Hannah Starr, wife of l-;bene/.er Starr, who died March 22, MDCCXCIV. Aet. 42.\\nIn Memory of Mrs. Rebecca Starr, wife of Doctor Starr, who died Oct. 19, 1810, in the 45 )-ear of her age.\\nIn Memory of Mrs. Agnes Smiley, wife of Mr. I rancis Smiley, who died Dec. ye 23d, 1786, in the ggth year\\nof her age.\\nIn iiiLtnory of Mrs. Elizabeth vSmiley, wife of Mr. David Smiley, who departed this life July 20, i8cx3, in the\\n53 year of her age.\\nIn Memory of David Smiley, son of Mr. David Smiley, who died Dec. 1798, aged 6 years.\\nIn memory of Miss Zilpah Stevens, daughter of Mr. Bill \\\\V. and Mrs. Pliebe Stevens, who was brought up\\nand died at Zeliedee Wrights. Aged 20 years.\\nHere lies the Body of Mrs. Jane Smith, the daughter of Mr. Benjamin and Mrs. Johaunah Smith, who died\\nMarch 3rd, 1781, aged 10 years 4 mos.\\nIn Memory of Deac. Benjamin Smith, who died March 29, 1821 in the 83th year of his age.\\nIn Memory of Mrs. Johannah Smith, wife of Benjamin .Smith, who died .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\ug. 21, 1814, in the 71st vear of\\nher age.\\nBallard Smith. Died Nov. 13, 1863. Aet. 89 yrs. 7 mos.\\nPrudence, wife of Ballard vSmith. Died Sept. 30, 1851. Aet. 69.\\nMr. Benjamin Searles, son to Mr. Samuel Searlesand Mrs. Mary Searles, who departed this life Jan. ve 27th.\\n1756. [Age illegible!.\\nHere Lyes the Body of Mary Searles, wife of Samuel Searles, who departed this life the 24th of Oct., 1754,\\naged 43 years.\\nHenry Turrell. Died .\\\\ug. 10, 1851. Aet. 67 yrs. 8 months.\\nLois Turrell. Died Aug. 23, 1861. Aet. 87 j ears, 6 mos.\\nLeonard, son of Mr. Henry and Mrs. Lois Turrell died March 19, 1826. Aged 10 vears g mouths.\\nMr. Benjamin Taylor, son of Doct. Ebenezer Taylor; who died Nov. 17, 1787 in the 55th vear of his age.\\nMrs. Martha Taylor, wife of Mr. Benja Taylor, who died June 16, 1817, in the 79 vear of his age.\\nMemento Mori. In Memory of Miss Rebekah Worcester, daughter of M. I). Eldad Worcester and Mrs.\\nRebekah his wife, who died .\\\\pril ye 8, 1790, aged 14 years 25 days.\\nHelen E., daughter of Ephraim W. Lydia W. Woodward, died Dec. i6th, 1850, aged 6 inonths and 25 davs.\\nIn Memory of Mr. Alvah Wilkius, who died Ma}- 6th, 1826, aged 30.\\nIn Memory of Zebedee Wright, who died Jan. i, 1823, aged 78.\\nIn Memory of Mrs. Thankfull Wright, wife of Mr. Zebedee Wright, who died .Sept. 26, 1813, in the 6ist year\\nof her life.\\nZebedee Wright; died Jan. 23, 1853, aged 74.\\nHannah, wife of Zebedee Wright, died Jan. 25, 1867. Aet. 90 yrs. 10 months.\\nIn Memory of Mr. John Wright, who died March 19, 1816, in the 93 year of his age.\\nProbably a Revolutionary soldier, as the name appears in Fox s list. He was one of nine men\\nchosen as a committee of inspection in 1776.\\nIn Memory of Mrs. Mary Wright, wife of John Wright, who departed this life Oct. loth, 1798, in the 58 vear\\nof her age.\\nThe Wrights were among the early settlers of Dunstable.\\nIn Memory of 3 children, sons and daughters of Captain Daniel and Mrs. Elizabeth Warner.\\nJohn Ebenezer Elizabeth\\nSept. 7. Sept. 8th. Sept. 3.\\nAged 10 years. -\\\\ged 18 years. Aged 13 years.\\nSamuel Warner was the ancestor of the Dunstable Warners. He married Mary vSwallow,\\n]\\\\Iay 4, 1864.\\nFor an account of Rev. Thomas Weld, and Elizabeth, wife of Rev. Thomas Weld, see preceding\\npages.\\nTHE SOUTHWEST OR GILSON CEMETERY.\\nThis cemeter)- lies upon a somewhat unfrequented cross-road, or highway, known as the Gilson\\nroad, in the southwest part of the township, leading from the W^est Dunstable road, so called, near the\\nresidence of the late Stillman Swallow, Esq., to the main highway from the city to Runnell s bridge.\\nIt is situated abotit one-half mile from the Swallow residence, on the right side of the road, and is\\neasily reached from the city by a drive of four miles and a half through some of the most productive\\nand fertile lands within its territorial limits.\\nThe cemetery is oblong in shape and contains about one-half an acre. It is enclosed on all sides\\nwith a stibstantial fence of stone wall, and surrounded on three sides by a young growth of white pines", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "i84 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nand birches and, iiuleed, until within a few years, the same growth had encroached upon the sacred\\nenclosure itself to that extent that the traveler would easily pass without the slightest suspicion of its\\nexistence, so far as being able to distinguish it, by any external evidence, from the surrounding\\nforest growth. It has been cleared up, however, and is now comparatively free of bushes and trees.\\nI have been unable to ascertain when and by whom this cemetery was first instituted and used.\\nIts distance from the settled part of the city, however, and, indeed, from any village, and the marks\\nof age exhibited in some of the graves, as well as its location in a part of the township even now\\nsomewhat sparsely settled and concerning which history, either written or traditional has little to say,\\nwould warrant the belief that it was originally used as a family burying ground. Whatever may\\nhave been its early origin, it is now under the control of the city authorities.\\nA casual examination shows some nineteen or twent\\\\ graves which are unmarked by monuments\\nof identification of these eleven are to be counted in the northwest corner of the enclosure, some of\\nwhich are marked by small granite stones, taken, evidently, from the surrounding soil many of these\\nstones are moss-grown, and both graves and stones bear evidence to the destroying hand of time.\\nvSome of the graves are nearly obliterated, and in a few years longer, unless attended to, will be as if\\nthe\\\\ had never been this is evidently the oldest part of the cemetery and as such, the most inter-\\nesting, vet, so far as its record speak.s, the very names of those who sleep within these silent graves\\nhave, with their individualities, passed forever from the memor}- and knowledge of men. The)- are\\neven beyond the realm of reasonable conjecture.\\nThere is no evidence of graves of Revolutionary or other soldiers in this cemetery. The oldest\\nheadstone at this date, so far as appearances and date show, is that of a child at this time it is lying\\nflat upon the ground among the debris of other old headstones. It is of slatestone, moss-grown and\\nweather-worn, and bears upon its upper front surface the familiar angel of death s head, found upon\\nmost of the gravestones of a century ago, and is the only stone in the cemetery thus marked. Upon\\nit is the following inscription In memory of Leonard Fisk, son of Mr. Nathan and Martha Fisk,\\nwho died Aug, 3, 1798, aged 3 years and 7 months.\\nOnlv one other headstone bears an earlier date than the one above mentioned, and that is situated\\nin the southwest part of the cemetery. Upon it is inscribed as follows: Hannah, wife of Benjamin\\nRobbins, died Jan. 29 1796 aet. 20. This headstone although bearing the earliest date of any,\\nis of modern construction.\\nThe entire number of graves so far as one can estimate from definite and indefinite marks and\\nsigns, is not far from sixty, of which number thirty-seven have headstones, of which five are marble\\nand the remainder slatestone.\\nThe following is an alphabetical list of the names of those whose graves are marked by monuments,\\ntaken from the monuments themselves, with date of death and age:\\nRichard Adams died Fel). 23 1812. Aged 56.\\nSarali, wife of Richard Adams, died P eb. 28, 1813, aged 63.\\nNathan Fisk, died March 14, 1837, aged 74.\\nMartha Fisk, wife of Nathan Fisk, died July 31, 1817, aged 53.\\nLucy Fisk, wife of Nathan FMsk, died Nov. 25, 1S43, aged 78.\\nRalph Fisk, died Feb. 26, 1835, aged 33.\\nNancy A. Fisk, died Aug. g, 1839, aged 9 years, 8 mos.\\nLeonard Fisk, died Aug. 3, 1798, aged 3 years, 7 mos.\\nJohn Gilson, died March 17, 1837, Aet. 71 years.\\nBetsey Gilson, wife of John Gilson, died March 30, 1840, aged 79.\\nJohn P. Gilson, died June 16, 1869, aged 75 years, 4 mos. i day.\\nRebecca Gilson, wife of John P. Gilson, died May 30, 1840, aged 46.\\nAndrew Jackson, son of J. P. Gilson, died Feb. 15, 1828, aged i day.\\nJohn P. son of J. P. and Rebecca Gilson, died March 5, i833,_,\\\\et 5 days.\\nRuth Gilson, died June 4. i860, aged 87 years.\\nJacob B. Gilson, died July 26, 1841, aged 68 years.\\nJerusha Gilson, wife of J. B. Gilson, died May 22, 1821, aged 49.\\nWalter Gilson, son of J. B. and Lucy Gilson, died Aug. 28, 1811, aged 5 years 8 mos.\\nMary Ann Holmes, daughter of Andy and Jane Holmes, died .\\\\pril 16, 1847, aged 18 years.\\nHannah Jewett, died .\\\\pril 16, 1861, aged 67.\\nRebeckah Philemeda Jewett, daughter of Daniel and Hannah Jewett, died June 10, 1840.\\nLois Emeline Jewett, daughter of Daniel and Hannah Jewett, died Nov. 18, 1840, aged 17.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, X. 185\\nRufus Lawrence, died Dec. 16, 1846, aet. 29.\\nHenry R., son of Rufus and Mary Lawrence, dit-d April 18, 1846, aet. 4 mos.\\nAsa Newton, died Jan. 16, 1800, aged 82 ears.\\nLavinia Newton, wife of .\\\\sa Newton, died July 6, 1838, aged 27.\\nMiss Sally Newton, died Oct. 12, 1835, aged 28.\\nMary Newton, died March 18, 1855, aged 77.\\nHannah F. Rohbins, wife of Jothan Robbins, lied Heb, 8, 1868, aged 99 years.\\nBenjamin Robbins, died July 19, 1848.\\nHannah Robbins, wife of Benjamin Robbins, died Jan. 29, 1796, aged 20.\\nSarah, wife of Benjamin Robbins, died May 12, 1861, aged 78 vrs 8 months.\\nBenjamin N. Robbins, son of Benjamin and Hannah Robbins, died March 18, 1813, aged 20.\\nZadock Searles, died July 7, 1820, aged 48 j-ears.\\nElizabeth, wife of Zadock Searles, died Jan. 29, 1845, aged 45.\\nHyram Searles, son of Zadock and Elizabeth Searles, same grave two years.\\n.\\\\bu, son of George D. and Sylvia S. Wilson, died .\\\\pril 12, 1840, 6 months, 19 days.\\nTHE OLD SOUTH CEMETERY.\\nThe Old South cemetery is situated ou the west side of the Lowell road about one and one-half\\nmiles from the City Hall building, and is in that portion of the city which, from early colonial days,\\nhas been known as The Harbor. It is in the heart of what was the more thickly settled part of\\nearly Nashua. How early it began to be u.sed as a burial ground is unknown. The earliest date\\nappearing upon any of the headstones is upon that of Rev. Joseph Kidder, again.st the name of Joseph\\nKidder, Jr., le, November, 1811.\\nThe Old South meeting-house, as it was called, was erected about this time, and was dedicated\\nNov. 4, 18 1 2. It stood just south of this cemetery, on the spot now occupied by the dwelling-house\\nof Hiram A. Holt.\\nIt is very possible that the use of this land as a burial place dates, substantially, with the erection\\nand use of the Old South.\\nFormerly its area was about one acre, but a few years since it was increased in size by an addition\\nof land on the west side, so that to-day its territory comprises about two acres. The new part is, as\\nyet, unocctipied, and is in a very neglected condition.\\nIn the old portion there are in the neighborhood of two hundred and seventy-five graves of these\\ntwo hundred and thirty-five are distinguished by headstones or monuments, nearly all of which are in\\na well presen-ed condition. A neat picket fence bounds it at the road side, and the north and south\\nsides are enclosed with trim and substantial stone walls. broad avenue extends through the central\\npart of the old grounds from east to west, and a few white pines standing singlv or in groups, lonely\\ndescendants of the ancient forests once occupying the spot, afford a grateful shade to the visitors\\nand add to the (piiet beauty of the cemetery.\\nIn the following pages we give the names of the soldiers buried here, together with a list of all\\nthe inscriptions upon its monumental stones.\\nREVOLUTION.ARY WAR.\\nGen. Noah Lovewell, died May 29, 1820. Aet. 79.\\nMary, his wife. Died Nov. 24, 1835, AE. 93.\\nGeneral Lovewell was a son of Col. Zaccheus Lovewell, and giandson of John Lovewell, the\\nprogenitor of the Lovewell family in Old Dunstable. He lived, as did all the family, in Dunstable,\\nN. H. April 25, 1775, he and Joseph Ayers were delegates to the convention which met at Exeter for\\nthe purpose of appointing delegates to act for the state in the General Continental congress at Phila-\\ndelphia, May 10, 1775. In 1776, he was one of the committee of safety. In 1776, he was quartermaster\\nof Colonel Oilman s regiment, which was ordered to New York. In 1778, he was one of a committee\\nof eleven appointed to assist the delegates to the convention holden at Exeter, Jtnie lo, for the\\npurpose of forming a state constitution. In December, 1778, he was chosen representative for one\\nyear: being the first representative elected in Nashua under the constitution. In 1786 he was again\\nelected representative. In 1803 he was appointed postmaster, and was the first to occupy that posi-\\ntion in Nashtia. He had three children, one of whom, Betsey, married Hon. Jes.se Bowers, whose\\ndescendants are still livinsj here.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "1 86 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nPhilip Abbott Roby. Born in Dunstable, Mass., Sept. 2, 1754. Died in Dun,stable, N. H.,\\nJuly 8, 1828.\\nThe name of Philip Roby appears in the muster-roll of Capt. William Walker s company, which\\nwas in Colonel Reed s regiment, and in the battle of Bunker Hill. It is probably the same man, the\\ninitial letter of the middle name being omitted by accident or mistake. In 1776, according to Fox,\\nPhilip Abbot Roby was a member of Capt. Daniel Wilkin s company, in Col. Timothy Bedell s\\nregiment, which was stationed on the northern frontier.\\nPhineas Whitney. Died March 29, 1832. Aet. Si.\\nHe was a corporal in Capt. William Walker s company, Colonel Reed s regiment, and fought at\\nBunker Hill.\\nIn Memory of Asa Moore, who died Aug. 2, 1822. Aet. 84. He enlisted from Andover, Mass.\\nWAR OF 1812-1814.\\nMajor Paul Morrill.\\nHe served on the northern frontier; was a native of Henniker. He came to Nashua in 1827,\\nwhere he continued to reside until his death. Two of his grandchildren, Charles W. Morrill and\\nMary M. Morrill, are residents of the city. He was a sergeant in Capt. Benjamin Bradford s company.\\nEnlisted April i, and served to May 31, 1813.*\\nCol. George Bowers. Captain 9th U. S. Infantry Mexican War. 1847-48. Lieut. Colonel\\n13th N. H. Vols. V. R. Corps. 1862-65. Postmaster, Nashua, 1853 to 1861. Mayor, Nashua,\\n1 86 1 and 1868.\\nIn the same lot with the remains of Colonel Bowers are two marble tablets, upon one of which is\\ninscribed Caroline, and upon the other Abigail.\\nWAR OF THE REBELLION.\\nNathan H. Fester. Died Dec. 21, 1880. Aged 47 years.\\nA member of the N. H. battalion of the ist R. I. cavalry.\\nJames B. Richardson. A member of the 32d Maine regiment, Co. B.\\nJohn Wyman Fife. A member of the N. H. battery. Died Nov. 26, 1865. Aet. 39 yrs.\\nCharles H. Blodgett. Died April 30, 1864. Aet. 18 yrs. 5 nios.\\nHe was a member of the N. H. cavalry.\\nJoel Vdams. Died April 16, 1828. Aet. 46.\\nPolly, wife of Joel Adams. Died Nov. 30, 1874. Aet. 84.\\nLouisa E., Daur of Joel and Polly Adams. Died June 9, 1852. Aet. 29.\\nMary E. Adams. Died May 9, 1878. Aet. 66.\\nJoel N. Adams. Died Mar. 13, 1865. Aet. 57.\\nGeorjfe McAlister, died March 14, 1839. Aet. 92.\\nEdnah, wife of George McAlister, died Dec. 17, 1846, Aet. 82.\\nJames H. Atwood. Died Jan. 14, 1865. Aet. 29.\\nJames Atwood. Died April 29, 1857. AEt 48 yrs.\\nMary .atwood, wife of James Atwood. Died July 11, 1880, Aet. 76.\\nGeorge M. Atwood. Died Oct. 14, 1879. Aet. 40.\\nAlice Atwood, wife of Geo. M. Atwood. Died July 14, 1870. Aet. 76.\\nHon. Jesse Bowers, died June 22, 1854. Aet. 69.\\nBetsey, his wife. Died Jan. 25, 1831. Aet. 42.\\nJ. Augustus Bowers. Died May 19, 1877. Aet. 65 yrs.\\nMary, his wife. Died Jan. 3, 1852, Aet. 29 yrs.\\nCharles Son of J. A. and M. A. Bowers. Died vSept. 18, 1888. Aet. 42 yrs.\\nLucretia. Died Sept. I, 1819, Aet. 20 days.\\nJohn L. Died Sept. 21, 1826, Aet. 11 mos.\\nMary F. Died Feb. 17, 1828. Aet. 20 yrs.\\nHannah K. Died Dec. 27, 1848. Aet. 25 yrs.\\nMajor Dustin I,. Died Dec. 27, 1848. Aet. 26 yrs.\\nChildren of Hon. Jesse Betsey Bowers.\\nIn Memory of Mr. John Bell, who died Jan. 3, 1824, Aet. 23.\\nIn memory of two children of Mr. James and Mrs. Julia Budloug.\\nJulian, Sep. 18, 1825, Aet. 5 mos.\\nAn infant son died Nov. 21, 1825.\\n*See Adjt. General Reports, 1868.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "i/\\nJ/ISTOKV OF NASHUA, N. H. 187\\nDeacon PMwin Halihviii, died July 4, 1848. Aet. 48.\\nMrs. Orpah, consort of Uea. Kdwin Baldwin, Died May 28. i8;,5. Aet. 25.\\nI.ucy Ann, daughter of Dea. Kdwin and Orpah Baldwin. Died Jnne 30, 1853. -\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^et. 19 yrs. 8 mos.\\n.Sarah Brown, wife of Rodney Brown of Billerica, Mass. I ornierly wife of Benj. .Searles of Nashua. Died\\nMay 25, 1870. .\\\\et. 72.\\nThe above grave is in the same lot with that of Benjamin Searles.\\nMr. John Billings, son of Mr. John and Mrs. Mary BillinKs, who died June 6, 1828. Aged 17 years.\\nEbenezer Blanchard. Died Dec. 7 1828. Aet. 55.\\nSamuel T. Blanchard. Died Sept. in, 1836. Aet. 31.\\nThe Stone, upon which are the above inscriptions, is, at the pre.sent date, lying flat upon the\\nground and broken into two parts.\\nHenry J, Chapman. Nov. 30, i8i2. .\\\\pr. ig, 1893.\\nKlizalieth B. Chapman. Mar. 23, 1810. Mar. 15, 1893.\\nIn the same lot is a tablet marked Mother Child.\\n.Sarah W wife of John Caldwell, died Jan. 21, 1841. Aet. 50 yrs. 8 mos. 8 ds.\\nZe])haniah Cummings, died Sept. 30, 1864, Aet. 35 rs. 2 mos.\\nElizabeth, died Oct. 21, 1839, Aet. i r. 3 days.\\nDavid E., died Sept. 3, 1841. Aet. 7 3 rs. 11 mos.\\nChildren of David Elizabeth Coombs.\\nE reddie Combs. Born Apr. 17, 1862. Died .Aug. 1, 1S62.\\nGeorgie Combs, born Oct. 11, 1858. Died Sept. 18, 1864.\\nCharles M. son of Milo .Abby A. Dickerman. Drowned July 10, 1857. Aet. 5 yrs. 4 mos. 16 days.\\nElizabeth, died Feb. 3, 1819. .\\\\Et 3 weeks 3 days.\\nJohn D., died May 18, 1826. .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Vet. 24 hours.\\nChildren of Dr. Ebenezer and Mrs. Hannah Dearborn.\\nElizabeth D. Daughter of Doctor Ebenezer Dearborn and Mrs. Hannah his wife, lied Julv 26th, 1827. .Aet.\\n4 yrs. 5 mos. 7 ds.\\nIn Memory of Mr. John Dickerman, who died Oct. 12, 1838. Aet. 48.\\nIn memory of Sally, wife of John Dickerman, died E eb. 18, 1864. Aet. 74 yrs. 5 mos.\\nSarah .Ann, only Daughter of Mr. John and Mrs. Sally Dickerman, who died Aug. 24, 1825. Aet. 2 yrs. 7 mos.\\n6 days.\\nIn memory of Minot, son of Mr. John and :\\\\Irs. Sally Dickerman, wlio died July 12, 183S. Aet. 19 yrs.\\nIn niemor} of Nelson, son of Mr. John and Mrs. Sally Dickerman, who died July 25, 1838. .\\\\et. 21 yrs.\\nMartha, wife of Zena Davis, died Feb. 5, 1847. .Aet. 56.\\nJoseph B. Son of Mr. Joel Mrs. Hepsea Everell, died March 30, 1827. .\\\\et. 2 yrs. 5 mos.\\nNellie W. Dau. of Jas. T. Sarah A. Flint. Died June 23, 1871. .Aet. 14 vrs. 8 mos.\\nIsaac Foot. Died July 8, 1855. Aet. 93.\\nHannah, his wife. Died Sept. 26, 1851, .\\\\et. 73.\\nHannah Foote, died Nov. 28, 1865, .Aet. 64 yr.\\nElizabeth Foster, died Jan. 22, 1830. .\\\\et. 5 yrs.\\nBenjamin F. Foster, died Feb. 12. 1830. Aet. 17 mos.\\nChildren of Mr. Franklin Mrs. Mary Foster.\\nMary Elizabeth. Daughter of Mr. Moses and Mrs. .Abigail Foster, died .\\\\ugust 22, 1825, .Aet. 18 months.\\nIn memory of Cap. Samuel E oster, who died May 11, 1824, Aet. 34.\\nHuldah Foster. Died Sept. 12, r875. Aet. 89 yrs.\\nWyman Fife. June 4, 1793. Feb. 10, 1838.\\nSarah Ingalls, his wife, Nov. 13, 1793. March 20, 1883.\\nThomas French, Esq. Died May 3, 1846. Aet. 78.\\nElizabeth, wife of Thomas French, Esq., died May 4, 1843, .\\\\et. 69.\\nIn memory of Joseph Nelson, son of Thomas French, Esq. Elizabeth his wife, who died Jan. 6, 1836;\\nAet. 20.\\nIn memory of Miss Caroline, daur. of Thomas French, Esq. Elizabeth his wife, who died Jan. 19, 1825,\\nAet. 22.\\nOliver Farwell, died May i, 1831. AE. 36 yrs.\\nRebecca Farwell, died Nov. 11, 1840. AE. 31 yrs.\\nSon and dau. of Jo.seph Farwell, Esq. Sophia his wife.\\nRuth I arwell. Died Dec. 4, 1874. Aet. 74.\\nMr. Wyman I ife, who died F eb. 10, 1838. .AEt. 44.\\nCharles French. Born May 8, 181 1, Died .\\\\pril 19, 1886.\\nLucretia M., wife of Charles French. Born F eb. 2, 1814, Died Dec. 6, i860.\\nJames Fife. Died June lo, 1864. AEt. 35 yrs.\\nLaura A., daughter of John Laura E oster, died .Sep. 15, 1845. Aged 13 mos.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "i88 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nHarlan P. Died Jan. 17, 1837. AEt. 6 ms.\\nSamuel W. Died Feb. S, 1836. AEt. 3 yrs.\\nFranklin Foster. Died Sept. 15, 1865. Aged 67 years.\\nL}-dia B. Foster. Died Aug. 22, 1834. Aged 81 years.\\nMrs. Mary Foster, wid. of Doct. Samuel Foster. Died Dec. 3, 1861. AEt. 94.\\nMartha E., wife of Joseph W. Goss. Died in Dunstable, Jan. 13, 1880. AEt. 69 yrs. 10 mos.\\nJames, son of Mr. James Mrs. Elizabeth Goss, died Sept. 6, 1827. AEt. 5 mo. 18 ds.\\nMary Jane, wife of Alfred Godfrey. Died Sept. 28, 1847. AEt. 27.\\nHere lies intered the bodies of Emeline, AE. 5 ys. Who died Jan. 5, and Isaiah AE. 7 Mths., who died Jan.\\n24, 1818; children of John and Frances Haseltine.\\nIsaac E. Hale, died April i, 1847. AEt. 37.\\nGeorge A., son of Abram Almira Hale, died Sept, 26, 1837, AEt. i yr. 8 nios.\\nMr. William Hunt, died Oct. 3d, A. D. 1821. AEt. 20 years and 20 days.\\nThomas Hale. Died Oct. 11, i860. AEt. 90 yrs.\\nMary, his wife. Died Jan. 6, 1849. AEt. 79 yrs.\\nJustin, died Feb. 14, 1825. AEt. 2 ys. 5 mos.\\nThomas M., died Dec. 22, 1827. AEt. 2 ys. 5 mos.\\nChildren of Mr. Amos and Mrs. Rachel Hutchinson.\\nAmos Hutchinson. Died Sept. 23, 1849. AEt. 62 yrs. 10 mos.\\nRachel P., his wife. Died Nov. 30, 1839. AEt. 73 yrs. 2 mos.\\nAmy, wife of Abraham Hale. Born Apr. 10, 1775. Died Feb. 4, 1855.\\nJoel Ingalls, died Dec. 9, 1842, aged 58 years.\\nHannah, wife of Joel Ingalls, died May 17, 1850. Aged 67 years.\\nFather. Died Oct. 17, 1841. AEt. 51.\\nMother. Died Dec. 19, 1879. AEt. 85.\\nLucy. Died Feb. 3, i860. AEt. 38.\\nMary. Died Dec. 22, 1890. AEt. 56.\\nLuther E., died June 18, 1830.\\nMary F., died May 29, 1826.\\nEverett and FHvira. Drowned April 11, 1821.\\nThe above graves are in the enclosure marked as that of Luther Johnson, 1S52.\\nLydia, died Jan. 23, 1815, AEt. 6\\\\-ears.\\nHuldah, died Jan. 22, 1815. AEt. 5 months.\\nChildren of Dea. Nehemiah and Mrs. Hannah Kidder.\\nWithin this square Lies the remains of\\nRev. Joseph Kidder. Obt! Sep. 1818. AEt. 77.\\nMrs. Mary Kidder. Obt. March, 1836. AEt. 97.\\nMr. Joseph Kidder, Jr. Obt. Nov. 181 1. AEt. 42.\\nMiss Ruth Kidder. Obt. June, 1819. AEt. 40.\\nThe above inscriptions are all on one and the same headstone. Rev. Joseph Kidder was the fifth\\nminister in Nashua, having been settled in 1767.\\nMoody D. Lovewell, Esq. Died July 3, 1863. AEt. 78.\\nMrs. Lucy, wife of Moody D. Lovewell, Esq. Died Oct. 11, 1855. AEt. 59.\\nIn Memory of Capt. Noah Lund, who died Sept. 5, 1827. AEt. 33.\\nNoah, son of Capt. Noah and Mrs. Lydia Lund, died May 9, 1824. AEt. 15 Mts.\\nIn memory of Mr. Daniel Lund, Jr., who was drowned Sept. 29, 1821. AEt. 30.\\nSarah Lund. Died Sept. 7, 1863. AEt. 80 yrs.\\nJohn Lund, died April 30, 1852. AE. 80.\\nIn memory of Mr. Noah Lund, who died Jan. 25, 1S35. AEt. 45.\\nMehitable, wife of Noah Lund. Died Jan. 19, 1882. Aged 79 yrs.\\nIn memory of Mr. Thomas Lund, who died Feb., 1821, AEt. 82.\\nIn memory of Mrs. Sarah, wife of Mr. Thomas Lund, who died Dec, 1831. .\\\\Et. 84.\\nGeorge D. Lund. Feb. 13, 1816, Feb. i, 1873.\\nAnn B. Lund. Feb. 4, 1821, Sept. 8, 1888.\\nOliver Lund. Born April 8, 1779. Died Dec. 21, 1866, AEt. 87.\\nOrpah Lund, wife of Oliver Lund. Born Jan. 2, 1788. Died Mar. 2, 1867. AEt. 79.\\nIn memorv of Miss Orphia Lund. Daughter of Jlr. Oliver Mrs. Orpah Lund, who died Dec. 19, 1838.\\nAEt. 21.\\nCharles, died Jan. 9, 1819. Aet. 4 ms. 4 ds.\\nCalvin, died May 8, 1827. AEt. 25.\\nCalvin 2nd. Died Jan. i, 1829. Aet. i yr. 9 mos. Sons of Mr. Oliver Lund Orpah his wife.\\nElla Maria, daughter of Charles Eliza Lund, died Oct. 23, 1857. AEt. 9 mos. 23 days.\\nJonathan W. Lund. Died Sept. 8, 1858. AE. 56.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA. X. 189\\nJoseph Lund. Died Aug. 21, 1835. AE. 67.\\nBetsy, his wife. Died Dec. 3d, 1863, AH. 91.\\nTo perpetuate tlie memory of Miss .Sarah, dau. of Mr. Jose])h Mrs. Hetsv I.uii.l. who died May 5, 1822.\\nAEt. 25.\\nBenjamin P. Moore. Born Mar. 10, 1806. Died Jan. 20, i88g.\\nRoxana L. His wife. Born Oct. 29, i8n6. Died Oct. 25, 1891.\\nCharles P., 1834. AEt. i yr. 7mos.\\nJohn F., 1845. AEt. 6 yrs. 3 nios.\\nl.ucinda R., 1853. AEt 3 yrs. g nios.\\nCliildren of Benj. P. Roxana L.\\nJohn W. Moore. Died April 13, 1884. .\\\\Et. 76 yrs.\\nGeorge Hayward. Died Oct. 3, 1855. \\\\IU. 21 yrs. 10 mos.\\nJohn Francis. Died Aug. 2, 1832. AEt. 4 mos.\\nChildren of John W. and Melinda Moore.\\n.\\\\lma Moore, 1798 1885.\\nThis last inscription was taken from a stone in Dea. Edwin Baldwin s lot.\\nMoody Marshall. Died May 22, 1881. AFH. 83 yrs. 5 mos.\\nSarah Beard, his wife. Died June 12. 1876. .\\\\Et. 78 3 rs. ro mos.\\nMartha H., only daut. of Moody and Sarah Marshall, died .^ug. 5, 1827. .AEt. 2 yrs. 2 mos.\\nIn memory of Daniel J. Son of Mr. Wm. E. Mrs. Mary McCjueslion, who died Oct. 2, 1822. .\\\\Et. 2 yrs.\\n.\\\\lbert Alonzo, died Jan. 21, 1837. AEt. 16 months.\\n.\\\\n infant son, died May 29, 1837. .AEt. 12 hours.\\nChildren of Mr. .\\\\lbert and Mrs. Caroline E. Marshall.\\nJesse W. Mudgett. Died July 29, 1857. Aged 53 years.\\nJane C, his wife. Died Mar. 17, 1864. Aged 64 years.\\nGeorge, son of Maj. Paul Mrs. Lovilla Morrell, who died Oct. 9, 1S29. .AEt. 3 weeks.\\nHere are bury d the children of Maj. Paul and Mrs. Lovilla Morrill.\\nAugustus, died Sept. 26, 1826. AEt. 7 months.\\nAndrew J., died Oct. 5, 1828. AEt. 9 mos.\\nBenjamin Nutt. Born Jan. 7. 1792. Died Dec. 16, 1869.\\n.Sophia Nutt. Born Sept. 12, 1796. Died Feb. 18, 1878.\\nDau. of B. L. Nutt. Died Feb. 12, 1845. AE. 2 yrs. 7 mos.\\nIn Memory of Susan .\\\\nn Patterson. Dau. of Mr. James and Mrs. Sarah Patterson, who died Jan, 14, 1815.\\nAE. 6 yrs. 4 mos.\\nGeorge E. Richardson. Died May 21, 18S3, AE. 6i yrs.\\nHerbert Richardson. Died Jan. 3, 1886. AE. 17 yrs. 8 mos.\\n.Alpha H. Richardson. Died May 22, 1857. AEt. 38 yrs. 6 mos.\\nJames B. son of .Alpha Mary H. Richardson. Died June 30, 1864. AE. 19 vrs.\\nHelen Maria, Daur. of .\\\\lpha Cynthia Richardson. Died Nov. 20, 1835. AEt. 5 yrs.\\n.\\\\lpha Richardson, died -April 3, 1852. AEt. 55 yrs.\\nCynthia Richardson. Died Oct. 24, 1874. AEt. 80 yrs.\\nMarj- Emeliue. Died Sept. 7, 1824, AEt. 8 mos.\\nAnn Elizabeth. Died Sept. 11, 1825, AEt. 6 mos.\\nCalvin Thomas. Died Feb. 8, 1827. AEt. 5 mos.\\nSarah Cordelia. Died Sept. 29, 1829. AEt. 2 mos.\\nChildren of Alpha Cj nthia Richardson.\\nSolomon Ralph. Born June 25, i8l2. Died March 9, 1868.\\nMary P., wife of Solomon Ralph. Born March 14, 1816. Died Oct. 25, 1888.\\nAllen Robinson. May 25, 1801, March 30, 1877.\\nEunice Moore, wife of Allen Robinson, September 23, 1800, vSeptember 8, 1876.\\nMary E. Robinson, May 13, 1830. March 10, 1831.\\nBetsey E., wife of Nathan Robbins. Died Oct. 6, 1838. AE. 30.\\nMoses. Died Sept. 19, 1831. AEt. 3 mos.\\nWalter N. Died Nov. 20, 1834. AEt. 5 yrs.\\nChildren of Nathan and Betsey Robbins.\\nLuther P. Robbins, died Nov. 3, 1836. Aet. i yr. i mo.\\nLuther Prescott, died Nov. 10, 1838. AEt. i yr. 5 mos.\\nHuldah J. Robbins. Died June 25, 1839. .AEt. r yr. 2 mos.\\nCatherine H. Robbins, died March 4, 1842. .Aet. 10 yrs. 2 mos.\\nChildren of Levi and Nancy Robbins.\\nSimon Roby. [See biography of Luther Roljy, his son]. Died .\\\\ug. 2, 1849. .AEt. 62 yrs. 6 mos.\\nBetsey M., wife of Simon Roby. Died Jan. 2, 1867. AEt. 75 ys.\\nLucy Proctor, wife of Philij) .\\\\bl)Ot Roby. Born in Chelmsford, Mass., Mar. 22. 1763. Died in Dunstable,\\nX. H., Oct. 9, 1828.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "I go HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nPhilip Abbot Roby. Born in Dunstable, Mass., Sept. 2, 1754. Died in Dunstable. X. II,. July 8, 1828.\\nSee preceeding page in this chapter.\\nLeonard Roby. Died May 8, 1849. AEt. 53.\\nMrs. Hannah Roby, wife of L. Roby. Died Feb. 10, i86g. AEt. 69.\\nFrancis A., son of Mr. Leonard and Mrs. Hannah Roby. Died Sept. 29, 1831. .AE. 2ys. lomos.\\nHenry C, son of Leonard Hannah Roby, died July 11, 1838. AKt. 7yrs. 8 mos. 9 ds.\\nOur little Georgie, died Dec. 3, 1868. AEt. 3 yrs. 21 days.\\nSon of David and Mary A. Richards.\\nEdward H. Spalding. [See biographj-]. March 12, 1825. June 30, 1893.\\nLucy A., wife of E. H. Spalding. Died Feb. 13, 1859, aged 32 yrs. 3 tno. 2 days.\\nEuiniaH. 1838\u00e2\u0080\u00941860.\\nHarriets. 1838\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1866.\\nRhoda, wife of Henry Fletcher and mother of Lucy .A. Spalding. Died in Lowell. Jan. 6, 1830. .Aged 31\\nyrs. I nio. 6 days.\\nT-\\\\BI.KT.S.\\nGeorge. Waldo. Lucy. Isaac.\\nM. C. R. Scott. Died June 24, 1870. AEt. 38 yrs. 7 mos.\\nAugustus N. vShedd. Died Nov. 6, 1882. Aged 56 yrs.\\nEmma M. Shattuck. Died Oct. 26, 1888. Aged 4 yrs.\\nOrra Ella, Dau. of A. N. O. E. Shedd. Died Apr. 23, 1856. Aged 8 mos.\\nFrederick N. Shattuck. 1873\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1892.\\nClarissa Ann. Daughter of Mr. Jeremiah Mrs. Mary Shattuck, died Sept. i, 1833. Aged 15 years.\\nIn Memory of Mr. Jeremiah Shattuck, who died .\\\\pril 12, 1831. .\\\\Et. 35.\\nLydia Whittle. Wife of Martin Smith. Died Aug. 4. 1874. Alvt. 91 yrs. 11 mos. 20 ds.\\nBenjamin Searles. Died Jan. 24, 1853. AEt. 54.\\nS.J. R.\\nThtse letters are inscribed upon a granite talilet, which stands at the head of the grave of Mrs.\\nSarah J. Robinson, wife of Horatio A. Robinson.\\nHorace C. Tolles. Died Mar. 21, 1878. AE. 66 yrs. 10 mos. 21 ds.\\nSophia A. Tolles. Died April 13, 1888. AEt. 76 yrs. 7 mos. 12 ds.\\nSarah .A. Daughter of Horace C. Sophia A. Tolles. Died Nov. lo, 1869. AEt. 20 yrs. 11 mos. i da)-.\\nHannah S., eldest daughter of Horace C. Sophia A. Tolles. Died Mar. 10, 1S66. AEt. 21 yrs. i mo.\\nDaniel H. Taylor. Died Jan. 19, 1888. AEt. 77 yrs. 4 mos.\\nLuther Taj lor, died .Aug. 29, 1843. AEt. 74.\\nEsther, wife of Luther Taylor and daughter of Gen. Noah Lovewell. Died Slay 12, 1859. AEt. 79 yrs.\\nIn Memory of Sarah L., daughter of Mr. Ludo Mrs. Rhoda Thayer, who died Feb. 19, 1826. ^ged 2 yrs.\\nSacred to the memor) of Miss Sally Tufts of Boscawen, N. H., who died suddenly of Typhus fever while on\\na visit to her friends in this place. October 16, 1838. Aged 64 years.\\nDavid A. Wilson. Died Aug. 19, 1889. AEt. 74 yrs.\\nJohn B. Wilson. Died Oct. 21, 1887. AE. 27 yrs.\\nLouisettaB. Daughter of Louis B. Abby .A. West. Died July 3, 1858. AEt. 10 yrs. 8 mos.\\nLuther H., only child of Mr. Joseph Mrs. Nancy Wilkins, died Oct. 13, 1824. AEt. I year.\\nDavid Wallace. Died Aug. 28, 1857. AEt. 75 yrs. 6 mos.\\nIn Memorj- of Mrs. Mary, wife of David Wallace, who died Jan. 17, 1834. AE. 47.\\nAlso their daughter Mary, died Jan. 16, 1834. AEt. 19 yrs. 10 mos.\\nSarah, wife of David Wallace, died May 14, 1839. AEt. 30.\\nCatharine W., wife of David Wallace. Died Feb. 27, 1862. AEt. 59 vr.\\nMr. John Whittle, died .\\\\pril 10, 1827. AEt. 68.\\nLydia, wife of John Whittle, died Mar. 28. 1847. AEt, 84.\\nMr. Charles Whittle, died July 11, 1822. AE. 24.\\nIn memory of Julia .\\\\nn, daughter of John Lydia Whittle, who died Sept. 3, 1833. AFU, 29.\\nSarah Whitney. Died April 15, 1823. AEt. 32.\\nPhinehas Whitney. Died March 29, 1832. AEt. 81.\\nSusannah Whitney. Died .\\\\ugust 13. 1846. .\\\\Et. 90.\\nNASHUA CEMETERY.\\nMarch 19, 1S35, the proprietors of the real e.state ot the First Unitarian Congregatianal .society in\\nDunstable passed a vote appropriating their grounds, contiguous to the nieeting-honse, for a burial\\nplace, under the designation of the Nashua cemetery. In addition to which, a piece of land, owned\\nby Daniel Abbot, Esq., lying north of the premises above described, containing about eight thousand\\nfeet, was purchased and appropriated to the same use. After having disposed of twenty-nine lots by", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "inSTi^RY OF NASHl A. X. 191\\nsubscri])tion at tweiity-five dollars per lot the jiroprietors enclosed the grouiul.s with a substantial\\n(uncf, made the several paths and avenues, and divided the whole into eighty-five lots of twenty by\\nseventeen feet each. Five lots were reserved as ministerial lots for the then religious societies in\\nDunstable. Four only were accepted. The first was accepted by the First Congregational society in\\nDunstable, the second by the First Congregational society in Nashua, the third by the First Methodist\\nICpiscopal society, the fourth by the Unitarian society.\\nIn August, 1835, an addition to the cemetery was made by the purchase of a piece of land of\\nChristopher Paige, lying east of the same, containing about thirty-five thousand feet, by an association\\nof individuals for that purpose, to l)e known by the name of the Nashua Cemetery additional, and\\nwhich was divided into one hundred and four lots, two of which were ai)i)ro])riated by the proprietors\\nfor the use and benefit of strangers.\\nThe price of lots is twent^ -six dollars, with interest from June 15, 1835. The officers of the cemetery\\nconsist of a committee of three, a secretary and a treasurer. The present (1847) officers are Daniel\\nAbbot, Jo.seph Greeley and Moses Tyler, committee John A. Baldwin, secretary Alfred Greeley,\\ntreasurer.\\nSince the above sketch was written and published by Mr. I ox in 1.S46, the number of graves in\\nthis cemetery has been steadily increasing, until it is, for its size, the most thickly populated of any\\nin the city.\\nIt is a corporation under the statute laws of New Hampshire as they existed in 1819. It is under\\nthe care and control of a connnittee of three persons, who are elected annually by the society the\\npresent officers are John F. Stark and Kugene F. McQuesten, connnittee Solomon Spalding,\\ntreasurer; R. B. Prescott, secretary.\\nThere is a cemetery* fund for the general care of the grounds, which is being increased from various\\nsources year by year, and now amounts to about $4,000.\\nMany of Nashua s distinguished and honored citizens, who have departed this life within the last\\nfifty years, are buried here among them it may not be invidious to mention the names of Peter Clark,\\nDaniel Abbot, the first lawyer settled in Nashua Hon. Charles G. Atherton, lawyer and United\\nStates senator from 1853 to 1859 Hon. George Y. Sawyer, judge of the supreme court of New Hamp-\\nshire from 1853 to 1859; Benjamin T. Emerson, lawyer; Alfred Beard, the founder of The Nashua\\nTelegraph Albin Beard, Bernard Whittemore, for many years editor and proprietor of the Nashua\\nCiazette Charles J. Fox, the historian; Dr. Ebenezer Dearborn, Dr. Ivlijah J. Colburn, Rev. J.\\nMagee, Charles Nutt, J. D. Ottenson, Franklin Moore, Thomas J. Laton, John M. and Israel Hunt,\\nCol. L. \\\\V. Noyes, John Reed, John H. Chapman, Gen. George Stark and many others. [See\\nbiographies].\\nThe names of the soldiers buried here are\\nW.\\\\K OF THE REVOLUTION.\\nIsrael Hunt. He was a soldier of the army of the American Revolution and fought as a volun-\\nteer at the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. [See biography].\\nw.\\\\K or 1812-1814.\\nCapt. Thomas Pearsons. He was captain of a company rai.sed in Tyngsborongh, Mass., and\\n.stationed in Fort Warren.\\nZebediah Shattuck Captain liradford s conipan\\\\-.\\nMKXIC.\\\\N WAR.\\nMaj. Gen. John G. Fo.ster.\\nGeneral Foster was also a veteran of the Civil War.\\ncn iL \\\\V.\\\\R.\\nBrig. Gen. Aaron F. Stevens. Colonel 13th X. II. volunteer infantry. [See biography].\\nBrig. (ien. George P. Estey, lieutenant colonel 14th Ohio inlanlry. [See biography of Jesse\\nHstey, his father]. Caleb J. Emery. Paynia.ster U. S. N.\\nGeorge Stearns. Captain Co. F 3dN. II. infantry.\\n(7. 11. Noves, M. D., surgeon, 2d Iowa cavalry.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "192\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nGeorge P. Greeley, M. D., assistant surgeon 2d N. H. and surgeon 4th regiments. [See\\nbiograph}\\nUeut. Col. Jas. G. C. Dodge.\\nGeorge H. Paige, Capt. U. S. A.\\nJohn F. Gray. Private, Co. B., loth N. H. infantry.\\nGeo. F. Livingston. Musician, Co. I, 3d N. H. infantry.\\nEdward Livingston. Private, Co. A, 8tli N. H. infantry.\\nGeorge H. Taggard. Adjutant, 13th N. H. infantry.\\nCharles Sawj-er. Adjutant, N. H. Batallion of ist R. L ca\\\\-alry.\\nHenry E. Leavitt. Private, Co. E, 8th N. H. infantry.\\nEdward S. Morgan. Private, 24th Wisconsin infantry.\\nJames M. Laton. Private, Co. A, Sth N. H. infantry.\\nG. B. Bingham. Private, Co. F, 3d N. H. infantry.\\nEdward L. Holbrook. Private, ist Vermont cavalry.\\nJohn J. Whittemore. Hospital steward, 13th N. H. infantry.\\nEDGEWOOD CEMETERY.\\nThis cemetery is located on the north side of Amherst street, about one mile from the City Hall\\nbuilding, and until within a few years, has been known as the Amherst Street cemetery.\\nThe first recorded reference to it is to be found on the records of the town of Nashville, where it\\nappears that at a town meeting held July 16, 1842, it was voted that the selectmen be authorized to\\npurchase a piece of ground for a liurial 3 ard and to do anything in relation thereto.\\nTHE CHAPEL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 EDGEWOOD CEMETERY.\\nThis was the first town meeting held in Nashville after its separation from Nashua, June 23, of\\nthe same year.\\nUnder the provisions of said vote, the town purchased of Charles J. Fox two and one-half acres\\nfor one hundred dollars the deed of purchase being dated March 13, 1843 and at the same date, one-\\nfourth of an acre of Thomas Pearson, in consideration of twenty dollars.\\nIn 1853, the towns of Nashville and Nashua united as a city, and since then, according to the\\nreport of the trustees of Edgewood cemetery for 1893, the city has made the following additions, viz\\nIn 1865, by the re-location and straightening of Amherst street, a gore shaped piece containing\\nabout one-half acre was added on the westerly side.\\nNov. 26, 187 1, twelve and five-twelfths acres lying on the north side were purchased from the\\nheirs of Christopher Paige, consideration, $1,241.47.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n193\\nDec. S, 1875, a small triangular piece of George Thoinpson, consideration, exchange of land.\\nAug. 3, 1886, ten and two-thirds acres lying on the east side was purchased of George Stark,\\nconsideration, $1,600.\\nIn November, 1889, a street called Forest street was laid out across the latter purchase cutting\\noff about four acres. Upon petition of the trustees the board of mayor and aldermen, November, 1893,\\nafter legal hearing and viewing, re-located said Forest street along the easterly line of said land,\\nthereby cutting off only about one acre, thus making the area of the cemetery now about twenty-five\\nacres, bounded as follows on the west by Amheret street, 1,080 feet on the south by Gushing street,\\n780 feet on tlie east by Forest street, 770 feet on the north by unimproved land of J. F. .Stark and\\nC. M. Mitchell, 884 feet on the northwest by land of .S. B. Weston, 465 feet.\\n.\\\\fter the incorporation of Nashua as a city in 1853, it continued to be used as a public cemetery,\\nuniler charge and control of the city, until, 1)\\\\- an act of legislature, passed March 24, 1893, entitled\\nAn Act creating a Board of Trustees for a Public Cemetery in Nashua, it passed into the sole\\ncare, superintendence and management of said board.\\nir,w i\\\\ I.\\nii I i.\\\\ii: 1\\nThis act was accepted by the city autlnn-ities March 24, 1893. Under its provisions the following\\nnanicd citizens were appointed and became the first board of trustees: Joseph W. Howard, Harry S.\\nXiirwell. William H. D. Cochrane, Ira F. Harris, William T. vSpear, Henry H. Davis, John D.\\nCluuulk-r, Charles W. White, Elmer W. Eaton and Charles E. Cuinmings.\\nThe first meeting of the board for organization occurred April 3, 1893, and the following officers\\nwere then elected: President, Charles W. Hoitt secretary, William H. D. Cochrane; treasurer,\\nWilliam E. Spalding superintendent, Franklin Temple.\\nUp to this date there has been no change in the men representing the board or its officers.\\nUnder this board of trustees many and marked changes and improvements have been made, and\\nothers are being made and in contem])Iation. No radical changes, however, have been made in the\\noriginal plan of the grounds, but rather it has been preserved by the extension of its avenues into the\\nnew portion, so that the old and the new unite to form a symetrical and homogeneous whole.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Report of trustees of Edgewood cemetery for 1893.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "194\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nOn Arbor day of each year since the organization of the board, by its invitation, the lot owners\\nand friends have met to plant trees and shrubs a most commendable practice, which it is hoped may\\nbe continued in future years.\\nGrade lines have been established in order to secure uniformity of curbing, and the water mains,\\nwhich were small and inadequate, replaced by new and larger ones, so that the suppl) of water is now\\nabundant.\\nt:\u00c2\u00ab.\\nVIEW IX EDGEWOOD CEMETERY.\\nA chapel, sufhciently commodious, and adapted to its purpose, was erected upon the grounds in\\n1886, and is still standing and in good condition.\\nThe cemetery contains one thousand two hundred and seventy lots and about nine hundred graves.\\nMany who were, in their times, representative men and women of the city are interred here.\\nHere, too, soldiers of every war in which the countr\\\\- has been engaged, from the Revolution to and\\nincluding the Civil War, are sleeping their last sleep.\\nBelow is a list of names of all the soldiers buried here, so far as known, with such short\\nbiographical sketches as I have been able to collect of all, except the soldiers of the Civil War.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 195\\nBarker Danforth. Private, 2d N. H. regiment. Lot 47, section H, Woodbine way.\\nHe was from Derry, N. H., served at Portsmouth. One of his daughters, Mrs. George H.\\nWarren, is now a resident of Nashua.\\nArtemus Lovejoy. Private, 2d X. H. regiment. I^ot 8, section P*, Linden way.\\nPIbenezer Russell. Private, 2d X. H. infantry. Lot 40, section E, Sunflower way.\\nHe was born in Lyndeborough, X. H., t eb. 17, 1794, and lived there till he was seventy years of\\nage. He then moved to Merrimack, X. H., where he died.\\nHis father, Jedediah Russell, was a Revolutionary soldier, whf) mo\\\\ed into Lyndeborough about\\n1790, from Reading, Mass. Ebenezer enlisted in the War of 1S12-14, from Ivyndeborough when quite\\na voung man. He was stationed at Portsmouth and served three months. The name of his company\\nand regiment are unknown. Two of his sisters, Mrs. Nancy U. Farmer and Mrs. Amanda M. Low\\nare now li\\\\-ing in the city.\\nMi:XIC.\\\\X WAR.\\nLeonard Morrill was a cor])oral in comjjany H, yth U. S. infantry.\\nHe was a native of Xashua. At the time of his enlistment Captain Hatchelder of .Manchester\\nwas in command of the company, but subsequently resigned and was succeeded in the comnuuid l)y\\n\\\\n:w IN i;i)iii:\\\\\\\\()i D ci;mi-:ti:h i-.\\nGeorge Bowers of Xashua. Morrill served through the war and participated in many of the most\\nimportant battles. John White of this city, who is still living, was in the same companv.\\nREVOLUTIONARY W.\\\\R.\\nBenjamin Abbott. His grave is in lot 51, section B, Linden way.\\nHe was in the Sth Massachusetts regiment, and was engaged in the battles of Bunker Hill,\\nvSaratoga and Bemis Heights. He was also present at the execution of Major Andre, being, as he\\noften said, one of the guard detailed to watch over him the night before the end.\\nw.\\\\R OK 1812-1S14.\\nCapt. Allen Cross, sergeant, lot 12, section C, Jasmine way.\\nCaptain Cross was born in Hudson, N. H. He was a son of Levi Cross. He served his term of\\nenlistment at Portsmouth, and, after his discharge from the army, was captain of a militia company.\\nLevi S. Cross of this city is his son.\\nSamuel B. Patterson, .sergeant, 2d X. H. regiment, lot 25, section A, Clematis way.\\nHe was born in Goffstown, X. H., May 25, 1791. Li the war he was stationed at Portsmouth.\\n.Vfter his term of service had expired, he moved from Goffstown to Merrimack. X. H. From Merri-\\nnuick he removed to Nashua, where he resided until his death, which occurred May 25, 1833. His\\nfamily was of the old Scotch-Irish settlers of Londonderry, N. H.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "196\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nHe married Polly Griffing of Manchester. Two of his sisters, Miss Cassan Dana Patterson,\\nMarv E. Patterson, are livina; in this citv at this date.\\nand\\nWAR OF 1861-\\nJohn H. Kilduff,\\nHenry T. Pease,\\nDavid P. Ricker,\\nEdward A. Brighani,\\nDavid I. Eastman,\\nSamuel Harvey,\\nSilas Hobart,\\nWeston Lovejoy,\\nCharles A. Otis,\\nEzekiel T. Tinker.\\nDexter G. Reed,\\nJoseph Ackerman,\\nEugene J. Button,\\nHaskell W. Banfill,\\nAlbert G. Chamberlin,\\nFred B. Stetson,\\nClinton J. Farley,\\nJohn H. Jackman.\\nGeorge A. Wood,\\nEdwin Stetson,\\nGeorge S. Eayrs,\\nElmer A. Haskins,\\nEdgar C. Johnson,\\nSamuel Keyser,\\nAmos S. Morse,\\nClinton E. Stetson,\\nGeorge H. Andrews,\\nCharles L. Brigham,\\nBarclay C. Buswell,\\nJerome Thompson,\\nAldrich B. Cook,\\nJoseph A. Brown,\\nJohn H. Arbuckle,\\nEdward P. Banks,\\nAi Colburn,\\nHenry C. Davis,\\nPeter A. Ladieu,\\nCharles A. Livingston,\\nJoseph Lavoy,\\nJacob McClure,\\nGeorge E. Moore,\\nJames M. Newton,\\nJa.son B. Reynolds,\\nFrank Wheeler,\\nAmos Smith,\\nLot.\\nSec.\\nWa-,.\\nPrivate,\\nCo. F, ist N. H.\\nInfantry.\\nI\\nB\\nLaurel.\\nE, i.st\\n27\\nL\\nLaburnum\\nSergt.,\\nE, ist\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a052\\nB\\nLinden.\\nPriv.,\\nM, ist\\nCavalry.\\n56\\nB\\nLinden.\\n_ M, ist\\nA\\nLaurel.\\nB, ist\\n17\\nN\\nMaple.\\nF, ist\\nArtillery.\\n18\\nD\\nDahlia.\\nF, ist\\n6\\nE\\nLinden.\\nF, ist\\n49\\nE\\nLocust.\\nK, ist\\n8\\nJ\\nCamelia.\\nMajor,\\nist\\n6\\nL\\nPine.\\nCapt.,\\nF, 3d\\nInfantry.\\n12\\nA\\nCentral.\\nLieut.,\\nF, 3d\\n41\\nC\\nSunflower.\\nPriv.,\\nA, 3d\\n18\\nC\\nMarigold.\\nF, 3d\\n26\\nB\\nFoxglove.\\nCorp.,\\nF, 3d\\n49\\nC\\nLocust.\\nPriv.,\\nK, 4th\\n43\\nN\\nMaple.\\nB, 4th\\n19\\nM\\nJaponica.\\nRec t.,\\n4th\\n17\\nB\\nColumbine\\nPriv.,\\nA, 6th\\n49\\nC\\nLocust.\\nCapt.,\\nB, 8th\\n4\\nF\\nCatalpa.\\nLieut.,\\nA, 8th\\n6\\nA\\nCentral.\\nPriv.,\\nA, 8th\\n1\\n19\\nB\\nDahlia.\\nA, 8th\\n1 1\\nE\\nLarkspur.\\nA, 8th\\n1\\n5\\nU\\nBirch.\\nCorp.,\\nE, 8th\\n49\\nc\\nLocust.\\nMus.,\\nE, 9th\\n5\\nR\\nPine.\\nCorp.,\\nF. 9th\\n56\\nB\\nLinden.\\nSergt.,\\nC, 9th\\n1 1\\nD\\nBluebell.\\nF, 9th\\n25\\nM\\nCentral.\\nCapt.,\\nE, loth\\n2\\nC\\nLinden.\\nSergt.,\\nH, loth\\n32\\nM\\nHeliotrope\\nPriv.,\\nL 13th\\n1 1\\nC\\nLarkspur.\\nK, 15th\\n10\\nL\\nCentral.\\nK, 15th\\n3\\nL\\nPine.\\nCapt.,\\nA, 1 8th Ct.\\n31\\nA\\nBorder.\\nPriv.,\\nA, 7th Wis.\\n20\\nI\\nCentral.\\n5th U. S.\\nCavalry.\\n13\\nB\\nColumbine\\nSergt.,\\nK, 96th N. Y\\nInfantry.\\n18\\nK\\nSyringa.\\nLt. Col.\\n2dU. S. S\\nS.\\nI\\nCi\\nLinden.\\nPriv.,\\nC, 17th Mass\\nInfantr\\n35\\nI\\nCentral.\\nSergt.,\\nE, 30th\\n36\\nB\\nFoxglove.\\nPriv.,\\nK, 2d R. I.\\n28\\nK\\nMagnolia.\\nUnited States Navy.\\n24\\nE\\nLarkspur.\\n4\\nG\\nCatalpa.\\nWOODLAWN CEMETERY.\\nThis cemetery is located on the south side of West HoUis street. Its area at the present time\\ncomprises about twenty-five acres, consisting of the original lot and additions which have been made\\nfrom time to time since its purchase.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 197\\nMa} 22, 1S4S, W illiam Morse conveyed to the town of Xaslina, for a consideration of five hundred\\nand ten dollars, a lot of land with a frontage of one hnndred and nine rods and six links on the south\\nside of Mollis street. This tract now constitutes the main part of the cemetery the original deed\\nexcepts one acre, owned by Cole, within the boundaries.\\nNov. 2, iS4,S, John Cole conveyed to the town of Nashua the acre of land excepted in the al)Ove\\ndeed. Consideration, S500.\\nSince the last mentioned conveyance the following additions ha\\\\ c been made\\nNov. 14, 187 1, Charles B. Fletcher conveyed to the city of Nashua a lot on the south side of the\\ncemetery, fifty-three rods in length by thirty-seven rods in width. Consideration, $r,200.\\nOct. 27, 1873, Charles \\\\V. Bowen to the cit}- of Nashua, a certain parcel of land situated on the\\nnortherly side of Kinsley street, containing 64,960 square feet. Consideration, $671.08.\\nMay 15, i8go, R. M. Bowen to the city, certain pieces or parcels of land, viz lots Nos. 80, 81,\\n82, 83, 84, 85 and 86, according to plan of grounds in deed recorded in vol. 405, page 25, Hillsborough\\nRegistry, situated on the north side of Kinsley street, and lot 91 situated south of the Hollis street\\ncemetery. Consideration, $3,750.\\nMay 19, 1S90, Mary E. Atwood to the city, land on the north side of Kinsley street, being lot 88,\\non the plan. Consideration, $250.\\nMay 21, 1890, William J. Dickey to the city, a lot of land, with buildings, on Kinsley street,\\nbeing lot 89 on the same plan. Consideration, $1,460.\\nJune 13, 1890, Lizzie T. Haines to the city, a certain tract of laud on the north side of Kinsley\\nstreet, being lot No. 79, on said plan. Consideration, $375.\\nJune 25, 1890, Joel C. Aunis to the city, lot on Kinsley street, being lot 90 on said plan.\\nConsideration, (^250.\\nThis cemetery is in the shape of a parallelogram square. Its south side, for nearly its entire\\nlength, is bounded on Kinsle) street. It is laid out with broad avenues, extending through it from\\nnorth to south, at somewhat irregular inter\\\\-als, and one avenue running east and west through the\\ncentral part, llpon this main and central avenue is situate a beautiful chapel. In the northeast\\ncorner, near and opposite its easterly entrance on Hollis .street, is located the citj* tomb, a substantial\\nstructure of granite.\\nSome of the finest monumental work in the city is to be found here and it is to these beautiful\\nsculptures and the neat and well preser\\\\-ed appearance of the grounds, that its beauty and appropri-\\nateness as a burial place is made apparent to the observer, nature ha\\\\ing done l)ut little for it\\noriginally.\\nTradition says that the first burial here was that of a stranger, and that a headstone, furnished\\nbv the subscriptions of charitable citizens, was erected at the grave. This stone formerly stood where\\nthe chapel now is it was moved to another location near by when the chapel was erected. It is stil\\nstanding and bears upon its face the following inscription and epitaph\\nDarwin S. Smedley. Died March iS, 1849. Aet. 16 years.\\nStranger this marble slab we rear;\\nTo tell thy friends thy rest is here\\nTo them, to us, to passers by\\nTliv warning comes, thou too must die\\nTherefore seek that rest above\\nWhere Jesus reigns, whose smiles are love.\\nAccording to another account, Mrs. Stephen Emerson was the first person buried in this cemetery.\\nHer grave is in the south side of the grounds, and, by the inscription on the stone, she was buried in\\nDecember, 48.\\nAt the present time there are 12,000 graves, including those whose remains were transferred\\nfrom the Spring Street cemetery when it was discontinued in 1872.\\nSince its establishment it has been under the direct control of the town and city authorities until\\nthe present year, and has been known as the Hollis Street cemetery; but by an act of the legislature,\\npassed March 26, 1895, entitled An act creating a board of trustees for Woodlawn cemetery in\\nNashua, Albert Shedd, Charles H. Burke, George Phelps, Charles S. Collins, Ered C. Anderson,\\nFrank C. Kellogg, Daniel F. Runnells, Henry V. Whitney and Charles W. Stevens were appointed", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "198 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nand constituted a board of trustees, who are to have the sole care, superintendence and management\\nof the property, expenditures, business, prudential affairs and sale of lots located between Hollis and\\nKinsley streets in the city of Nashua.\\nThis act was approved by the governor, March 13, 1895. Under its provisions these grounds were\\nto be hereafter called and known as Woodlawn cemetery.\\nOn the ninth of April, 1895, this act and its provisions were accepted by a formal vote of the\\nboard of ma^-or and aldermen.\\nOn the sixteenth of April, 1895, the board of trustees, as named in the act, met for organization, and\\nthe following members were elected as officers of the association\\nPresident Albert Shedd, Office, 43 Spring street.\\nSecretary Henky P. Whitney, Office, 170 Main street.\\nTreasurer William E. Spalding, City Treasurer, First National Bank.\\nvSuperintendent George F. Sawyer, Residence, 2 Quincy street.\\nSTANDING COMMITTEES.\\nExecutive Committee Chas. H. Burke, Daniel F. Runnells, Frank C. Kellogg.\\nFinance Committee George Phelps, Henry P. Whitney.\\nCommittee on Grounds Fred C. Anderson, George F. Hammond, Charles S. Collins,\\nCharles W. Stevens, Joseph W. Howard.\\nPresident of Board of Trustees a member of all Standing Committees.\\nThe following list includes the names of soldiers of the Revolutionary, Ci\\\\ il and other wars of\\nthe republic, whose remains are interred in this cemetery. It was furni.shed by the courtesy of Arthur\\nC. Gordon, a Civil War veteran, and is believed to be substantially correct\\nWAR OF THE RE\\\\ OLUTION.\\nDavid Bailey, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. Lot 30, range 26.\\nHis regiment and company are unknown, but it is known that he was in the fight at Concord\\nBridge.\\nDavid M. Fiske. Musician of 1776. Died Oct 13, 1838, aged 78 years. Lot 17, range 9.\\nRobbins. Lot 14, range 10.\\nWAR OF 18 1 2-14.\\nRobert Nesmith. Soldier of 1812, died April 9, 1842, aged 78 years. Lot 17, range 9.\\nThomas Ball. Lot 3, range 4.\\nHe was born at Alstead, March 4, 1792. Served at Portsmouth. His son, Harvey Ball, is now a\\nresident in the city.\\nJoseph Nichols. Lot 38, range 13.\\nHe was a Londonderry man of Scotch-Irish stock. Enlisted when he was fourteen years old:\\nwas in the battle of Plattsburg. After the close of the war he lived in Henniker and Amherst, coming\\nto Nashua from the latter place about 1841, where he resided until his death in 1865, aged 65. He\\nhad eleven children, seven daughters and four .sons. Four of his sons were in the War of the\\nRebellion. Two of them, Gro\\\\ enor and William are residents of the city.\\nMEXICAN W.VK.\\nCol. Thomas P. Pierce. [See biography]. Lot 30, range 29.\\nCn IL WAR.\\nFred Allen,\\nDaniel Adams,\\nMaj. Joseph F. Andrews, ist N. H. Ca\\\\-alry.\\nC. H. Avery,\\nBartlett, Co. H, 7 Regt., N. H. Volunteers.\\nAugustus Butler, B, 4\\nJ. E. Boutelle, 2\\nLot 64,\\nRange 5\\n28,\\n14\\n28,\\n29\\nID,\\n2\\n78,\\n28\\n28,\\n7", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, X. II.\\n199\\nJ. L. Brooks,\\nCo. G,\\n16\\nR\\n;gt.\\nN. II. ()lunteers.\\nLot 48,\\nRangt\\nt\\nCapt. William Barrett,\\nA,\\n8\\nI.\\n12.\\n17\\nJohn Balch,\\nC,\\n4\\nt t\\n42,\\n19\\nH. S. Daniel W. Butterfield,\\nI,\\n13\\ni\\n7.\\n21\\nArthur Bingham.\\nB,\\n3\\n16,\\n32\\nGeorge Boyson,\\nI,\\n13\\n1\\n2,\\n33\\nAllen S. Brown,\\nB,\\n10\\nt\\n67,\\n0.\\nF.\\nL.\\nAlfred H. Benian,\\nB,\\n4\\n35.\\n0.\\nF.\\nL.\\n0. F. Blinn,\\n68,\\nRange\\n20\\nTown vS. Barrett,\\nB,\\n10\\n30,\\n29\\nLieut. W. H. Barnes,\\nE,\\n8\\n17.\\n15\\nS. L. Beverly,\\nU\\nS.\\nNavy.\\n29,\\n12\\nFrank W. Burnham,\\nc,\\n32\\nRegt.\\nMass. olunteers.\\n83,\\n21\\nW. K. Banfill.\\nU.\\nS.\\nNavy.\\nII,\\n21\\nIra Caldwell.\\nB,\\nI\\nR\u00c2\u00ab\\ngt.\\nN. H. Cavalry.\\n32,\\n9\\nC. Chamberlain,\\n10\\nolunteers.\\n9.\\n13\\nSergt. Joel Colburn,\\nA,\\n8\\n34.\\n14\\nThomas \\\\V. Cro.sby,\\nc.\\n4\\ni\\n20,\\n18\\nN. E. Cobb,\\nF,\\n3\\ni\\n42,\\n14\\nGeo. B. Chapman,\\nH,\\n71\\nInd.\\n45.\\n18\\nLevi Case,\\nF,\\nI\\nN. H. Heavy Artillery.\\n37.\\n0.\\nF.\\nL.\\nJames Cochrane,\\nU\\nvS.\\nNavy,\\n49.\\nRange 9\\nJ. N. Cochrane,\\n49.\\n9\\nCapt. N. J. Coop,\\n14.\\n12\\nRobert G. Clemons,\\n17.\\n12\\nEdward Coney, Co.\\nID\\nRegt.\\nN. H. olunteers.\\n8,\\n13\\nLieut. Ezra Davis,\\nB,\\n7\\n19.\\n3\\nW. H. Densmore.\\nA,\\n8\\n16,\\n7\\nJohn Day,\\nF,\\n3\\n31,\\n9\\nA. W. Doying,\\nB,\\nI\\nI\\nI\\n40,\\n13\\nGeo. W. Davis,\\nD,\\n28\\nMass.\\n9.\\n15\\nPaymaster S. S. Davis,\\n31-\\n2\\nG. L. Donahue,\\nL\\nII\\nMaine\\n4.\\n33\\nLieut. Ed. Emerson,\\n6\\ni 1\\nN. H.\\n,S3\\n7\\nNathan Eaton,\\nE,\\n8\\n10,\\n6\\nJ. W. Eaton,\\nB,\\n9\\n10,\\n6\\nR. G. M. French,\\nA,\\n3\\nMass. Heavy Artillery\\n26,\\nF.\\nL.\\nJ. E. Farmer,\\nF,\\n3\\nN. H. Volunteers.\\n45.\\nRange 7\\nC. H. Fisher,\\nc.\\n4\\n35.\\n14\\nFrank C. Flanders,\\nM,\\n17\\nMass. Heavy Artillery\\nID,\\n13\\nJ. A. Flanders,\\nF.\\nI\\nN. H. Volunteers.\\n34.\\n16\\nCapt. Dan l M. Fisk,\\nE,\\n8\\n36.\\n8\\nL- W. Farnsworth,\\nI,\\n5\\n35.\\n29\\nE. D. Franklin,\\nE,\\n8\\nf i\\n50,\\n27\\nAlbert Fletcher,\\n3\\n51-\\n7\\nHenry Fox,\\nRegu\\nlar army.\\n38.\\n6\\nA. F. Gould,\\n8\\nRegt\\nN. H. Volunteers.\\n54,\\n27\\nGeorge Grey,\\nJo. F,\\nI\\nHeavy Artillery\\n42,\\n28\\nIrving Grey,\\nB,\\nID\\nolunteers.\\n40.\\n28\\nC. M. Griffin,\\nA,\\n8\\n39,\\n4\\nJ. F. Gerry,\\nc,\\n24\\nMaine\\n15,\\n0. F\\nL.\\nJ. Greeley,\\nD,\\n17\\nMass.\\n48,\\nRang\\n2 21\\nDavid Grilson,\\nG,\\n2\\nU. vS. s. s.\\n30.\\n6\\nC. H. Gardner,\\nc.\\n16\\nMass. Volunteers.\\n41.\\n15", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "200\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nWilliam Hardy,\\nCo. G,\\n13\\nRegt.\\nN. H.\\nVolunteers. Lot 52,\\nRange\\n9\\nL. W. Hall,\\nB,\\n10\\n48,\\n12\\nL. vS. Hall,\\nK,\\nI\\nHeavy Artillery.\\n26,\\n14\\nAlbert Hall,\\nI,\\n13\\nolunteers.\\n26,\\n14\\nJackson Holt,\\n3\\nMass.\\nBattery.\\n16,\\n24\\nJefferson Holt,\\nF,\\n28\\nRegt.\\nMass.\\nVolunteers.\\n16,\\n24\\nGeo. H. Harris,\\nE,\\n4\\nN. H.\\nw\\n105,\\n0. F.\\nL.\\nNestor Haines,\\n8\\n34.\\nRange\\n5\\nIsaac Hard}-,\\nE,\\n15\\ni\\nt\\n42,\\n9\\nSergt. Geo. A. Hayden,\\nF,\\nI\\nHeavy Artillery.\\n76.\\n25\\nClinton C. Hill,\\nA,\\nID\\nVolunteers.\\n10,\\n29\\nA. D. Holt,\\nK,\\n5\\n1\\n34.\\n1\\n31\\nJ. D. Hanscome,\\n14\\nMaine\\n46,\\n21\\nM. T. Jones,\\nMaine Battery.\\n68,\\n19\\nJohn Jackson,\\nU. S.\\nNavy.\\n41,\\n22\\nArchibald H. Jones,\\n4\\nRegt.\\nN. H.\\nolunteers.\\n26,\\n18\\nJ. B. Kimball,\\nCo. F,\\n3\\n6,\\n2\\nS. Maj. G. N. Kenney,\\n4\\n33.\\n19\\nG. W. Knapp,\\nCo. F,\\ns\\nt i\\n14.\\n19\\nSamuel Luca.s,\\n2\\nN. Y.\\n52,\\n17\\nCapt. Chas. Lawrence,\\n7\\nN. H.\\n25,\\n16\\nJoseph Norcro.ss,\\nCo. F,\\n8\\n49.\\nII\\nJohn B. Nichols,\\nB,\\n4\\n38,\\n13\\nSergt. Thomas Nottage,\\nF,\\n3\\n16,\\n16\\nJ. McDonald,\\nD,\\n5S\\nMass.\\n58,\\n4\\nW. Mason,\\nF,\\n25\\n62,\\n4\\nGeorge McKean,\\nB,\\n4\\nN. H.\\n1 1\\n34,\\n6\\nSergt. Chas. McGaffy,\\nI,\\n13\\nL\\n41.\\n9\\nG. S. Morrill,\\nU. S.\\nNavy.\\n9.\\n12\\nB. Morrill,\\nCo. E,\\n8\\nRegt.\\nN. H.\\nolunteers.\\nII.\\n12\\nF. Messer,\\nB,\\n2\\n21,\\n13\\nGeo. H. Minard,\\nB,\\n10\\n35.\\n27\\nFrancis Morse,\\nH,\\n9\\n26,\\n0. F.\\nL.\\nHenry Miller,\\nI,\\nI\\nConn.\\nHeavy Artillery.\\n64,\\nJ. G. McDonald,\\nG,\\n17\\nMaine\\nVolunteers.\\n66,\\nRange\\n19\\nLieut. \\\\V. H. Moulton,\\nL\\nI\\nN. H.\\nCa\\\\ alry.\\n20,\\n33\\nTristam F. Page,\\nL\\n16\\nolunteers.\\n37.\\n32\\nDavid Parks,\\nA,\\n8\\n17.\\nI\\nJ. P. Perry,\\nA,\\n8\\n1\\n53.\\n10\\nJ. B Perry,\\n9\\n1\\ni 1\\n39.\\n14\\nS. H. Pillsbury,\\n8\\n10,\\n7\\nE. A. Piper,\\nB,\\n28\\nMass.\\n18,\\n18\\nAaron Pond,\\nE,\\n15\\nN. H.\\nM\\n47.\\n18\\nLieut. Jesse Pushee,\\nF,\\n3\\n30.\\n0. F.\\nL.\\nE. P. Phelps,\\n9\\n26,\\nRange\\n12\\nGranville A. Parker.\\nB,\\n25\\nMass.\\nk\\n49.\\n15\\nO. H. Reed,\\nB,\\n8\\nN. H.\\n37.\\nI\\nRobt. 0. Reed,\\nF,\\nI\\nHeav} Ai tillery.\\n22,\\n25\\nCharles Ross,\\nF,\\nolunteers.\\n21,\\n5\\nMilton Richardson,\\nG,\\n4\\n21,\\n28\\nJoseph Russell,\\n18\\n61,\\n28\\nD. J. Rideont,\\n8\\n24,\\n15\\nC. H. Ripley,\\nE,\\nI\\n7.\\n1^5\\n13\\nR. K. Richardson,\\n36,\\n15", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "If /STORY OF NASHUA, .V.\\n201\\nLieut. -Major A. i-^haw.\\nCo. L\\n13 Regt., N. H.Volunte\\ners\\nLot 23,\\nR\\nan\\n^e 6\\nG. E. Swallow,\\nF,\\n3\\n29,\\n8\\nCharles .Smith,\\nF,\\n3\\n30,\\nII\\nE. J. vSmith,\\nG,\\n10\\n26,\\n22\\nJeroine E. Smith,\\nK,\\n27 Mass.\\n53-\\n19\\nThomas G. Smith,\\nK,\\n5\\n22,\\n29\\nJoseph Sawyer,\\nI N. H. Heavy\\nArtillery\\n2,\\n25\\nWinslow A. Shattuck,\\nE,\\n8 Volunteers.\\n13,\\n9\\nCorp. W. 0. Stearns,\\nc.\\n3 Mass. Heavy\\nArtillerj\\n60,\\n24\\nH. J. Sanborn,\\nE,\\n10 N. H. Volunteers.\\n33,\\n27\\nA. J Ste\\\\ens,\\nB,\\n26 Mass.\\n28,\\n13\\nWilliam Tiillock,\\nF,\\n17\\n48,\\n8\\n\\\\V. A. Tracy,\\n6 N. H.\\n29,\\n18\\nOscar \\\\V. Townes,\\nI,\\n13\\n5,\\n0.\\nF.\\nL.\\nMus. N. H. Thompson,\\nI Heavy\\nArtiller},\\n35,\\nRange 33\\nCapt. J. Q. A. Warren,\\nE,\\n8 olunteers.\\n29,\\n13\\nE. B. Wil.son,\\niS N. Y.\\n44,\\n22\\nMus. J. R. Wyman,\\n9 N. H.\\n30,\\n28\\nC. 0. Whitteniore,\\nE,\\n4\\n6,\\n31\\nF. J. Woochvard,\\nF,\\n9\\n23,\\n33\\nChas. S. Wing,\\nE,\\nII\\n32,\\n0.\\nF.\\nL.\\nA.J. Willard,\\nI,\\n13\\n23,\\nRang\\ne 2\\nSergt. M. G. Wil.son,\\nA,\\n8\\n59,\\n2\\nWillard Walker.\\nU. S. Navy.\\n83,\\n28\\nW. A. Whitmarsh,\\n6 Regt., N. H. olunteers.\\n14,\\n29\\nCapt. Luther M. Wright\\nL\\n13\\n31,\\nII\\n0. Adams,\\nReg\\niment and company unknown.\\nLot 36,\\nRange 12\\nWilliam Cox,\\n28,\\n28\\nJ. B. Case,\\n64,\\n18\\nPhillip Engell,\\n25,\\n23\\nGeorge Foss,\\n14,\\n1 1\\n4\\nJ. W. Fletcher,\\n39,\\n0.\\nF.\\nL.\\nJ. E. Griffin,\\n8,\\nRange 25\\nH. W. Grover,\\n22,\\n24\\nF. Greenwood,\\n28,\\n0.\\nF\\nL.\\nJ. Hudson,\\n32,\\nRa\\nnge 22\\nB. D. Humphrey,\\nCo.\\nG, I t\\nCavalry.\\n52,\\n15\\nJ. B. Hobart,\\nReg\\niment and company unknown.\\n24,\\n3\\nJ. M. Hodgsdon,\\n71,\\n27\\nA. H. Jefts,\\n1\\n68,\\n19\\nChas. Johnson,\\n61,\\n20\\nW. H. Knowlton,-\\n20,\\n33\\nCorp. G. W. Nye,\\nCo.\\nC. 14 R\\negt., N. H. olunteers.\\n50,\\n23\\nOrlando Proctor,\\nReg\\niment and company unknown.\\n77-\\n28\\nMoses Pomroy,\\nII,\\n30\\n.\\\\lfred Rudd,\\n28,\\n30\\nC. H. Warren,\\ni i\\n29,\\n13\\nEdward White,\\n32,\\n19\\nW. B. Whiting,\\nt\\nII,\\nII\\nSergt. Daniel Gibson,\\nCo.\\nA, 5 Regt., N. H. Volunteers.\\n20,\\n0.\\nF.\\nL.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "202 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nTHE ROBY CEMETERY.\\nThe following minutes, taken from the records of the old town of Dunstable in New Hampshire\\nrefer, for the most part, to this cemeter}-.\\nAt a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Dunstable, held at Willard Marshalls in\\nsaid Town on Wednesday 21* of April 1813\\nVpted to fence the BurN ing Ground which lie Common with a good wall and to be built according\\nto the direction of the Committee. Chose Phinehas Whitney, Thomas Roby and Samuel Pollard a\\nCommittee to Superintend the building of said Walls which are to be completed May i, 1814.\\nChose the Selectmen a Committee to ascertain whether there shall be one or two Burying\\nGrounds north of Nashua River in this Town and make a report at the next meeting.\\nThe election of the selectmen as a committee, as indicated in the last paragraph of the above\\nrecord, appears to have been the first action taken on part of the town, so far as the records show, in\\nrelation to burying places in the north side of the Nashua river, and its phraseology suggests the\\nquestion as to whether there were anj- north of the river at that date perhaps the report of the com-\\nmittee, which was made at the town meeting held April 26, of the same year, settles the question\\nat any rate it establishes the date of the laying out of this cemetery. It is as follows\\nThe subscribers. Selectmen of the Town of Dunstable have laid out a Burying Yard (Burying\\nGround) in said Town in Capt. Thomas Robys District, so called, near the School House in said\\nDistrict beginning at a Pine Tree by the great Road or a Stake and Stones on the East side of said\\nRoad, thence North 54I2 East, 10 rods to Stake Stones, thence North 35, 2 West, 9 Rods to\\nStake Stones, thence South 54 z West, 8 Rods to Stake Stoues, thence by the said Road to the\\nbound first mentioned.\\nNo action was taken on this report, apparently, at this meeting but, at a subsequent town\\nmeeting, holden Sept. 22, of the same year, it was Voted to accept the Burial Ground which was\\nlaid out by the Selectmen near the School House in Capt. Thomas Roby s District.\\nFrom the last vote it will be noticed that, wliatever (juestion there may be as to the existence of\\na cemetery on the north side of the river previous to this earl}- date, there can be none as to the\\nexistence of, at least, one schoolhouse.\\nThere has been no change in the size of this cemetery since it was laid out. It is an enclosure of\\nabout one-half of an acre of land, located on the north side of the Amherst road, about one-half mile\\nwest of the Edgewood cemetery. It is under the control of the city. It is bounded on three sides bv\\na stone wall, with a neat picket fence upon its road frontage.\\nAt the present time it contains, by actual count, one hundred and twenty-five graves. Of these\\nninety are marked by monuments or headstones.\\nMost of the marked graves are of comparatively modern date, and none of them show indications\\nof great antiquity.\\nThe grounds are in an excellent state of preser\\\\-ation.\\nThe following inscriptions are taken from the tombstones, and include all in this cemetery\\nThomas Bowers. Died May 10, 1857. Aet. 58 years.\\nErected to the Memory of Mr. Isaac Bowers, who died August 6, 1820, aged 60 years.\\nMrs. Mary, wife of Isaac Bowers died Dec. 27, 1834. .\\\\et. 69.\\nIn Memory of Charles ,S. Bowers, son of Mr. Thomas Bowers and Mrs. Betsey, his wife, who died April 30,\\n1820.\\nIn Memory of Mrs. Betsey-, wife of Arch s Batchelder, who died Feb. 22, 1829. Aet. 77.\\nJohn Cotton. Died Dec. 3, I847. .\\\\et. 54.\\nSarah, wife of John Cotton. Died Oct. 13, 1885. .\\\\ged 91 years, 7 mos.\\nAnna F. died April 5th, 1877, aged 13 years.\\nGeorge W. died March 30, 1877, aged 15 yrs.\\nChildren of B. F. L. A. Cotton.\\nJames B. Cameron. 1795 1852. soldier.\\nDorcas J. Cameron. 1805 1869.\\nFrances G. Cameron. 1831 1S60.\\nElla F. Cameron, :852\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1862.\\nBaby.\\nLuc\\\\- H. Clough, 1850 1854.\\nEben Jewel. 1807 1879.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "///SVOA-)- NASHTA. X. II.\\n203\\nRobert Fletcher. Died April 2, 1887. ,Aet. 58 yrs, 2 inos. 2 days.\\n.\\\\sa Fletcher. Died Nov. 17, 1880. .-^ged 59 y s, lo nios. 24 lays.\\nElizabeth W. Fletcher, died .\\\\ug. 30, 1893, aj^ed 74 y s, 2 nios. 21 days.\\n(Soldier s grave in same lot, no stone; flag.)\\nWilliam Fletcher. Died March 30, 1870. Aet. 79 yrs, 3 mos.\\nSusannah, wife of William Fletcher. Died Dec. 23, 1891. .\\\\et. 92 yrs, 3 mos.\\nCharles, son of William Susannah Fletcher died Oct. 19, 1858. .Vet. 29 yrs 6 nios.\\nSu.san Fletcher. Died Apr. 12, 1885.\\nAet. 88 yrs, 6 mos, 21 d s.\\nWilliam F. Farley. Died March 8. 1866.\\n(George H. died Sept. 12, 1864.\\nCharles H. died Sept. 18, 1864.\\nChildren of William Francina H. Farley.\\nWilliam Farle} Died July 5, 1872. .-^et. 34 yrs, 3 mos.\\nF rancina H., wife of William F. F arley, died July 30, 1864. Aet 84 yrs.\\nHepsabeth, wife of William Farley, died Mar. 27, 1868. Aet 76 yrs.\\nJoseph Harris. Died Dec. 2, 1868. Aet 75 yrs, 7 mos.\\nBetsey Harris. Died Jan. 25, 1862. .\\\\et 70 j rs, 11 mos.\\nEdah Harris. Died April l, 1879. Aet 67 yrs.\\nSally Harris. Died Oct. 1 1, 1881. Ae\u00c2\u00bb8oyrs.\\nMary, wife of Thomas Hale, died .\\\\pril 13, 1849. Aet 45.\\nCharles E. son of Daniel Hanuel M. Hartshorn. Died Sept 3, 1849. .\\\\et 2 yrs, i mo.\\nHannah, wife of Walter Langworthy. Died Dec. 31, 1872. Aet 32 yrs, 8 mos.\\nMary F. Daughter of J. E. L. McKean. Died .\\\\pril 17, 1861. .Aet. 72, 5 mos.\\nIsaac McKean. Died Jan. 28, 1869. Aged 72 years.\\n.\\\\daline. His wife. Died Jan. 14, 1889. Aged 74 yrs, 11 mos.\\nFrederick McKean. Died March 17, 1857. .\\\\et53yrs.\\n-\\\\lmira, wife of Frederick McKean and daughter of Benjamin 6t Rebekah R l)y. I )ie l June 26, 1838. .\\\\et\\n25 yrs.\\nSamuel McKean: died July 16, 1845. Aet 60 yrs.\\nBetsey, his wife, died Juue 2, 1876. .Aet 83 yrs.\\nMother.\\nBetsey M. Little. Died Jan 23, 1879, aged 68 yrs.\\nCharles E. McKean. Died Dec. 19, 1874. Aet 45 yrs.\\nBrother (only inscription on stone.)\\nIn memory of Mr. Ruben Melvin who died Septr 26, 1818, aged 24 years.\\nDavid M. Moore, died Oct 31, 1874. .\\\\ged 56 yrs.\\nJulia Moore. Died Dec. 12, 1893. Aged 71 years.\\nFrank W. Jloore. Died .April i. 1S88. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\ged 39 yrs.\\nLottie H. dau. of F. W. E. L. Moore Died Sept 17, 1886. .\\\\ged 5 weeks.\\nLucy E. dau of F. W. E. L. Moore. Died Oct 24, 1886, Aged 10 weeks.\\nJoshua Wright. Died Dec. 10, 1859. .\\\\et 75 yrs, 9 mos, i day.\\nRebecca W, wife of Joshua Wright. Died Feb. 24, 1852. Aet 66 yrs 9 mos, 13 days.\\nThe above in.scriptions were taken from the west side of a marble mominient.\\nOn the east face of the same monument are the following\\n.Anna W. Wright. Died .\\\\pril 12, 1823. .Aet i yr. 5 mos, 26 days.\\nMark Wright. Died Dec. 24, 1828. .\\\\et 16 yrs, 8 mos, 13 days.\\nOn the north face\\nJoshua M. Wright. Died Jan 17, 1S95. .\\\\et 85 yrs 4 nios\\nIn the same lot are five tablets marked\\nJoshua M. Anna: Mark: Michell Father; soldier s flag.)\\nMelvin Robbins. Died May 5, 1856. Aet 71 yrs 11 mos 25 days\\nMartha, his wife. Died Jan. 9, 1858. Aet 80 yrs, 6 mos, 7 ds\\nPreston Robbins. Died March 15, 1853. Aet 44.\\nDaniel Robbins, died March 9, 1876. .Aet 61 yrs.\\nMartha Robbins. Died July 21, 1879.\\nIll the same lot with the aoove are seven tablets in.scribed as follows\\nFather, born .\\\\ug. 12, 1807, died Mar. 23, 1873.\\nMother. Born Mar. 3, 1814. Died Feb 28, 1864.\\nCharles. Born Sept. 7, 1836. Died Nov. 25, 1860.\\nMary. Born July 30, 1841. Died Jan. 28, 1864.\\nSusan. Born Jan. 1832. Died I eb. 5, 1854.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "204 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nHarriet. Born July 4, 1845. Died Aug. 17. 1862.\\nElizabeth. Born July 26, 1847. Died Sept 6, 1867.\\nThomas Roby. Died May i, 1833. Aet 73.\\nPhebe. his wife. Died .Sept. 2, 1849. Aet 78.\\nIn Memory of Thomas, son of Capt Thomas Mrs Phebe Roby who died June 15, 1822. Aet 29.\\nSacred to the Memory of Miss Hannah, daughter of Capt. Thomas Mrs. Phebe Roby. Died Dec. 20, 1838.\\nAet 28.\\nSacred to the memory of Mr Samuel Roby, son of Capt. Thomas and Phelie Roliy, who died Aug. 26, 1843.\\nAged 59.\\nBenjamin Roby. Died March 10, 1863. Aet. 75 yrs.\\nRebekah, his wife. Died Jan 16, 1874. Aet 91 yrs.\\nGeorge A. son of James Weltha A. Roby. Died Oct. 5, i860. Aet 11 yrs 10 nios.\\nAlice Luella, daur of Albert Angeline S. Sargent, died Aug. 7, 1862. Aet i m, 26 ds.\\nNear by is a soldier s grave without a headstone.\\nZachariah Shattuck. Died Feb. 20, 1893. Aet 77 yrs.\\nSopronia E. Shattuck. Died June 3, 1877. Aet 55 yrs.\\nAbel G. Shattuck. Died Aug 2, 1880. AE 68 yrs.\\nMary Shattuck. Died March 29, 1873. AE 49 yrs.\\nAlice Little, wife of Abel Shattuck. Died Jan. 27, i86i. AE 76 yrs.\\nAbel Shattuck. Died Jan. 28, 1863. AE 80 yrs.\\nFrank E. Born Jan. 20, 1871, died June 3, 1879.\\nGeorge H. Born May 9, 1869. Died June 19. 1879.\\nChildren of Edwin A. Anna L. Thayer.\\nSOLDIERS.\\nJames B. Cameron, Fletcher, Joshua M. Wright, Albert Sargent.\\nTHE SPRING STREET CEMETERY.\\nThis cemetery formerly occupied the lot of land where the High schoolhouse is now located on\\nSpring street.\\nPrevious to the erection of the High school building this land had been, for many years used as\\na cemetery under the control of the town and city authorities, although the title to the same was in\\nthe Nashua Manufacturing company.\\nWhen the erection of a schoolhouse upon the land was first broached, there was much and decided\\nopposition, many of the citizens being strongly prejudiced against the location. But after considerable\\nwrangling and discussion the city councils voted in favor of the cemetery site.\\nOn July 9, 1872, the company convej-ed the lot to the city by a quit claim deed, in which it was\\nstipulated that it was to be used for the location of a public school building or buildings, and that, in\\ncase said land or any part thereof should be used for other purposes, it should revert to the grantor.\\nThe removal of the remains of the dead, therein buried, to the Hollis Street cemetery commenced\\nsoon after this transfer and continued until completed. The old tombstones thus removed are still\\nstanding in the Hollis Street, now Woodlawn, cemetery.\\nTHE IRISH CATHOLIC CEMETERY.\\nThis cemetery is situated in Hudson, on the Londonderry road, about two and one-half miles from\\nthe City Hall btiilding. The original lot, which contained ten acres, was conveyed by James L., John\\nP. and Edgar B. Pierce, all of this city, to Rt. Rev. David W. Bacon, bishop of Portland, Sept. 6,\\n1856, in consideration of one hundred and forty dollars.\\nThe cemetery is rectangular in shape, well laid out, and contains some beautiful and costly\\nmonuments. It was purcha.sed for and consecrated to the use, more especially, of the Irish Catholic\\ncitizens of Nashua, and within its sacred precincts lie most of their dead for the past forty years.\\nSeveral hundred of the deceased of the French Catholics are also interred within its limits. At the\\npresent time it contains about fotir thousand graves. The following is a ILst of the soldiers of the\\nCivil War whose remains are here awaiting the final call of the Grand Commander:\\nMaj. Timothy B. Crowley, Co. loth N. H. Volunteers.\\nQuarterma.ster Thomas Sullivan, loth\\nLieut. Michael C. Moran, B, loth", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "///STOA (V- X.IS/fUA, N. H.\\n205\\nJohn Haley,\\nLawrence Doyle,\\nJohn Earh\\nJohn I\u00c2\u00a3arl\\\\ 2A.\\nCarl Meighan,\\nJohn Moiiagiian,\\nEdward Clark,\\nThomas F. Wills,\\nMichael Buckley,\\nMichael Halli.sey,\\nHenry Bush,\\nPeter Gorman,\\nJames Cahill,\\nThomas Lavan,\\nPeter Lavan,\\nBernard Flynn,\\nTimothy O Neil,\\nMortimer O Neil,\\nFrank Quinn,\\nJohn P. O. Sullivan,\\nJohn Brennan,\\nBartholemew Sullivan,\\nMellian O. Neil,\\nHugh Duffey,\\nSergt. Patrick Courtney,\\nMichael Courtney,\\nJohn Sullivan,\\nSergt. Edward Lambert,\\nMaurice Nelligan,\\nMichael Sullivan,\\nMichael T. Sullivan,\\nJames McEwen,\\nDennis Lowney,\\nA. F Long,\\nPatrick H. Sullivan,\\nLieut. Michael Sweeney,\\nTimothy Downej-,\\nJohn P. !Murphy,\\nThomas Dee,\\nJohn Sullivan,\\nThomas Powers,\\nJohn O. Sullivan,\\nFive unknown.\\nCo. B, 10 N. H. olunteers,\\nt t\\n,^.cl.\\nK,\\nSth,\\n1\\n4th\\nB,\\n4th\\nylh\\nF,\\nG,\\n,Scl\\nF,\\n4th\\nISt\\nH\\neavy Artillery\\n9th\\nV(\\nDlunteers.\\nISt\\nHeavy Artillery.\\nolunteers.\\nSth\\nD, 23d Mass.\\nD, i6th\\ni6th U. S. Regiment.\\nH. loth Conn. olunteers.\\n69th X. V.\\nCEMETERY OF THE CHURCH OF ST. ALOYSIUS.\\nThe cemetery o{ the Church of St. Aloysius is located on the north side of West Hollis .street,\\nabout two miles from the City Hall. It contains six acres, more or less, which was conveyed by\\nJosiah G. Graves and John C. Lund to the Right Rev. James A. Healey, bishop of Portland, by deed\\ndated Jan. 12, 1880, in consideration of one dollar.\\nIt was purchased for and has been u.sed almost exclusively by the French citizens of Nashua. It\\ncontains at the present time over seventeen hundred graves.\\nThe following veterans of the Civil War are here interred: lunik- LeClaire, Mitchell Little,\\nunknown.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "2o6 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nCEMETERY OF THE CHURCH OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER.\\nThis cemetery is situated on the north side of the Nashua river and on the southerlj- side of the\\nold Amherst road, so called. The land which constitutes the same was conveyed to the Rev. Henry\\nA. Lessard by Cornelius Sullivan, by deed dated June 24, 1S90. The consideration was $1,400. It is\\na triangular shaped piece of land. This is the newest cemetery in Nashua.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "I//STON) OF XASIIUA, X.\\n207\\nEBENEZER DEARBORN, M. 1).\\nEbenezer Dearliorn. M. D., was born at Chester, July 30,\\n1793, died at Nashua, Jan. g, 1883. His father, Jonathan\\nDearborn, was a great grandson of Thomas Dearborn,\\nsecond .son of Godfrey Dearborn, jiatriarch of the Dear-\\nborn family that came to America from the county of\\nDevon in England earlj in the seventeenth century and\\nsettled in Rxeter, now Stratham, Mass., about 1639, The\\nname is one of the best known in nited States history,\\nmany of the de-\\nscendants having\\nheld high commis-\\nsions in all its\\nwars and fi 1 1 e d\\nhigh stations in\\nthe civil govern-\\nment and the pro-\\nf e s s i o n s His\\nmother, Delia\\n(Robie Dearborn,\\nwas a descendant\\nof John Robie,\\nwho settled in\\nHampton. Doc-\\ntor Dearborn\\nwas educated at\\nChester and Ando-\\ner Mass. He\\nstudied medicine\\nwith his brother,\\nEdward Dearborn,\\nM. D., at Sea-\\nbrook, and with\\nThomas K i 1 1\\nredge, M. I)., of\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ndover, JIass.\\nhe attended lec-\\ntures at Boston,\\nJIass., and also at\\nHanover, receiv-\\ning his degree of\\nM. D. from Dart-\\nmouth Medical\\ncollege in 1821.\\nDoctor Dearborn\\nsettled in Dunsta-\\nble, now Nashua,\\nin 1816, and fol-\\nlowed his profes-\\nsion steadily for\\nfifty years. He was\\na man of sterling\\ncharacter, skilled\\nin his profession, and active and useful in public and pri-\\nvate affairs. He was one of a small group of earnest and\\nenergetic men who laid the foundations of the prosperous\\ncity of Nashua of 1896.\\nDoctor Dearborn held many places of trust among his\\nfellow citizens, and in more than anything else that\\naffected the people was a promoter of education. He\\nserved many years on the board of trustees of the Nashua\\nLiterary institution and did efficient work as a member of\\nthe town school committee. He was a member of the\\nboard of selectmen and held several other offices, besides\\nKDKNHZEK DEAHIiOHN, .M. 1).\\ninteresting himself in whatever tended to aid in the\\ngrowth of the town. .Vftcr Nashua and Nashville united\\nand became a city he was honored by his constituents and\\nwas a member of the board of aldermen in i860 and in\\n1861. Doctor Dearborn was a director in the Nashua State\\nbank twenty years, a projector and director in the\\nWorcester Nashua railroad, a member and president of\\nthe New Hampshire Medical society, also a member of the\\nMassachusetts Medical society.\\nDoctor Dearborn was united in marriage in 1816, with\\nHannah (Davis)\\nDyson, daughter\\nof John and Han-\\nnah Dyson of\\nHeverl}-, Mass.\\nMr. Dyson, her\\nfather, was born\\nin England. He\\ncame to this coun-\\ntry early in life\\nand settled at\\nBeverly, where he\\nwas a prosperous\\nshipping mer-\\nchant and promi-\\nnent citizen. Of\\ntheir children four\\nreached mature\\nyears and three\\nare still living\\nHannah Maria,\\nborn in Beverly,\\nMass.; Charles\\nEbenezer, born in\\nNashua, graduat-\\ned at Dartmouth\\ncollege in 1842,\\ndentist in Boston,\\nmarried Caroline\\nMarie Lawrence\\nof I epperell,\\nilass. Henrietta\\nLouise, born in\\nNashua, married\\nDarius R. Emer-\\nson of Boston,\\nmerchant; Dyson,\\nborn in Nashua,\\nmarried Lorinda\\nSherman, died in\\nNashua in 1894, re-\\nspected by all as a\\nw Orthy citizen and\\na genial man.\\nELIJAH COLBURN, .M. U.\\nElijah Colburn, M. D., was born in Hudson, Sept. 8,\\n1795; died in Nashua, Jan. 13, i88t. He was a son of\\nZacheus Colburn, born Feb. 16. 1765; died Oct. 10, 1851.\\nand Rachael (Hills) Colburn, born April 10, 1785; died\\nSept. 23, 1840, and who were united in marriage at Hud-\\nson, April 29, 1785. Both were descendants of the\\npioneers of Nottingham West, as Hudson was then called.\\nThey were a hardj industrious and f.od-fearing race of", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "208\\nHISTORY O/- .V.Sy/r.-7, X. H.\\nmen and women who tilled ancestral acres, took good\\ncare of their own and sought to do their whole dutj* by\\ntheir neighbors. In a word the Colburns and Hills of\\nHudson have been among the most progressive and hon-\\nored people of the town for nearly, if not quite, two\\ncenturies.\\nDoctor Colburn was an apt scholar and ambitious from\\nhis youth. He obtained such knowledge as was imparted\\nat the public schools and was graduated at the Harvard\\nMedical college with the degree of M. D. in 1823. After\\nobtaining his di-\\nploma he prac-\\nticed a short time\\nin his native town.\\nA little later, in\\n1823 or 1824, he\\nsettled perma-\\nnently in Nashua\\nand was the first,\\nor one of the first,\\nphysicians to lo-\\ncate in this then\\nsparsely settled\\nlocality. Certain-\\nly he was the first\\nto travel with a\\nhorse, and first to\\npractice to any ex-\\ntent in the sur-\\nrounding towns.\\nIt was at the time\\nthe foundation\\nwas being laid for\\nthe mills of the\\nNashua Manufac-\\nturing company,\\nof which Doctor\\nColburn purchas-\\ned the land upon\\nwhich he built the\\nresidence in which\\nhe lived and died.\\nHis office for many\\n3 ears was on Tem-\\nple street on the\\nsite of the Odd\\nFellows building\\nand during the\\nlatter part of his\\nlife in an annex\\non the north side\\nof his residence on\\nMain street. Doc-\\ntor Colburn had a\\nlong and useful career. As a physician and surgeon he\\nwas among the very best in his generation, a man in whom\\nthe community put implicit confidence. Doctor Colburn s\\nearly struggles to obtain an education made a lasting\\nimpression upon his life. If any one cause more than\\nanother had his hearty co-operation it was this. He\\nhelped along those who sought to better their condition,\\nand was for many years a member of the board of trustees\\nof the Nashua Literary institution, and a member of the\\nschool committee before Nashua became a city. He was\\nalso one of the grantees of the Nashua Gas Light company\\nELIJAH COI.iU^HN y\\\\. D.\\nand one of its early presidents. Doctor Colburn was also\\nactive in other bodies, being a member of the Unitarian\\nchurch, and of Rising Sun lodge, A. F. and A. M., of\\nwhich body he was the worshipful master in 1843 and\\n1844. In a word he lived an honorable life and fulfilled\\nhis duties to the community, his family and his God with\\nearnest fidelity.\\nDoctor Colburn was united in marriage June 22, 1826, with\\nSarah Belknap of Framingham, Mass. Mrs. Colburn was\\nborn Oct. 16, 1806, and is still living. She is a daughter\\nof Luther Bel-\\nknap, who was one\\nof the most promi-\\nnent men of his\\ntime in the section\\no f Massachusetts\\nin which Framing-\\nham is located.\\nHe was born Nov.\\n7, 1789; died Feb.\\n16, 1855 was rep-\\nresentative to the\\ngeneral court of\\nMassachusetts,\\njustice of the\\npeace, twenty-two\\nyears selectman,\\nand seventeen\\nvears town clerk.\\nHis wife, Hepsi-\\nbath Brown of\\nSudbury, Mass.\\nborn Julj 28, 1769,\\ndied Aug. 5, 1852;\\nwas left an orphan\\nwhen a small child\\nand was adopted\\n1 1 h L- r uncle.\\n.\\\\dam Howe, who\\nwas landlord of\\nthe hostelry at\\nSudbury, made\\nfamous by Long-\\nfellow s beautiful\\npoem, Tales of a\\nWayside Inn.\\nShe lived with\\nher uncle till her\\nmarriage, and\\nthroughout her\\nlife was a cour-\\nageous and model\\nwoman, enjoying\\nthe respect and\\nesteem of her friends, and, at her decease, leaving to her\\nchildren a legacy of loving words. The children of Doctor\\nand Sarah (Belknap) Colburn were; Luther B., born at\\nNashua, Sept. 15, 1827, died June 25, 1832; Edwin A., born\\nat Nashua, Dec. 13, 1829, married Anna S. Dodge of Antrim,\\nJune 26, 1861, died March 5, 1892, Sarah M., born at\\nNashua, Aug. 23, 1831, married Daniel T. Tower of Boston,\\nSept. 9, 1856, died March 25, 1858; Belknap S., born July\\n25, 1833, died Sept. 10, 1834; Susan E., bori? at Nashua,\\nJan. 18, 1836, married Charles F. Stetson of Duxbur}\\nMass., June 19, 1855, died Nov. 15, 1873.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "///.V7V A A ./.S7/r./, A\\n209\\nJOSIAH G. (,UA\\\\hS, M. LJ.\\nJosiah Cr. Craves, M. I)., was 1)orn at W alpole, July 13,\\n1811, died July 6, 18S8. His father wasa well-to-do farmer\\nand desired liini to follow that vocation. Ilis desire,\\nHISIAll I,. l.K.W i;s, M. 1).\\nhowever, was to fit himself for the medical profession, and\\nso, contrary to the wishes of his father, he left his home\\nat the age of eighteen years, and, as he often remarked in\\nhis later life, with one dollar in his pocket, his mother s\\nblessing on his head and a district school education, he\\nstarted out to carve his own career. He entered the offices\\nof Doctors Adams and Twitchell at Keene in 1829, and\\ndefrayed his expenses by teaching school and giving\\ninstructions in penmanship. Doctor Graves attended lec-\\ntures at Pittsfield, Jlass., and was graduated at Williams-\\ntown Medical college in 1834, after which he spent six\\nmonths in the office of doctors Huntington and Graves at\\nLowell, Mass.\\nDoctor Graves commenced the practice of his profes-\\nsion in Nashua, Sept. 15, 1834, and for more than fortv*\\nyears followed it with untiring assiduity. His biographer,\\nB. R. Whittemore, says of him: His success as a\\nphysician and surgeon has but few parallels. He loved\\nhis profession and gave it his best powers. He was gifted\\nin a remarkable degree, with a keen insight into the\\nnature of disease, and of course his success was in propor-\\ntion to his fitness for his calling. He did not need to lie\\ntold symptoms he knew by intuition w-here the break in\\nthe constitution was, and how to rebuild and give new life.\\nHe was made for his profession, and not his profession for\\nhim, which is too often the case. .A.fter several years\\npractice Doctor Graves took the degree of his profession at\\nJefferson Medical college, Philadelphia. During the War\\nof the Rebellion he was, by np])ointuient of the governor\\nand council, a member of the board of medical examiners.\\n.\\\\ftcr retiring from the active duties of his profession.\\nDoctor ;raves became interested in railroad enterprises\\n111 which he ma le heavy investments. He was a director\\nin the Nashua J^owcll railroad company and one of the\\npromoters of the Texas Trunk line, of which he was presi-\\ndent. He w-as a director in the Kaneuil Hall Insurance\\ncompany of Boston, and also in the Metropolitan steam-\\nship company, and interested, pecuniarily and otherwise,\\nin many enterprises at home and in different sections of\\nthe country. A few years before his death he purchased\\nMound Farm at Scituate, Mass., where he erected a few\\ndwelling houses, and spent his summers.\\nDoctor Graves is entitled to high rank among the self-\\nmade men of New Hampshire. What he was, and what he\\nhad came through his own unaided effort, and was the\\nfruit of capacity, energy and industry. He filled a large\\nplace in Nashua, and was widely known as a man of in-\\nflexible will, strong in his attachment to friends and\\nuncompromising in all matters in which he believed he\\nwas right. He could say yes or no and then end the\\nmatter. He was a member of the fnitarian church and a\\nliberal contributor to its support.\\nDoctor Graves married Mar} Boardman, daughter of\\nColonel William Boardman, a distinguished citizen of\\nNashua. There were no children by their marriage.\\nEVAN B. HAMMOND, M. D.\\nEvan B. Hammond, M. D., was born at Bridgewater,\\nOct. 16, 1815, died at Nashua, June 7, 1887. He was a son\\nof Nathan Hammond, born Sept. r6, 1781, and Mary\\n(Noyes) Hammond, born July 29, 1785. His grandfather,\\nThomas Hammond, was born June 11, 1747, and his grand-\\nmother, Esther (Dole) Hammond, May 15, 1756. They\\nw^ere foremost among the pioneers of Grafton county, a\\nhardy, frugal, industrious and honest race of people who\\nmade the wilderness blossom as a rose, and who dying\\nleft behind them records for piety, probity and useful-\\nness that are a source of pride and a matter of emulation\\nfor their descendants. It is to such men and women as\\nthe ancestors of the Hammond family of Nashua, that\\nNew Hampshire owes her proud place in the union of\\nstates as the birthplace of those who have guided the\\nworld to civil and religious freedom, led armies, fought\\ngreat battles, inspired equitable laws, developed science\\nand adorned the professions.\\nDoctor Hammond was a self-made man, whose useful\\ncareer emphasizes the possible attainment of those who\\npossess courage and perseverance. He obtained all the\\nknowledge possible in the district schools of his native\\nplace, and beyond that fought his way single-handed to\\ngraduation in the profession he had chosen for his life\\nwork. In his youth he had his every day task for a\\nhigher education, and finally studied medicine and sur-\\ngery at New York, Boston, Dartmouth Medical college\\nand Harvard Medical college, graduating at the latter in\\n1840 with the degree of M. D. He settled in Nashua im-\\nmediately and steadily practiced his profession for more\\nthan forty years. Doctor Hammond, in his thorough\\nknowledge of medicine and surgery, had practical and\\ncommon-sense method as well as a skillful and collegiate\\nbasis. He could read human nature like a book and\\nwas therefore enabled to prescribe effectively in all forms\\nof disease and to all classes of patients. That he had the", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nconfidence of the people was recognized in a marked\\ndegree by the attorneys of the county, who sought him\\namong the first as an expert witness in difficult cases,\\nknowing that what Doctor Hammond said would be\\nbelieved in preference to the testimony of college pro-\\nfessors who had abundant theory and but limited practice.\\nThis was due, also, in a great measure, to the use of easy\\nterms and a lucid explanation that was peculiarly his own\\nmethod. He sought to make clear rather than to make a\\nmystery. He had an extensive and successful practice\\nfrom which he re-\\ntired some years\\nbefore his death,\\nmainly because of\\nadvancing age and\\na fracture of the\\nbones of his leg\\nwhich m a cl e it\\ndifficult for him\\nto travel any great\\ndistance. Yet such\\nwas his reputa-\\ntion, that, for sev-\\neral j ears after\\nhis retirement, his\\nservices were in\\nfrequent demand\\nespecially among\\nthose families\\nwithin whose cir-\\ncles he had, for\\nmany years been\\nthe trusted physi-\\ncian and faithful\\nfriend. He was\\nan active member\\nof the New Hamp-\\nshire medical so-\\nciety. But Doctor\\nHammond was\\nnot alone a Nashua\\nphysician. He\\nwas an active man\\nin the affairs of\\nthe town and later\\nof the city. Good\\ngovernment, good\\nschools, church\\nprivileges, pro-\\ngress in every de-\\npartment of hu-\\nman endeavor,\\nbanking and a\\nhundred and one\\nthings that were of concern to a citizen claimed his\\nattention and found him a wise supporter. He held\\ntown offices from time to time and represented it in the\\nlegislature in 1847 and 1848. When Nashua became a city\\nin 1853 he sat in her first common council, and in 1866\\nand 1867 served on the board of aldermen. He was city\\nphysician in 1862, 1866 and 1867, and for many years\\nwas a member of the board of education. During Gov-\\nernor Berry s administi-ation, in the exciting days of\\nthe Civil War. he was commissioned examining surgeon\\nfor exemption from draft for Hillsborough county, and\\nEVAN B. HAMMOND. M. D.\\nwas later appointed United States examining surgeon\\nin cases of applications for pensions, a position which\\nhe held fifteen years to the entire satisfaction of the\\ngovernment and the veterans. Besides these public\\nduties he was one of the inceptors and promoters of the\\n.Second National bank, serving on the board of directors\\nfor many years. He was also treasurer of the Mechanics\\n.Savings bank, and, so great was the confidence of the\\npeople in him, he invested, safely, large sums of monev\\nfor friends and acquaintances. At the time of his death\\nhe was president\\nof the York Beach\\nHarbor railroad\\nand of the Crosby\\nInvalid Bed com-\\npany. Doctor\\nH a m m o n d was\\nunited in marriage\\nDec. 23, 1841, with\\nSarah Ann Adams.\\nMrs. Hammond\\nwas born at Wal-\\ntham, Mass.,\\nDec. 12, 1816. She\\nis a daughter of\\nPhinehas Adams,\\nliorn .Sept. 4, 1789,\\nand Sarah W.\\n(Barber) Adams,\\nborn May 28, 1790,\\na daughter of\\nHamblet Barber,\\nborn at Warring-\\nton, England. On\\nthe paternal side\\nshe is a descend-\\nant in the seventh\\ngeneration from\\nHenry Ada m s,\\nwho came to this\\ncountry from\\nDevonshire, Eng-\\n^S/y^^ land, in 1630.\\nJ^Wr Vrom Henry Ad-\\nams, fifteen gen-\\nerations to Ap Ad-\\nam of Wales, who\\ncame out of the\\nmarshes of Wales,\\na frontier space\\non which E^nglish\\ntroops were accus-\\ntomed to march,\\nto repress incur-\\nsions and cut off stragglers in 1220. Mrs. Hammond s lin-\\neage is one complete record to Ap Adam. The children\\nborn to them are Mary L., born March, 1843; S. Anna, born\\nJan. 17, 1845, married Calvin W. Greenwood, Oct. 20, 1869;\\nCatherine E., born March 12, 1847, married Charles E.\\nWhitmarsh. Oct. 20, 1869 Elizabeth M., born Jan. 2, 1850,\\nmarried James F. Whitmarsh, Sept. 29, 1885 Charles B.,\\nborn March 20, 1853, married Mary L. Tracy, Oct. 16, 1883;\\nAlice P., born Oct. 31, 1854, married Edward E. Parker,\\nDec. 20, 1877 Phinehas A., born June 2, 1856, married Lil-\\nlian M. Bowman, May i 1884 George E born June 8, 1858.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "///STORY O/- XASIICA. X.\\n21 I\\nNORMAN JOHN MACLHOU MOORH, M. D.\\nNonnau J. M. Moore, M. D., was bom in Aberdeen, Scot-\\nland, in 1817, died in Nashua, Dec. 31, 1882. He was a\\ndescendant of an ancient family that for generations has\\nlieen renowned in the military profession. The family\\nwas originally from Dorsetshire, Kng., and dnring the\\nstruggle at arms between Charles I. and Cromwell were\\nattached to the fortunes of the latter, from whom, when\\nhis cause prevailed, they received grants of land at\\nSaleston, near\\nCanton, Ireland.\\nHis maternal an-\\ncestors were of\\nScotch origin, his\\ngreat grand-\\nmother being the\\nonly daughter of\\nN r m an Jo h n\\n;\\\\Iacleod, a cele-\\nbrated chief of the\\nhistorical Macleod\\nclan of Dunvegan\\ncastle. Isle of\\nS k y e probably\\nthe oldest castle\\nin Scotland, and\\nfamous in song\\nand story.\\nDoctor Jloore at-\\ntended the schools\\non his native\\nheath and at an\\nearly age was\\ngraduated at Ox-\\nford with the de-\\ngree of SI. He\\nthen, with his\\nl)rother William,\\nwho a fterwards\\nrose to the rank of\\ncolonel i n Her\\nMajesty s service,\\nentered a military\\nschool at S a n d\\nhurst. .After a few\\nmonths service\\nhe came to the\\nconclusion that\\nhe had missed\\nhis calling, and\\nhe thereupon left\\nthe institution and\\ncommenced the\\nstudy of medicine and surgery at the University of\\nDublin, Ireland, where he received the degree of M. D.\\nand a diploma. Following his graduation at Dublin he\\nwent to Edinburgh, Scotland, and entered the university\\nat that place, again graduating with a diploma of M. D.\\nNot content with the knowledge he had obtained in his\\nl rofession he became a student at the Royal college of\\nsurgery in London, where he had seven years of stiuly\\nand was graduated in January, 1842. Doctor Moore felt\\nthat he was fully equipped for a broader field. He con-\\nsidered several propositions from hospitals and profess-\\nNOKMAN |li|l\\\\ \\\\l \\\\l l.liOD .Mt)01!l;, M. I).\\nional contemporaries who desired him as a partner, but\\nnone met his e.xpectations. Finally he concluded to seek\\nhis fortune in .America, and a j ear later we find him in\\npractice in the Marine hospital at Chelsea, Mass. He\\nremained at the hospital four years, when his friend.\\nDoctor Smith, the head surgeon, died. Doctor Moore\\nthen became disturbed in mind because of preferment\\nthat others obtained, but which was denied him because\\nof the fact that then he was not a citizen of the country,\\n.ukI, influeiiceil by an ac(|Uaintance, he resigned his posi-\\ntion and located in\\nDerry as a family\\nphysician and sur-\\ngeon He re-\\nmained in Derry\\nfive years, during\\nwhich time he be-\\nc a m e w i d e 1 y\\nknown. The de-\\nmand for his ser-\\nvice was so great\\nand the location\\nso circumscribed\\nthat he was actual-\\nly compelled to\\nseek a railroad\\ncenter. He de-\\ncided to settle in\\nNashua and came\\nhere in 1852. Doc-\\ntor Moore prac-\\nticed in Nashua\\nfrom the year last\\nmentioned to the\\nday of his death,\\nat one time in\\npartnership with\\ndeorge Gray. M.\\nI). It is not too\\nmuch to say of\\nliini, and we now\\n(|Uote from the\\nwritingof a foimer\\nbiographer, that\\nin his generation\\nhe stood at the\\nhead of the medi-\\ncal profession in\\nNew Hampshire.\\nI or more than a\\nquarter of a cen-\\ntury he was called\\nin the most diffi-\\ncult and delicate\\ncases of surgery and he was eminently successful in\\nrestoring to health innumerable patients whose cases were\\nconsidered incurable. He had a remarkable power of\\ndiagnosis, and his admitted skill made him a valuable\\nexpert witness before the courts, and although his\\nmodesty made him shrink from notoriety, he was often\\ncalled in important state cases both at home and in\\nremote commonwealths. Doctor Moore became a citizen\\nof the United States and showed his patriotism by accept-\\ning an emergency call from the government, in 1862, and\\nserving four months as surgeon in a hospital at Newburn,", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nN. C. That Doctor Moore was all that is said of him is\\nin evidence in a series of resolutions passed by the physi-\\ncians at the time of his death, in which they said That\\nin the death of Doctor Moore we are deeply sensible of\\nour loss of a wise counselor in times of perplexity- and\\ndoubt, when the lives of those intrusted to our care\\ndepended upon an accurate knowledge of the uature of\\nthe case and the most judicious and skillful application\\nof the means.\\nBut it was not alone as a learned physician and surgeon\\nthat Doctor Moore\\nis remembered b\\\\\\nthe people of\\nNashua. He was\\na man of perfect\\nphysique, winning\\nin his manners,\\nattractive in his\\nsocial qu a 1 i t i es\\nand a most excel-\\nlent friend and\\ncompanion. The\\nScotch blood pre-\\ndominated in him.\\nIt made him gen-\\nerous to a fault,\\nkind to the poor,\\nthoughtful for\\nthose who associ-\\nated with him, and\\nenabled him to\\nbear the burdens\\nthat were his with-\\nout a murmur, and\\nto award good for\\nevil. In a word\\nhe was a rare man\\nmentall} and pro-\\nfessionally. He\\npossessed a sunny\\ntemperament and\\nhad a courtly bear-\\ning that was so\\nunpretentious\\nthat even a timid\\nchild was at ease\\nin his presence\\nand soon became\\nhis acquaintance\\nand friend.\\nDoctor Moore\\nwas an E p i s c o\\npaliau and a mem-\\nber of the Church\\nof the Good Shepherd. He was also a member of the\\nMassachusetts and New Hampshire Medical societies.\\nHe was twice married first in Dublin and second at Man-\\nchester, in i860, when he wedded Caroline Sears. His\\nchildren were by his first wife, William, born in Dublin,\\nIreland, 1S42, educated at the University of Vermont at\\nBurlington and at the University of Pennsylvania, gradu-\\nating at the latter with the degree of M. D., a soldier in\\nthe Seventh regiment, New Hampshire volunteers, who\\nwas promoted to sergeant-major, served two and a half\\nyears and died from malaria contracted in the service.\\nGEORGK (1\\nNov. 25, 1868; Matilda, born at the Marine hospital in\\nChelsea, Mass., 1844, educated at the seminary at New-\\nLondon, academy at Mont Vernon and a private school\\nin Boston, nuirried John J. Whitelsy and has a daughter.\\nGEORGE GR.4Y, M. D.\\nGeorge Gray, M. D., was born in Hancock, April 29,\\n1829; died in Nashua, Dec. 14, 1876. Dr. Gray w-as a son\\nof John and Hersina Knight Gray. His paternal ances-\\ntors came from\\nEngland in the\\nseventeenth c e n\\ntury and tlieir\\ndescendants were\\namong the pio-\\nneers of the Sou-\\nhe g a n vail ey.\\nHis grandfather\\nw-as a prominent\\nresident of Ben-\\nnington, and a\\nman of sturdy\\nlialiits and wide\\ninfluence in the\\npublic affairs of\\nhis generation.\\n,)n the maternal\\nside he was a\\ngrandson of Dea-\\ncon Aaron Knight\\nof Hancock and re-\\nlated to the Adams\\nfamily, whose gen-\\nealogy is clearly\\ntraced til rough\\nfifteen genera-\\ntions. His father\\nand motlier were\\nwell know-n in\\nNashua as hind-\\nlord and landlady\\nof the Washington\\nhouse, a popular\\nhostler y that\\nstood on the site\\nof Noyes block.\\nDoctor Gray ob-\\ntained his first\\nschooling in tlie\\npuldic schools of\\nNashua, at Cros-\\nk.\\\\v, m. d. by s Literary in-\\nstitute and Han-\\ncock academy. Following his graduation at the last\\nnamed institution he entered the office of liis uncle,\\nAdams Kniglit, M. D., at Springfield, Vt., where he\\napplied himself assiduousl}- to the study of medicine and\\nsurgery. After a thorough preparatory course of reading\\nhe entered the medical college at Woodstock, Vt., w-here\\nhe was graduated with the degree of M. D. His profi-\\nciency in his profession was such that the faculty named\\nhim as a professor and demonstrator of anatomy, a posi-\\ntion which he filled with marked ability till the death of\\nhis father in 1851, when it became necessary- for him to", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "HJSTONV OF X.IS/rf .l. X.\\n213\\nreturn to Nashua and settle his hotel business and other\\naffairs. This administratorship occupied his attention\\ntill 185.^, when he formed a partnership with Dr. Norman\\nJ. Moore and began practice, lie continued with Doctor\\nMoore until the opening of the Civil War, when the\\npartnership was dis.solved and he opened an ofTice for\\nhimself and continued in practice till his death.\\nDoctor tiray was a man of striking ])hysique and\\nattractive personality. He was democratic, a man of the\\npeople, a citizen who had a cordial greeting and a kind\\nword for every-\\nliody. Besides\\nthis he was one of\\nthe most skillful\\nphysicians and\\nsurgeons in t h c\\ncity and exceed-\\ningly conscien-\\ntious in his atten-\\ntion to patients.\\nHis success, both\\nin regular prac-\\ntice and as spe-\\ncialist, was recog-\\nnized by his medi-\\ncal associates and\\ncaused his diagno-\\nsis and advice to\\nbe sought in criti-\\ncal cases; his\\nservices, were,\\nalso, in demand\\namong experts in\\nimportant cases\\nbefore the su-\\npreme court. Dr.\\nGray s death re-\\nsulted from dip-\\ntheria, a disease\\ncontracted while\\nattending a pa-\\ntient at a t i m e\\nwhen suffering\\nfrom a severe cold.\\nThat he was sin-\\ncerely mourned by\\nkindred and\\nfriends, is attested\\nby a series of reso-\\nlutions passed at\\na special meeting\\nof the physicians\\nand surgeons o f\\nNashua. His rec-\\nord as a faithful physician and geuerous friend survives him.\\nDoctor Gray was an episcopalian, a member of Rising\\nSun lodge, A. F. and A. M., and of Granite lodge, I. O.\\nO. F. He was also a member of the Vermont and New\\nHampshire Medical societies and of several other bodies\\nconnected with his profession. He was twice married.\\nHis first W ife was Margaret Stearns of Woodstock, Vt.,\\nwho died i,.. 1865; second, (April, 1872), Julia Tilden,\\ndaughter of- Rev. Lucius L. and Julia A. (Ackley) Tilden\\nof Nashua, who is still living. There were no children\\nby either marriage.\\nKDWIN COLIUK.N, .M. D.\\nEDWIN A. COLBURN, M. D.\\nF.dwin A. Colburn, M. D., was born at Nashua, Dec. 13,\\n1829; died at Nashua, March 5, 1892. He was a son of\\nDr. Elijah and Sarah (Belknap) Colburn. (For ancestors\\nsee sketch of Elijah Colburn, M. D., in this work).\\nDoctor Colburn was educated in the public schools of\\nNashua and graduated at the Nashua Literary institution\\nof which Prof. David Crosby was principal. He then\\nattended school at Derry academv, and. after a thorough\\nstudy of medicine\\nin the office of his\\nfather, took a two\\nyears course at\\nthe Medical col-\\nlege atWoodstock,\\nl. .\\\\fter con-\\ncluding his studies\\nat the last place\\nhe entered the\\n-New York Medi-\\ncal college at New\\nYork Cit} where\\nhe was graduated\\nwith the degree of\\nM. D., in 1854.\\nFollowing h i s\\ngraduation he\\ncommenced prac-\\ntice with his father\\nand so continued\\nuntil 1861. His\\nfather retired\\nabout that time by\\nreason of age, but\\nhe continued to\\npractice until\\nshortly before his\\ndeath. Doctor\\nColburn inclined\\nto a quiet and well\\nordered domestic\\nlife, freedom from\\nthe cares of office\\nand the anxieties\\nand perplexities\\nof political strife.\\nIn a word he was\\nexceedingly mod-\\nest, and, although\\nhe held the office\\nof- city physician\\nin 1861, he would\\nnever consent to\\nbe a candidate. He was passionately fond of the perfect\\nhorse, and during his time owned and drove some of the\\nbest blooded animals in southern New Hampshire. F ol-\\nlowing the sale of the family estate, the site of Odd Fel-\\nlows building, he built one of the handsomest residences\\non Concord street. He purposed to settle down to a\\nquiet home life and had been in his new home but a few\\nweeks, when, unfortunately, he was found under the feet\\nof an unbroken colt with his skull fractured. He\\nlived but a few hours after the discovery. Doctor Col-\\nburn was an attendant of the I nitarian church, and an", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "214\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nhonest, upright man and a citizen respected by all.\\nDoctor Colburn was united in marriage June 26, 1861,\\nwith Anna S. Dodge of Antrim. Mrs. Colburn is a\\ndaughter of Alvah Dodge, born in Antrim, 181 1, and\\nLvdia (Elliot) Dodge, born at Mason, 1817. There were\\nno children b)- their marriage.\\n18,\\n/\u00e2\u0096\u00a00\\nJAMES BONAPARTE GREELEY, M. D.\\nJames B. Greeley, M. D., was born in Nashua, July\\n1830. He is a son\\nof Col. Joseph and 1\\nHannah (Thorn-\\ntoiOGreeley. I\\nThe Greeleys were\\namong the early\\nScotch-Irish set-\\ntiers of Notting-\\nham West, now\\nHudson. They\\nwere men of stur-\\ndy habits and\\nthrift. C a p t\\nSamuel Greeley,\\nthe great grand-\\nfather of the sub-\\nject of this sketch,\\nand Joseph Gree-\\nley grandfather\\nof the same, w ere\\nat the battles of\\nLexington and\\nBunker Hill. In\\nthe last named\\nbattle Joseph was\\nwounded. He was\\nlame ever after\\nand required the\\naid of a cane when\\nwalking. On the\\nmaternal side he\\nis a grandson of\\nJames Thornton\\nand his wife Mary,\\ndaughter of Rob-\\nert Parker of\\nLitchfield, and\\ngreat grandson of\\nJudge Matthew\\nThornton, M. D.,\\nsigner of the Dec-\\nlaration of In-\\ndependence, all of\\nwhom resided at\\nThornton s Ferry. Doctor Greeley attended the public\\nschools and was graduated from Crosby s Literary insti-\\ntution. He studied two years at Pinkerton academy in\\nDerry and the same length of time at Phillips academy\\nat Andover, Mass. Following a preparatory study of\\nmedicine he entered the medical school at Harvard. From\\nHarvard he went to the medical department at Dartmouth\\ncollege, and from Dartmouth to the University of Ver-\\nmont at Burlington, then at Woodstock, where he was\\ngraduated with the degree of M. D., in 1856. He spent a\\nyear in study and practice in the Marine hospital at\\nlAMES I!. GREEI.E^ .M. D.\\nChelsea, Mass., and another year in the hospitals of\\nLondon, Paris and Edinburgh before commencing practice\\nin Nashua. His success was of a most gratifying char-\\nacter, and ,the future looked bright, when, in i86i, the\\nflag was fired on at Fort Sumter and the blood of the\\nGreeleys and Thorntons that flowed in his veins was so\\naroused with patriotic zeal that he could not content\\nhimself in the quiet walks of life. He entered the service\\nof his countrv as assistant surgeon of the New Hampshire\\nbattalion. First New England cavalry, and went to the\\nfront. In the\\nspring of 1862 he\\nwas promoted to\\nsurgeon of the\\n1st Rhode Island\\ncavalry, the name\\nof the regiment\\nbeing changed to\\nthat), and fol-\\nlowed its fortunes\\nin bivouac and in\\nbattle till the\\nsecond engage-\\nment at Bull Run,\\nwhen, while he\\nwas bravely per-\\nforming his duty\\nby attending to\\nwounded soldiers\\non the field, he\\nreceived three\\ngunshot wounds\\none in the right\\nhip, making a\\nflesh wound onl}\\none in the left\\narm, shattering\\nthe bone one en-\\ntering the right\\ntemple w h i c h\\nlodged at the base\\nof the skull and\\nremained there\\nseventeen years,\\nuntil discovered\\nand removed in\\n1879 b_v George P.\\nGreeley, M. D.,\\nwhose honorable\\nrecord is given in\\nthis book.\\nI pon receiving\\nan honoroble dis-\\ncharge from the\\narmy Doctor Greeley returned to Nashua and resumed\\npractice. The hardships of the campaign in which he\\nserved, together with wounds and suffering, had wrecked\\nhis iron constitution and so, as the years passed he with-\\ndrew little by little from active practice and finally retired\\nand spent some time in travel, visiting the Azore islands\\nand other places of interest and health-restoring climate.\\nSince then he has been an invalid by reason of the loyal\\nservice he rendered his countrj-, and has resided the\\ngreater part of his time at his country home at Thornton s\\nFerry. In his time Doctor Greeley was one of the best", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASirrA, N. H.\\n215\\nefiuippe l physicians in southern New Hampshire, anil en-\\njoyed, atone time, a large and lucrative practice in Nashua\\nand vicinity where he was well known and respected. He\\nwas one of the best informed men in scientific subjects\\nbearing on his profession a skilled surgeon of practice\\nin hospital and field, whose ability and judgment made a\\nvaluable expert witness before the courts and desirable in\\nconsultation in difficult cases. He was city physician in\\ni860. In early life and till prevented by ill health,\\nDoctor Greeley attended the I nitarian church. He is a\\nmember of Rising\\nSun lodge, A. V.\\nand A. M., and of\\nKdward A. Ray-\\nmond consistory,\\n32d degree. Doctor\\nGreeley was unit-\\ned in marriage at\\nHanover, June 24,\\n1858, with Arabella\\nMcGaw Wood,\\ndaughter of Rev.\\nHenry Wood, I).\\nD., a graduate of\\nDartmouth col-\\nlege in the class\\nof 1S22, and of\\nPrinceton, X. J.,\\nTh ecological\\nschool, pastor of\\nthe Congrega-\\ntional church at\\nHanover, s i .x\\nyears, editor of\\nthe Congrega-\\ntional Journal,\\nConcord fnited\\nStates consul at\\nBeirut, Syria, and\\nchaplain in the\\nTnited States\\nnavy, died at\\nrhiladelphia. Pa..\\nOct. 9, 1870. On\\nthe maternal side\\nshe is a daughter\\nof Harriet Mc-\\nGaw and grand-\\ndaughter of John\\nMcGaw of Bedford\\nand great grand-\\ndaughter of Jacob\\nMcGaw, whose\\nwife, Hannah, was\\na daughter of Judge Matthew Thornton of Thornton s\\nKerry. Three sons were born of their marriage Harry-\\nWood, born at Nashua, Sept. 12, 1859, had nearly com-\\npleted his medical education, when, being of decided\\nliterary taste, he became temporarily employed as a\\njournalist; he died at Norfolk, Va.. Dec. 27. 1884; James\\nThornton, born in Nashua, July 18, 1862, physician\\nand surgeon at Nashua, married Oct. g. 1895 Florence H..\\nsecond daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Cyrus Richardson of\\nNashua; Guy Hastings, born at Medford, Mass., Jan. r.\\n1868, physician and surgeon at Hillsborough Bridge.\\nr;r(ij;.\\\\ii f. Mc(;i Es rK.\\\\. m. i\\nHUGENE F. MCQUESTEN, M. D.\\nKugene V McQuesten, M. D., was born in Litchfield,\\nOct. II, 1843. He is a son of Isaac Mcyuesten, who was\\nborn Oct. 18, 1811, and Margaret A. CChase; McQuesten,\\nwho was born July 19, 1819, both of whom are living at\\nthe old homestead. Doctor Mcyuesten, on his father s\\nside, isadescendant of William McQuesten, who emigrated\\nfrom the north of Ireland. (Coleraine) in 1735, and settled\\nin Litchfield. The McQuestcns are direct descendants of\\nthe McUisthons of\\n.\\\\rgyleshire, Scot-\\nl.iiiil, many of\\nwhom removed to\\nIreland near the\\nclose of the i6th\\ncentury. A gen-\\nealogy of the fam-\\ni 1 y shows that\\namong the 1 e-\\nscendants of the\\nMcQuestens there\\nhave been many\\nmen who have\\nstood high in the\\nprofessions and in\\nthe councils of the\\nnation. Dr. Mc-\\nOuesten attended\\nthe public schools\\nin his native place\\nand in Nashua,\\nand in i860 became\\na student at Blan-\\nchard academy in\\nPembroke. In\\nI S63 he entered\\nthe sophomore\\nclass in the scien-\\nt i fi c department\\nat Dartmouth col-\\nlege, but withdrew\\nshortly after and\\nentered, in 1864.\\nJefferson Medical\\ncollege at Phila-\\ndelphia, where he\\ntook a three years\\ncourse in two\\nyears and was\\ngra luated with\\nthe degree of M.\\nl)..in March, 1866.\\nHe practiced i n\\nLynn, Mass., in 1866 and 1867, and in the last year men-\\ntioned came to Nashua and was associated with Dr. J. G.\\nGraves, Sen., in practice two years, wdien he opened an\\noffice in the Graves building on the site of Whiting block.\\nThe public had confidence in Doctor McCJuesten from\\nthe day he began practice, and, by perseverance, study,\\nadaptability to his profession and a constant purpose to\\nmerit the approval of the ])eople, he has retained that\\nsame confidence and enlarged upon it to the degree that\\nthere is not a more widely known physician and surgeon\\nin New Hampshire, or one that receives so many urgent", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "2l6\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\ncalls, both at home and from near and remote places, for\\nconsultation in critical cases. Notwithstanding all this,\\nDoctor Mcyuesten has not been entirely satisfied with\\nhimself. He has kept in mind what too many men in his\\nprofession overlook while we live we learn, and so he\\nhas several times made arrangements for the care of his\\npatients by other reputable physicians while he spent\\nweeks and months in taking post graduate courses in\\nspecial diseases and surgery under the eye of the best\\ninstructors in this country, his last study being a six\\nmonths course, in 1892, in the college from which he was\\ngraduated in 1866. Under these circumctances and con-\\nditions it will be seen that he has fairly earned his honors\\nand is entitled to the words of commendation here written.\\nBut Doctor McQuesten is not alone a ph^-sician. He is\\na progressive citizen who takes a very earnest interest\\nin the things that are best calculated to benefit the\\npublic. Everything that interests good citizens interests\\nhim, and if his judgment commends it he lends his\\ninfluence. He has never, however, taken a very active\\npart in politics, and yet his friends have occasionally put\\nhim forward, often against his wishes, for public office,\\nhis last candidacy Vieing for mayor on the democratic\\nticket in 1894.\\nDoctor McQuesten is a member of the New Hampshire\\nMedical society and its president at the present time. He\\nis a member of the American Medical association, of the\\nAmerican Association of Railway surgeons, and the\\nNashua Medical societ) of which he was president in\\n1890 and 1891. Besides this he is a member of the execu-\\ntive board of the Ktnergency hospital, an institution\\nthat he labored earnestly, with other local physicians, to\\nestablish. He is one of the surgeons of the Concord\\nMontreal railroad, and secretary of the examining board\\nfor pensions in Nashua. He has been a director in the\\nIndian Head National bank, the Nashua Trust company,\\ntrustee in the New Hampshire Banking company, in the\\nNashua cemetery and the I nitarian church. Besides\\nall this he is a man who has brethren, for he is a member\\nof the Rising Sun lodge, A. F. and A. M., Meridian Sun\\nRoyal Arch chapter, Israel Hunt council of Masters, St.\\nGeorge comniandery, K. T., and Granite lodge, I. O. O. F.\\nDoctor McQuesten has been three times married. His\\nfirst wife was Lizzie M. Spalding, daughter of Hon. Solo-\\nmon Spalding, who died Nov. 26, 1877; second, Mary A.\\nHoward, daughter of Joseph A. Howard of Washington,\\nwho died April 3, 1885; third, Anna E. Spalding, with\\nwhom he was united in marriage, May 26, 1887, daughter\\nof William R. and Mary Abie (Ham) Spalding of\\nLawrence, Mass. His children are Philip, born at Nashua,\\nDec. 27, 1888; Josephine, born at Nashua, Feb. 7, 1890,\\nand Eugene F., born at Nashua, April 2r, 1892.\\nIn 1880, Dr. McQuesten purchased what was then\\nknown as the Hall estate, on Main street, and erected\\nthe handsome brick block in which he now has his office.\\nIn 1886 he purchased the Harris place on Concord\\nstreet, and the following year built the fine brick house\\nwhere he now resides. His home, in its surroundings and\\noutlook, and its happy home circle, is one of the most\\nattractive in southern New Hampshire.\\nJEREMIAH CAVERNO GARLAND, M. D.\\nJeremiah C. Garland, M. D., was born in Strafford,\\nSept. 23, 1814. He was the second child and oldest son of\\nNathaniel and Lydia (Caverno) Garland. He was edu-\\ncated in the public schools and academy of his native town,\\nand was graduated at the College of Physicians and Sur-\\ngeons in New York City in 1844.. He practiced his pro-\\nJEllE.MlAIl (.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2A\\\\E1!N U GAlU.AiND, .M. U\\nfession at Rochester from 1844 to 1850; Nashua from 1850\\nto 1857 Plymouth, 1857 to 1865, returning to Nashua in\\nthe last year mentioned and practicing till about 1890,\\nwhen he retired. He was a careful and successful family\\nphysician who had the confidence of his large number of\\npatients.\\nDoctor Garland has been an active and public spirited\\ncitizen of the places where he has resided. He was a\\nmember of the first common council of Nashua in 1853,\\nand of the board of aldermen in 1854 city physician in\\n1857, and from 1864 to 1870. Doctor Garland was an ex-\\naminer for insurance companies for a good many years a\\nmember of the United States board of pension examiners\\neight years, and, patriot that he has always Ijeen, he re-\\nsponded to the emergency call of the government in 1863,\\nand went to the field as assistant hospital surgeon, where\\nhe remained on duty till the close of the war in 1865.\\nDoctor Garland is a member of the Hillsboro Medical\\nassociation, and has served it as president. In his re-\\nligious convictions he is a Baptist.\\nDoctor Garland was united in marriage Dec. 5, 1849,\\nwith Harriet C. Woodman, daughter of Jeremiah H. and\\nSarah (Chase) Woodman. Of the five children born to\\nthem two only are living Celia Turner, born at Nashua,\\nSept. 8, 1850, who was finely educated and a teacher in the\\nNashua High school, died May 11, 1889; Willard Parker,\\nborn at Nashua, May 6, 1853, city editor of a daily news-\\npaper in New Jersey, died May 25, 1880 George Lincol,n\\nborn at Nashua, May 29, 1855 Theodore Woodman, born\\nat Plymouth, Jan. 9, 1859, married Estelle S. Smith of\\nNew York, in April, 1888 Claudius Webster, born at\\nPlymouth, Aug. 25, 1863, died Feb. 15, 1867.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "/l/STOR or X.lS/fUA, N. H.\\n217\\nGEORGE PRESTON GREELEY, M. 1).\\nC.eorge P. Greeley, M. D., was born at Nashua, April 9,\\n1S33, died at St. Augustine, Fla., Dec. 26, 1892, buried in\\nthe Nashua cemetery. He was a son of Ezekiel ami\\nSarah (Pollard) Greeley. He was a descendant of the\\nScotch-Irish Greeleys who settled Nottingham West, now\\nHudson. His great grandfather, Capt. Samuel Greeley,\\n;iiid his grandfather, Joseph Greeley, were in the battles\\nof Lexington and Hunker Hill, the latter receiving a\\nwound that caused\\nlameness and ne-\\ncessitated the use\\nof a cane the rest\\nof his life. Ezekiel\\nGreeley, his\\nfather, was a Free\\nMason, tiierchant\\nand prominent\\ncitizen of Nashua,\\nand in company\\nwith his brother\\nbuilt the Greeley\\nblock on Railroad\\nscjuare. On the\\nmaternal side he\\nwas a descendant\\nof the Pollards\\nwho settled in the\\nsouthern part of\\nNashua, Cum-\\nmings Pollard, a\\nstirring man who\\nbuilt s e V e ra 1\\nhouses below the\\nHarbor and who\\nwas pro ni i n e n t\\nin his day in\\nthe affairs of the\\nsettlement, being\\nhis grandfather.\\nThe house 1895\\nat the corner of\\nAmherst and Ab-\\nbot streets built\\nby the Greeley\\nbrothers, was pur-\\ncliased by Ezekiel\\nabout the time of\\nhis marriage, and\\nit was his home\\nduring his life-\\ntinii It was here\\ntluil the subject of\\nthis sketch was born. Doctor Greeley obtained his\\nprimary education in the public schools of Nashua and\\nwas graduated at the Norwich university at Norwich,\\nVt. When a youth of about nineteen he went to the\\nEast Indies and Australia in a merchant ship as super-\\ncargo for a Boston firm with whom one of his elder\\nbrothers was a partner. He was absent from home\\nalmost a year, and during that time he determined on the\\nprofession in which he would enter. After his return he\\nat once applied himself to the study of medicine, and he\\nattended lectures at Woodstock, Vt., and Dartmouth\\nUK. (,l-,(lli(.l V. (11!I-:KI,EV.\\nJledical college at Hanover. He was graduated at the\\nCollege of Physicians and Surgeons in New York in the\\nautumn of 1857. Doctor Greeley practiced his profession\\nat Hollis a few years, and early in the War of the Rebel-\\nlion enlisted in the service of his country as assistant\\nsurgeon of the Eourth regiment, New Hampshire volun-\\nteers. He was promoted to surgeon and remained with\\nthe command three years and two months. In 1865 lie\\nwas ap])ointe l surgeon of the Hancock veterans. Ninth\\nregiment, rnited States Veteran volunteers, in which\\ncorps he served\\nfourteen months.\\nAfter leaving the\\nservice, Doctor\\nGreeley spent\\nsome months in\\nNew York, re-\\nfreshing his medi-\\ncal knowledge,\\nafter which he lo-\\ncated in Boston,\\nwhere he prac-\\nticed until 1872,\\nwhen he came to\\nNashua, practic-\\ning about ten\\nyears and serving\\nthe city one or\\ntwo terms as city\\nphysician and as a\\nm e m b e r of the\\nboard of health.\\nDoctor Greeley s\\nexperience as a\\nsurgeon in the\\narmy was of wide\\nand extensive\\ncharacter and the\\nper cent, of recov-\\nery of his patients\\nwas among the\\nlargest to the\\ncredit of the sur-\\ngeons w h o were\\nhis associates in\\nthe last command\\nin which he\\nserved. This fact\\ncaused him to be\\nrecognized as\\namong the very\\nfirst in his pro-\\nfession in the\\nstate. After tak-\\ning up his residence in Florida in 1883, the change\\nbeing due in a measure to the condition of his health, he\\ndid not practice his profession to any great extent, and yet\\nit is noteworthy that his attachment to the people of his\\nnative state was such that when any of them who were\\njourneying in the South sent for him he responded with\\nalacrity. During the winter months which he passed\\nyearly in Florida, he interested him.self in the care of\\nhis orange groves.\\nDoctor Greeley was not only one of the best equipped\\nmen in his profession in the state of New Hampshire,", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "2l8\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nbut he was scholarly in other sciences and thorouyhh-\\ninformed in literature and history. He was a man with\\nwhom his equals in education delighted to hold conversa-\\ntion, and although there was an air of reserve about him,\\nthose who knew him best realized that he but acted him-\\nself. There was nothing artificial about him, and no\\nbending to meet public approval or public praise.\\nmore independent man in his professional, political, or\\nother views, or more ready to express them, when oc-\\ncasion demanded, would be hard to find yet he never\\nobtruded his opin-\\nions, which were\\nalways formed\\nupon careful\\nstudy and obser-\\nvation, upon any\\none, and, whether\\nin private conver-\\nsation or public\\nu 1 1 e ra n c e he\\nnever allowed his\\nnatural positive-\\naud energy of ex-\\npression to lend\\nhim beyond the\\nbounds of fair and\\nhonorable a r g u\\nment, but was\\nalways the calm,\\nd i g n i fi e d edu-\\ncated gentlenum,\\na credit to New\\nHampshire a n d\\nthe profession in\\nwhich he j) e r\\nformed the work\\nof his lifetime.\\nHe was a mem-\\nber of Rising\\nSun lodge, h.. V.\\nand A. M., a Scot-\\ntish rite Mason of\\nthe 32d degree,\\nand active in John\\nG. Foster Post,\\nG. R. Doctor\\nGreeley was unit-\\ned in marriage Jan.\\nlo, i85i, to Mary\\nP. Dewey, daugh-\\nter of Dr. Julius\\nY. Dewey of Mont-\\npelier, Vt., who\\nsurvives him, and\\nhas her home the greater part of the year at Montpelier\\nand Nashua.\\nCHARLES B. HAMMOND, M. D.\\nCharles B. Hammond, M. D., was born in Nashua,\\nMarch 20, 1853. He is a son of Evan B. and Sarah\\n.\\\\nn f Adams) Hammond, the lineage of whom are given\\nin a summary of the career of Evan B. Hammond, M. D.\\nDoctor Hammond was educated in the public schools of\\nNashua, at Crosby s Literary institute, and at Dartmouth\\nDR. CIIAKLE.S li. HAMMOND.\\ncollege, entering in 1873 and graduating in 1877 with the\\ndegree of A. B. and, in 1880, that of A. M. He studied\\nmedicine at the Harvard Medical school, from which he\\nwas graduated in 1880 with the degree of M. D. Doctor\\nHammond succeeds his father, retaining oiifice and pa-\\ntients. The public quicklj discovered that he was a\\nworthy successor of a physician and surgeon who had\\ntheir confidence for more than four decades and the result\\nis shown in the fact that his practice rapidly increased,\\nuntil to-day there is not a busier man in his profession in\\nthe state or one\\nw ho is more\\nsought after as an\\nexpert witness be-\\nfore the courts, or\\nfor consultation in\\ncritical cases of\\nboth medicine and\\nsurgery. Doctor\\nHammond, fol-\\nlowing in the foot-\\nsteps of an hon-\\nored sire, is an\\nactive man outside\\nof his profession.\\nHe finds time lo\\nserve the public\\nin many ways. He\\nis a member of the\\nHarvard Medical\\nAlumni as soc ia-\\ntion, a member\\nand censor of the\\nNew Hampshire\\nMedical society,\\nwas secretary of\\nthe I nited States\\nboard of pension\\nexaminers at\\nNashua from 1889\\ntill 1893, and a\\nmember of the\\nNashua Medical\\nassociation. Doc-\\ntor Hammond\\ntook an active and\\neffective part, giv-\\ning time, money\\nand surgical in-\\nstruments in es-\\ntablishing the City\\nKmergency hos-\\npital, is a member\\nof its executive\\ncommittee and of its medical staff. He has served Hills-\\nborough county two j ears as county physician, and\\nNashua as city phj sician and chairman of the board of\\nhealth in 1894, doing the most effective work in its history\\nin stamping out contagious diseases, and making a record\\nas a conspicuous and efficient public official that was\\nrecognized by the city council by re-electing him to both\\npositions for the year 1895. Doctor Hammond was\\nelected a member of the board of education in 1892 for\\na term ending in 1898, and is counted as one of the best\\ninformed and most enthusiastic educators in southern", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "///s/o/n .WIS///: I. .v.\\n2 19\\nNew Hampshire. lie is in fact an enthusiast in sclinnl\\nmatters, and skives considerable of his time and attention\\nto the study of the different methods of instruction in\\ncountries where the free-school system obtains; he is\\n([uick to perceive aud appreciate any improvement upon\\nour own, and zealous in urging its adoption.\\nThe zeal which he shows in looking after the welfare\\nof the pupils is exhibited not less intensely in his efforts\\nto aid ill providing substantial and well appointed school-\\nhouses. .-\\\\t the present time he is one of the sub-\\ncommittee of the\\nschool board em-\\nployed in building\\na new s c h o o 1\\nhouse on I a 1 111\\nstreet.\\nHe is a mcnilier\\nof R i s i n g S u n\\nlodge, A. 1 and\\nA. M., Meridian\\nRoyal Arch chap-\\nter, St. (ieorge\\ncommandery, K.\\nT., and a Scottish\\nRite Mason of the\\n32d degree. Doc-\\ntor Hammond at-\\ntends the Pilgrim\\nCongregational\\nchurch.\\nDoctor Ham-\\nmond was united\\nin marriage Oct.\\n16, 1883, with Mary\\nh. Tracy, daugh-\\nter of William A.\\nTracy, M. I).,\\nwhose lineage is\\ngiven in a sketch\\nof her father in\\nanother depart-\\nment of this work.\\nFour children\\nhave been born of\\ntheir marriage:\\nTracy Bartlett,\\nHarold A d a m s\\nKarl Raymond,\\nand Marjorie, of\\nwhom only the\\ntwo latter are liv-\\ning, the first two\\nhaving died in\\ninfancy.\\nw ii.i iiiiij nil 11 M. I).\\nA. WILFRED PHTIT, M. U.\\nWilfred Petit was born in .St. Damase, county St.\\nHyacinthe, P. Q., Sept. 11, 1853. His ancestors were\\nPhillipe Hubert Petit, born at St. Denis, P. y., in 1816,\\nand Cordelia Richer, born at the same place in 1826. He\\nwas educated in Seminary Ste. Marie de Mounoir, P. O..\\nwhere he was graduated with degrees in 1873. He then\\ntook up the study of medicine and surgery at Victoria\\nuniversity in Montreal, P. Q., from which institution he\\nreceived his diploma and degree of M. D., in 1877. Doctor\\nIVlit located in his native town in 1877 aud practiced his\\nprofession till 1880, when he removed to Buckingham, P.\\nO., where he remained a year. He then, Dec. 8, 1881,\\ncame to Nashua, and here his practice has been as large\\nand successful as any of his contemporaries as one of our\\nleading physicians. He is recognized, as oneof the lead-\\ning physicians, not only by the members of the pro-\\nfession in Nashua and vicinity but also by his fellow\\ncitizens,; one who is exceedingly well versed in the\\nscience of his pro-\\nfession and who\\nattends to his\\nduties assiduous-\\nly and conscien-\\ntiously; these\\ntraits of character\\nhave deservedly\\ngained for him\\nthe esteem of all\\nc 1 :i s se s Doctor\\nPe t i t s urbanity\\nand gentlemanly\\nbearing, as well as\\nhis knowledge of\\nmen and the\\nworld have served\\nto make him a\\nwelcome addition\\nto society. He\\nhas always taken\\na lively interest\\nin public affairs\\nand has been a lib-\\neral contributor\\nand indefatigable\\nworker in the\\ncause he has es-\\npoused. He was\\nvice president of\\nthe note l P rench-\\nCanadian oonveii-\\nlion helil in this\\ncit\\\\ in 1SS8, was\\none of its chief\\norganizers and a\\nmember of the\\ndelegate commit-\\ntee that visited\\nWashington for\\nthe purpose of in-\\nv i t i 11 g President\\nCleveland tu at-\\ntend the conven-\\ntion. Doctor Petit has been a memljer of the board of trus-\\ntees and executive board of the ICmergency hospital since\\nits organization. He is a member of St. Aloysius Catholic\\nchurch, the TT\u00e2\u0080\u009eion St. Jean Haptiste society, New Hamp-\\nshire Medical society, and Nashua Medical association.\\nDoctor Petit was united in marriage Peb. 15, 18S7, with\\n.Vnna R. Chagiion, daughter of J. B. Chagnon, M. D..\\nand Victorine (Des Desnoyers) Chagnon of Fall River,\\nMass., both of whom are natives of St. Jean Baptiste, P. Q.\\nThe children of his marriage are Bertha Lorraine, born\\nDee. 3, 1887, and Andrea, born Feb. 16, 1889.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "HIS70RV OF XASHC A, N. H.\\nCHARLES S. ROUNSEVEL, M. D.\\nCharles S. Rounsevel, M. D., was born at Dedhani.\\nMass., Aug. 22, 1839. He is a descendant of Philip\\nRounsevel, who came to this country from Devonshire,\\nEng,, in 1642, and settled in Freetown, Mass. Doctor\\nRounsevel s parents moved to Washington in 1841 and\\nresided there until 1852, when they became residents of\\nCharlestown, where they made their home until 1858, and\\nfrom Charlestown went to Ilopkinton. Mass. Doctor\\nRounsevel enlist-\\ned in 1861, and was\\nin the service of\\nhis c ou n try till\\n1864, participating\\nin the battles of\\nYorktown, Wil-\\nliamsburg, Fair\\nOaks, Malvern\\nHill, Bull Run,\\nChantilly, Freder-\\nicksburg, Gettys-\\nburg, and numer-\\nous skirmishes.\\nHe was mustered\\nout of the service\\nin 1864, and from\\nthat time to 1870,\\ntraveled in Penn-\\nsylvania and the\\nWest. From 1870\\nto 1879 he was in\\nNew York and\\nPhiladelphia, and\\nfrom 1879 to 18S4\\nin Vermont. In\\n1884 he came to\\nNashua w-here he\\nhas ever since\\npracticed his pro-\\nfession. He is a\\ngraduate of the\\nHolm Medical col-\\nlege, Philadel-\\nphia, with the\\ndegree of M. D.\\nin the class of\\n1882. He takes\\nhigh rank as a\\nfamily physician\\nand surgeon, and\\nhas a large and\\nincreasing list of\\npatients.\\nDoctor Rounsevel was united in marriage in 1882, with\\nFlora M. Horton, daughter of Marcus L. and Grovia\\nHorton of Windsor, Vt., a woman who took a deep inter-\\nest in the Woman s Relief corps, G. A. R., and was\\ntreasurer of the department of New Hampshire. She\\ndied at Nashua. His second wife, to whom he was united\\nin marriage Jan. 8, 1893, was Agnes E. Cunningham,\\ndaughter of William and Ellen Cunningham of Charles-\\ntown. Doctor Rounsevel is a member of the American\\nInstitute of Homeopathy and the New Hampshire Medical\\nsociety. He is a York Mason and member of St. George\\nC1I.-\\\\1!I.KS S. 1U)LI.NSK\\\\EL, M. D.\\ncommandery, K. T.. and a Scottish Rite Mason of the 32d\\ndegree. He is also a member of John G. Foster Post, No.\\n7, Grand Army of the Republic.\\nBRADFORD ALLEN, M. D.\\nBradford .\\\\llen, M. D., was born at East Bridgewater,\\nMass., Jan. 23, 1857. He is a son of James S., born July\\n3, 1831, and Mary P. (Churchill) Allen, born July 2, 1831,\\nand lineal descendant of Peregrine White, the first per-\\nson born in the\\nold Ply m o u t h\\ncolony, following\\nthe landing of the\\nPilgrims in 1620.\\nDoctor .Mien re-\\nceived his rudi-\\nmentary schooling\\nin his native town\\nand was graduated\\nat its high school.\\nHe entered\\nherst college in\\n1875 and was\\ngraduated in 1878\\nwith the degree of\\nB. S. Having de-\\ncided to study\\nmedicine and sur-\\ngery he became a\\nstudent at the\\nHarvard Medical\\ncollege and was\\ngraduated in 1882,\\nreceiving the\\ndegree of M. D.\\nAfter his gradua-\\ntion at Harvard,\\nhe determined to\\nmake a special and\\nthorough stud} of\\norganic diseases\\nas understood and\\ntreated in the\\ngreat universities\\nof the Old World.\\nHe therefore\\ncrossed the ocean\\nand accepted an\\nappointment at\\nthe Rotunda ly-\\ning-in hospital, at\\nDublin, where he\\nremained until he\\nobtained the degree of I^. M. in April, 1883. From\\nDufilin he went to Berlin, Germauy, where he continued\\nthe study of obstetrics and in gynecology under the\\ninstruction of Professor Schroeder, meantime learning\\nthe language of that country and subsequently traveling\\nthree months in Germany, Saxony, Bohemia and Switzer-\\nland. Doctor .\\\\nen next spent six months in hospital\\nwork in Vienna, Austria, thus rounding out his education\\nas a specialist in the diseases indicated by the degrees of\\nhis diplomas. Doctor .\\\\llen returned from Vienna in\\n1884, and immediately went into practice at Brockton,", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "H/STOh V OF NASH (JA, N. II.\\n221\\nMass, Success was assured from the first. In 1885 he\\nmarried a Nashua lady, and believing that the rugged\\nair of New Hampshire would improve his health, settled\\nhere. He pro])osed to have a vacation from the cares of\\nhis profession and therefore he became the proprietor of\\nthe noted drugstore that was established by Klias S.\\nRussell. Shortly after this he opened an office in Emer-\\nson building on Railroad square, and ow ing to his increase\\nof practice as a ph)-sician, was soon compelled to sell out\\nhis drug business. .Since then he has devoted his time to\\nhis patients a n d\\nwon golden opin-\\nions, not alone\\nfrom the learned\\nmen of his calling,\\nbut from people\\nw h o m h e has\\nserve d \\\\vi t h a\\nfidelity that has\\nripened into re-\\nspect and friend-\\nship. Doctor Al-\\nlen, like most suc-\\ncessful men in his\\nprofession, is a\\nmodest and unas-\\nsuming man, who\\nhas that about\\nhim which evi-\\ndences this esti-\\nmate of his ability\\nand character.\\nDoctor Allen\\nattends the I irst\\nCongregational\\nchurch and was\\nan efficient mem-\\nber of the com-\\nmittee under\\nwhose direction\\nthe beautiful new\\nchurch edifice on\\nLowell street was\\nerected. He is a\\nmember of Rising\\nSun lodge, l\\nand A. M., Meri-\\ndian .Sun R oy a 1\\nArch chapter, Is-\\nrael Hunt council\\nand St. George\\ncommandery, K.\\nT. He is also a\\nScottish Rite\\nMason, being a member of the consistory bodies, 32d\\ndegree. Doctor Allen is a director of the City Guards\\nclub. He is also a member of the American, Massachu-\\nsetts, and New Hampshire Medical societies, and the\\nNashua Medical association of which he was president in\\n1893. He took a zealous part and contributed liberalh- of\\nhis time in establishing the City Emergency hospital,\\nbeing a charter member, a director since its organization\\nand also its treasurer. Doctor .Allen was married Oct. 15,\\n1885, to Mary K. Godfrey, daughter of Reuben and Mary\\n(Davis) Godfrey of Nashua, both of whom are dead.\\ni;uAl i ui;u AL]-1,.\\\\. M. 1).\\nALONZO STHWART WALLACE, .V\\\\. D.\\n.\\\\lonzo S. Wallace, M. D., son of David and Margaret\\nWallace, was born at Bristol, Me., Feb. 17, 1847. H s\\ngrandfather, David Wallace, was one of the hardy pio-\\nneers of New Hampshire and undoubtedly of Irish origin,\\nwhile his great grandmother, Nancy Palmer, was of\\nI ;nglish descent.\\nDr. Wallace obtained his education by his own unaided\\neffort and therefore it may be said that he is a self-made\\nman. He obtained\\nsuch education as\\nwas possible in the\\ndistrict schools of\\nhis native town,\\ngiving close atten-\\ntion to his .studies\\nand making an\\nearnest effort to\\naccomplish de-\\nsired results. It\\nwas constantly in\\nhis mind, how-\\never, t li a t he\\nneeded larger op-\\nportunities, and\\nso he attended the\\ntown high school\\nI rom the high\\nschool he entered\\nLincoln academy\\nat New Castle,\\nMe. He walked\\nto the academy, a\\nilistance of ten\\nmiles, every Mon-\\nday morning, tak-\\ning food for the\\nweek with him,\\nand returned Fri-\\nilay nights. The\\nbest he could do\\nwas to attend two\\nterms a year. To\\naccomplish this\\nami also assist his\\nparents at the\\nsame time he first\\nfollowed the sea\\nduring the sum-\\nmers, as a sailor,\\nuntil by dint of\\ncourage and ca-\\npacity he rose to\\nthe position of first mate of a barque. As his book knowl-\\nedge increased he filled other positions of honor and\\ntrust, and finally teaching between terms, he at last\\ngraduated with class honors. It will thus be seen that if\\nthere was ever a young man who had high aspirations\\nand who burned the midnighl oil that man was Doctor\\nWallace.\\nAlthough at his graduation he was able to pass the ex\\namiuation re()uired to enter Howdoin college, he entered\\nthe JIaine Conference seminary at Bucksport and fitted\\nhimself to teach higher grades of studies. During this", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "H /STORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\ntime he was superintendent of schools in his native town\\nand active in many directions which might influence the\\ncourse he had marked out for himself. From 1869 to 1872\\nhe was engaged in teaching in Maine and Massachusetts,\\namong his positions being that of principal of the high\\nschool at Rockport. He also taught at two different times\\nin the Reformatory school for the City of Boston, Mass.,\\nthe second time going there as principal this was an\\nexceedingl} diflicult position to fill on account of the\\ncharacter of the pupils, who necessarily attend there.\\nHe, from the first,\\nwas master of the\\nsituation, and at\\nonce gained tlu-\\nlove and c o n fi\\ndence of the boys\\nunder his charge\\nand the esteem\\nand respect of the\\ncity o ffi c i a 1 s\\nWhile in charge\\nof this important\\nschool he made\\nthe acquaintance\\nof Dr. D H\\nD u r g i n T h c\\nacquaintance rip-\\nened into friend-\\nship, friendship\\nbegot advice, and\\nadvice led him to\\n.seek knowledge of\\nmedicine and sur-\\ngery. He began\\nthe study of anat-\\nomy and physiolo-\\ngy while yet a\\nteacher, and after\\nextensive and\\nthorough prepara-\\ntion entered the\\nmedical depart-\\nment at Bowdoin\\ncollege. Later he\\nwas a student at\\nPortland and fi-\\nnally he entered\\nthe medical d e\\npartment at Dart-\\nmouth coll egc\\nHano\\\\ er, where\\nhe was graduated\\nand received his\\ndegree in 1874.\\nHis preparatory course for practice was takeu under the\\ninstruction of Professors P rost and Crosby of Dartmouth,\\nBracket of Bowdoin, Green of Portland, and Long Island,\\nN. Y. It is safe to affirm that few men ever entered the\\nprofession better equipped.\\nDoctor Wallace s first practice was at the Massachusetts\\nState Lunatic hospital. He remained in the institution\\nabout six months and resigned to accept the position of\\nassistant physician of the port of Boston. He was soon\\nafter promoted to the position of port physician to\\nfill the place of his friend, Doctor Fisher, who is now\\nAL(_)NZo .s. w.vi.i.Ac 1;, .\\\\l. 1)\\nsuperintendent of the Presbyterian hospital, N. Y. Doctor\\nWallace resigned the last position mentioned in 1879, ^nd\\nit is a matter of record, and should be a source of pride\\nto his family and friends, that upon his retirement he\\nreceived an unsolicited testimonial in the form of a letter\\nfrom the chairman of its board of health. Doctor Durgiu\\nof Boston, (who still holds the position), reciting that he\\nhad done two-thirds of the work in an institution where\\nthe patients numbered two thousand annually, and that\\nto his faithfulness to duty and power of endurance, he\\nhad never seen a\\nlimit; also, that\\nhe regretted his\\ndetermination to\\nenter private prac-\\ntice. To this was\\nadded another\\ntestimonial, wish-\\ning him God-\\nspeed and honor s\\nsuccess in his new\\nfield. by the offi-\\ncers of pul)lic in-\\nstitutions at Deer\\nIsland. Doctor\\nWallace located,\\n1879, in Brookline,\\nwhere he had a\\nlarge and success-\\nful practice and\\nremained until\\n1 888. From Brook-\\nline he went to\\nRochester, where\\nhe remained but a\\nshort time. F i-\\nnally in October,\\n1889, he came to\\nN ash u a p n r\\nchased the .\\\\Ibert\\nMcKean home-\\nstead on Orange\\nstreet and later\\nliought a farm on\\nthe Mollis road,\\nfor a summer re-\\nsort for his family.\\nHere he remains\\namong the most\\nsuccessful and\\nliusy professional\\nmen in the state.\\nDr. Wallace is a\\nCongregational ist,\\na Canton Odd I ellow, a Ivuight of Pythias, a member of\\nthe ITnited C)rder of the Ciold Cross and Pilgrim Fathers,\\na member of the Massachusetts Medical society, and New\\nILampshire Medical society, and also a member aud vice\\njiresident of the Nashua Medical association. He served\\nin 1895 on the first executive committee of the F^mergency\\nhospital and was re-elected in 1894. He is a trustee of the\\nNutt estate hospital. Doctor Wallace was united in mar-\\nriage Nov. 2, 1876, with Mary F. Maynard, the only\\ndaughter of Charles and Harriet Maynard of Lowell, and\\na graduate of Lasell seminary at Auburndale, Mass. The", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "///SWA OF NASHUA, N.\\n223\\nchildieii iif Ihcir marriage art- Arthur l.owill, lidrii in\\nLowell, Mass., Oct. 12, 1877; Kdilh Maynard, born at Kast\\nBoston, March 24, 1S79; Ivlna June, born at Hrookline,\\nJune 8, 1S80; Ina, liorn at Nashua, el). 21, 1890.\\nAUGUSTUS WASHINGTON SHEA, M. h.\\nAugustus \\\\V. .Sliea, M. D.. was l}nrM in Xashua, .A.ug. 9,\\n186,5. His remotest ancestors were natives of Irelanil^\\nwhere his father, Daniel Shea, who came to .America in\\n1854, was born.\\nIlis uiother, Cath-\\nerine (Mrl)onal(l)\\n.Shea, w li o w a s\\nalso a native of the\\nl)eautiful isle of\\nthe sea, eauie to\\nthis country in\\n1854. He was edu-\\ncated in the pub-\\nlic schools win-\\niiint; the highest\\nlionors, one of the\\nfour N oyes med-\\nals, in the class of\\n1883. He then\\nstudied medicine\\nand surgery in the\\noffice of Doctor\\nCharles B. Ham-\\nmond, ami. being\\na young man of\\nindependent char-\\nacter, paid his own\\nway to the degrees\\nof his profession\\nIjy teaching dur-\\ning the w inter\\nevenings, from\\n1883 to 1887, in\\nthe O D o n n e 1 1\\nschool. Dr. .Shea\\nentered the medi-\\ncal department of\\nthe University of\\nVermont, at Bur-\\nlington in 1884,\\nw here he w a s\\nawarded the first\\nprize for excel-\\nlence and was\\ngraduated with\\nthe degree of M.\\nD. in 18S7. Doctor\\n.Shea then located in his native city, and at once took\\nrank among the first men in his profession, his ad-\\nvice and assistance in critical cases being in constant\\ndemand in both medicine and surgery. He served as city\\n])hysician and member of the board of health in 1888 and\\nr.SSi/, anil has been active in promoting the affairs of the\\nICmergency hospital, being a member of the staff at the\\npresent lime. He is presidentof the board of United Stales\\nexamining surgeons for this district and of the Nashua\\nMedical association, also a member of the New Hampshire\\nMedical association. Doctor .Shea is a niendicr of the\\n.M CIISTITS \\\\V. SHEA. .M. I).\\nChurch of the Immaculate Conception, Court Xashua.\\nand division Xo. i, A. II. He is unniarrieil.\\nFRANK tfVHRETT KITTRHL)(}E, .M. h.\\nFrank H. Kiltredge. sou of Charles and Maria K.\\n(Chase) Kiltredge, was born at Concord, May 8, 1862. His\\nimmigrant ancestor was Captain John Kiltredge, (who\\nwas master of a ship that ])lie(l between luigland and for-\\neign ports), fled from Great Britain to .\\\\merica in i6(k),\\nand settled at\\nBillerica, Mass..\\nwliere, having\\nmedical recipes,\\nand being of a sur-\\ngical turn of mind,\\nh e b e c a ni e a\\nprominent physi-\\ncian and surgeon.\\nHe spelled his\\nn a m e Ketredge.\\nThe descent is\\nJohn, 1644, John,\\n1666, John, 1685,\\nJohn, 1709, Solo.\\nnion, 1736. Solo-\\nmon, 1755, Josiah,\\n1787, Charles, 1829,\\nl rank E., 1862.\\nThere have been\\nphysicians and\\nsurgeons in every\\ngeneration of tiie\\nfamily since that\\ntime, and some of\\nthem noted ones.\\nI )n the maternal\\nside he also traces\\nhis lineage direct\\nfrom English par-\\nentage.\\nHe was ed ucated\\nin the public\\nschools of Nashua,\\nand graduated at\\nthe high school in\\ntlie class of 1882.\\nDoctor Kiltredge\\nthen became a stu-\\nilent of the Uni-\\nversity of Penn-\\nsylvania at Phila-\\ndelphia, where\\nhe was graduateil\\nwith the degree of M. D. in 18,85. To Doctor Kiltredge s\\ncredit it should be said that he was a diligent student and\\nsought secular employment during his vacations in the\\nsummer months and thus earned money to pay his college\\nexpenses. Following his graduation he took a cruise to\\nthe Azores as surgeon of the barque Sarah.\\nUpon his return he settled in practice in Centre Harbor,\\nwhere he had gratifying success and remained until 18,89,\\nwhen he returned to Nashua, and the next year, 1890,\\nassociated himself with .\\\\lonzo S. Wallace. M. D.. under\\nthe linn name of Wallace ^c Kittredge, which prrtnerslup", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "524\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\ncontinued until April I, 1895, since which time he has\\nbeen in practice for himself. Doctor Kittredge is a con-\\nscientious and capable phj-sician and surgeon, who ob-\\ntained the confidence of the community at the begintiiiig\\nof his career and has held it with increasing patronage.\\nHe is a public spirited citizen, always ready to take an\\nactive part in all good works, and responds readiU and\\ncheerfully to all demands made upon his time and talents\\nfor the public good. He was treasurer of the Nashua Hos-\\npital association during the first year of its organization\\nis a member of the\\nNashua Medical\\nassociation and its\\ntreasurer, and a\\nmember of the\\nNew Hampshire\\nMedical society\\nand on its execu-\\ntive committee\\nfor 1894 and 1895;\\nhe has held the\\noffice of county\\nphysician since\\n18S9, is a member\\nof the Indepen-\\ndent Order of Odd\\nFellows, Knights\\nof Pythias, Pil-\\ngrim Fathers, and\\nKnights and La-\\ndies of Honor.\\nDoctor Kitt-\\nredge was united\\nin marriage Dec.\\n21, 1887, with M.\\nLizzie Combs,\\ndaughter of James\\nG. Combs and\\ngranddaughter of\\nDavid Combs, one\\nof the first settlers\\nof Dunstable, now\\nNashua. Mrs.\\nKittredge was\\ngraduated at the\\nNashua high\\nschool in the class\\nof 1884, and from\\nthat time until her\\nmarriage was a\\nsuccessful teacher\\nin the public\\nschools in this\\ncity.\\nFii.vxK K. RiT i i;i;iii.i:, \\\\i. d.\\nISAIAH G. ANTHOINE, M. D.\\nIsaiah G. Anthoine, M. D., was born at Windham, Me.,\\nMarch 25, 1846. He can trace his lineage with absolute\\ncertainty, from the middle of the last century, when\\nNicholas Anthoine came to this country and settled at\\nMarlilehead, Mass., (see Histor} of Antrim.) Nicholas\\ncame from the Isle of Jersey in the British channel, which\\nhas long been a possession of England, though once\\na part of France and retains its French manners and\\ncustoms to this daj-. Nicholas married Rachael Hawkes\\nand their children were John, Rachael and Nicholas, Jr.\\nThe last named with many others, were among the pio-\\nneers of New Marblehead, Me., now known as Windham.\\nHe married Ann Pettingill of Windham, Me. He was a\\nman of note in that section of the country, and though he\\nhad but six weeks of schooling in all his life, was a fine\\nscholar, a teacher of Latin, navigation and surveying and\\nparticularly proficient in astronomy. He had a telescope\\nand library of astronomical works and used to calculate\\neclipses. He also\\nstudied medicine\\nsufficiently to be\\nof great use to the\\nsettlers who were\\nthen remote from\\nphysicians. A line\\nof scholarship is\\ntraceable in every\\nfamily from Nich-\\nolas, Jr., to the\\npresent genera-\\ntion. Of his chil-\\ndren, John mar-\\nried Mary Oilman\\nand the subject of\\nthis sketch w a s\\ntheir son. Doctor\\nAnthoine was but\\ntwelve years of\\na g e w hen his\\nfather died and\\nhence it happened\\nthat, in accom-\\nplishing a resolve\\nhe had made thus\\nearly in life to\\niil)tain an educa-\\ntion, he was com-\\npelled to work his\\nway unaided to\\ngraduation in his\\nchosen profession.\\nDoctor .Anthoine\\nobtained his pri-\\nmary education in\\nthe public schools\\nof his native\\nplace, he became\\na school teacher\\nat the age of\\nseventeen, and\\nworked his way to\\na complete educa-\\ntion in his profession by teaching winter terms of public\\nschools, and in summer working in the hay field or at\\nwhatever he could find to do. Meantime he entered\\nStevens Plains seminary atWestbrook, Me., now Deering,\\ngraduating from that school in 1868, in the college pre-\\nliaratory course, class of 1872. He entered Dartmouth\\ncollege in the autumn of the same year, but was obliged\\nto go out teaching during his freshman 3 ear to obtain\\nmeans for meeting college expenses, yet by hard study he\\nkept up with his class to the junior year. Doctor\\n.\\\\nthoine now concluded to take up the study of medicine", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP NASHUA, N. If.\\n225\\nand surjjery, and for that purpose enlercil the Portland\\nScliool for Medical Instruction at Portland. Me., where\\nhe remained two years, his preceptors beins; I rof. William\\nWarren Green and Dr. S. H. Weeks of that city, after\\nwhich he entered Howdoin Medical college, from which\\ninstitution he graduated in 1S74. Doctor Anthoine located\\nat Antrim, where he had a large and successful practice\\nof eighteen \\\\-ears. lie came from .Antrim to Nashua in\\n1892. The departure was greatly regretted 1 the people\\nof .\\\\ntrini whom he had served. lie is a physician in\\nwhom his contem-\\nporaries in the\\n])rofession repose\\nthe fvilkst confi-\\ndence, who is\\noften called in\\nconsultation in\\ndiflicult cases ami\\nwho in this, his\\nnew lielil, has met\\nwith success that\\ncannot be other-\\nwise than gratify-\\ning to himself and\\nfriends. .\\\\s might\\nlie naturally ex-\\npected (if a man\\nwhose ancestors\\nwere of scholarly\\nhabits. Doctor\\n.\\\\nthi)iiu has been\\nactive all his life\\nin the cause of\\neducation. Dur-\\ning his residence\\nin .-V u t r i ni h e\\nserved the people\\nfive years assuper-\\ni n t e n d e n t of\\nschools, resigning\\nonly when his\\npractice became so\\nlarge that he could\\nnot give the in-\\nterests of the town\\nthe attention they\\nrequired. Since\\ncoming to Nashua\\nhe has renewed\\nhis interest in the\\njieople s cause,\\nand they have\\nrecognized the\\nfact by electing\\nhim, in 1894, a member of the board of education for a\\nterm of six years, commencing Jan. i, 1895. Doctor\\nAnthoine is a past grand in Odd Fellowship and a Master\\nMason. He has served the District Medical societ)- at\\nConcord as its president and has been a delegate of the\\nState Medical society to Dartmouth Medical college. He\\nis a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and one\\nof its trustees. Doctor .\\\\nthoine was married in .Antrim.\\nJan. 2, 1877, his bride being Kate I. Preston of .\\\\ntrim.\\nThey have one son, Harry M., Ijorn Oct. 2, 1S79, and one\\ndaughter, Mary E., born Aug. 11, 18S5.\\nISAI All I.. AN I IliilXli. .\\\\l. u.\\nI.IITHHK F. l.OCKh:, M. D.\\nLuther Eranklin I^ocke was born at I.angdon, X. H.,\\nNov. 3, 1820, died at Nashua, Feb. 14, 1892. He was a\\nlineal descendant of Deacon William I.ocke of London,\\nIvngland, who emigrated with other Pilgrim families to\\nthis country in 1635, and settled at Woburn, Mass. He\\nwas the oldest son of Luther and Hannah Willard Locke.\\nHis father, a well known trader between Boston and Lang-\\ndon, was a m.in of sterling (pialities of head and heart.\\nOn the maternal\\nside he was a de-\\nscendant of the\\nWillards who were\\na sturdy and in-\\ndustrious people\\nand whose pos-\\nterity has become\\np r o m i n e n t in\\nmany sections of\\nthe countrv.\\nDoctor Locke,\\nwlicn a boy, at-\\ntended the .schools\\nof his native town.\\nBeing reared in a\\nseverely rugged\\ncountry the diffi-\\nculties he had to\\nsurmount to ob-\\ntain a higher\\neducation were\\nnumerous and try-\\ning. .\\\\fter taking\\na preparatory\\ncourse at Ashby\\nacademy and at\\nPhilips academy,\\n.\\\\ndover, Mass.,\\nhe went to Mid-\\ndlebury college\\nand was graduated\\nin 1 84 5. From\\nthere he went to\\nHarvard and stud-\\nied medicine, sur-\\ngery and dentistry\\n:ind was graduated\\nin 1849. He paid\\nhis way chiefly\\nliy teaching for\\nwliich he had a\\nmarked ability.\\nIn 1846 he opened\\nNashville in Central building,\\nan advanced school in\\nwhich stood where Tuttle s block now is.\\nIn 1850 Doctor Locke opened an ofhce in the old Good-\\nrich block and practiced his profession w ith success. As\\nthe years went b)- his practice increased to such an extent\\nthat he was compelled to give up one branch or the other.\\nHe gave up that of medicine. Later he opened au office in\\nFisher s block where he practiced dentistry until his death,\\n(more than forty years.)\\nFew Nashuans were better known or more highly re-\\ngarded as a citizen. He dealt extensivelv in real estate,", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "226\\nrirSTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nmingled with the people on a democratic plane, and did of the Boston Dental college in June, 1895, now practicing\\nhis part to push Nashua into the front rauk of New Eng- in this city; Harriet F., a student in architecture at the\\nland cities. In the dark daj S of the rebellion he ren- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Eva M., astudent\\nat Michigan university Bessie E., died Nov. 22, 1885.\\nKATHHRINH H. HOYT, M. D.\\nKatherine E. Hoyt, M. I)., was born at Bradford, Vt.,\\nMarch 27, 1864. vShe is a daughter of IMward and Anne\\nM. (Merrill) Frichard, and a descendant on the paternal\\nside of Lieut. Jeremiah Prichard of New Ipswich. Lieu-\\ntenant Prichard served in the Revolutionary War and was\\nseverely wounded. His son, Col. George W. Prichard,\\nbecame a prominent resident of Bradford, and it was at\\nthat place that the father of tlie subject of this sketch was\\nborn Nov. 29, 1S24, and where he died Nov. 28, 1870. He\\nwas a merchant, and held many positions of public trust.\\nf)n the maternal side she is a descendant of Caleb Merrill,\\na prominent lawyer of Pittsfield, where her mother was\\nliorn June 17, 1829; her second marriage being with Jere-\\nniiali W. While of Nashua, in 1881.\\nKatlR rine I ricliard was graduated at llradford academy,\\nVt., in 1SS2, in a class of five young men who were pre-\\nparing for Dartmouth college. The following year was\\nspent in pursuing a classical course at Abbott academy,\\nAndover, Mass. In October, 1884, having manifested a\\ndesire for the study of medicine, under the encourage-\\nment of 4ier step-father, Mr. White, she matriculated as a\\nstudent at the Wonum s Medical college of the New York\\nwork at the Wonum s reformatory a* Sherborn. Mass. In\\n1.1 J 11 1 .i; I i.ot Ki:, M. D.\\ndered both the state and national government valuable\\nservice. He served on the board of examining surgeons of\\nstate troops, and, niiuli In bis credit, volunteered as a\\ngovernment surgeon and inidericl important service in\\nthe early days of the war, during which time he made the\\nfir.st authentic report of the battle of Bull Run. In addi-\\ntion to this service he compiled, edited, aud published\\nNashua s Roll of Honor, a pamphlet that contains a\\nnearly complete list with notes of service, of the soldiers\\naud sailors who fought under the flag in the Civil War.\\nDoctor Locke was a man of active temperament and withal\\nwas persevering, and thus it happened that he studied\\nand solved many hard problems and invented many labor-\\nsaving machines and novelties that are now in use.\\nHe also invented, copyrighted and published a system\\nof book-keeping for landlords, called the Australian sys-\\ntem. His last invention was a ventilated shoe, which he\\nhad just patented.\\nDoctor Locke was a coninnmicanl of the Pilgrim Ccni-\\ngregational church, a menilier of Ibe .\\\\merican Scientific\\nsociety aud several medical aud dental societies.\\nDoctor I^ocke was twice nuirried. His first wife, to\\nwhom he was married in 1850, was Sarah V. Williams of\\nGroton, Mass., who died in 1861. He afterwards married,\\nMarch 29, 1865, Carrie D. Barrett of Langdon, daughter of\\nAaron and Susan (Graves) Barrett, who is still living at\\nthe Locke homesteail on .\\\\ndierst street. The doctor s\\nchildren were all by his second wife; Sarah Grace, born\\nin Nashua, died May 11, iSSg; Anna W., a graduate of\\nWellesley college, is now studying medicine at the I ni-\\nversitv of Michi,gan, Ann Ai-bor C. Gertrude, a graduate\\nK.\\\\riIl;KIXE E. IIOVT, w. u.\\nInfirnKiry, and pursued a three years course, graduating\\nin 18S7. The year following was occupied in hospital\\nJanuary, 18,89, she opened an office for general practice in", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "///STOh A .IS//f:i. .V.\\nthis city. and. although the first residfiil vviiuiaii physi-\\ncian, she met with such encouragement anil support as to\\nKail her, on her return from a prolonged trip to California,\\nin 1892, to continue practice, devoting her time entirely to\\ngynecological work and obstetrics. She is a member of\\nthe Mew Hampshire Medical society, ami the Xew ICng-\\nland hospital Medical society of Hostou.\\n(}hoiu;h bowhrs, d. d. s.\\nGeorge liowers. I). I). S.. was born in IlaucocU, ()rti l)er\\n10. iS_^i died at Nashua. December 29, 1893. He was a\\nilesceiiil.ini of John Howers, who w-as born at Leominster.\\n(,i-,()|;ge boweks, d.\\nMass., Seiiteuiber 12, 1757, and married Ivlizabeth Uoulille\\nof that place December 11, 1783. His parents were Mark\\nand .Seliiia Foster) Bowers, (the latter a native of Stod-\\ndard i, who were married February 16. 1830, .ind niailc\\ntheir home at Hancock.\\nDoctor Bowers was educated in llie common and higii\\nscliools of his native place and Appleton academy, (now\\nMcColluin institutej, in Mont Vernon, and was regularly\\ngraduated at the Philadelphia Dental college in 1S65,\\nreceiving a diploma and the title of D. D. S. During his\\nyouth he was a successful teacher in grammar schools in\\nNew Hani])shire and Massachusetts. He began the prac-\\ntice of dentistry at Nashua in 1856, and later located in\\nHancock where he remained three years. He then re-\\nmoved to Springfield, Vt.. where he became a ])nimineiit\\ncitizen and had a successful practice fifteen years. It was\\nwhile at this place that he attended college and received\\nliis degree. In 1877 he returned to Nashua where he was\\nin active and successful practice until his death.\\nDoctor Bowers was ever active and influential in public\\nlife; but. while he was a man of strong convictions and\\ndecided o])inions in all political matters, his professional\\nduties prevented his being an aspirant for political\\nhonors. He became a member of the Masonic lodge at\\nSpringfield, Vt., and served it for a time as chaplain.\\nLater he took a decided interest in the fnitcd Order of\\nthe .olden Cross, being a member of Xa.shua com-\\nmaudcry. which he served as grand commander. He was\\na consistent mend er of Pilgrim church, Nashua, and\\nanu ng the foremost in all good works. He was also a\\nmember of the Connecticut N alley and New Hampshire\\nDental societies.\\nDoctor Howers was an upright and useful citizen who\\nperformed many kindly acts for his fellownien in a sim-\\nl le and quiet way. He was well read a thinker who was\\ntrue to his own convictions and determined in the per-\\nformance of dtity to the public and to his family, all of\\nwhich was attested by resolutions passed at the time of\\nhis death by the bodies of which he was a member.\\nDoctor Bowers was united in marriage December 28,\\n1S58, with Urania Iv. Hrackeltof Ilolyoke, Mass.. a teacher\\nin the public schools of that place. Mrs. Bowers immi-\\ngrant ancestor, John Brackett, came from Scotland and\\nwas a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Her parents\\nwere Charles Brackett, born Septembers, 1786, died April\\n27, 1846, and Lucy Brackett, born Nov. i, 1793, died Sept.\\n25, 1875. Four children were born to Doctor and Mrs.\\nHowers: .\\\\delbertV., born March 28, i860, died Juiie 18,\\n1865; Lucy born l eb. 12, 1862, died June 2 Horace A,.\\nborn December 15, 1863, died December H. 1889; George\\nA., born March 31, i,S6fi, m;in ird l- iinnic L. Saw\\\\ cr, Octo-\\nber 4, 1893.\\nHUl^ACH A. BOWHRS, IJ. IJ. S.\\nHorace Howers. D. D. S., son of George and Trauia\\n1 (Brackett) Bovvers, w-as born at Springfield, Vt.. Dec.\\n15, 1863, died at Nashua, Dec. 8, 1SS9. F or ancestors see\\nliiography of his father.)\\nDoctor Bowers was educated in the common schools\\nof his native place and was graduated in the classical de-\\nn()\\\\\\\\i;i!s. i I),\\npartment of the Nashua High school in 1881. He studied\\ndentistry in the office of his father and was graduated at", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "228\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nthe Uiiiversity of Pennsylvania in 18S4. receiving a di-\\nploma and the degree of D. D. S. Following his gradua-\\ntion he returned to Nashua and from that time until his\\n(ilSOKCE A. DOWKltS, 1). U. s.\\ndeath was associated in his profession with his father and\\npracticing intermittently at Pepperell. Mass. He was an\\nadmitted expert in his profession.\\nDoctor Bowers was a promising young man and a favor-\\nite with all who formed his acquaintance. He was an\\nattendant of Pilgrim church, the Bukle\\\\- club at Holyoke,\\nMass., the Nashua City Guards association, and the Con-\\nnecticut Valley and New Hampshire Dental .societies.\\nThat Doctor Bowers was highly esteemed, and that, in\\nhis early death he was sincerely mourned, is attested by\\nthe following extract from the pulilished eulogj of a\\nfriend: Professionally he was highly regarded. In his\\ncollege work he led his class and in practice he reached\\nthe highest mark of perfection and did all in his power to\\nkeep the standard of dentistry high. Socially he was one\\nof the most genial of young men, without an enemy in the\\nworld. He was prominent in societ} and in the affairs of\\never} day life and was deeply mourned by a wide circle of\\nfriends and acquaintances. Doctor Bowers was a single\\nnum.\\nGEORGE A. BOWERS, D. D. S.\\n(ieorge A. Bowers, D. 1). S.. was born at Springfield,\\nVt., March 31, 1866. He is a son of George and Urania E.\\n(Brackett) Bowers. (For ancestors see sketch of his\\nfather.)\\nDoctor Bowers was educated in the schools of his native\\nplace and at Nashua, where he took a classical course in the\\nhigh school and was graduated in the class of 1884. He\\nbegan his dental education by spending a year in his\\nfather s office, and in October, 1885, entered the dental\\ndepartment of the University of Pennsylvania from which\\nhe was graduated in 1888 with the degree of D. D. S.,\\nmeantime practicing from time to time iu Pepperell, Mass.\\nFollowing his graduation he opened an office at Clare-\\nmont, where he practiced three years, and after perfecting\\nhimself in his profession, in 1891, returned to Nashua and\\nassociated himself with his father, whose successor he is\\nin the large practice and favors bestowed upon him.\\nDoctor Bowers is w^idelj- known in his profession as an\\nexpert, evidence of which is shown in the fact that he\\nhas received calls to clinic in Vermont and Canada. Many\\nof his original improvements have contributed not a little\\nto make dentistry one of the finest of fine arts.\\nDoctor Bowers is an active citizen. He is a member of\\nthe order of the Knights of Pythias, the Nashua City\\nGuards club, Nashua Golf club, was president of the New\\nHampshire Dental society in 1894, and is an honored\\nmember of the Dental society of Vermont.\\nHe was united in marriage October 4, 1893, with Fannie\\nIj. Sawyer, daughter of Aaron W. and Fanny (Winch)\\nSawyer. For ancestors, see sketch of the career of her\\nfather.)\\nGEORGE VAN NESS DEARBORN, M. D.\\n(ieorge V. Dearborn, M. D., was born in Nashua, Aug.\\n15, i85g. He is a son of Cornelius V. and Louisa F.\\n(Eaton) Dearborn. (For ancestors see sketch of his\\nfather.) Doctor Dearborn was educated in the public\\nschools of Nashua, and graduated at the Nashua high\\nschool. He entered Dartmouth college in 1886, and\\ngraduated in the class of 1890. He studied medicine and\\nsurgery at the College of Phj sicians and Surgeons in New-\\nYork and at the medical department of Columbia univer-\\nsity, Washington, D. C, where he was graduated with the\\ndegree of M. D., in 1893. He attends the First congrega-\\ntional church, and is a member of the Theta Delta I hi\\nGEOllGE V. X. DEAHHORN, M. D.\\nfraternity. Doctor Dearborn was united in marriage June\\n18, 1893, with Blanche Velina Brown, daughter of Leonard\\nR. and Luria (Palmer) Brown of Bloomington, 111.\\nFRED JULIAN CROWELL, D. D. S.\\nI red J. Crowell, D. D. S., was l)orn in West Windham,\\nJuly 15, 1859. He is a son of Joseph P. and Susan (Coljurn\\nCrowell. On the paternal side he is a descendant of", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF XASHUA, A H.\\n!29\\nSamuel Crowell, who came to America about the mi(hlle\\nof the eighteenth century and made a short tarry at Salem,\\nMass. He settled in Haverhill, Mass., and duritii; the\\nFRKD J. CRO\\\\Vi;i,l\u00e2\u0080\u009e D. D. S.\\nRevolutionary War served in the continental armj rising\\nto the rank of lieutenant. David Crowell, son of Samuel,\\nsettled in Londonderry in 1793. Jesse Crowell, son of\\nDavid, settled in Windham in 1806, and Joseph P., son of\\nJesse, was the father of Fred J. On the maternal side he\\nis a descendant of the Coburns, who came to this country\\nin 1640, and of Capt. Peter Coburu of Dracut, Mass., who\\nwas in the battle of Bunker Hill and other engagements of\\nthe Revolutionary War. His son, Capt. Peter H. Coburn,\\na Dracut schoolmaster, was also in the patriot army.\\nJames F. Coburn, son of Capt. Peter H., born in Dracut,\\nwas the grandfather of the subject of this sketch.\\nDoctor Crowell attended the public schools of his native\\nplace, and, being ambitious to obtain a better education\\nthan they afforded, he saved from his earnings and con-\\ntinued his studies as he had opportunity. He attended\\nCrosby s Literary institution in Nashua and Carney s busi-\\nness college in Lawrence, after which he apprenticed him-\\nself at Billerica, Mass., and learned the machinist s trade.\\nIn 1879 he came to Nashua, and from that time to 1884 he\\nwas employed at Flather s, and Warner Whitney s ma-\\nchine shops. He then studied dentistry- for a year with\\nDr. C. R. Faxon, at the end of which time he entered the\\nI niversity of Maryland at Baltimore, where he graduated\\nwith the degree of I). D. S., March 16, 1887. Returning to\\nNashua he again entered the office of Doctor Faxon, where\\nhe served as an assistant until i8go, when he located in\\nNoyes block in business for himself. He has met with\\ngratifying success and stands high in the profession. He\\nis a member of Ancient York lodge, A. F. and A. M.\\nnichuck lodge, I. O. F Evening Star, K. o( P\\nOlive Branch, D. of R.\\nJune 26, 1895, Doctor Crowell was united in marriage\\nwith Klizabeth Jeanette Graham, a daughter of William\\nand .\\\\manda (Richardson) Oraham of Norton, Mass. No\\nchildren.\\nPen-\\nand\\nSETH WESTON WILLIAMS, A. B., M. U.\\nSeth W. Williams, A. B., M. D., was born in Nashua,\\n.\\\\pril 15, 1849, died Sept. 20, 1879. He was a son of Hon.\\nCharles and Eliza A. (Weston) Williams, f For genealogy\\nsee sketch of his father.;\\nAt the age of fifteen he went from the Nashua High\\n.school to Phillips academy at Andover, Mass., graduat-\\ning there in 1868; received his A. B. at Yale, 1873; M. D.\\nat Bellevue, 1876; graduated in the German classics. Uni-\\nversity of Heidelberg, 1876. He studied under Yirchou\\nin Berlin in 1876 and 1877, and returning to Heidelberg,\\ntook a special course in microscopy, in the laboratory of\\nProfessor .-Vrnold and spent some time at the general hos-\\npital in Vienna, 1877. He was awarded the I lint prize in\\nphysiology, 1876, and was author of the Sayre prize essay\\non The etiology and pathology of Potts disease, in 1879.\\nAt the close of his senior service, while on his vacation,\\nhe died suddenly. At the time of his decease he had been\\nassigned to the third medical division at Bellevue hospi-\\ntal and was to have entered upon his duties as house\\nphysician Oct. i, 1879.\\nDoctor Williams course of study from 1868 to 1879, ne-\\ncessitating absence from home, made him little known in\\nhis native city, yet from time to time testimonials reached\\nhis parents and friends that more than fulfilled the prom-\\nises of his youth. From Andover, his preparatory school:\\nSeth s fine mental and moral culture, his lovely charac-\\nter and splendid attainments lead us to expect great\\nthings of him. From class record at Yale To the\\npreparation of his life work Mr. Williams brought a capac-\\nit\\\\- and zeal which gave ample promise of success. Purity\\nof thought and action were the silent forces that drew\\nabout him a large number of friends. From Prof. Louis\\nk. Sayre, Bellevue hospital. New York: I was grieved\\nbeyond the power of language to express, to learn of the\\ndeath of }-our brilliant son. I had formed a most pro-\\nfound professional regard for him and looked forward\\nM.lH ll.I,l.\\\\.\\\\l.-^, A. 1;.. M. u.\\nwith great jileasure to his distinguished promotion. Life\\nand health was all he required to reach the highest dis-\\ntinction in his profession.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "230 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nMEDICAL HISTORY OF NASHUA i\\nFrom its Earliest Times until the Present Date.\\nBY CHAKIJiS B. HAMMOND.\\nI\\nWHIvN it becomes necessary to make a record of our fellowmeu, it were well to consider 1\\nthe times, geographical position, and purpose for which they struggled for existence.\\nOiir welfare and advancement depends largely upon the times in which we live,\\nand are changed often to conform to the years which are added to it. We are obliged 1\\nof necessity to .so fashion and shape our lives, to a greater or less degree, as to meet the require- j\\nments of the natural elements against which we are forced to contend in the mere matter of living.\\nThe climate has much to do with our general makeup. The hardiness, integrity and sturdy nature\\nof our New England ancestry can in no way l)e better accounted for than from the fact that the\\nsevere and rigorous climate has so moulded and shaped the growing twigs as that they are best able\\nto bear, to the uttermost limit, their burden of life. The purpose for which we live and the aim of\\nour desires likewise share in the general work of making us what we eventually become. There is,\\nperhaps, no profession which is so thoroughh- affected by these three considerations as that of the\\nmedical and its allied branches.\\nThe medical history of Nashua does not, by any means, cover the ground to the extent of reach-\\ning throughout the general historical record which has been made of our township in other matters.\\nWe can with difficulty account for any time prior to the Revolutionary War, and bttt nieagerly from\\nthat up to the year iSoo. The whole country was in a crude state of civilization, and the trouble\\nwith the Indians and the little unpleasantness with England, which immediately followed, had en-\\ngendered in each heart a spirit of alertness and patriotic pride that greath- fostered their courage\\nand developed their self-reliance.\\nThe lives of the physician of those days must have been similar to that of their fellowmeu and\\nthe separation or distinction due to their calling in no wise marked. They prescribed when their\\nservices were needed, but at other times tilled the soil like their neighbors. The inhabitants being\\nscattered and few in number rendered it imperative that each professional man should be possessed\\nof several trades or modes of earning his livelihood, and, for this reason, we find that the physician\\nwas often the school teacher, the singing master, justice, nay, even pastor of the little flock which\\nhad pitched its camp at that place. And this fact remains somewhat true, even to the present writ-\\ning, in our smaller and more remote towns.\\nWe, ourselves, can remenil)er with great distinctness that the old fashioned choir at church on a\\ngoodly Sunday morning was quite embarrassed as to how to proceed, in-as-much as its leader and\\nbass accompaniment was obliged to attend to an imperative sick call. The leavening power of our\\ncities could not extend (|uickly or far into the wilderness from lack of our modern means of convey-\\nance, and from the want of printed matter, could not inform or instruct the residents of these parts,\\neven when they had the opportunity of frequent communication.\\nThus the people were forced to be self-reliant, hence their sturdiness and energv. So also with\\nthe physician he could not have within his reach the recent medical lectures of a large number of\\nprofessors no skilled druggist at his command to prepare his compounds, and render the bitter\\nsweet no warm sleigh, covered with costly furs in which to make his calls. Far different. The\\ncountry doctor was obliged to be his own pharmacist and di.spenser of pills and herbs, and the small\\namount of literature which it was his good fortune to obtain, was more after the form of a treatise\\nthan a live and recent lecture or essay.\\nHe carried his few simples in bags made for the purpose and thrown over the saddle, and,\\nastride his good horse, made his professional calls, often, in the winter, through enormous drifts of\\nsnow, and almost trackless and lonely forest roads so dense and dark as that only the good lieast\\nhimself could with great difficulty pick the way. Then, too, there was no friendly brother doctor\\nnear, upon whom he could call in cases of emergency, but he was obliged to be a tower of strength\\nunto himself, and right nobly, so far as we may learn, has he met the full requirements demanded.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "JI/SJOK) OI N.ISI/U.l, X. 11. 2^\\\\\\nHis purpose in life seems iie\\\\-er to lia\\\\-e changed, or to have tliffered one whit from that of\\nphysicians of to-day. He labored with greater disad\\\\-antages and more hardshi])s for the same end,\\nsignalling, with bla/ing ensign, the fact of his willingness to do good unto all and at all times. His\\nindomitable ])luck and untiring energy to alla\\\\- disease can well be a lesson to the recent graduate,\\nand serve to renew his faltering, failing strength for the battle of the future.\\nThe medicines of these pioneer phj-sicians were few, and for the most part, simple. The more\\nimportant drugs consisted of opium, iron, and the various barks and roots, both foreign and domestic\\nin their growth, but the value of each, owing to their smallness in numl)er, was all the more\\nthoroughI understood and a]ipreciated. The herl)s and remedies from the vegetalde world far\\nexceeded those from the mineral kingdom. Their doses were ipiite sufficient, as many now living\\ncan affirm from exj^erience, and their reasons for the exhibition of this or that drug, if not able to be\\nmade plain to the modern ph\\\\sician, were in most cases, quite as successful in acconi])lishing the\\ndesired results.\\nBlood-letting was considered in those da_\\\\-s to be of the utmost value and imiKnlance, if not an\\nal)Sii]utc necessity-, and there was scarcely a disease which did not demand it.\\nThe \\\\arious parts of the body were reckoned to be of the greatest importance in regard to the\\nalistraction of blood from it. Those troubles which affected the heart, head and chest, together\\nwith the various forms of neuralgia and rheumatism, were cases in which bleeding was supposed to\\nbe most efficacious.\\nWe must remember that, in those times, the effort to li\\\\-e and grow up was so great that onlj-\\nthe strongest and most healthy children were ecpial to the attaining of manhood s age.\\nThen, too, the natural health of the people was such that there were fewer feeble children born\\ninto the world. Their out-door life and simple nourishment, together with the enforced labor and\\nwell ventilated abodes, prevented many of our most common diseases from occurring. Thus the\\nidnsiciau was perhaps able to do with less drugs and fewer I emedies and, possibly, less learning\\nwithout necessarily increasing the death rate. Indeed, we find that they did not all have the honor\\nof graduating from schools of medicine, but, with minds naturallx- gifted with great observation,\\npenetration and almost perfect retentive power, the\\\\ managed each year to become more skilled and\\nefficient in their chosen work.\\nTheir book-learning, in the majority of cases, was limited, more especiall to materia medica,\\ntherapeutics, and clinical medicine, and added to these, they were expected to know something of\\nsurgery. They were tlie dentists of the place and jierformed that part of their duties by extracting\\nall offending members, and, perhai)S, if \\\\-er\\\\- skillful, replacing, after the loss of all, 1)\\\\- false ones,\\nthose which to-da\\\\- would have been considered unjusth sacrificed.\\nThen, too, the country doctor was the only veterinary surgeon, and did not deem it at all beneath\\nhis dignity to render aid to his brother s ox, cow, or horse, if, perchance, his services were so\\nneeded.\\nAs we all know the times were vers- hard, and ready nione\\\\ scarce; the inhabitants poor,\\nunlettered and likewise few in number. The t)ld New England climate was cold, rigorous and\\nsevere in the winter .season, and equally as hot and uncomfortable during the summer months, so\\nthat, were it not for the natural inl)orn love and devotion to his work, there would have been fewer\\nfollowers of the medical profession than were found. When we consider the enforced long rides, and\\nthe exposure to all kinds of weather and at all times during the twenty-four hours, and the smallness\\nof the remuneration received, it is a wonder that we could have found aiu physicians in Nashua\\nprior to the year 1820. Indeed, they as often did receive their recompense in the shape of table\\nproduce or cattle fodder as in any other form of payment.\\nThe)- appreciated their neighbor s wants, j-es, and even anticipated them to the most self-\\nsacrificing degree, and their rough, even uncouth exterior most often hid the warmest kind of an\\ninner self. It is said that they were obliged to procure their medicines. from distant Boston town, a\\njourney of more than forty miles, as the roads then run. The doctor would start at day-break, even\\nbefore the rising of the sun, mounted on his faithful steed, and travel slowly through the little\\nhamlets along the various streams, stopping here and there at those grand old warm-hearted\\nhostelries, for which the country was then famous, and picking up now and then the general news\\nand various gossips to be retailed when he should again reach home.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "232 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nArriviii in town he would la\\\\- in a six months supply, carefully and discreetly selected, not\\nonly as to kind and quality, but also as to quantity, so as to be within the limits of his slender purse,\\nand, having satisfied himself in these respects, retire to the chop house, there to discuss the living\\nquestions of the day.\\nIt is also related that the doctor was likewise called upon during these trips to make purchases\\nfor friends and patients, and became, as it were, an express messenger for his neighbors. This was\\nbefore the regular run made by the stage coaches which afterwards very effectually transacted all\\nsuch business up to the time of the coming of the canals and railroads.\\nThe physician then was much nearer the hearts and homes of his little flock than now, being,\\nfrom necessity, as often called upon to administer to their moral and mental ails as to those of a\\npurely physical nature. The want and need of mutual trust and confidence has in no age been\\nbetter exemplified than during those troubled years in which our forefathers were obliged to guard\\nnot only themselves but their fellow-townsmen and their homes as well. Thus, by intimate and close\\nrelationship, the physician became even as the patriarch of his tribe, and, in most ca.ses, well desen-ed\\nthe honor.\\nThese little trips to Boston were not altogether dista.steful to the doctor himself. He had now an\\nopportunity to visit his brother practitioners and observe their methods, also to call at the few\\nho.spitals which then existed, and gather to himself the various innovations in which such places\\nalways abound. In this way he materially broadened his pathway in life s work and added to his\\nscanty medical knowledge not a few new ideas, both of a medical and, more especially, of a\\nsurgical nature.\\nRefreshed within and without, and having fulfilled all the trusts which were imparted to him, he\\nagain retraced his weary way homeward, where, for some weeks, he was the hero of the place and\\nwas expected, and willing, if not anxious, to repeat all the gossip and news he had so carefully\\ntreasured for this very purpose. And there was a sense of solid, supreme comfort even to these\\npioneer phvsicians, not unmingled with virtuous pride, to be considered the first man in the\\nvillage.\\nBy the foregoing description we have tried to faithfully portray the pioneer physician of Nashua,\\ncovering all that time of which no authentic record can be had as to this or that especial one, even\\nup to the 3 ear iSoo. Since then we ha\\\\e the medical history fairly well recorded, in memory at\\nleast, if not in manuscript. Let us remember, then, that it was from men like these our good\\ncommon-sensed physicians of to-day have had their origin, and it is due to their honesty and\\nintegrity, in great part at least, that we have become what we are.\\nThe first authentic record of any special practitioner we find to be of a certain Dr. Nathan\\nCutler, of whom it is said that he was the only physician in town during the Revolutionary War and\\nfor many years previous. Little more can be learned concerning this good man except that he was\\nafter the type of all who resided in Nashua at that time, and that he devoted himself faithfully and\\nsuccessfully to his practice. He died in Nashua and was interred in the old burying ground at the\\nsouth part of the town. After the war, when the people became more settled and numerous, there\\ncame a Dr. Ebenezer Starr, who moved into the place from Dedliam. Doctor Starr married Hannah,\\ndaughter of Jos. Blanchard. He resided and practiced his profession in Nashua until his death\\nin 1798, aged 52 years. After the father came the son. Dr. Augustus Starr, who nmrried the\\ndaughter of Jonathan Blanchard. Dr. Augustus Starr practiced in and about Nashua for several\\nyears, but we have not been able to trace his subsequent career, or whether or no he died or\\nwas interred in this place.\\nThere is some discrepancy in the various historical statements found concerning the next\\nphysician who settled in the town. History tells us that a certain Doctor Maynard resided and\\npracticed here in the year 1803, but we also know that three years previous to that. Dr. Peter Howe\\nand Dr. Micah Kklredge also came to town. Whether Doctor Maynard preceeded the other two or not\\nis not certain, but it is presumable that he did. All that can be learned about him is that during the\\nyears 1803 and 1804 he occupied, as office and home, the old Tontine building and that soon\\nafterward he moved to Bo.ston where he resided till death.\\nDr. Peter Howe lived here considerably longer, coming in the year 1800 or 1S03 and staying\\nuntil 1837 or 1838. Dr. Edward Spalding, who is, at the present writing, living and enjoying the", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 233\\nDCS\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0St of health and vigor of stiinl\\\\- manhood, recalls distinctl that, on his coming to this place to\\nreside ])ermanently in the j ear 1S37, Dr. Peter Howe was then a resident in the full practice of\\nmedicine and surgery, but that he soon after removed to another part of the country. Doctors\\nMaynard and Howe were of the old type physicians, disspensing their medicines either in saddle bags\\nfrom horseback or else using the good old two-wheel gig, which became for a while almost synonymous\\nwith the name physician. This same two-wheel gig, which, unfortunately, had the knack of tipping\\nsuddenly backward should one get into it before the shafts were firmly fastened to the lugs, was a\\nsort of a connecting link between the horse s back and the more commodious four-wheel carriage\\nof to-day.\\nThe nature of the roads and highways perhaps necessitated a vehicle of this sort to be used, so\\nconvenient was it to make a short turn in a narrow road and so comparatively easy in gliding over the\\nrough condition of the same, to say nothing of the new and almost untravelled roads and fields. At\\nany rate, they were very generally used by the physicians, some covered and some open, but all rather\\nnarrow and supplied with a generous leather boot for shelter from the rain.\\nF rom 1800 until the year 1830 there were three very prominent men and citizens settled in Nashua\\nin the practice of the medical profession and they were the only ones during that period, so far as can\\nhe learned, that resided here for any considerable time. These were Dr. Micah Eldredge coming to\\nthe town in 1799 or 1800; Dr. Ebenezer Dearborn in the year 1816 and immediately commenced\\npracticing although he did not receive his diploma as M. D. until 1S21 and Dr. Elijah Col-\\nburn in the year 1826, coming here from Hudson, where he had previously practiced two or three\\nyears. Of all three it may be justly said they builded their houses on a rock and the storms and\\ntempests of the succeeding years of their lives were never able to shake the foundation thereof. All\\nthree were well learned and thoroughh- understood their profession in the practice of physic, yet they\\ndiffered radically one from another both in general characteristics and mental peculiarities, as well as\\nin physical make-up.\\nDr. Micah Eldredge was of large frame and bone, rough and very .sturdy in build, heavy,\\ngenerous limbs and features, very dark in complexion but possessing the most kindly eyes and mouth,\\nas well as the gentlest of dispositions and a most magnanimous heart. A man having a large prac-\\ntice, he .studied each case clinically far more carefully than it could have been possible for him to ha\\\\-e\\ndone by books or other reading. He lived in and for his patients, always ready to respond to a sick\\ncall of whatever nature it might chance to be and never shirking a duty either from fear or fatigue.\\nHe always did his best and was always ready to try. His good nature was proverbial, and he often\\ncompared himself to the dusk}- skinned race on account of his exceedingly dark complexion.\\nThe following incident is related of him by one of his former patients. This gentleman, when a\\nsmall lad, became ill with a fever, so very prevalent in those times and the father called in Doctor\\nICldredge to attend the case. The good doctor, with all the brusqueness of the old times, forbade the\\nuse of water except in a very limited degree. It was thought and firmly believed that water,\\nespecially cold water, when drunk in large quantities, was quite injurious to one having a fever, they\\nconsidering that it merely fed the disease and prolonged the case, with an increa.sed amount of heat.\\nTherefore those who were thus afflicted were allowed to suffer the agonies of thirst until each became\\na veritable Tantalus. Thus the young boy was allowed to suffer da}^ by day, until, in an unguarded\\nmoment, the mother or nurse stepping out of the room, he jumped from his .stifling, feverish couch,\\nsjirang to the well pump and for once drank his fill, consuming, according to his memory, nearh- a\\nquart of cold well water. The parents, having discovered this state of affairs, decided that it was best\\nnot to inform the doctor of what had occurred, fearing, no doubt, his censure for their suppcsed care-\\nlessness. Early the next morning, on his arrival, the doctor stepped up quickly to the sick bed, felt\\nthe moistened skin, saw the clearing tongue, and observed the brightened appearance and restful\\ncondition of his little patient, exclaimed gladly that he was better, and, rubbing his hands gleefully\\ntogether, in a most cheering voice and manner said, I knew that last medicine would go to the right\\nspot and see clearly that it has helped the little chick. And, no doubt, the doctor s opinion, from\\nthat time on for a considerable period, was that what that particular medicine could not do to allav\\nfever was not worth mentioning.\\nDoctor Eldredge s influence among the younger practitioners was very marked and they never\\nhad a more faithful champion for their up-hill work in getting their first start. He could hardly be", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "234 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\ncalled a studious man but rather one of great observation and closest scrutiny. After a hard laborious\\nlife in the following of his profession for thirty-six years, he retired by reason of his age and\\ninfirmities to a much needed rest, and lived until the year 1849, when he passed away grieved for by\\nall with whom he ever came in contact a thoroughly good common-sensed doctor and man.\\nDr. Ebenezer Dearborn differed from Doctor Eldredge very materially in the matter of studious-\\nness. He was a student in the strictest sense of the word and possessed all the tastes and inclinations\\nof one. He was a man invaluable as a consulting physician and one whose opinion could hardl be\\nquestioned regarding its correctness in any given case. Doctor Dearborn was a great reader and\\nsought the solitude of his study at every opportunity, there to think out and over his cases, striving\\nto be ready for each emergency and to anticipate all complications. He was a small man in build but\\ngreat in thoughtfulness and kindest in charity. He was very methodical in the matter of dress and\\ndisposition and was more than ordinarily particular in personal politeness and carriage. Althuogh he\\nwas of rather a retiring disposition and a man of few words, yet he did not keep himself in the\\nbackground but sought to give his talents to his fellow men, sen-ing the city as alderman and in\\nvarious other public ways until his death which occurred in 1883.\\nDoctor Dearborn was generous yet saving and left at his death quite a little real estate and other\\nproperty to his famih-.\\nDr. Elijah Colburn differed much from either of the two preceding physicians. Not so great a\\nstudent as Doctor Dearborn, nor yet perhaps so ready to learn from his cases as was Doctor Eldredge,\\nyet he possessed a splendid foundation upon which to build in the matter of education, and spared\\nhimself not at all in assiduousness and persistency of application to his practice. He was a determined\\nworker and had all the confidence in himself which is peculiar to one thoroughly understanding\\nhis subject. He gathered to himself a large number of patients and friends whose implicit trust and\\nconfidence he won and kept. Pecuniarily he received, perhaps, much more assistance from his\\npatients than did either of the two preceding physicians, and the early struggles he was obliged to\\nundergo in order to obtain his education taught him the value of saving all that was possible from his\\nincome. Like as to his patients .so also with regards to other property- of which he chanced to become\\npossessed, it seemed to have the happy faculty of clinging closely to him, and, like his large and\\nvaried practice to grow and spread with each succeeding year, until, in his autumn of life, he had\\namassed quite a fortune.\\nLike Doctor Dearborn, he was rather short of stature but more rolnist and full in bod\\\\ I^ossessed\\nof perfect health, he was enabled to bear up under the fatiguing work of his life to a remarkable\\ndegree, and never seemed to grow weary with his increasing labors. During the latter years of his\\nlong life he was assisted much in his practice by his son Edward, who followed in his father s footsteps.\\nDoctor Colburn died in Nashua, Jan. 13, 1881, aged 85 years. To the onng well-trained physician\\nof the present day, this older class of men may seem to have had .strange notions and crude ideas as to\\nthe management of cases coming under their care but, while we would not decry our present\\nknowledge, nor seek to belittle the same, we would state as an incontestable fact, that the mortality\\nresulting from the efforts of these pioneer physicians has never been proven to be greater than that of\\nthose of the present day. They, at least, understood pretty clearly the means at their command, and\\nalthough the indespensible clinical thermometer was unknown, and the value of the stethoscope and\\naspirator undiscovered, yet these grand old men were never at loss to diagncsticate very closely the\\namount of fever present or calculate mo.st carefully as to the conditions of the chest and other large\\ncavities of the body. The modern physician would fare badly indeed .should you deprive him of all\\nthe little assistants and aids which science has provided for his use. To the efforts and hard labors of\\nthese three men the medical history of Nashua even up to the year 1830 is due and Nashua has been\\nwell blessed in the possession of three such goodly citizens. Considering the hardships of the times\\nin which their early battles were fought and the brilliant results of the closing years of their lives, our\\nbest wish is that their memories may always find a warm resting place in the hearts of our people.\\nAbout the year 1830 or 1832 there came to Nashua a physician by the name of Chas. P. Cofhn, who\\npracticed here for some few years. The most that can be learned concerning him is that he boarded\\nat Mr. Thayer s house and was well liked and fairly successful in his work. He did not remain long\\nhowever, and moved to some other state about the year 1837.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "/ffSTORV or NASHUA, N. 235\\nFollowing Doctor Coffin came Dr. J. G. Graves, the senior, in the year 1834. Not a few of the\\npresent practicing physicians in our city will remember his jovial self-satisfied appearance and heartv\\nhand-shake. A pre-eminently self-made man and one, who, having to struggle with many adversities\\nduring his earlier career, showed keen appreciation of all obstacles and great skill in conquering Ihem.\\nXot only in the line of his profession, but also in business ventures of various kinds did he prove to\\nhe very successful and succeeded in putting by quite a competence against the time of his retiring\\nfrom active work.\\nDoctor Graves, as with all physicians of those days, had a very large general practice including\\nboth of a medical and surgical nature, yet it may justly be said that it was through him that\\ngynecology first received its impulse in our city. Heretofore there had been little or no special work\\ncarried on. The hands employed in our mills and other workshops, which began to be operated here\\nabout this time, was largely composed of young ladies causing, therefore, a relatively larger\\n])roportion of the inhabitants of this class than otherwise would have been. The practitioner,\\ntherefore, was naturally more often called upon to treat the diseases peculiar to their sex. Doctor\\n(rraves having a particular liking for these cases and a peculiar aptitude for them, they naturally fell\\ninto his hands, and in such numbers that he became a veritable expert in handling them. General\\nsurgery also held a fascination for him, and, as the workshops increased in number, opportunities\\nwere of greater frequency to gain knowledge in this special line.\\nDoctor Graves retired from active practice in 1877, after more than forty years of hard work, to\\nwhich he put his whole energy and indomitable force. He died in the year 1889.\\nAside from the regular autumnal attacks of the various fevers, which became often epidemic, and\\nthe increased number of pneumonia cases during the spring time, there had been up to this time,\\n1S36, no very troublesome diseases to harass or otherwise disturb the peaceful life of our little\\nconnnunity.\\nThis state of affairs was rudely changed in the year 1837, i*^! Na.shua, for the first time\\ne.-vperienced a panic of that much dreaded disea.se, the small pox.\\nThe first ca.se sprung up in the family of Mr. William Ayers. His house then stood on the site\\nof that now occupied by Mrs. Aaron W. Sawyer next to the City Hall. It seems that a woman from a\\nparty of tramps toiling along the dusty roadway stopped at Mrs. Ayers door to ask for bread and\\nmilk for her sick babe, which she carried in her arms. Mrs. Ayers, as was the universal cu.stom in\\nthose da) s, gave the woman immediatel wliat she asked and even more, and her own little son,\\nrunning to the open doorway, received his death call. accination in those days was not so generally\\n])erformed, although the protection from it was well known and believed in by most of the educated\\npersons. These tramps undoubtedly being afflicted with the disease, the child in the woman s arms\\nbeing at that time covered with filthy pustules, left the germs behind and thus, as is sometimes the\\ncase, while offering alms in the name of the Lord, and trying to succor and give aid to a hungry and\\nperhaps starving child, her own little one is snatched with cruel force from her breast and made to die\\nfrom that most loathsome of all diseases, shunned and feared by all, an outcast and a veritable leper\\nto our senses. The existence of this case, which created a most violent panic, was not discovered by\\nthe attending physician and was allowed to progress to an unfavorable degree before being righth\\ndiagnosticated. It was onh on the decision of Dr. Edward .Spalding and father, who were called in\\nto see the case, that it was proven to be small pox, and it was the existence of this case that decided\\nDoctor Spalding to reside here permanently. The story of the panic and the reasons of Doctor\\nS])aldiiig s coming here is best told in his own words.\\nAfter graduating, in 1837, I rode around the country with my father to see practice under him,\\nand it so happened that during that fall there was cjuite an epidemic of small pox. I took a great\\ndeal of interest in it and used to come here with my father to see the patients. There was that fall a\\ncase of small pox in the family of Mr. William Ayers of Nashua. The physicians who attended were\\ndeceived aliout it. .Some declared it to lie chicken pox and others small pox. My father was sent for\\nand I came down with him. We decided it to be small po.x. When it was known that it was small\\npox and there had been one death there was a great panic.\\nThere was a great deal of fault found among the physicians, and the city sent and asked me to\\ncome here. My father advised me to come and I did so. We organized a hospital, now known as a\\npest house. There were two halls, and they put up a partition between them and used one of them", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "236 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nfor men and one for women. They removed all, who had been exposed, to the pest house, where they\\nwere immediately vaccinated. Several had varioloid. The pest house was in the building which is\\nnow where Mr. .Stark s and Mr. Bailey s office is. I remained here from that time continually.\\nIt also happened that after that set of patients had been moved away and it was supposed that\\neverybody was thoroughly vaccinated there was one old lady who defied the officers and would not be\\nvaccinated, and assured them she would not die till her time had come. That old lady was taken sick\\nand the physicians who attended her either did not know what ailed her, or else they concealed it for\\nit was a very bad case. We moved the family all over to the pest house. The old lady died (her time\\nhad come). She was the only one who died except the child, who died before it was found out what\\nthe trouble was.\\nThere were quite a few persons afflicted with the small pox at that time, but only two deaths, as\\nhas been said. Many cases were of the varioloid type, due, no doubt, to the wholesale vaccination\\nwhich was forcibly insisted upon by the local health officers. Doctor Spalding did very efflcient work\\nin caring for the existing cases and also in the employment of all prophylactic measures which, by his\\nadvice, the authorities deemed necessary. At the present writing Doctor Spalding has reached the\\ngood age of 82 years, a statement which, however, is not to be construed that he is this old, except in\\nthe minor consideration of years.* One rarely if ever, meets a man, and much less a physician, who\\nhas undertaken and completed the amount of physical and mental labor that has fallen to his lot, and\\nstill retain the freshness and vigor of upright manhood as is expressed in his every appearance.\\nDoctor Spalding first settled in Nashua as a permanent practitioner in the year 1837, a* partner\\nof Dr. Micah Eldredge, and from the day of his commencement, even up to his eightieth birthday, he\\nhas a])plied himself very closely to the varied duties devolving upon him and never allowed himself\\nany considerable rest or release from their cares. He was forced, b)- reason of business in the banks\\nand other large corporations, to retire practically from the practice of medicine at an early date, yet\\nnever has he lost that peculiar zest and love for the profession that characterizes all true physicians.\\nHe always was a careful and close reader of recent medical literature and there is scarcely anj- new\\ntheory or method of any importance of which he is in ignorance.\\nThe schools, city offices, banks, mills, and large estates, and, last but not least, the churches, all\\nare able and willing to attest to the large benevolence and beneficence of his kind lieart, and no one\\nin all the wide domain of our now flourishing and prosperous city can be found to think an unkind\\nthought concerning him. At the age of eighty years he retired from most of the public positions held\\nin trust to a much needed and imperative rest; but never, so long as his physical and mental qualities\\nremain intact will the citizens of Nashua permit him to retreat from public view altogether, nor seek\\nthe less to obtain his advice and counsel on all measures which pertain to their welfare and\\nadvancement.\\nIn the year 1838 there came to Nashua Dr. Josiah Kittredge, a graduate from the Harvard\\nMedical school and one having five years of previous practice in the city of Boston. Doctor Kittredge\\nhad received a rather exceptional education and profited much by it. He served the city in various\\nways, being city physician for the },-ears 1854 and 1855. Doctor Kittredge was a thoroughly good\\nChristian man and nothing so pleased him as to be continually doing good in our schools and\\nchurches. There can be little learned concerning his especial work in the practice of medicine save\\nthat he collected about himself, during nearly twenty -ears stay in Nashua, a large number of\\nfriends and patients and was universally successful in his work. He moved to Mount Holyoke\\nFemale Seminary in 1836, there to become the resident physician of the school, and died at the\\nhome of his son in Connecticut in the year 1872.\\nIn the decade of years immediately following 1840 there was quite an accession to the ranks of\\nthe medical fraternity, Dr. E. B. Hammond coming in the year 1840; Dr. J. F. Whittle in 1844;\\nDr. O. A. Woodbury in 1848; and Drs. B. Colby, S. A. Toothaker, H. W. Buxton, W. E. Rider\\nand J. H. Graves.\\nConcerning the five latter we know very little of any historical worth, save that Dr. J. H.\\nGraves, a young brother of Dr. J. G. Graves, was marked out to be a very promising physician,\\nbeing peculiarly adapted to winning friends and the trust of the community. His valuable life was\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Since writing the above Dr. Edward Spalding died suddenly of apoplexv at his fishing lodge in Maine, June 22,\\n1895-", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "/r/sm/n- or Nashua, n. h. 237\\ncut short by an early death and many are to be found even now, living, who prophesied a verj-\\nbrilliant career for him had he not been thus earh- removed from his field of labor.\\nDr. E. B. Hammond, a .student of Dr. J. (i. Graves, was a graduate of Harvard Medical school in\\n1840, and commenced practicing the same year in our city. He was a man of force and determination\\nand possessed of great will power and self reliance.\\nI,ike Doctor Graves, his preceptor, the hard struggles of his earlier life produced the invariable\\neffect of making his future character one of great depth and strength. During his student life his\\nattention had early been turned to the eye, and at the ver\\\\- outset of his career, he gave it especial\\nstudw and for those limes made quite a success as a local oculist. He removed, even during the first\\nfew \\\\ears of his practice, several cataracts by the needle method, and the after success of these cases\\nwon him not a little distinction among the laity. He treated with more than ordinary ability cases of\\ndisease and injur\\\\- to the e}-e and orl)it, especially those of ulceration of the cornea.\\n.Iniong children his success was very marked, due, no doubt, to his ardent love for everything\\nvoung and tender. His physical make up was very robust and his early farm training which he\\nreceived at his home in the New Hampshire hills stood him in good stead in the hard, uphill and\\nlaborious work of his calling. He was of large frame and .strongly built, rugged and toughened to all\\nkinds of weather, and always ready to re.spond to any and all sick calls. At one time for quite a\\nperiod of years he held the largest obstetrical practice of any physician in Nashua, and was eminently\\nsuccessful in this special branch of the work. He was possessed of a large general practice which he\\nheld up to the year 1885, when he retired to private life in order to give his attention to the real estate\\nwhich he had acquired.\\nDuring his professional life he found time to serve the public in numerous ways fostering with\\nfervent care our schools and churches, and in the state and city councils was ever ready to respond to\\nall public measures which he thought conducive to the best interest of the city. During the late Civil\\nWar he received the appointment as examining surgeon for exemption from draft, and after the war,\\nfor years, he was the only surgeon for the examination for pensions is this part of New Hampshire.\\nDoctor Hammond died from an attack of double pneumonia in the year 1887, mourned by a large\\nfamily and a larger circle of friends and patients.\\nDr. J. F. Whittle, as has been said, came to Nashua in the year 1844, and continued to reside and\\npractice his profession here until within a few years of his death which occurred in the year 1888. He\\nwas the first of the school of Hahnemann to come to our town. The public, heretofore, were obliged to\\nbe contented with the regular or so called old-school physicians, and in those days the feeling was\\ndeeper and more pronounced against the homoeopathic practitioner than at any time since, inasmuch\\nas the good that that class of physicians has done to the medical world, as a leavening power, had\\nnot as yet been demonstrated. Doctor Whittle was an enthusiastic worker and devotee to his calling,\\nand being possessed of strong and vigorous powers, he was enabled to withstand the hard work which\\nof necessity was an extra element against him in winning patients to his belief. vSomewhat gruff in\\nvoice and manner and very set in his opinions, et withal of a kind and compassionate heart. As\\nremembered during the latter years of his life he had somewhat the appearance of a patriarch of old,\\nwearing a long flowing beard and hair longer than is usual, and both snow white. With eyes\\n([uite dark and brows to match, he possessed quite a con\\\\-incing look and that, no doubt, did\\nmuch to aid him in the magnetic power he seemed to possess over his patients To the advanced\\n.student in honueopathy of the present time his ideas were no doubt, crude and even harsh, but it must\\nbe remembered that he was one against man\\\\-, and may, if somewhat fanatical in his work, be more\\nreadily forgiven from the very fact of his absolute belief.\\nFollowing Doctor Whittle, in the year 1846, came Dr. N. P. Carter who for years kept the well\\nknown drug store at the end of Factory street. Doctor Carter, although not a regular graduate from\\na medical school, obtained a good education both in common school branches as well as tho.se of\\nmedicine and surgery from the different preceptors with whom he was associated. He practiced in\\nNashua until his death in 1868. He was a so-called botanic physician and had quite a considerable\\nl)ractice which, however, was more of a medical than of a surgical nature. Doctor Carter was a very\\n(piiet man, of few words and of a most kindly disposition and possessed a very charitable heart, by\\nvirtue of which he was well beloved by many friends and patients.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "23\u00c2\u00ab\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nDr. O. A. Woodbury, practicing in the same belief as Doctor Whittle, came to Nashua in the year\\n1848. He died in Nashua while in active practice, in the year 1875. Doctor Woodbury was a\\nthorough and strictly conscientious Christian both in his public and private life and work. He was\\nnot a robust man, neither was he weakly in his physical appearance; and he managed to draw unto\\nhimself a very large number of patients and believers in his kind of practice, to each of whom he\\nendeared himself by his noble self-sacrifice, assiduity and devotion, not only to their physical welfare,\\nbut also to their mental wants. He labored hard in church matters and the various societies of which\\nhe was a member. He will long be missed by many yet living, who, though perhaps not patients,\\nloved him as an honest God-fearing man.\\nDuring the decade immediately following 1850, there were nine physicians who came and\\npracticed in Na.shua, .seven of whom made this place their home until the end of their lives. One of\\nthese is still living and two have removed to other parts. Their names are as follows, mentioned in\\nthe order of their arrival Dr. J. C. Garland, arrived in 1850, Drs. Samuel Ingalls and N. J. Moore in\\n1852; Dr. Geo. Gray in 1853; Drs. Edwin Colburn and I^. P. Sawyer in 1854; Drs. F. B. Ayer and\\nW. A. Tracy in 1856 and Dr. Ezra L. Griffin in 1S58. Doctors Ingalls and Griffin removed .soon after\\nto other parts but were well known and liked while they resided in Nashua.\\nDr. J. C. Garland is still living at present writing. Coming to Nashua in 1850 he has continued\\nto reside here, for the most part, continually from that time. Doctor Garland is a faithful physician\\nand an honest Christian, and, during his long life of practice and other labors, has fought most\\nconscientiously all life s battles and won not a little distinction. Doctor Garland served as surgeon\\nduring the late Civil War and since then, at two different periods, has been appointed a member of the\\nexamining board of surgeons for pensions. He ser\\\\-ed the city in a number of ways, being at one time\\nits city physician. In all public measures his opinion has been much sought for and desired. He\\npracticed in a quiet way and proved him-self a very profound thinker and sage counsellor. He retired\\nsome few years ago to a much needed rest, but even now, though in his eighty-first year of life, we\\ncan testify as to the perfect astuteness of his mind and clearness of perception.\\nDr. N. J. M. Moore lived and practiced in Nashua from 1852 until his death in 1882, a part of which\\ntime, however, was spent in the service of the United States Volunteer army as surgeon. He was a\\nlarge man, phj-sicalh- and mentallj of quick, generous impulse, and with steady indomitable pluck\\nand perseverance, well skilled in the hospitals of both Ireland and England, and was ably fitted to fill\\nany position in life s work from that of a professorship even to the duties of a simple country\\npractitioner and patient s friend. He had great trust and implicit confidence in his own abilities.\\nNor were they misplaced. There was never an operation however hazardous, from which he shrunk.\\nHe leaned to the surgical side of his work b) preference and his war experience gave additional vigor\\nand impulse to this inclination. He more than once successfully performed ovariotomy and\\nhysterectomy and was studious to a most remarkable degree in all things pertaining to advanced\\nscience.\\nDr. George Gray connnenced the practice of medicine in Nashua in 1S53 as partner of Doctor\\nMoore, which partnership was dissolved soon after i860. He was very successful and held at one\\ntime probably the largest practice of any physician in town. He was a man of most gracious,\\npleasing appearance and address, and his ready, courteous demeanor impressed his patients and\\ngreatly added to his well deserved popularity. His cordial kindness and interest as an alleviator of\\nall ills peculiar to the gentler sex was pre-eminent, and in personal politeness he was propriety itself.\\nHis early death cut short a very eventful career as a skillful ad\\\\iser and surgeon. He died from\\ndiphtheria in 1876, which disease was contracted from a patient he was attending.\\nDr. Edwin Colburn followed in his father s footsteps and was identified with the interests of\\nNashua all his life. Doctor Colburn was killed most cruelly by the very animal he mo.st heartily\\nloved, having his skull fractured by the kick of a favorite horse in 1892. Doctor Colburn had\\npracticed over thirty ears and was universally successful. He was a man of few words but firm\\nconvictions and a good judge of all things in which he took interest. He was very kind hearted vet\\nsaving and left a large e.state. He had, but a few weeks previous to his death, occupied a beautiful\\nhouse on his estate on Concord street, and was preparing to enjoy a life of ease and comfort.\\nDr. Levi P. Sawyer, brother of the well known grocer, Reuben M. Sawver, commenced the\\npractice of medicine in Nashua in the year 1854. He was universally liked from the very start, and", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "J/yS7VA V OF NASHUA, jV. H.\\n239\\nhad no trouble whatever in winning i)atients. His sterling qualities as a strictly honest and upright\\nman showed themselves clearly throughout his subsequent successful, though rather short career.\\nHe was one of the kindest and most sympathetic of men, and the poor had good reason to mourn\\nhis loss. He died in the year 1.S68.\\nDr. F. B. Aver commenced business in Nashua in 1S56 as a druggist in company with Dr. \\\\V. A.\\nTracy, botli also practicing their jirofession whenever ojiportunity offered. He did not remain long,\\nhowever, in the practice of medicine, and soon entered the firm of Eaton Ayer as bolibin makers,\\nwhere he was very successful, and laid up (piite a large fortune for his family. He died in 1882.\\nDr. \\\\V. A. Tracy also came to town in 1S56 and died in 1864, a .short eight years of professional life,\\nyet enough to show his great patriotism to his country, the more self-sacrificing from the fact that he\\nhad a wife and young children to leave. He was one of the most painstaking and careful men in the\\nprofession. Strictly honest and over-scrupulous in his dealings with all men, and a close and zealous\\nliractitioner, there was not during his life one cloud or spot to lay a finger upon showing a\\ndisreputable or dishone.st act. He was charity itself, and expected from others what he was ever\\nanxious to accord to them, a fair Christian treatment. He enlisted in the ser\\\\ ice of the United\\nStates early in the history of the late war as surgeon, and after having suffered from sickness and\\ndisea.se, returned home, at the close, to enter a competitive medical and surgical examination for the\\nposition of surgeon in the regular army. These examinations were very severe and most critical,\\noccupying a week or more both in theoretical and practical work, they being obliged to demonstrate\\ntheir work on sulijects provided for the purpose. In spite of the fact that there were a large number\\nseeking the place, Dr. Tracy was chosen first of the four successful candidates. He never lived to\\nenjoy his hard earned victory and honors, but died shortly after having received his conunission, of\\nquick consumption.\\nThere was also a physician, who, although coming here in the ear 1S57, did not remain, till a\\nfew years later, to practice medicine; his name was James B. Greeley. With the exception of a\\nshort residence in Massachusetts, and the time spent in the Civil War as surgeon, he has ever\\ncontinued to reside here up to the time of his retirement from public life to his ancestral town of\\nMerrimack. He had a long busy professional career, entering the army a surgeon andin spite of a\\nserious wound in the head, where for seventeen long years he carried a rebel bullet, he managed to\\ndo quite a large professional business. His large property claimed much of his attention and he\\nretired somewhat from active work even before the results of the wound in his head demanded complete\\nrest. At present he is living quietly at his homestead at Thornton s Ferry, Merrimack.\\nDr. Thomas H. Gibbj-, a graduate from Har\\\\-ard Medical school, also came to Nashua\\nsomewhere about 185 1 or 1852, but immediately entered the drug business and rarely practiced his\\ncalling. He carried on the apothecary trade in the old drug store under the Baptist church, and\\nmany remember him, not only as a skillful druggist but as a well read physician. He died in Nashua\\nin the year 1893, aged sixtj -six years.\\nFrom 1S60 until 1870 there came to Nashua Dr. Geo. W. Currier, Dr. Andrew J. Gilson, Dr. E.\\nF. McQuesten, Dr. Geo. F. Wilber and Dr. Geo. H. Noyes.\\nDr. Geo. W. Currier settled in Nashua in 1864, and during the following year served as a\\nvolunteer surgeon under the call of the governor of the State of New Hampshire. His experience\\nin army life, although not long, was intense aud eventful while it lasted, in being at the time when\\nmen were hurried forth in enormous numbers to be slaughtered aud killed for liberty s sake. His\\nkindl\\\\ nature made him an excellent nurse as well as surgeon, and many poor wounded fellows have\\nreason to be grateful for having fallen into his hands. After the war he entered into the drug\\nbusiness in connection with his profession, and at present is continuing in this same line. His\\ninterest in the management of his large property has compelled him to somewhat limit his work in\\nthe practice of medicine, but during the past thirty j^ears he has .served the city as city physician,\\nand in numerous other capacities, and has always shown keen judgment and upright dealing in\\nevery work.\\nDr. Andrew J. Gilson came to Nashua as a practitioner in 1866, but soon removed to\\nMassachusetts, where he remained for some time and then moved to some other part of the United\\nStates. His sta\\\\- was rather brief and little can be learned concerning him.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "240 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nDr. E. F. McQuesten settled in Nashua in the year 1867, having practiced for a year in\\nMassachusetts prior to that time. Doctor McQuesten is still in active practice in our town, standing\\nunquestionabh- the first among its many practitioners. His quiet, ready warmth in all his friendships,\\nhis quick, intuitive sympathy with all his patients; and the happy faculty of knowing just what to do\\nat all times, have won for him great distinction and renown. He controls the largest practice with the\\ngreatest ease. As a surgeon he is pre-eminent, having become quite prominent for the abdominal\\nsection and the various gynecoligical ca.ses coming under his care. As a citizen his work is\\nacknowledged to be most valuable, having served in various oiSces, being at one time city physician.\\nDr. Geo. F. Wilber finst settled in Nashua in 1867. He had before this accepted the position of\\nvolunteer surgeon under the call of the governor of New Hampshire, and did good service during the\\nremainder of the War of the Rebellion. He then commenced civil practice, and has continued to\\nIniikl up a good reputation and fortune ever since. His practice throughout the surrounding towns\\nis very considerable, and many a country hou.sehold claim him for their family physician. He has\\nserved the city as the city physician, and is one of the foremost citizens regarding the interest of the\\ntown. Doctor Wilber is still in active practice and, although suffering from malaria contracted in the\\nvSouth, has probably still manj years of busy life before him.\\nDr. Geo. H. Noyes did not settle in this city until 1869, although he had been in practice at\\nother places for quite a period. He ser\\\\-ed throughout the entire war, an honor not held by many\\nsurgeons, and his experience there was of such a nature as to entitle him to be placed in the front\\nranks of surgeons in any part of the country. He did not enter largely into professional work at\\nNashua, owing to the fact of his being obliged to manage a large estate belonging to his parents; but\\nduring his life with us he took great interest in following out all new ideas and innovations peculiar\\nto the practice of medicine and surgery. He died in this city in the 3-ear 1881.\\nDuring the ten years from 1870 to 1880 there came to practice in our city the following physicians:\\nDr. Geo. P. Greeley, Dr. P. E. Dansereau, Dr. Eugene Wason, Dr. J. G. Graves, Dr. S. G.\\nDearborn, Dr. C. S. Collins, Dr. Henry G. Dearborn, Dr. R. J. Hallaren, and Dr. W. S. Collins.\\nDr. George P. Greeley first came to Nashua as a physician in 1872 or 1873, and has called this\\nhis home ever after until his death, which occurred in his winter home in Florida in the j ear 1892.\\nDoctor Greeley was a surgeon in General Halleck s division in the late war, and has a long war\\nrecord which redounds to his credit. He was a cool, calculating man, alwaj s looking calmlj on all\\nsides of a ca.se in hand, and, after having formed his opinion, was firm as a rock in it. As a surgeon he\\nhad few if any equals in this city. His winter home took him from Nashua for so many months of the\\nyear that it broke into his practice, and he at last retired permanentl}- from it a few years before his\\ndeath. In all his convictions he was a self-made, self-reliant man, and was, in spite of a seemingly\\ncold exterior, ever a warm hearted, devoted, sympathetic friend and physician. He was most loyal\\nto his friends, and his loss to them thus seemed doubly severe.\\nDr. P. E. Dansereau enjoys the distinction of being Nashua s first French physician, who made\\nthis place his home, coming here in the year 1872, and at the present time is in full enjoyment of\\nsound health and a large practice. He is, besides being very deservedly popular among his own\\npeople, well known and honored by the citizens of this place. He never lacked for patients since\\nstarting in business, and although never prominent in politics, his opinion is often sought regarding\\nthe interest of his own people, and his large, honest heart is always ready to assist them in any way\\npossible. He has been very successful and at the present time is possessed of a fine property, which,\\nas a home-loving man, he enjoys with comfort and pride.\\nDr. Eugene Wason first began business in Nashua as a druggist, having bought out Dr. N. P.\\nCarter s drug store on Factory .street. However, in 1872 he graduated from the Han-ard Medical\\nschool and commenced practicing in this city. He soon removed to Londonderry, and later to\\nMassachusetts and then to Milford, where he is at present located.\\nDr. J. G. Graves, a nephew of Dr. F. G. Graves, the .senior, came here a second time as a\\npractitioner in 1873, and has remained here until present writing. He practiced in Nashua for three\\nor four years immediately following 1857. He has been quite successful and holds a large number of\\npatients. He is at present assisted by his .son. Dr. Irving F. Graves. Dr. J. G. Graves is a quiet\\nunassuming man, but one of great force of character, and. although not a politician, is thoroughly\\ninterested in all the city affairs. He has probably many years of active work still before him.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "n/STORV OF NASHUA, jV. H. 241\\nDr. S. G. Dearborn came to Nashua in the year 1873. He had previously practiced in Milford\\nand also served as surgeon in the late War of the Rebellion. Since coming to our city he has become\\n])rominent as a gynecologist. His renown as such is not limited to Nashua, but is known throughout\\nNew Hampshire and the adjoining states. His practice among us has been great, but still greater\\namong those outside the city. His success is well attested by the large property which he has\\naccumulated by his efforts. Owing to infirmities of age, he has been obliged to limit his practice\\npretty much to office calls. He is ably assisted by his son. Dr. F. A. Dearborn.\\nDr. C. S. Collins, practicing in the belief of Hahnemann, came to our place in uSjs, and for ten\\nor twelve years attended faithfully to a large paying practice, which, by his untiring efforts, he had\\nbuilt up for himself. His stay in the medical jirofession was limited to so few years by the fact that\\nhis large interest in the Londonderry Lithia water company demanded his whole attention. His life\\nwhile in the practice of physic was full of that energy and indomitable pluck and vim which has\\nsince so markedly characterized his commercial career. He early entered politics and served\\nfaithfully both city and state. He has the honor of having at one time been both city physician and\\nmember of the board of health. His subsequent life is more fully elaborated among the business men\\nin another part of this history.\\nDr. Henry G. Dearborn came to Nashua in the year 1S75, and died here in the year 1S86.\\nDuring the eleven years of his stay with us he won a ho.st of friends. His full, round, smooth-shaven\\nface, and jolly quizzical expression was always welcome to every household. He was essentially a\\nfamilj- doctor; one to whom father, mother and children were etjually dear, and to them likewise\\nendeared. His compassionate heart and ready assistance were universally known and gratefully\\naccepted by a large number of patients and friends who were members of the mystic circle. He was\\nvery successful as a practitioner and his early death cut short a very busy life. He had just\\npurchased his passage to Europe, and was making ready to enjoy a little ease and comfort, when\\ncruel death snatched all from him. His brother, Samuel G. Dearborn, and his nephew, Frank A.\\nDearborn, both physicians, retained the greater part of his practice.\\nDr. R. J. Hallaren came to Nashua about the year 1875, and was the first Irish physician to live\\nhere until his death, which occurred in 18 He had a sharp, ready mind, keen, caustic wit, with\\nan incomparable native repartee which won him man}- friends and patients. He was universally\\nsuccessful and at his death had laid up quite a little competence.\\nDr. \\\\V. S. Collins arrived in town about the year 1878 or 1879, and remained until his death in\\n1S91. He came to assist his son, Dr. C. S. Collins who preceded him by a few years, and whose\\npractice in the homoeopathic line had .so grown at this time as to demand another practioner of that\\nschool. The two, father and son, practically controlled that class of patients for some years, not only\\nin the city, but in and about the surrounding towns. Dr. W. S. Collins was a very careful and\\nconservative man and many were reckoned among his patients who always before were most\\nantagonistic to the homceopathic faith. It may be said that in and about this time there was a decided\\ndrift to that belief, more so than at any other period. Both father and son united to cement the bond\\nof friendship between the two schools of medicine and the good effects of their labors in this line have\\nnever been lost, but will always .shine as a marked contrast to the feeling among a like class in other\\nplaces.\\nvSince the 3-ear 1880 there were nine physicians located in Nashua whose stay was of too brief a\\ncharacter for an}- extended report other than the .statement that they each won many friends and were\\nall well liked. The biographies of some of them can furnish a further account of their lives. Their\\nnames were as follows: Dr. John Nottage, Dr. C. C. lUlis, Dr. M. H. Tierney, Dr. A. M. Spalding,\\nDr. W. H. Dinsmore, Dr. N. E. Guillet, Dr. \\\\V. I. Hlanchard, Doctor Conroy, Dr. G. H. Greeley.\\nDr. A. M. Spalding is a nephew of Dr. Ivdward Spalding, and is at present located in New York City\\nwith his brother. Dr. Geo. Spalding. He is ph) sician to several ])uhlic in.stitutions and has more than\\naverage success. Dr. John Nottage died earl\\\\- in his practice and the others are scattered throughout\\nthe countrj-.\\nAlso since 1880, and who are now enjoying the full benefits of their ])ractice, have settled the\\nfollowing named physicians: Drs. C. B. Hammond and J. N. Woodward in 1880: Dr. A. W. Petit in\\ni8,Si; Dr. eo. A. Underhill in 1883; Dr. C. S. Rounsevel in 18S4; Drs. Bradford Allen and R. B.\\nI re.scott in 1S85; Dr. A. W. Shea in 1887; Dr. Ella Blaylock in 1888; Drs. Katerine E. Prichard, F.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "242 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nE. Kittredge, J. A. Lagace, M. T. Lajoie. and A. vS. Wallace in 1889; Dr. H. H. Jewell in 1890; Drs.\\nI. F. Graves, B. G. Moran, and F. A. Dearborn in 1891; Dr. I. G. Anthoine in 1892; Drs. J. T.\\nGreeley, R. V. Vaillancour, and Eniile Simard in 1893; Drs. Guertin and Matte in 1S94; and Drs.\\nValcour and Nntter in 1895.\\nThe biographies of nearly all of these have abundantly elaborated their lives and it would be but\\ndull repetition to try to give a full account of them at this place. Dr. R. B. Prescott, who served in\\nthe late war, now limits his practice to the eye and ear and has become quite well known in the\\nadioining towns. Dr. C. B. Hammond is the son of the late Dr. E. B. Hammond and has always\\nmade Nashua his home, keeping his father s office as his own. Dr. J. N. Woodward came to town a\\nstranger, but is now one of its be.st known citizens. Dr. A. W. Petit is a Frenchman and enjoys the\\nhonor of controlling the largest French practice of any local physician. Dr. C. S. Rounsevel is a quiet\\nvet extra busy man, practicing in the homoeopathic faith. Dr. Geo. A. Underhill was born and reared\\nhere and is quite prominent as an educator. Dr. Bradford Allen also camea stranger to town but now\\nhas a large, pri\\\\ ate practice. Dr. A. W. Shea, one of the brightest of all the physicians here, a\\nNashua born citizen, controls the bulk of the Irish practice in our city and also has an extra amount of\\nwork among the best class of people in the American families. Dr. Ella Blaylock and Dr. Katherine\\nE. Pritchard are the only two lady physicians of whom Nashua can boast, either in the past or present,\\nand their success is a guarantee that their stay here is one of profit to themselves as well as to their\\npatients. Drs. F. E. Kittredge, J. A. Lagace and M. T. Lajoie are all j-oung physicians, well\\nliked and quite successful. To rightly appreciate Dr. A. S. Wallace we must have knowledge of his\\nlife in other places; of his unconquerable thirst for learning in his earlier days and of his hardships in\\nobtaining it of his energy and pu.sh in finishing his medical education and of his ability and skill\\nin the management of the difficult positions he has been called upon to occupy. His history in Nashua\\nis short in time but abundantly fruitful and prolific of good results. He has a firm, convincing\\ncharacter and is stanch and true in all his friendships and beliefs. His practice is one of the\\nlargest, and the good labor he has already performed is much appreciated by his friends and patients.\\nDr. H. H. Jewell is a homoeopathic practitioner and with Doctor Rounsevel controls that class of\\npatients in this city. Drs. I. F. Graves, B. Qt. Moran and F. A. Dearborn are all young in the work\\nbut have already made their mark.\\nDr. I. G. Anthoine is another practioner who has seen a large amount of labor in the field of\\nmedicine before coming to Nashua. His skill has evidently preceded him, for in the short three\\nyears of his stay with us he can boast of an extra large number of patients. He is more than\\nsuccessful, and by the interest which he has kindly taken in our public institutions he shows a keen\\nappreciation for the good and welfare of all. In the years to come he will form an important part in\\nthe city s history.\\nThe remainder of those coming to Nashua are young both in years and in the field of labor\\nchosen for their life s work. They are all earnest and conscientious workers, striving each year to\\nadd new laurels to their crowns. We boast, in no idle manner, of a collection of good, honest men,\\nsecond to no other city in the country a set of heart}-, earnest workers, who scorn to harbor petty\\njealousies and hard feelings one against another: who are not at all envious, but on the contrary find\\ngreat rejoicing in the success of each. And thus, as it has been in the past, may it ever be in the\\nfuture, for no better wish could we have for our medical fraternity than that it shall never be less\\nclosely united in the bonds of true friendship as is exemplified by the practitioners of Nashua at\\nthe present time.\\nThe gradual influx of physicians from time to time has been pretty nearly in proportion to the\\nincrease of inhabitants during the same periods. From iSoo to 1820 there was no very great increase\\nof people, the number of inhabitants in 1800 being 862 and in 1820 only 1142. In 1830 the number\\njumped to 2417 and again in 1840 to 5960. The cause of this sudden increase no doubt can be\\nattributed mainly to the starting up of the various mills. The demand for physicians was materially\\nincreased, and hence we find that while during the period covered by 1800 to 1830 there was but three\\nor four doctors in the place, immediately after 1830 and up to 1S40 the numljer was nearly doubled.\\nSince 1S40 the number of inhabitants increased slowly up to 1850, as did the physicians. Another\\nmarked increase in the number of physicians occurred during the decade of 1850 to i860, and it is\\nobserved that during that time some five or six thousand more people made Nashua their home. This", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "J 11 STORY OF NASHUA, N. If. 243\\nincrease has lieen more gradual since then even u]) to the present writing. It is worth remembering\\nalso, in connection with these statements, that the arrival of the French residents of our town brought\\nwith it the demand for physicians of their own nationality and, as has been already stated, Dr. P. H.\\nl)ansereau was the first to make Nashua his ]K-rmanent abiding place. The number of French people\\nwere so few prior to the year 1851s as to make no material showing in the enumeration of inhabitants;\\nbut in the period covered by 1S58 to 1S72 there arrived here nearly 1200 French people. Many of\\nthese made Nashua their ])ermanent home. The demand lor this class of laborers has increased\\nsteadil\\\\- \\\\ear by year, the whole number of French now within our town limits being nearly one-third\\nthe whole number of inhabitants; and that, too, estimating the city s popidation to be at the present\\ntime, 25,000. The number of French ])h\\\\sicians has increased in about the same ratio, there being\\nnow nine to thirty odd doctors located here. Among the Irish i)eople the change has been less\\nmarked, and while there are now four thousand Irish inhabitants the city has only two Irish\\nlih\\\\ sicians.\\nThe various innovations and improvements made in regard to our sanitary condition have been\\nslow but sure and permanent. Years ago, early in the twenties and even up to the fifties, when there\\nwere jiracticallx no sewers and the peojile drank from the old fashioned wells, there were, at each\\nautumn time and even throughout the summer aliundant cases of typhoid fever, dysentery, and other\\nkindred diseases. On the adoption of the system of sewerage and the supply of pure water the whole\\ntrouble pretty much ceased. I remember that one of the older physicians said, that during his early\\npractice, in the autumn months he would have anywhere from twenty to thirty cases of typhoid fever\\nto treat: but that since the city had put in the sewers and given us Pennichuck water he rarely had\\nmore than eight or ten. This goes to pro\\\\e the efficacy of good drains and pure water in eliminating\\ndisease. The well water was all right until the increase of people, settling .so -close together, had\\npolluted the soil, then it became a veritable poison to the system. We have at the present time a very\\ncomplete sewerage system, the refuse of all .sewers being eventually carried away by the Merrimack\\nriver. Of our water supply we can proudly claim one of the best in all the New England cities.\\nNearly all the city is so elevated from the level of the Merrimack as to make it an easy matter to effect\\ngood drainage of it, and, unless the supply of the Nashua is cut off beyond the city, we should be free\\nfrom anv great danger of epidemic from this source. The supply of the Pennichuck for drinking\\npurposes is sufficient for a considerably long period granting our steady increase; and no anxiety will\\nbe felt on account of scanty water supply for many years.\\nDr. Josiah Kittredge was Nashua s first city physician, holding this office in 1855. The city\\nreports from 1854 to 1865 are so meagre in detail as to give no very clear idea as to the amount of work\\nthe city physicians were called upon to perform. And even since that time there have been quite a\\nnumber of years in which no regular report has been passed in by the city physician. The work,\\nhowever, has gradually increased so that, as is seen by the city ph^ -sician s report of the year 1894,\\nthere were 2,686 cases for which his services were demanded. Dr. C. B. Hammond holds the office of\\ncity plu sician at the present time.\\nIn regard to the board of health we find that the first board was formed in 1857, and consisted of\\nThos. G. Banks, John Atwood and Thos. Pearson, Jr., neither of the three being physicians nor was\\nthere, until lately, a board of health made up entirely of physicians. The present board of health\\nconsists of Dr. C. B. Hammond, chairman; Dr. M. T. Lajoie, clerk; and Dr. Jas. T. Greeley.\\nA few of the physicians of Nashua recognized the need of some organization among the medical\\nprofession for mutual benefit, protection and good fellowship. The subject of a society was agitated,\\nand, pursuant to a call from Drs. Geo. A. Tuderhill and W. I. Blanchard. sixteen of them met at the\\nolfice of the latter, Monday evening, January 19, 1891, to consider the advisability of forming a local\\nmedical society.\\nAfter some discussion it was voted to organize and call the society the Na.shua Medical association.\\nAn election of the following phj sicians as officers for the ensuing j-ear took place: president, E. F.\\nMcQuesten; first vice-president, W. I. Blanchard; .second vice-pre.sident, I. F. Graves; secretary, K.\\n1-;. Prichard treasurer, F. V,. Kittredge: executive committee, C. B. Hammond, B. Allen and A.\\n\\\\V. Petit. A committee was appointed to draw up resolutions and by-laws. It was voted that the\\nsocietv should meet one evening in each month for literary purposes, a paper to be read by some\\nmember, to be followed by di.scussion.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "244 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nAt the second meeting the by-laws were adopted, and upon the resignation of Doctor Prichard as\\nsecretarj Doctor Shea was elected to fill that office. Doctor Graves resigned as second vice-president\\nand also w-ithdrew his name from the society. It was voted that all physicians and dentists holding a\\ndiploma from a recognized medical or dental college should be eligible to membership.\\nAn initiation fee of five dollars was charged and a monthly tax.\\nThe following physicians and dentists were elected to membership\\nElla Blaylock, Alonzo S. Wallace, A. W. Petit, Geo. A. Underbill, C. B. Hammond, Frank\\nE. Kittredge, A. W. Shea, H. H. Jewell, W. H. Dinsmore, \\\\V. I. Blanchard, S. G. Dearborn,\\nBradford Allen, C. S. Roun.sevel, I. F. Graves, Geo. W. Currier, M. H. Tierney, G. H. Greeley,\\nKatherine E. Prichard, Eugene F. McQuesten, Geo. F. Wilber, P. E. Dansereau, B. G. Moran,\\nJames T. Greeley, N. E. Guillet, C. A. Neal, M. T. Eajoie, Chas. E. Faxon, T. A. McCarthy,\\nDr. Hazzard of Hollis.\\nFor a time the regular monthly meetings were held in the office of Dr. W. I. Blanchard. Later,\\nroom II, Masonic Temple, was secured and comfortably furnished for the use of the association.\\nThis was held for about a year when the society deemed it unnecessary to rent a room for their\\nexclusive use, gave it up, and the meetings since that time up to the present date have been held in\\nthe office of Drs. Wallace and Kittredge.\\nSoon after its organization the society formulated a price li.st for professional services which was\\nsigned by nearly every physician in the city. This was to be, and, I believe, has been adhered to\\nexcepting in cases where charity demanded otherwise.\\nDr. Bradford Allen served as president for 1892. During this year the subject of a hospital was\\ndiscussed, and a committee appointed to take the necessary steps for the organization of the Nashua\\nHospital association, thus creating a movement which, though allowed to slumber for some time,\\nabout a year later resulted in giving to the city a much needed institution.\\nFor some reason unknown to the writer, during the latter part of 1892, the interest among the\\nphysicians seemed to grow lax and no meetings were held in 1893. In January, 1894, a renewed\\nenthusiasm was aroused, the association called together and a large number responded.\\nDr. A. W. Shea was elected president, and the meetings once more assumed their former tone of\\nenergy.\\nIn January of this present j^ear, 1S95, Dr. A. S. Wallace was elected president.\\nWith the exception of the time noted in 1892 and 1893, the meetings of this association have been\\nregularly held and usually well attended.\\nPapers of much interest and practical value have been read by its members. Well known\\nphysicians from other cities have delivered lectures to the society. Not only has the association been\\na benefit from a literarj standpoint, but its influence has been conducive to a general good fellowship\\namong the physicians of the city, bringing them together in social and professional intercourse and\\ncreating a feeling of harmony such as the profession in very few small cities enjo}^\\nIt was not until 1S93 that a general interest was awakened in Nashua for hospital accommo-\\ndations prior to that time the sick, poor and the injured had been cared for in unsuitable apartments\\nat the almshou.se, the City Hall and police court buildings. The increasing number of accidents\\nyearly, from the manufacturing and railway corporations, led the physicians of the city to make an\\nappeal to the city government and to charitably disposed persons for the means to treat urgent and\\nnecessitous cases in accordance with approved modern .scientific methods. This appeal was satis-\\nfactorily responded to by the city councils in appropriating two thousand dollars and by the\\nchurches, various other societies and the benevolent individuals in donating money and house\\nfurnishings.\\nIn 1889 several meetings were held to encourage hospital relief. The first meeting was held\\nFebruary 11, and there were present E. M. Shaw, W. D. Cadwell, F. W. Estabrook, Dr. Chas. B.\\nHammond, Dr. W. I. Blanchard, Rev. Geo. W. Cirover, Chas. H. Burke and Geo. B. French. Capt.\\nE. M. Shaw was chairman and Dr. Chas. B. Hammond, secretary of the meeting. The meeting\\nadjourned to the thirteenth of February, when by-laws and articles of association were presented and\\nadopted. On March i the association met and elected Captain Shaw its president and Geo. B.\\nFrench, secretary for the ensuing year. Mr. W. D. Cadwell was elected treasurer. On the third\\nday of April a meeting of the association was held for the election of members and the appointing of", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 245\\ncoinniittees. Nothing further was done until May 19, 1892, when articles of agreement were drawn\\nup constituting a voluntary corporation to be known as the Nashua lunergency Hospital association,\\nand the first meeting of the association was held May 23. This meeting was held in Masonic Temple\\nand was largely attended. Dr. Bradford Allen was chairman and Iv. H. Wason, clerk. Articles\\nof agreement constituting the Nashua Emergency Hospital association were drawn up and\\nsigned by forty leading citizens, and this number was augmented at subsequent meetings. These\\narticles were duly recorded by the city clerk under the seal of the city, and by the secretary of state,\\nunder the seal of the state, in accordance with the provisions of the public statutes. The first annual\\nmeeting of the association was held June 27, 1892. Wm. D. Cadwell was elected president: K. H.\\nWason, secretary; Charles H. Burke, treasurer, and a governing board of fifteen. The second\\nannual meeting was held at the City Hall building June 20, 1893. Williams Hall was elected\\npresident; E. H. Wason, secretary, and Dr. F. E. Kittredge, treasurer. A board of fifteen trustees,\\nfor 1893-4. was elected as follows:\\nFor one year\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edw^ard Spalding, M. D., Lester F. Thurber, Bradford Allen, M. D., W. I.\\nBlanchard, M. D., E. H. Wa.son. For two years C. B. Hammond, M. D., James H. Tolles, Thomas\\nW. Keeley, Frank L. Kimball, Frank Barr. For three years Wm. D. Cadwell, F. .McQuesten,\\nM. D., Chas. S. Bussell, A. W. Petit, M. D., A. S. Wallace, M. D.\\nThe following members from the board of trustees were elected as the executive committee\\nE. F. McQuesten, M. D., chairman, W. I. Blanchard, M. D., secretary, A. S. Wallace, M. D.,\\nA. W. Petit, M. D., J. H. Tolles. And the finance committee was made up as follows: Frank L.\\nKimball, C. S. Bussell and L- F. Thurber.\\nThe second annual meeting was productive of early results, and on July 31, upon recommendation\\nof the executive committee, the association leased for a term of three years a building on vSpring\\nstreet owned by Dr. C. S. Collins. Measures were at once taken to put the building in proper\\ncondition for the reception of patients, and the dedicatory exercises were held October 9, 1893. The\\nhospital staff for the first j-ear included the following physicians:\\nE. F. McQuesten, F. E. Kittredge. C. B. Hammond, M. H. Tierney, H. H. Jewell, G. F.\\nWilber, A. W. Petit, R. B. Prescott, A. S. Wallace, J. N. Woodward, Bradford Allen, W. I.\\nBlanchard, C. S. Rounsevel, A. W. vShea, I. G. Anthoine.\\nThe first patient was received into the hospital October 17, and the whok- number ef emergency\\ncases admitted during the first year was one hundred and one.\\nThe third annual meeting of the hospital association was held June 19, 1894, and elected as\\npresident, Henry B. Atherton, clerk, l\\\\. H. Wason, treasurer. Dr. Bradford Allen. Le.ster F\\nThurber, Dr. Bradford Allen, E. H. Wason, and Dr. J. X. Woodward were elected trustees for the\\nterm of three years. The executive committee for 1894-5 made up of the following jihysicians:\\nDrs. J. N. Woodward, A. vS. Wallace, C. B. Hammond, A. W. Petit and A. W. Shea.\\nThe Emergency hospital has from the start fulfilled its object in the treatment of emergency\\nca.ses and no institution in the city is more appreciated. In order to meet the requirements of this\\ncommunity a much larger building than the one now in use should be erected, that would\\naccommodate both medical and surgical cases. A city of twenty thousand inhabitants needs a general\\nhospital, first class in all its appointments, one that will furnish patients with the best care and insure\\nto the public isolation of all communicable diseases.\\nI am indebted to Dr. F. li. Kittredge and Dr. E. F. McQuesten for the matter relative to the\\nabove subjects.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "246\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nDAVID CROSBY.\\nProf. David Crosby was born at Hebron in 180S, died at\\nNashua, Feb. 26, 1881. His father was a well-to-do farm-\\ner who believed that a common school education would\\nanswer all the needs of his children. When, therefore,\\nthe subject of this sketch had graduated at the academy\\nin his native place, and expressed a desire to pursue his\\nstudies elsewhere, he was informed by his stern parent\\nthat he could not hope for pecuniary aid from him. To\\nmost young men\\nsimilarly situated\\nthe lukew-armness\\nof a parent and the\\nwith -hoi ding of\\nmeans necessary to\\naccomplishing so\\nlaudable an under-\\ntaking would have\\nproven an insup-\\nerable obstacle to\\nsuccess. Not so\\nwith David Cros-\\nby. Opposition\\nand discourage-\\nment but nerved\\nhim to accomplish\\nhis resolve. He\\ntherefore started\\nout with a fixed\\npurpose to make\\nthe most of every\\nopportunity that\\npromised to lead\\nto the end his am-\\nbition sought. In\\nfact, he labored\\ndiligently at what-\\never his hands\\nfound to do; col-\\nlected money for\\na denominational\\nfund canvassed as\\na book agent;\\ntaught district and\\nprivate schools,\\nand in these and\\nother employment\\nearned the money\\nnecessary to pay\\nhis expenses while\\npursuing his stud-\\nies at Kimball\\nUnion academy.\\nAfter graduatingat the last named institution he was\\ncompelled to face a hard struggle to sustain himself. He\\ntaught school at Newport and other places, practiced self-\\ndenial and economy, and finally, in 1833, was graduated\\nwith high honors in the class with Edward Spalding of\\nNashua, Asa Fowler of Concord, Samuel Sawyer, after-\\nwards judge of the supreme court of Missouri and member\\nof congress, John Lord, and others who became distin-\\nguished in the professions.\\nProfessor Crosby intended to settle at Newport, but, on\\nreceiving an invitation from a college friend to take\\nD.W ID CK().SIiV.\\ncharge of a school in Nashua, changed his plans, and, in\\n1834, came here and engaged in teaching a private school,*\\nand at the same time, restoring discipline among young\\npeople w-ho had become notoriously unruly. He remained\\nhere about six months and then accepted a place in the\\nfaculty of the New Hampton institution. He had, how-\\never, become greatly attached to Nashua and her people.\\nMoreover he had a feeling that southern New Hampshire\\noffered a legitimate field of labor, and therefore he\\nreturned here and, in 1836, became principal of a high\\nschool. In 1840\\nProfessor Crosby\\nfounded, and\\ncaused to be in-\\ncorporated, the\\nNashua Literary\\ninstitution, a sem-\\ninary of learning,\\nlocated o n P r k\\nstreet, which\\nflourished nearly\\nforty years and of\\nwhich he was the\\nhonored head and\\nprincipal until, by\\nreason of failing\\nhealth and the\\ninfirmities of age,\\nhe was, in 1880,\\ncompelled to dis-\\ncontinue it. H e\\ncould not, how-\\never, content him-\\nself in idleness aft-\\ner more than fifty\\nvears of active life,\\nand so, although\\nunable to see, he\\ninstructed classes\\nat his home on\\nChurch street,\\nmaking fro m\\nmemory the most\\nminute and care-\\nful e X p I a nations\\nwith clear and log-\\nical analysis and\\nsumming up. He\\nfollowed this work\\ntill five or six\\nweeks before h i s\\ndeath, or till too\\nfeeble to longer\\ncontinue. It may\\nthus be said that he died in harness, inthe work of a pro-\\nfession he had honored.\\nProfessor Crosby started out in life as a Congregationalist,\\nbut, in 1835, his views became changed with regard to\\nbaptism, and he thereupon united with the Baptist church,\\nin which he was a consistent and influential member to\\n*A pupil of the school hassiud of him: I have;i distinct impression of\\nProfessor Crosby as he stood on the platform and addressed us; erect,\\nresolute in aspect, the pose of his head, shape of his mouth, flash of his\\neye and ritig of his voice all indicated firmness of purpose and promptness\\nin action.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHdA N. H.\\n247\\nthe close of his life. In all matters pertaining to public\\nmorals he was a Puritan of Puritans. lie being a student\\nof books, he had little or no sympathy with the emotional\\nmasses of the people. What men and women were think-\\ning and doing, what new craze they were chasing, was\\nbut a small part of his knowledge. Whenever he dis-\\ncovered any departure from the rigid rules of the\\nforefathers he inveighed against the offenders, and, with\\nthe courage of conviction, expressed his views in the\\npulilic print and in public assemblies. His attitude,\\nhowever, seldom provoked controversy. The people\\nrecognized his honesty, and, although having their own\\nwa}-, (dancing in halls of learning, traveling on Sunday,\\nrailroad trains, etc.,) respected him accordingly. It was\\nbecause of these unalterable principles, because he lived\\nabove the madding crowd, and could not, and would\\nnot, bend to public opinion, that he was not advanced as\\na lawmaker or selected b) his fellow citizens as a\\nniunicii)al officer. The only record of public service that\\ncan be found indicates that he represented Ward Pour in\\nthe board of aldermen in 1862 and 1863.\\nProfessor Crosby early espoused the anti-slavery cause,\\nand in this, as in all the concerns of life, he acted upon a\\nsense of conviction, as he knew no such word as expedient,\\nand was not moved by impulse. It was his nice sense of\\nfair and impartial justice that moved him, and by his mode\\nof reasoning b} the higher law that caused him to be\\npronounced and outspoken. P aint-heartedness in a great\\ncause, the cause of God and humanity, was not one of his\\ncharacteristics. He spoke his mind freely, with dm\\nrespect to the convictions of others, and yet with earnest\\nemphasis that left no shade of doubt concerning his\\nattitude to the main question. It is remembered of him\\nthat all his impulses were for the freedom of the slave;\\nthat at the very door of the house where he lived and died\\nhe had assured the flying bondman of his sympathy, fed\\nhim, and from his purse assisted him on his weary journey\\nto the safe refuge of the English flag. This he freely did,\\nand when questioned he answered with Spartan severity,\\nDavid Crosby takes the responsibility! If there is any\\nbroken law that should be vindicated, take my property\\nand if that does not satisfy the demand, take my body\\nSurely the plumed knights of the middle ages, the stor}-\\nof whose sacrifices in the cause of the Christian religion\\nare the brightest pages of history, were not braver in the\\nperformance of duty than was this plain and unassuming\\nman of peace and letters. Thus it was that a true man s\\nlife work was done, was well done. Thus it was that his\\nlife was rounded out and made complete, so that when\\nhis last hour came there were no regrets, no accusing\\nconscience, no halting at the door of the unknown, no\\nworrying about destiny, but a calm and peaceful end,\\nresigned, satisfied.\\nProfessor Crosby was united in marriage July 19, 1836,\\nwith Louisa S. Huuton of Unity, who shared his labors\\nand his principles, and who was seven years principal of\\nthe female department of his institution. There were no\\nchildren by their marriage. Mrs. Crosby survived her\\nhusband lint a few years. She died respected and esteemed\\nby a wide circle of friends and ac(|uaintances.\\nJOHN HARRISON GOODALE.\\nHon. John H. Goodale was born at Deering, Oct. 2, 1816.\\ndied at Nashua, Nov. 11, 1890. He was a son of Jonathan\\nand Sarah Goodale, whose ancestors were worthy people\\nand among the pioneers of that rugged part of Hills-\\nborough county.\\nMr. (ioodale attended the common schools of his native\\nplace and fitted for college at the Newbury seminary. In\\n1836 he entered the Wesleyan university at Middletown,\\nConn., where he was graduated in the class of 1840.\\nP oUowing his graduation he entered upon the career of\\nschoolniasler. He taught at Ncwbtirv, Vt.. in 1841, at\\nm\\ni\u00c2\u00bb.\\n|OH.\\\\ II. GOOD.M.Ii.\\nColumlius, Oa., from 1842 to 1846, and in the seminary at\\nNorthfield from 1846 to 1848. Mr. Goodale was a gifted\\nwriter on all the topics within the range of newspapers\\nand magazines, and during the years he devoted to\\nteaching was a frequent and welcome contributor to\\ncurrent publications. His composition attracted public\\nattention and friends therefore induced him to accept\\nan ailvantageous position as editor of the Manchester\\nDemocrat.\\nIn 1857 he obtained control of the Manchester Daily\\n.Vmerican, and in his new field of endeavor was outspoken\\nand progressive. He refused to be hedged in by party\\nlines. Moreover the great humanity of the man asserted\\nitself, and, obeying what he considered the verdict of\\nconscience, he espoused the doctrines of the anti-slavery\\nwing of the Republican party and wielded a power in the\\nstate second to no man in his time. In fact he developed\\nand controlled the anti-slavery sentiment to the degree\\nthat he made a United States senator and unmade him\\nwhen he failed to keep his pledges. Mr. Goodale was\\nsuperintendent of schools for Hillsborough county from\\n1836 to 1859. He disposed of his interest in the newspaper\\nin 1S61. From 1861 to 1864 he travelled extensively in\\nsouthwest and on the Pacific coast, made a large collection", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "248\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nof minerals and settled for a time at Crescent City, where\\nhe resumed his profession of teacher and remained until\\n1867. From 1867 to 1869 he traveled extensiveU- in\\nBritish Columbia and Alaska, and was present in the\\nterritory at the transfer of Alaska to the United States as\\ncorrespondent of the San Francisco Press, meantime\\nadding to his knowledge of geology and gathering\\ninformation that he afterwards made serviceable.\\nMr. Goodale then returned to Xew Hampshire and took\\nup his residence in Nashua. During the three succeeding\\nyears he traveled in the state collecting specimens of\\nminerals, renewing old acquaintances and regaining lost\\nprestige in the field of politics. He succeeded in these\\npurposes, as he did in every undertaking of his long and\\nuseful career, and when the votes were counted in Ihe\\nspring of 1871, it was discovered to the surprise of both\\nthe old parties that his friends had the balance of power\\nin the legislature. When that body met a compromise\\nwas effected and Mr. Goodale became secretary of state, a\\nposition that he filled with ability and skill, and to the\\ngeneral satisfaction of both political parties. Mr. Goo lale\\nwas an active member of the board of education alnios\\nfrom the lieginning of his residence in Nashua to the close\\nof his career, and served the city as superintendent of\\npublic schools from 1875 to 1878, being one of the most\\npopular and efficient men that ever held the office. He\\nwas a trustee of the public library for many years and at\\nthe time of his death.\\nMr. Goodale was never idle. When public affairs did\\nnot engage his attention he became a traveler, and\\nwherever he went he was in search of knowledge, and\\nadding to his collection of minerals and Indian relics, of\\nwhich he claimed to have the largest collection of any\\nprivate individual in New England. His last extended\\npilgrimage was in 1879 and 1880, and was through the\\nSouthern states. But Mr. Goodale s honorable record\\ndoes not end here. During the anxious days when foreign\\ninsurance companies withdrew from the state leaving\\nproperty practically unprotected from loss b}^ fire, the\\npeople found in Mr. Goodale the old champion they had\\nfollowed to many victories. Hand in hand with other\\nleading citizens he fought the battle that carried the day\\nand established substantial companies. He showed his\\npatriotism by investing money when it was believed bv\\nmany that nothing but loss could ensue, and, by prudent\\nmanagement, being president of the Indian Head company,\\nmade every risk secure and earned handsome dividends\\nfor the stockholders from the start.\\nMr. Goodale persuaded himself in 18S0 that he had\\nretired from the activities of the world, but it is a fact that\\nhe did some of his best work after that date, for, besides\\nsettling some large and intricate estates among the\\nnumber that of John Mooney of Northfield, who left funds\\nfor the Orphans home at Franklin, and the New Hamp-\\nshire seminary at Tilton he wrote the History of Nashua\\nthat is published in the History of Hillsborough county,\\nwhich, taking into account that he was limited in the\\nmatter of space, is a substantial monument to his dili-\\ngence, perseverance and ability. Mr. Goodale attended\\nthe Unitarian church and in early life was an Odd Fellow.\\nAs a lecturer and public debater Mr. Goodale was\\nequally as brilliant as teacher and editor. His retentive\\nmind was a complete encyclopjedia of historical and\\npolitical knowledge, and there was hardly a theme in the\\ndomain of science on which he was not conversant. His\\nlectures on mineralogy and geology were in purest English\\ndiction, clear in explanation and logical deduction\\neducational in every statement and analysis, while his\\npolitical and general addresses were refined and scholarU\\nAs a conversationalist few, if any, of his contemporaries\\nexcelled him. There was a charm of manner, a deferential\\nacquiescence to an opponent, a polite and polished de-\\nmocracy about him that made him a most companionable\\nman in any and all surroundings. He was a man who\\nnever exhibite l temper, and who was never known to be\\nruffled, and it is to these attributes, coupled with his hon-\\nesty and learning, that his biographer attributes a good\\nshare of his success, particularly in the field of politics,\\nthat crowned his career.\\nMr. Goodale was twice married first, Dec. 26, 1848,\\nwith Celestia T. Mooney, daughter of John Mooney of\\nNorthfield, who died Oct. 12, 1863; second, Jan. 19, 1871,\\nwith Josephine B. Atkinson, daughter of Daniel C, and\\nMehitable (Tilton Atkinson of vSanbornton Bridge, now\\nTilton. Four children were born bj- his second marriage,\\none of whom is living Charlotte Atkinson Goodale, born\\nat Nashua, May 26, 1875, and at the present time, January-,\\n1895, a sludent at Wellesle}- college in Wellesley, Mass.\\nCORNELIUS VAN NESS DEARBORN.\\nCornelius V. Dearborn was born at Corinth. Vt., Maj-\\n14, 1S32, died at Nashua. April iS, 1886. He was a son\\nof Samuel an l Fanny Dearborn, and could trace his\\nlineage to a Puritan immigrant. His name was in com-\\npliment of an able Vermont statesman who filled the office\\nof governor in that state and represented the government\\nas minister to Spain. When four years of age his mother\\nwhose intelligence and womanly virtues had been the\\nlife and light of the home died, and as soon as he was\\nable he joined his brother in the labor of the farm.\\nMr. Dearborn attended the district school a few weeks\\nin summer and ten or twelve weeks each winter. When\\nfifteen years old he attended the spring term of the\\nCorinth academy, and continued to do so at intervals for sev-\\neral terms later. In the winter of 1848-49, his seventeenth\\n3-ear not yet completed, he taught the school of a neigh-\\nboring district. His success warranted his continuance as\\na teacher in the vicinity for the five following winters.\\nHe continued his farm labor at intervals and in the\\nmeantime developed a mechanical capacity in the making\\nof farm implements and the erection of buildings. A\\nnatural aptitude which was of great service in niaturer\\nyears.\\nSoon after attaining the age of eighteen Mr. Dearborn\\ndetermined to enter upon a course of study preparatory to\\na professional life. Before leaving Corinth he commenced\\nthe stud} of law with Rodney Lund, a young man who\\nhad commenced practice in that vicinity. In March, 1854,\\nat the suggestion of his maternal uncle. Dr. W. W. Brown,\\nhe went to Manchester, and renewed his law studies in\\nthe office of Isaac W. Smith, with whom he remained\\nuntill his admission to the bar in the fall of 1855, he\\nopened an office at Francestown. The town afforded a\\nsafe opening for a young practitioner, but not one for\\nlarge profits. During his residence in Francestown he\\nespoused the anti-slavery cause and in 1856 became a\\nzealous advocate of the principles of the Repubi. can party.\\nIn 1857 he was elected county treasurer, and re-elected\\nin 1858. It was the first public position that he had held", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "///.V 7V )A OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n249\\nand its duties were satisfactorily discliarj^ed. In 1858 lie\\nremoved to l eterl)oroui;!i, occnpyinj; the office of K. S.\\nCutter, who had recently been appointed clerk of the\\nCOKNEr.HS DKAIiliOliX.\\ncourts for llillsborouijh county. lie resided in Peter-\\nlioroutfh till 1S65. During this time he was in partnership\\nwith Charles G. Cheney, and afterwards with Albert S.\\nScott. He represented the tow-n in the legislature in the\\nyears of 1861 and 1862, being a member of the judiciary\\ncommittee.\\nIn 1863, while a resident of I eterborough, he was ap-\\npointed by the governor one of the bank commissioners of\\nNew Hamjishire. In that capacity he became acquainted\\nwith the extent and ])eculiarities of the financial institu-\\ntions of the state. In 1864 and 1865 he actively superin-\\ntended, in his otTicial capacit)-, the converting of the state\\nbanks of discount into the national banks of the present\\nsystem. In March, 1866, he was appointed examiner of\\nthe national banks for the state of New Hampshire, a\\nposition he continued to hold until his death.\\nIn the summer of 1865 he removed to Nashua for the\\n]Hirposeof continuing the practice of his profession. .\\\\n\\naccidental purchase led to a change of occupation. The\\nNashua Weekly, Telegrajih had for many ears 1)een edited\\nby All)in Beard. Under him The Telegraph had acquired\\na marked popularity, but owing to the death of Editor\\nBeard it hail lost patronage and influence. He at once\\nentered upon the duties of financial manager and editor,\\nRichard W. Berry being his partner. Under his control\\nThe Telegraph rapidly recovered patronage and .secured a\\nplace among the progressive newspapers of the state. At\\nthe end of two \\\\-ears, however, his health failed, and a\\nchange of occupation became a necessity. He disposed of\\nhis interest to Orren C. Moore, and resumed the practice\\nof law.\\nDuring the time he resided in Nashua, Mr. Dearborn\\ncontributed largely to the improvement of real estate, to\\nthe erection of improved school buildings and to the\\nreconstruction and greater efficiency of the public .schools,\\nbeing an enthusiastic member of the board of education\\nmany years, and in 188,5 its president. Mr. Dearborn was\\nregister of probate from May 13, 1868, to June 13, 1873, and\\ncity solicitor in 1868 and 1869. He was for many years\\ntreasurer of the Mechanics Savings l)ank, and the prime\\nmover and first cashier of the Second National bank. He\\nwas also a member of the board of directors of the Nashua\\nand I,owell railroad, and treasurer for many years of that\\ncorporation also treasurer of the I nderhill Edge Tool\\nconii)any whose affairs he raised to a very prosperous\\ncondition, besides taking an active part with Orren C.\\nMoore, John H. Goodale and others in forming the\\nCapitol Fire Insurance company and Indian Head Mutual\\nFire Insurance conqjany at a time when brave words and\\na firm stand were required to further the interests of the\\nstate. In 1885 Mr. Dearborn was the Republican candi-\\ndate for mayor of Nashua, but, largely owing to sickness\\nwhich prevented him from giving his personal attention\\nto the management of his cani])aign, was defeated by a\\nfew votes.\\nThe foregoing are but few of many trusts that were\\nconfided to the care and judgment of Mr. Dearborn, and it\\nis but justice to his memory to add that he performed\\nevery duty to which he was called with courtesy and\\nu])rightness that won for him the confidence of the com-\\nmunity. He was a member of Altemont lodge, A. F. and\\nA. M., Peterboro Pennichuck lodge, I. O. F., and the\\nFirst Congregational church, and in matters of religious\\nbelief, as in politics and the transaction of every day\\naffairs, he was tolerant even to liberality, conceding to\\nothers the utmost freedom of opinion and action.\\nMr. Dearborn w-as united in marriage in June, 1857, with\\nLouisa Frances Eaton, daughter of Moses W. and Louisa\\nS. Eaton of Francestown, and granddaughter of Dr.\\nThomas Eaton, a physician of long and extensive practice,\\nand one of the most extensive farmers of his time. His\\ntwo surviving children are sons the older, John Eaton,\\nborn November, 1862, the younger, George Van Ness,\\nborn in .\\\\ugust, i86g.\\nOILMAN C. SHATTUCK.\\nGilman C. Shattuck was born in Nashua, Oct. 23, 1834.\\nHe is a son of Gilman and Mary J. (Conant) Shattuck,\\nand a descendant of William Shattuck, who came from\\nEngland to America in 1640, and settled at Watertown,\\nMass. As the settlement of the country increased the\\ndescendants of this worthy man became widely scattered\\nthe father of the sutjject of this sketch being a native of\\nHillsborough, from which place he removed to Nashua\\nabout the time the first mill was started, 1825.\\nMr. vShattuck was educated in the district schools of\\nNashua and took a special cour.se of study at the New-\\nHampton Literary institution, after which, in 1853, he\\nentered into active business with his father, then one of\\nthe leading flour and grain merchants of Nashua. He\\ncontinued in this line of business until 1886, since then he", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "250\\nHISTORY OF NASHl A, N. H.\\nhas given his time to financial matters anil the promotion\\nof a few private enterprises.\\nMr. .Shattuck has not confined himself, however, to\\n(.1 I.M A I\\n1 1 I in k\\nbusiness. He has fonnii time lo serve his fellow-citizens\\nin manv wa\\\\-s, and to do the things ever}- true man ought\\nto do to assist the many causes that are the very bond of\\nsociety. He was a member of the common council in 1871\\nand 1872, and served his ward in the board of aldermen in\\n1873, and in 1876 and 1877 he was honored by his party\\nwith the nomination for the mayoralty. Mr. Shattuck\\nhas served the people a good many years on the board of\\ntrustees of the public library, and nine years on the board\\nof education, of which body he was president one year.\\n.\\\\s a member of the .school board Mr. Shattuck exhibited\\nsuperior and peculiar qualifications. He is a constant and\\nregular attendant of the sessions, aud a thoughtful and\\nearnest participant in its deliberations; being a strong\\nbeliever in, and advocate of the public school system pre-\\nvailing in this country, and regarding it as the palladium\\nof national growth and pro.sperity, he was especially\\nearnest and zealous in his endeavors to advance the schools\\nof Nashua to the highest grade of excellence consistent\\nwith prudent and wise management. He has been treas-\\nurer fora long time of the Peterborough railroad, and is\\ntrustee of the Nashua Savings bank. Mr. Shattuck is a\\nmember of the Pilgrim Congregational church, president\\nof the Young Men s Christian association, and a member\\nof Rising Sun lodge, A. F. and A. M. No citizen of\\nNashua is more highly regarded, and deservedly so, than\\nMr. Shattuck.\\nMr. Shattuck has been twice nuirrieil first, Oct. 25\\n1855, with Caroline W. Barnes of Hillsborough, who died\\nMay 5, i856 second, Oct. 22, 1868, with EstelleM. Barnes\\nof Cambridge, Mass. He has six children living, the\\neldest by his first wife Estelle C, graduated at the Nashua\\nhigh school, now a teacherat the Mount Pleasant primary\\nschool; Arthur G., graduated at Nashua high school,\\nclerk in Boston Maine railroad office; P annie C.\\nHarold B., graduated at the Nashua high school and now\\nat Dartmouth college; Helen 1!., and Roger C.\\nSAMUEL TUCK.\\nMajor Samuel Tuck was born in Candia, Oct. 19, 1814,\\ndied in Nashua, April 19, 1882. He was a son of [Deacon\\n.Samuel and Margaret (Smith Tuck of that town.\\nHe was educated in the public schools of his native\\nplace and for a time was a resident of Manchester. In\\n1842 he moved to Nashua, and from that time until his\\ndeath was a dealer in fanc} goods and millinery.\\nMajor Tuck was one of the most active and influential\\ncitizens of his generation. Although inclined to con-\\nservatism in his actions, he was a man of liberal views,\\non all questions of public interest, with strong convic-\\ntions and decided opinions which, once formulated in\\nhis mind, he was both able and willing to express in fitting\\nand forcible language when time and occasion demanded.\\nHe served the town as constable and the city as city\\nmarshal in r86i, justice of the peace, member of the board\\nof education and city government, and represented Ward\\nFive in the legislature. He was active in military circles\\nand was a member of Col. George Bowers staff with the\\nrank of major and also a member of the celebrated\\ncompany known as the Governor s Horse guards. He\\nwas a memlier of the Baptist church and a teacher in the\\nSunday school; of Rising Sun lodge, A. F. and A. M., of\\nthe Consistory of .Scottish Rite Masons, thirty-second\\ndegree, and of one of the Odd Fellows lodges. No\\nNashuan of the years his home was here was better known,\\nor more active in efforts to advance its interests and give\\nit a good standing in New England.\\nMajor Tuck was united in marriage with Mary F oster,\\ndaughter of James and Betsey Foster of Nashua. Her\\nmaternal grandfather was Col. James Wilson, a Revo-\\nSA.Mi;iil, TUCK,\\nlutionary soldier. The only child of their marriage is\\nAndrew J. Tuck, born at Nashua, May 2, 1845, and who\\nmarried Almira H. Clark, a native of Charlestown, Mass.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASI/ [/A, N. II.\\n251\\nALBERT HARVEY SAUNDERS.\\nAlbert H. Saunders was born in North Providence. K.\\nI., April 3, 1831. He is a son of Henjaniin and Elizabeth\\nW. (Carpenter) Saunders, both of whom were natives of\\nRhode Island and descendants of early Enjjlish settlers.\\nMr. Saunders was educated in the schools of Newbury-\\nport, Jlass., Dununer aca lcniy at Byfield, Me., entered\\nat Williams collei^e in Williamstown, Mass., and finished\\nhis education under private tutors. His home was in\\nNewbury port un-\\ntil 1852. .\\\\fter\\nleaving school he\\naccepted a position\\nas paymaster of\\nthe Ocean mills,\\nat Newburyport,\\nMass., which his\\nfather built and\\noperated. He re-\\nmained there two\\nyears and then\\nwent to California,\\nand a little later\\nto Central .\\\\meri-\\nca, where he was\\neniploj^ed for a\\nshort time on the\\nPanama railway.\\nReturning to New-\\nburj port in 1854\\nhe made a study\\nof architecture for\\na year, and in 1856\\ncame to Nashua\\nand followed that\\ncalling and the\\noccupation of a\\ncivil engineer un-\\ntil 1857, when he\\nbecame superin-\\ntendent of the\\nmills of the Jack-\\nson compan\\\\-, of\\nwhich his father\\nwas agent. He re-\\nmained there until\\n1866, and during\\nthe time gave his\\nattention at odd\\nhours to mechani-\\ncal drawing ami\\nthe development\\nof various devices\\nand machines which he patented and which proved\\nprofitable to him. .\\\\fter resigning his situation at the\\nJackson mills he established a machine shop of his own\\non Main street, just south of the Vale mill, and engaged\\nin manufacturing his invention. He had at one time the\\nlargest experimental shop of the kind in New England.\\nHis main patent was a sizing and distribution machine for\\ncotton mills; he also invented and manufactured a card-\\ngrinder, which was well known under his name. Mr.\\nSaunders was the inceptor of a nail setting machine,\\n(dependent upon vibratory motion), used in shoe niauu-\\nAi.MKnr ii.\\\\K\\\\ i:-! ^.AU.NUl,);.--\\nfactories. Not alone these lalior saving machines, Imt\\n-several others of equal importance to manufacturers are\\nthe result of his thought, capacity and patience. In 1888,\\nMr. Saunders gave up the e,xacting business in which he\\nhad been occupied so many years and at times engaged\\nin field work as a civil engineer and in office work as an\\narchitect. Hrackett s shoe manufactory and several other\\nprominent buildings, including .\\\\mherst street fire-engine\\nhouse, than which there is nothing in the state more\\ncreditable, being wholly his designs and built under\\nhis superinten-\\ndence as cit) en-\\ngineer, a position\\nwhich he held for\\nfour years.\\n.Although Mr.\\nSaunders life has\\nbeen a busy one\\nhe has found time\\nto devote to other\\nmatters. He rep-\\nresented the city\\ntwo years in the\\ncommon council\\nand was for a short\\ntime in the service\\nof his country,\\nbeing compelled\\nto retire because\\nof ill health. He\\nwas a member of\\nthe legislature\\nfrom Nashua in\\n1S62, i863and 1864,\\nan era when party\\npassion ran high\\nand when men\\nwith the courage\\nof their convic-\\ntions were essen-\\ntial to the welfare\\nof the state. Mr.\\nSaunders is not\\nonly a man of\\nideas, as shown by\\nhis inventions, but\\nhas a talent for\\nexpressing them\\nin plain and com-\\nrehensive lan-\\nguage. In fact he\\nis an earnest de-\\nbater and speaker\\nwhen aroused, and\\nusually carries his point. In late years he has served his\\nward several times as moderator. Mr. Saunders was a\\ncli.-irter member and first master of .\\\\ncicnt York lodge,\\nA. E. and A. M.\\nJlr. Saunders has been twice married: first with\\nAbby \\\\V. Hatch of China, Me., who died in Nashua;\\nand .second, with Caroline E. Parks of Stowe, Mass.\\nEleven children have been born to him, of whom .seven\\nare living: William Edwin, .\\\\lfrcd Whitin, Ik-njamin\\nPerry, Charles Henry, .\\\\rthur Lamb, Oertrude May, and\\nCaroline E. I Saunders.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nJOHN N. BARR.\\nJohn N. Barr was born at Bedford. Sept. 22, 1S19. He\\nis a son of John and Sophia (Richardson) Barr. His\\nimmigrant ancestor was born 1704, at Ballymony, county\\nIreland, and married Ann McPherson. He came to\\n.Vmerica in 1740 and settled at Londonderry. Later the\\nfamily settled at Goff.stown. The descent is James, born\\n1704; Samuel, born 1754. married Margaret Boies, and\\n.settled at Henniker. whence he removed to Bedford\\nThomas, 1784,\\nmarried Abigail\\nPalmer; John,\\nfather of the sub-\\nject of this sketch,\\nborn 1789, married\\nfirst, Nancy Dun-\\nlap, second, So-\\nphia Richardson,\\nthird, Clarissa\\nEaton. He was\\none of the most\\nprominent and in-\\nfluential citizens\\nof Bedford, serving\\nthe town several\\nyears as select-\\nman, treasurer,\\nand in other\\noffices. He was\\nalso a worthy\\nmember of the\\nP r e s b t e r i a n\\nchurch at that\\nplace.\\nMr. Barr was\\neducated in the\\nschools of his\\nnative place a n d\\nwas graduated at\\nits high school.\\nAt the age of\\ntwenty years he\\ncame to Nashua\\nand entered the\\nemploy of Merrill\\nKimball, dry\\ngoods dealers,\\nwhere he was\\nemployed five\\nyears as a clerk.\\nHe then formed a\\nco-partnership, in\\nthe same business,\\nwith Mark W. Merrill, one of his former employers, under\\nthe firm name of Merrill Barr. Ten years later the\\npartnership was dissolved and he went into the hardware\\nbusiness with his brother, the firm being J. N. M. Barr.\\nHe remained in this business four years, after which he\\nformed a new partnership with his former partner under\\nthe firm name of Merrill Barr, and engaged in the flour\\nand grain business. This partnership was continued until\\nMr. Merrill retired from trade and then a new partnership\\nwas entered into with E. F. Knight, under the firm of J.\\nN. Barr Company, and the business continued until the\\npresent time. During all the years of Mr. Barr s residence\\nin Nashua, he has been an active man in the Olive street\\nchurch and its successor, the Pilgrim church, doing\\nevervthing in his power to promote the welfare of his\\nfellow-men, giving liberally of his means for its support\\nand for the advancement of its missions and holding for\\nmany years the office of deacon. Mr. Barr represented\\nWard One in the board of aldermen in i86i and 1862, and\\nhas held other positions of honor and trust, having served\\nas administrator of several large estates. Few men are\\nbetter known i n\\nNashua and its im-\\nmediate vicinity\\nthan Mr. Barr and\\nnone are more\\nhighly regarded\\nand respected.\\nMr. Barr has\\nbeen twice m a r\\nried, first, June 18,\\n1844, with Mary\\nAnnis French,\\ndaughter of Eben-\\nezer and R h o d a\\nCoburn French\\nof Bedford, who\\ndied June 15, 1883\\nsecond with Sarah\\nE. Dodge, daugh-\\nter of Ira and Sarah\\n(Fitch) Dodge of\\nfi r o t o n Mass.\\nFour children\\nwere born by h i s\\nfirst marriage;\\nHenrietta, born\\nFeb. II, 1847, died\\nJuly 30, 1848; John\\nHenri, born Aug.\\n10, 1848, married\\nJennie Frazier, o f\\nWeare, who died\\nMarch 28, 1875;\\nsecond, Abby Isa-\\nbelle Batchelder\\nof Milford; Frank,\\nborn Dec. 2, 1851,\\nmarried Alice\\nCooper of Nashua\\nEttaM., born July\\n19, 1853, married\\nEdwin F. Knight\\nof Nashua.\\nJ(lll.\\\\ N. li.VUK.\\nSOLON S. WHITHED.\\nSolon S. Whithed was born at Northfield, Mass., Nov.\\n22. 1837. He is a son of Darius and Mercy (Johnson)\\nWhithed. His immigrant ancestor, GadWhithed, came to\\nthis country from England in the eighteenth century and\\nsettled at Phillipston, Mass., where Darius, the father of\\nthe subject of this sketch was born, March 12, i8og: died\\nin Lowell, Mass., Dec. 7, 1877. On the maternal side he is\\na descendant of I^uther and Grata Johnson of Lancaster,\\nMass., where his mother was born Jan. 6, 1815; died at", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OJ- \\\\.IS//UA, A\\n253\\nLowell, Mass., Feb. 5, 1S54. Mr. Whittled attended tlie\\nschools at Great Falls, N. II., to which place his\\nparents removed when he was a child, and, becoming\\nJL(),\\\\ S. WIlITllKD.\\na resident of Lowell, Mass., in 1846, was graduated at\\nthe high school in that city, class of 1855. Soon after\\nhis graduation he was employed for a few years in the\\nhydraulic engineering department of the Locks and Canals\\ncompany. In the summer of 1S57 o S. iS was one of\\nthe assistant engineers under t riah Boyden, the most\\ncelebrate l hydraulic engineer of that time, in a series of\\nexperiments on the horizontal turbine wheels at the\\nNashua Manufacturing company s mills to determine the\\nratio of loss or gain of power at different heights, veloci-\\nties and quantities of water striking on the floats or\\nbuckets of various sizes and curves of the turbine system.\\nIn November, 1858, heentered the emplo) of J. C. .\\\\yer\\nCom])any of Lowell, where he remained until May, 1866,\\nwhen became to Nashua as correspondent for R. P. Hall\\nCompany, and in 1878 he became manager of the same\\nbusiness, a position which he stills fills. During his\\nresidence in Lowell he was a member of various local\\norganizations, and since his residence here he has been\\nprominently identified with several institutions, being a\\ntrustee and on the investing board of the New Hampshire\\nBanking company, and Guaranty Savings bank, and a\\ndirector in the First National bank. He is also one of the\\nexecutors and trustees of the Nutt estate. Mr. Whilhed\\nhas served the city six years as a member of the board of\\neducation, and has several times declined to be a candi-\\ndate for the mayoralty. He is a republican in politics\\nand was president of the Blaine and Logan club in 1880.\\nHe is a niendjer of the Universalist church, the Fort-\\nnightly and City Guards clubs, and a citizen who is earnest\\nin his advocacy of whatever his judgment commends for\\nthe advancement of the interests of Nashua.\\nMr. Whilhed has been twice married first. Sept. 4, 1S62,\\nwith .\\\\lmira R. Fisher, daughter of Samuel S. and .\\\\lmira\\nf .\\\\damsj Fisher of Lowell, who died June 18, 187S; second,\\n.\\\\pril 14, 1880, with Ellen H. Gates, daughter of Josiah\\nand Harriet N. (Coburn) Gates of Lowell. One daughter\\nwas born of his first marriage: Almira M., born Dec. 15,\\n1870, married Fred W. Norton of Nashua, Get. 24, 1894.\\nWILLIAM PROCTOR DANE.\\nWilliam V. Dane, son of Timothy and Rhoda B. (Proc-\\ntor) Dane, was born at Merrimack, Feb. 12, 1840. His\\nimmigrant ancestor, on the paternal side, Rev. Francis\\nDane, came to America from England in the eighteenth\\ncentury and settled at Danvers, Mass. His descendants,\\nlike most of those of the early settlers, scattered in many\\ndirections, the branch to which Mr. Dane belongs being\\namong the pioneers of New Hampshire. On the maternal\\nside he is a descendant of William and Rhoda (Bagley)\\nProctor, who were born at Salisbury, Mass., and in early\\nlife settled in .^ndover when it was almost a wilderness.\\nHis grandfather, James Proctor, was a Revolutionary\\nsoldier. The Proctors were of English origin and the\\nBagleys were Scotch. Proctor academy at .Vndover was\\nn.LMied in honor of the family.\\n.Mr. Dane became a resident of Nashua in his youth,\\nand was educated at the Mount Pleasant school, gradu-\\nating there when it was a high school. In 1857 heentered\\nthe employ of Gage, Murray Co., local manufacturers of\\ncard board, with w honi, and their successors, he remained\\nuntil 1868, when he established himself in New York City\\nas a jobber in foreign and domestic paper and card board,\\nin which business he is still engaged. Mr. Dane s home\\nis in East Orange, N. J., but he has always nuiintained\\na livelj- interest in everything that pertains to Nashua\\nand has written for The Telegraph many valuable articles\\nof a historical character. Mr. Dane was united in mar-\\nriage March 11, 1876, with Arabelle Louise Osborne,\\ndaughter of .\\\\lexander and Susan (Deniing) Osborne\\nof Brooklyn, N. Y. Five children have been born of their\\nWILLIAM 1 DANE.\\nmarriage: Ivlizabelh Proctor, Feb. 10, 1S77; F;dilli Louise,\\nMarch 17, 1879; Rhoda Proctor, Aug. S, 1880; Gertrude\\nWalniarlh, June 20, 1882; William Proctor. Jr.. Jan. 4, 1886.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "254\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nCHARLES JAMES FOX.\\nCharles J. Fox was born in Hancock, Oct. 28, 1811. died\\nin Nasliua, Feb. 17, 1846. He was a son of Jediali and\\nSarah (Wheeler) Fox and of the sixth generation in\\ndescent from Thomas and Rebecca Fox, who came to\\nConcord, Mass., from F,ngland as early as 1640.\\nMr. Fox attended school at Amherst and at Appleton\\nacademy, now McCollom institute. Mont Vernon, and was\\ngraduated at Dartmouth college in 1831. He studied law\\nat Yale college\\nand afterwards\\nwitli Daniel Abbot\\nat Nashua, with\\nw h o ni he was\\nafterwards asso-\\nciated in practice.\\nIn 1837 he repre-\\nsented Nashua in\\nthe legislature.\\nHis ability ami\\nlearning was\\nquickly recog-\\nnized and in 184\\nhe was appointed\\nby Gov. John\\nPage commis-\\nsioner to revise,\\ncodify and amend\\nthe statute law of\\nNew Hampshire.\\nHis associates\\nw ere Joel Par-\\nker and Samuel\\nD. Bell. Owing\\nto official duties\\nJudge Parker took\\nno part in the\\nrevision. The re-\\nport of the com-\\nmission was adopt-\\ned by the legisla-\\nture Dec. 23, 1842,\\nand Mr. Fox and\\nhis associates were\\nhighly compli-\\nmented by that\\nbody. Mr. Fox\\nbegan collecting\\nmaterial for the\\nhistory of the old\\ntownship of Dun-\\nstable in 1840 and\\nwrote the greater\\npart of it in that year, although he resumed work on his\\nmanuscript from time to time as he had opportunity, and\\nso continued until his death. It was completed and pub-\\nlished following his death in 1846, and from that day to\\nthe present time has been conidered a standard work.\\nMr. Fox was a member of the Unitarian church and a\\nteacher in its Sunday-school. Mr. Fox was united in\\nmarriage June 30, 1840, with Catherine Pickman Abbot of\\nNashua. (For ancestors see sketch of her father). One\\nson was born of their marriage: E. W. P ox, M. D., a\\nresident of Philadelphia.\\nJAMES H. FASSETT.\\nJames H. Fassett is a son of James B. and Ellen (Mor-\\nrill) Fassett he was born at Nashua, January 11, 1869.\\n(For ancestors see sketch of his father, James B. Fassett.)\\nMr. Fassett was educated in the public schools of his na-\\ntive place and graduated in the high school in 18S6. The\\nsame year he entered Dartmouth college as a freshman.\\nDuring Mr. Fassett s college course he ranked high as a\\nscholar in one of the largest and brightest classes gradu-\\nated at that fa-\\nmous seat of learn-\\nin g for m a n 3\\ny ears. H e was\\nalso very popular\\nwith his fellow-\\nstudents both for\\nhis geniality and,\\nalso, for his prow-\\ness as an athlete\\nhis fame in the\\nlatter respect still\\nsurviving there, as\\nis evinced by his\\nbeing lately tailed\\nupon to address\\nthe college, on\\nDartmouth\\nnight, upon ath-\\nletic matters at\\nH anover H e\\ngraduated at Dart-\\nmouth after a\\nfour years course,\\nin the class of\\n1890. Upon his\\ngraduation he re-\\nturned to Nashua,\\nand, after a short\\nperiod of inac-\\ntivity, was elected\\nprincipal of the\\nMount Pleasant\\ngrammar school, a\\nposition which he\\nfilled with marked\\nability and success\\nfor two 3 ears and\\nuntil he resigned\\nto accept the office\\nof superintendent\\nof the public\\nschools of Nashua\\nin the spring of\\n1893, a position to which he was elected b^- the board of\\neducation, and which he still holds, November, 1896.\\nHe has made an able and efficient superintendent, and,\\nby attending closeh- to the details of his work, and the\\ngeneral wants of the schools, and keeping in line with\\nthe trench of advancement and improvement in methods\\nof management, performed his duties to the entire accept-\\nance of the public. Mr. Fassett is a member of the Uni-\\ntarian church and a member of its choir. He is a thir-\\nty-second degree Mason and a Knight Templar. He is\\nunmarried.\\nj.\\\\.Mi- 11. f.\\\\.s.s|.:tt.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "HISTORY Oh NASHUA, N.\\n255\\nEDUCATIONAL\\nBY ja:\\\\ii-;s h. iwssktt.\\nIT IS almost impossible to obtain any exact data of the earl\\\\- schools of Nasluia. The records,\\nin most cases, are entirel\\\\- wantini;, and where they exist they are extremely vague and\\nindefinite. The first accurate account is hardly to the credit of the town. In 1730 Dunstable,\\nunder indictment of the su]:)erior court, was comi)elled to open school. The following is the\\nlaw under which the indictment was made Tliat each town in the province having the number\\nof fiftv householders, shall be constantl_\\\\- jirov-ided of a schoolmaster to teach children to read and\\nwrite, and when any town has one hundrecl families or householders, there shall also be a grammar\\nschool set \\\\\\\\\\\\i and kept. And some discreet person of good con\\\\-ersation, well instructed in the\\ntongues, shall be procured to be master thereof. Every such schoolmaster to be suitably encour-\\naged and paid by the inhabitants; and the selectmen of towns are hereby empowered to agree\\n(acitooL Buildings)\\nwith such schoolmaster for salary and to raise money by way of rate upon the inhabitants to pay the\\nsame. If any such town shall neglect the due ob.servance of the law for the space of six months\\nit shall pa} a penalty of twenty pounds.\\nIn 1721 this law was so amended that instead of the town being subject to the fine of twenty\\npounds, the selectmen were held responsible should the town be without a school for one month.\\nIn the year 1730 the town, then consisting of more than fifty householders, was indicted under\\nthe above. The town then voted that it be left with the selectmen to provide and agree with a\\nperson to keep a writing school in the town directly, and that the sum of ten pounds be granted and\\nraised for defraying the charges in the last mentioned concern and other town charges. History\\nis silent as to just what part of this ten pounds went to swell the jKK-ketbook of the schoolmaster.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "256 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nFor many years following no record can be found of any vote to raise money for school pur-\\nposes. In 1746 two schools were kept, one at the house of John Searles, near Salmon brook, and the\\nother at the Gordon house near Reed s pond. As there were no school houses at that time, it was\\nnecessary that the school be kept in private dwellings. The branches taught were reading, writing,\\narithmetic and .spelling. The materials used in school work were most primitive. Paper was\\nunknown and when slates were needed, as they frequently were, strips of birch bark were used,\\nwith a leaden bullet hammered out for a pencil. Thev had no arithmetics, the master setting the\\nsums on each slate for the pupil. The New Testament was used almost exclusively as a reading-\\nbook and spelling book as well.\\nIn 1749 we find the first mention of the school committee, and that the town was divided into\\ndistricts. There were five of these, two on the north side of the river and three on the south. It\\nmay be of interest to know that the first committee consisted of John vSnow, Ephraim Butterfield\\nand Ephraim Adams. One hundred and forty pounds were raised to support the schools under\\nthese committees. The next mention we have of any school in the town is in 1761, when one\\nhundred pounds were rai.sed for schooling and houses. From this date on, there was rai.sed\\nevery year more or less money for the support of schools; some years only twenty pounds and in\\nothers two hundred pounds.\\nIn 1772 the town refused to appropriate money for school houses, l.)Ut, in 1775, a motion was\\ncarried and eighty pounds was raised for that purpose. The first schoolhouse was erected near\\nthe old burying ground on the Lowell road in the south part of the town, but upon the opposite\\nside of the brook from the spot where the present schoolhouse stands. A schoolhouse of this\\ntime was usuall a small unpainted building. Along three sides of the schoolroom were placed\\nslabs upon which the older pupils wrote and worked their sums. These slabs were fastened upon one\\nside to the walls of the building, the other being supported by legs driven securely into auger holes\\nin the floor.\\nFor seats, hewn planks were used into which stakes were driven for legs. Inside of this outer\\ncircle were slab seats for the younger children. This arrangement made it necessary for the children\\nto sit facing the walls with their backs towards the teacher. In the center of the room was placed\\nthe master s desk, and from his throne he watched with eagle eye the work of the youths\\nunder his charge.\\nOne may easily appreciate the feelings of the mischievous boys who, with their backs toward the\\nteacher, were never certain when he was not looking at them. This feeling of insecurity must have\\nbeen heightened by the knowledge that there lay on the master s desk a hickory switch long enough\\nto reach every boy in the room, and that too without moving from his chair.\\nOn the third side of the school room was a huge fire place, with large flat stones used for\\nandirons. Inasmuch as the chimney was never very high, and green wood was usually burned, the\\nfir,st part of the morning exercises was conducted in a cloud of smoke. The building of the fire was\\nallotted to the older boys who took turns in attending to this duty as well as to the splitting of the\\nwood. The older girls kept the room swept and cleaned. The windows were small and placed high\\nso that the attention of the children should not be distracted by outside affairs.\\nTo schools of this description our ancestors trudged, fortunate if they lived near the school.\\nMany, however, were compelled to walk several miles, and that too after having helped their fathers\\nwith the chores or their mothers with the household duties.\\nCertainly the lives of the children were filled with hard work. This was an advantage to the\\nschools of that time in one great particular. The children looked upon their school duties not as\\nhard work, as do the children of to-day, but as a relief from the drudgery which they had at home.\\nFor this reason the amount of schooling which the children obtained in their single term of sixteen\\nweeks was remarkable.\\nIt is found by the records that the pay of the school mistress at that time was about one dollar\\na week. In 1796 the town voted to raise two hundred pounds for the purpose of building .school-\\nhouses and, as a preventive against any disputes which might arise as to the location of these\\nbuildings, a special committee was chosen to fix the location of the schoolhou.ses should the district\\ndisagree upon the same. That the people of Dunstable early appreciated the importance of", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "HISTORY or NASHUA, N. H. 257\\nsinging in the schools is evidenced by the fact that in iSio the town voted to raise fifty dollars for\\nthe purpose of hiring a teacher of singing.\\nIn the early part of the century, there seems to have been no schoolhouse north of the Nashua\\nriver. The .schools were held in private houses. In 1S16 a schoolhouse was built at the junction\\nof the Concord and Manchester roads, where General .Stark s residence now^ stands. In 1S33 the\\nschoolhouse was found inadequate and was moved back upon the north side of Rural street w here\\nit was enlarged and served for school purposes many years. It is now u.sed as a dwelling house.\\nThe recorded history of our schools begins to be complete about the year 1840. Then the\\nschool officials published a more or less elaborate report of the schools under their charge. At that\\ntime there were eleven districts. No. i being situated near the old burying ground on the Lowell\\nroad.\\nIn the report for 1839 the following complaint was made of a lack of funds: The sum of money\\nwhich the town is by law compelled to appropriate for the support of schools has heretofore been\\nextremely limited, the whole amount of money being so inadequate that it has accomplished little\\nmore than to commence the schools and get them into successful operation.\\nA meeting was held in January, 1840, at which a resolution was passed appointing a committee\\nto dex ise means for placing a bell on the schoolhouse in district No. 3, in order to prevent all\\nmistakes regarding the time of commencing school. Whether or not the bell was purchased we\\nhave not been able to ascertain, but doubtless the steps of the laggard were hastened by its tones.\\nIt is rather interesting to note that the committee, in the report for 1S41, recommended the purchase\\nof thermometers, in order that the temperature might be duly recorded. It must have been some-\\nwhat of a debatable question in those days where the thermometers should be placed. For if the\\nrei)ort of the committtee in regard to the structure of the buildings at that time is to be believed,\\nthe temperature would be anything but uniform in different parts of the schoolrooms and the\\nteacher must have used considerable ingenuity in locating the exact point in the room where the\\ntemperature would be considered normal. There is one recommendation which one of the committee\\nmade at this time which should be recorded, as commendable now as well as then, that reading\\nand reciting in concert be abolished and that more individual work be done by the teacher among\\nthe jnipils.\\nThe greatest fault that seems to have existed in the Nashua schools at this time was the lack\\nof interest taken in them by the parents, and the consequent irregularity of attendance by the\\npupils. In every report this is found to be the case and the fact was much lamented by the commit-\\ntees. Many methods to correct this evil were devised; the schoolhouse doors were closed at the\\nbeginning of the session, excuses were abolished, and many other schemes were tried, but all .seemed\\nto have failed.\\nThe true rea.son for this lack of interest is very evident to one connected with school affairs at\\nthe present day. In one of the reports comment is made upon the inadvisability of the habit which\\nmany of the children had of aiding pupils reciting.\\nAll teachers at this time were elected by the prudential committee of the town, but were\\nsubject to an examination by the superintending committee of the schools. It happened in many\\ncases that the prudential committee, for prudential or economical reasons, brought forward candi-\\ndates whom the superintending committee found wanting in all the requirements necessary in a\\nteacher. When this happened the prudential committee was obliged to find a more acceptable\\ncandidate.\\nThe lack of suitable schoolhouses was felt in the past, as well as in the present. The following\\nis quoted from the report of 1842: The prosperity of school depends, in a greater degree than we\\nare apt to realize, upon the condition of the schoolhouse. No one enjoys public worship to the full\\nextent when the meeting-house is cold, filthy, or improperly ventilated, and the same principle is\\nequally applicable to schoolhouses. Even our horses and cattle are housed or sheltered according to\\nthe season and their natural wants, but the comfort of our children is often most unwisely and\\ninhumanely neglected.\\nThe following sentence in lieu of the above is easily understood: Considering the state of their\\n-schoolhouse and the means of the district, it would have suffered no loss could the wind which\\n9", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "258 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nunroofed the building last year have paid the visit at an hour when the house was empty and made its\\nwork of dilapidation more complete.\\nIn speaking of the condition of the schoolhouse then known as district No. 3, on the site of the\\npresent Mount Pleasant, the committee made the following comment And should the citizens erect\\nan elegant town house (Nashville) for the men to occupy oue day in the year, it should be left\\nwithout windows until a new schoolhouse is built, in order to equalize the comfort of the rising and\\nthe risen generations.\\nIn Nashville the districts, during the year 1843, were renumbered. The schoolhouse at\\nfeelvidere was called No. i. Mount Pleasant No. 2, the house on Amherst road No. 3, and the one on\\nHollis road No. 4. In 1.S45 there was a primary school built in the eastern part of district No. 2, on\\nNorth Central street. The scholars passed from this school to the higher grades in Mount Pleasant.\\nAt this time there was held a summer school for writing, lasting two or three weeks. It would\\nappear from comments made upon this school by the committee, that during these four weeks the\\nscholars received their only drill in writing, and they, thinking this inadequate, recommended that a\\nregular writing period be taken each day in school.\\nIn 1846 the committee advised the use of slates by the smaller children, to whom, evidently, their\\nuse had previously been forbidden, Serving if for no other purpose, as they said, to enable\\nthem to bear the difficult task of sitting still. The light which this throws upon the method of\\nteaching children at this time needs no comment.\\nThe holding of teachers institutes was spoken of with great interest by the school managers,\\nand all teachers were advised to attend. The committee also recommended in 1S47 the establishing\\nof a high school. In 1848-9 regular lessons in writing were given in all the schools, and this was\\nfound to be more efficient than to have two or three weeks devoted entirely to writing.\\nocal music was also generally introduced. During the year 1849 a high school was incorporated\\nin district No. 2, now known as Mount Pleasant, under the Somersworth act, namely: To empower\\nschool districts to establish and maintain high schools. The organization took place on the twelfth\\nof May, 1849. A new, costly and convenient schoolhouse had been built, having accommodations\\nfor eighty pupils in the upper or high school, seventy-two in the intermediate and eighty in the\\nprimary. Mr. Samuel Alvord was engaged as principal.\\nFollowing the action of the citizens on the north side of the river, in 1851 a high school was\\norganized on the south side, the West Pearl street school, and a Mr. Stone was elected to take charge\\nof the same. He was succeeded in the winter term by Mr. W. B. Chute, a very efficient teacher.\\nThere seems to have been at this time a decided increase in the interest felt in the public schools.\\nThey had more visitors and there was a general awakening in the cause of education.\\nTwo years later, in 1S53, the high school was removed from Pearl street to the new high school-\\nhouse on Main street. This new high school building was looked upon with great pride b)- the\\ntownspeople. In March, 1S54, the essential work of grading the schools systematically and adopting\\nthrough them all a thorough and progressive course of study was accomplished. And by this their\\nwork was rendered far more complete and effectual than e\\\\-er before. The differences between the\\nprimary, intermediate and high schools was clearly drawn. The high school started with, the\\nfollowing subjects, adopted as the course of study: Arithmetic, English grammar, algebra, natural\\nphilosophy and the Latin language. With our present rich curriculum, these subjects seem meagre\\nindeed. In 1856 it was recommended by the committee that no child under five years old be allowed\\nto attend school. Before this, children four years old, and even three, were frequently sent to school\\nby their parents. The requirements for admittance to the high school are interesting, as they show\\nwhat the connnittee expected of the lower schools. Colburn s arithmetic must have been completed,\\nthe common school arithmetic through fractions, Bullion s grammar as far as prosody, parsing begun,\\nColton s and Fitch s geography complete, history of the United States, reading and spelling.\\nUpon the reuniting of Nashua and Nashville, the schools went on as before. There was a high\\nschool maintained at Mt. Pleasant and one also at the Main .street. In connection with the former, it\\nis but just to mention the name of Hiram D. Wood, who taught the high school on the north side of\\nthe river for so man years faithfully and well.\\nIn 1867 the school year of district No. 3 had to be .shortened to 30 weeks for a lack of sufficient funds.\\nThe next year it was recommended that all the districts in the city unite to form one high school.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "///STOA V OF NASHUA, X. II. 259\\n111 [S69 this was hrmiolu i\u00e2\u0080\u009eio cfftct. Tlic f(iIIo\\\\viiig sentence is ([noted from the school report of\\nthis time Hereafter tlie high school will be composed of the first class of scholars selected from the\\nentire city. The same year saw the entire school system of the city put in exact form. Printed rules\\nand regulations were also adopted. These were written in the most commendable way and stood\\npractical!)- unchanged up to 1S93, when, under press of circumstances, they were carefully revised.\\n.\\\\t this time the superintending school committee, feeling that they were unable to do justice to the\\nsupervision of the schools, voted to elect a superintendent. The board of education consisted of eight\\niiieinbers, one from each ward. They were i)i-esided over by the mayor of the city. Mr. Eben H.\\nDavis was elected as the first su])erintendent. iMr. Davis is now superintendent of schools at Chelsea,\\nMass., and is the author of the celebrated Davis readers. His work in organizing our school system\\nat this time cannot be overestimated. Mrs. Ann S. Noyes gave during the year \u00c2\u00a71000, the interest of\\nwhich was to be expended in the ]nirchase of four silver medals.\\nAn epidemic of that dreaded disease, small jxix, cau.sed the schools to be closed for a considerable\\nperiod during the ear 1870.\\nChas. H. Merrill, whom many well remember as an excellent instructor in music, began his work\\nin connection with the public schools in the year 1S72. This teacher placed the music of our schools\\nupon a very high plane, which has been ably sustained through the present time.\\nIn 1873 work was begun on the present high school building. Two evening schools were also\\nstarted, one at West Pearl street and the other at Belvidere. Two years later the present high school\\nwas occupied, and on June i, Mr. T. W. Hussey, who had been principal of the high .school for over\\nseven years, resigned and, at the beginning of the fall term, Edward .A. Kingsley was elected in his\\nplace.\\nUpon the occupation of the present high school the Main street building was remodelled into eight\\nrooms suitable for the lower classes and the pupils who had formerl attended the Old Brick on West\\nPearl street were transferred to this place.\\nDuring the winter vacation the primary school on North Central street was burned and has never\\nbeen rebuilt.\\n(ireat credit is due Superintendent ,S. Arthur Bent for introducing into our schools logical and\\nmodern methods of teaching primary children. To him is largely due the excellence which character-\\nizes our lower grades. It is also but just to speak here of the Hon. John H. Goodale, of his long and\\ninterested support of the Nashua schools, botli as a member of the school committee and as\\nsuperintendent.\\nIn 188 1, the school house on Chandler street was completed. This was named the O Donnell\\nschool after Rev. Father O Donnell, a most respected member of the school board. I nder his benign\\ninfluence many matters which might have caused difficulty were made smooth.\\nIn 1877 Erastus B. Powers was elected principal of the high school. There has been no name\\nmore prominently connected with the high school of our city than has that of E. B. Powers. His\\ninfluence is felt even at the present day.\\nlixcellent recommendations were made by Supt. P rederick Kelsey that more extended use of\\nsupplementary reading be introduced into the schools and that a city training school for teachers be\\nestablished.\\nDuring October, 18S4, the schools were closed on account of an epiikiiiio of scarlet fever.\\nIn 1884, E. J. Goodwin, now ])rincipal of the high school at Newton, Ma.ss., was elected principal\\nof our high school. Mr. Goodwin was a man of marked ability and a most excellent instructor.\\nUnder .Superintendent Williams, a i)laii was iiitnxluced by which the parents were kept in close touch\\nwith the work of their children. Cards were made out by the teachers on which was plainly indicated\\nthe work of the pupil. That sy.stem, with certain modifications, is at present in use. By it, the final\\nexaminations held at the end of the year, when children were mo.sl unfit to be examined, were\\naliolished.\\nIn the years 1885 and 86 si)ecial instructors in drawing and phvsical culture wereelected. Their\\nwork at this time was particularly useful to the .schools. Military training in the high school was\\nadoi ted in 1887. I nder the able instruction of G en. Elbert Wheeler ami Col. Jason E. Tolles, this\\norganization has maintained a most commendable position.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "26o HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nLemuel S. Hastings, in the summer of 1889, was elected principal over the high school in the\\nplace of J. H. Willoughb)^ resigned.\\nDuring 1891, Hon. Fred Gowing, now state superintendent of public instruction, was elected\\nsuperintendent in place of Mr. O. S. Williams, who resigned for a more lucrative position in Dedham,\\nMass., in this year, also, E. W Pearson accepted the position of mu.sical director.\\nThe year 1890 is to be particularly noted by the adoption, for thefirst time, of a regular systematic\\ncourse of study. This has done an immense good by unifying the work of the schools in different parts\\nof the city.\\nIn 1891 the board of education adopted the method by which the pupils were promoted from grade\\nto grade, not by the perfunctory examinations, but by a direct estimate of the pupil s ability by the\\nteacher.\\nWhen, in the spring of 1893, Superintendent Gowing assumed the broader duties of the State\\nvSuperintendency, James H. Fassett was elected to fill his position.\\nIn 1894 two important departures were made, namely, the introduction of the kindergarten and\\nthe establishment of a training school for teachers, in the new building on Amherst street.\\nIMPORTANT PRIVATE SCHOOLS.\\nThere is no name connected with the educational history of Nashua which arouses among the\\npeople so many keen recollections of school days as does that of Prof. David Crosby. Profes.sor Crosby\\nwas born at Hebron, New Hanip.shire, in the year 1808. His parents were too poor to give him the\\neducation for which he was ambitious, and Crosby was therefore compelled to work his way through\\nKimball Union academy and afterward through Dartmouth college. He graduated at the latter\\ninstitution with high honor in the class of 1833.\\nFor .several years after graduation he was engaged in teaching at different places throughout the\\nstate and always with marked success.\\nIn 1840 Professor Crosby founded the Nashua Literary institution. This school under his careful\\nmanagement, in which he was ably seconded by his wife, was kept in a flourishing condition over forty\\nyears\\nProfessor Crosby was a man of stern and forbidding exterior but was in reality warmhearted and\\nsympathetic. His manners stern and hard toward the delinquent older boys, was always kind toward\\nthe children. His favorite subject was mathematics and he had, it is said, such a clear and concise\\nway of stating a problem that it was impossible for the pupil not to understand.\\nThe school became a noted one and many pupils came from a distance to attend.\\nSome of our brightest minds have obtained their start in education from this excellent instructor.\\nProfessor Crosby died February 26, 1881, but his strong rugged personality still lives in the memory\\nof his pupils.\\nDuring the year 18S3, Father Milette started a Parochial school in the basement of St. Aloysius\\nchurch. It opened with five hundred pupils and eight sisters were employed to take charge of them.\\nIn June of the same year the new building was started. The following November it was ready for\\noccupancy. This school continued under the charge of the sisters until 1889, when the boys .school\\nwas erected and the Brothers were brought in to take charge. From this time on the boys have been\\nseparate from the girls. At present there are about seven hundred children in attendance, three\\nhundred and fifty boys and three hundred and sixty girls. To take charge of these there are employed\\nnine si.sters and eight brothers, one of whom, Brother Theofridus, acts as a supervising principal.\\nThe school in all its parts has the impress of the personality of its founder. Father Milette.\\nIn the fall of 1884, Rev. Father Houlihan, pastor of the church of Immaculate Conception,\\nbought the old Indian Head House. This was turned into a parochial school by making\\nextensive repairs and alterations. In September, 1885, the school was formerly opened and placed in\\ncharge of the Sisters of Mercy. It continued in a very prosperous condition for six years, at the end\\nof which time. Rev. Father E. E. Buckle, believing it to be for the best interest of the school to be\\nnearer the center of population, sold the Indian Head House site and purchased a large lot of land on\\nthe west side of Spring .street. Upon this was erected a modern brick building which was dedicated", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n261\\nas the vSchool of the Sacred Heart. The course of study followed is made to conform as closely as\\npossible to that of the public schools.\\nUnder the supervision of Sister Ku])heniia, the present principal, the school work is well and\\nably carried on.\\nIn the parish o( Father Lessard during the year 1886, was started a parochial .school. It began\\nin the basement of the church of St. Francis Xavier, but during the .spring of 87 the present school-\\nhou.se was erected. The school opened with an attendance of one hundred and fifty. There are now\\nattending two hundred and seventy-five children. The corps of teachers has been increased from\\nthree to six and is now conducted under the principal, Sister Lucia.\\nIt has been the endeavor of the author, in this brief Kducational Hi.story of Nashua, to obtain\\nfacts and data from original sources so far as possible. This is particularly true in relation to the\\nhistory of the public schools. All or nearl all the facts have been taken directly from the school\\nreports issued by the boards of education.\\n3\\nO^u^i^cyiL/ rf. jydu^^t^^c.^C^CZ\\nNAS11U.\\\\ LrnCKAUV INSirrUTK.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "262\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nJOHN GRAY FOSTER.\\nGen. John G. Foster. V. S. A., was born iu White-\\nfield, May 27, 1823. died in Nashua, Sept. 2, 1874. He\\nwas a son of Perle}- and Mary (Gray) Foster, who became\\nresidents of Nashua in 1833. They were descendants of a\\nlong line of Scotch-English ancestors who bore conspicu-\\nous parts in the field and forum of the mother country.\\nNo records could be found, however, by which to compile\\ntheir genealogy.\\nJOHN G. FOSTER.\\nJohn Gray Foster was a Nashua boy, who. during his\\nyouth, showed a decided inclination to the profession of\\narms. He was captain of several military companies and\\nbetween him and George Bowers. Thomas G Banks and\\nGeorge H. Whitney there was for many years a friendly\\nrivalry. Following school days in Nashua he became a\\nstudent at Hancock academy, and subsequently- fitted for\\nWest Point at Crosby s Nashua Literarj- institute. His\\nappointment, in 1842, to the military school was obtained\\nthrough the influence of Charles G. Atherton, then\\nmember of Congress from this district, and as the events\\nof his life show, he proved himself worthy of the confi-\\ndence of that eminent man. Lieutenant Foster graduated\\nat the institution in i846, ranking number four in a class\\nwith McClellan, Reno, Sturgis, Stoneman and Oakes,\\nnames now famous as commanders in the Union army,\\nand with Jackson and Wilcox who were numbered with\\nthe best tacticians in the Confederate army.\\nAt his graduation Foster was at once appointed brevet\\nsecond lieutenant of engineers. He was assigned as as-\\nsistant engineer in the bureau at Washington in 1846, and\\nduring 1847-48 was attached to a company of sappers,\\nminers and pontoniers in Mexico, where he was engaged\\nin the siege of Vera Cruz from March 9 to 29, 1847 at the\\nbattles of Cerro Gordo, April 17 to 18 at Contreras in\\nAugust at Churubusco and Molino del Rey. In the\\nstorming party of the latter place, which took place Sept.\\n8, 1847, he was severely wounded in the hip. He was\\nthen granted a sick leave of several months, which he\\nspent with his friends in Nashua. Upon his return to the\\nservice he was successively breveted first lieutenant and\\ncaptain for gallant and meritorious conduct in the memor-\\nable engagements already mentioned.\\nFollowing the war with Mexico Captain Foster was en-\\ngaged for a number of years upon the fortifications of the\\ncoast, and was also at the coast survey office in Washing-\\nton. From 1855 to 1857 he was assistant to the professor\\nof engineering at West Point, and in 1858 he was engaged\\nin building I ort Sumter. July i, i860, after fourteen\\nyears continuous service, he was commissioned as full\\ncaptain of engineers. In 1861 he was chief engineer of\\nthe fortifications of Charleston harbor, being engaged in\\nstrengthening the works in anticipation of an attack upon\\nthem, and was also in command when the garrison of\\nFort Moultrie was transported to Fort Sumter. He was\\nengaged in the historic defence of the last named fort\\nduring its bombardment, (being second in commanil 1,\\nand was present when it surrendered and was evacuated.\\n.\\\\pri] 12 to 14. 1S61. He was breveted major for his\\ngallantry.\\nITpon his return to the North he built several fortifica-\\ntions, and. Oct. 23, 1861, was appointed brigadier-general\\nof volunteers, and, with the Burnside expedition, he par-\\nticipated in the capture of Roanoke, Feb. 8, 1862. He\\nwas at the capture of Newburn, N. C, and at the Ijom-\\nbardment of F ort Macon, and from July i, 1862, to July\\n13. 1863, was in command of the department of North\\nCarolina. It was here that several New Hampshire regi-\\nments came under his command. He participated in all\\nthe encounters of that campaign, and, July 18, 1862, was\\nappointed major-general of United States volunteers. He\\nwas subsequentl}- appointed to command the department\\nof Ohio, where he served from Dec. 12, 1863. to July 9.\\n1864. when he was obliged to ask relief in consequence of\\nsome injuries received by the fall of his horse. In 1863,\\nhe was nmde a major in the corps of engineers. I S. A..\\nfor gallant and meritorious services in the field during\\nthe Rebellion.\\nAfter the close of the war General Foster was stationed\\nfor some time in the department of Florida, and. in 1869,\\nwhile on temporary duty in the department of engineers\\nat Washington, he was detached, b}- reason of feeble\\nhealth, for special service in Boston harbor, where he in-\\nstituted and completed several needed improvements\\nnecessary to navigation. During this period he spent a\\nportion of his time with his venerable mother at his old\\nhome in Nashua.\\nGeneral Foster was a man of commanding figure and\\nthe very beau ideal of a soldier. In his deportment he\\nwas a quiet, unpretentious man whose gallant career in-\\nspired the respect of those with whom he came in contact\\nand whom to see vipon the street or about the city on foot\\nor in his carriage was to admire. There was no displaj\\niu private life, no fustian about General Foster, and in\\ncamp or in battle he always displa3-ed tact, wisdom, mili-\\ntary skill, a w-atchful care of his subordinates that won\\ntheir approbation and made him a leader deserving the", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASin-A, X.\\n263\\nconfidence reposed in him by his j;oveiiinienl and by his\\ncountrymen. In fact he became during the war one of\\nthose central figures whose career was watclied with pe-\\nculiar interest and pride by the people of Nashua.\\nGeneral Foster, in honor of whom the Grand Army\\npost in the city was named, was buried with military\\nhonors. The funeral took place at the Church of the Im-\\nmaculate Conception, business was su.spended, public and\\nprivate Ijuildiugs draped in mourning and a fitting eulogy\\npronounced by Rev. Robert J. Fulton, S. J., of Boston.\\n.Vmong the mourners were many distinguished people\\nfrom near and remote places. Col. Thomas P. Pierce, a\\nprominent citizen of Nashua and a comrade of the gener-\\nal s in the Mexican war, marshaled the civic cortege, and\\nGenerals Thoni, Burnside, Tyler, Stevens, Stackpole, Gor-\\ndon, .Stephen and Whitticr guarded the hearse, while\\nJohn G. Foster post, G. A. R., Col. George Bowers, com-\\nmander, another Nashua comrade of the general s in the\\nMexican war, and a detachment of United .States regulars\\nescorted the procession to the grave, in the Nashua ceme-\\ntery, where Very Rev. John O Donnell, V. G., read the\\nCatholic burial service.\\nGeneral Foster was twice married at Baltimore, Md.,\\nJan. 21, 1851, by the Most Rev. Archbishop Eccleston,\\nwith Mary L. Moule, daughter of Col. Samuel Moule.\\nMrs. Foster died at New York, June 6, 1871 in Wash-\\nington, Jan. 9, 1872, at vSt. Matthew s church, with Nannie\\nDavis, daughter of George M. Davis. One daughter was\\nborn to him by his first wife, Annie M., born at Balti-\\nmore, Md., Nov. 3, 1851, married Lieut. Henry Seaton, U.\\nS. A., at the cathedral in Boston, April 26, 1870. Mrs.\\nSeaton has two sons.\\nGEORGE BOWERS.\\nCol. George Bowers, son of Jesse and lietsey (Love-\\nwell) Bowers, was born in Old Dunstable, .\\\\pril 22, 181 7,\\ndied in Nashua, Feb. 14, 1884. (For genealogy see sketch\\nof his father).\\nColonel Bowers was educated in the pulilic schools and\\nat Cro.sby s Literary institute. Inheriting a passion for\\nmilitary service he identified himself even as a boy,\\nwith the local companies and later commanded the\\nfamous Light Infantry companv-. When w-ar was declared\\nbetween the United .States and Mexico, he was com-\\nmissioned, March II, 1847, by President Polk, first lieu-\\ntenant in the Ninth I nited States infantry. From the\\ntime the command left Newport, R. I., his captain being\\non detatched service to the close of the campaign, he\\ncommanded his company and endured all the fatigues and\\nhardships incidental to a country infested by guerillas,\\nand a climate of an enervating character. In the san-\\nguinarv battles of Contreras and Churubu.sco, he fought\\nwith great gallantry and distinguished himself for un-\\nflinching bravery and the science of arms to the degree\\nthat his services were recognized by General .Scott and\\nrewarded with a brevet captaincy, .\\\\gain in the awful\\nslaughter at El Molino del Ray, when out of 2,400 en-\\ngaged 800 fell in forty minutes, Captain Bowers won honor\\nand recognition from his superiors by his courage an l\\nfidelitv. At the storming of Chapultepec he bore a con-\\nspicuous part and was among the first to reach the\\nditches. His company was in advance and having no\\nscaling ladders he placed himself in a stooping position\\nagainst the wall, his broad shoulders forming a bridge\\nupon which his men made the first leap to carry the forti-\\nfication. For his coolness and bravery in this action he\\nagain received deserved mention in official congratulations\\nGEORGE ROWERS.\\nto the army. He was with his command when the west-\\nern gates of the City of Mexico were seized, and on the\\nfollowing day w-as assigned a conspicuous position in\\nplacing the flag of his country on the Palacio of the\\nMontezumas. He attained the full rank of captain in\\nDecember, 1847, and remained in command of his com-\\npany until the regiment was ordered home in 1848, when\\nhe received an honorable discharge and at once returned\\nto the pursuits of ])eace in his native town.\\nIn 1S53 he was appointed postmaster of Nashua by his\\nold commander and friend. President Pierce, and was re-\\nappointed by President Buchanan in 1857. During this\\ntime he organized and commande l the Granite State\\ncadets, the members of which distinguished themselves a\\nfew years later in the Civil War. In March, 1861, having\\nserved eight years as postmaster, he was elected maj orof\\nNashua. Meantime Governor Goodwin tendered him the\\ncolonelcy of the .Second New Hampshire volunteers, but\\nthe duties of his office were such that he could not accept.\\nfew months later, however, he accepted a commission\\nas lieutenant-colonel of the Thirteenth regiment. New\\nHampshire volunteers, and went to the front in that\\ncommand, .\\\\rriving at the seat of war in .September,\\n1862, the regiment received its baptism of fire at the ter-\\nrible battle of Fredericksburg, where Colonel Bowers\\nbore himself with that same cool and intrepid heroism he\\nhad dis])laved on the plains of Mexico. During the fol-\\nlowing winter he was ever zealous in the care of his men,\\nand particularly during the siege of Suffolk in which the\\nregiment bore an active part, and where, in the engage-\\nment on the Nansemond, May 3, 1863, he commanded.\\nBut the severe and arduous duties of the Virginia cam-\\npaigns began to make inroads on his heretofore strong\\nconstitution and he fell a victim to the malaria of the\\nlowlands, and, although unwilling to resign, he was com-\\npelled by reason of ill health to leave the front. In No-\\nvember, 1863, he was transferred to the Tenth regiment.\\nVeteran Reserve corps, with which he served for over two", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "264\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nyears, being in command of the Broom street barracks in\\nNew York city during the troublesome period following\\nthe draft riots and subsequently at Baltimore and Wash-\\nington, commanding the regiment at the grand review.\\nHe was honorably discharged in November, 1865, and re-\\nturned to his home and engaged in mercantile pursuits.\\nColonel Bow-ers .served the city as mayor again in 1868,\\nand after that he retired from political strife. When the\\nOrand Army of the Republic was organized he became\\none of its earliest champions. He was a charter member\\nof John G. Foster post and upon its organization was\\nunanimously chosen commander, serving as such two\\nyears. In 1879 he was elected department commander to\\nwhich position he was re-elected in 1880. When he as-\\nsumed the latter position the interest in the order had\\nsomewhat flagged but he nearly tripled its membership.\\nHe commanded a battalion of New Hampshire veterans at\\nthe dedication of the Boston Soldiers monument in 1877,\\nand delivered the address at the unveiling of the soldiers\\nmonument at Manchester in 1879, and at Lakeport in\\n1880. He served the national encampment as junior vice-\\ncommander in 1880. The same year at the Fourteenth\\nNational encampment he was appointed on the committee\\nto consider the subject of woman s work for the G. A. R.,\\nwhich resulted in the organization of the Woman s Relief\\ncorps. Colonel Bowers was of commanding figure, noble\\npresence and bearing, and every inch the beau ideal soldier\\nof poetry and romance. Courtly, dignified, yet affable\\nand gentle to all, he made real the dramatist s lines, He\\nwas a knightly gentleman and as brave and true a soldier\\nas ever in the fire and smoke of battle, mid the rattle of\\nmusketry, and the deep toned thunder of artillery,\\nplanted the victorious standard of his country on an\\nenemy s wall.\\nColonel Bowers was twice married first with Caroline\\nM. Bacon second with Abigail E. Bacon. One son was\\nborn to him bv his first marriage, George P. Bowers.\\nJOHN FENNIMORE MARSH.\\nCol. John F. Marsh, son of Fitch Pool and Mary Jane\\n(Emery) Marsh, was born in Hudson, Feb. i, 1828. He\\nis a grandson of Samuel and Sarah (Pool) Marsh, who\\nwere among the early settlers of Nottingham West, now\\nHudson, and noted as a hardy, industrious and prosperous\\nfamily. The paternal descent is from George Marsh,\\nwho came to America from Norfolk county in England in\\n1635 and settled at Hingham, Mass. His ancestors on the\\nmaternal side were Scotch-Irish and prominent people in\\ncolonial days.\\nColonel Marsh was educated in the public schools of\\nhis native town and at Crosby s Literary institution in\\nthis city. His j outh was spent upon his father s farm.\\nHe was an enthusiast in the military companies of those\\ndays, and desired above all things else to enter the mili-\\ntary academy at West Point. Failing to reach the goal of\\nhis ambition he enlisted in the spring of 1847 in Capt.\\nGeorge Bowers company, Ninth United States infantry,\\n(Col. Truenian B. Ransom), and served through the war\\nwith Mexico. He participated in all the engagements\\nfrom the plains of Pueblo to the storming of Chapultepec,\\nwhere he saw his colonel shot through the head, and wit-\\nnessed the capture of the City of Mexico. Colonel Marsh\\nremained with the regiment until it was disbanded,\\nAugust, 1848, at Fort Adams, Newport, R. I. Returning\\nto the avocation of peace, he became a schoolmaster for a\\nshort time and then sought the Eldorado of the Pacific\\ngoing overlanil, in the spring of 1849, through northern\\nJOHN F. MARSH.\\nMexico as captain of an organization of thirty-seven men\\nwho had rendezvoused at Galveston, Texas, where he\\nspent three or four years in the gold mines. In 1855 he\\nwas appointed by the government special agent in the\\npostal service between California and New York, and a\\nyear later President Pierce, (in whose brigade he had\\nserved in the Mexican War), commissioned him post-\\nmaster at Hastings, Minn., of which place he was mayor\\nin 1859, anfl where he was in office until i86r.\\nWhen the war broke out, his patriotism and military\\nspirit were again aroused, and he entered the service, Jvine\\n17, i85i, as first lieutenant of company B, Sixth regiment\\nWisconsin volunteers, and Oct. 25, 1861, was promoted to\\na captaincy. He was in the battle at Gainesville, and, at\\nthe second engagement at Bull Run, was wounded. Upon\\nbeing appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Twelfth regi-\\nment New Hampshire volunteers, he resigned his cap-\\ntaincy in the Sixth Wisconsin infantry and went to the\\nfront in the former command in September, 1862. He was\\nwith that gallant regiment at Fredericksburg, and in the\\nbattle of Chancellorsville was severely wounded in the\\nhip, from the effects of which he is still a sufferer. Being\\nincapacitated from active service in the field, he was\\ncommissioned, Jan. 22, 1864, lieutenant-colonel of the\\nTwenty-fourth regiment United States Veteran Reserve\\ncorps; April 20, 1865, he was commissioned colonel of the\\nTwenty-fourth United States colored infantry, which he\\ndeclined March 15, 1865, he was commissioned colonel\\nby brevet, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the\\nbattle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863. In the\\nspring of 1864, by order of the secretary of war, he made\\na special inspection of all the military prisons west of\\nWashington where confederate prisoners of war were\\nconfined, reporting to the war department the condition\\nand treatment of the prisoners and as to the efficiency of\\nthe troops acting as guards. During the last year of the\\nwar he served on a board for the examination of candi-\\ndates for commissions in the military service. His", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, X. II.\\n26r,\\ncomrades credit him with beiiifj a strict disciplinarian,\\nand a soldier withouL reproach.\\nCiilonel Marsh s home, from the time he entered the\\nservice in the Twelfth in 1862 to 1874, was in Nashua. In\\nthe fall of 1865 he engaged in the manufacture of surface\\ncoated paper under the name of the Nashua Glazed Paper\\ncompany. In 1867 he was appointed United States pen-\\nsion agent at Ccmcord, and in 1868 he sold out his paper\\nbusiness and it was incorporated with the Nashua Card\\nand Glazed Paper company. In 1S74 he established the\\nSpringfield Glazed Paper company, of w hich he retains\\nthe control and management at the present time. Colonel\\nMarsh is a quiet man who bears the honors to which he is\\nentitled, by reason of the service he has rendered his\\ncountr} and the dangers he has passed, with a modesty\\ncharacteristic of brave and true men. In civil life he has\\nheld many positions of honor and trust. He is a member\\nof Rising Sun lodge, A. F. and M., and Meridian Sun\\nRoyal Arch chapter of this city is a companion of the\\nmilitary order of the L,oyal Legion of the United States,\\ncommandery of Massachusetts.\\nColonel Marsh has been twice married first, Jan. 22,\\n1849, with Harriett L. Warren, daughter of Cyrus and\\nSusan fWinn) Warren of Hudson, who died Dec. 21, 1875;\\nsecond, Aug. i, 1878, with Mrs. Ida M. Phillips. Five\\nchildren, all by his first marriage, were born to him two\\nsons who died in infancy; Kate Aubrey, at Hudson, Aug.\\n.1, 1853, died at Montreal, Canada, March 20, 1872; Susan\\nIsabella, at Hudson, May 18, 1855, died at Springfield,\\nMass., Nov. II, 1884; Frank W., at Hastings, Minn., Oct.\\n5, 185S, now residing at Springfield, Mass. An adopted\\ndaughter, Mrs. Nella Phillips Shuart, lives at Roch-\\nester, N. Y.\\nELBRIDGE JACKSON COPP.\\nCol. IClbridge J. Copp, son of Joseph M. and Hannah\\n(Brown) Copp, was boru at Warren, July 22, 1844. His\\nancestors came from the north of Ireland early in the\\nseventeenth century, and settled at what afterwards be-\\ncame widely known as Copp s Hill, Boston. Members of\\nthe family became pioneers in the settlement of New\\nKngland, and it is through the branch that made their\\nhomes in New Hampshire that the subject of this sketch\\ntraces his paternal lineage. On the maternal side he is a\\ndirect descendant of the Putnam family of Connecticut,\\nhis mother being a great niece of Gen. Israel Putnam of\\nRevolutionary- fame.\\nColonel Copp obtained his education in the common\\nand high schools of Nashua. In 1861, although then but\\nsixteen years of age, he enlisted as a private sohlier in\\nthe ranks of the Third regiment. New Hampshire volun-\\nteers. In 1862 he was appointed sergeant-major of the\\nregiment and soon after was promoted to a second lieu-\\ntenancy. His soldierly bearing, faithfulness under trying\\ncircumstances, enthusiasm and superb courage when the\\nbattle was on, won the admiration of his superiors in rank\\nand secured for him a commission as adjutant of the\\nregiment in 1863. He was then but eighteen years of\\nage and was the youngest commissioned officer in the .ser-\\nvice who had risen from the ranks as a private. Colonel\\nCopp served for a time as assistant adjutant-general on\\nthe staff of Colonel and acting Brig. -Gen. Louis Bell, who\\nwas killed at P ort P isher, and held his commission until\\nmustered out in October, 1864, on account of disability\\nfrom wounds.\\nThat he was not a carpet knight or a soldier who shirked\\nthe bugle call to battle there is abundant evidence in his\\ngallant record, a record that does honor to his native state,\\nand in which he has every reason to take pride. At Dru-\\nry s Bluff, in front of Richmond, while under a murderous\\nfire, he was wounded in the shoulder, but so earnest was\\nhe to be with his comrades of battles and hardships, so\\ndevoted was his patriotism, that he joined his command\\nbefore his wound was fairly healed, and was again in his\\nsaddle when the movement was made at Deep Bottom.\\nIn this terrible and unsuccessful assault made by Haw-\\nley s brigade, and when inside the enemy s fortification.\\nhe was shot through the body and left among the dead.\\nHis feeling was, as he once said to the writer of this\\nsketch, that only his head remained to him and that his\\nwound was mortal. He was rescued bv a member of\\n^E^^^^^hTv\\ni;i.i;i!ii) ;k j. fui-p.\\nGeneral Hawley s staff, and was one of but few of his\\nregiment among the hundred or more who were wounded\\nin the engagement and escaped being taken prisoner.\\nUnder skillful treatment at the Chesapeake hospital, at\\nFortress Monroe, he recovered so as to be removed to his\\nhome. He has never fully recovered from his wounds\\nand is often a great sufferer for weeks at a time.\\nFollowing the war Colonel Copp traveled for a time in\\nthe West for a Chicago and Indianapolis book concern,\\nbut finally wearying of the road, he settled in business in\\nNashua with his brother, Capt. Charles D. Copp. a gallant\\nveteran of the New Hampshire Ninth. In 1878 Colonel\\nCopp was appointed register of probate for Hillsborough\\ncounty, a position which he has filled with such marked\\nability and courtesy that he has been elected biennially\\never since. He has not, however, in the years since the\\nwar, abated any of his military ardor. Ou the contrary.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "266\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nlie was commissioned captain of the Nashua City guards\\nin 1878, and by drilling and discipline gave it a standing\\nsecond to none in the state. In 1S79 he was promoted to\\nthe rank of major of the Second regiment, New Hamp-\\nshire National guard a few months later he was advanced\\nto lieutenant colonel, and in 18S4, upon the promotion of\\nCol. D. M. White to a brigade commander, was commis-\\nsioned colonel. When his five years had expired he was\\nurged to accept a new commission, but believing this\\nwould be unfair to other deserving officers who had\\nearned promotion, he declined the honor. Even then\\nhis interest in the military of New Hampshire did not\\ncease, for he at once assumed the task of organizing a\\nstock company, and by the most zealous labor succeeded\\nin erecting in Nashua the finest armory in the state. He\\nis a member of the Congregational church, Ancient York\\nlodge, A. F. and A. M., Pennichuck lodge, I. O. O. F.,\\nJohn G. Foster post, G. A. R., and the Massachusetts\\ncommandery of the Loyal Legion. As a citizen he is\\nactive in all good work for the public weal as a friend\\nhe is steadfast and true, and in his home life he is the\\nideal American gentleman. Thus, in Colonel Copp,\\nNashua, New Hampshire and the country has a veteran\\nas patriotic, brave and true as ever, mid fire and smoke,\\nplanted the victorious standard of his country on an\\nenemy s walls as a citizen to know is to respect.\\nColonel Copp was united in marriage June 9, 1869,\\nwith S. Eliza White, daughter of James and Rebecca\\nMcConihe) White of Nashua. Two daughters were born\\nof their marriage: Charlotte Louise, married Frederick\\nB. Pearson Edith Alice.\\nJAMES GRANVILLE MCDONALD.\\nJames G. McDonald was born in Gorham, Me., Oct. 3,\\n1832, died in Nashua, Feb. 19, 1893. He was a son of\\nJames and .\\\\bigail (Sturgis) McDonald, and a direct de-\\nscendant of Brian McDonald of the McDonald clan, who\\ncame to .\\\\merica from Glencoe, Scotland, about 1686.\\nThe descent includes John McDonald, who married the\\ndaughter of an English clergyman and settled in York\\ncounty, Me., and Joseph McDonald, grandfather of the\\nsubject of this sketch, who was a soldier in the Revolu-\\ntionarj War. His grandmother, Rachel (Webb) McDon-\\nald, was the daughter of Eli Webb, of Windham, Me.,\\nalso a Revolutionary soldier, whose ancestors came from\\nRedriff, Eng., early in the eighteenth centur) On the\\nmaternal side he was a descendant of Jonathan and Tem-\\nperance (Gorham) Sturgis, English settlers of Gorham,\\nMe., (which place was named in honor of Colonel John\\nGorham, father of Mrs. Sturgis), and James and Mary\\n(Roberts) Sturgis. James Sturgis and Benjamin Roberts,\\nhis great-grandfathers, were Revolutionary soldiers.\\nThey were all worthy people and their descendants have\\nhonored the state, fought in the battles of their country,\\nand filled high positions in the nation.\\nMr. McDonald was educated in the public schools of\\nhis native town. He learned the stone mason s trade and\\nbecame one of the best known contractors in New Eng-\\nland in that line of business. He built some of the\\nheaviest stone abutments, piers and bridges on the Port-\\nland Ogdensburg, the Boston Maine, the Concord\\nClaremont, the Pemigewassett Valley, Portland\\nRumford Falls, and other eastern railroads, and laid the\\nfoundations of several of the largest cotton and pulp mills\\nin New England. Mr. McDonald resided at Gorham\\nuntil he was thirty-three years of age, after that at New-\\nport, Newton and Sandown, coming to Nashua in 1873\\nJAMES U. .MeDOXALD.\\nand making this place his home until his death. .\\\\1-\\nthough interested in everything pertaining to the ad-\\nvancement of Nashua, he did not, owing to the fact that\\nhis business was elsewhere during certain seasons of the\\nyear, take a conspicuous part in municipal affairs. His\\ngreat aldlit}-, however, was recognized by the people and\\nhe was elected street commissioner for the year 1892. He\\nwas a man whom everyone highly regarded, for he was\\ngenerous, social and upright in all his dealings. Mr.\\nMcDonald enlisted April 11, 1863, at Portland, Me., in the\\nSeventeenth regiment, Maine volunteers, and served\\nuntil the close of the war. He was a York rite mason of\\nthe thirty-second degree and member of Edward A. Ray-\\nmond consistory. He was also a member of Granite\\nlodge, I. O. O. F., Watananock tribe of Red Men, Nashua\\nlodge, K. of P., and John G. Foster post, G. R. In re-\\nligious affiliation he was a Universalist.\\nMr. McDonald was united in marriage March 13, 1853,\\nw^ith Emil)- F. Parker, daughter of Isaac and Anne\\n(P loyd) Parker of Gorham, Me. Mrs. McDonald is of\\nEnglish descent. Three children were born of their mar-\\nriage: Angle, born Dec. 14, 1858, died July 9, 1863 Etta,\\nborn April 29, 1864, died May 30, 1865; Annie, born Oct.\\n4, 1865, married Frank A. Rogers.\\nALBERT N. FLINN.\\nAlbert N. Flinn was born at Biddeford, Me., October,\\n1846. He is a son of Samuel and Clarice (Langleyj\\nFlinn. During his youth he lived with his parents at\\nHolyoke, Mass., Davenport, la., and Chicopee, Mass.,\\nand, in 1857, became a resident of Nashua. He obtained", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N.\\n267\\nliis ccUicalion ill Uk- connnoii schools in the places where Annie H. (Wadleigh) Noyes of Nashua. One son was\\nhis parents had their home and by private study, obser- born to him by his first marriage: Albert Adams, born in\\nvation and experience. In September, 1861, he enlisted Jnh 1S71.\\nJAMES STEELE.\\nJames Steele was born at Antrim, Dec. 12, 1839. He is\\na son of James and Susan (Monahan) .Steele, and a grand-\\nson of .Samuel and Nancy Steele, early settlers of Antrim.\\nOn the maternal side he is a descendantof John and Annie\\nJlonahan of rrnncestown. Mr. Steele was educated in\\nthe public schools of his native place. He came to\\nNashua in 1852 and his home has been here ever since.\\nWhen the Civil War broke out, in i86r, he wasamong the\\nfirst to enlist. He served three months in the First regi-\\nment, New Hampshire volunteers, and when his term\\nexpired re-eulisted in company F, First New Hamp-\\nshire heavy artillery, in which command he endured\\nthe dangers and hardships of war until the close of the\\nconflict in 1865. .Since the war he has been engaged in\\nseveral enterprises, but about twenty years ago he settled\\ndown as a dealer in pianos, organs and musical merchan-\\ndise, and is now one of the leading merchants of the city,\\ndoing a prosperous and lucrative business, which is\\nannually increasing in volume, having already attained\\nsuch magnitude as to place him among the leading dealers\\nin his line. Mr. .Steele is a stirring, thriving citizen\\nwhose proverljial good fellowship has gained him a mul-\\ntitude of friends. He is a member of the board of trade\\nand a citizen who can always be counted on to contribute\\nmore than his just proportion, both in money and labor,\\nto the things that advance the interests of individuals\\nand the city. In fact, Mr. Steele is a loyal Nashuan every\\nday in the ^-ear. He is a member of Pennichuck lodge,\\nI. O. O. F., and the New Hampshire club; he attends the\\nMain .Street M. E. church.\\nAI.BEKT .X. I l.lNN.\\nin the Fourth regiment New Hampshire volunteers, and\\nlie followed the fortunes of that command in all its hard-\\nships and privations, participating in all its battles and\\nskirmishes, and was mustered out .September, 1864. Mr.\\nFlinn followed the occupation of a merchant both before\\nand after the war. He was employed for a time, 1S65, as\\na clerk in a store in Savannah, Ga., then went into the\\ngrocery business for himself at Mt. Vernon, Ga. Tiring\\nof the South he returned North and went into the dry-\\ngoods business at Manchester. Six or seven months later\\nhe left Manchester and went to Chicago, where he fol-\\nlowed the same line of trade until 1867, when he returned\\nto Nashua and has since had his home here. He has been\\nemployed as a clerk and has been in the drygoods busi-\\nness in company with Charles F. Stetson, under the firm\\nname of Stetson S: Flinn, and he has been a busy man in\\nseveral enterprises and in public affairs. Mr. Flinn rep-\\nresented Ward Four in the board of aldermen in 1884 and\\n1885, and July 28, 1885, was appointed postmaster. His\\nadministration was marked with many added improve-\\nments and conveniences, including the introduction of\\nthe letter carrier system, that were highly satisfactory to\\nthe ])ublic and gave him such popularity that upon the\\nreturn of the Democratic party to power he was again\\nappointed, June 17, 1894, to that responsible position, the\\nduties of which he discharges with courtes}- and efficiency.\\nHe believes in the future of Nashua and is a liberal con-\\ntributor to the things that aid the people. Mr. Flinn was\\nfor some years the treasurer and manager of the .\\\\erated\\nOxygen C )m])Ound company and a director in the Secur-\\nity Improvement company. He is a communicant of the\\nF;piscopal church and is a member of John G. Foster\\npost, G. A. R.\\nMr. Flinn has been twice married First, in 1870, with\\nAugusta .-Vdams, daughter of Charles and Hannah (Greeley)\\nAdams of Hudson, who died in 1874 second, Sept. 4, 1877,\\nwith Klizabeth Kent Noyes, daughter of S. Homer and\\nJAMES STEELE.\\nMr. Steele has been twice married first, 1859, with\\nJennie P. Chamberlin, and second, 1892, with .\\\\daline\\nS. Fstey. He has one sou by his first marriage, Fred\\nSteele, M. D., who resides in Ipswich, Mass.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "268\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nGEORGE WASHINGTON BADGER.\\nGeorge W. Badger was born at Coiiipton, P. Q.. May i6,\\n1832. He is a descendant in the eighth generation of\\nGiles Badger, who came to America from England in\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0EORiJE \\\\v. badg?;k.\\n1643 and settled at Newbury. Mass. The descent fsee\\nmemoir of Badger family) is John Badger, married Han-\\nnah Swett, merchant at Newbury; John Badger, Jr.,\\nmarried Rebecca Brown, merchant at Newbury Joseph\\nBadger, married Hannah Peaslee, merchant at Haverhill,\\nMass.; General Joseph Badger, born at Haverhill, 1722,\\nmarried Hannah Pearson, settled at Gilmanton, an officer\\nin the Revolutionary War, judge of probate court Straf-\\nford county, member of state council 1784, 1790 and 1791,\\nan active and efficient officer and a friend and supporter\\nof the institutions of learning and religion, died in\\nGilmanton, 1803 Major Peaslee Badger, born in Haver-\\nhill, Mass., 1756, moved to Gilmanton with parents 1765,\\nmarried Lydia Kelley of Lee, major in the militia and\\nwas prominent in the affairs of the state, died at Gil-\\nmanton, Oct. 13, 1846; Thomas C. Badger, father of the\\nsubject of this sketch, Viorn in Gilmanton, married Mary\\nCrosby of Lyme, and in his early manhood took up a\\ntract of land at Conipton, near the line between the\\nUnited States and Canada, where several of his children\\nwere born. The memoir from which the foregoing was\\ncompiled, shows that members of the family in ever}\\ngeneration have filled high stations in all the professions\\nand have honored their ancestr}- in field, forum and the\\nprivate walks of life.\\nMr. Badger was educated in the public schools of Hat-\\nley P. O., to which place his parents removed when he\\nwas a child. At the -^ge of twenty years he settled in\\nManchester, where he took up the trade of an ornamental\\nand fresco painter and remained employed until i860,\\nwhen he came to Nashua and established himself in the\\nsame business, in which he has remained till the present\\ntime. Mr. Badger has decorated the interior of many\\nchurches, public and private buildings of the state, and\\nhas always stood at the head of the profession. He has\\nalso attained something more than a local fame as an\\nartist in oils on canvass; his pictures of game birds,\\nfish and animals, painted from life from subjects captured\\nby himself, for he is a keen sportsman, an enthusiastic\\nlover of the rod and gun, as well as a great admirer of the\\nbeautiful in nature, exhibit him as one who is richly\\nendowed with true artistic impulses and possessed of far\\nmore than ordinary powers of expression and skill in\\ndelineation.\\nAugust 23, 1862, he enlisted in company I, Thirteenth\\nregiment, New Hampshire volunteers, and went to the\\nfront in that command. He was honorably discharged\\nApril 7, 1863. Mr. Badger served Ward Four three years\\non the board of selectmen, was a member of the common\\ncouncil in 1874 and 1875, and of the board of aldermen in\\n1876 and 1877. He has also represented his ward five or\\nsix years on the board of inspectors of the checklists, in\\nthe legislature in 1879 and 18S0, and on the board of\\nassessors in 1892, 1894, 1895 and 1896, declining a nomina-\\ntion in 1893. Mr. Badger is a member of Rising Sun lodge,\\nA. F. and .A. M., Meridian Sun, Royal Arch chapter, Israel\\nHunt council, St. George commandery, K. T. and is a\\nScottish Rite mason of the thirty-second degree, being a\\nmember of Edward A. Raymond consistory. He is also\\nan active member of John G. F oster post, G. A. R. As a\\ncitizen he has always been earnest and efficient in advocacy\\nof the causes of the people, quick to respond to the needs\\nof the distressed and a man who can be relied upon to\\ndo his full share in whatever promises to advance the\\ninterests of Nashua. He is a Congregationalist.\\nMr. Badger was united in marriage in October, 1853, ^t\\nNashua, with Philista Miller, daughter of Thaddeus and\\nHannah (Ewell) Miller of Sutton, P. O. Two daughters\\nw-ere born to them, Helen, born 1855, died 1856 Clara\\np;., born 1857, married Fred S. Piatt of Plattsburg, X, Y.,\\nnow residing at Poultney, Vt.\\nFRANK GARDNER NOYES.\\nCol. Frank G. Noyes was born iu Nashua, July 6, 1833.\\nHe is a son of Col. Leonard W and Ann Sewall (Gardner)\\nNoyes. (F or genealogy see biographical sketch of his\\nfather). Colonel Noyes was fitted for college at Phillips\\nacadeni) at Andover, Mass.- He entered college in 1849\\nand was graduated in 1853. Colonel Noyes read law jn\\nthe offices of Rufus Choate and Sidney Bartlett in Boston,\\nand attended lectures at the law school of Harvard univer-\\nsity, where he was graduated with the degree of LL. B.\\nin 1856, and was admitted to practice inthe courts of\\nMassachusetts and New Hampshire. Immediately there-\\nafter he settled at Clinton, la., and formed a co-partner-\\nship with Nathaniel B. Baker, ex-governor of New Hamp-\\nshire, remaining in active practice of the law till Sumter\\nwas fired upon in 1861. Then the blood of his patriotic\\nancestry was aroused and he offered his services to Gov-\\nernor Kirkwood, the famous war governor of Iowa, and\\nwas commissioned aide-de-camp on his staff. During the\\nyear that followed he had an active part in organizing\\ntroops, and then President Lincoln commissioned him\\ncommissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. He\\nwent to the front at once and served throughout the war,\\nparticipating in most of the important campaigns in the\\nwest and southwest, notabh in the battles of Shiloh,\\nHelena, Yazoo Pass and Vicksburg. After the capture of\\nVicksburg he went to New Orleans with the thirteenth", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N.\\n269\\narmy corps to which he was attached, and was engaged in\\nthe fight at Mobile bay when Farragut made his famous\\nassage of the forts. In May following he was ordered to\\nCralveston, Texas, where he served as chief of his depart-\\nment, on the staffs of General Granger and II. G. Wright,\\nwhen he was honorably discharged in November, 1865,\\nhaving been promoted by the president to be chief com-\\nmissarv of subsistence, thirteenth army corps, with the\\nrank of lieutenant-colonel. In March, 1867, he was ap-\\npointed consul to Panama, and in 1868 he returned to\\nIowa where he engaged in manufacturing and remained\\nuntil 1879, when he returned to Nashua.\\nColonel Noyes since returning to Nashua, has not prac-\\nticed his profession. He has given his time to the\\ncare of his property,\\nto the advancement of\\ncity improvements, to\\nthe service of his com-\\nrades and other mat-\\nters incepted for the\\ngeneral welfare of the\\npeople. He was mus-\\ntered in John G. Foster\\nPost, G. A. R., in 1889.\\nIn 1 89 1 he served the\\nstate department as\\ninspector, in 1892 he\\nwas elected senior vice\\ndepartment comman-\\nder, and at the twenty-\\nsixth annual encamp-\\nment in 1893, he was\\nchosen department\\nconiman ler by a very\\nlarge majority. He\\nalso served on the\\nstaffs of Generals Alger\\nand Veazey, comman-\\nders-in-chief of the\\nNational encampment\\nin 1890 and 1891. In\\n1891 Colonel No\\\\ es was\\nunanimously elected\\npresident of the New\\nHampshire Veterans\\nassociation. He was\\none of the early mem-\\nbers of the niilitarv\\norder of the Loyal\\nLegion, and has been a\\ncompanion of the New York commandery more than\\ntwenty-seven years. Besides this Colonel Noyes is a Free\\nMason, and before returning to Nashua for some time\\ncaptain -general of Holy Cross commandery, Knights\\nTemplar of the jurisdiction of Iowa.\\nColonel Noyes is a man of superior executive ability\\nand whatever he undertakes is accomplished in a thorough\\nmanner. His services to his comrades as department\\ncommander were enthusiastic and valuable in more ways\\nthan one and of lasting benefit to the order, while his\\nearnest labor to promote the happiness of those veterans\\nwho make an annual pilgrimage to The Weirs is recog-\\nnized with hearty thanks by every loyal citizen. He is a\\nman of recognized ability as a lawyer, of high attainment\\nin literary composition, an art critic of indejiendent\\nFKANK U. NOYES.\\njudgment\u00e2\u0080\u0094 witness the magnificent figures on the Nashua\\nsoldiers and sailors monument, which were fashioned\\nunder his direction and one of the most effective public\\nspeakers in the state, many of his orations and speeches\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094especially at the dedication of the Nashua monument\\nand his Memorial day addresses being gems of rhetorical\\nfinish and gracefulness. The colonel isalso a campaigner\\nof ability and has honored the democratic party of New\\nHampshire many times by making a speaking tour of the\\nstate. He has always declined civic preferment, several\\nnominations for high oflfice having been offered and per-\\nsistently refused by him.\\nAs a citizen Colonel Noyes is active and energetic, ever\\nready to extend his aid and influence to any and all under-\\ntakings and enterprises\\nwhich have for their\\nobject the improve-\\nment of the city and\\nthe happiness of its\\ninhabitants; he has\\nbeen an active member\\nof the board of trade\\nfrom its organization,\\ntaking part in its de-\\nliberations and work-\\ning vigorously to ad-\\nvance all its plans in\\nthe line of public\\nimprovements.\\nThe colonel is an\\nardent sportsman, both\\nin lake and field; and\\nnumerous trophies of\\ntlic chase in his pos-\\nsession attest his skill\\nas a marksman and\\nhunter; but perhaps\\nhe is more especially\\nfond of the gentle\\nsport of w h i c h old\\nIsaac Walton wrote so\\nlearnedly and lovingly;\\nhe devotes many of his\\nleisure hours to the\\njnirsuit of the gamey\\ndenizens of the beauti-\\nful lakes and streams\\nof New Hampshire, as\\nwell as those in the\\nwilds of Maine and\\nCanada where his skill as an angler is well known.\\nColonel Noyes was united in marriage Nov. 20, 1856. with\\nHannah E. Richardson of Lowell. Mass. His children\\nare Anna Gardner, who is now (January, 1895) the wife\\nof Sheridan V. Read, consul of the United States at Tien\\nTsin, China, born Oct. 25, 1857; Clara L. H., who,\\ntogether with Miss Helen Walter her friend and business\\npartner, has for several years been at the head of a private\\nschool in New York City, born Oct. 20, 1S59; Grace\\nRichardson, born July 20, 1862, married Leon Mead of\\nNew York, Nov. 12, 1865, and Elizabeth G. G., now un-\\nmarried and living with her sister Mrs. Read in Tien\\nTsin, China. Colonel Noyes has also had born to him\\nthree sons, all of whom died before reaching the age of\\nfive vears.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "2j:o HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nMILITARY HISTORY\\nTo THE Close of the War with Mexico Including Indian Wars, The Revolution,\\nWar of i8i2 and the Mexican War.\\nBY FRANK G. NOYKS.\\nTHE military histor\\\\ of tlie old town of Dunstable, and Nashua, its lineal descendant and\\nsuccessor in New Hamp.shire, comprises a large part of the military history of New\\nEno-laiid. Whether or not the earlier settlers of Dunstable were stimulated by the same\\nlove of country as their late successors, thirteen hundred and fifty-five* of whom went from\\nNashua to the front in the War of the Great Rebellion, to save the life of the republic from the hand\\nof traitors who had placed their deadly grip on its throat, is not for the present historian to theorize\\nupon. It is enough to say that those early settlers lived in a state of constant danger from attacks\\nby the savages, and that, on occasion, they displayed as great valor and heroism as any people in the\\nhistory of the world.\\nInstead of dilating upon reasons or causes, the limits of this chapter will only permit such\\nnarration of facts as research proves to be authentic. The records inform us that the lines which\\ndivided the ancient township of Dunstable and established that portion which now comprises\\nthe township of Nashua, were made by official authority of the crown of England represented in the\\ncolony of Massachusetts in the year of our Lord, seventeen hundred and forty-one.\\nIn narrating the military history of Nashua, it woul seem proper, therefore, to begin at no more\\nremote date than the year in which those lines of division were drawn but the history of the two\\ntowns of Dunstable (Massachusetts and New Hampshire) is so closely woven together that it seems\\nnecessary to begin at an earlier date than the year 1741.\\nA large portion of this narrative, up to the war with Great Britain in 1812, is extracted from\\nthe History of the Old Township of Dunstable by Charles J. Fox, (Nashua, 1846). The present\\nwriter or compiler desires to give full credit to Mr. Fox for whatever maj- be used herein from his\\nvaluable history, but it has not been deemed necessary to give repeated and continued credits by\\nquoting Mr. Fox s name. Therefore whenever the writer has extracted full paragraphs or pages\\nfrom Fox s history, they will appear in quotation marks.\\nPrior to the date of incorporation of the town of Dunstable b}- the state of New Hampshire,\\n(April 4, 1746), the old township of Dunstable had acted under a charter obtained from the general\\ncourt of Massachusetts in the year 1673. That charter included all the territory comprised in what\\nwas afterwards Dunstable in New Hampshire, and is now Nashua.\\nThe careful student of history has learned that after the lapse of many years it becomes\\nextremely difficult and sometimes impossible to discover with certainty exactly when certain events\\noccurred and especially to locate exactly where the actors in such events resided. In his researches,\\nthe present writer has met such .stumbling blocks. The records and rolls are ver}- misty as regards\\nthe actual home or residence of many soldiers and sailors who doubtless ought to be credited to\\nDunstable in New Hampshire; c, to Nashua, but whom the writer, in his endeavor to hew\\nstraight to the line of truth, is unable to claim absolutel)-.\\nThe Indians of the Merrimack valley were divided into small tribes, called the Nashaways,\\nPenacooks, Naticooks and Pa\\\\rtuckets. On account of their nomadic life, their territoria\\nboundaries are very indefinite, but the Pawtuckets had their headquarters at the falls which per-\\npetuate their name, just above the present city of Eowell the Nashaways, in the valley of the\\nNashua river and about its mouth the Souhegans or Naticooks, on the fertile tract on the stream\\nof the same name; the Penacooks occupied Penacook (now Concord), near the mouth of the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2The names of thirteen hundred and fifty-five men who served in the Union army or navy dnring the War of the\\nRebellion, 1861-5, and with whom the town of Nashua should be credited, are deposited in the corner-stone of the\\nsoldiers and sailors monument, which was laid with imposing ceremonies May 30, 1889.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 271\\nCoiitoocook river, aiul the Wamesits dwelt at the falls in the Concord river, near Lowell. These\\ntribes together with the Nashoba.s, who had their head iuarters in the forests of Littleton, Mass.,\\nare believed to have numbered in 1674, about one thousand people.\\nThe Indians dwelt in wigwams, dressed in skins of wild animals, subsi.sted on fish or game\\nwith which the streams and forests abounded, and on Indian corn, beans and squashes, which their\\nwomen rudely cultivated, using a large clam shell for a hoe. They parched the corn and pounded\\nit in mortars made of stone. Their skin was copper-colored their hair long, straight and black\\nthey wore moccasins, made of untanned deer or bear skins, on their feet for money they made use\\nof shells, called wampum, strung upon a belt, and their weapons were the tomahawk, made of stone,\\nthe bow and arrow, and the scalping knife (iron or stone).\\nPrior even to the year 1675 when the war with Philip, the powerful and wily .sachem of the\\nWampanoags, commenced, and which was ended only by his death, when danger, conflict and\\nprivation were the common lot of the settlers who toiled and worshipped with their rifles by their\\nsides, the lovelj- valley of the Salmon brook had been settled. It is also probable that some coura-\\ngeous white men had laid their hearthstones in the beautiful valley of the Watananock (Nashua).\\nPassaconaway* was sachem of the Penacooks and held rule over all the Indians from the\\nPiscataqua to the Connecticut, and all down the Merrimack. He resided at Penacook, and the\\nNaticooks, Pawtuckets and Wamesits were subject to his power. He had been a great warrior and\\nwas the greatest and most noted powow and sorcerer of all the country. t He died before 1670, at\\nthe great age of one hundred and twenty. In 1660, not long before his death, at a great feast and\\ndance he made his farewell speech to his people. In this he urged them, as a dying man, to take\\nheed how they quarrelled with their English neighbors, for though they might do them some harm,\\nyet it would prove the means of their own destruction. He told them that he had been a bitter\\nenemy to the English, and had tried all the arts of sorcery to prevent their settlement, but could by\\nno means succeed.\\nThis declaration made a great impression, for we find that Wannalancet, his second son and\\nsuccessor, after the eldest son, with the more restless part of the tribe, had removed into Maine, was\\never after a friend to the whites.\\nIn the summer of 1675 King Philip s War commenced which involved nearly all the Indians in\\nNew England. They combined for a war of extermination and all throughout New Eagland were\\nburnings, massacres and devastation. Groton and Chelmsford were destroyed and hundreds killed\\nor carried into captivity.\\nAt such a period the settlers of Dunstable were indeed in a perilous situation. They petitioned\\nthe colony for relief. September 8, 1675, instructions were given by the governor and council to\\nCapt. Thomas Brattle and Lieut. Thomas Henchman to take various measures for the better security\\nof the settlement. They were ordered,\\nFirst To draft fifty men and form garrisons at Dunstable, Groton and Lancaster.\\nSecond: To appoint a guardian over the friendly Indians, at each of their towns, who should\\noversee them, and prevent all difficulties or dangers which might occur upon either side.\\nThird To send a runner or two to Wannalancet, sachem of Naamkeak,|| who had withdrawn\\ninto the woods from fear, and to persuade him to come again and live at Wamesit.\\nFourth; To inform the Indians at Penacook and Naticook that if they will live quietly and\\npeaceably, they .shall not be harmed by the English.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Cookin s History of the Christian Indians. 2 Am. .Xnliq. Collections.\\ntHnl)l)ard s Indian Wars.\\ntGookin. Hubbard. 4 N. H. Hist. Coll. 23.\\n\u00c2\u00a7Military Records, Massachusetts, 1675, page 252.\\nllPawtucket falls and vicinity, .\\\\moskeag, properly Namaskeak is the same word. It is said to meau the great\\nfisihing place, and was a favorite of the Indians. The Merrimack received this name for some distance around the\\nfalls, as it did other names at other places, or, as is quaintly expressed by an Indian in a letter of May. 1685, to the\\ngovernor My place at Malamake river, called Pannukkog (Penacook, and Natukhog (Xaticook,) that river great\\nmany names. i Belknap, appendix, 508.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "2 72 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nThese in.structions were immediately and strictly obeyed. The garrison* at iJunstable was\\nstrengthened. Lieutenant Henchman took charge of the Indians at Wamesit. Runners were sent\\nout to Wannahincet, but they did not prevail upon him to return until the close of the war the next\\nsummer. Captain Mosely, with his choice company of one hundred men, making Dunstable his place\\nof rendezvous, marched up to Naticook and Penacook to disperse the hostile Indians who were said\\nto be gathered there for the purpo.se of mischief. When the English drew nigh, whereof they had\\nintelligence by scouts, they left their fort, and withdrew into the woods and swamps, where they had\\nadvantage and opportunity enough in ambushment to have slain many of the English soldiers, without\\nany great harm to themselves, and several of the young Indians inclined to it, but the sachem,\\nWannalancet, by his authority and wisdom restrained his men, and suffered not an Indian to appear\\nor shoot a gun. They were very near the Engli.sh, and yet though they were provoked by the\\nEnglish, who burned their wigwams and destroyed some dried fish, yet not one gun was shot at any\\nEnglishman. \\\\A annalancet is said to have been restrained by the dying speech of Passaconaway,\\nhis father.\\nThe winter of 1675 was a time of fear and of trial. Never had the the Indian enemy been\\nmore active or dreaded. Even the Christian Indians had communications with their hostile\\nbrethren, and the whites began to suspect them of treachery. The alarm increased to such a\\ndegree that every settler left Dunstable except Jonathan Tyng.J With a resolution which is worthy\\nof all praise, and of which we with difficulty conceive, he fortified his house; and although obliged\\nto send to Boston for his food, sat himself down in the midst of his savage enemies, alone, in the\\nwilderness, to defend his home. Deeming his position an important one for the defence of the\\nfrontiers, in February, 1676, he petitioned the Colony for aid.\\nThe Petition of Jonathan Tyng Humbh- sheweth\\nThat yr Petitioner living in the uppermost house on Merrimack river, lying open to ye enemy,\\nyet being so seated that it is as it were a watch house to the neighbouring towns, from whence we\\ncan easily give them notice of the approach of the enemy, and may also be of use to the publique in\\nmany respects also are near unto the place of the Indian s ffishing, from which in the season thereof\\nthey have great supplies, which I doubt not but what we may be a great means of preventing them\\nthereof; there being never an inhabitant left in the town but myself.\\nWherefore, your Petitioner doth humbly request that j^our Honors would be pleased to order him\\nthree or four men to help garrison his said house, which he has been at great charge to ffortify, and may\\nbe of ser^-ice to the publique your favour therein shall further oblige me as in duty bound to pray for\\na blessing on your Councils, and remain Your Honorables humble servant,\\nJonathan Tyng.\\nDun.stable, Feb. 3, 1675-6.\\nThis petition was granted immediately, and a guard of several men despatched to his relief,\\nwhich remained during the war. This plantation was never deserted, and he thus became the earliest\\npermanent settler within the limits of Dunstable.\\nFebruary 25, 1675-6, an attack was made by the Indians upon Chelmsford, and several buildings\\nwere burned. Colburn s garrison on the east side of the Merrimack was strengthened, but nearly all\\nthe outer settlements were deserted. A few days later, March 20, another attack was made, and\\nJoseph Parker wounded. 1 There was no surgeon in tlie vicinity, and an express was sent to Boston\\nto obtain one.\\nGarrisons or forts were usually euviroued by a .strouij wall of stone or liewii timber, built up to the eves, at which\\npoint the roof extended horizontally a little distance, through which was a gate or door fastened with bars or bolts of\\niron. They were lined with brick or thick plank. ,Some of them had portholes for musketry.\\ntGookin, in 2 Am. Antiq. Coll. 463.\\nTyng s house probably stood not far from Wicasuck falls, below Tyngsborough village.\\ng See original petition. Mass. Military Records, 128.\\nil What was called Feb. 3, 1675, when the year ended in March, is Feb. 3, 1676, if we consider the year as ending in\\nDecember, and in order to designate this, all dates occuring in the months of January, February, or March, previous\\nto A. D., 1751, are described in the above manner. The true date is Feb. 3, 1676.\\nt He was a settler of Dunstable, and constable from 1675 to 1682.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "s\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 273\\nA garrison was maintained at Mr. Tyng s by a part of Captain Moseley s famous company, and\\nat the expense of the colony, until August, 1676.\\nThe Indian war with King Philip,* the Narragansetts, and the other Indian tribes was ended in\\nAugust, 1676, by the death of Philip and the destruction of his forces. The settlers returned to\\ntheir deserted homes and the settlement received new life and vigor. But the settlers had not\\nescaped all danger or alarm. March 22, 1677, a party of Mohawks, always the enemy of the\\nEnglish, suddenly appeared in Dunstable, at the mouth of the Souhegan. Their appearance is thus\\ndescribed in a letter from James Parker at Mr. Hinchmanne s farme, ner Meremack, and forwarded\\nto the honred Govner and Council at Hostown. Plast, post hast.t\\nSagamore Wannalancet come this morning to informe me, and then went to Mr. Tyng s to\\ninforme him, that his son being one the other sid of Meremack river over against vSouhegan upon\\nthe 22 day of this instant, about tene of the clock in the morning, he discovered 15 Indians on this\\nsid the River, which he soposed to be Mohokes by ther spech. He called to them they answered,\\nbut he could not understand ther spech and he having a conow ther in the river, he went to\\nhreck his conow that they might not have ani ues of it. In the meantime they shot about thirty\\nguns at him, and he being much frighted fled, and come home forthwith to Xahamcok, wher ther\\nwigwames now stand.\\nIn consequence of this alarm a company of scouts under Lieut. James Richardson,! traversed\\nthe valle of the Merrimack during the whole season to ward off any threatened attack. A garrison\\nwas also maintained at the expense of the colony. But in September, 1677, a party of French\\n.Mohawks from Quebec suddenly came to Naamkeak, (near Pawtucket falls), with whom was .said\\nto be the brother of Wannalancet, and carried him with all his trilie to Canada. They did no\\ndamage to the English, however, although they had suffered so many provocations, and now enjoyed\\nsuch an opportunity for revenge, being restrained as is supposed by Wannalancet.\\nAfter this for a time the settler enjoyed the blessings of peace. He no longer feared an\\nambuscade in every thicket, nor listened in the night watches for the prowling footsteps or the\\nwarwhoop of a dusky foe.\\nCharles II., the Merry Monarch of England, and Eouis XIV. of France were at war no longer.\\nThe Treaty of Nimguen i was the protection of Dunstable. The deserted cabin was again\\ntenanted, the half-cleared field was cleared and tilled, and new cabins sent up their smoke all along\\nour rich intervales.\\nIn 16S9 the war with the French, known as King William s War, broke out between the French\\nand ICnglish. It was occasioned b}- the revolution of 1688, which drove James II. from the throne and\\nEngland (the French taking up arms for King James), and lasted until 1698. The French excited,\\nby means of the Jesuits, nearly all the Indian tribes to arm against the English, and the history of\\nthe frontier during this period, the darkest and bloodiest in our annals, is a succession of deva.stations\\nand massacres. In these bloody scenes the Penacooks were not idle. Almost every settlement upon\\nthe frontier was attacked, and several hundred men, women and children were either killed or carried\\ninto captivity.\\nDover suffered by a stealthy attack without the least warning, on June 28, 1689, and Major\\nWaldron and more than fifty others were killed or taken pri.soners. An attack on Dunstable was\\nplotted, but was discovered by two friendly Indians, who informed Major Henchman, commander of\\nthe fort at Pawtucket falls, of the intended attack. That officer at once aroused the settlers to a sense\\nof their imminent danger, by the fearful news Jnlimatt fears that his chief will be quickly done at\\nDunstable.\\nThe inhabitants retired to the garrisons which were fortified and preparations were made for\\ndefence. The assembly immediately ordered two companies of mounted troops of twenty men each to\\nDunstable and Lancaster, for the relief and succor of those places, and to scout about the heads of\\nKing Philip after destroying thirteen towns and six hundred cohmists was shot at Mount Hope, .^ug. 12, 1676.\\nt3 N. H. Hist. Coll., 100.\\nJ Mass. Military Records, 1677, 519.\\nSJuly ji, 1678.\\n!1 N. H. Hist. Coll., 223.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "274 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nthese towns and other places adjacent to discover the enemies niotions, and to take, surprise, or\\ndestroy them as they shall have opportunity. July 5, 1689, another company of fifty men was sent\\nto Dunstable and I^ancaster as a reinforcement and twenty men to Major Henchman at Pawtucket, as\\na guard for the settlers. vSeveral matters seemed to render an attack upon Dunstable imminent, but\\nthe timely warning to Major Henchman, the mounted scouts, the garrisons and the precautions of the\\nsettlers baffled all the wiles of the savages and the danger passed away.\\nOn Nov. 29, 1690, a truce was agreed upon until the first of May, which was strictly observed,\\nand the inhabitants passed the winter without attack and in security.\\nBut in the summer of 1691 the dogs of war were again let loose. Small scouting parties attacked\\nmany of the settlements. Dike beasts of prey they came without warning and retired without\\ndetection. Hostile Indians suddenly appeared in the town and attacked the house of Joseph Hassell\\nsenior, on the evening of Sept. 2, 1691. Hassell, his wife, Anna Hassell. their son, Benjamin Hassell\\nand Mary Marks, daughter of Patrick Marks, were slain and scalped. Thev were all buried upon a\\nlittle knoll where Hassell s house stood, and a rough stone or boulder marks the spot.* This stone\\nor boulder bears the following inscription :t\\nSite of\\nIndian Massacre\\nof\\nHassell Family.\\nSept. 2, 1691.\\nOn the morning of September 28 the Indians made another attempt, and killed Obadiah Perry\\nand Christopher Temple. There is a rock in the channel of Nashua river now covered bv the\\nflowage of the water, about thirty rods above the upper mill of the Na.shua corporation, which was\\ncalled Temple s Rock, and was reputed to be near the spot of his murder. It is said that they\\nwere also buried upon the spot just described. Perry was one of the founders of the church and a\\n.son-m-law of Hassell. All of these are original settlers, active, useful and influential men, and all\\nof them town ofiicers, chosen but a few weeks previous.\\nThe actors in those scenes have passed away and even tradition has been forgotten The onlv\\nbv t^e Re J w t ^^\\\\7^ ^f \u00c2\u00b0f the massacre, is the following scrap, noted down probably\\nby the Rev. Mr. Weld, not long after it occurred y\\nAnno Domini 1691.\\nJoseph Hassell, senior, were slain bv our Indian\\nAnna Hassell, his wife, enemies on Sept. 2nd in\\nBenj. H.assell, their son, the evening.\\nthe eve lh J S^P^- -^d, m\\nth. t *^T ^J T Christopher Temple dyed by the hand of our Indian enemies September\\nthe twenty eighth day m the morning. v^cpLcmuer\\n^t Ais time there were several garrisons in Dun.stable, and a number of soldiers stationed there\\nmen Mr 7 ^\u00c2\u00b0^1--. Dunstable town, seven\\na Hol^en-s b ^T ^o^ -rA s, three men; Edward Colburn s, (p^bab v\\nat Holden s brook) four men and at Sargeant Varnum s four men. These continued n the pa\\nand service of the country until Nov. 17, 1692, and perhaps still longer\\nThe war lasted till 1698, when a treaty of peace was concluded between France and En^^land\\n^-xi iQi.s time and for fifty years after its settlement, Dunstable was a\\nHassell s house stood on the north bank of Hassell s brook for Wal^v k 1\\nmore than sixty rods from where it empties into Salmon brool called) not\\nt The writer has been unable to learn with certaintv wV,e\u00e2\u0080\u009e 1\\nboulder, but vouches for its having been thrrelTeptelj^ P* Pl-ed upon the\\nMass. Military Records, 1692.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 275\\nfrontier town, and during the greater jiortion of this time, the country was involved in an Indian war.\\nWith nothing but a dense wilderness between the savages and the inliabitants, they were constantly\\nexposed to surprise and massacre.\\nDunstable must have been peculiarly fortunate to have escaped scatheless, while Dover, Ports-\\nmouth, Ivxfter, Durham, Haverliill, Andover, liillerica, Lancaster and Groton, upon both sides of\\nus, and even in the interior were ravaged almost yearly. This is not at all probable, and though\\nmost of the private and local history of that day is forgotton, we find vague hints in ancient chronicles\\nand records, and vaguer traditions, nameless and dateless, which indicate that the story of Dunstable,\\nif full) told, would be a thrilling romance.\\nIt seems to be proper to insert here some legendary or traditional hi.story of Joe Kuglish, a\\nIrieudly Indian, who resided in Dunstable. He was a grandson of Masconnomet, sagamore of\\nAgawam, (Ipswich, Mass.), and as such was noted and influential. Belknap says, He was much\\ndistinguished for his attachment to the white inhabitants. In a previous war (to that of 1703) he had\\nbeen taken prisoner in the vicinity of Dunstable and carried to Canada, from whence, by his shrewd-\\nness and sagacitN he effected his escape and returned to his friends at Dunstable.\\nJoe English was quite a hero in these regions in those days, and a hill in New Boston, very\\nabrupt on one side, and a pond in Amherst are still called by his name. A tradition is current that\\nJoe was once pursued by an Indian on this hill, and finding it impossible to escape otherwise, he\\nallowed his pursuer to approach him very closely and then ran directly toward the precipice, threw\\nhimself suddenly down upon a large ledge with which he was familiar, while his pursuer, unable to\\narrest his course and unconscious of danger, was dashed to pieces at the bottom.\\nMany other anecdotes are related of Joe but our space will not permit their repetition. One of\\nthe traditions leads us to believe that a party of English was attacked by the Indians on Pennichuck\\nbrook in the north part of Dunstable and all were killed except four persons, one of whom was Joe\\nEnglish, whom they took prisoner and sent to Canada whence he escaped and returned to duty as a\\nsoldier at Dunstable. Whether or not the numerous stories told of this faithful Indian friend of the\\nwhites are authentic, they can not be vouched for. We know that he was captured and escaped from\\ncaptivity, but how or when no record discloses. It appears from a grant made bj- the general court\\nof Massachusetts, June 14, 1698, to Joseph English an Indian escaped from French captivity that\\nhe had just returned, and the sum of \u00c2\u00a36 was allowed him as a recompense for his services. On\\nJuly 27, 1706, Joe English was slain by the Indians while acting with another soldier as escort or\\nguard to Captain Butterfield and his wife on a visit from Dunstable to friends in Chelmsford. The\\nattack was made a little south of the state line, at or near Holden s brook. Many stories were\\nrelated of his courage, fidelity and hairbreadth escapes. His death was lamented as a public loss.\\nThe general assembly made a grant to his widow and two children because he died in the service of\\nhis country. His memory, though humble, was long cherished as one who fell by the hands of his\\nown brethren on account of his friendship for the whites.\\nIt was also during this war, in 1697, that Mrs. Du.stin was captured at Haverhill, and escaped by\\nkilling her captors while they were asleep at the mouth of the Contoocook river in Concord, N. H.J\\nThis was considered one of the most remarkable and heroic exploits on record. In her lonely wander-\\nings down the Merrimack homeward the first house she reached was that of John Eovewell, father of\\nworthy- Captain Lovewell, which stood on the north side of Salmon tirook a few rods north of the\\nAllds street bridge.\\nAlthough Dunstable suffered little during the war from actual injuries, yet con.stant exposure to\\nthe tomahawk and scalping knife and the fre(|uent alarms preventeil its growth. In i6,So there were\\nthirty families in the town, while in 1701 the number did not exceed twenty-five. The settlement had\\nmore than once been nearly deserted and very few improvements were made.\\nE;arl\\\\- in the summer of 1706, Colonel Scluuler of Albany gave notice to Governor Dudley of\\nNew Hampshire, that a party of Mohawks, two hundred and seventy in number, were marching to\\nattack Piscataqua. Their first descent was at Dunstable, July 3, 1706, where they fell on a house\\nMass. Military Record, 169S, Journals, 590.\\nt Joe English s signature was a bow with the arrow drawn to its head. History of Rowley, 373, 381.\\nt A handsome monument with suitable inscription was erected in the year 1874, near the mouth of the Contoocook\\nriver to commemorate this exploit.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "2y6 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nthat hadtwentv troopers posted in it, who by their negligence and folly, keeping no watch, suffered\\nthem to enter, which tended to the destruction of one-half their number. This was, it is said, at\\nthe Weld garrison.\\nA more particular account of this attack has been preserved which is as follows. These\\ntroopers, who were mounted scouts, had been ranging the woods in the vicinity and came towards\\nnight to this garrison. Apprehending no danger, they turned their horses loose upon the interval,\\npiled their arms and harness in the house, and began a carousal to exhilarate their spirits after the\\nfatigues of the day. A party of Indians had lately arrived in the vicinity, and on that day had\\ndesigned to attack both Weld s and fJalusha s garrisons. One of their number had been stationed to\\nwatch each of these garrisons, to see that no assistance approached and no alarm was given. A short\\ntime previous to the approach of the cavalry the Indian stationed at Weld s had retired to his party,\\nand reported that all was safe.\\nAt sunset a Mr. Cununings and his wife went out to milk tlieir cows, and left the gate open.\\nThe Indians who had advanced undiscovered, started up, shot Mrs. Cummings dead upon the spot,\\nand wounded her husband. They then rushed through the open gate into the house with all the\\nhorrible yells of conquering savages, but started with amazement on finding the room filled with\\nsoldiers merrilv feasting. Both parties w^ere completely amazed, and neither acted with much\\npropriety. The soldiers, so suddenly interrupted in their jovial entertainment, found themselves\\ncalled to fight when entirely destitute of arms, and incapable of obtaining them.\\nThe greater part were panic struck and unable to fight or fly. Fortunately all were not in this\\nsad condition. Some six or seven courageous souls, with chairs, clubs, or whatever they could seize\\nupon, furiously attacked the advancing foe. The Indians, who were as much surprised as the soldiers,\\nhad but little more courage than they, and immediately took to their heels for safety thus quitting\\nthe house defeated by one quarter their number of unarmed men. The trumpeter, who was in the\\nupper part of the house when the attack commenced, seized his trumpet and began sounding an\\nalarm, when he was shot dead by an Indian upon the stairway. He was the only one of the party\\nkilled.\\nCummings who was wounded had his arm broken, but was so fortunate as to reach the woods\\nwhile the Indians were engaged in the house. That night he lay in a swamp in the northerl}^ part of\\nTyngsborough, about a quarter of a mile west of the great road, and a few rods south of the state line.\\nThe next day he arrived at the garrison near Tyngsborough village. t\\nThere were several of these garrisons in town to which the inhabitants fled in tinres of danger\\nlike the present, and where they usually spent their nights. The\\\\ were environed by a strong wall\\nof stone or of hewn timber built up to the eaves of the houses, through which was a gate fastened by\\nbars and bolts of iron. They were lined either with brick or plank. Some of them had port holes\\nfor the discharge of musketry. They were generally built of logs, and had the upper story\\nprojecting three or four feet beyond the lower story walls, for the purpose of greater security. t\\nThis last account of the attack contradicts that of Penhallow in some particulars, but as Penhal-\\nlow, who wrote the history of the Indian wars of that period, was an officer, and a cotemporary, his\\nstatement that half the number of troopers were destroyed is most probably correct. The circum-\\nstances of the surprise corroborate it. In a cotemporary journal of Rev. John Pike of Dover, the\\nattack is thus mentioned: July 3, 1706, Captain Pearson of Rowley marching with his troops to\\nDunstable, and being posted with part of his troops at one Blanchard s house, while they were at\\nsupper in the chamber, the enemy had slyly turned Blanchard s sheep into his corn, which he and his\\nwife going out to restore, were both slain. The doors and gates being open, the enemy entered the\\nhouse, killed Pearson s trumpeter with three other troopers, and wounded five more. At last they\\nwere driven out of the house with the loss of one Indian. Pearson was much blamed for not setting\\nhis sentinels out. S\\nPenhallow. i N. H. Hist. Coll., 48, 49.\\nti N. H., Hist. Coll. 133.\\nJ Allen s Chelmsford, 148.\\nSi Pike s Journal. 3 N. 11. Hist. Coll. 56.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 277\\nThere is discrepancy and confusion in these accounts, probably arising from the fact that two\\nattacks are blended together. Penhallow is probably correct in his statement that the conflict with\\nthe troopers, and the death of Mrs. Cummings occurred at Cunimings house. HIanchard s garrison\\nwas at some distance fro-.: this scene, and he with most of his family, and others not mentioned by\\nPenhallow or Pike, were killed at the same time, as appears by the following extracts from the ancient\\nrecords of the town. From these it would .seem that the garrisons were attacked at night.\\nNathaniel Hlanchard dyed on July the 3rd at night 1706. Lydia Blanchard, wife of Nathaniel\\nBlanchard, and .Susanna Blanchard, daughter Nath l Blanchard, dyed on July 3 at night in the\\nyear 1706.\\nMrs. Hannah Blanchard dyed on July the 3rd at night in the year 1706.\\nGoody Cunimings, the wife of John Cummings died on July the third at night, 1706.\\nRachel Galusha died on July the 3rd, 1706.\\nAfter that, on the same day, says Penhallow, a small party attacked Daniel Galusha s house,\\nwho held them in play for some time till the old man s courage failed, when on surrendering himself\\nhe informed them of the state of the garrison how that one man was killed and only two men and a\\nboy left, which caused them to rally anew and with greater courage than before. Upon which one\\nman and the boy got on the outside, leaving only Jacob (Galusha) to fight the battle, who for some\\ntime defended himself with much bravery, but overpowered with force and finding none to assist him,\\nwas obliged to quit and make the best escape he could. But before he got far the enemy laid hold of\\nhim once again, and yet by much struggling he rescued himself. Upon this dav they burned the\\nhouse, and next day fell on Amesbury.\\nGalusha s garri.son was about two miles west of Weld s garrison on Salmon brook, at a place\\nformerly called Glasgow, where Henry Turrell now lives. t Pike mentions the attack, but in a manner\\nto show that our accounts are very imperfect. Near about the same time, or soon after, they\\nassaulted another house belonging to Jacob Galusha, a Dutchman. The house was burned, some\\npersons were killed and some escaped. The whole number said to have been slain in Dunstable at\\nthis time was nine persons.\\nIn a note to Penhallow s Indian Wars, by John Farmer, the following more particular account\\nof this attack is given The savages disappointed in this part of their plan, (the attack on Weld s\\ngarrison) immediately proceeded to Galusha s, two miles di.stant took po.s.session of and burned it.\\nOne woman only escaped. Had the company at Weld s armed and immediately pursued they might\\nprobablj- have prevented this disaster btit they spent so mticli time in arming and getting their\\nhorses, that the enemy had an opportunity to perpetrate the mischief, and escape nninjured.\\nThe woman above mentioned, when the Indians attacked the house, sought refuge in the cellar\\nand concealed herself under a dry cask. After hastily plundering the house, and murdering, as they\\nsuppo.sed, all who were within it, the Indians set it on fire, and immediately retired. The woman, in\\nthis critical situation attempted to escape by the window but found it too small. She however\\nsucceeded in loosening the stones till she had opened a hole sufficient to admit of her passage, and\\nwith the house in flames over her head, she forced herself out and crawled into the bushes, not daring\\nto rise for fear she should be discovered. In the bushes she lay concealed until the next day, when\\nshe reached one of the neighboring garrisons. is\\nIn the records of the general court of Massachusetts, mention is made se\\\\eral times of these\\nconflicts. The sum of ^4 was granted to Robert Rogers of Rowley, who was one of Captain\\nPeirson s company when attacked bj- the Indians at Dunstable, and was wounded by a spear run into\\nhis breast. II The sum of ^lo was also allowed to Captain Peirson, for the scalp of an Indian\\nenemy slain the last summer b}- him and his company at Dunstable, to be by him distributed and\\npaid to such of his troops, and the inhabitants of said town, that were at the garrison when and where\\nthe Indian was slain.\\nI X. H. Hi.st. Coll. 49.\\nt Henry Turrell at the age of ninety years now (September, 1895,) lives on tlie same farm where his father, the\\nHenry Turrell mentioned here, lived and died. [Kd.]\\nPike s Journal. 3 N. H. Hist. Coll. 56. His name was Daniel.\\nI N. H. Hist. Coll. 133 note, i Uelknap, 173 note.\\nI Mass. Military Records. May 26, 1707.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "278 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nINDIAN WARS FROM 17O3 TO 1713-\\nIn the summer of 1702, it was proposed by the general court to build a trading house for the\\nIndians and a fortified garrison at Wataanuck, as the settlement at Salmon brook was then called,\\nbut owing to the lateness of the season the intention was not accomplished.\\nOct. 24, 1702, Governor Dudley informed the house of representatives that he was going to\\nDunstable on Monday to meet several of the Penacook Indians there, who were come to speak with\\nhim. He was absent until October 29, but the results of his interview whatever they might be, did\\nnot allay the fears of the general court. Believing from the movements of the Indians that prepara-\\ntions for the defence of the frontiers should be made, they passed the following order :t\\nNov. 10, 1702. The winter being too far advanced for the erecting of a trading house for the\\nsupply of the Indians at Penacook, and for fortifying the garrison at Wataanuck in the count}- of\\nMiddlesex Resolved, that a convenient house next adjoining thereto, such as his excellency shall\\ndirect, be fitted up and fortified for that purpose with hewn timber and a suitable garrison posted\\nthere for the defence thereof the fortification not to exceed forty feet square.\\nThis was probably the old fort, or Queen s Garrison, as it was called, which stood about\\nsixtv rods easterly of Main street in Nashua, and about as far northerly of Salmon brook, near a\\ncluster of oaks on the premises now owned by Elbridge G. Reed. Some traces of the fort were\\nto be seen until within a few years. Here a small garrison was posted, as appears by the following\\nreturn to the governor and council, dated Dec. 25, 1702, which contains the list of the soldiers then\\nat the garrison. S\\nWilliam Tyng, lieutenant; John Bowers, sergeant; Joseph Butterfield, drummer; John\\nSpalding, John Cummings, Joseph Hassell, Ebenezer Spalding, Daniel Galusha, Paul Fletcher,\\nSamuel French, Thomas Lund. Jox.vthan Tvng, Lt. -Colonel.\\nIn 1703 war was renewed between France and England. It lasted until 1713, and was called\\nQueen Anne s War. The Indians, as usual, took part with the French, and in August, 1703, a\\ngeneral attack was made upon all the frontier settlements. Terror and devastation reigned every-\\nwhere. Within a few weeks more than two hundred whites were either killed or captured. The\\ngeneral assembly being sensibly affected by these massacres, offered a bounty of 40 for every\\nIndian scalp. Captain Tyng was the first who embraced the tender. He went in the depth of\\nwinter, (1703-4,) to their headquarters, at (Pequawket,) and got five for which he received two\\nhundred pounds. 1|\\nHe afterwards became a major, and it is said was a true lover of his country, and very often\\ndistinguished himself as a gentleman of good valor and conduct. II The Indians did not forget the\\nslaughter of their friends, or their national law of blood for blood, although its execution might be\\nlong delayed. In 17 10 he was waylaid b}- them between Concord and Groton, and so severely\\nwounded that he soon after died.**\\nIt was probably soon after the commencement of this war that the garrison of Robert Parris was\\nsurprised, and himself and family massacred. He lived in the southerly part of Nashua, on the Main\\nroad, on the farm which adjoined that of Rev. Mr. Weld on the north. tt He was a large landed\\nproprietor, and had been selectman and representative of the town. The Indians in one of their\\npredatory excursions attacked his house, and killed him, his wife, and oldest daughter. Two small\\ngirls, who composed the rest of his family, ran down cellar, and crawled under an empty hogshead.\\nThe savages plundered the house, struck with their tomahawks upon the hogshead, but neglected to\\nexamine it, and departed leaving the house unburned, probably fearing that the flames would alarm\\n*This name, or rather Watananuck, was the one given by the Indians to the falls in the Merrimack near Taylor s\\nfalls l)ridge to the little pond in Hudson about a mile easterly of these falls to Salmon brook and Sandy pond and\\nto the whole plain in which Nashua Village in Nashua now stands. It is the same word as Outanic.\\nt Military Records, 1702, page 336.\\nX Queen Anne.\\nMass. Military Records, 1702.\\n11 Penhallow. i N. H. Hist. Coll. 27. This was Capt. John Tyng, eldest son of Col. Jonathan Tyug of this town.\\ntPeuhallow. i N. H. Hist. Coll. 60.\\n**Allen s Chelmsford, 35.\\ntt Proprietary Records of Dunstable.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n279\\nthe neighbors. The orphan girls were sent to Charlestowu, Mass. and there brought up. One of them\\nmarried a Richardson, and the other a Goffe, father of the celebrated Colonel Goffe, whose posterity\\nare numerous in this vicinit\\\\-.*\\nIn January, 1706, the trading house at Wataanuck in Dunstable, being now u.seless, they (the\\nhouse of representatives,) were not willing to continue to support a garrison there. To which his\\nexcellency returned answer, that he made no further use thereof than as a convenient post for lodging\\nsome of the persons being under pay and at hand for the relief of Groton and the near parts upon an\\nattack, and for scouting, and not as a fortress or garrison. From this circumstance, at this time\\nprobably little danger was anticipated.\\nIn April, 1706, the sum of io was granted by the general assembly to Samuel Butterfield who\\nhad been taken captive by the Indians, cruelly treated, and stripped of all, having killed one of them,\\nand knocked down two others, after they seized him. No hint is given of the time or place of\\ncapture.\\nAfter the date when Joe English was slain (July 27, 1706), we find no further mention of dam-\\nage done by the Indians in Dunstable for several years, although many bloody attacks were made\\nupon other neighboring and frontier towns. There were incursions, indeed, and alarms, for in\\nMarch, 17 10, it was voted and agreed upon by the inhabitants that the selectmen should take care in\\norder to obtain some help and assistance from the country, by a petition to the general court. This\\nwas done only incases of great emergency. A company of snow men were kept scouting, and\\nordered here for the protection of the settlement, under Colonel Tyng, and garrisons established at\\nseveral places at which the settlers dwelt. The history of the frontiers until the close of Queen\\nAnne s war in 1713, is but a series of attacks, burnings, captivities and massacres. From 1675\\nto 1 7 14 it is estimated that Massachusetts and New Hampshire lost 6000 young men and male children,\\nincluding those killed and those who were made captives without ever being recovered.\\nIn November, 171 1, the inhabitants still lived principally in garrison houses, where soldiers\\nunder the pay of the colony were stationed constantly for their defence. From a return of the number,\\nlocation, and situation of these garrisons made to the general court at that time, it appears that there\\nwere seven garrisons, containing thirteen families and eight^ -six persons, in this town. This perhaps\\ndid not include the whole number of families in town. If it did, the number had dimini.shed more than\\none-half since 16S0, so disastrous had been the effects of the long and bloody wars.\\nThe following is a list of the garrisons, number of families, number of male inhabitants in each\\ngarrison, number of soldiers stationed in each garrison, and the whole number of inhabitants in each\\ngarrison. The Queen s garrison was probably Wataanuck at Salmon brook. t\\nNames or (iarrisons.\\nh\\np-a\\n2,\\n1\\nI\\n2\\n3\\n4\\n7\\nCol. (Jonathan) Tyng s,\\nMr. Henry Farvvell s,\\nMr. (John) Cunimintrs\\nCol. (Sam l) Whiting s,\\nMr. (Thomas) Lund s,\\nQueen s Garrison,\\nMr. (John Sollendine s.\\nTotal\\nI\\n3\\n2\\n3\\nI\\n2\\nI\\nI\\n3\\n2\\nI\\n6\\n2\\n2\\nI\\n4\\n4\\n8\\n28\\n21\\n8\\n21\\n13\\nIt)\\nS6\\nIt was probably some time during this war that Richard Hasscll, a son of Joseph Hassell killed\\nin 1691, was taken captive by Indians on Long hill in the .south part of the town and carried to\\nCanada.\\nParris is not improbably the same name as Pierce, since Jan. 8, 1702, we find recorded under marriage of Jane\\nPierce, alir Parris. Town Records.\\nt Mass. Mili ary Records, 1711.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "28o HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nThus feeble and suffering had been the condition of the settlement for many years. Fear and\\ndesolation reigned everywhere. Compelled to dwell in garrisons, and to labor at the constant peril of\\nlife, how could the settlers thrive? Dunstable was scarcely more advanced in 1714 than it was in\\n1680. so disastrous had been the effects of the long and bloody wars. Many of the most useful\\ninhabitants had been slain or taken captive, heads of families especially. Some had removed to\\nplaces more secure from Indian depredation, and deserted all. Few, very few emigrated to what\\nmight well be termed the dark and bloody ground, and it was no time for marriage feasts when the\\nbridal procession might at every step become a funeral one, and the merry laugh be drowned by the\\nrifle and the war whoop.\\nThe war on the part of the Indians, says Bancroft, was one of ambushes and surprises. They\\nnever met the English in open field but always, even if eight fold in number, fled timorously before\\ninfantry. But they were secret as beasts of prey, skillful marksmen, and in part provided with fire-\\narms, fleet of foot, conversant with all the paths of the forest, patient of fatigue, and mad with a\\npassion for rapine, \\\\-engeance and destruction retreating into swamps for their fastnesses, or hiding in\\nthe greenwood tliickets, where the leaves muffled the eyes of the pursuer.\\nBy the rapiditv of their descent they seemed omnipresent among the scattered villages, which\\nthey ravaged like a passing storm, and for years they kept all New h^ngland in a state of alarm and\\nexcitement. The exploring party was way-laid and cut off, and the mangled carcasses and disjointed\\nlimlisof the dead were hung upon the trees toterrif pursuers. The laborer in the field, the reapers\\nas they went forth to the harvest, men as they went to mill, the shepherd s boy among the sheep, were\\nshot down by skulking foes whose approach was in\\\\-isible.\\nWho can tell the heavy hours of woman? The mother if left alone in the house feared the\\ntomahawk for herself and children. On the sudden attack the husband would fly with one child, the\\nwife with another, and perhaps one only escape. The village cavalcade making its way to meeting on\\nSunday, in files on horseback, the farmer holding his bridle in one hand and a child in the other, his\\nwife seated on a pillion behind him, it may be with a child in her lap as was the fashion in those days,\\ncould not proceed safely, but at the moment when least expected bullets would come whizzing by them,\\ndischarged with fatal aim from an ambuscade b the wayside. The forest that protected the ambush\\nof the Indians secured their retreat. They hung upon the skirts of the English villages like light-\\nning on the edge of the cloud.\\nDid they surprise a garrison Ouicklw writes Mary Rowlandson of Lancaster, it was the\\ndolefullest day that ever mine eyes saw. Now the dreadful hour is come. Some in our house were\\nfighting for their lives others wallowing in blood the house on fire over our heads, and the bloody\\nheathen ready to knock us on the head if we stirred out. I took my children to go forth, but the\\nIndians shot so thick that the bullets rattled against the house as if they had thrown a handful of\\nstones. We had six stout dogs but not one of them would stir.\\nThe bullets flying thick, one went through my side, and through my poor child in m\\\\- arms.\\nThe brutalities of an Indian massacre followed. There remained nothing to me, she continues\\nbeing in captivity, but one poor wounded babe. Down I must sit in the snow with my sick child, the\\npicture of death, in m}- lap. Not the least crumb of refreshing came within either of our mouths from\\nWednesday night till Saturday night, excepting only a little cold water. One Indian, and then a\\nsecond, and then a third would come and tell me Your master will quickly knock your child on the\\nhead. This was the comfort I had from them miserable comforters were they all. t\\nSuch was the life of the early settlers of Dunstalile, and could our plans unfold the bloody scenes\\nand heart touching events which have here taken place, their stor\\\\ would be as .strange and thrilling\\nas that of Mary Rowlandson. These scenes have indeed passed away, and their actors are well nigh\\nforgotten, but we ought never to forget that our soil has bsen sprinkled with their blood, and that to\\nthem we owe most of the blessings which we enjoy.\\n2 Bancroft s United .States, 102.\\nt Mary Rowlandson s Narrative, 12 15.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 281\\nINDIAN ATTACK OF 1724.\\nThe story of Indian massacre in the year 1724, as narrated by Mr. Fox, is so clear, concise and\\nauthentic that the editor of this chapter will quote it bodily, eliminating therefrom such passages\\nonly as are not deemed essential for this historj-.\\nAfter the close of Queen Anne s War, by the ratification of the treaty of peace between France\\nand England, at I trecht, a treaty was made with the Indians at Portsmouth, N. H., in July, 1713,\\nand quiet reigned throughout the frontiers for many years. The emigrants pushed their settlements\\nfarther and farther into the wilderness, and the smoke curling up from many a cabin along the green\\nhillsides, and in the rich valleys, gave signs of advancing civilization. The distant Indians,\\nhowever, were still hostile and treacherous, although, being deserted by France, they were compelled\\nto make peace.\\nIn 1717 they began to be more and more in.solent, killing the cattle and threatening the lives of\\nthe settlers, and occasioned so much alarm that a fast was ordered. These outrages were imputed to\\nthe instigations of the French missionaries, the Jesuits, who were jealous of the growth of the\\nEnglish plantations. In August, 17 17, however, a congress was held with them at Arrowsick on the\\nKennebec river, and the treaty of 17 13 was renewed.* This apparent friendship lasted but a .short\\ntime, owing, as was said, to the advice of Father Rasle and the Jesuits, for in 1720 they began to\\nthreaten again, and in June, 1722, attacked the settlement at Merry Meeting bay, on the southern\\nshore of L,ake Winnipisiogee, and carried off nine families. t\\nDuring all the previous Indian wars, Dunstable was the frontier town, and therefore exposed\\nto greater dangers than its more interior neighbors. Now other settlements had commenced beyond\\nus, although yet in their infancy, and incapable of affording much protection. As early as 1710\\nsettlements were made in Hudson. Londonderry (then called Nutfield) was settled in 1719, and\\nLitchfield (then called Brenton s Farm, or by its ancient Indian name, Naticook) in 1720. Chester\\nwas also settled in 1720, and Merrimack and Pelham in 1722. During the years 1722-3-4, frequent\\nravages were committed and much alarm excited. As we look around on our beautiful villages and\\nthicklj peopled towns, we can scarceh realize that a little more than a century ago the yell of the\\nIndian was heard even here, and the shriek of the murdered settler went up to heaven with the flames\\nof his desolated home.\\nIn the summer of 1723 the Indians attacked Dover and Lamprey river, and, fearing an attack\\nupon the settlements in this vicinity, a garrison of thirty men was posted in Dun.stable. It was still\\nconsidered a frontier town, and was the rendezvous of all the scouting parties which traversed the\\nvalleys of the Merrimack and the Nashua. The scouts were drafted from the different regiments,\\nand were con.stantly out upon excursions against the Indians. In November, 1723, Capt. Daniel\\nPeeker arrived at Dunstable with such a company from Haverhill, and having received recruits here,\\nmarched to Pennichook brook, Souhegan, Anconoonook hills, Piscataquog, Amoskeag, Annahooksit,\\nContookook, Cohasset, (Goffe s Falls) and Beaver brook, but discovered no enemy. A small party\\nwas sent out by him under the command of Jonathan Robbins of Dunstable, and were gone several\\ndays but without success. J\\nAt the same time a company under the connnand of Lieut. Jabez Fairbanks of Groton was also\\nscouting up and down the Nashua. In this company were six men from Dunstable, viz Joseph\\nBlanchard, Thomas Lund, Isaac Farwell, Ebenezer Cummiugs, John Usher, and Jonathan Combs.\\nUpon a petition from the selectmen of the town, stating its exposed situation, and the necessity that\\nthey should be allowed to stay at home to guard it, they were all discharged, upon the condition,\\nhowever, that thej- should perform duty at Dunstable. S\\nIn the winter and .spring of 1724, Lieutenant Fairbanks and his comijany were scouting al)out\\nNashuway river, Nisiti.sit hills, The Mines, or Mine falls, Penichuck pond, Naticook,\\nSoulieganock, Nesenkeag, Dunstaljle meeting house, and other places in this vicinity. In\\n*Penhallow. i N. H. Hist. Coll., 89. i Helknap, 189.\\nt Belknap, 201.\\nt Mass. Recorils, Journals of Scouts, pai?e 47. Robbins was a volunteer, and a lieutenant under Captain I.ovowell\\niu 1725.\\n\u00c2\u00a7Mass. Military Records, 1723, pages 1 11-145.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "282 HISTORY OF NASHUA, X. H.\\nMav, 1724, men were at work planting both north and west of Nashua ri\\\\-er, and a part of this\\ncompany were posted here as a garrison.*\\nIn Auo-ust, 1724, the English sent a body of troops to attack the Indian town at Xorridgewock,\\nMe. The town was surprised, and a large number of Indians slain, together with Father Ra.sle, the\\nJesuit, their priest, who was considered by the English as the instigator of all these outrages. By\\nthis attack the eastern Indians were much alarmed and weakened. But about this time a party of\\nFrench Mohawks, to the number of seventy, made an incursion into this neighborhood. September\\n4, they fell on Dunstable and took two in the evening. Next morning Lieutenant French with\\nfourteen men went in pursuit of them, l)Ut being waylaid, both he and one-half of his men were\\ndestroyed. After this as many more of a fresh company engaged them, but the enemy being much\\nsuperior in number, overpowered them, with the loss of one man killed and four wounded. t A more\\nparticular account of this mournful event has been preserved and collected from various sources with\\nmuch care and labor. It must prove interesting, at least to the descendants of the actors in these\\nscenes, many of whom still reside among us, and may serve to make us all realize more fully the\\nnature, extent and worth of the sufferings of these into who.se labors we have entered.\\nThe two captives mentioned above were Nathan Cross and Thomas Blanchard. They had\\nbeen engaged in the manufacture of turpentine on the north side of the Nashua, near the spot\\nwhere the upper part of the city now stands, and were seized while at work and carried off by the\\nIndians. As there were at that time no houses or settlements on that side of Nashua river at that\\nplace, these men had been in habit of returning every night to lodge in a saw mill on the south side\\nof the river. This mill was probably John Lovewell s which .stood on Salmon brook at the bridge, by\\nthe house of Miss Allds, the mud sills of which are now visible. The night following their capture\\nthey came not as usual, and an alarm was given, as it was feared they had fallen into the hands of the\\nIndians.\\nA party consisting of ten of the principal inhabitants of the place, beside their leader, started\\nin pursuit of them under the direction of Eieut. Ebenezer French. In this company was Josiah\\nFarwell, who was next year lieutenant at Pequawkett under Eovewell. When this party arrived at\\nthe spot where these men had been laboring, the\\\\ found the hoops of the barrels cut and the turpen-\\ntine spread upon the ground. From certain marks made upon the trees with wax mixed with grease,\\nthey understood that the men were taken and carried off alive.\\nIn the course of the examination, Farwell perceived that the turpentine had not ceased spreading\\nand called the attention of his comrades to this circumstance. They concluded that the Indians had\\nbeen gone but a short time and must Ise near and decided on instant pursuit. Farwell advised them\\nto take a circuitous route to avoid an ambush but unfortunateh he and French a short time before\\nhad a misunderstanding and were then at variance. French imputed this advice to cowardice and\\ncried out, I am going to take the direct path if any of you are not afraid let him follow me.\\nFrench led the way and the whole of the party followed, Farwell following in the rear.\\nTheir route was up the Merrimack towards which they bent their course to look for their horses\\nupon the intervals. At the brookt near Satwych s (now Thornton s) Ferr}- they were waylaid. The\\nIndians fired upon them and killed the larger part instantly. A few fled, but were overtaken and\\ndestroyed. French was killed about a mile from the place of action under an oak tree lately standing\\nin a field belongiilg to John Lund of Merrimack. Farwell in the rear, seeing those before him\\nfall, sprung behind a tree, discharged his piece and ran. Two Indians pursued him. The chase was\\nvigorously maintained for some time, without either gaining much advantage, till Farwell passing-\\nthrough a thicket, the Indians lost sight of him, and probably fearing he might have loaded again,\\nthey desisted from farther pursuit. He was the onl one of the company that escaped.\\nA company from the neighborhood immediately mustered and proceeded to the fatal spot to find\\nthe bodies of their friends and townsmen. Eight of them were found and conveyed to the burying\\nplace. Coffins were prepared for them and they were decently interred in one capacious grave. The\\nMass. Records, Jourual of Scouts, page 51.\\nt Penhallow. 1 N. H. Hist. Coll., 109.\\nt Naticook l)rook, the stream which crosses the road just above Thornton s. The scene of the andjush must have\\nbeen near the present highway.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0304.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "///STORY OF N.lS//(/A, N. H. 2^^\\nnames of these persons given in tlie Boston News Letter were Lieut. Ebenezer French, Thcn.as Lun.l\\nOliver Farwell and Kbene/er Cnnimings who belonged to Dunstable, and all of whom excei)ling the\\nlast, left widows and children, Daniel Baldwin and John Burbank of Woburn and Mr. Johnson of\\nI lainfield.\\nCross and lihuK-hanl, lla- fir.st named, were carried to Canada; alter remaining there some time\\nthey succeeded, by their own exertions, in effecting their redemption, and returned home.\\nThe gun owned and use.l by Cross was carefully preserved by his descendants, and is now in the\\npossession of the Xashua Historical society.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0The place of their interment was the ancient l)urial ground near tlie stale line, in whicli there\\nis a monument still standing, with the following inscrijition, copied verbatim et literatim.\\nMemento Mori.\\nHere lies the body of Mr. Tlioiiuus I, unci\\nwho departed this life Sept. 5th 1724 in the\\n42ud year of his age.\\nThis man with seven more that lies in\\nthis grave was slew all in a day by\\nThe Indians.\\nThree other grave stones stand close beside the aljove, very ancient, moss covered and almost\\nillegible. One was erected to Lt. Oliver Farwell, aged 33 years; one to Mr. Ivbene/.er Cummings,\\naged 29 years, and one to Mr. Benjamin Carter, aged 23 years.\\nIt is related by Penhallow, that after the first attack a fre.sh company engaged them but\\nwere overpowered with the loss of one killed and four wounded. The Indians, elated with their\\nsuccess, moved forward to Nashua river, and this second fight is said to have taken place at the\\nancient fordway, where the highway crossed the Nashua, and very near its mouth. It was i)robably\\nat this time that the circumstance occurred which has given to that portion of the village its name.\\nTradition reports that the Indians were on the north side of the river and the hjiglish on the south,\\nand that after the fight had lasted a long time across the stream without decisive result, l)oth parties\\ndrew off, and that after the Indians had departed, upon a large tree which stood by the river .side,\\nnear the Concord railroad bridge, the figure of an Indian s head was found carved bv them, as if in\\ndefiance. Such was the origin of Indian Heatl.\\nThere is another version of the account, indeed, which relates, that a fight once took place\\nthere between the whites and the Indians; that the latter were defeated, and all of them supposed to\\nbe slain; but that one escaped, and carved upon a tree the Indian head as a taunt and a threat of\\nvengeance.\\nSometime during this year, William Lund, being in the service of his country, was taken\\nprisoner by the Indian enemy and carried into captivity, where he suffered great hardshijis and was\\nobliged to pa}- a great price for his ransom. The time, place and circumstances of his capture and\\nreturn are not known, and this brief record is all that remains. t\\nLovewell s war and Lovewell s fight have always been surrounded with a halo of romance. An\\nexpedition in the fall of 1724 was incepted and led b}- Capt. John Lovewell of Dunstable against the\\nPequawketts, a fierce tribe of Indians that had their headquarters in the region between Lake Winni-\\npisiogee in New Hampshire and a pond near Fryeburg, Me., since known as Lovewell s pond.\\nInasmuch as the bold Captain Lovewell and several of his men were from Dunstable, it is deemed\\npardonable to insert herein something more than a mere reference to that war and to the bloody and\\nfatal fight at Pigwacket, in which the brave leader was shot dead, pierced through by an Indian\\nball and the whole company defeated. As narrated by Mr. Fox, the story is as follows\\nIn consequence of this attack, and of the devastation everywhere committed by the Indians,\\nJohn Lovewell, Josiah Farwell and Jonathan Robbins petitioned the general as.sembly of Massachu-\\nsetts for leave to raise a company and to scout against the Indians. The original petition, signed by\\nthem is still on file in the office of the secretary of state in Boston, and is as follows.-\\n*l!elknap, 207: note. Maiuiscript correetions thereof Iiy John I armer, in the possession of the late Isaac\\nSpalding.\\nt Mass. Military Records, 1734.\\nt Fox s History, page no, et seq.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0305.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "284 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nThe humble memorial of John Lovell, Josiah Farwell, Jonathan Robbins, all of Dunstable,\\nsheweth\\nThat your petitioners, with near forty or fifty others, are inclinable to range and to keep out in\\nthe woods for several months together, in order to kill and destroy their enemy Indians, provided\\nthev can meet with incouragement suitable. And your petitioners are imployed and desired by many\\nothers, humbly to propose and submit to your honors consideration, that if such soldiers may be\\nallowed five shillings per day, in case they kill any enemy Indian and possess their scalp, they will\\nimploy themselves in Indian hunting one whole year, and if within that time they do not kill any,\\nthey are content to be allowed nothing for their wages, time and trouble.\\nJohn Lovewell,\\nJosiah Farwell,\\nDunstable, Nov., 1724. Jonathan Robbins.\\nLovewell* was a man of great courage and fond of engaging in adventurous enterprises. He\\nwas particularly successful in hunting wild animals, and in time of war was engaged in exploring the\\nwilderness to find the lurking places of the Indians who ravaged the settlements in New England.\\nHis father, it is said, had been an ensign in the army of Cromwell and a soldier under the famous\\nCaptain Church in the great Narraganset Swamp fight and his sons inherited his military taste and\\nardor. This petition was granted, changing the conditions into a bounty of loo per scalp. The\\ncompany was raised and a commission of captain given to Lovewell. They became greatly distin-\\nguished, first by their success and afterwards by their misfortunes.\\nLovewell was then in the prime of life and burning with zeal to distinguish himself. With his\\ncompany of picked men he started upon an excursion into the Indian country. The headquarters of\\nthe Pequawketts, a fierce and dangerous tribe, were in the region between Lake Winnipisiogee and\\nthe pond in Fryeburg, Me., since known as Lovewell s pond. It was called Pequawkett, is filled\\nwith lakes, ponds and .streams affording excellent fi.shing and hunting, and embraces the present towns\\nof Conway, Wakefield, Ossipee, Fryeburg, etc. Dec. 10, 1724, while northward of Lake Winnipi-\\nsiogee, the party came on a wigwam wherein were two Indians, one of which they killed and the\\nother took, for which they received the promi.sed bounty of one hundred pounds a scalp, and two\\nshillings and si.x pence a da)- besides.\\nOther similar expeditions had been attempted, but without much success. Some had fallen\\ninto ambuscades, and some after long and dangerous journeys through the pathless wilderness had\\nreturned without meeting an enemy. But the success of Captain Lovewell roused their spirits and\\nhe determined upon another excursion. This company was soon augmented to eighty-eight, t He\\nmarched again, Feliruary, 1725, and- visiting the place where they had killed the Indian found his body-\\nas they had left it two months before. Their provisions falling short, thirty of them were dismissed\\nby lot and returned home.\\nThe remaining fifty-eight continued their march till the)- discovered a track, which they\\nfollowed until they saw a smoke just before sunset, by which thej- judged that the enenu were\\nencamped for the night. This was Feb. 20, 1725. They kept themselves concealed till after mid-\\nnight, when they silently advanced and discovered ten Indians asleep around a fire by the side of a\\nfrozen pond. Lovewell was determined to make sure work, and placing his men convenienth ordered\\na part of them to fire, five at once, as quick after each other as possible, and another part to reserve\\ntheir fire. He gave the signal by firing his own gun, which killed two of them. His men firing\\naccording to order killed five more on the spot. The other three starting up from their sleep, two of\\nthem were immediately shot dead by the reserve. The other though wounded attempted to escape by\\ncrossing the pond, but was seized by a dog and held fa.st till they killed him.\\nThus in a few minutes the whole company was destroyed and some attempt against the frontiers\\nof New Hampshire prevented for these Indians were making from Canada well furnished with new\\nguns and plenty of ammunition. They had also a number of spare blankets, moccasins and snow-\\n.shoes, for the accommodation of the prisoners which they expected to take, and were within two days\\nmarch of the frontiers.\\nThis famous Indian fighter was from near Salmon brook in Xashua.\\nt Penhallow. i N. H. Hist. ColL, 100. i Belknap, 208.\\nt So says Report of Committees on the subject in Mass. Records\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Towns. 172S.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0306.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "irrsroRY of Nashua, n. h. 285\\nThe pond where this exploit was performed is at the head of a branch of Salmon Falls river,\\nin the township of Wakefield, and has ever since borne the name of Lovewell s pond. The action\\nis spoken of by elderly people at this distance of time, says Belknap in 1790, from whom the above\\nis chiefly taken, with an air of exultation, and considering the extreme difficulty of finding and\\nattacking Indians in the woods, and the judicious manner in which they were so completely surprised,\\nit was a capital exploit.\\nThe brave company, witli the ten .scalps stretche l on hoops and elevated on poles, entered\\nDover in triumph, and proceeded thence to Boston, where they received the promised bounty of one\\nhundred pounds for each scalp out of the public treasury.*\\nPenhallow adds that the guns were .so good and new that most of them were sold for seven\\npounds ($23.33) a piece. The plunder was but a few skins, but during the march our men were well\\nentertained with moose, bear and deer, together with salmon trout, some of which were three feet\\nlong, and weighed twelve pounds a piece. t .Scarcely had Lovewell returned from this successful\\nexcursion, when Capt. Eleazar Tyng of this town, collecting a large company of volunteers, many of\\nthem also from this town, marched into the wilderness. They scouted around Pemigewasset river\\nand Winnipisiogee lake for a month but returned without accomplishing anything.];\\nEncouraged by his former success, and animated still, as Penhallow says, with an uncommon\\nzeal of doing what service he could, Lovewell marched a third time into the wilderness, intending\\nto attack the Pequawketts in their headquarters on Saco river. Ju.st before he left, it is said, that\\nbeing at a house in what is now Nashua, he was warned to be upon his guard again.st the ambuscades\\nof the enemy. He replied, That he did not care for them, and bending down a small elm beside\\nwhich he was standing into a bow, declared that he would treat the Indians in the same way.\\nThis elm is still standing, a venerable and magnificent tree.\\nHe set out from Dunstable with forty-six men, including a chaplain and surgeon. Two of\\nthem proving lame returned. Another falling sick, they halted and built a fort fortified by pointed\\nstakes, on the west side of Ossipee pond. Here the surgeon was left with the sick man, and eight of\\nthe number for a guard. The number of the company was now reduced to thirty-four.\\nThe names of this brave company are worthy of preservation, and their numerous descendants\\nmay trace back their descent to such ancestry with pride. They were Capt. John Lovewell, Lieut.\\nJosiah Farwell, Lieut. Jonathan Robbins, Ensign John Harwood, Ensign Xoah Johnson, Robert\\nI sher and Samuel Whiting, all of Dunstable; Ensign Seth Wyman, Corporal Thos. Richardson,\\nTimothy Richardson, Ichabod Johnson and Josiah Johnson of Woburn Eleazer Davis, Joseph\\nFarrar, Josiah Davis, Josiah Jones, David Melvin, Eleazer Melvin and Jacob Farrar of Concord:\\nChaplain Jonathan Frye of Andover; Seargt. Jacob FuUam of Weston; Corporal Edward Lingfield\\nof Nutfield, (now Londonderry) Jonathan Kittredge and Solomon Ke3 es of Billerica; John Teffts,\\nDaniel Woods, Thomas Woods, John Chamberlain, Elias Barson, Isaac Lakin and Joseph Gil.son of\\nGroton; Abiel Asten and Ebenezer Alger of Haverhill, and one who deserted them in battle, and\\nwhose name has been considered unworthy of being transmitted to posterity.\\nPursuing their march northward they came to a pond about twentj^-two miles distant from the\\nfort, and encamped by the side of it. Early the next morning May 8, 1725, (May 19, new style,)\\nwhile at their devotions they heard the report of a gun, and discovered a single Indian standing on a\\npoint of land which runs into the pond more than a mile distant. They had been alarmed the\\npreceding night by noises round their camp, which they imagined were made by Indians, and this\\nopinion was now strengthened. They suspected that the Indian was there to decoy them, and that a\\nbody of the enemy was in their front.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Belknap. 208. The original journal of tliis cxpeililion. in Lovewell s hanil writing, is still preserved among the\\nl)apers in the office of the secretary of state at Boston. Many of the company were from this town, but the names\\nof few have been preserved. Beside the officers already named, and those who accompanied them to Petjuawkett,\\nwere Zaccheus Lovewell, Thos. Colliurn, Peter Powers, Josiah Cumniings, Henry I arweU, \\\\Vm. .Vyers.\\n1 N. H. Hist. Coll., 113.\\nJ Mass. Records. Tyng s Journal, 1725.\\nThe report of the committee upon Lovewell s tour says that he started with forty-seven men, three of wlioni\\nreturned home sick and lame. Military Records and tour, 1728. They had his muster roll before them.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0307.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": ",86 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N H.\\nA consultation being held they determined to march forward, and by encompassing the pond,\\nto gain the place where the Indian stood. That they might be ready for action they disencumbered\\nthemselves of their packs, and left them without guard at the northeast end of the pond, in a pitch\\npine plain, where the trees were thin, and the brakes at that time of the year small. Penhallow\\nadds that fearing a snare, the captain calling his men together, propo.sed, whether it was best to\\neno-ao-e them or not? They boldly replied, That as they had come out on purpose to meet the\\nenemy, they would rather trust Providence with their lives and die for their country, than return\\nwithout seeing them. Upon this they proceeded.*\\nIt happened that Lovewell s march had crossed a carr\\\\ing place, by which two parties of\\nIndians, consisting of forty-one each, commanded by Paugiis and Wawha, who had been .scouting\\ndown Saco river, were returning to the lower village of Pequawkett, distant about a mile and a half\\nfrom this pond. Having fallen on this track they followed it till they came to the packs which they\\nremoved, and counting them found the number of his men to be less than their own. They therefore\\nplaced themselves in ambush to attack them on their return. The Indian who stood on the point,\\nand who was returning to the village by another path, met them and received their fire, which he\\nreturned and wounded Farwell and another with small shot. I^ieutenant Wyman firing again killed\\nhim and they took his scalp.\\nSeeing no other enemy they returned to the place where they had left their packs, and while\\nthey were looking for them the Indians rose and ran towards them with a horrid yelling. A smart\\nfiring commenced on both sides, it being about ten of the clock. Captain Lovewell and eight more\\nwere killed on the spot. Lieutenant Farwell and two others were wounded. Several of the Indians\\nfell, l ut being superior in numbers they endeavored to surround the party, who, perceiving their\\nintention, retreated hoping to reach a shelter behind a point of rocks which ran into the pond, and a\\nfew large pine trees standing on a sandy beach. In this forlorn place they took their station. On\\ntheir right was the mouth of a brook at that time unfordable; on their left was the rocky point.\\nTheir front was partly covered with a deep bog, and partly uncovered, and the pond was in the rear.\\nThe enemy galled them in front and in flank, and had thenr so completely in their power, that had\\nthey made a prudent use of their advantage, the whole company must either have been killed or\\nobliged to surrender at discretion, being destitute of a mouthful of sustenance, and escape being\\nimpractical)le.\\nUnder the conduct of Lieutenant Wyman, they kept up their fire, and showed a resolute\\ncountenance all the remainder of the day, during which their chaplain, Jonathan Frye, Ensign\\nRobbins, and one more were mortally wounded. The Indians invited them to surrender by holding\\nup ropes to them, and endeavored to intimidate them by their hideous yells, but they determined to\\ndie rather than to yield. By their well directed fire the number of the savages was thinned, and their\\ncries became fainter, till just before night they quitted their advantageous ground, carrying off their\\nkilled and wounded, and leaving the dead bodies of Lovewell and his men unscalped. The shattered\\nremnant of this brave company collected themselves together, and found three of their number\\nunable to move from the spot; eleven wounded, but able to march: and nine only who had received\\nno hurt. All the rest, eleven in number, were slain.\\nIt was melancholy to leave their dying companions behind, but there was no possibility of\\nremoving them. One of them. Ensign Robbins, t desired them to lay his gun by him charged, that if\\nthe Indians should return before his death, he might be able to kill one more. After the rising of the\\nmoon they quitted the fatal spot, and directed their march towards the fort, where the surgeon and\\nguard had been left. To their great surprise they found it deserted. In the beginniiig of the action\\none man (whose name has not been thought worthy to be transmitted,) quitted the field, and fled to\\nthe fort. Here, in the style of Job s nressengers, he informed them of Lovewell s death, and the\\ndefeat of the whole company, upon which they made the best of their way home, leaving a quantity\\nof l)read and pork, which was a seasonable relief to the retreating survivors.\\nThe fate of the survivors was scarcely less pitiable than that of the dead. Lieutenant Farwell,\\n(of Dunstable) and the chaplain, who had the journal of the march in his pocket, perished in the\\n1 N. H. Ilisl. Coll., 1 14.\\nI Rdlibiiis livcil on I.oii.i; hill, in the .south pnrt o( Nashua.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0308.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 28-\\nwoods for want of dressing Ihcir womuls, Mr. I rye languished three days and died. He was a\\nvery worthy and promi.sing young man, says Penhallow, and graduated at Harvard college in 1733.\\nMr. Farwell held out until the eleventh day, during which time he had nothing to eat but water and\\na few roots which he chewed. Josiali Jones after long fatigue and hardships got .safe into Saco.\\nSolomon Keyes being wounded in three places, lost so much blood as disabled him to stand any\\nlonger; but by a strange Providence, as he was creeping away, he saw a canoe in the pond which he\\nrolled himself into, and by a favorable wind, without any a.ssistance of his own, was driven so many\\nmiles on, that he got safe into the fort. JUeazer Davis was the last that got in, who, after wandering\\nabout many days, and being nearly famished, came at last to Berwick, and thence to Portsmouth.\\nThe others, after enduring the most severe hardshijis, and meeting many providential escapes, came in\\none after another. They were received not only with joy, but were recom])ensed for their valor\\nand sufferings, and a generous provision was made for the widows and children of the slain.\\nMr. Wyman, who distinguished himself in such a signal manner, was, at his return, presented\\nwith a captain s connnission. lidward Lingfield was also made an en.sign, and the general assembly\\ngave the sum of fifteen hundred pounds to the widows and orphans.\\nIn I vSamuel, xxxi. chap., 11, 12, 13 ver.ses, says Peidiallow. it is recorded in the immortal\\nhonor of the men of Jabesh-gilead, that when some of their renowned heroes fell by the hands of the\\nPhilistines, they prepared a decent burial for their bodies. Now .so soon as the report came of\\nCaptain Lox-ewell s defeat, about fifty men from New Haiupshire, well etjuipped, marched into\\nPequawkett for the like end, but were not so happy as to find them.t But in the spring another\\ncompany from Dun.stable, under the comnrand of Col. (Eleazer) Tyng, went to the scene of the action,\\nand having found the bodies of twelve, buried them, and car\\\\-e(l their names upon the trees where\\nthe battle was fought. At a little distance they found the Indian graves which he opened, in one of\\nwhich he found the celebrated warrior, Paugus, a vile and bloody wretch, as Penhallow\\nmildly adds.\\nThe news of Lovewell s defeat and death reached Dunstable before the twentieth day of May.\\nAll was consternation and grief. What reports were brought by the sur\\\\-ivors we know not, but\\nimmediate attack upon the town was feared by the inhabitants. The alarm extended through the\\nsettlements, and even reached Boston. The governor ordered Col. Eleazer Tyng into the wilderness\\nto protect the frontiers against the anticipated invasion of the victorious foe. The state of excitement\\nand alarm which pervaded the town may be conjectured from the following petition addressed to the\\ngovernor and council of Massachusetts.!\\nThe petition of the selectmen of Dunstable,\\nHumbly sheweth\\nThat whereas your honors hath found it necessarj- to order Colonel Tyng and his men into the\\nwoods, on the said occasion of Captain Lovewell s defeat, we are extremely exposed and weak, bj\\nreason of so many of our fighting men being cut off last summer, and so many killed now in the\\nprovince s service. We would beg leav-e to represent to your honors our case as very sad and\\ndistressing, having so man\\\\- soldiers drawn out, and our inhabitants reduced to so small a number by\\nthe war. Several families have removed, and more arc under such discouragement, not daring to\\ncarry on their planting or any other business, that they fully design it. We hope your honors will\\ntake our deplorable circumstances into your compassionate consideration, and order such measures to\\nbe taken for our defence and support, until our men return, as you in your wisdom shall think fit.\\nAnd your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.\\nS.VMUKi, P rkxch, I John Ci\\\\mmings,\\nJoseph Snow, Selectmen. John Ci mmings, Jr.,\\nJoseph French, Nath i. Cimimings,\\nJohn- Lovewki.i., Jon.vth.vn Cummings.\\nJon.N French, Jon.vth.vn Combs.\\nl)unstal.)le. May 20, 1725.\\nIVnhallow. 1 X. II. Hist. Coll., I iS.\\ntl iKler Capt. Josepli Blanchanl, of this town, in Jnly, 1725. Mass. Military Records, 1725.\\nt Military Records, 1725, pa ;c 2.vs-", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0309.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "288\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nJohn Lovewell, the aged father of Captain Lovewell also petitioned the general assembly at the\\nsame time, for some assistance from the country to defend his garrison, or that he must leave it to\\nthe enemy.\\nThe petitions were granted. A guard of twenty-five soldiers was posted in town. Companies\\nof scouts under Capt. Seth Wyman, Capt. Joseph Blanchard and Captain Willard, were scouring the\\nvalleys of the Merrimack and the Nashua, during the whole summer and autumn, but no enemy\\nappeared. With Joseph, a Mohawk, as a guide, and Nessa Gawney for an interpreter, they ranged\\nas far as Penacook, Winipisocket, aJid Cocheco path, but excepting killing a moose and a bear\\nbetween Dunstable and Penacook, they found nothing. t\\nThis incursion into the headquarters of the Pequawketts, and the destruction of Norridgewock,\\nalarmed the Indians so much that they resided no more at either place until after the peace. Nor\\nafter this did they commit any serious depredations. Their power was broken. Our encountering\\nthem at such a distance was so terrible and surprising, says Penhallow, that they never formed any\\nbody after. These conflicts were the themes of eulogy throughout the New England settlements.\\nThe names of their actors were upon all men s tongues familiar as household words. The story of\\nworthy Captain Lovewell was the subject of many a ballad, and was sung by every fireside. The\\nmother taught it to her child to excite in him a hatred of the Indian enemy, and to set before him\\nan example of valor and patriotism, which he was to imitate when he should become a man.\\nPublic gratitude kept pace with private enthusiasm. In addition to the gifts above cited,\\nother donations were made, and the township of Pembroke, first called Lovewell s Town, was\\ngranted by the general assembly of Massachusetts, in May, 1727, to Captain Lovewell and his brave\\nassociates in consideration of their services against the Indians. The whole number of grantees was\\nsixty, forty-six of whom accompanied Lovewell in his last march to Pequawkett, and the remainder\\nwere among the sixty-two who attended him in his first enterprise.\\nOf this company-, as has been said, seven or more belonged to Dunstable, including nearly all\\nthe officers. Of these every man was killed or wounded. Captain Lovewell, Ensign Harwood and\\nRobert Usher were killed on the spot. Lieutenant Robbins was left on the field mortalh- wounded.\\nLieutenant Farwell died on the march home. Samuel Whitney was wounded, and probably died not\\nlong after, as no mention of him is found in the records of the town after May, 1725. Noah Johnson\\nwas so severely wounded in the fight as to be disabled for many years, but was the last survivor of\\nthe company. In 1727 a pension of ^,10 per annum for seven years was granted him b}- the colony of\\nMassachusetts, and after its expiration in 1734, the sum was increased to \u00c2\u00a31^ per annum, and contin-\\nued for many years. He died at Pembroke, Aug. 13, 1798, in his hundredth year. The grand-\\nchildren of some of these still survive in this town and vicinity.\\nSeveral of the ballads which were written to commemorate this event, one of the most impor-\\ntant in our early history, have been preserved. If they do not possess high poetic merit, they\\nanswer well the purpose for which they were designed. Let me make the ballads of a people, said\\nthe great Chatham, and I care not who makes the laws. There was deep wisdom in the remark,\\nand such ballads, rude though they were, nurtured the free, bold, self-sacrificing spirit, which wrested\\nCanada from the French in 1755, and finally achieved our independence. One of the oldest of these\\nballads, composed, as is said, the year of the fight, the most beloved .song in all New England, is\\nhere inserted.\\nMass. Military Records, 1725: original petition, page 263.\\ntMass. Military Records, 1725: page 263.\\nFarmer s N. H. Gazetteer. Pembroke.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 There seems, however, to be an error in this\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the report of the com-\\nmittee upon the subject of the grant says, that the whole number was eighty-eight, of whom sixty-two were in the\\nsecond expedition, and twenty-six in the last as well as in the second expedition.\\nJohnson, it is said, occupied the farm on the south side of the Nashua at its mouth, extending probably as far as\\nthe house of Judge Parker. Lovewell is said to have occupied the farm near Luther Taylor s house.\\n11 Drake s Book of the Indians, 132.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0310.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n289\\nSONG OF LOVEWELl.S S FIGHT.\\nt)f worlhy Caplaiu Lovcwcll 1 purpose now to sing,\\nllow valiantly he served his country and his king\\nHe and his valiant soldiers did range the woods full wide,\\nAnd hardships the} endured to quell the Indians pride.\\nTwas nigh unto I igwaeket, on the eighth day of May,\\nThev spied a rebel Indian soon after break of day\\nHe on a bank was walking, upon a neck of land,\\nWhich leads into a pond as we re made to understand.\\nOur men resolved to have him and traveled two miles\\nround,\\nTntil they met the Indian who boldly stood his ground\\nThen speaks up Captain Lovewell, Take you good\\nheed, says he,\\nThis rogue is to decoy us I very plainly see.\\nThe Indians lie in ambush in some place nigh at hand,\\nIn order to surround us upon this neck of land\\nTherefore we ll march in order, and each man leave his\\npack,\\nThat we may briskly fight them when they shall us\\nattack.\\nThey come unto the Indian who did them thus defy;\\nAs soon as they come nigh him two guns he did let fly.\\nWhich wounded Captain Lovewell and likewise one man\\nmore,*\\nBut when this rogue was running they laid him in his\\ngore.\\nThen having scalped the Indian they went back to the\\nspot\\nWhere they had laid their packs down, Imt there they\\nfound them not\\nFor the Indians having spied them when they them down\\ndid lay,\\nDid seize them for their plunder and carry them away.\\nThese rebels lay in ambush this very place near by,\\nSo that an English soldier did one of them espy\\nAnd cried out, here s an Indian; with that they\\nstarted out\\nAs fiercely as old lions, and hiileously did shout.\\nWith that our valiant English all gave a loud huzza.\\nTo show the rebel Indians they feared them not a straw\\nSo now the fight began as fiercely as could be\\nThe Indians ran up to them but soon were forced to flee.\\nThen spake up Captain Lovewell when first the fight\\nbegan,\\nFight on ni)- valiant heroes j-ou see they fall like rain\\nFor as we are informed, the Indians were so thick,\\nA man could scarcely fire a gun and not some of them hit.\\nThen did the rebels try their best our soldiers to surround.\\nBut they could not accomplish it because there was a pond,\\nTo which our men retreated and covered all the rear\\nThe rogues were forced to flee them although they skulked\\nfor fear.\\nTwo logs that were behind them so close together lay,\\nWithout being discovered they could not get away\\nTherefore our valiant English they traveled in a row,\\n-\\\\nd at a handsome distance as they were wont to go.\\nTwas ten o clock in the morning when first the fight\\nbegun,\\nAnd fiercely did continue till the setting of the sun,\\nExcepting that the Indians some hours before twas night.\\nDrew off into the bushes, and ceased a while to fight.\\nBut soon again returned in fierce and furious mood,\\nShouting as in the morning, but yet not half so loud\\nFor as we are informed, so thick and fast they fell,\\nScarce twenty of their number at night did get home well.\\nAnd that our valiant English till midnight there did stay.\\nTo see whether the rebels wouUl have another fray\\nBut they no more returning they made off toward their\\nhome,\\n.\\\\nd brought away their wounded as far as they could\\ncome.\\nOf all our valiant English there were but thirty-four.\\nAnd of the rebel Indians there were about fourscore\\nAnd sixteen of our English did safely home return\\nThe rest were killed and wounded for which we all must\\nmourn.\\nOur worthy Captain Lovewell among them there did die ;t\\nThey killed Lieutenant Robbius, and wounded good\\nyoung Frye,}\\nWho was our English chaplain; he many Indians slew,\\n.\\\\nd some of them he scalped when bullets round him flew.\\nYoung Fullani, too. I ll mention, because he fought so\\nwell.\\nEndeavoring to save a man, a sacrifice he fell\\nAnd yet our valiant Englishmen in fight were ne er dis-\\nmayed,\\nBut still they kept their motion, and Wyman Captain\\nmade.\\nWho shot the olii chief Paugus which did the foe defeat\\nThen set his men in order and brought off the retreat\\n.\\\\nd braving many dangers and hardships by the way,\\nThey safe arrived at Dunstable the thirtieth day of yi-Ay\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Liciittnant Farwell of Nu.shua.\\nt The powder horn worn by Lovewell in tliis H^ht is prcse\\nfamily, and the cellar of the house where he lived is\\ndistance from Salmon brook in Nashua.\\nRobbins was from Dunstable. Frye was a son of Kev. Mr. Frye of\\ni in the Andover, as before mentioned. Their notions were all Jewish, and in\\ntill visible a little slaying the Heathen Indians they thoujfht themselves obeying the\\nvoice of God.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0311.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": ":90\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nThe statcmfiit in llie last verse that Paugus was killed by Wynian is not correct. He was\\nslain by John Chamberlain, who afterwards settled in Merrimack. After the heat of the conflict was\\nover, weary and faint, Paugus and Chamberlain both went down to the pond to quench their thirst,\\nand to wash out their guns which had become foul l)y continued firing. There they met and at once\\nrecognized each other, for Paugus was known personally to many of the company. Seeing the\\nu.seless condition of each other s guns, they tacitly agreed to a truce while they were cleaning them,\\nDuring this jirocess some words were exchanged and Paugus said to Chamberlain, It is you or\\nI. Cautiously but with haste they proceeded in their work, for it was a case of life or death. Paugus\\nhad nearl\\\\- finished loading, and was priming his piece when Chamberlain struck the breech of his\\ngun violently upon the ground, thus causing it to prime itself, and shot Paugus through the heart,\\nthe bullet of Paugus at the same time grazing the head of Chamberlain.*\\nThus ended Lovewell s War. Deep and universal was the gratituile at the restoration of peace.\\nWell might the people rejoice. For fifty years had the war been raging with little cessation, and\\nwith a series of surprises, devastations and massacres which .seemed to threaten annihilation. The\\nscene of this desperate and bloody action is often visited with interest to this day, and the names of\\nthose who survived are yet repeated with emotions of grateful exultation. And a century after\\nupon that spot strangers came together, from a broad and populous region won from the savages in\\nthat conflict, to pay their tribute of gratitude, with festive celebration, song and eulogy to the\\nwaning memory of Lovewell s Fight.\\nAfter this fight no other attack was made by the Indians upon this town, although many years\\nsubsequently, during the French wars, the inhabitants were alarmed at the ravages committed in the\\nneighborhood at Bedford, Pembroke, Dunbarton, Concord and upon Connecticut river. Garrisons\\nwere built and armed scouts kept out constantly, but the frontiers were now beyond us. Sometimes,\\nindeed, individual Indians appeared mysteriously, seeking the life of some offending settler who had\\nslain a relative, to appease his restless spirit by the sacrifice of blood for blood. Such tales they\\ntell of Chamberlain, the slayer of Paugus, of Ford, and others noted in fight, and how, mysteriously\\ndisappearing, the layer in wait became the victim.\\nPerilous conflicts, providential escapes and strange adventures were thickly woven in the\\nromance of our early history, but the remembrance of most of them has passed away utterly, and of\\nothers but dim and doubtful traditionary shadows remain. These traditions, handed down from the\\nsurvivors long since departed, too direct and circumstantial to be entirely fictitious, and fixing neither\\ntime, nor place, nor actors of the scene, meet the enquirer at every step in his investigations and\\nexcite longings and questions which cannot be gratified. If there were indeed tongues in trees,\\nbooks in the running brooks, and sermons in stones, what thrilling tales might not some of our old\\ndenizens of field and forest unfold.\\nMany anecdotes which have been handed down, if not entirely authentic are at least character-\\nistic of the times in which they are said to have occurred, and probably po.ssess some foundations.\\nThe following are specimens\\nA part of Indians, it is said, once came suddenly upon Ford, the Indian fighter, so that he had\\nno chance to escape. He was splitting logs for rails, and had just driven in his wedge and partly\\nopened a log. Pretending to be very anxious to complete the work, he requested them to put their\\nhands in the cleft, and pull it open, while he drove in the wedge. Suspecting nothing they did so,\\nbut watching his opportunity he dexterousl knocked the wedge out instead of in. The log closed\\ntight upon their fingers, and held them fast, and the whole party became his prisoners.\\nAt a later period an Indian appeared in Dunstable enquiring for Joe Snow, who at some\\nformer time had slain his kinsman. The duty of revenge had long been transmitted, and the desire\\nnourished and the descendants of the aggrieved and restless warrior had now come thus far through\\nthe wilderness, even from Canada, guided liy tradition alone, to avenge and pacify his spirit. This\\nerrand, however, was \\\\-ain, for Joe Snow had long ago departed.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Rev. Mr. Syinme s ii.Trrativc of the fight. .Mien s Cheliiisfonl, 37.\\nt North American Review.\\nJits centennial anniversary was celebrated on the spot of the fight, in h ryeburg, Me., May 19, 1S25. when an\\nadilres.s was delivered by Charles S. Davis of I ortland.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0312.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 291\\nAt some period during Lovewell s war. William Cummiugs of this town was wounded bj the\\nIndians, but how, when, or where, no record tells, l- or his wounds he received the sum of \u00c2\u00a3\\\\o from\\nthe colonial treasury.\\nAn Indian once called upon Chamberlain at his saw-mill, intending to waylaj him on his re-\\nturn homeward at nightfall, through the fore.st. It was a time of peace, but Chamberlain suspected\\nthe character of his pretended friend, and the motive of his visit. While engaged in his work, he in-\\nvited the Indian to examine the wheelpit, and seizing the o])porUinilv, knocked him on the head with\\na handspike without compunction.\\nAmong those indefinite traditions, which have been assigned to a jjcriod subsequent to Lovewell s\\nwar, is the following: A party once went from this town to the eastward upon a hunting expedition\\nin early winter. While absent they were attacked by a party of predatory Indians, and nearly all of\\nthem were killed. A few escaped and returned home bringing the sad tidings of the death of their\\ncompanions and neighbors.\\nOne man, however, who was left in the held for dead, survived. His name was Whitney, and he\\nIi\\\\-e(l in what is now the southerly part of Nashua, near lyong hill. He was too weak to think of\\nreturning home alone through the trackless and unpeopled forest, so he Ijuilt him a hut of logs, and\\nbark, and branches of trees, and there passed the winter, subsisting chiefly on roots and cranberries.\\nIn the spring another party went out to find and bury the dead, and came to this hut which they sup-\\nposed to be that of an Indian. As thej- approached they saw something stir within it. One of the\\nparty fired, a groan followed, but the victim, to their great astonishment and grief, proved to be the\\nunfortunate Whitney. He was just preparing to return home, having survived his wounds and all the\\nperils and harships of a winter in the wilderness, only to perish by the hands of his own friends and\\ntownsmen.\\nAlter Lovewell s war, the territory in this section had for a number of years a period of tran-\\n([uility. The ell of the savage was not heard, and the settlers felt so great security that they\\nplunged into the wilderness in everj- direction. The outlands in Dunstable were taken up and .soon\\nthe wilderness was aliv-e with population.\\nAs early as 1726 a settlement was made in Concord, and between the j-ears 1730 and 1740, Not-\\ntingham, (on the east side of the Merrimack), Rumford or Merrimack, (on the west side of the\\nMerrimack), Litchfield and Hollis were set off and incorporated, followed very soon by Souhegan\\nWest, (Amherst). Dunstable was no longer a frontier town, which may account for its inununity\\nfrom frequent attacks b)- the Indians.\\nIn the year 1745 the Indians committed much havoc in the frontier settlements around and above\\nus. It was probably in the 5 ear 1747 that Jonathan Harwell and Taylor were capttired by the Indians,\\nwhile htmting in the south part of Nashua. They were in captivity three years, having been carried\\nto Canada and sold to the French, but were then released and returned to their friends. (Mr. Fox\\nhas recorded in his history that a daughter of Farwell, Mrs. Rachel Harris, a granddaughter of Noah\\nJohnson, one of Lovewell s men, was still living in Nashua in the year 1840).\\nIn the year 1748 another treaty of peace that of Aix-la-Chappelle was entered into between\\nGeorge II. of England and Louis XV. of France, those two countries mutually restoring their\\nconquests. England yielded up Cape Briton (Louisburg), whose capture had shc-d such tjlory on the\\ncolonial arms, and received in return Madras.\\nFrom that time (1748) onward, the inhabitants of Dunstable suffered so little at home from the\\nredmen that it is deemed proper to close here an\\\\- further mention of Indian warfare, and repeat with\\nMr. Fox exposed for so many years to the dangers of a border warfare, every citizen was a soldier.\\nThe story of Indian atrocities, and French in.stigation had been handed down from father to son, and\\nnot a few had shared personally in the conflicts. To hold a connnission was then a high honor, and\\nan object worthy of any man s ambition, for it was only bestowed upon those who had given proofs of\\ncourage and capacity. Every officer might be called at any moment into actual ser^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ice. The military\\nspirit was fostered as a duty, and New England freedom, which placed in the hand of every child a\\ngun as well as a spelling-book, made nece.ssarily of every child not less a marksman than a scholar. t\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Mass. Military Records, 1734.\\nt Fox s History. Page 159.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0313.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "292 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nAdded to the natural hostilit} of the redman, the almost continual wars between France and\\nKngland was a chief cause of the frequent attacks upon the early settlers by the savage. One or the\\nother of those great rival nations always sought and secured some of the Indian tribes as allies.\\nLet us now leave this record or narrative of Indian depredations, incursions and massacres, with\\nthe statement, believed to be true, that it is more than three-quarters of a century* since the last\\nIndian living in New Hampshire died in a remote cabin in upper Coos.\\nThe peace declared between France and England in 1748 was broken in 1755 by the seven\\nyears war, commonly known in this section as the Old French War.\\nEarly in this war (1755) an expedition under Gen. Sir William Johnson was planned against\\nCrown Point. A regiment of five hundred men was raised in New Hampshire for this purpose, and\\nthe command of it was given to Col. Joseph Blanchard of this town. One of the companies of this\\nregiment was the famous Rangers, of which Robert Rogers was captain, and John vStark (afterwards\\ngeneral was lieutenant.\\nParties of them were frequently under the very walls of the French garrisons, and at one time\\nkilled and scalped a soldier near the gate of the fort at Crown Point. Late in the autumn the forces\\nwere disbanded, and the regiment returned home. One of the companies composing the regiment\\nwent from Dunstable and the vicinity, and was conunanded b}- Capt. Peter Powers of Hollis. Among\\nthe officers of the regiment we find the names of Jonathan Lovewell of this town connnissar}-. Rev.\\nDaniel Emerson of Hollis chaplain, and John Hale of Hollis surgeon.\\nThe home of many of the famous troop known as Rogers Rangers was in Dunstable. Fox\\njustly says of them\\nThere is scarcely in the annals of America a company of troops more famous than Rogers\\nRangers. Their life was one scene of constant exposure, and their storj- reminds one of the days of\\nromance. The forest was their home, and they excelled even the Indian in cunning and hardihood.\\nEverywhere the}- wandered in search of adventures, fearless and cautious, until their very name\\nbecame a terror to the enemy. Ever in the post of danger when the army was advancing, they\\nscouted the woods to detect the hidden ambush, and when retreating they skirmished in the rear to\\nkeep the foe at bay. If any act of desperate daring was to be done, the Rangers were the forlorn\\nhope. At midnight they traversed the camp of the enemy, or carried off a sentinel from his post, as\\nif in mockery. Their blow fell like lightning, and before the echo had died away or the alarm\\nsubsided another blow was struck at some far distant point. They seemed to be omnipresent, and\\nthe enemy deemed that they were in league with evil spirits. The plain, unvarnished tale of their\\ndaily hardships and perilous wanderings, their strange adventures, and hair breadth scapes would\\nbe as wild and thrilling as a German legend.\\nOf this company, and of others similar in character, a large number belonged to this town.\\nThe records are lost and their names are principally forgotton. Besides the two colonels, Blanchard\\nand Lovewell, and the commissar} Jonathan Lovewell, it is known that the sons of Noah Johnson,\\nthe last survivor of Lovewell s fight, were in the war, both of whom were killed. One of them,\\nNoah, was an officer, and was killed at the storming of Quebec, fighting under Wolfe. Nehemiah\\nLovewell was a lieutenant in 1756, and a captain in 175S and 1760. Jonathan Farwell, William\\nHarris, Thomas Killicut, Thomas Blanchard, Jonathan Blanchard, Eleazer Farwell, Benjamin\\nHassell, James Mann, Ebenezer Fosdick, Bunker Farwell, John Lanison, Simeon Blood, Thomas\\nLancey, Ephraim Butterfield, John Carkin, James French, Henry Farwell, Nathaniel Blood, Joseph\\nCombs, John Gilson, James Harwood, John Huston, Joshua Wright, William Walker, John Harwood\\nand William Lancey, were also out during the war, as was also Lieut. David Alld, and the gun which\\nhe then carried is .still in the possession of his daughters.\\nIn the expedition of 1760 Colonel Goffe commanded the regiment which mustered at Litchfield.\\nHis destination was Crown Point and Canada. A select company of Rangers was formed from the\\nregiment, and the command given to Capt. Nehemiah Lovewell of this town. As a specimen of the\\nmilitary dress and discipline of the time, the following order is inserted. It is copied from Adjutant\\nHobart s record, and is dated Litchfield, May 25, 1760; Colonel Goffe requires the officers to be\\nD. 1896.\\nt5 N. H. Hist. Coll., 217, 218. I Belknap, 319.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0314.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 293\\nanswerable that the men s shirts are changed twice every week at least; that such as have hair that\\nwill admit of it must have it constantly tyed they must be obliged to comb their heads, and wash\\ntheir hands every morning, and as it is obsen-ed that numbers of the men accustom tliemsclves to\\nwear woollen nightcaps in the day time, he allows them hats; they are ordered for the future not to\\nbe seen in the day time with anything besides their hats on their heads, as the above mentioned\\ncustom of wearing nightcaps must be detrimental to their health and cleanliness; the men s hats to\\nbe all cocked, or cut uniformly, as Colonel Goffe pleases to direct.\\nIn the year 1759 another regiment of one thousand men was furnished by New Hampshire. Col.\\nJoseph Blanchard having died in 1758, the command of the regiment was given to Col. Zaccheus Love-\\nwell of this town, a brother of Capt. John Lovewell. One or more companies of this regiment were\\nfrom this neighborhood, and served with the main army under Lord Amherst and did good service at\\nthe capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point. The next year (1760) still another regiment of eight\\nhundred men was raised, chiefly from this vicinity, and commanded by Col. John Goffe of Bedford.\\nThey were present at the capture of St. John s, Chamblee, Montreal and Quebec, which wrested all\\nCanada from the French and put an end to the w-ar.\\nFrom the close of this war there is but little to mention about the military affairs of our people\\nuntil the agressions of the mother country, having become unbearable, were openly resisted and cul-\\nminated in the War of the Revolution.\\nDUNSTABLE IN THE REVOLUTION.ARY WAR.\\nThe limits to which the compiler of this chapter is restricted will not permit, nor indeed does the\\neditor believe it to be either necessary or advisable to narrate herein, in an extended way, the causes\\nwhich led up to the open resistance of the North American Colonies to the aggressions of the mother\\ncountry, which culminated in the War of the Revolution. But the editor of this compilation of the\\nmilitary history of Dunstable (Nashua) crude, imperfect and unsatisfactorv as it necessarily must\\nbe believes that a brief statement should be made of the condition of the parties most deeply\\ninterested and the attitude that Great Britain had assumed toward her dependent colonies.\\nThe penal acts passed bj- the parliament of Great Britain in 1774 dissolved the moral connection\\nbetween the two countries and begun the Civil War. The estrangement of the colonies from the\\nmother country had been growing and increasing for years. At first no one desired or even dreamed\\nof absolute separation. As a rule no more loyal hearts beat than those in the breasts of the\\ncolonists. None dreaded more than the}- a possibility that the tension of the chords of affection\\nwhich bound them to the mother country sbouUl be strained to the breaking point. But the\\ncontinued aggressions upon the rights of the people the declarations of the omnipotence of\\nparliament; the openl}- avowed imperious doctrine of the necessity of submission; the unalterable\\ndetermination to enforce taxation without representation, became at length unbearable, and three\\nmillions of people, the genuine descendants of a valiant and pious ancestry, determined to throw\\noff the yoke and rallied to the banner of freedom with the cry resistance to tyrants is obedience\\nto God.\\nThe king of England (George III.) ruled as well as reigned. His heart knew no relenting:\\nliis will never wavered. Though America were to be drenched in blood and its towns reduced to\\nashes; though its people were to be driven to struggle for total independence; though he himself\\nshould find it necessary to bid high for hosts of mercenaries from the Scheldt to Moscow, and, in\\nquest of savage allies, go tapping at every wigwam from Lake Huron to the Gulf of Mexico, he\\nwas resolved to coerce the thirteen colonies into submission.\\nExperience has proved that England regards as just and honorable whatever is advantageous\\nto herself or disastrous to a rival.\\nThe colony of Massachusetts Bay was considered by England as the most recalcitrant of all the\\nNorth Americans, and the town of Boston was the headquarters of the dissatisfied therefore\\nMassachusetts and Boston must be punished. An act was passed by the mother country closing\\nthe port of Boston, transferring the board of customs to Marblehead, and the seat of government to\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Regimental Records, in secretary s office, Concord.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0315.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "294 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n.Salem. This act reached Boston on May lo, 1774, the day of the accession of Louis XVI. to the\\nthrone of France.\\nAs soon as the port act was recei\\\\-ed, tlie Boston committee of correspondence invited the\\nuei -hboring towns to a conference on the critical state of public affairs. May 12 Metcalf\\nBowler, the speaker of the assembly of Rhode Island, came before them with the cheering news\\nthat, in answer to a recent circular letter from the body over which he presided, all the thirteen\\ngovernments were pledged to union. Committees from the towns of Dorchester, Roxbury,\\nBrookline, Newton, Cambridge, Charlestown, Lynn and Lexington joined them in Faneuil hall, the\\ncradle of American liberty.\\nThey felt themselves to be citizens not of little democracies of their towns, but of the\\nwhole world of mankind. Light broke upon them from their own truth and courage. Placing\\nSamuel Adams at their head, and guided by a report prepared by Warren of Boston, Gardner of\\nCambridge and others, they agreed unanimously on the injustice and cruelty of the act by which\\nparliament, contrary as well to natural right as to the laws of all civilized states, had, without a\\nhearing, set apart, accused, tried and condemned the town of Boston. But, to make a general union\\nof the colonies possible, self-restraint must regulate courage. These liberty-loving men knew that\\na declaration of independence would have alienated their sister colonies, and they had not yet\\ndiscovered that independence was the desire of their own hearts.\\nOn the twenty-eighth of May, 1774, the assembly of New Hampshire, though still desiring to\\npromote harmony with the parent land, began its organization for that purpose. New Jersey,\\nSouth Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and New York quickly followed, and in three weeks, less time\\nthan was taken by the unanimous British parliament for the enactment of the port bill, the\\ncontinent, as one great commonwealth, made the cause of Boston its own.\\nThe Sons of Liberty of New York advocated the policy of an immediate suspension of\\ncommerce with Great Britain; but they also proposed and they were the first to propose a\\ngeneral congress. These recommendations they forwarded through Connecticut to Boston, with\\nentreaties to that town to stand firm; and in full confidence of approval, they applied not to New\\nEngland only, but to Philadelphia and through Philadelphia to ever} colony at the south.\\nSuch was the inception of the continental congress of 1774. In Rhode Island, at Providence,\\non the seventeenth of Maj in the same year, after full discussion, the freemen voted to promote a\\ncongress of the representatives of all the North American colonies.\\nThe rescue of freedom, even at the cost of a Civil War, a domestic convention of the people for\\ntheir own internal regulation, and an annual congress of all the colonies for the perpetual assertion\\nof common rights, were the polic of Virginia. These principles were finally adopted by all the\\ncolonies.\\nAnd so the fire of freedom burned steadily and strong until the fatal day at I^exington, when\\nthe first blood shed by the patriots cemented the union of the colonists in their determination to\\nresist oppression or die in the attempt.\\nIn the disparity of numbers Lexington common was a field of murder not of battle, but, as was\\nsaid by Clark of Lexington on its first anniversary, From the nineteenth of April, 1775, will be\\ndated the liberty of the American world. The patriot blood shed at Lexington aroused all the\\ncolonies to action. With one impulse they sprang to arms; with one spirit thej pledged themselves\\nto each other; with one heart the continent cried Liberty or death!\\nOn the day after Lexington, the Massachu,setts committee of safety gave by letter the story of\\nthe preceeding day to New Hampshire and entreated assistance but before the summons was\\nreceived, the ferries of the Merrimack were crowded \\\\t\\\\ men from New Hampshire. By one o clock\\nof the twentieth upwards of sixty men of Nottingham assembled at the meeting-house with arms and\\nequipments under Cilley and Dearborn; before two they were joined by bands from Deerfield and\\nEpsom; they set out together and by sunrise of the twenty-first paraded on Cambridge common.\\nThe veteran John Stark, skilled in the ways of the Indian, the English, and his countrymen,\\nable to take his rest on a bear skin with a a roll of snow for a pillow, eccentric, 1)ut true, famed for\\ncoolness, courage and integrity, had no rival in the confidence of his neighbors and was chosen\\ncolonel of their regiment by their unanimous vote. He rode in haste to the scene of action, where\\nhis command became a model for its discipline.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0316.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. 295\\nBy the twenty-third there were already about two tliousand men from New Hampshire in camp\\naround Boston. Hundreds of volunteers from Connecticut, with Israel Putnam as their leader, and\\nhundreds more from the colony of Rhode Island seized their firelocks and followed.\\nThe New England volunteers were men of substantial worth, of whom almost everyone\\nrepresented a household. The members of the several companies were well-known to each other;\\nkiKiwn to the old men who remained at home, and to all the matrons and maidens. They were sure\\nto be remembered weekly in the exercises of the congregations and nnjrning and evening in the\\nusual family devotions they were commended with fervent piety to the protection of Heaven.\\nThe camp of liberty was a gathering in arms of schoolmates, neighbors and friends; and the\\nBritish army in Boston was beleaguered round from Roxbury to Chelsea by an unorganized mass of\\nmen, each with his own musket and his little store of cartridges. But the British officers, possibly\\nfrom fear of the American marksman, dare not order a sally. History was being rapidly made, and\\nthe compiler having perhaps devoted overmuch space thus far, to the beginning of the Revolutionary\\nWar, feels that he must move on more rapidly, and reach the battle of Bunker Hill, that terrible\\nfii;ht in which soldiers from New Ham])shire and from our Dunstable formed so conspicuous a part.\\nIn the meantime a great deed had been achieved on the tenth of May, 1775, by eight) -three\\nmen under the command of the Green Mountain Boy, Kthan Allen, who captured the fort at\\nTiconderoga.\\nfew hours after the surrender of Ticonderoga, the second continental congress that body\\nwhich, the next year, gave to the country and the world the immortal Declaration of Independence\\nmet at Philadelphia.\\nLet us now narrate as briefly as possible the part that our New Hampshire Dunstable took in the\\nRevolution. In this narration the text of the story as told by Mr. Fox will be chiefly used. A few\\nchanges will be made and there will be added thereto and interpolated therein, such words and\\njmssages as the researches of the compiler seem to find necessary or to warrant.\\nIt is impossible to ascertain with correctness how many soldiers from this town served in the\\narni\\\\- during the long and bloody struggle of the colonists with the mother countr\\\\- during the years\\nof the War of the Revolution, 1775 to 17S3. Not one now survives. The names of the few that are\\ngiven hereinafter were collected by great exertion and labor from the records of the town and musty\\npapers on file from legislative journals from company or regimental returns in the ofHce of the\\n.secretary of state; from vouchers and loose memoranda accidentally preserved, and from personal\\nin(juiry of descendants.\\nDuring the long succession of encroachments which preceded and caused the Revolution, the\\ninhabitants of this town were not indifferent. They had watched the storm as it gathered and\\nknew its consequences must be momentous. After the establishment of the boundary line in\\n1 74 1, which severed us from Massachu.setts, no right to send a representative was conceded for manj^\\nyears. At that period this right was a favor granted by his majesty through his beloved and trust-\\nworthy Benning Wentworth, governor of his majesty s province of New Hampshire, and bestowed\\nonly upon the loyal and obedient. In 1744, however, when a collision with England began to be\\nvery generally expected, the general assembly of New Hampshire claimed for itself the exercise of\\nthis right, and allowed certain representatives from towns not heretofore represented a seat and a\\nvoice in its councils. Immediately a petition was presented from this town, asking the privilege\\nof representation, which was granted.*\\nSeptember, 1774, Jonathan Lovewell was sent as a delegate to the convention, which met at\\nICxeter soon after, for the purpose of choosing delegates to the first continental congress. At the\\nsame town meeting the town voted to raise a sum of money to purchase a supply of ammunition,\\nand also voted to pay their proportion of the expen.ses of the delegate to the grand continental\\ncongress, which met at Philadelphia the same month, and which published a declaration of rights\\nand formed an association not to import or use British goods. From this time every movement for\\nliberty met with a hearty response.\\nJanuary 9, 1775, Joseph Ayers and Noah Lovewell were chosen to represent the town in the\\nconvention which met at Exeter, April 25, 1775, for the purpose of ajipointing delegates to act for\\n2 Province Papers. Town.s. 253. In secretary s olTice.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0317.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "296\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nthis state in the grand continental congress, to be held at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775. At this\\nmeeting, with a spirit characteristic of the times and evidently anticipating a Declaration of Inde-\\npendence, they chose Samuel Roby, Jonathan Lovewell, Joseph Eayers, Benjamin Smith, John\\nWright, Benjamin French, James Blanchard and John Searle, a committee of inspection to see that\\nthe result of the late continental congress be carried into practice, and that all persons in this town\\nconform themselves thereto.\\nAnother meeting of this convention was holden at Exeter, May 17, 1775, at which the same\\ndelegates attended, and which after several adjournments formed a constitution for the government\\nof the state. The constitution, which is dated Jan. 5, 1776, was the earliest one formed in the\\nUnited States.*! It was adopted at the suggestion of the continental congress of May, 1775, but it\\nwas a bold .step, for it was a denial of the right of England to rule over us, and a virtual Declaration\\nof Independence. It provided for a house of representatives and a council of twelve men to be\\nchosen by the house, and to form a separate body like our senate. There was to be no governor, but\\nthe powers of the executive were vested in the council and house jointly. If the dispute with Eng-\\nland continued longer than one year, the members of the council were to be chosen by the people.\\nOf this council, Jonathan Blanchard of this town, was a member in 1776.\\nFrom the first the people of New Hampshire, who, as the royalists complained, had never set\\nany good example of obedience, were desirous and prepared for a collision and no sooner did the\\nnews of the fight at Eexington on the nineteenth of April, 1775, reach the state, than the whole\\npopulation rushed to arms. In these movements the citizens of Dunstable were among the most\\nzealous and the military spirit derived from their fathers, and the military experience of many in\\nthe French wars, was roused at once into activitj- by the noise of the conflict. Instantl} they hurried\\nto Concord to avenge the blood of their fellow citizens. Who and how many were these minute-men\\nwe do not know but the town paid over $110 for their expenses. Within less than a week a company\\nof sixty-six men was organized at Cambridge, under Capt. William Walker of this town, forty of\\nwhom, including the officers, were also from Dunstable. The following is the company roll 1|\\nJames Brown, ist lieutenant,\\nDaniel Warner, sergeant,\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6John Lund, sergeant,\\nt William A. Hawkins, sergeant,\\nt Francis Putnam, sergeant,\\nMedatl Conib.s, corporal,\\nAVjijah Reeil, corporal,\\n*John Lovewell, corporal,\\nPhineas Whitney, corporal,\\nWilliam Harri.s, drummer,\\nPaul Woods, fifer,\\nSimeon Butterfield,\\nPeter Honey,\\nPaul Clogstone,\\n*Joel Stewart,\\nPhilip Roby,\\nJonathan Harris,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2William Harris, Jr.,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Archibald Gibson,\\nBenjamin Whitney,\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Jonathan Danforth,\\nDavid .\\\\dams.\\nWilliam Walker, captain.\\nJason Russell,\\nBenjamin Bagley,\\nMoses Chandler,\\nEliphalet Bagley,\\nt Stephen Chase,\\nt Joshua Severance,\\nXehemiah Winn,\\n{Joseph Greeley,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2David Adams, Jr.,\\nNehemiah Lovewell,\\nHenry Lovewell,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2William Roby, 2d lieutenant.\\nEleazer Blanchard,\\nRichard Adams,\\nEbenezer Fosdick,\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6William Butterfield,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2James Gibson,\\nDavid March,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2John Snow,\\nMoses Chamberlain,\\nt Nathan Abbott,\\ntXimothv Darling.\\nt Daniel Brown,\\nt Theodore Stevens,\\nt Henry Lovejoy,\\nt Eliphalet Blanchard, Jr.,\\nt Henry Stevens,\\nJonathan Gray,\\nt Isaac Brown,\\ntAsa Cram,\\ntHart Balch,\\nt Stephen Blanchard,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Abel Danforth,\\nSimeon Hills,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2James Harwood,\\nIchabod Lovewell,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Jacob Blodgett,\\nSilas Chamberlain,\\nMansfield Tapley,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Oliver Woods,\\nNehemiah Wright,\\nt Israel Howe,\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Jonathan Emerson,\\nThe whole male population of the town at this time between the ages of sixteen and fifty was\\nonly one hundred and twenty-eight; so that nearly one-half the able-bodied inhabitants must have\\nbeen in the army at the first call of liberty, a month before the battle of Bunker Hill. From no\\nother town in New Hampshire was there so large a number in the army, as appears by the returns\\n\u00c2\u00a74N. H. Hist. Coll.\\nII In the oflice of the secretary of state.\\nFrom Dunstable, f From Wilton. From Hudson.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0318.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 297\\nand we record a fact, so honorable to their patriotism and courage, with a feeling of no little pride.\\nThe convention which met at Ivxeler, AjMil 25, 1775, a few days after the f^ght at Lexington,\\norganized two regiments for the assistance of llieir brethren in Massachusetts. But the men were\\nnot to be recruited they were already in the field. Within two week.s, more than two thousand men\\nfrom New Hami)shire had joined the arm around Boston, or more than one seventh of the whole\\nlu)]nilation of the state, l)etween the ages of sixteen and fifty. P roni these the two regiments were\\nformed and placed under the command of Colonel Stark and Colonel Reed of which this company\\nformed a jiart.\\nIt may be a matter of curiosity worthy of record to give the ab.stract of returns of population,\\nnund)erof soldiers in the army in May, 1775, nund)er of males between the ages of sixteen and fifty\\nnot in the army, and ratio of soldiers to the male population. This had been required at an early\\nperiod by the convention, in evident anticipation of a rupture with the mother country, in order to\\nascertain our actual condition and resources. The original returns also included the number of arms,\\ndeficiencies, quantity of powder, all of wdiich are now in the ofTice of the secretary of state, and\\nfurnish an admiral)le specimen of the forethought of the patriots of that day.*\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i\\nZ\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009ey.\\nC\\nC\\nc\\nCT-\\n3,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0sg.\\ns\\nr*\\n1\\nCounties.\\n5\\n3\\nSo\\n5 s=\\n5o\\n3-1;\\nIII\\n5\\nS 2\\n5 2\\ns\\nRockingham,\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^7.850\\n927\\n4.^7\\n6,383\\nI22 3 in 100\\n-Strafford,\\n12.7I3\\n275\\nlOS\\n2,282\\n1034 in 100\\nHillsborough,\\n15.948\\n650\\n87\\n2,723\\n19/^ in 100\\nCheshire,\\n10,659\\n,1/6\\n7\\n2,009\\niSK in 100\\nGrafton,\\n3,880\\n156\\n24\\n834\\n153,4: in 100\\nTotal,\\n81,050\\n2,384\\n656\\n14,231\\ni4 ^inioo\\nFrom this table we may gather some facts which will enable us to appreciate more fully the\\nspirit and the sacrifices of that period. More than fourteen hundred of the whole male population of\\nthe state, between the ages of sixteen and fifty years, were in the army in May, 1775, or nearh- one\\nout of every five who was able to bear arms. Our own county, old Hillsborough, excelled them all,\\nhowever, having at that time in the army more than nineteen in every hundred males, between sixteen\\nand fifty, or at least one-quarter part of all the able-bodied inhabitants. A few days after the battle\\nof Bunker Hill, another regiment from New Hampshire, under the command of Colonel Poor, joined\\nthe army at Cambridge.\\nPrevious to the battle the New Hampshire troops were stationed at Medford, and formed the\\nleft wing of the American army. These troops, says Major Swett,t were hardy, brave, active,\\nathletic and indefatigable. Almost every soldier equalled William Tell as a marksman, and could\\naim his weapon at an oppressor with as keen a relish. Those from the frontiers had gained this\\naddress against the savages and beasts of the forests. The country yet abounded with game, and\\nhunting was familiar to all and the amusement most fa.shionable and universal throughout New\\nluigland was trial of skill with the musket.\\nAt eleven o clock on the morning of the battle, the New Hamp.shire troops received orders to\\nreinforce Colonel Prescott at Charlestown. About fifteen charges of loose powder and balls were\\ndistributed to each man, and they were directed to form them into cartridges inunediately. Few of\\nthe men, however, posses.sed cartridge boxes, but employed powder horns, and scarcely two of their\\nguns agreeing in calibre, they were obliged to alter the balls accordingly.\\nAs soon as the British troops landed at Charlestown, the New Hampshire regiments were ordered\\nto join the other forces on Breed s Hill. A part were detached to throw up a work on Bunker Hill,\\nand the residue, under Stark and Reed, joined the Connecticut forces under General Putnam, and the\\nregiment of Colonel Prescott, at the rail fence. This was the very point of the Briti.sh attack, the key\\nI X. H. Hist., Coll., 231. Original returns in scrri tary s olVice\\nt Bunker Hill Battle, 20.\\nt Major Swett s Bunker Hill Battle, 40.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0319.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "298\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nof the American position. Here Captain Walker s company was formed, awaiting the attack. To be\\nstationed there, in the post of danger, was a high honor, and well did the New Hampshire troops\\nmerit it, although not a few paid for the distinction with their lives.\\nAs soon as the British moved forward to the attack, our troops under Stark, engaged in fortifying\\nBunker Hill under the direction of Putnam, joined their brethren. The battle commenced. The\\nAmericans, forbidden to fire upon the enemy until they could see the whites of their eyes, swept\\nthem down by companies. Again and again were the British driven back, and not until their scanty\\nsupply of ammunition was exhausted, and the British assaulted the works at the point of the bayonet,\\ndid the Americans retire from their position. Even then they retreated like the lion, disputing every\\nstep with stones and clubbed muskets, and lay upon their arms during the night at Winter Hill,\\ndirectly in the face of the enemy.\\nThe number of Americans engaged in the battle was fluctuating, but may be fairly estimated at\\nlittle more than two thousand men. Their loss was one hundred and fifteen killed, three hundred\\nand five wounded, and thirty captured in all four hundred and fifty. The New Hampshire\\nregiments lost nineteen men killed, and seventy-four wounded, a large proportion of those engaged.\\nThe British loss was one thousand and fifty-four, including eighty-nine officers. One regiment, the\\nWeLsh fusileers, lost every officer except one.*\\nNone of Captain Walker s company were killed two only were wounded Joseph Greeley and\\nPaul Clogstone. The latter died soon after. William Lund of this town, however, who was in\\nanother company, was killed in the battle. The original return of Captain Walker, including articles\\nlost by the company, in the battle and in the retreat, is now on file in the office of the secretary of state.\\nIt is as follows vSix great coats, thirty-one shirts, twenty-four pairs of hose, eighteen haversaks, one\\npistol, one fife, two guns, one cartridge bo.x, five straight body coats, two jackets, ten pairs of trousers,\\nsix pairs of leather breeches, two pairs of shoes, twelve blankets. The unusual heat of the day com-\\npelled them to lay aside their knapsacks, which were lest in the excitement and luirryof the retreat.\\nThe editor of this chapter has been unable to learn with certainty\\nwhat flag, if any, the New Hampshire soldiers used for their colors\\nat the battle of Bunker Hill.\\nThe embattled farmers of Lexington had neither uniforms nor\\ncolors but two months later, at the fight at Bunker Hill, when the\\nAmerican minute men had become more like a trained army, there\\nwere flags in their lines. These ensigns were apparently of sev-\\nveral different designs and patterns. One is described as red,\\nbearing only the defiant motto, Come if you dare. Another, is\\nchronicled by Lossing, on the authority of a Mrs. Manning, whose\\nfather was a soldier in the battle. It was blue, with a white canton\\n(juartered by a red St. George s cross, and a pine tree in the top\\ninner corner. In liis well-known picture of the fight which hangs in\\nthe rotunda of the capitol at Washington, John Trumbull has painted\\na red flag with a white field, bearing a green pine tree. His authority\\nis not known, and he may or may not have been correct.\\nEngravings of these two flags are given on this page, and it is\\nprobable that the volunteers from Dunstable fought under one and\\nperhaps both of these flags.\\nThe pine tree appeared on several Revolutionary flags. It was\\na favorite symbol of New England and is familiar to coin collectors\\non the colonial money. When Washington was besieging the British\\nforces in Boston, his floating batteries on the Charles river carried a\\nwhite banner bearing a green pine tree and the words, An appeal to\\nHeaven. This same flag was among those at Bunker Hill, for\\nGeneral Warren is said to have rallied his men by pointing to the inscription on their standard. t\\n2 N. H. Hist. Coll., 145. Mrs. Adams letters. Original papers in office of secretary of state.\\ntRichard H. Titherington in Munsey s Magazine, July, 1895. pp. 401, et seq.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0320.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "HISTORY or NASHUA, N. H. 2^^\\nThe bond of allegiance to Great Britain was severed by this battle, never to be again united.\\nThe people of New England expected a Declaration of Independence, and awaited it impatiently, long\\nbefore the Fourth of July, 1776. In February, 1776, we find the officers of this town warning the\\nannual meeting, not as heretofore, in his majesty s name, but, in the name of the people of the\\nstate of New Hampshire.\\nAt this meeting the spirit of 76 was strongly manifested. Samuel Roby, Noah Lovewell,\\nWilliam Walker, Joseph Eayrs, Joseph French, Jr., Capt. Benjamin French and Thomas Butterfield\\nwere chosen delegates to the county congress.\\nJonathan Lovewell, Robert Fletcher, Joseph Eayrs, Capt. Benjamin French, Noah Lovewell,\\n.Samuel Roby, Joseph Whiting and Thomas Butterfield were chose a committee of safety.\\nSamuel Roby, Benjamin Smith, Thomas Butterfield, John Searls, David Alld, James Blanchard,\\nWilliam Walker, John Wright and Henry Adams were chosen a committee of inspection to see that\\nno British goods were sold in town.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0In November, 1776, in consequence of the great depreciation of paper money, the exorbitant\\nprices asked by the speculators who had forestalled the markets, and the consequent discouragement\\nto the exertions of those who were laboring to sustain the heavy public burdens, a meeting was\\nholden at Dracut to petition congress and the state legislature upon the subject and to devise such\\nother measures as might be necessary for the protection of the people. A large number of delegates\\nwere present, and Dunstable was represented by Capt. Benjamin French, Capt. Noah Lovewell and\\nJoseph Flayrs. The convention met November 26, 1776, at the house of Maj. Joseph Varnuni, and\\nprepared a petition to the legislature, praying that the resolves of the continental congress of 1775,\\nrespecting prices, might be enforced more strict!}\\nEarly in 1776 New Hampshire raised three regiments of two thousand men, which were placed\\nunder the command of Colonels Stark, Reed and Hale. They were sent to New York to join the armv\\nunder General Sullivan for the invasion of Canada. They proceeded up the Hudson, and down the\\nlakes to Canada, but were obliged to retreat to Ticonderoga. A part of Captain Walker s company\\nenlisted in these regiments. They suffered severely, and lost one-third of their number by sickness\\nand exposure.! Of those who were in the army at this time, in the company commanded by Capt.\\nWilliam Reed, and said to belong to Dunstable, we find the following names Joel Lund, ensign, Silas\\nAdams, James Blanchard, Peter Honey, John Wright, Jr., Jonathan Butterfield, John Lovewell, Oliver\\nWright, Nehemiah Wright, Daniel Wood, Timothy Blood, Asa Lovejoy, Daniel Blood, Jonathan\\nWright.\\nThe following persons were in the company of Capt. Daniel Wilkins, in Col. Timothy Bedell s\\nregiment, which was stationed on our northern frontier; Philip Abbot Roby, Ebenezer Fosgett (or\\nFosdick), Joseph Farrar, James Harwood and Reuben Killicut.\\nIn July, 1776, Capt. William Barron raised a company for Canada, in which there were the fol-\\nlowing Dunstable men John Lund, first lieutenant, Richard Whiting, second sergeant, Abijah Reed,\\nthird sergeant, John Fletcher, second corporal, Ivphraim French, Benjamin Bailey, Charles Butter-\\nfield, William Butterfield, Abraham Hale, John Comb, Thomas Blanchard, Thomas Killicut, Israel\\nIngalls, Medad Combs, Levi Lund, Thomas Harris, Peter Henry, James Jewell, William Stewart.\\nIn consequence of the loss sustained hy the New Hampshire regiments, Jonathan Blanchard of\\nthis town was sent by the legislature to Ticonderoga in October, 1776, to recruit the army. In\\nDecember, 1776, Captain Walker of this town raised a company from Dunstable and vicinity. It was\\nattached to a regiment commanded by Colonel Gilman of which Noah Lovewell of this town was\\nquartermaster, and ordered to New York. Among those who enlisted we find Phineas Whitney, Silas\\nSwallow, Joseph Dix and Jacob Adams.\\nIn 1777, also, three regiments, consisting of two thousand men, were raised in this state for three\\nyears and placed under the command of Colonels Cilley, Hall and Scammel Stark and Poor having\\nbeen promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. The same quota of troops was furnished by New\\nHampshire during the war, besides voluntary enlistments in other regiments, which were very\\n*2 N. H. Hist. Coll., 50.\\n1 1 Belknap, 370.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0321.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": ";oo\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nnumerous. In every levy of two thousaud men, the proportion to be furnished by this town was about\\nsixteen. More than twice this number, however, must have been constantly in the army.*\\nIn March, 1777, the town offered a bounty of one hundred dollars to every soldier who would\\nenlist, and a large number joined the army. Besides those already mentioned we find the following\\nJonathan Emerson, lieutenant in Cilley s regiment James Blanchard, quartermaster in Scammel s\\nreo-iment John Butler and James Harwood killed at Hubbardton, Vt., July 7, 1777, on the retreat\\nfrom Ticonderoga, John Manning taken prisoner there, and afterwards re-taken Simeon Butterfield,\\nDavid Alld, Israel Ingalls, John Lund, William Gibbs, Paul Woods, Eliphalet Manning, John Man-\\nning, James Seal, Isaac Adams, Noah Downs, Jeremiah Keith, who served in a Massachusetts\\nregiment Ephraim Blood, William Mann and John Crocker, in the artillery corps. Just before the\\nbattle of Saratoga, Lieutenant Alld returned for volunteers, and a large number from this town and\\nvicinity- hastened to join the army, and arrived in season to compel and witness the surrender of\\nBurgoyne. In November, 1777, the town voted to raise seven hundred and thirty-five pounds lawful\\nmoney to defray the extraordinary expenses of the present war.\\nBy the constitution of 1776 no provision was made for a governor, or any chief executive officer\\nof the state. The legislature was itself the executive, and upon every adjournment, therefore, it\\nbecame necessary to give to some body the power of acting in case of emergency during the recess.\\nThis power was vested in a committee of safety, varying in number from six to sixteen, composed of\\nthe wisest, best and most active men in the different sections of tlie state, and those who had shown\\nthemselves the truest friends of their country. Their duty was like that of the Roman dictators\\nne quid respublica detrimenti caperet to take care that the republic received no injury; and a\\ncorresponding power to effect this object was given them. Of this most responsible committee, two\\nmembers belonged to this town. Jonathan Lovewell was a member from June 20, 1777, to January 5,\\n1779, and Jonathan Blanchard from Januarj- 6, 1778. t\\nThe complaints of the people respecting the high prices of all the necessaries of life still\\ncontinuing and the recommendations of congress having no effect upon many of the extortioners, it\\nwas then recommended that a convention should be holden at New Haven, Conn., January 15, 177S,\\nto be composed of delegates also appointed by the legislatures of the several states. Its object was\\nto regulate and ascertain the price of labor, manufactures, internal produce, and commodities\\nimported from foreign ports, militarj stores excepted, and also to regulate the charges of inn-holders,\\nand to make report to the legislatures of their respective states. Jonathan Blanchard of this town\\nand Col. Nathaniel Peabody were appointed delegates from New Hampshire, and acted accordingly.\\nAfter the Declaration of Independence, which was the abolition of all existing government, it\\nbecame necessary to form some plan of government, both for the state and the union. The people in\\ntheir primary assemblies had commenced and carried on the Revolution, and they entered with the\\nsame zeal into the discussion of their political rights and duties, and the best mode of preserving and\\nperpetuating them. Feliruary 9. 1778, in town meeting, the articles of confederation formed by the\\nhonorable continental congress having been taken into consideration were consented to unanimously.\\nApril 17, 1778, Capt. Benjamin French and Dea. William Hunt were chosen delegates to the\\nconvention, which was to be holden June 10, 1778, for the purpose of forming a constitution for the\\nstate. We may see with what jealousy the people watched their servants, and regarded the powers\\nof government, from the fact that they appointed a committee of eleven, viz: Cyrus Baldwin, Joseph\\nWhiting, Robert Fletcher, Jonathan Lovewell, Capt. Daniel Warner, Joseph Eayrs, Capt. Benjamin\\nSmith, Lieut. David Alld, Col. Noah Lovewell, Lieut. Joseph French and Lieut. Jacob Taylor to\\na,ssist said members during the convention s session. So early was the right of instruction claimed,\\npracticed and acknowledged. A bill of rights and a constitution were drafted accordingly, and an able\\n*The regiment of militia to which Dunstable was attached, was then commauded by Col. Moses Nichols of Am-\\nherst. It embraced the following towns, containing the number of males between the ages of sixteen and fifty, in each\\nrespectively: Amherst, three hundred and twenty-one; Nottingham West (Hudson), one hundred and twenty-two;\\nLitchfield, fifty-seven Dunstable, one hundred and twenty-eight Merrimack, one hundred and twenty-nine Hollis,\\ntwo hundred and thirty-four; Wilton, one hundred and twenty-eight, Rindge, twenty; Mason, one hundred and\\nthirteen. This was the basis for all drafts for soldiers for the army. In May, 1777, one hundred fifty-five men were\\ndrafted from the regiment, or one in every eight.\\nt2 N. II. Hist. Coll., 30.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0322.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "IHSTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 301\\naddress to the people issued, signed by John Langdon, president of the convention. Hut the people\\nwouhl not sanction either. Their exiierience of royal usurpation and the fear of giving too much\\n]H)\\\\ver to their rulers prevailed, and both were negatived by a great majority. This town voted\\nunaninimisly to reject them.\\nIn August fourteen men went from this town to Rhode Island, as volunteers, with Col. Noah\\nLovewell. The town voted to pay them a bounty of about thirty-fne dollars each. Of this number\\nwere James Jewell, Eleazer Kisk, Isaac Foot and others. During this year a very large number of\\nsoldiers from this town were in the army in New York and at the vSouth.\\nIn December, 1778, Col. Noah Lovewell was chosen representative for one vear, being the\\nfirst representative elected by the town under the constitution.\\nHow many soldiers were furnished to the army from this town during that long and bloody\\nstruggle, it is impossible now to ascertain with correctness, but the number continued to be very large\\nduring the war. It is estimated that New Hampshire sent to the army at various times, 14,000 men,\\na number nearly equal to the whole able-bodied population of the state at the commencement of the\\nwars, and of whom 4,000 died in the service.\\nThe whdle male population of this town in May, 1775, between the ages of sixteen and fifty\\nyears, was only one hundred and twenty-eight, and nearly every inhabitant, either as a volunteer\\nupon an alarm, or as a drafted man, was at some period in the service. They were in almost every\\nfight from Bunker Hill t Vorktown, and their bones are mouldering upon nuuiy a battlefield from\\nMassachusetts to Virginia. When the news of the Concord fight flew hither on the wings of the\\nwind, our minute men saddled their horses and ha.stened to the scene of conflict, and, although\\ntlie did not reach there in season to share in its dangers, they formed a portion of that iier\\\\- mass\\nof undisciplined valor which hung upon the steps of the retreating foe like lightning on the edge of\\nthe cloud. They were at Bunker Hill in the po.st of danger and honor, and shared largely in the\\nglory of that day. The\\\\- were at Ticonderoga, where, borne down by sickness, by pestilence, and by\\nwant, they were compelled to retreat, fighting step b_v step, in the face of a victorious enemy. They\\nwere at Bennington, under Stark, where the first gleam of light broke in upon the darkness which\\nwas lowering over our prospects, cheering every heart to new efforts, and at Stillwater and Saratoga,\\nwhere this first omen of victory was converted into a triumph most glorious and enduring.\\nThey wintered at Valley Forge with Washington, where, without shoes or stockings, their\\npathway might be tracked b their blood. They were at Trenton and Princeton, where, under the\\nvery eye of Washington, they surprised and captured the Hessians, and gave new hope and courage\\nto the disheartened nation. They fought at Germantown and Monmouth, and at the memorable\\nconflicts on Long Island. At Monmouth, the New Hampshire regiment, under Cilley and Dearborn,\\nwas the most distinguished, and to their heroic courage the salvation of the armj- was owing.\\nGeneral Washington acknowledged the service, and sent to enquire what regiment it was. Full\\nblooded Yankees, by G-d, sir, was the lilunt reply of Dearborn. And at Yorktown, when the whole\\nBritish army capitulated, they were there with Scammel, a glorious and fitting finale to the great\\nRevolutionary drama, whose opening scene was at Lexington.\\nOf those who, during this long period, when the fears of even the stout-hearted prevailed o\\\\-er\\ntheir hopes, and darkness seemed resting upon their freedom, rallied around the standard of their\\ncountry, and perilled their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor in its defence, not one now\\nsurvives. Their service was no holiday sport, and to them, their exertions, and their sufferings, do\\nwe all owe the Ijirth-right of our liberty.\\nThe following li,st of soldiers from that part of Dunstable which is now in New Hampshire has\\nbeen gathered from Fox s history and from all the sources to which the compiler has had access.\\nSome of the names sound strange to Nashuans of the present day, but most of them are known posi-\\ntively to have served in the armies of the Revolution from 1775 to 17.83. The names of those who\\nwere in the battle of Bunker Hill are taken from the lists of rolls prepared by Col. George C. Gihnore\\nof Manchester, who has devoted several years of careful research in his effort to make them accurate.\\nThe compiler hereof desires to make grateful acknowledgement to Colonel Gihnore for his cheerful\\nassistance in going over and comparing his voluminous papers with the writer.\\nIn 189 1 Colonel Gihnore published a Roll of New Hamp.shire soldiers at the battle of Bennington,\\nAug. 16, 1777. In his introduction to that roll Colonel Gihnore uses the following words: In", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0323.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "302 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nApril, 1775, when the British soldiers held Boston, two thousand New Hampshire men were in the\\nranks under command of Stark, Prescott, Reed and others, and on June 17, 1655, names appear on the\\nrolls as taking part in the battle of Bunker Hill.\\nThe battle of Bennington was fought Aug. 16, 1777, under command of Gen. John Stark with\\ntwo thousand men, of whom one thousand four hundred and sixtj -seven were New Hampshire men as\\nappears by the rolls, or seventy-five men out of every hundred. A goodly number of these men were\\nfrom Nashua, but it has not seemed to be advisable to list them separately. There is no doubt that\\nperhaps hundreds of Nashua men, other than those named below, served their country in the Revo-\\nlution, but it is now impossible to get accurate lists of them from the fact that official rolls are now\\nnowhere to be found. If such rolls ever existed they may have been burned in the war office, when\\nthe British destroyed the city of Washington in the year 1812. At all events, the researches of the\\ncompiler as well as of others who have given far more time to the matter have failed to discover\\nthem.\\nLIST.*\\nDavid .\\\\dams,* David Adams, Jr.,* Henry Adams, Isaac Adams, t Jacob Adams, t Richard Adams,* Silas Adams,t\\nDavid Alld,JohnAlld,Ebeiiezer Bancroft,} Jonathan Bancroft, Benjamin Bayley,*Eliphalet Bayley,* Eleazer Blanchard,*\\nJames Blanchard, t quartermaster of Scammel s regiment, John Blanchard, t Nathaniel Blanchard, Oliver Blodgett, Jacob\\nBlodgett,* James Brown,* lieutenant, John Butler, killed at Hubbardton, Vt., July 7, 1777, Abel Butterfield, Charles\\nButterfield, Jonathan Butterfield, t Josiah Butterfield, Samuel Butterfield, t Simeon Butterfield,* Thomas Butterfield,\\nWilliam Butterfield,* Ephraim Blood, t Daniel Blood, t Reuben Blood, t Simeon Blood, t Timothy Blood, t Moses\\nChandler,* Moses Chamberlain, Silas Chamberlain, Thomas Clark, John Cockle, t John Clogstone, Paul Clogstone,*\\ndied at Cambridge, July 15, 1775, of wounds received in the battle of Bunker Hill, Thomas Colburn,* Joseph Combs,\\ndied in the army, Medad Combs,* corporal, John Conery,t Samuel Conery, Stephen Conery.t William Cox, William\\nDandley, James Dandley, Abel Danforth,* Jonathan Danforth,* John Davidson,* Castor Dickinson, (colored), Joseph\\nDix, Noah Downs, t Jonathan Emerson.* lieutenant under Cilley, Jonathan Emerson,* Joseph Farrar, David Fisk,\\nEleazer Fisk, Nathan Fisk, John Fletcher, Isaac Foot, Ebeuezer Fosdick,* Richard Francis, Benjamin French, Jr.,\\nkilled in the army, John French, Theodore French, William Gibbs,t Archibald Gibson,* James Gibson,* David\\nGilson.t David Gilson, Jr.,t Abraham Hale, Jonathan Harris,* died in the army, Ebenezer Harris, William Harris,* a\\ndrummer, William Harris, Jr., Archibald Harrod, James Harrod.t died in the army in December, 1777, James Harwood,*\\nkilled at Hubbardton,Vt., July 7, 1777, John Harwood, Thomas Harwood, Simeon Hills,* Abijah Honey, Calvin Honey, t\\ndied in the army, John Honey, John Honey, Jr., died in the army, Joseph Honey, t Peter Honey,* Peter Honey, Jr.,\\ndied in the army, William Honey, Israel Hunt, Sr.,ll W^illiam Hunt, Israel Ingalls, James Jewell, Nathaniel Jewell,\\nJeremiah Keith ,+Nathaniel Kemp, Reuben Killicut, Charity Killicut, Joseph Lamson, Jr.,t Thomas Lancy, William\\nLancy, Asa J.ovejoy, Henry l/ovewell,* Ichabod Lovewell, John Lovewell, sergeant,* Jonathan Lovewell,t Jonathan\\nLovewell, Jr., Nehemiah Lovewell,* Noah Lovewell, t quartermaster of Colonel Gilmore s regiment, Richard Love-\\nwell, Stephen Lovewell, (colored), Levi Lund, Joel Lund,t an ensign, John Lund,* sergeant, Jonathan Lund, Samuel\\nLund,* Thomas Lund, William Lund,* killed at Bunker Hill, William Mann,t killed in the army, Eliphalet Manning, t\\nJohn Manning, taken prisoner at Ticonderoga and afterwards retaken, Ebenezer Perrj-, Thomas Perry, t Pike_\\nWilliam Powell, Jonathan Powers, William Quinton.t Abijah Reed,* corporal, David Reed, t Benjamin Robbins, John\\nRobbins, Jr., Philip Robey,* William Robey,* William Robey, second lieutenant, .\\\\bbot Roby,* Samuel Roby,\\nThomas Roby, William Roby, an ensign, and died in the army, Jason Russell,* James Seal,t Daniel Searles, John\\nSearles, Daniel Shed.t David Smiley, t Benjamin Smith, John Snow, Jr.,* Joseph Snow, died in the army, Joel Stewart,*\\nJoseph Swallow,* Silas Swallow, t Mansfield Taplin,* Benjamin Taylor, Benjamin Taylor, Jr.,t Jacob Taylor, Ben-\\njamin Temple, Levi Temple, William Walker,* captain in Reed s regiment and major, Daniel Warner,* sergeant,\\n(quartermaster), Joseph Whiting, Oliver Whiling,t Samuel Whiting, t Benjamin Whitney, t Phineas Whitney,*\\nSylvanus Whitney,* Daniel Wood.t Oliver Woods,* died at Cambridge, Oliver W oods, Jr., Paul Woods,* fifer, John\\nWright, Jr. ,t Jonathan Wright, t Nehemiah Wright,* Oliver Wright. t\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Those persons to whose name is appended were in the battle of Bunker Hill; those with t appear from the\\nrecords to have belonged to this town the others are derived from various sources hereinbefore mentioned.\\nResided on the southern border of the town and were called of Dunstable, though afterwards living in\\nTyngsborough.\\n\u00c2\u00a7The names of these men are found on Colonel Gilmore s list as being in Walker s company. It is uncertain\\nwhere they resided at time of enlistment, perhaps at Newbury, Vt. Colonel Gilmore has reason to believe they were\\nNashua men, although he does not credit them to this town. The compiler gives Nashua the benefit of the doubt.\\nll Israel Hunt, Sr., was born in Beverly, Mass., Aug. 27, 1758, and served in the army during the Revolutionary\\nWar. .\\\\lthough he could not be credited to New Hampshire during the war, he was a resident and a prominent\\ncitizen of Nashua from the year 1802 to the day of his death on March 2, 1850, a period of nearly fifty years. He\\nvolunteered in Dunstable for the war of 1812, but on account of his age and infirmities he was not accepted. (See\\nbiographical sketch).", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0324.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. 303\\nWAR OF i,Si2.\\nFox s history seems to be strangely deficient concerning the part taken by the inhabitants of\\nDunstable in the war with (ireat Britain in 1812-15. But it is not strange when one is brouglit to the\\nknowledge that neither the archives of the United States nor the state of New Hampshire, nor the\\ntown itself, contain an\\\\- roll of soldiers and sailors, from which such men as fought in that war and\\nought to be credited to Nashua can be correctly cjuoted. The state of New Hampshire furnished a\\nlarge number of men for the War of 1812. But only authentic rolls of those troops were filed in the\\nwar department at Washington, and the authorities there declined to allow copies of them to be made.\\nTherefore, for many years, and indeed prior to 1867, the rolls of the officers and men of New Hamp-\\nshire in the War of 1812 were wanting on our .state archives. In that jear 1867 General Grant,\\nthen acting secretary of war, issued an order directing the assistant adjutant-general of the United\\nStates army, in charge, to furnish to the adjutant-general of New Hampshire such rolls and papers as\\nhe might wish to copy.\\nThese rolls were then copied, and were published in the report of the adjutant-general for the\\nyear ending June i, 1868.* Therefore, while it is true that rolls are preserved that give the names of\\nmen who served from New Hampshire, it is also true that those rolls are incomplete for our purpose,\\nbecause they fail, in a large majorit} of cases, to state the towns wherein such men resided or from\\nwhich they enlisted. Con.sequently the writer has found it impo.ssible to obtain a complete and\\naccurate list of the names of the men from Nashua who served their country in that w-ar.\\nComing events cast their shadows before. On Nov. 11, 1811, President Madison had called an\\nextra session of congress and laid before it the state of our relations with Great Britain and recom-\\nmended preparations for war. Congress was convinced not only of the hostile intentions of Great\\nBritain who had committed a series of aggressions long continued without apology or redress, but also\\nthat there was no hope of a change of policy on the part of that haughty power, and that a resort to\\narms was the only alternative for maintaining our rights, sustaining the national honor and protecting\\nour citizens. Therefore, on June 18, 181 2, the twelfth congress passed an act declaring war against\\nGreat Britain.\\nAnticipating this result, our general goverinnent had been making active preparations for war.\\nPresident Madison made requisition on the governor of New Hampshire for its quota of militia pur-\\nsuants to an act of congress of April 10, 1812. On May 29, 1812, Gov. John Langdon issued general\\norders for detaching three thousand, five hundred men from the militia of the state and organizing\\nthem into companies, battalions and regiments, to be armed and equipped for actual ser\\\\-ice, and in\\nreadiness to march at the shortest notice. These orders were duly obeyed. The declaration of war\\nfound the militia of New Hampshire in as flourishing a condition as it had ever been at any period of\\nits existence.\\nThe governor, William Plumerof Epping succeeded John Langdon, June 5, 1812, who, from his\\nj)Osition was commander-in-chief of the militia, though not a military man, was one of energy,\\npatriotism, method and good executive ability. His predecessors in that office without an exception\\nhad been men engaged in the Revolutionary struggle, and had learned by experience the worth of\\na well regulated militia, and had carried out the maxim, in time of peace prepare for war. The\\nadjutant-general was a soldier of the Revolution and had been in that position since the adoption of\\nthe constitution, and many of the officers of the militia had been his comrades in arms in that great\\nstruggle. Such being the situation of our militia, compliance with the requisitions of the general\\ngovernment was met with the greatest promptness.!\\nIn this war the state of New Hampshire not only had to furnish her quota of troops for the general\\ngovernment, but also to defend her seaboard and northern frontier. The harbor of the Piscataqua and\\nthe navy yard at Portsmouth were in danger, as was also the Coos country, and the safety of our\\nterritory demanded the attention of the state government. In 1813, five companies of the militia were\\ndetached, four of them being .stationed at Portsmouth, under Major Bassett, and one, under Capt. H).\\nH. Mahurin, at Stewart.stown, in the Coos country. In 18 14 an attack from the Briti.sh fleet off\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Report of .iiljutant-geiieral of New Hampshire, 1868, p. 10, et seq.\\nt Report of a(ljutant-}i;eneral of X. H. 1868.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0325.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nour coast was expected to be made upon the navy yard at Portsmouth, and upou the town itself, and\\nwas probably only prevented by the presence of the state militia, which, npon the call of Governor\\nOilman, rushed to their protection with its former alacrity and patriotism.\\nMore than three thousand men of the militia of New Hampshire were at Portsmouth and upon\\nthe shores of the Piscataqua, at the call of our state government in 1814* but it is impossible, for\\nreasons stated hereinbefore, to give the names of such of these patriotic men as were from Dunstable\\nwho either enlisted or were detached from the militia for that service.\\nWe cannot claim many soldiers from Dunstable in this war. That it was not owing to any lack of\\npatriotism or military spirit is evident from the fact that this town, and its successor, Nashua, has\\nalways done its full share towards maintaining the dignity of our government and its prowess in arms.\\nThat this war was not a popular one in this section of country is true, but during that period our\\npopulation was small the population in 1810 is given as one thousand and forty-nine in 1.S17 the\\ntotal number of inhabitants was one thousand, one hundred and forty-two. It was not until after the\\nyear 1820 that the public attention was turned toward the unusual facilities afforded y the power of\\nthe Nashua river and Salmon brook for manufacturing. With the factories, population rapidly\\nincreased.\\nThe editor therefore feels constrained to bring to a close that part of the military historv of\\nNashua pertaining to the War of 1812 by giving a list of the names of those men that are found in the\\nrolls of the New Hampshire troops* as of Dunstable, (N. H.)\\nSquire Blauchard, Isaac Conery, Mark Harris, Zephaniah Kittredge, Haven Parker, David Philbrick, John Smith,\\nGeort e Glym, Hezekiah Hamlet, Leonard Harris, Gould Robbins, Russell Robbins, Luther Robbins, Joseph Blood,\\nJohn Courey (Conery.)\\nTHE INDIAN STREAM WAR AND THE FLORIDA WAR.\\nAny published account of the military history of New Hampshire or of any town in it, would\\nseem to be incomplete unless it alluded to any war in which the state was concerned. But justice\\nwill here be done if the compiler of this chapter passes over with only very brief reference to the\\nIndian Stream War and the Florida War, for the reason that very few, if an)- men from Nashua\\nserved in either of them.\\nThe Indian Stream War seems really to have been only a tempe.st in a teapot, although at one\\ntime it seemed likely that the difficulty would produce a rupture between the governments of the\\nUnited States and Great Britain.\\nThe matters in dispute aro.se from the inertness of the two governments to definitely agree upon\\nand establish the boundary lines between the state of New Hampshire and the province of Lower\\nCanada described in the treaty of peace concluded at Paris in September, 1783.\\nThe difficulty was definitely settled by the earnest action of the government of New Hampshire\\nwho sent armed men into the territory in the fall of 1835, and the malcontents residing in the disputed\\nterritory either quietly submitted to the laws, or immigrated to Canada. No Nashua men are known\\nto have taken part in this war.\\nThe reader is referred to the report of the adjutant-general of New Hampshire for the year ending\\nJune I, 1868, pages 269-287, and also a paper prepared by Edgar Aldrich as the annual oration of the\\nNew Hampshire Historical society and delivered vSept. 12, 1894. This valuable and interesting paper\\nwas published in full, with maps, in the October 1894) number of the Granite Monthly.\\nThe intelligent reader is aware that the war with the Seminole Indians, commonly called the\\nFlorida War, was the mo.st protracted and cruel one in the history of the United States. It com-\\nmenced in earne.st in 1835 and did not end by proclamation until 1848. It cost the nation nearly\\nthirty millions of dollars and thousands of valuable lives. Many men of New Hampshire and\\nseveral from Hillsborough county took an active part, but the rolls and files to which the writer had\\naccess are so incomplete and the records are so misty that it is well nigh impossible to give a correct\\nlist of Nashua men who served in the army of the Ihiited States and for whom the town should have\\ncredit.\\nArchives of N. H. See Adjutant-General s Report, 186S.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0326.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "If /STORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 305\\nIt is known that John Lawrence Noyes, who was a brother of Col. Leonard W. Noyes of Nashua\\nwas a major in the service and was actively engaged during this war. It is also known that Timothy\\nE. Parks, who is still living and resides in Nashua at the age of seventy-five, served in the Seminole\\nWar three years, from 1838 to 1841, as private, company F, Kighth regiment, U. S. A. Andrew Kelly,\\nwho has resided in Nashua some time and is now seventy-four years of age, served in the United\\nStates marine corps, from which he was discharged at Indian Ke Florida, in February, 1842 Mr\\nKelly was in several skirmishes with the Seminole Indians during the Florida War. He also served\\nhis country, in the Union army, as a private in company C, Seventeenth Mas.sachusetts regiment.\\nIn this, as in every other war in which the United States has been engaged, their arms were\\ntriumphant, and if the world judges solely by the result of the last resort, an appeal to arms, this\\nnation has always been in the right.\\nTHE MEXICAN WAR.\\nThe .scope of this chapter would not permit, nor is it the desire of the editors or publishers of this\\nhistory to comment upon or even to mention the political cau.ses which led up to the hostile rupture\\nbetween the Ihiited States and its sister republic, Mexico. It is enough to say that the difficulties or\\ndifferences that hatl long existed between the governments of those two nations were not settled bv\\ndiplomacy or arbitration, but culminated in open war in the spring of 1846.\\nThe state of New Hampshire not only contributed its quota of soldiers for this war, but, also many\\nofficers and men who distinguished themselves and added luster to the military prowess and glorv of\\nthe state. But the compiler hereof has met with the same difficulty concerning the men who served\\nfrom Nashua in the Mexican War, that he stated on the first page of his narration of the War of 181 2\\nin this chapter. As a matter of justice to all parties interested, he dee .is it not only jjroper but\\nnecessary to repeat the statement referred to, which is as follows While it is true that rolls are\\npreserved that give the names of men who served from New Hampshire, it is also true that those rolls\\nare incomplete for our purpose because they fail, in a large majority of cases, to state the towns\\nwherein such men resided or from which the} enlisted. Consequently the writer has found it impossible\\nto obtain a complete and accurate list of the names of men from Nashua who sensed their country in\\nthat war.\\nThe portion of this history under the heading, The Mexican War, will consequently be unsatis-\\nfactorj- not only to the writer but to the reader, as was that portion under the headino-, The\\nWar of 18 12.\\nThe militar_\\\\- spirit of the men of Nashua showed itself early in this war. Both the Nashua\\nGazette and The Nashua Telegraph newspapers in their editions of June 11, 1846, published the\\nproceedings of a meeting held in the court-room of the townhouse on the evening of the third of\\nJune to organize a company of volunteers to serve in the Mexican War. That record is as follows\\nThe meeting was called to order by Capt. Daniel M. Fiske and organized by choosing Henry\\nLawrence, chairman and Henry Onion, secretary. It was voted that any per.son present wishing to\\nbecome a member of the company might do so by signing the roll. It was voted to choose the officers\\nand non-commissioned officers by ballot. Daniel M. Fiske was unanimously chosen captain, C.\\nJames Emer was unanimously chosen first lieutenant, Dustin L. Bowers was chosen second lieu-\\ntenant, William L. Dudley was unanimously chosen first sergeant Henry Lawrence. George R.\\nKimball, and George W. Ciilman were chosen sergeants.\\nVoted, That a conmiittee of five be appointed In the chair to draft resolutions to be presented to\\nthe meeting. Messrs. William I^. Dudley, H. C. Smith, Henry Onion, Joel R. Langdon and David\\nP. Barber were appointed.\\nIt was proposed that the time of enlistment should be changed from during the war to twelve\\nmonths, but the proposition was rejected b\\\\- a large majority.\\nThe connnittee on resolutions reported the following, which was unanimously adopted\\nResolved, That we, having volunteered to form a company of infanlr\\\\- in this state, in obedience\\nto the requirements of the act of congress entitled An act providing for the jirosecution of the existing\\nwar between the I nited States and the Republic of Mexico, will willingly lend our aid to defend our\\ncountrv and institutions from the invasions of a foreign foe.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0327.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": ",o6 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nResolved, That it is the unanimous sense of this meeting that the Hon. Franklin Pierce be,\\nand he is hereby reconunended to the executive of this state to be appointed to take connnand of the\\nNew Hampshire Volunteer Forces.\\nResolved, That we have the utmost confidence in the courage and patriotism of the officers that\\nwe have chosen and will cheerfully march with them to the most distant section of the union to\\nmaintain our rights, or to any post of danger our country may call us to defend.\\nResolved, That we will obey orders and do our duty, that we ma ne\\\\-er be ashamed to call the\\nregiment to which we belong ours.\\nIt was voted that the proceedings of this meeting be presented to the editors of each of the news-\\npapers published in Nashua and Nashville. Voted to adjourn.\\nHenry Onion, Secretary.\\nThe military company thus organized did not enter active service but, as will be .seen hereinafter,\\nmany men from Nashua served their country as .soldiers and sailors in this war.\\nCongress declared war again.st Mexico May 13, 1846. The primary cause of this war grew out of\\na dispute with Mexico over the western boundary line of the newly acquired territory of Texas. The\\nimmediate cause was the attack on a small reconnoitering party of United States troops under Captain\\nThornton, from Gen. Zachary Taylor s Army of Occupation on the east side of the river Rio Grand\\ndel Norte by a superior force of Mexicans under General Torrejon, in which the entire party was\\nkilled or taken prisoners.\\nThe slaughter or capture of the troops under Captain Thornton was soon followed by the famous\\nbattles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma and the brave defence of Fort Brown.\\nIn planning the aggressive action in Mexico, it had been determined to attack Vera Cruz and its\\nstrongly fortified castle of San Juan de Ulloa and in case of success, to march upon the capital of\\nMexico, the city of the Montezumas. Accordingly, in November, 1846, Gen. Winfield Scott was\\nordered from Washington to the Rio Grande to set on foot that expedition. He arrived on the Rio\\nGrande, Jan. i, 1847. The troops from General Taylor s command were turned over to him, as before\\nnamed, and he soon left for the island of Lobos, the place of general rendezvous of the fleet and the\\nvarious detachments. General Patterson marched with his division from ictoria to Tampico, and\\nthere embarked Generals Scott and Worth sailed from the Brazos, and the remainder of the troops\\nwere to proceed directly from the United States to Lobos. Congress had authorized the raising of ten\\nnew regiments to serve during the war. These were to be raised and organized. During the month\\nof February, the various detachments arrived that had been ordered to the rendezvous at Lobos, and,\\nalthough many of the supplies had not arrived. General Scott determined to lose no time by delay,\\nand, on March 6, the whole fleet hove in sight off Vera Cruz. The debarkation of the troops was fixed\\nfor March 9, and was effected on that day with the most perfect order and regularity. The beaching\\nwas a splendid sight. General Patterson was the ranking officer, being a full major-general, and took\\ncommand of the forces when landed, and the} had .serious work to do. The arsenal and the malebran\\nwere defended and the following day these were both taken, and the sand hills cleared of the foe that\\ncrowned them, and the Mexican forces driven within the walls of Vera Cruz, so that upon the landing\\nof General Scott on the evening of the second day, he had no enemy to obstruct his operations save\\nfrom the walls of the city and the castle. A succession of severe northers succeeded and prevented\\nthe landing of the mortars and guns, so that it was not until March 22, that General vScott demanded\\nthe surrender of the city. The demand was refused, and then a tremendous fire was opened upon the\\ncity, both seaward as well as landward, Commodore Tatnall having been ordered to commence a\\nsimultaneous fire upon the town from the flotilla under his command. At length, battery after battery\\nbeing added to the line of investment, and horrors upon horrors added to the suffering inhabitants the\\nlivelong night of the twenty-fifth, nothing being heard but the booming of cannon, the explosion of\\nbombs, the cra.sh of falling houses, the shrieks of the wounded and the groans of the dying on the\\nmorning of March 26, 1847, the batteries ceased playing. Articles of capitulation were signed on the\\ntwenty-seventh, and on March 29, the Mexican forces marched out of town, laid down their arms, and\\nwent their way in the interior. Thus fell the boasted impregnable fortress of the Mexicans, leaving\\nGeneral Scott an open way to the interior, whither he marched with most commendable dispatch on\\nhis way to the capital. At the heights of Cerro Gordo he met the combined Mexican forces under\\nSanta Anna, and on April 17, 1847, gained the memorable battle of Cerro Gordo, hurling Santa Anna", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0328.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 307\\nfrom his supiiostd impregnable position, and driving his demoralized troops in hot haste towards the\\ncapital. Jalai)a, Perote and I uebla offered little resistance to his conquering army, and at the latter\\ntown C.eneral Scott reposed his army and awaited his ex])ected reinforcements. These consisted of\\nthe NinUi I nited vStates infantr under Col. Truman 15. Ransom, and other detachments, amounting in\\nall to two thousand, five hundred men, under the command of ]{rig.-Gen. Franklin Piercet of New\\nHampshire. The Ninth regiment of I nited .States infantry had been recruited in New Hampshire\\nunder the auspices of Col. P ranklin Pierce of New Hampshire, as its colonel, Abner B. Thompson of\\nMaine as its lieutenant-colonel, and Gen. Truman B. Ransom of Maine, as its major, their commissions\\nseverally bearing the date of P eb. 16, 1847. March 3 Colonel Pierce was appointed a brigadier-\\ngeneral by President Polk and assigned to take command of the detachment of troops about to be sent\\nto reinforce General Scott, and on March 16 Major Ransom was promoted colonel of the regiment in\\nhis place.\\nIt is with this regiment that this chapter has mainly to do, for the reason that the chief interest\\nin men who served in the army in the Mexican War is centered in companies H and C. Company H\\nwas first commanded by Capt. Daniel Batchelder of Haverhill, and afterwards by Capt. George Bowers\\nof Nashua.\\nCompany C was first commanded by Capt. Stephen Woodman, but this company, as was the case\\nwith company H, sailed from Newport, R. I., on May 21, 1847, for the seat of war in command of its\\nfirst lieutenant, who was John H. Jackson.\\nIn this company served Thomas P. Pierce+ as second lieutenant, atid John F. Marsh, a private,\\nboth of whom became afterwards, and for man)- years, prominent citizens of Nashua.\\nThe roll of Captain Bowers company^ H, Ninth United States infantry, connnonly called the\\nNew England regiment, as given in the military history of New Hampshire is as follows:\\nDaniel Batchelder, captain, John \\\\V. Bewer, Benjamin F. Osgood,\\nGeorge Bowers,* ist lieutenant, George E. Barnes, Chester Perry,\\nDaniel H. Cram, 2d Josiah Butler,* James Powers,\\nRichard C. Drum, 2d Guy Carleton, Michael W. Page,\\nJohn Bedel, ist sergeant, Jeremiah E. Curry, Benjamin E. Porter,\\nJohn C. Stowell, 2d sergeant, Ferdinand Carson, Arthur L. Pike,\\nEzra T. Pike, 3d Caleb Chamberlain,* Asa Randall,\\nGeorge C. Spencer, 4th Michael Cochran, Nahum G. Swett,\\nThomas F. Davis, 1st corporal, .Samuel Davis, John Shaw,*\\nJ. K. Ramsdell, 2d David Dunlap, Suel Simpson,\\ntOen. Franklin Pierce, fourteenth president of the United States was the son of ex. -Gov. Benjamin Pierce of\\nHillsborough, where he was born Nov. 23, 1804. He was graduated from Bowdoin college with the class of 1824.\\nHe read law in the offices of Edmund Parker of Amherst, Levi Woodbury of Portsmouth, and at the law school at\\nNorthampton, Mass. He was admitted to the bar of the county of Hillsborough in 1827.\\nt Lieut. Thomas P. Pierce was born in Chelsea, Mass., Aug. 30, 1820. He was appointed a second lieutenant in the\\nNinth regiment, I nited States infantry, April 9, 1847. He was brevetted first lieutenant, Aug. 20, 1847, for gallant\\nand distinguished conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco. Lieutenant Pierce led his company at\\nContreras. Captain Kimball s company from Vermont was immediately in front, and bringing his company to a halt,\\nhe exclaimed, Stead\\\\ men remember that you are Green Mountain Boys, take good aim and do such execution\\nupon the Mexicans as shall do credit to old Vermont. Ready, aim, fire The company fired and filed off. Company\\nC came next, marching steadily up. Halt! cried Lieutenant Pierce; Now boys, take steady aim and give the\\nMexicans such a fire as will make old Vermont ashamed of herself. When such was the coolness and rivalry of our\\nsoldiers, one ceases to wonder why six thousand men should have whipped thirty thousand Mexicans upon their own\\nsoil. Upon his return from Mexico, Mr. Pierce resumed his occupation as an ornamental painter. After General\\nPierce was elected president, Mr. Pierce was appointed ])ostniaster at Manchester, March 28, 1853, and was re-appointed\\nby President Buchanan, March 31, 1857. Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion in 1861, he was appointed by\\nGovernor Goodwin colonel of the Second regiment of New Hampshire volunteers, and when that regiment was trans-\\nferred under the second call of President Lincoln for troops for longer service he resigned. Colonel Pierce afterward\\nbecame a resident of Nashua and was for many years superintendent of the Nashua Card and Glazed Paper company.\\nHe died suddenly at Nashua in 1887, while acting as chairman of the committee of arrangements for entertaining\\nGov. Charles. H. Sawyer and the Amoskeag veterans.\\nAdjutant-General s report, N. H., 1868.\\nII Captain Batchelder was detailed for recruiting service. May 20, 1847, at Newport, R. I., and I irst Lieut. George\\nBowers assumed command of the company.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6All those men having a affixed to to their names are carried on the rolls as having enlisted from Nashua.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0329.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": ",3oS\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nLeonard Morrill, 3(1 corporal,\\nWilliam D. Parker, filer,\\nGeorge Sumner, drummer,\\nMichael D. Lawton,\\nDavid Amey.\\nHenry Albert,\\nKinsman Avery,\\nChandler Averill,\\nJames Andrews,\\nRobert A. Brown,\\nBenjamin Bean,\\nWilliam Burns,\\nWilliam F. Bailey,\\nJohn Boiidle,\\nSolon B. Collins,* t\\nJoseph Duso,\\nFoster Edson,\\nJohn Flynn,\\nMarshall L. Grant,*\\nIsaac Grace,*\\nWilliam Gould, Jr.,\\nSanford Gardner,\\nAlbert Knapp,\\nNathan W. King,*\\nJoseph E. Little,\\nAaron G. Lane,\\nLorenzo D. Montgomery,*\\nBernard McClusley,\\nAlfred Noyes,*\\nCharles Clement, *t\\nDaniel M. Smith,\\nHenr3 Stevens,\\nJohn H. White,*\\nElijah Wallace,\\nHarvey Wade,\\nGeorge W. Woods,\\nThomas J. Wiser,\\nNelson B. Woodward,\\nJohn Webster,\\nGeorge Welch,\\nJames Williams,\\nNathaniel W. White,*\\nWilliam W. Welch.\\nAll of the men who are named in the foregoing roll enlisted between March 25 and May 17, 1847,\\nand term of their enlistment was during the war. The name of Caleb J. Emery of Nashua is not\\ngiven in the foregoing roll, but there is no doubt that he served in company H and was commissioned\\nas a lieutenant. The New England regiment, in which most of the men from Nashua serv^ed, formed\\na part of the army under Gen. Winfield Scott that fought in all the engagements that culminated\\nwith a blaze of glory in the capture of the City of Mexico, which practically- brought the war to an\\nend. In the attack of the enem}^ on the heights of Contreras, at Churubusco, at Molino del Rej and\\nthe castle of Chapultepec, all of which were fought not only against greatl)- superior numbers of the\\nenemy, but also against strongly fortified positions, the determined valor of Nashua soldiers was\\nillustrated.\\nAt Molino del Rey, which was defended not only by its own guns but also by those of the castle\\nof Chapultepec, the attack was made September 8, and the division under General Worth was hard\\npushed. General Scott rode up to General Pierce, who was at the right of the Ninth regiment, and\\nordered him to go to the relief of General Worth at once. This order was obeyed, and the Ninth and\\nSecond infantry moved up under General Pierce by a happy manoeuvre in the face of fifteen thousand\\nof the enemy and under a most destructive fire. The enemy s works were carried at the point of the\\nbayonet, but it was a bloody and dearly bought victory costing the life of many a gallant soldier.\\nAmong those severely wounded was Lieut. John G. Foster+ of Nashua. The castle on the heights of\\nChapultepec commanded the City of Mexico, and, on September 12, four days after the capture of\\nMolino del Rey, the Mexicans still retained possession of that castle and city. On the twelfth our\\narmy commenced the bombardment of the castle and heights of Chapultepec. During this bombard-\\nment. General Pierce, at the head of the First and Fourth brigades, gallantly held in check a large\\nbod) of lancers on our left.\\nAt about eight o clock on the morning of September 13, the charge by order of General Pillow,\\ncommenced under the command of Colonel Ransom of the Ninth regiment, and in half an hour the\\nstars and stripes were waving over the castle of Chapultepec. The two New Hampshire companies\\nthat behaved with their usual gallantry were commanded respectively by Lieut. George Bowers and\\nJohn H. Jackson, who, on this as on other occasions, proved themselves worthy sons of the Old\\nGranite State. During the night following the surrender of the ca.stle of Chapultepec, a deputation\\nfrom the city councils of the City of Mexico, visited General Scott and informed him that Santa Anna,\\nwith his army, had marched out of the city. On the morning of September 14, the stars and stripes\\nfloated in triumph over the national palace. The army of the United States thus gained possession of\\nthe capitol of Mexico and dictated terms of peace in the halls of the Montezumas.\\nA number of Nashua men served in the United States navy in the war with Mexico. Of such\\nthe compiler has been able to learn the names of but few. The following are the names oftho.se that\\nhave been reported from sources believed to be authentic Edward P. Whitney, John G. Smith, (who\\nAll those men having a affixed to their names are carried on the rolls as having enlisted from Nashua.\\ntThe name of Solon B. Colling and Charles Clement, both of Nashua, do not appear on this roll, but they were in\\nthe war and probably in this company. Charles Clement died as a prisorer of war in Mexico; he was a brother of\\nLuther Clement, late of Nashua, deceased,\\nJ See biographical sketch.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0330.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "HISTORY or NASHUA, N. H. 309\\nshipped as Andrew Brown), Asa D. Kimball, Sidney Hildreth, Dorus Seavey, Benjamin Warren,\\nHenry Warren. Doubtless there are omissions of names of Nashua men who served in this war,\\nboth in the army and navy, but repeated appeals through the public press have failed to obtain any\\nothers than those named in this chapter.\\nThe compiler, in closing his chapter of the histon,-, claims without fear of contradiction, that men\\nfrom the territory now embraced within the limits of Nashua, from the time of the earliest troubles\\nwith the Indians, and certainly before the year 1670, down to the War of the Great Rebellion, 1861-\\n1865, have shown qualities of patriotism and valor unexcelled in the world s history. Men from New\\nHampshire were the first who struck at Fort William and Mary near Portsmouth and precipitated the\\nRevolutionary War. They burned the first powder at Bunker Hill, when New Hampshire furnished\\nthe men and Massachusetts the ground. It was the New Hampshire militia who .struck Burgo ne the\\nfirst blow it was old John Linton who gave him the first black eye at Trenton, it was New Hamp-\\nshire men who led Washington s advance; poor bare-footed men who left their tracks of blood over\\nlong steps of that journey. In the Mexican War none were more distinguished than New Hamp.shire\\nmen, among whom may be named without invidiousness Col. George Bowers and Lieut. John G.\\nFoster, both of Nashua and both of whom were brevetted for gallantry in that war. The first man\\nkilled in the War of the Rebellion was a New Hampshire man in a Massachusetts uniform (Sixth\\nMassachusetts at Baltimore), and in the War of the Rebellion none showed more patriotism nor\\ngreater heroi.sm than those from New Hampshire who .shed their blood in defence of the integrity of the\\nfederal union in almost every battle from Fort Sumter to Appomattox.\\n(^/^iZr^\\nt^", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0331.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "3IO\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nDANA WILLIS KING.\\nCol. Dana W. King, twin brother of Dean W. King, M.\\nD., of Boulder, Colo., was born at .\\\\lstead, June 29, 1832.\\nHe is a descendant of William King of Langdon, and\\nDAX.\\\\ \\\\V. KINCt.\\nCapt. William King of .\\\\lstead, who were among the\\nearly settlers of that region, the last named being promi-\\nnent in the militia of that day, and, to some extent, an\\nactor in the anti-masonic troubles of his\\ntime. Colonel King was educated in the\\npublic schools of his native town and at\\nthe age of nineteen sought his fortune\\nin Boston. At the end of two years em-\\nployment in a grocery store, in 1852, he\\nshipped as a sailor on a wlialeboat and\\nwas about ready to sail from East Boston\\nwhen his twin brother persuaded him to\\ntake French leave. He wandered to\\nDetroit, Mich., where he had kinsmen,\\nsecured a clerkship in a grocery store, and\\nremained until November of that year,\\nwhen he came to Nashua, whither his\\nparents had come shortly before. He then\\nentered the employ of Josephus Baldwin,\\nmanufacturer of bobbins and shuttles. He\\nremained here, being employed in several\\nmechanical pursuits and was conspicuous\\nin the fire department of that day until thf\\nspring of 1854, when he was seized with\\nthe western fever. The country was ex-\\ncited over the outlook of fame and fortune\\nin Kansas and Nebraska, and the colonel,\\nbeing at that age when men seek both, journeyed thither.\\nHe spent two and a half years in the country mentioned\\nand experienced all the ups and downs and hair-breadth\\nescapes incidental to an unsettled country, including\\nfriendly and unfriendly relations with the wandering\\nsavages of the plains. Having had enough of this sort\\nof life, he returned to Nashua and obtained employment\\nin the repair shop of the Nashua Manufacturing com-\\npany, where, although, as he says, he did not develop\\nfirst-class talent, he was the one man for great emergen-\\ncies and undertakings that required nerve.\\nThe uprising of the north in i86r found him at the\\nbench. He, however, recognized that his opportunity to\\nmake a career for himself had come. The fighting bloud\\nwhich flowed in him was roused. He enlisted in company\\nF, First regiment. New Hampshire volunteers, and served\\nwith credit in the three months campaign that opened\\nthe War of the Rebellion. He returned to the state with\\nhis command, but had not had enough of war. Corporal\\nIs^ing, for that was his rank in the First, resumed his\\nuniform, and enlisted in the Eighth regiment volun-\\nteers, and was commissioned second lieutenant of com-\\npany A. The regiment was assigned to Gen. Benjamin F.\\nButler s New Orleans expedition, and sailed from Boston\\nto Ship Island, at the mouth of the Mississippi river.\\nThe colonel was in New Orleans after its capture and\\nserved in the engagements in which his regiment partici-\\npated. In fact he was in nearly all the battles and\\nskirmishes of the Department of the Gulf and was\\npromoted to a captaincy for meritorious conduct in the\\nface of the enemy. He had a horse shot under him in\\nBanks Red river expedition and was wounded and taken\\njjrisoner at the Sabine Cross Roads on April 8, 1864. The\\nhardship and suffering which he endured during the next\\nseven months in the prison at Shreveport, La., and in the\\nstockade at Tyler, Tex., from which place, with other\\ncomrades, he made his escape only to be recaptured and\\nsuffer other hardships and indignities in punishment for\\nhis attempt to get free, were such as to cause the death of\\nmany another veteran. The story of this experience of\\nhis life is a book in itself. Following his exchange, when\\nRESIDENCE OF D.\\\\XA W. KING.\\nhe certainh was an object of pity, he rejoined his regi-\\nment at Natchez, Miss., and at the close of the war, Nov.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0332.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n311\\n8, 1865, came home in command of the veteran battalion\\nof the Eighth with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, being\\nthe only remaining officer of those originally commis-\\nsioned for the regiment, who was in the line when it left\\nthe state.\\nSince those days the colonel has been a prominent and\\nactive citizen of Nashua, and one of the foremost of those\\nwho have sought to give the city a good name and develop\\nits resources. He was elected register of deeds for Hills-\\nborough county in 1868, by the Republican partv, and\\nalthough that ticket has been frequently defeated through\\nthe past decades, he has Ijeen invariably re-elected and\\nstill holds that office. He is an expert in examining land\\ntitles and his time is fully taken up in that occupation.\\nColonel King was an alternate to the Republican National\\nconvention at Chicago in 1888, and a delegate to the\\nRepublican National convention at Minneapolis in 1892.\\nColonel King makes no claim to the honors of an orator.\\nHe is a talker, both interesting and humorous, and has\\nmade more than twenty-five memorial addresses in New\\nHampshire and Massachusetts, counseled the boys at a\\nhundred canipfires, lectured to schools, made a few politi-\\ncal speeches, and told many an agricultural and horticul-\\ntural meeting what he knows, and often times what he\\ndoesn t know, about tilling the soil, propagating fruit\\ntrees, vines, bushes and flowers. The colonel resides on\\nConcord street in a handsome house built in 1879. Con-\\nspicuous upon the outer wall of his castle, in enduring\\ngranite and blazoned in gold, is the corps badge of the\\n.\\\\rmy of the Gulf; vines creep to the coving and the\\nlatch-string is ever out to comrades and friends. The\\ncolonel is not of that class of mortals who have their\\ngood days and their bad dav-s. With him all days are\\nalike, and whether it rains or shines, snows or blows\\nwhether he is under the weather from old army troubles,\\nor some company in which he has invested has sought the\\ncourt of insolvency, is cheerful and hopeful. He enjoys\\nthe peace and comfort that by reason of the dangers he\\nhas passed, the hardships and privations he experienced\\nin battles and in prisons, he is entitled to.\\nThe colonel is a member of Rising Sun lodge. A. F. and\\nA. M., Meridian Sun Royal Arch chapter, Israel Hunt\\ncouncil, St. George commander}-, K. T., and is a Scottish\\nRite Mason of the 32d degree, being a member in the\\nValley of Nashua also a member of the I.oyal Legion and\\nJohn G. Foster post, G. R. He has been treasurer of\\nthe New Hampshire Veterans association since its organi-\\nzation in 1877. In the matter of creed he is aUniversalist.\\nColonel King was married in Nashua in September,\\n1857, to Jennie L. Carter, daughter of Joseph and Elmira\\nCarter of Concord. The children born of this marriage\\nare Willis D., .\\\\ug. 17, 1858, and Winnifred May, March\\n10, 1870, who was united in marriage June 14, 1893, with\\nLevi A. Judkins of Claremont.\\nJOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARREN.\\nCapt. John Q. K. Warren, son of David and Annie H.\\n(Smith) Warren, was born at Winthrop, Me., .\\\\ug. 5,\\n1826, killed in battle in Louisiana, Oct. 27, 1862. He was\\neducated in the common schools of his native place and\\ncame to Nashua to reside when he was fourteen years of\\nage. He was employed two years at the mills of the\\nNashua Manufacturing company, and afterwards in the\\nbobbin and shuttle works on Water street. In 1857 he\\nbecame a clerk in a store on Main street, where he re-\\nmained till the breaking out of the war. Captain Warren\\nwas an enthusiastic member of the old fire department\\nJOII.V Ci. A. WAKKKN.\\nand foreman of Niagara company eleven years. He en-\\nlisted in the Eighth regiment New Hampshire volunteers\\nand was commissioned captain. In the first battle in\\nwhich that command was engaged, and while in advance\\nof his compan} and urging it onward to victory, he fell, a\\nmartyr to the cause of his country. His body was buried\\nnear where he fell and a few months later disinterred and\\nforwarded to Nashua, where it was buried in the Hollis\\nStreet cemeter}-, now Woodlawn, and a beautiful monu-\\nment erected by the firemen and citizens. Camp John Q.\\nA. Warren, Sons of Veterans, was named in honor of him.\\nHe w as a member of Rising Sun lodge. A. F. and A. M.,\\nand attended the First Congregational church. Captain\\nWarren was united in marriage June 14, 1851, with Maria\\nJ. Worcester, daughter of Orvill and Nancy (Williams)\\nWorcester, who died in 1S96. .V son and daughter were\\nborn of his marriage; William Mason, born Sept. 17, 1852;\\nAddie M., born Sept. 18, 1854, married Clarence E. Good-\\nspeed, locomotive engineer on the Hoston Maine rail-\\nroad, April 9, 1S84.\\nRICHARD OLIVHR GREENLEAF.\\nJIaj. Richard O. Greenleaf was born in South Berwick.\\nMe., Jan 31, 1823. He is a son of Richard and Eliza\\n(Ackerman) Greenleaf. Major Greenleaf was educated", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0333.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "3 2\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nin the public schools of Haverhill, Mass., and graduated\\nat its high school. He began life as an operative in the\\ncotton mills at the place last mentioned, and at the age of\\nRICHARD O. GREENLEAF.\\ntwenty-six )-ears went to Lawrence as an overseer in one\\nof the mills at that place. In 1857 he came to Nashua and\\nwas employed in the office at the mills of the Jackson\\nManufacturing company as book-keeper. When the flag\\nwas fired upon at Fort Sumter his patriotism was such\\nthat lie was the first man, (April 19, 1861 in Nashua to\\nenlist. He was commissioned captain in the First regi-\\nment New Hampshire volunteers, and immediately went\\nto the front. It was a three months regiment, and when\\nhis term of enlistment expired he was re-commissioned\\n(Sept. 20, 1861) captain in the Fourth regiment New\\nHampshire volunteers. He suffered all the hardships\\nand privations of war, participated in all the battles and\\nskirmishes of his command, and was promoted to the\\nrank of major, Aug. 24, 1864, for gallant and meritorious\\nservice in the line of duty. Major Greenleaf was mus-\\ntered out Sept. 27, 1864, and it is the unanimous vote of\\nhis comrades that no braver or truer man ever trod the\\nfield of glory in the cause of nations. He returned to\\nNashua in 1866. and in 1872 went to Chicago and remained\\nthere till 1878, when became back to Nashua. In 1881 he\\nwent to Joliet, 111., and in 1891 he again made Nashua his\\nhome. His occupation has been that of a book-keeper,\\nand at the present time he is the manager of the Aerated\\nOxygen compau) Major Greenleaf represented Ward\\nTwo, Nashua, in the common council in i860, was secre-\\ntary of the board of trade and three years a member of\\nthe board of education, and its clerk in Joliet. Since\\nreturning here he has been secretary of the Nashua board\\nof trade, quartermaster of John G. Foster post, G. A. R.,\\nof which he was a charter member and has been com-\\nmander. He is a member of Rising Sun lodge, A. F. and\\nA. M., and of the Church of the Good Shepherd, (Episco-\\npal), of which he is treasurer.\\nMajor Greenleaf has been twice married; first, 1851,\\nwith Mary Cary, who died in 1854; second, in 1861, with\\nMartha A. Flinn, daughter of Samuel and Clarissa (Lang-\\nley) Flinn of Nashua. One son was born of his first\\nmarriage, Thomas, who died in 1853 in infancy.\\nJAMES HARVEY HUNT.\\nLieut. James H. Hunt was born in Stoddard, Nov. 25,\\n1841. He is a son of Dea. Timothy and Tryphena(F isher\\nHunt. His immigrant ancestor, William Hunt, came\\nfrom England in 1635 and settled at Concord, Mass.\\nTimothy Hunt, Sr., his grandfather, came from Grafton,\\nMass., to Stoddard about 1810 and became prominent in\\nthe early history- of the place. On the maternal side he\\nis a descendant of James Harvey Fisher, M. I)., from\\nwhom he takes his name, and who was a prominent prac-\\nticing physician in Stoddard and vicinity during the first\\nhalf of the present century.\\nLieutenant Hunt received his rudimentary education in\\nthe district schools of his native place and beyond that is\\na self-taught and self-made man. He lived at home on\\nhis father s farm in Stoddard until his twenty-first year,\\nwhen he enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, in company G, Fourth\\nregiment New Hampshire volunteers as corporal, and was\\npromoted to sergeant, then to orderly-sergeant, and\\nfinally, in recognition of meritorious service, was commis-\\nsioned second lieutenant in the same company, which\\nrank he held until the close of the war. His regiment\\ndid provost duty in Washington in 1863, was in the Army\\nof the Gulf in 1864, and, being transferred to Virginia in\\nJuly of that year, participated in General Sheridan s\\nmemorable campaign in the Shenandoah valley against\\nthe confederate army under General Early. He was with\\nhis regiment in all the campaigns, skirmishes and battles\\nin which it was engaged, the most important engage-\\nJAMi;s 11. Ill iNT.\\nments of which were at Winchester, Fisher s Hill and\\nCedar Creek. After the war he spent one j ear in the\\ndairy business in California, and then, upon returning to", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0334.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "J //STONY NASHUA, N. H.\\nzn\\nNew Ilainpshire, he located in the tin and stove trade in\\nhis native town, where he became postmaster in 1868 and\\nserved until 1871.\\nIn January, 1S72, he came to Nashua and for several\\nyears was engaged in the tin and stove business on Factory\\nstreet with A. S. Powers, under the firm name of Powers\\nHunt. Sept. i, 1879, he was appointed b)- Mayor IIol-\\nnian assistant marshal of the Nashua police force, which\\njjosition he held until Jan. i, i88[, when Mayor I letcher\\nappointed him marshal. He served in this position, be-\\ning reappointed by JIayors I letcher and Norton, till Jan.\\nI, 1884, when he was succeeded by Willard C. Tolles and\\nappointed assistant marshal. In January, 1885, he was\\nagain appointed marshal. He served two years, and\\nJan. I, 1887, retired, since which time he has been engaged\\nin the livery business. His administration of police\\naffairs was marked with prudence, justice and efficienc)^\\nand is remembered as one of the most popular in the his-\\ntorv of the cit} In 1887, Lieutenant Hunt was appointed\\nby Governor Currier, coroner for Hillsborough county,\\nwhich commission he now holds by reappointment in\\n1892 by Governor Tuttle. In April, 1893, he w-as appointed\\ndeputy sheriff of Hillsborough county and is still in that\\niilTice. Lieutenant Hunt is an energetic and progressive\\ncili/en who rejoices in everything calculated to boom\\nNashua, and who has the good will of the community.\\nHe is a York Rite Mason and a member of St. George\\ncommandery, K. T., of which he is captain-general, a\\nScottish Rite Mason of the 32d degree and a member of\\nEdward A. Raymond consistory he is also a member of\\nNashua lodge, IC. of P., and a past chancellor in the order\\na member of John G. Foster post, G. A. R., and has served\\nhis comrades many times as chief marshal and in other\\nstations on Memorial days and when important events\\nwere transpiring.\\nLieutenant Hunt was united in marriage Nov. 21, 1867,\\nwith Rosalthe Uptou, daughter of Alson and Sarah\\n(Scott) Upton of Stoddard. Their adopted son, Fred E.,\\nborn Jan. i, 1877, a bright, intelligent and promisingboy,\\nwas drowned in the Nashua river June 3, 1892.\\nALVIN SUMNHR EATON.\\nAlvin S. Eaton was born at Hillsborough Bridge, Dec.\\n4, 1840. He is a son of James B. and Sarah R. (Hobsou)\\nEaton. (For ancestors see sketch of his father.)\\nMr. Eaton came to Nashua in a canal boat with his par-\\nents, landing at Gay s store. Main street, when he w-as\\nan infant in arms and his home has been here ever since.\\nIn early life he was employed as a locomotive engineer\\nupon the Boston Lowell railroad. When the flag was\\nassailed on the walls of Sumter the blood of an honora-\\nble ancestry was aroused, and, Dec. 23, 1861, he was\\nmustered in the service of his country in the New Hamp;\\nshire batallion of the First New England cavalry, the\\nname of which was changed after the battle of Front\\nRoyal to the First regiment of Rhode Island cavalry.\\nWhen the battalion re-enlisted in 1864, antl eight new\\ncompanies were added, it was again changed to First New\\nHampshire cavalry. Mr. Eaton was in all the skirmishes\\nand engagements of his command, excepting those that\\noccurred when he -was a prisoner of war, and was pro-\\nmoted to orderly sergeant for gallant and meritorious\\nconduct in action. He was wounded in the arm in the\\nfight at Tom s Brook, and taken prisoner Nov. 12, 1864, at\\nBack roads. He suffered the hardships and privations of\\nfour months confinement at .Stanton jail, Libby prison,\\nPemlierton castle and Salisbury, N. C, and was paroled\\nAI.\\\\1\\\\ E.XTDN.\\nMarch I, 1865. He was honorably discharged June 24, 1865.\\nSince the war Mr. Eaton has been active in the pursuits\\nof peace. He kept a market for some time on Canal\\nstreet and for many years was engaged in the concrete\\nbusiness, at the same time holding commissions as deputy\\nsheriff for Hillsborough and Rockingham counties inter-\\nesting himself in police affairs and the things that make\\na lively and progressive city. Jan. i, 1890, Mayor Beasom\\nappointed him city marshal, and when a board of police\\ncommissioners was appointed in 1892 he was retained in\\nthat position and is still in ofiice. His administration of\\nthe police department has been efficient. He has brought\\nthe force up to a high state of discipline and performed\\nthe onerous, and often disagreeable, duties of his office\\nwith fidelity. Mr. Eaton was among the first of the\\nNashua soldiers to become a member of John G. Foster\\npost, G. A. R., and was commander of the state depart-\\nment in 1875, making an honorable record. He has\\nalwavs taken a deep interest in the order, has served it on\\ngreat occasions as chief marshal, and is one of the most\\nliberal contributors to further its ends and for the relief\\nof comrades. In fact he is a liberal giver and supporter\\nfor the things that benefit Nashua and Nashuans. He\\nattends the Methodist church, is a member of Watananock\\ntribe of Red Men, Nashua lodge, K. of P., and the Knights\\nof Honor. Mr. Eaton was united in marriage Oct. 16, 1868,\\nat Nashua, with Rebecca H. Sawyer, daughter of David\\nand Cordelia A. (Harmon) Sawyer of West Buxton, Me.\\nOne son has been born of their marriage. Ivory Custer,\\nborn Dec. 8, 1876.\\nBENJAMIN SHIPLEY WOODS.\\nBenjamin S. Woods was born at Tyugsboro, Mass., May\\n28, 1845. He is a son of Solomon and Lucy (Shipley)\\nWoods. He is a descendant on the paternal side of Solo-\\nmon Woods, who came to this country from England in\\n17\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and settled at Westford, Mass. On the maternal side", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0335.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "314\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nbe is a descendant of Benjamin Shipley, for many years a\\nresident of Nashua.\\nBENJAMIN WcioDS.\\nJlr. Woods was educated in the common schools of\\nNashua, Amherst, Merrimack and Lyndeborough, in each\\nof which places his parents resided during his minority.\\nAt the age of seventeen years he enlisted in company D,\\nEighth regiment. New Hampshire Volunteers, and in the\\nfour years of war that followed endured the hardships of\\nthe campaign of the Nineteenth army corps. He was\\nwith the regiment at the capture of New Orleans, at the\\nsiege of Port Hudson and in the Red river campaign, and,\\nin fact, participated in all the battles of the army of the\\nGulf. Following the war he settled in Nashua and has\\nfollowed the occupation of a merchant, being engaged in\\nthe grocerv trade. Mr. Woods represented Ward Eight\\nin the common council in 1S91 and 1892, and in the legis-\\nlature of 1893 and 1894. He is a member of John G. Fos-\\nter post, G. A. R., and has held ever}- office in the gift of\\nhis comrades, including that of commander. Mr. Woods\\nwas president of the Eighth regiment. New Hampshire\\nveteran association six years, is a member of the United\\nOrder of the Golden Cross and the Baptist church. No\\ncitizen-soldier of Nashua is held in higher esteem, or is\\nmore worthy of the regard of the public than Mr. Woods.\\nMr. Woods was united in marriage Nov. 17, 1865, with\\nJennie F. Mclntire, daughter of Jonathan and Louisa\\n(Marshall) Mclntire of Lyndeboro, N. H. Mrs. Woods\\ndied at Houston, Tex., while on her way to California in\\nsearch of health, Dec. 26, 1894. Two sons were born of\\nthis marriage Ernest Stanley,\\nArthur Roy, born April 9, 1881.\\nborn April 9, 1871\\nCHARLES W. STEVENS.\\nGen. Charles W. Stevens was born at Cavendish, Vt.,\\nNov. 18, 1844. He is a son of John L. and Sarah M.\\n(Emerson) Stevens. His childhood was spent in his na-\\ntive place and at Francestown. He came to Nashua with\\nhis parents in 1850, where he has since resided.\\nGeneral Stevens was educated in the public schools of\\nNashua, at the academy at Francestown and at Bryant\\nStratton s business college in Boston, graduating at the\\nlatter place. His occupation is that of a stonemason and\\ncontractor; he controls quarries in Nashua and Milford,\\nhaving formed the Stevens Granite company at the latter\\nplace and holds the position of president and general\\nmanager. Many prominent public and private buildings\\nin the state, together with bridges and monuments attest\\nhis skill and practical knowledge in his chosen line of\\nwork. He is a director in the Nashua Building and Loan\\nassociation, the Nashua Boot and Shoe Manufacturing\\ncompany and the board of trade.\\nHe served his country a year during the Civil War as\\nquartermaster sergeant of company H, First New Hamp-\\nshire cavalry, and since then has given two 3 ears as a\\nnon-commissioned officer on the staff of the Second regi-\\nment. New Hampshire national guard, and two years on\\nGov. Hiram A. Tuttle s staff as quartermaster-general.\\nGeneral .Stevens has represented his ward in the common\\ncouncil and in the legislature, 1885, and was five 3-ears a\\nmember of the board of education. In 1S88 he was chair-\\nman of the Republican city committee and he has been\\nseveral times urged to stand as a candidate for mayor.\\nGov. David H. Goodell appointed him on the board of\\nmanagers of the Soldiers Home at Tilton in 1889, and\\nupon the expiration of his term he was reappointed hy\\nGovernor Tuttle. In 1894 he was elected state senator\\nfrom the twentieth district for 1895 and 1896 and served\\nhis constituents with fidelity and credit to himself. He\\nattends the Pilgrim Congregational church, and is a\\ndirector in the society is a member of Rising Sun lodge,\\nA. F. and A. M., Granite lodge, I. O. O. F., Nashua lodge,\\nK. of P., City Guards club and New Hampshire club. He\\nis also a member of John G. F oster post, G. K. R.. which\\nhe served as commander and on several public occasions\\nas chief marshal.\\nGeneral Stevens was united in marriage June 29. i858,\\nwith Lizzie Butterfield, daughterof David C. and Mary V\\n(Heimmingway) Butterfield of Nashua. Three sons have\\nbeen born of their marriage Charles B.. born Dec. 6,\\nCH.MILE.S \\\\V. STK\\\\KN .S.\\n1S69, died as the result of an accident, July i, 1882 F red\\nL., born July 9, 1872, died Aug. 3, 1873; Everett M.. born\\nAug. 9, 1878.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0336.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N.\\nj 3\\nDAVID WADSWORTH.\\nCapt. David Wadsworlh, son of David and Caroline F,.\\n(Metcalf) Wadsworth, was born in Worcester, Mass.,\\nFeb. 4, 1838. At an early age his parents removed to\\nVermont. He was educated in the common schools of\\nCambridgeboro and Richford, in that state, and al\\nCrosby s Literary institution in Nashua, and during his\\nearly manhood was employed as a lockniaker. When the\\nCivil War broke out he enlisted as a private in Conipanv\\nF., Third regi-\\nment, New Hamp-\\nshire volunteers,\\nand shortly after-\\nwards was pro-\\nmoted to sergeant.\\nHis prompt and\\nefficient perform-\\nance of his duties\\nsoon attracted the\\nattention of his\\nsuperior officer\\nand won for him,\\nNov. 16, 1862, a\\ncommission as sec-\\nond lieutenant.\\nIn the engage-\\nments that fol-\\nlowed he w as con-\\nspicuous as a brave\\nofficer, and. May\\n16, 1863, was ad-\\nvanced to first\\nlieutenant. April\\n16, 1864, in recog-\\nnition of merito-\\nrious service in the\\nline of dut\\\\- he was\\npromoted to a cap-\\ntaincy. Captain\\nWadsworth was\\nhonorably dis-\\ncharged Sept. 28,\\n1864. He partici-\\npated with his\\nregiment which\\nhas a record for\\ngallantry among\\nthe first in the\\nstate in the bat-\\ntles of Elba island\\nPort Royal, Bluff-\\nton, Jehasse, James\\nIsland, Secession-\\nville, Pocotalige, Stone inlet, Morris island, Fort Wagner,\\nDrury s Bluff, where he was slightly wounded, Wier\\nBottom, Petersburg, Hatchor s and Deep Bottom. Re-\\nturning to the avocations of peace he worked at his trade\\nas a locksmith with the Nashua Lock company. Captain\\nWadsworth represented Ward Seven in the legislature in\\n1875 and 1876 and was chairman of the committee on\\naccounts. In 1877 he was appointed deputy sheriff and\\nsuperintendent of the Hillsborough county jail at Man-\\nchester, which position he continues to hold with credit\\nto himself and the entire satisfaction of the people. The\\nU.WI 13 WADSWORTH\\nsame promptness, care and conscientious performancee of\\nduties which he exhibited in his career as a soldier in the\\nWar of the Rebellion have characterized his record in\\ncivil life since the war. As superintendent of the county\\njail he has shown in a marked degree, those qualities of\\nmind, which are everywhere acknowledged as neeessarv\\nadjuncts to success in any and all undertakings in life,\\nwhether the results involved are of little or great conse-\\nipience, and which are especially desirable and requisite\\nin such a position as this. By good judgment, a thor-\\nough knowledge\\nof human nature,\\nand a careful con-\\nsideration of the\\nequities of all af-\\nfairs coming under\\nhis supervision\\nand management,\\nhe has succeeded\\nin obtaining the\\nreputation of be-\\ning one of the\\nmost successful\\nmanagers ever in\\ncharge of the in-\\nstitution.\\nAs a citizen of\\nNashua, Captain\\nWadsworth was\\nknown as a genial\\ncompanionable\\ngentleman, who\\nwas ever ready to\\nassist a friend, and\\nto respond to the\\ncalls of charily,\\nwhether public or\\nprivate, and al-\\nways willing to do\\nwhatever lay in\\nhis power to ad-\\nvance the city s in-\\nterests; and since\\nremoving to Man-\\nchester he has\\nabundantly sus-\\ntained this repu-\\ntation. During his\\nresidence in Man-\\nchester he has rep-\\nresented Ward Six\\nof that city, 1893\\nand 1894, in the\\nlegislature, being\\nchairman of the committee on county affairs, and has been\\nactive in many things that pertain to good citizenship.\\nHe is a member of John G. Foster post, G. R. of\\nthis city, and attends the Baptist church.\\nCaptain Wadsworth was united in marriage Jan. 5, i860,\\nwith Sarah A. Moore, daughter of Labau Moore of\\nNashua, who died June 10, 1866. His second marriage,\\nJanuary, 1875, was with Mrs. Mary R. Buel, daughter of\\nBenjamin and FHvira (Duntley) Lund of Milford. One\\nchild, the wife of Carl W. Anderson of Manchester, was\\nborn of their marriage.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0337.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nELBERT WHEELER.\\nGen. Elbert Wheeler was born at Concord, Mass., Sept.\\ni8, 1849. He is a son of Edwin and Mary (Rice) Wheeler\\nand a descendant on the paternal side of George Wheeler,\\nwho came to this country early in the seventeenth cen-\\ntury and settled at Concord. Mass., where he died in 1687.\\nThe descent is William, born in England William, 1665\\nFrancis, 1698; Noah, 1750; Cyrus, 1786; Edwin. 1817;\\nElbert, 1849. Hisgreat-great-grandfatheron the maternal\\nside, Joseph\\nSmith, who died\\nin 1803, was a cap-\\ntain in the militia,\\nor minute men,\\nand participated\\nin the engagement\\nat Concord, April\\n19. 1775-\\nGeneral Wheel-\\ner was educated in\\nthe public schools\\nof his native place\\nand at the United\\nStates military\\nacademy at West\\nPoint, where he\\nwas graduated in\\nthe class of 1875.\\nHis assignment in\\nthe regular army,\\na lieutenancy, was\\nto the First United\\nStates artillery.\\nHe was stationed\\nfirst at West Point,\\nthen at Fort\\nAdams, R. I., Fort\\nSill, I. T., and\\nlater at Washing-\\nton. Resigning\\nfrom the army in\\n1877, he went into\\nbusiness at Laco-\\nnia, and during\\nhis residence there\\norganized a mili-\\ntar} company, the\\nBelknap rifles, and\\nwas commissioned\\nas its captain.\\nThis was when the\\nNew Hampshire\\nnational guard\\nwas in an embryo condition, and the initiative work that\\nhe performed in drilling and disciplining his command-\\nbetween which and the Nashua City guards, commanded\\nby Capt. E. J. Copp, afterwards promoted to colonel,\\nthere was a spirit of generous rivalry\u00e2\u0080\u0094 till it had a wide\\nreputation for efficiency, and, with the Nashua company,\\ncreated enthusiasm throughout the state and made possi-\\nble our present efficient brigade. General Wheeler re-\\nmoved from Laconia to Nashua in 1881, just previous to\\nwhich time the service he had rendered was recognized\\nELBERT WHEELER.\\nby the state authorities, by an appointment and commis-\\nsion as inspector-general, with the rank of brigadier-gen-\\neral, which commission he resigned in i8gi, greatly to the\\nregret of those with whom he had been associated in the line\\nof duty, and all who believe in maintaining a creditalile\\nmilitary organization. No one man who has been in the\\nservice of the state since the Civil War has done more or\\nbetter service in encouraging and maintaining a military\\nspirit in young men and making the New Hampshire na-\\ntional guard first among the similar bodies of the country.\\nHe is treasurer of\\nseveral water sup-\\nply companies and\\nthe Wheeler Re-\\nflector company-,\\nwith office in Bos-\\nton and residence\\nin Nashua. He is\\na member of the\\nFirst Congrega-\\ntional church and\\ntreasurer of the\\nNew Hampshire\\nclub. General\\nWheeler is the\\nowner of a beauti-\\nful summer resi-\\ndence at Nane-\\npashemet, Mass.,\\nwhere he passes\\nthe sum m e r\\nmonths. He is a\\nmember of the\\nEastern Yacht\\nclub. At home, in\\nNashua, he is an\\nactive and inter-\\nested participator\\nin society affairs.\\nHe is a memVjer of\\nthe Fortnightly\\nClub, a frequent\\nand valued con-\\ntributor to its pro-\\ngrammes. He was\\na member of the\\nboard of education\\nfrom 1885 to 1887.\\n.As a citizen. Gen-\\neral Wheeler en-\\njo}-s the respect\\nand esteem of his\\nfellow-citizens, by\\nwhom he is recog.\\nnized as an honorable and upright man w-hose word is as\\ngood as his bond. He belongs to the Young Men s Chris-\\ntian association, in which he takes a deep interest, having\\nexpended freely of his time, money and talents in assist-\\ning it in its philanthropic work. He is also recognized as\\nan interesting and capable public speaker.\\nGeneral Wheeler was united in marriage June 22, 1875,\\nwith Clara M. Roby, daughter of Luther .A. and Eliza\\n(Campbell) Roby of Nashua. (For ancestors see sketch\\nof herjfather. No children.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0338.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N.\\n3\\nNASHUA IN THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-6^\\nBY Ki.iiivKT \\\\viii:i:i,i;k.\\nTHE OBJECT in view in Uie few pages allotted to tliis subject, is not to set forth a detailed\\naccount of the four years struggle, its causes, campaigns or battles, or even to present a\\nconnected historical statement of the corps, brigades or regiments in which Nashua organi-\\nzations or men served. These are at our command in regimental histories and other\\npublications. Even if the space were available, the lime within which it is urged the work must be\\ncompleted, prevents more than a very imperfect outline of the record that should be made. Hi.story\\nrequires extensive research. It cannot be hurriedly written and accomplish even approximate justice\\ntowards the great majority of participants.\\nOn the fifteenth day of October, 1S89, the city of Nashua dedicated with impressive ceremony\\na monument bearing this inscription:\\nA tribute\\nto the men of Nashua,\\nwho served their country\\non land or sea\\nduring the War of the Rebellion,\\nand aided in\\npreserving the integrity\\nof the\\nFederal Union,\\nA. D. 1861-1865.\\nErected by the City of Nashua,\\nA. U. KS89.\\nThus briefly shall generations to come be reminded of the\\npatriotic service which Nashua s sons rendered their country in\\nher hour of supremest need.\\nWe can inscribe but few of the many deeds equally deserv-\\ning of record, and our chief regret shall be that the limitations\\nimpo.sed upon us operate so largely to prevent that honorable\\nmention which is as justly due to the man behind the gun,\\nthe unsung hero of the war, as to his more distinguished com-\\nmander. Each participant would command our honor, if history,\\nas he personally saw it, were set before us. Who that reads can\\nappreciate, even faintly, what army service really meant, with\\nits first decision to .sever the delicate home ties and enlist, followed\\nby the unromantic and tedious round of drill, weary march in mud\\nor du.st, guard and picket duty in cold or rain, lo.ss of sleep,\\nhome anxieties, skirmish and battle, to say nothing of sickness, prison, wounds or death? Men have\\never tried to preserve in history a picture which shall make clear the doings of their time, but only\\nthe original actors who really lived then, have understood the deeds recorded. The full story must\\nremain forever untold until omniscience reveals it.\\nImmediatelv following the attack upon I ort .Sumter, President Lincoln issued his call April 15,\\n1861, for 75,000 men for three months, to suppress the Rebellion. Quick response was made\\nthroughout the North. New Hampshire s quota was one regiment. Nashua s citizens, regardless\\n.SOI.DIKRS MONlMl;\\\\ I", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0339.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "3i8 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nof party, rallied at a most enthusiastic meeting, over which tiie mayor. Col. George Bowers, presided.\\nPatriotic addre.sses \\\\Vere made, and resolutions adopted urging the state to immediately place all its\\nmilitia upon a service basis, and pledging the support of the city in aid of the families of men who\\nwould enlist. Entire unanimity was manifested in favor of maintaining the integrity of the Union.\\nEnlistments were called for. Patriotic citizens rapidly responded, volunteering for military service\\nas a public duty. Nashua s quota was soon filled, and assigned to the First regiment, Col. Mason\\nW. Tappan. Aaron F. Stevens, then lieutenant-colonel of the First regiment, N. H. volunteer\\nmilitia, having tendered his services to Governor Goodwin in any capacity in which he might be\\nrequired, was commissioned major. George Y.. Sawyer was made sergeant-major, and Albert Eull,\\nquartermaster-sergeant. Company E, composed almost entirely of Nashua men, was mustered in\\nMay 2, organized as follows: Captain, Richard O. Greenleaf; first lieutenant, William F. Greeley:\\nsecond lieutenant, John W. Thompson; first sergeant. Major A. Shaw; sergeants, David P. Ricker,\\nOliver M. Sawyer and Franklin L. Woods; corporals, William H. Barnes, James McManus,\\nMatthew Sullivan and Irving G. Wilkins.\\nThe company was sworn in, in a body, at City Hall, the oath of allegiance being administered\\nby Aaron W. Sawyer.\\nNiagara Fire Engine company, No. 5, Capt. Augustus S. Edgerly, voted unanimously to enlist,\\nand was organized as company F, as follows: Captain, Augustus S. Edgerly; first lieutenant, George\\nW. Handley; second lieutenant, George W. Whipple; first sergeant, Orlando Lawrence; sergeants,\\nDaniel B. Newhall, Henry Blodgett and Henry C. Williams; corporals, Dana W. King, Henry M.\\nMills, George W. Thompson, second, and Francis Morse.\\nThis company was mustered in May 3. Each aggregated eighty-two officers and men. Their\\nuniforms were graj-, coats of the claw-hammer style, their muskets the old percussion smooth-bores.\\nIt is proper here to remark that at the end of this chapter is given the individual record of all\\nmen credited to Nashua, either by birth, residence (then and now) or otherwise, as far as has been\\nascertained, who served during the Rebellion. It has been deemed just to omit those who were\\ncredited to Nashua only as substitutes, and who shortly afterwards deserted; also those who\\nwere neither born in or residents of Nashua, and who deserted before reaching the seat of war.\\nThese men were generally bounty-jumpers, and our citj should not be credited, or rather\\ndiscredited by them. Perhaps some other names might properlj^ be stricken out, but with this\\nexplanation onI\\\\- the two classes named are thus omitted.\\nThis record is compiled mainly from the Register of Soldiers and vSailors of New Hampshire,\\nso carefully prepared by Maj.-Gen. Augustus D. Ayling, adjutant-general, and published in\\n1895. It does not claim to be absolutely complete, especially as to natives or residents of the state\\nserving in other than organizations from New Hampshire, neither can it be supposed to bear full\\nrecord of veterans from other states, who have since become residents of our state and cit} It is,\\nhowever, the most complete and accurate publication of this character yet issued by any state, and\\nreflects e.xceeding great credit upon him, who, previous to his appointment as adjutant-general in\\n1S79, was for many years a resident of our city.\\nPublic interest in war measures during these latter days of April, 1861, manifested itself in\\nmany ways. The Pennichuck bank offered and loaned the state $20,000 for carrying on the war.\\nThe ladies of Na.shua gave a levee in City Hall April 25 for the benefit of the soldiers. Company\\nE attended, marching into the hall amid great enthusia.sm, escorted by thirty-four young ladies\\nwearing scarfs of the stars and stripes. Alvin Beard, editor of The Telegraph, presided. Patriotic\\nsongs were sung, and speeches were made by C. R. Morrison, Rev. M. W. Willis, Dr. Edward\\nSpalding, Maj. A. H. Dunlap, Rev. J. O. Skinner, Dr. F B. Ayer and Fred Coggin. Pounce,\\nthe faithful dog who was with his master, Capt. John G. Foster, U. S. A., throughout the\\nbombardment of Fort Sumter, and bore honorable scars there received, was presented, with cheers\\nfor his gallant owner. Col. Joseph Greeley, A. P. Hughes, and Dr. Edward Spalding were\\nappointed a committee to raise funds for buying revolvers and other supplies for the volunteers.\\nThe Granite State cadets voted to tender their services to the governor, and active measures\\nwere set on foot to organize another rifle company in the city.\\nGen. George vStark, commanding the Third brigade. Second divi.sion, N. H. volunteer militia,\\nwas. May 2, assigned to the command of the troops at Fort Constitution, Portsmouth.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0340.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 3,^\\nCol. John H. Gage was assigne.l to coniniand of Camp Union at, Concord, where the First\\nregiment was being organized.\\nGen. Israel Hunt organized a company of men forty-five years of age and upward, called the\\nHome Guard, for such service as should be required of them.\\nTo return to companies E and F, they joined their regiment at Camp Union, where organization\\nwas speedily effected. May 25 they left Concord with the benediction of mingled encouracrements\\nprayers and tears of multitudes of friends, who could hut be moved by the departure of those\\ndeemed their best and bravest. These were repeated at Manchester and Nashua. Ovations too\\nwere accorded them at Worcester, and in New York (where the Sons of New Hampshire presented\\nthem a stand of colors), als.s in Philadelphia, where the Soldiers Aid society gave the regiment a\\ncollation. They arrived in Washington May 28, were reviewed by President Lincoln and General\\nScott, and complimented upon their superior equipment.\\nIt is recorded that the first uniformed New Hampshire soldier to reach Washington, was Private\\nW. H. D. Cochrane of company H, who was sent by Colonel Tapi)an in advance of the regiment to\\narrange with the N. H. Congressional delegation for its reception and entertainment.\\nIt went into Camp Cameron at Kalorama, and took up the necessary round of drill and camp\\nduty. Two weeks later it was assigned to a brigade under Col. Charles P. Stone, and marched to\\nRockville, Md., where Camp Lincoln was formed. Evidence was here given of the thoughtful care\\nof the lady friends at home, who sent havelocks and other articles of comfort, which were gratefully\\nacknowledged.\\nIllustrating the intense interest felt in every event incidental to the first days of the war, the\\ndaily papers of June 8 mention seeing a piece of the rebel flag pulled down by the lamented Colonel\\nEllsworth at Alexandria, just before he was shot, sent home by Corp. Henry M. Johnson of\\ncompany E.\\nJune 15 Major Stevens with five companions, including company E, Captain Greenleaf, was sent\\nto Conrad s Ferry for picket duty, and here first received the enemy s fire, but without loss. At\\nPoint oi Rocks, Md., July 21, five men of company E (while off duty) were captured by the enemy,\\nand remained prisoners nearly a year before being released. The regiment performed guard and\\nother duty at various points upon the upper Potomac, until its three months term of enlistment\\nexpired, when it returned, reaching Concord Aug. 5, where it was mustered out Aug. 9.\\nThe next day the Nashua companies returned home, and were given a public reception under\\nthe auspices of the city government and fire department, in which the citizens generally joined. Col.\\nThomas G. Banks was chief marshal, followed by the Brookline band, Granite State cadets under\\nCaptain Bowers, fire department under Isaac Eaton, chief engineer, and Governor s Horse guards,\\ncompany B, Capt. J. H. Gage, with the ex-mayors, clergy and city government, all escorting the\\nreturned soldiers. Amid the ringing of bells and firing of salutes, the procession inarched up Pearl\\nto Main street, thence to the grove of Zebediah Shattuck, at the end of North Elm street, where a\\ncollation was served, and where appropriate addresses were made, after which return was made to\\nCity Hall, where all were dismissed. Captain Edgerly was presented a sword by his company, and\\nin parting with them gave each man his thanks and a farevs ell grasp of the hand.\\nThe record of the regiment is brief. It did no fighting, but faithfully served wherever placed,\\nand furnished an invaluable training and discipline to its members, which was afterwards made\\nuseful. Nashua men numbered one hundred and thirty-seven out of the eight hundred and sixteen\\nin the regiment, and ninety-four of them, or sixty-nine per cent., re-enlisted in other organizations.\\nTheir names appear in nearly ever\\\\- other New Hampshire regiment, and many of them gained\\nenviable record. No less than twenty-seven of these were given commissions. F urther illustrating\\nthe patriotic spirit actuating these first volunteers, is noted the fact that but one Na.shua soldier in\\nthis regiment is recorded as a deserter, and he shortly after re-enlisted and served throughout\\nthe war.\\nSECOND REGIMENT.\\nThe enlistments at President Lincoln s call (or three months men were largely in excess of the\\nnumber required for the First regiment, and were being assigneil to the Second regiment, under", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0341.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "320 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\ncommand of Col. Thomas P. Pierce, later a resident of Nashua, when orders were received from the\\nWar department to send no more troops except upon enlistment for three j-ears. Nearly all the men\\nthen enlisted for three years, and the regiment was soon filled. Colonel Pierce resigned, and Col.\\nOilman Marston of Exeter succeeded to its command. It left camp at Portsmouth, June 21, receiving\\ngreat ovations at Boston and New York, and arriving in Wa.shington, June 23, where it was assigned\\nto a brigade commanded by Col. A. E. Burnside, of the vSecond Rhode Island. Nashua had no\\ndistinctive company in the regiment, but was represented during the war by about sixty men in the\\nvarious companies.\\nWe can but briefly review their service. Continued drill and rigid discipline was their portion,\\nwhen not actively campaigning. Their brigade opened the fight at the first battle of Bull Run, July\\n21, so disastrous to the union forces. They shared in more than a score of hard-fought engagements,\\nincluding the .second battle of Bull Run, Aug. 29, 1862, where ten out of twenty-one offlcers of the\\nregiment were either killed or wounded, including two from Nashua, Eieut. Sylvester Rogers, killed,\\nand Lieut. Andrew G. Bracy, wounded. Feb. 26, 1863, the regiment was practically furloughed for\\nthree months, being ordered to Concord, N. H., during which it was handsomely entertained, and\\nmen were allowed to spend much time at their homes. It returned in time to well perform its part at\\nthe battle of Gettysburg, July 2, where it su.stained a loss in killed, wounded and missing, of more\\nthan three-fifths of those engaged. July 26 it was brigaded with the P ifth and Twelfth New\\nHampshire, under command of Gen. Gilman Marston, and established the great prison camp at Point\\nlyOokout, Md., where it remained until Apr. 8, 1864. It completed its original three years service\\nwith the battle of Cold Harbor, June 1-8. On the ninth the men who had not re-enlisted set out\\nfor Concord, N. H., where they arrived on the seventeenth, and were discharged on the twenty-first.\\nThe regimental organization was continued, with accessions made to the men who re-enlisted, and\\nthe regiment continued to do most excellent service on the lower Potomac and James until the end of\\nthe war, and was mustered out of the United States service, Dec. 19, 1865. Dec. 25 it was given a\\nreception in Concord, and on the following day the regiment was paid off and discharged.\\nTHIRD REGIMENT.\\nIn August, 1861, New Hampshire raised its second regiment of three years men, and organized\\nthe Third infantry, commanded by Col. Enoch Q. Fellows of Sandwich, who had been for a time a\\ncadet at West Point, but was not a graduate. Compau}- F was composed almost entirely of Nashua\\nmen under Capt. James F. Randlett, with Charles S. Burnham, first lieutenant, and Henry A. Marsh,\\nsecond lieutenant. Its non-commissioned officers were First sergeant, George Stearns; sergeants,\\nHoratio T. Moore, Thomas Nottage, Jr., King H. Flanders and David Wadsworth, Jr.; corporals,\\nZeri S. Sager, Eugene J. Button, Joseph E. F armer, Joseph Ackerman, James E. McCoy, George\\nH. Gay, Wesley T. Harris and Ross C. Duffy. The uniforms were of regulation cut, but gray cloth\\nthe arms the Enfield rifle. Their organization and drills previous to joining the regiment, were in\\nthe armory in the upper story of the City Hall.\\nSept. 3 the regiment left Camp Berry at Concord to join the corps being formed at Camp Win-\\nfield Scott, Hempstead Plains, Long Island, for a secret expedition under Gen. T. W. Sherman.\\nSept. 15, at midnight, the regiment left camp in light marching order for Washington, where it was\\nsoon after joined by the remainder of the brigade under command of General Viele. Oct. 4 they\\nmoved to Annapolis, and temporarily occupied the Naval Academy buildings. Thence, on Oct. 18,\\nthey embarked for Fortress Monroe, where the entire corps was formed, which place they left on Oct.\\n29 for Port Royal, South Carolina, where they arrived, after considerable difficulty, on Nov. 4 and\\nwitnessed its capture by the naval fleet under Admiral Dupont. Dec. 4 company F was sent on a\\nforaging expedition to Pinkney Island.\\nThe regiment s first baptism in blood was a severe one, and occurred June 16, 1862, at Secession-\\nville, on James Island, S. C, where one out of every six men were either killed or wounded, Lieut.\\nHenry A. Marsh being numbered among the latter, together with seven other Nashua men, viz:\\nDaniel N. Atwood, Edgar Duples, David Fitzgerald, King H. Flanders, James French, George W.\\nMiller and Ezra B. Peabody. Capt. James F. Randlett and Sergeant-Major Elbridge J. Copp are men-\\ntioned, among others, by Lieutenant-Colonel Jackson, commanding regiment, as particularly deserv-", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0342.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "HISTORY or NASHUA, N. H. 321\\ning notice for gallant conduct in this engagement. Lieut. Henry A. Marsh is also credited with courage\\nand coolness in at first refusing attention after being wounded and insisting that others were more in\\nneed of assistance. The Third here demonstrated that it could be relied upon as a fighting regiment,\\nand its sulxsequent record abundantly confirmed it.\\nJan. 3, 1S63, company F, under Capt. Charles vS. Burnham, was part of a force of two hundred\\nmen sent to Florida to capture a lot of lumber on St. John s river, but the rebels had destroyed it. On\\ntheir return they were fired upon and three men were wounded.\\nVarious movements occupied them during the early summer. July 10 it participated in the suc-\\ncessful morning surpri.se upon the enemy s rifle pits and batteries at the lower end of Morris Island.\\nIt performed gallant service in the unsuccessful as.sault upon Fort Wagner July 18, followed by the\\ntedious and perilous .siege, which later terminated in its capture. So well recognized was its valor,\\nthat it was one of the three regiments selected by Gen. Q. A. Oillmore to be at all hours in front of\\nthe army. From July 21 until Jan. 20, 1864, Cajjtain Randlett was the ranking officer present, and\\nhad command of the regiment.\\nSept. 6 another charge upon Fort Wagner was ordered, with the proposition by General Terry\\nthat the Third lead the forlorn hope. Captain Randlett, in command, communicated to his regi-\\nment, through the chaplain, the nature of the service before them, its danger so great that probably\\nnot one in twenty would survive the first charge, and asked none to go except willingly and after\\nmature consideration. Every man volunteered for the service or the sacrifice, upon which the chap-\\nlain suggested that they return to their tents, write their letters, settle their worldly business and\\ncommit themselves to God, asking that He do to them as seemeth to Him good. The hour came;\\nthe assault was made; on these noble souls rushed, into the imminent deadly breach, right into the\\njaws of death. But like Daniel when he was thrown into the lions den, it pleased God that the lions\\nmouths should be shut. Scarcely an hour before, the enemy had secretlj- evacuated the fort, and the\\nforlorn hope entered into full possession, without the loss of a single man.\\nThe following winter was occupied mainly with provost and guard duty. Nov. 25 one hundred\\nmen from the regiment participated in the contemplated surprise upon Fort Sumter. Before March\\nI, 1864, two hundred and seventy men re-enlisted, and left for home on thirty days furlough under\\nCaptain Randlett. The local papers report the reception given them April 8, on the eve of their\\nreturn to the seat of war. At noon they formed in Railroad square, under Major Randlett and Adju-\\ntant Copp, whence, escorted by companies A and B of the Governor s Horse Guards, under command\\nof Lieuts. C. C. Webster and Gus. Walker, with Major Virgil C. Gilman of the Horse Guards as\\nchief marshal, they marched through the principal streets to the City Hall, where a collation was\\nserved, grace being said hy Rev. Doctor Richards, and an address of welcome by the mayor, Dr.\\nEdward Spalding.\\nMarch i, 1864, the regiment was mounted and designated as the Third New Hampshire mounted\\ninfantry. In April the regiment proceeded to Fortress Monroe and the James river, reaching Ber-\\nmuda Hundred Maj 6. May 9 it was engaged in the affair at Chester Station. May 13 it won laurels\\nand made .severe losses in the twenty minutes charge at Drevvry s Bluff, where Major James F. Rand-\\nlett and Adjutant E. J. Copp and thirteen other Nashua men were severely wounded. May 16, the\\nla.st of the four days battle at Drevvry s Bluff, Lieut. Eugene J. Button was instantly killed while in\\ncommand of his company. Drewry s Bluff leads the entire list for fatalities in this regiment among\\nNashua men, no less than fifteen being here wounded, and three killed. The engagements following\\nat Bermuda Hundred, in front of Petersburg and at Ware Bottom Church, were memorable and\\nresulted in severe losses; while at Deep Bottom, Va., on Aug. 16, the regiment was nearly annihilated\\nin repeated charges and countercharges. Entering the fight with less than two hundred men, it cap-\\ntured some three hundred prisoners: and with many of its men having but .seven days more to serve\\nbefore being entitled to return to their homes, its killed, wounded and missing numbered ten officers\\nand eighty-three men. Adjutant E. J. Copp here received another severe wound, and Lieut. Joseph\\nAckerman was slightlj- wounded.\\nAug. 23, 1864, the three years enlistment having expired, such men as had not re-enlisted were\\nmustered out, less than twenty per cent of the original strength of the regiment thus returning home.\\nThey had won immortal honors. The remainder, a mere handful, were engaged in the five weeks\\nsiege of Petersburg and the affairs at New Market Heights, the recounoissance near Richmond, at", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0343.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "322 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nLaurel Hill and Darbytown Roads. Nov. 2 the regiment embarked for New York, there to defend\\nthe ballot box at election. The service was exceedingly trying from cold and the lack of food other\\nthan .short rations of pork and hard bread. Nov. 19 they were again back at Bermuda Hundred in\\nwinter (juarters.\\nEarly in January, 1865, they were ordered to North Carolina and participated in the midnight\\nassault and capture of Fort Fisher Jan. 15, followed by the engagements at Sugar Loaf Battery Feb.\\nII, and Wilmington Feb. 22.\\nHere the regiment remained, doing provost and other responsible duty until June, when it pro-\\nceeded to Goldsborough, N. C and remained until June 20, when it was finally mustered out and\\nreturned to Concord, N. H., arriving there on the twenty-eighth, where it was appropriately received\\nand given appreciative welcome. Its colors were returned to the governor, and Aug. 2 it was paid\\nand discharged.\\nNashua s part in the record is a brilliant one. Of her one hundred and thirteen officers and\\nmen, twelve were killed in battle, thirty-eight wounded and seven died of disability while in the ser-\\nvice, a total of casualties of fifty per cent, not including prisoners. Private Albert Blood of company\\nH enjoys the unique distinction of being the only Nashua man in this regiment who was captured\\nduring the war.\\nCapt. Joseph Ackerman, Private John F. lumes (who died June 25, 1S64, of wounds received at\\nWare Bottom Church) and Corporal Charles D. Smith (killed Aug. 16, 1864, at Deep Bottom, Va.,)\\nwere awarded the Gillmore Medal by Major-General Q. A. Gillmore, for gallant and meritorious\\nconduct during the siege of Charleston, S. C, in 1S63. The medals were of bronze, representing\\nFort Sumter in ruins on one side, and on the reverse a fac-simile of General Gillmore s signature.\\nIt was attached to a bar bearing the name, rank, company and regiment of the recipient.\\nFOURTH REGIMENT.\\nWithin two weeks after the return and discharge of Nashua s two companies of three months\\nmen in the First regiment. Captain Greenleaf set about raising a company of three ears men for the\\nFourth regiment. His advertisement in the Nashua Gazette of Aug. 22, 1861, was as follows:\\nRecruits wanted. I am now enlisting recruits for the Fourth regiment of New Hampshire volun-\\nteers, which will be under the command of that brave and chivalric soldier. Col. Thomas J. Whipple.\\nThe pay of each non-commissioned officer and private is as follows First sergeant $24, sergeant $21,\\ncorporal $17, private $13. In addition to which each man receives from the state a bounty of $10.\\nPay and board to commence from the time of enlistment. Office at the armory. City Hall.\\nSept. 18, two weeks after the Third left the state, the regiment was mustered into the service at\\nManchester, company B being largely composed of Nashua men. Its non-commissioned officers were\\nas follows: First .sergeant, Adelbert White: sergeants, Grovenor D. Nichols, Leonard A. Gay,\\nCharles A. Harris: corporals, John B. Bussell, Hugh Watts, George H. Emerson, Charles H. Per-\\nkins and John R. Kimball.\\nRev. Martin W. Willis of the Unitarian church was chaplain of the regiment. Dr. George P.\\nGreeley, assistant surgeon, and Israel T. Hunt, hospital steward.\\nThe regiment left camp at Manchester for Washington on the twenty-seventh of September, leav-\\ning there Oct. 9 for Annapolis, Md., to join Gen. T. W. Sherman s expedition to Port Royal, S. C,\\nwhich embarked Oct. 19, stopping at Fortress Monroe until Oct. 29. The Fourth, on board the side-\\nwheel steamer Baltic, towing the ship Ocean Express, encountered a terrible storm off Hatteras, and\\nstruck on Frying Pan Shoals, but with the assistance of other vessels in the fleet was after a time\\nrelieved. A three days gale followed, but on Nov. 4 they arrived at Port Royal and witnessed its\\ncapture Nov. 7, after three days bombardment by the navy. The Fourth immediately landed at Hil-\\nton Head, and here they remained nearly three months, actively employed in building fortifications\\nand wharves, drilling and other work.\\nIn the latter part of January the regiment embarked upon the expedition south, which captured\\nFernandina, Jacksonville and St. Augustine. Seven of the ten companies of the regiment garrisoned\\nSt. Augustine until September, when they joined the other three, including company B, located at\\nBeaufort, S. C, since June.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0344.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n?23\\nThey took part in the battle of Pocotaligo, S. C, after which they went into winter quarers at\\nBeanfort, where they remained about five months.\\nIn the spring of iS6;, operations were begun with a view to the capture of Charleston, vS. C, the\\nnavy assisting. After two unsuccessful movements, it was decided possible only by protracted siege,\\nand our comi)any B of the lunirth is credited with commencing the work of building batteries for\\nattacking Morris Island on the night of June 17, which labor was silently continued for twenty-one\\nnights. On July 10 began the attack on Fort Wagner by the forty-four guns and mortars in position.\\nAfter unsuccessful charges it was decided to take it by regular approaches. On July 23 the Fourth\\ndug the first jiarallel, and planted chevaux de frise and for forty-six days thereafter, under a blazing\\nSouth Carolina sun, the l)attle of shell, shovel and sortie was continuous, until, on Sept. 7, when line\\nwas formed for the final charge, the fort was found to have been evacuated. Its capture resulted in\\nthat of the whole island. From this time until January 15, 1864, the regiment was engaged in garri-\\nson, fatigue and picket duty connected with the siege of Charleston. Two Nashua men, Michael\\nConnolly of company C, and John Nolan of company O, were given the Gillmore Medal, hereto-\\nfore referred to, for gallant and meritorious conduct during their operations.\\nThe regiment was then again ordered to Beaufort, where three hundred and eighty-eight men, the\\nlargest number in any New Hampshire regiment, re-enlisted for three years or the war. In February\\nit was engaged in the expedition up the Savannah river, and thence was ordered to the defence of\\nJacksonville, but soon returned to Beaufort. Early in March the re-enlisted veterans were furloughed\\nfor thirty days, and arrived home, under Colonel Bell, in season to vote at the state election.\\nApril 12 the remainder of the regiment embarked for Fortress Monroe and Czloucester point, York\\nriver, where the furloughed men joined them. On the fourth of May the army of the James, of\\nwhich the Fourth regiment was now a part, started up the James river for Bermuda Hundred, which\\nwas immediately fortified. May 9 an advance was made and the enemy attacked at Swift creek and\\ndriven to the defenses of Petersburg. The following day the advance was continued to the first line\\nof the defenses of Richmond. Then followed the severe ordeal at Drewry s Blufi on May 16. Against\\ngreat odds the regiment avoided capture by retreating through a perfect rain of bullets, losing one\\nhundred and forty-two men in killed, wounded and missing. Sharp engagements followed for several\\ndays near Bermuda Hundred. On the twenty-eighth of May the division was transferred to the\\nEighteenth corps, and ordered to report to General Meade, commanding the army of the Potomac.\\nIt took part in the eight days battle of Cold Harbor, and on the twelfth of June returned to the .south\\nbank of the James river. June 16 the regiment joined in the first attack on Petersburg, Colonel\\nBell s brigade capturing one hvnidred and twentj -five prisoners and several pieces of artillery. The\\nsiege of Petersburg followed. The Fourth well understood this kind of duty, which continued for\\nthirty-six days, at the end of which time the federal picket trenches were within twenty feet of the\\nrebel outpost. The regiment lost fifty men during this ordinary trench duty. On the thirtieth of\\nJuly it took part in the Crater fight, or the battle of the Mine, where for hours, under the hottest\\nenfilading fire, it held its position, losing fift\\\\- out of its total .strength of two hundred men. Its flag-\\nstaff was twice cut off, and fifty-five bullets and shells pierced its flag. The next day what remained\\nof the regiment returned to Bermuda Hundred. Aug. 14 to 16 it was engaged in the battle of Deep\\nBottom, with heavy losses, the brigade being in comnmnd of a cajUain, and only one captain remain-\\ning for duty in the regiment.\\nOn the eighteenth of September, the original enlistment ha\\\\ing exjjired, one luuKlrcd and\\nseventy-four men left for home. Of the three hundred and eighty-eight who re-enlisted the previous\\nFebruary, and over seven hundred recruits, only forty men were available for duty in the attack on\\nFort Gilmer, Sept. 29, a lieutenant being in command of the regiment. The I ourth was engaged in\\nthe two expeditions against Fort F isher, the first under General Butler, without success, the second-\\nunder General Terry resulting in its capture, but only after two days of severest bombardment by\\nAdmiral Porter, followed by a land assault Jan. 15, terminating in fearless hand-to-hand struggles,\\nfought inch by inch from traverse to traverse, the flag of the Fourtli in advance of all, locked for\\ntwent}- minutes with the confederate flag on the top of traverse number eight. The night of the cap-\\nture, as the remnant of the regiment slept over a magazine, it exploded, adding to the long list of\\ncasualties.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0345.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "324 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nOn the eleventh of February advance was made upon Wilmington. Feb. i8 Fort Anderson was\\nfound evacuated and possession was taken of Wilmington. Then followed a quieter period, awaiting\\nthe advance of General Sherman s army on his northward march. Guard duty followed at Magnolia\\nuntil after the surrender of Lee, when the regiment was quartered at Raleigh until its return home.\\nIt was nuistered out Aug. 23 and arrived home Aug. 27, when a grand reception was given it. Gov.\\nFrederick Smythe expressing the most appreciative welcome.\\nNashua had ninety-one men in the Fourth regiment, and suffered thirty casualties, including\\ndeaths, wounds and captures: and of her ten men suffering capture, six died in rebel prisons.\\nFIFTH REGIMENT.\\nNashua s representation in the Fifth regiment was small, and with the single exception of one\\nman born in the city, but residing elsewhere, no member at time of enlistment was identified in any\\nway with Nashua, except by being credited to it through being drafted as a substitute. A few mem-\\nbers later became residents of the city, as appears in the personal record.\\nThe character of the service performed by the Fifth regiment is most brilliant. It well earned\\nthe name, The Fighting Fifth, and is credited with having suffered the severest losses of any\\nunion regiment in the war. Its engagements api^ear in the list preceding the personal records of its\\nmembers.\\nSIXTH REGIMENT.\\nIn November, 1861, the vSixth regiment was organized at Keene, but at that time had less than a\\ndozen Nashua men. Dr. William A. Tracy was made surgeon, and James H. Noyes hospital steward,\\nwho later was successively promoted through the several grades to surgeon.\\nThe regiment saw the hardest kind of service in seventeen different states, as far south as North\\nCarolina, in Virginia, in the Southwest at Vicksburg and Jackson, Miss., later returning to irginia,\\nwhere it served with great credit during the war.\\nCapt. Osgood T. Hadley, company E, has recently (July 27, 1896) received tard\\\\- recognition\\nfrom the War department, a medal of honor, for most distinguished gallantry in action near Pegram\\nHouse, Va., vSept. 30, 1864.\\nSEVENTH REGIMENT.\\nSoon after his return from the three months service in the First regiment, Orlando Lawrence\\nopened a recruiting office at the corner of Main and Franklin streets and organized company B of the\\nSeventh regiment, of which he was given command. The regiment was organized at Camp Hale,\\nManchester, under the personal direction of Adjutant-General Joseph C. Abbott, who waived com-\\nmand on condition that it be given to a graduate of West Point. The colonelcy was therefore\\nbestowed upon Lieut. Haldeman S. Putnam of the U. S. Topographical Engineers, appointed from\\nNew Hampshire, General Abbott being made lieutenant-colonel.\\nThe regiment left the state Jan. 14, 1862, for New York, remaining there a month in White Street\\nBarracks, whence it proceeded to the Dry Tortugas, Fla., where, in Fort Jefferson, it remained until\\nJune 16, busy with drill and fatigue duty, and guarding commissary stores and munitions of war.\\nThence it proceeded to Port Royal, S. C, followed by service at Beaufort, St. Augustine and Fer-\\nnandina.\\nThus far it had had no fighting, but disease had severely decimated its numbers by nearly five\\nhundred men. June 7, 1863, the regiment was ordered to Hilton Head, preparatory to another\\nattempt on Charleston. After ten days it embarked for Folly Island, where, until June 10, it was\\nengaged in the construction of batteries, which, on this date, opened upon the enemy and successfully\\ncovered the advance of General Strong s column upon the south end of Morris Island, followed by\\nthe remainder of the forces. At night the regiment went on picket within a mile of Fort Wagner,\\nand commenced work upon the first parallel laid for its siege. The next day it supported the fir.st\\nattack upon Fort Wagner, and that evening commenced work upon the second parallel, and for the\\nweek following was actively engaged in the trenches, preparatory to the second assault on Fort", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0346.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 325\\nWagner. This was ordered about sunset on the eighteenth, the Second brigade, under Colonel\\nPutnam, supporting the First, under General Strong. The engagement was of the most desperate\\ncharacter and without success. The Seventh regiment lost two hundred and eighteen killed,\\nwounded and missing, including its gallant colonel, out of its aggregate of four hundred and eighty-\\none when line was formed for the a.ssault, its loss of officers exceeding that of any other regiment in\\nany engagement during the war, Lieut. Alfred N. Bennet of Nashua being among the killed, and\\nLieut. Ezra Davis .so severely wounded as to cause his death a few days later. The hitherto carefully\\ndrilled and disciplined regiment had proven its men by this severest ordeal to be veterans indeed.\\nThe siege of Fort Wagner followed, in which the regiment shared, and was ordered in as a part\\nof the storming party of Sept. 7, rendered unnece.ssary, however, by its sudden evacuation.\\nDec. 20 the regiment left Morris Island and went into camp on St. Helena Island opposite Hilton\\nHead, being assigned to Gen. Joseph R. Hawley s brigade. Here it received over three hundred\\nrecruits, many of them worthless, and here it exchanged its linfield rifles for Spencer repeating\\ncarliines.\\nFeb. 4, 1864, the regiment embarked for Jack.sonville, Fla., and took part in General Seymour s\\ndisastrous campaign, culminating in the battle of Olustee, where its losses were severe, numbering\\ntwo hundred and nine.\\nWhile at Jacksonville, one hundred and eighty-three re-enlisted and went home on thirty days fur-\\nlough. Ai)ril 14 the regiment embarked for Fernandina, and thence, on the seventeenth, for F ortress\\nMonroe and Gloucester Point, to join the army of the James under General Bntkr.\\nIt participated in all the movements and engagements of the Tenth corps from Bermuda Hundred\\nand in front of Petersburg, including the affairs at Chester Station and Lempster Hill, the battle of\\nDrewry s Bluff, the demonstration on Petersburg under General Gilhnore, Ware Bottom Church,\\nDeep Bottom, the siege of Petersburg, New Market Heights, reconnoissance toward Richmond,\\nLaurel Hill and Darbytown Road. The duty was of almost uninterruj^ted severity, causing large\\nlosses in effecti\\\\-e strength.\\nThe Seventh was among the troops sent to New York for possible riot duty at the November election,\\nbut happily it was not needed, and returned to its quarters, Laurel Hill, No\\\\-. 17. It took part in the\\nexpedition against Fort Fisher, N. C, leaving its winter camp Jan. 4, 1865. After the two days\\nbombardment by Admiral Porter s fleet, the land forces, on Jan. 15, made their successful assault, the\\nSeventh leading against the sea-angle, and planting its colors upon the bastion, following with an\\nadvance upon Batterj Buchanan, which immediatelj^ surrendered, thus gaining the entire system,\\nheretofore deemed almost impregnable.\\nGeneral Terry s forces then advanced on Wilmington, where the Seventh was in garri.son until\\nJune, followed by a .short service at Goldsborough, where it was mustered out July 20. It returned\\nto Manchester and Concord, where it was appreciatively received and addressed by Gov. Frederick\\nSmythe, in behalf of a grateful people, whom it had so faithfully served. Less than one hundred of\\nthose who originally went out with the regiment returned with it to receive the honors .so gladly\\nbestowed upon them.\\nThe Nashua men in this regiment who were recijiients of the Gilhnore Medal were Private\\nMichael Cahill and Corporal George F Carson, both of company B.\\nEIGHTH REGIMENT.\\nThe Eighth regiment was organized at Camp Currier, Manchester, in the fall and winter of 1861,\\nunder Col. Hawkes Fearing of Manchester. Company A of Nashua was the first to enter camp, on\\nOct. 12, Capt. William M. Barrett commanding, with J. Q. A. Warren, first lieutenanl, and Dana W.\\nKing, second lieutenant, and George S. Eayrs, fir.st .sergeant. Company li was largely enlisted in\\nNashua, under Capt. Daniel M. Fiske, Alonzo W. Putney being its first lieutenant, and George W.\\nThompson, 2d, first sergeant. Dr. Samuel G. Dearborn was regimental surgeon.\\nThe st^te was still paying the paltry bounty of $10, but ranks were .soon filled by patriotic men,\\nmany of ^.-.^em veterans of the three months campaign, conscious of the gravity of the .situation, and\\nwell realizing that such enlistment meant willingness, if need be, to meet martyrdom.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0347.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "326 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nCompany A was mustered in Oct. 25, and then returned to Nashua on a two days furlough.\\nNov. 14 it again went to Nashua to witness the presentation of swords to its officers, given by appre-\\nciative friends. Jan. 14 the regiment escorted the Seventh regiment, ordered to the front, to the\\ndepot. Jan. 22 it received its guns, and Jan. 25 it left camp for Boston, where it was quartered over\\nnight in Faneuil Hall, and next day was transferred to Fort Independence, where it was actively\\nengaged in drill for about three weeks. Feb. 15 six companies, under Colonel Fearing, embarked on\\nthe ship E. Wilder Farley for Ship Island, to join the Butler Expedition. The remaining four\\ncompanies, A included, under Lieut. -Col. O. W. Lull, left for the same point Feb. 18 on the ship\\nEliza and Ella, arriving March 29 after much difficulty.\\nMay 3 companies A, F and K, under Lieutenant-Colonel Lull, took possession of Fort Pike on\\none of the channels leading into Lake Ponchartrain. Other troops coming up to garrison it, the bat-\\ntalion moved on to Fort Macomb, Fort Bienvenu and Tower Dupre. June 28 it rejoined the regiment\\nat Camp Parapet, Carrollton. Lieut. Dana W. King says that company A had the honor of being\\nthe first occupant of four forts, viz: Forts Pike and Bienvenu, Tower Dupre and the Mexican Gulf\\nBattery, mounting in all sixty-five guns. Sept. 19 companies A, B, G and K drove in the enemy s\\npickets at Pass Manchac, which was repeated Oct. 11 by companies G and H.\\nOn Oct. 27 at Georgia Landing occurred the first serious engagement of General Weitzel s brigade,\\nof which the Eighth New Hampshire was now a part. Success crowned the day for the union forces,\\nhut with .severe losses on lioth sides, including Capt. J. Q. A. Warren of company E one of the best\\nline officers in the Eighth. The regiment went into this engagement with only four hundred men, to\\nwhich numlier the original strength of one thousand men had been reduced within its first year by the\\ninroads of death and disease.\\nFor .several months after this, the regiment was stationed near Baton Rouge; company B mean-\\nwhile taking part in the expedition up to Bayou Teche, under General Weitzel. March 14 it partici-\\npated in the expedition against Port Hudson, under Banks and Farragut, returning to Baton Rouge.\\nApril 7 it entered upon the first Red river expedition, under General Paine, taking part in the three\\ndays engagement at Bisland, and being the fir.st to plant its colors on the enemy s works. Further\\nadvance was made, with little resistance, to Opelousas, and May 8, after a day s forced march, Alex-\\nandria was reached. At this time Lieutenant E^ayrs was acting brigade commissary, and Lieutenant\\nKing as brigade ordnance officer on the staff of General Paine.\\nMay 15 began the movement towards Port Hudson, where, on the twenty-third, position was\\ntaken on the right of the line of investment at the Big Sandy. May 27 a general advance was ordered,\\nthe Eighth making a brilliant charge against the outer works, carrying everything before them, but\\nsuffering severer losses than any other regiment, one hundred and twenty-four being killed and\\nwounded out of an aggregate of two hundred and ninety-eight taken into the fight. A long and try-\\ning siege followed, with frequent casualties. Lieut. George W. Thompson, 2d, of company E was\\nkilled May 29 while in the rifle pits. June 14 an assaulting column of 3,000 men, under General\\nPaine, was formed, the Eighth New Hampshire, under Capt. Barrett, and the Fourth Wisconsin in\\nadvance as skirmishers. The assault at daybreak was met b a desperate reception, but was success-\\nful to the scaling of the parapets by the Eighth and Fourth. The capture would have been easily\\ncomplete if the supporting columns had followed up the advance failing to do which the remnant\\nwere captured or obliged to retire. The Eighth lost one hundred and twenty-two out of two hundred\\nand seventeen men, Lieut. Luther T. Hosley, company A, being among the killed. June 15 General\\nBanks issued a congratulatory order upon the results attained, and at the same time called for a\\nstorming column of one thousand men, a forlorn hope, to make another assault upon the\\nworks. The column was speedily raised and organized, three volunteering from the Eighth, one\\nof whom was Lieut. Dana W. King of company A. The siege continued, the lines being drawn\\ncloser and closer to the enemy s works, with continuous firing going on at every exposed object.\\nPending the careful preparations being made, the expected attack by the forlorn hope was deferred\\nfrom day to day, until the news came on July 7 that Vicksburg had surrendered to General Grant,\\nwhich immediately resulted in the capitulation of Port Hudson on July 9, rendering the assault by\\nthe forlorn hope unnecessary. It was given the post of honor, however, the head of Mx^ column,\\nmarching in to take possession of the captured works, immediately followed by the Eighth New", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0348.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, A H. 2 21\\nHampshire, in recognition of its gallant service during the siege. Its part in this crowning act of\\nthe opening of the Mississippi to navigation will ever remain an almost matchless honor.\\nAug. 22 the regiment marched back to Baton Rouge; early in September it embarked with the\\nunsuccessful expedition to Sabine Pass, thence was ordered to Algiers and back to Camp Bisland.\\nOct. 3 it left Bisland on the second Red river expedition, reaching Opelousas the twenty-fourth, and\\nNew Iberia on Nov. 12. Dec. 21 the regiment was detached and ordered to Franklin to be mounted,\\nand was then designated as the First New Hampshire cavalry, but from March 31 to June 30, 1H64,\\nas the Second New Hampshire cavalry. Jan. 4, 1864, two hundred and nineteen of the veterans\\nre-enlisted, but without receiving the usual furlough. Jan. 6 it left for New Orleans, where it\\nremained until March 2, when it left upon the unfortunate Red river campaign, taking ])art in the\\nactions at Henderson s Hill, Natchitoches, Crump s Hill and Wilson s Farm.\\nApril 8 occurred the action at Sabine Cross Roads, where the vSecond New Hampshire cavalry\\nsuffered the capture of about fifty men (including Capt. Dana W. King, whose horse was .shot under\\nhim), who were confined six months in the prison pen at Tyler. Texas, an experience of suffering\\ntoo frequent!}- incident to the defense of the flag, quite beyond the power of adequate description.\\nHard service continued to be the lot of the regiment. It shared in the engagements at Monett s\\nBluff, April 23, Cane river, April 24, and in those at and near Alexandria, continuously for nearly\\ntwo weeks following. In the retreat, it was assigned the most difficult of all services, the rear-guard,\\nlieing constantly exposed to attack. Finally, after the actions at Marksville, Bayou de Glaize and\\nYellow Bayou, the Atchafalaya was crossed on May 19, at Morganzia, whence it left June 16 for\\nNew Orleans, to be returned to an infantry organization, thus ending a disappointing campaign of\\nthree and a half months, the most arduous, toilsome and exhausting in which the regiment had\\never participated one of ceaseless marches, constant watchfulness by day or night, and daily\\nexposure to the enemy s fire and harrassing attacks; one of suffering from hunger and thirst, from\\nexposure to the elements, without blankets, tents or sufficient clothing, and under the depressing,\\ndemoralizing influence, much of the time, which a long retreat always brings; a campaign of such\\nexacting and constant service that, of the seven hundred horses with which the regiment started out,\\nbut two hundred of the original animals were returned; with casualties occurring almost every day,\\nand aggregating about one-fourth of its force; j-et, under these adverse conditions, maintaining such\\nheroic bearing, such unyielding purpose and such unflinching courage, that it received the\\ncommendation of three connnanding generals, expres.sed in general orders. No New Hampshire\\nregiment was put to a severer test of true courage and heroism none made a better or more enviable\\nrecord under adverse and demoralizing influences.\\nJuly II the re-enlisted men were furloughed for thirty days, reaching Concord July 23.\\nReturning, they reached Camp Parapet Sept. 6. The regiment was then ordered to Natchez, Miss.,\\nwhere it was engaged in garrison and picket dutx- until the expiration of its term of service Dec. 23,\\n.shortly after which officers and men who had not re-enlisted were ordered to Concord and mustered\\nout on Jan. iS, 1865, when the regimental organization ceased to exi.st.\\nJan. I the veterans re-enlisting, together with recruits, were organized into the Veteran\\nbattalion, F ighth New Hampshire volunteers, company B of which was commanded by Capt. Dana\\n\\\\V. King. It did duty at Vidalia and Natchez until Oct. 28, when it was mustered out at Vicksburg.\\nOct. 29, it embarked for Cairo, under command of Captain King, and reached Concord Nov. 7, where\\nit was appropriately received, and on Nov. 9, 1865, was paid off and discharged, after nearly four\\nyears of such faithful service as to win from its brigade commander. General Paine, the tribute that\\nthe Eighth New Hampshire have learned how to fight and not how to retreat, an l that for\\nthem to be brave was only to be true to their hard-earned fame. The regimental historian. Captain\\nStanyan, says, it marched and fought over the whole length of Louisiana, and got nearer to Texas\\nthan any other portion of the armj ever did.\\nThe ofiicers of the eteran battalion were given brevet commissions by Gov. Frederick Smythe,\\nin recognition of their distinguished sen-ices, Capt. Dana W. King, the only officer remaining who\\nwent out with the regiment, being made lieutenant-colonel. Second Lieut. Nelson H. Peterson being\\nbrevetted fi.r.st lieutenant, and Lieut. James H. Marshall, captain.\\nAs iF^Wery other regiment, simple justice demands more extended mention of the worthy service\\nof many a man than is here made, or than is contained in the official record annexed. The reader is", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0349.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "328 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nnecessarily referred for this to the regimental histories, which abound with recital of brave deeds and\\nfaithful devotion to duty, producing in us a just pride that such men were of our flesh and blood, so\\nfar did their valor and devotion outdo what we had considered humanly possible.\\nThe names of King and Nolan, Warren and Hosley and Marshall, and many another, will\\nalways remind us of the Eighth New Hampshire, and the gallant part it took in fighting for the flag.\\nNINTH REGIMENT.\\nThe Ninth New Hampshire was organized in the summer of 1862, at Camp Colby, Concord\\nunder Col. Enoch Q. Fellows of Sandwich. Capt. Augustus vS. Edgerly, a veteran of the First New\\nHampshire, from Nashua, but now a resident of vSanbornton, assisted by First Eieut. Charles D.\\nCopp, enlisted many Nashua men, who were largely assigned to company C.\\nThe regiment left Concord Aug. 25 for Washington, and immediately crossed the Potomac to\\nCamp Chase, Arlington Heights, thence was put into the field without delay to join in the movements\\nto check Lee s advance. On the fourteenth of September, twenty days after leaving Concord, it\\nalone charged a rebel brigade, driving it from the crest of South Mountain, and three days later it\\ndid veteran service at Antietam, joining in the carriage by storm of the stone bridge over\\nAntietam creek. No other New Hampshire regiment met the enemy in battle so early in its\\nexperience. Its conduct was so creditable as to gain immediate official commendation.\\nAfter a few days the regiment went into camp at Pleasant alley, Md., renu\\\\ining here until Oct.\\n27, when it crossed the Potomac at Berlin and joined in tlie pursuit of Lee. Nov. 15 it was engaged\\nwith a rebel battery at White Sulphur Springs, Va., and on the nineteenth went into camp at\\nStafford Heights, Falmouth. It crossed the Rappahannock Dec. 12, occupying the streets of\\nFredericksburg that day and night. It shared in the next day s fighting, a regiment at a time,\\nmeeting the hottest kind of a reception, but with magnificent credit to itself at the .Slaughter Pen,\\none of the bloodiest fields the war had thus far seen. Many casualties resulted. When several of\\nthe color-guard had been killed or disabled, and Sergt. Edgar A. Densmore, carrying the national\\ncolors, fell, mortally wounded, Lieut. Charles D. Copp of company C, caught up the flag, and,\\nadvancing in front, called out, Hurrah bo3 s Come on, leading them forward into the ver\\\\- front\\nof the engagement. So fearless was his courage and so worthy the act as to gain for him the award\\nof the medal of honor given by congress for conspicuous bravery.\\nMovements resulting in no advantage followed until the withdrawal of the army on the night of\\nthe fifteenth to tlie old camp on Stafford Heights, where the Ninth renmined nearly two months,\\nsuffering much from the severities of the winter, and conditions to which thej were unused. Feb.\\n9 an agreeable move was made to Newport News, where it remained until March 25, when it\\nembarked for Baltimore, en route to Lexington, Ky. Service followed here, at Winchester and Crab\\nOrchard Springs and vicinity, until June 4, when the regiment left, via Cincinnati and Cairo, to\\njoin Grant s army investing Vicksburg. It participated in various movements incident to the capture\\nof this stronghold, suffering not a little from the summer heat and other privations. After the\\nsurrender it joined in the pursuit of Johmston s retreating army until July 13, when he made a stand\\nat Jack.son. Very disagreeable picket duty, and the repulse of a night attack were the lot of the\\nregiment here, followed by withdrawal, upon Johnston s further retreat. Aug. 8 it embarked for\\nCairo, en route to Kentucky, reaching Nicholasville Aug. 23, much reduced by sickness, and\\nconsequently assigned to light guard duty on the Kentucky Central railroad, with headquarters at\\nParis. Jan. 25 its old Windsor rifles were exchanged for the new Springfield. The same day it set\\nout for Point Isabel, leaving there Feb. 27 for Knoxville. Tenn., via Cumberland Gap, arriving\\nMarch 17 after a very cold and wearisome march. Four days later it .set out to return by another\\nroute through the Gap, and reached Camp Burnside at Nicholasville again March 31. April 2 it\\nstarted for Annapolis, Md., where the Ninth corps was being re-organized. It was quickly hurried\\nforward to join the army of the Potomac, arriving in season to participate in the second day s battle\\nof the Wilderness May 6, on which day Capt. A. S. Edgerly was killed while serving on the staff\\nof Col. S. G. Griffin commanding the brigade.\\nMay 10 it came under the enemy s artillery fire. May 12 it was engaged in the s, ._, est day s\\nstruggle of its three years history, the battle of Spottsylvania, where it took part in the general", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0350.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\ncharge along the whole line, advancing beyond it, however, into the Bloody Angle, there\\nmeeting a most murderous fire, which in a few minutes caused a loss of over two hundred men.\\nConstant skirmishing followed until the eighteenth, when it was again heavily enga -ed.\\nIt participated in the engagements at North Anna river May 24-26, and won laurels in a\\nsuccessful assault, under a galling fire, upon the enemy s rifle-pits May 31 at Totopotomoy creek.\\nIt shared in the disagreeable work at Bethesda church June 2-3, and did picket duty incident to the\\nbattle of Cold Harbor. It was then moved to the vicinity of Petersburg, which was its principal field\\nof action for the remainder of its service. June 17 it took part in the successful assault upon the\\nShand house, but with numerous casualties among its small aggregate of one hundred and twentv-\\nfive effective strength now remaining.\\nTwo months of .severe siege duty followed, mo.stly in front of the Mine, where, on July 30,\\nat its explosion, the Ninth bore conspicuous part leading the assault and being the first to plant its\\ncolors upon the enemy s works at the Crater. In the de.sperate attempt made to retain possession\\nthe regiment lost ninety-two in killed, wounded and missing, about one-half its .strength engaged,\\nLieut. George H. Drew being among the captured.\\nAug. 20-21 it did sturdy .service at Weldon railroail, and for several weeks following was\\nemployed in picket duty, building earth-works and corduroy roads.\\nSept. 30 it joined in the charge at Poplar Springs church, but under a flank movement by far\\nsuperior numbers, found itself obliged to retire to the Pegram house, its effective strength decimated\\nto less than sixty muskets, twice that number being killed, wounded and missing.\\nIt remained in this vicinity till Oct. 27, receiving some recruits and doing some skirmi.shing in\\nthe movement in Hatcher s Run, two days later returning to its former quarters near Petersburo-,\\nwhence, Nov. 29, it moved to Fort Alexander Hayes, where it passed the winter.\\nIn the final movements of the army of the Potomac it took no active part after Ajiril 8, when it\\nassisted in guarding eight thousand prisoners of Ewell s army, captured by Sheridan. April 20 it\\nset out for City Point, leaving there the twenty-sixth for Alexandria, where it went into camp.\\nMay 23 it participated in the final grand review of the army at Washington and June 10 the\\nregiment broke camp preparatory to return to New Hampshire. June 14 it returned its colors to the\\ngovernor at the state house and was discharged, leaving a record of which the state and every\\nmember may well be proud.\\nTENTH REGIMENT.\\nThe Tenth regiment was organized at Camp Pillsbury, Manchester, under the call of July i,\\n1862, for 300,000 three years men. Command was given to Col. Michael T. Donahoe. Nashua\\nfurnished one company, H, under Capt. Timoth}- B. Crowley, First Lieut, (leorge Edgecumbe and\\n.Second Lieut. Michael Moran, with Daniel \\\\V. Russell as first sergeant; and nearly all the Nashua\\nmen in the regiment were in this company. .Sept. 22 the regiment left for Washington, arriving,\\nafter an uncomfortable journe\\\\-, with two railroad accidents, on the twenty-fifth, marching next\\nmorning to Camp Chase, Arlington Heights. Almost its entire three years of active service were\\ndestined to be upon the soil of irginia. After a few weeks spent mainly in preparations for active\\ncampaigning, tiie regiment had its first experience under fire Nov. 15 in its support of a battery at\\nthe crossing by the Ninth corps of the north fork of the Rappahannock at White Suljihur Springs.\\nNov. rg, after a severe four daj s march, Falmouth was reached, where it camped for three weeks.\\n)n the evening of Dec. 11 it cro.ssed the pontoon bridge, laid under heavy fire, remaining in the\\nstreets of Fredericksburg until the thirteenth, when it occupied an important defensive position until,\\nlate in the afternoon, it joined in the last desperate but unsuccessful assault upon Marye s Height, in\\nwhich, thanks to the darkness, its loss aggregated only about fifty. Two days later it re-cros.sed the\\nriver to its old camp, where it remained, suffering not a little from cold and lack of fuel and clothing,\\nuntil Feb. 9, when it went to Acquia creek, thence to New])ort News, where it was much more com-\\nfortably quartered.\\nMarch 14 General Longstreet s forces having threatened an attack upon .Suffolk, General Getty s\\ndivision was sent to reinforce it. Ajiril 11 Longstreet advanced in force and invested it. Companies\\n15 and F of the Tenth were sent to man Fort Halleck. The siege, which was extremely wearing,\\n24", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0351.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nwas kept up until May 4 when the rebels were forced to retire. The regiment shared in the work for\\nthe defense of Portsmouth, and later in the hardships of the movement to Yorktown and the Pamun-\\nkey river, returning thereafter to its former camp at Getty s Station, near Portsmouth. July 30 its\\ncamp was moved to Julian s creek. Work on fortifications was resumed until their completion in\\nNovember, and the winter was spent in drill and target practice. March 19 its camp was removed to\\nGreat Bridge, where it did picket duty and scouting for the month following.\\nApril 19, 1864, the regiment set out via canal to Portsmouth, Va., thence via Newport News and\\nBig Bethel to Yorktown, being assigned to the army of the James, under General Butler. Thence it\\nembarked to Bermuda Hundred, where it arrived Ma}- 6. The next day it led the advance along the\\nRichmond Petersburg railroad, meeting the enemy near Port Walthal, and being under fire all day.\\nMay 9 a further advance was made, and the enemy again encountered, the regiment being hotly\\nengaged all day. After dark an attack was made by South Carolina troops, and the Tenth counter-\\ncharged upon them, driving them across Swift creek and inflicting great loss upon them. The next\\nday, after tearing up the railroad, the whole force retired, companies B, D and F, under Captain\\nCrowley, acting as rear guard.\\nAnother advance was made on the twelfth towards Richmond, meeting the enemy strongly\\nintrenched at Proctor s Creek, and making a gallant and successful charge upon them, clearing the\\nway for the passage and deployment of the entire corps.\\nThe next da}^ the advance was resumed, the regiment being under a heavy artillery fire in the\\nafternoon. Mav 14 the corps advanced and occupied the outer line of defenses at Drewry s Bluff.\\nOn the sixteenth the enemy charged, under cover of a dense fog, upon the right wing of the corps,\\ncarrying everything before them until the Tenth was reached, who, with the Thirteenth New Hamp-\\nshire, repelled charge after charge, and held them in check for two hours after the remainder of the\\nbrigade had been withdrawn, when they also retired, acting as rear guard of the corps to Bermuda\\nHundred. The remainder of the month the picket lines of both armies were frequently engaged.\\nJune I, after a hard march, the Tenth joined Grant s arm}- lying in front of Cold Harbor, and was at\\nonce put into the fight, making a charge upon the enemy and driving them into their works. The\\nnext day was devoted to the construction of rifle pits under the enemy s fire, in which L,ieut. Daniel\\nW. Russell, a valued and courageous officer of company B, was instanth killed. June 3 the Tenth\\nled the assaulting column upon the enemy s works, meeting with the hottest reception thus far in its\\nhistory, but carrying the first line of defense and holding it throughout the day. For nine days more\\nthe regiment remained at the front, with losses every day, then returned to Bermuda Hundred, but\\nnot to rest. June 15 it led the brigade in the assault and capture of Battery Five, the Thirteenth\\nNew Hampshire leading the skirmish line. The following morning companies A, E and K assaulted\\nan inner line and captured more prisoners than they themselves numbered.\\nThe following two months and more the regiment was engaged in the siege of Petersburg, with\\nonly brief respites at Bermuda Hundred, to which place it returned Aug. 27. Aug. 5 company B suf-\\nfered the loss of one man killed and nine wounded from the explosion of a shell in its midst. Sept.\\n28 it was armed with vSpencer repeating rifles, which next day it used with most telling effect in the\\nstorming and capture of Fort Harrison, and in its most gallant defense the day following, incident to\\nwhich was a sortie in which the regiment took part, capturing about five hundred prisoners and many\\nbattle flags. The losses of those two days were very severe, including about one-sixth of its strength,\\nand its regimental, brigade, corps and division commanders.\\nOct. 27 it .shared in the desperate charge upon the rebel works at Fair Oaks, going into the fight\\nwith ten officers and one hundred and twenty-four men, but coming out with only two officers and\\ntwenty-five men. Captain Crowley, who commanded the regiment, being among the wounded. Many\\nwere captured, nearly all of whom died later in SalisVniry prison. The next day the regiment\\nreturned to Fort Harrison, where the winter was spent.\\nWhen Richmond fell, April 3, 1865, the Tenth was among the first to enter, taking post at Man-\\nchester, opposite the city, and there doing provost duty until June 21, when it was mustered out of\\nservice, returning to New Hampshire with the Twelfth and Thirteenth regiments, and being accorded\\nsuch reception at Nashua, Manchester and Concord as was its due after such heroic and faithful ser-\\nvice as stands to its credit.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0352.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 33,\\nELEVENTH AND TWELFTH REGIMENTS.\\nThe ICleventh and Twelltli rcginieiils had but few Nashua men. The service of the former was\\nin Virginia, excepting one year, Marcli 31, 1863, to April i, 1864, in Kentucky, Mississippi and Ten-\\nnessee. Tlie latter served its entire term in the armies of the Potomac and the James. Both regi-\\nments reflected great credit upon the state and themselves.\\nTHIRTNEETH REGIMENT.\\nThe Thirteenth New Hampshire was organized at Camp Colby, Concord, in vSeptember, 1862, its\\nten companies coming from seven different counties. Its members were almost entirely natives of the\\nstate, of excellent character. Nashua had special interest in it because of her large contribution to\\nits field and staff. Col. Aaron F. Stevens being given command, with George Bowers, lieutenant-\\ncolonel; George H. Gillis, adjutant; George G. Jones, chaplain; George H. Taggard, commissary\\nsergeant; and John J. Whittemore, hospital steward. Most of the Nashua men were in company I,\\nof which Luther M. Wright was captain, and Major A. Shaw was second lieutenant.\\nThe regiment left Concord for Washington Oct. 6 and was first assigned to duty at Camp Chase,\\nin General Case)- s division, the defenses of Washington. Here it remained until Dec. i, when it\\njoined the army of the Potomac (via Camp Freeze-to-Death) at Acquia creek, near FVedericksburg.\\nHere, on Dec. 11, it met its first engagement, and acquitted itself with credit against heavy odds in\\nGeneral Getty s night assault, Dec. 13, upon the enemy s batteries on Marye s Heights, where Lieu-\\ntenant Shaw was among the W Ounded.\\nThe winter was a severe and uncomfortable one, spent at Falmouth and Newport News. March\\n13 it was sent to Suffolk, and shared in its defense against the siege of General Longstreet. May 3 it\\ngained itself compliments for gallantry in the bayonet charge upon the enemy s intrenchments at\\nProvidence Church road. The summer, fall and winter were mainl}^ spent in the vicinity of Ports-\\nmouth, upon guard and picket duty and the construction of fortifications with occasional details upon\\nshort expeditions. In March, 1864, the greater part of the regiment were permitted to go home to\\nvote.\\nLater in April the regiment was, with the Tenth New Hampshire, assigned to the Second brigade,\\nFirst division. Eighteenth army corps, army of the James. It shared with the Tenth, and with like\\ncredit, the trying service and repeated engagements incident to the summer, including the charge\\nJune I at Cold Harbor, where Colonel Stevens was wounded, and the early morning charge all along\\nthe line June 3, in which the federal army lost 10,000 men within twenty minutes. Later in the day,\\nLieut. George H. Taggard was severely wounded, while the division was massed, waiting orders to\\nagain storm the enemy s works.\\nThe valor of the regiment was .specially conspicuous in front of Petersburg June 15, being\\ndeployed as skirmishers in advance of the whole division, when, late in the afternoon, with less than\\ntwo hundred men, it charged the enemy s rifle pits, capturing about a hundred prisoners; then, under\\nColonel Stevens direction, while suffering a galling fire, dashed forward again on Battery Five, car-\\nrying it and capturing several field guns, two rebel battle flags and over a hundred men. Its own loss\\nwas forty-six killed and wounded. For conspicuous ability and gallantry in this affair, Colonel\\nStevens was recommended for promotion by his immediate superiors.\\nIn the storming and subsequent defence of Fort Harrison, its conduct was superb. The assault\\nby bayonet alone, with muskets not capped, across a mile of open ground, under a galling fire and\\nterrible losses, was steady and determined, ending with a hand-to-hand struggle as the para] et was\\nreached and carried. Its color guard of six men were all killed or wounded, and its total loss, includ-\\ning that in defense of the next day, was eighty-one out of a total strength engaged of one hundred\\nand eighty-seven muskets. Colonel Stevens fell, severely wounded, while at the head f the regi-\\nment, within a few yards of the works.\\nThe regiment receives .special mention for its part in the final entry into Richmond on .\\\\prd 3,\\niS65, when the city fell under the master movements of General Grant, now rapidly culminating.\\nLieut. Royal B. Prescott, who was in command of the skirmish line, led the first troops into the city\\nearlv that morning. The Thirteenth was the leading regiment to enter, and its colors the first of the", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0353.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nunion annv to be floated in triumph in that city. Other troops quickly followed, and all immediately\\nset to work putting out the fires that had been set, restoring order and guarding property. Ten days\\nlater it moved to Camp Lee, two miles north of the city. In May it was ordered across the river to\\nManchester, where it remained until it was mustered out. June 22 it embarked with the Tenth and\\nTwelfth regiments for home, arriving in Nashua June 26, where a splendid reception was given it.\\nGeneral Stevens was presented by his ofhcers with a sword, sash and belt befitting his rank, and the\\nbrigade tendered him a review on Main street, which was etjualh gratifying to the many citizens and\\nfriends who witnessed it.\\nThe following day similar receptions were given to the brigade at ^Manchester and Concord, and\\non July I all were paid off and discharged. The Thirteenth had on its rolls but three hundred and\\ntwenty-one out of an aggregate of one thousand two hundred and eightj -five who had seen active ser-\\nvice. Its regimental historian states that no one of its officers deserted, was reprimanded, cashiered\\nor dismissed the service; and it maintained by its acts that character for efficiency, patriotism, intelli-\\ngence, bravery and trustworthiness which made it surely one of the American nation s most prominent\\nhistoric regiments.\\nFOURTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH REGIMENTS.\\nThe Fourteenth, the last of the three years regiments raised in New Hampshire, and the Fif-\\nteenth, the first of the nine months regiments, had but few Nashua men among them, as had the Six-\\nteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth. The service of all was e.xceedingly creditable wherever they\\nwere called to serve.\\nNEW HAMPSHIRE BATTALION, FIRST REGIMENT, NEW ENGLAND VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.\\nIn the autumn of 1861 each of the New England states, excepting Rhode Island and New\\nHampshire, raised a regiment of cavalry. The four companies organized in New Hampshire were\\nformed into a battalion and assigned, with the two battalions raised in Rhode Island, to a regiment\\nknown first as the First New England cavalry, but later as the First Rhode Island cavalry.\\nCompany M of the New Hampshire battalion was raised by Capt. William P. Ainsworth of\\nNashua, and nearlj- all the Nashua men in the battalion were in his company. His recruiting office\\nwas in Franklin hall. Joseph F. Andrews was first lieutenant. James B. Greeley was assistant\\nsurgeon of the regiment.\\nIn January, 1S62, the battalion joined the regiment at Pawtucket, R. I., and in March joined the\\ncavalry brigade under General Stoneman at Washington.\\nWe shall not attempt to outline the particulars of its service. At Front Royal it had its first\\nengagement, and gained high credit for most brilliant action, capturing more men than it numbered,\\nbut suffering the loss of the brave and accomplished Captain Ainsworth.\\nAt Middleburg it demonstrated its courage when, surrounded b}- a force twenty times as .strong,\\nit fought its way out of a position found untenable, but with terrible lo.sses.\\nThe regiment is credited with having fired the first shot and received the first artillery fire in each\\nof the four great battles of General Pope s campaign, viz: Cedar Mountain, Groveton, Second Bull\\nRun and Chantilly.\\nIts list of engagements, together with a perusal of the individual records of its members, showing\\ncasualties by capture, disability, wounds or death, will make clear the character of the service\\nrendered. Add to this the hardships incident and peculiar to cavalry .service from raids, picketing\\nand scouting by night and by day, and it is readily seen that comparisons witli the infantry service\\nare exceedingly favorable.\\nFIRST REGIMENT, NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.\\nIn January, T864, the New Hampshire battalion was detached from the First Rhode Island cav-\\nalry and was ordered to New Hampshire as the nucleus of a New Hampshire regiment of cavalry,\\nmost of the men having re-enlisted. The four veteran companies, I, K, L and M, were quickly filled,\\ntogether with three new companies, A, B and C, and were sent to the front, reaching Washington", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0354.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 333\\nApril 25 and joining the army of the Potomac in May. The remaining five companies, under Major\\nJoseph F. Andrews, followed in July, doing detached service, however, apart from the regiment, until\\nthe following March.\\nThe service of the seven companies was quite as severe as had been that of the veteran battalion.\\nIts record of twenty-seven engagements within ten months after its return to the seat of war, shows\\nthe field of its operations and attests the faithfulness with which it met every demand upon it. The\\nseverit of the service rendered is evidenced by the record showing that over fifty-five per cent, of the\\nNashua men in it were killed, wounded, captured or discharged for disability.\\nThe names of Nashua men are found in nearly every other organization sent from New Hamp-\\nshire, as well as in those of other .states, the regular army and navy. They sen-ed in light and heavy\\nartillery, in that most trying of services, the sharpshooters, in organizations raised for home or sea-\\ncoast defense, and in every other line of duty incident to the saving of the nation. Besides those\\nmentioned in appended detailed list, she furnished others in honorable capacities. Dr. Norman J.\\nMoore and Dr. J. C. Garland served long and faithfully in their professions, under contract with the\\nsurgeon-general. Nashua gave to New Hampshire its most distinguished soldier in the regular ser-\\nvice. Gen. John G. Foster, in whose record she takes a just pride. She gave to the navy Capt. James\\nS. Thornton, of long and honorable career, who is remembered with special satisfaction as executive\\nofficer of the Kearsage when she sunk the Alabama. The record of her sous, wherever found,\\nis alike creditable to the citj- and themselves, and we sincerely regret that the limits of space prevent\\nthe detailed mention which is manifestly their due. Biographical sketches of many of them are\\nspecially delegated to another s pen, else those of her leading soldiers would find respectful mention\\nin this chapter.\\nThe joy with which the news was received April 9, 1865, that Lee had surrendered to Grant at\\nAppomattox, and that the war was over, can hardly be described. Word was first received in Nashua\\nb} a telegram from the Boston Journal to Elbridge J. Copp, who was home from the war on account\\nof his wounds, and temporarily in charge of the newspaper business of his brother, Charles D. Copp,\\nlocated at the corner of Main and Water streets. He immediately got out a small cannon, loaded it\\nto the muzzle, and fired it repeatedly on Main street, shouting Lee has surrendered, Lee has sur\\nrendered It was hailed by the booming of cannon, the ringing of bells and the display of flags\\nand bunting and other joyful expressions, in which all joined. That for which the whole North had\\nbeen struggling and striving was at last accomplished.\\nIllustrating the outlaj made by the city to encourage enlistments, it is interesting to note that it\\npaid in bounties during the Rebellion the sum of $147,322, besides which there was paid individually,\\nby subscription and by sixty-five men who were drafted and procured substitutes, the sum of $52,067.\\nThe city also provided aid for the families of soldiers, passing, among others, an ordinance Sept. 16.\\ni86i, appropriating $5,000 from which to pay the wives of volunteers Si per week and Ji for each\\nchild under sixteen j ears of age, not exceeding, however, $12 per month to each family. Maj-or\\nGeorge Bowers and Aldermen Clark C. Boutwell and C. Dearborn were made a committee to dis-\\nburse the mone)-.\\nNashua s record in the Civil War would be incomplete if it failed to mention the aid systematic-\\nally given to her soldiers in the field by various organizations at home. The local branch of the\\nSanitary commission enlisted the interest and efforts of the ladies and school children in preparing\\nlint, bandages and other hospital supplies to be regularlj^ sent to the front. A box for the reception\\nof hospital stores was located at the house of its president, Mrs. John A. Baldwin, i Amory square.\\nIts meetings were held in the vestry of the Olive street church. The daily papers published its\\nnotices gratuitously, and Morrill Co. s express forwarded its contributions to the soldiers free of\\ncharge. A knitting circle of about one hundred and fifty members held weekly meetings for making\\nsocks, gloves and mittens for the soldiers. The ladies busily plied the needles, while the gentlemen\\ncontributed yarn or money. In February, 1863, a Young Ladies Soldiers Aid society was formed\\nof which Miss Mary A. Baldwin was secretary and treasurer, and Misses Lucy F. Thayer, Laura M.\\nBowers, Lucy J. Beard, Atelia Slader, Julia A. Gilman and Mary Crombie were directors. And in\\nvarious other ways did those at home strive to hold up the hands of those who were at the front.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0355.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "3^4 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nA very considerable amount of seven and three-tenths per cent, government bonds were placed\\namong our citizens, largely through the instrumentality of Jeremiah W. White, even when many\\nquestioned the nation s ability to redeem them. vSeveral of our manufacturing industries were engaged\\nupon government work. The Nashua Manufacturing company had several large contracts during\\nthe war for hand-sewed cotton-flannel drawers for the soldiers, and employed hundreds of hands out-\\nside to assi,st in making them. Holt Jones had government contracts for soldiers blouses, making\\nas many as one thousand per week. The Nashua Iron and Steel company turned out many tons of\\nboiler plate for armor for iron-clads, including some parts of the Monitor. The Underbill Edge Tool\\ncompany was largely engaged in the manufacture of sabres for the cavalry service. Luther A. Roby\\nfurnished the navy yard at Charlestown large quantities of oak ship-timber for government gun-boats\\nand men-of-war. vSeveral other Nashua industries also were interested, either directly or indirectly,\\nin supplying various government needs.\\nThe appended personal record list contains the names of one thousand, three hundred and forty-\\neight different men, natives or residents of the city, or credited to her otherwise. Their record is\\nmagnificent. They stood the test of heroes. In the words of another They marched with Sher-\\nman, they charged with vSheridan, they conquered with Thomas, they fought it out on his own line\\nwith Grant. They went forth with a single great purpose; to save the fatherland. Every son who\\nbattled for his country s honor desen-es more credit than a people in the enjoyment of peace know-\\nhow to give him. We are too forgetful of his worth. We fail to remember the offering he made that\\nthe nation might live. None fought for his own fireside, his town or city. None fell in battle on the\\nsoil of his own state. But hundreds of graves from the Chesapeake to the Gulf witness to what they\\ndid for other firesides, other states and the nation, all for love and nothing for reward. All honor\\nthen, to them all, and a loving remembrance always.\\nFIRST REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n[THREE MONTHS.]\\nAdams, William F. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 27; res. Boutelle, Adalbert D. Co. F; b. Nashua; age iS; res.\\nNashua; enl. May i. 5i must, in May 3, 61, as Nashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 8 N. H. V. and U. priv; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Penacook.\\nS. C. T. See 8 N. H. V.\\nBadger, Henry E. Co. D b. \\\\Varner ageiS; res. War- Brooks, George W. Co. F; b. Dublin; age 27; res.\\nner; enl. Apr. 27, 61 must, in May 2, 61, as priv.; Nashua; enl. May i, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\nmust, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Nashua. See i U. i^r\\\\\\\\\\\\ must, out Aug 9, 61. P. O. ad., Waltham,\\nS. S. S. Mass. See i U. S. S, S.\\nBalch, EnosC. Co. E; b. Addison, Vt.; age 28 res. g g. xewbury age 20; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61; must, in May 2, 6i, as Nashua; enl. .\\\\pril 22, 61; must, in Mav 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See i Co. N. H. H. Art. j^, ,gj g^^\\nBaldwin, Edwin T. Co. C; b. New Ipswich; age 28; res.\\nBuck, Sewell M. Co. F; b. Norway, Me.; age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. June 4, 61; must, in June 4, 61, as\\nTi 1 T\\\\r 11 Nashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in Mav 3, 61, as\\nmuse; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Manchester. k o O\\nServed in band. P xa\\\\x%^. out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., South Lynde-\\nBarnes, William H. Co. E; b. Cambridge, Mass.; age borough.\\n28; res. Nashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61; must, in May 2, Burke, George W. Co. F b. Nashua; agei9; res.Nashua;\\n61, as Corp. must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 8 N. H. V. enl. Apr. 30, 61 must, in May 3, 61, as priv; must.\\nBarry, Lackey. Co. E; b. Fredericton, N. B. age 19; out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Acworth. See nii.scel.\\nres.Nashua; eul. .\\\\pr. 19, 61; must, in May 2, 61, organizations.\\nas priv; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 8 N. H. V. Caldwell, Daniel F. Co., G; b. Nashua; age 24; res. Al-\\nBates, William R. Co. F; b. Derby, Vt. age 28, res. stead; enl. .\\\\pril 24, 61; must in May 2, 61, as priv.;\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, iu May 3, 61, as must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad.. Surry. See 14 N.\\npriv; must, out Aug. 9, 61. H. V.\\nBell, Bowers H. Com. F; b. Lunenburg, Vt. age 19; Chamberlin, Cornelius W. Co. F; b. Canada; age, 28;\\nres. Nashua; enl. May i, 6i must, in May 3, 61, as res. Nashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61 must, in May 3, 61,\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 18 N. H. V. and as priv; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Lowell,\\nmiscel. organizations. Mass. See 10 N. H. V.\\nBlodgett, Henry. Co. F; b. Billerica, Mass.; age 25 Clark, Edward. Co. E; b. Galway. Ir.; age 21; res.\\nres.Nashua; enl. April 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, Nashua; enl. April 19, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\nassergt; must, out Aug. 9, 61. Died July 4, 72, priv; must, out Aug. 9, 61. Supposed identical with\\nGoffstown. Edward Clark, Co. B, 10 N. H. V.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0356.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n335\\nCline, Arthur. Co. E b. I.ynie age 19 res. Nashua\\nenl. April 19, 61 must, in May 2, 61, as priv. Died\\n(lis. Maj- 17, 61, Concord.\\nCobb, James A. Co. F;b. Woodstock. Vt.; age 24; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; mus. in May 3, 61, as\\npriv. must, out Aug. 9. 61. P. O. ad., Nashua. See\\n7 N. H. V.\\nCoburn, George. Co. K; b. Tyngsborough, Mass.; age\\n25; res. Nashua; enl. May I, 61; must, iu May 3,\\n61, as priv. must, out Aug. 9, 61.\\nCochrane, William H. D. Co. 11 b. North Chelmsford,\\nMass. age 22 res. Goffstown enl. Apr. 22, 61\\nmust, iu May 4, 61, to date Apr. 26, 6r, as priv.\\nmust, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Nashua. See 10 N.\\nH. V. and miscel. organizations.\\nCoggin, Frederick G. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 24 res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv. must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad.. Lake Linden,\\nMich. See U. S. navy.\\nCollins, Kitridge, J. Co. E; b. Springfield, Mass.; age 22\\nres. Nashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv. must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Nashua. See\\nI N. H. L. battery.\\nCook, Barney. Co. F; b. Springfield, Vt.; age 24; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\n:nusc.; must, out -Aug. 9, 61.\\nCox. Michael. Co. E; b. Huntingdon, Canada East; age\\n22; res. Nashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61; must, in May 2,\\n61, as priv; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., 382 Su-\\nperior street, Cleveland, Ohio.\\nDarling, Daniel F. Co. E; b. Nashua; age, 38; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61 must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv; must, out -Aug. 9, 5i. See 8 N. H. V.\\nDensmore, Edgar A. Co. E; b. Sharon, Vt. age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 9 N. H. V.\\nDodge, Edwards O. Co. C b. Nashua age 18, res. Man-\\nchester enl. Apr. 22, 5i must, in Slay 2, 61, as priv.\\nmust, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Manchester. See i\\nN. H. cavalr)-.\\nDow, Jerome L. Co. E; b. Hiuesburgh, Vt.; age 18;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Apr. 22, 61 must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv. must, out Aug. 9, 61. Died Aug. 24, 61,\\nNashua.\\nEastman, Daniel G. Co. F b. Rumford, Me. age, 24\\nres. Nashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61,\\nas priv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61.\\nEdgerly, Augu,stus ,S. Co. F; b. Sanbornton; age 31;\\nres. Nashua; app. Apr. 30, 61 must, in May 3, 61,\\nas capt. must, out Ang. 9, 61. See 9 N. II. V.\\nEdgerly, Moody O. Co. F; b. Sanbornton; age 28; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\nprivate must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Davisville.\\nEdwards, John. Co. F; b. Liverpool, Ivig. age, 28;\\nres. Nashua enl. Apr. 30, 61 must, in May 3, 61,\\nas priv. must, out Aug. 9, 61.\\nEmerson, George W. Co. F; b. Brighton, Mass.; age\\n19 res. Nashua enl. Apr. 30, 61 must, in May 3,\\n61, as muse; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 7. N. H. V.\\nEmerson, William B. Co. F; b. Henniker age 27; res.\\nNashua; enl. May i, 61; must, in Jlay 3, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Nashua. See\\n8 N. II. V.\\nF^nnis, James. Co. P; b. Albany, N. Y.; age 24; res.\\nNashua enl. Apr. 30, 61 must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv. must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 8 N. H. V.\\nFairbanks, Charles. Co. F b. Lancaster, Mass. age\\n23; res. Nashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61 must, in May 3,\\n61, as priv. must, out .^ug. 9, 61. See i N. E. cav-\\nalry.\\nGay, Alon/.o. Co. E; b. Groton, Mass.; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv. must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Nashua. See\\n4 N. H. V.\\nGay, Charles S. Co. E; b. Harvard, Mass.; age, 26,\\nres. Nashua; enl. Apr. 22, 61; must, in May 2, 61,\\nas priv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nGay, Leonard A. Co. E; b. Groton, Mass.; age 25; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Nashua. See\\n4 N. H. V.\\nGray, John. Co. D b. Tyrone, Ir. age 20; res. Nashua\\nenl. Apr. 20, 61 must, in May 2, 61, as priv must.\\nout Aug. 9, 61. See 4 N. H. V.\\nGreeley, Stephen H. Co. D b. Lowell, Vt. age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. ig, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61.\\nGreeley, William F. Co. E; b. Nashua; age 30; res.\\nNashua; enl. as priv. Apr. 26, 61: app. i It. Apr.\\n30, 6r must, in May 2, 61, as. i It. must, out Aug.\\n9, 61. P. O. ad., 13 Gray St., Boston, Mass. See\\nmiscel. organizations.\\nGreenleaf, Richard O. Co. F; b. South Berwick, Me.;\\nage 35 res. Nashua; enl. Apr. 26, 61, as priv.; app.\\ncapt. Apr. 30, 61 must, in May 2, 61, as capt.\\nmust, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Nashua. See4N.H.V.\\nHaines, Nestor. Co. F; b, Wentworth age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 8 N. H. V.\\nHale, Martin. Co. E; b. Nashua; age 20; res. Lj nde-\\nborough enl. .\\\\pr. 22, 61; must, in May 2. 61, as\\npriv. must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 4 N. H. V.\\nHaudley, George W. Co. F; b. Dexter, Me.; age 29;\\nres. Nashua; enl. as priv. Apr. 30, 61 app. i It. Apr.\\n30, 61 must, in May 3, 61, as i It. must, out .-^ug. 9,\\n6i. See3N. H. V.\\nHarris, Charles A. Co. F; b. Leominster, Mass; age 25;\\nres. Nashua enl. Apr. 30, 61 must, in May 3, 61,\\nas priv. must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 4 N. H. V.\\nHaskell, George W. Co. F.; b. Cicero, N. Y.; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv. must, out ^ug. 9, 61.\\nHeath, Charles F. Co. V\\\\ b. Bow; age 19; res. Nashua;\\nenl. May i, 61 must, in May 3, 6r, as priv. disch.\\ndisab. May 17, 61, Concord. P. O. ad., Lynn, JIass.\\nSee 14 N. II. V.\\nHobart, Freeman A. Co. F. b. Hollis age 27 res.\\nNashua enl. May i. 61 must, in May 3, 61, as priv.;\\nmust.out Aug. 9, 61. P.O. ad., Nashua. SeeSN. H.V.\\nHolmes, William A. Co. E. b. Henryville, C. E. age\\n22; res. Nashua; enl.; Apr. 22, 61 must, in May 2,\\n61, as priv. must, out Aug. 9, 61.\\nHopkins, George W. Co. V b. Mont Vernon age 21\\nres. Nashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61,\\nas priv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P.O. ad., 65 Western\\nave., Cambridgeport, Mass.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0357.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "336\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nHosley, Luther T. Co. F; b. Pepperell, Mass.; age 20;\\nres. Nashua; enl. May i, 61 must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv. must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 8 N. H. V.\\nHunt, John R. Co. F; b. Boston age 26; res. Nashua;\\nenl. May i, 61 must, in May 3, 61, as priv. must,\\nout .^^ug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Boston, Mass.\\nJaquith, Asa W. Co. F; b. E. Vassalboro Me.; age 18;\\nres. Nashua; enl. May i, 61 must, in May 3. ^i. as\\npriv. must, out Aug. 9, 61.\\nJewell, Charles H. Co. E. b. Shirley Mass. age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 25, 5i must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug, 9, 61.\\nJohnson, Henry M. Co. E. b. Nashua; age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61 must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp.; captd. July 14, 61, near Point of\\nRocks, Md.; released May 31, 62. Disch. July 2, 62,\\nConcord, tm. ex. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nJones, George D. Co. F; b. Milford age 18; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Apr. 30, 61 must, in May 3, 61, as priv.; must,\\nout Aug. g, 61. P. O. ad., Woburn, Mass. See 4 N.\\nH. V.\\nKelsey, Edgar S. Co. E; b. Westford, N. Y.; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. ig, 61; must, in Maj 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out .\\\\ug. 9, 61.\\nKilduff, John H. Co. F; b. Roxbury, Mass.; age 30; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. Died Nov. 29, 85, Nat.\\nhome, Togus, Me.\\nKimball, John R. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61, P. O. ad., Brooklyn, N.\\nY. See. 4N. H.V.\\nKing, Dana W. Co. F; b. Alstead age 29; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Apr, 30, 61 must, in May 3, 61, as Corp.; must,\\nout Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Nashua. See 8N. H. V.\\nLangdell, William. Co. E; b. Nashua; age 20; res.\\nLyndeborough enl. Apr. 22, 61 must, in May 2, 61,\\nas priv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See miscel. organiza-\\ntions.\\nLawrence, Orlando. Co. V b. Clarendon, Vt.; age 28;\\nres. Nashua; eul. Apr. 30, 61 must, in May3, 61, as\\nI sergt.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Lawrence,\\nMass. See 7 N. H. V.\\nLincoln, Henry H. Co. E; b. Sturbridge, Mass.; age 20;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Apr. 20, 61 must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Vug. 9, 61. See i N. H. H. art.\\nLindsay, Robert B. Co. E; b. Seekonk, Mass.; age 22;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Apr. 20, 61 must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv. must, out Aug. g, 61.\\nLivingstone, Edward. Co. E; b. Nashua; age 23; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out -^ug. 9, 61. See 8 N. H. V.\\nLonga, Horatio W. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 25; res. Mer-\\nrimack enl. May i, 61 must, in May 3, 61, as priv.,\\nmust, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., aianchester. See i\\nN. H. L. battery.\\nLonga, John H. Co. E; b. Merrimack; age 28; res. Mer-\\nrimack; enl. Apr. ig, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must. out. Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Nashua. See\\nI N. H. L. battery.\\nLull, .\\\\lbert. Non-com d staff; b. Haverhill, Mass.; age\\n39; res. Nashua enl. May 2, 61 must, in May 2, 61,\\nas q. m. sergt.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nMarckres, Samuel D. Co. K.; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nManchester; enl. Apr. 20, 61 must, in Maj- 7, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61, P. O, ad.. Perry, la.\\nSee 4 N. H. V.\\nMarden, George Co. E; b. Deering; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 20, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 4 N. H. V.\\nMarshall, James H. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 21 res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 5i must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 8 N. H. V.\\nMcManus, James. Co. E; b. Drumshambo, Ire.; age 27;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Apr. 23, 61; must, in May 2, 61,\\nas Corp. Died dis. May 22, 61, Nashua.\\nMills, Henry M. Co. F; 1). Grafton, Vt.; age 23; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\nCorp.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Lowell, Mass.\\nSee 16 inf. and 1 art. N. H. V.\\nMinard, Charles F. Co. F b. Nashua; age 24; res. Nashua;\\neul. .\\\\pr. 30, 61 must, in May 3, 61, as priv.; must,\\nout Aug. 9, 61. See 8 N. H. V.\\nMorey, Norman E. Co. F; b. Tro}-, Vt.; age 24; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 5i, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 6[. Supposed identical with\\nNorman E. Morey, Co. 3 Vt. inf. See miscel. or-\\nganizations.\\nMorse, Francis. Co. F; b. Danville, Vt.; age 34; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\nCorp.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 9 N. H. V.\\nNewhall, Daniel B. Co. F; b. New Hampton; age 24;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61 must, in May 3, 61, as\\nsergt.; must, out .^ug. g, 61. P. O. ad., Concord.\\nSee 8 N. H. V.\\nNichols, Charles E. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. .\\\\pr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 10 N. H. V.\\nNichols, George W. Co. F b. Nashua age 25 res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 6i must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out .\\\\ug. g, 61. Died July 18, 72, Nashua.\\nNichols, Grovenor D. Co. E; b. Amherst;, age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nSee 4 N. H. V. and V. R. C.\\nNichols, John F. Co. E b. Nashua age 23 res. Nashua\\nenl. .\\\\pr. 19, 61 must, in May 2, 61, as priv.; must,\\nout Aug. g, 61. See 4 N. H. V.\\nNiles, Jerome S. CoF; b. Reading, Mass.; age 24; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out .\\\\ug. g, 61. P. O. ad.. West Duxbury,\\nMass.\\nNottage, Elisha C. Co. F; b. Quincy, Mass.; age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out .A.ug. g, 61. See 8 N. H. V.\\nCakes, D. Calvin. Co. E; b. Stewartstown age ig; res.\\nNashtia enl. Apr. 21, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug 9, 61. Died July 6, 8g, New\\nYork city.\\nO Brien, William J. Co. E; b. Boston, Mass.; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See miscel. organizations.\\nParker, Llewellyn C. Co. E; b. Lyman; age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 20, 61; must, in May 2, 6i, as\\npriv.; captd. near Point of Rocks, Md., July 14, 61\\nparoled June 2, 62; disch. June r8, 62, New York\\ncity, tm. ex. See 13 N. H. V.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0358.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n337\\nTease. IIenr\\\\- T. Co. E; b. Essex, N. Y.; age 19; res.\\nNashua; eiil. Apr. 24, 61, as priv.; mustered\\ncaptd. July 14, 61, near Point of Rocks, Md.; released\\nMay 31, 62; disch. June iS, 62, New York city. tui.\\nex. Died Dec. 31, gr, Nashua.\\nPerkins, Charles H. Co. E; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61; must, in May 2, 6t, as\\npriv.; must, out -Anj^. 9, 61. Sec 4 N. IT. V.\\nPerley, Thomas. Co.K; b. Canada; age 29 res. Nashua-\\nenl. May i, 61 must, in Maj- 3, 61, as priv.; must\\nout Aug. 9, 61.\\nPeterson, Nelson H. Co. F; b. Kingfield. Me.; age 24;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61 must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Kingfield,\\nMe. See 8 N. H. V.\\nPierce, Warren A. Co. F; b. Royalston, Mass.; age 20;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61,\\nas priv.; disch. by writ of habeas corpus May 6, 61.\\nPillsbury, Edward AV. Co. K; b. Derry age 24; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Nashua. See\\n8 N. II. V.\\nPlummer, Samuel M. Co. E; b. Naples, Me.; age 22;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61 must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv. must, out Aug. 9, 61.\\nPond, George \\\\V. Co. E; b. Nashua; age 20; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 22, 61; must, in May 2, 61. as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Nashua. See\\n8 N. H.V.\\nPowers, Robert. Co. F; b. Albany; age 22 res. Nashua\\nenl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as priv.; must,\\nout Aug. 9, 61.\\nPratt, George. Co. D; b. Burlington, Vt.; age 20; res.\\nNashua; enl. .\\\\pr. 23, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; des. May 12, 61, Concord. See 8 N. H. V.\\nRicker, David P. Co. E; b. Rochester; age 23; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 26, 6i must, in May 2, 61, as\\nsergt.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See U. S. navy.\\nRipley, Charles H. S. Co. E; b. Nashua; age 26 res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\nmuse; captd. July 14, 61, near Point of Rocks, Md.;\\nreleased May 31, 62 disch. as priv. June 18, 62, New\\nYork cit3 tm. exp. P. O. ad., Nashua. See V. R. C.\\nRobbins, George H. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 21; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30. 5i must, in May 3. 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61.\\nRobinson, James T. Co. F; b. Goshen; age 20; res.\\nNashua; enl. May i, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 6r See 11 N. II. V.\\nSager, Zeri S. Co. E; b. Berkshire, Yt.; age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 20, 61; must, in May 2, 6r, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 3 N. H. V.\\n.Sargent, James A. Co. E b. Rutland, Vt.; age 21; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 26, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out .^ug. 9, 61. See 4 N. H. V.\\nSarsons, Eleazer I Co. F; b. Lyme; age 25 res. Nashua;\\nenl..\\\\pr. 30, 61; must, in Ma\\\\ 3, 61, as priv.; must,\\nout .\\\\ug. 9, 6r, See 4 N. H. V.\\nSawyer, George Y. Non-com d staff b. Nashua; age 23;\\nres. Nashua; enl. May 2, 61 must, in May 7, 61. as\\nrgt.-maj.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nSawyer, Oliver M. Co. E b. Plymouth age 22 res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\nsergt.; captd. July 14, 61, near Point of Rocks, Md.;\\nreleased June 3, 62; disch. June 18, 62, New York\\ncity, tm. ex. P. O. ad., Hastings, Minn. See nN\\nH. V.\\nShaw, Major A. Co. E; b.Alstead; age 28; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Apr. 19, 61 must, in May 2, 61, as i sergt.;\\nmust, out Aug. 9, 61. See 13 inf. and i H. art.N. H.V.\\nShea, Jeremiah. Co. D; b. Kerry county, Ire.; age 21;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61; must, in May 2, 6r,\\nas priv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nSee 9 N. H. Y.\\nShea, John. Co. E; b. Kenmare, Ire.; age 23; res.\\nNashua; enl. .Apr. 19, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Nashua. See\\n8 N. H. V.\\nSmith, Charles H. Co. E; b. Francestown age 23; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 25, 61; must, in May 2, 6r, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 6t. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nSmith, Frank W. Co. F.; b. Hanover; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. May i, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. May 30, 61, Concord. See 5 N. H. V.\\nSteele, James, Jr. Co. F; b. Antrim age 21; res. Nashua\\nenl. Apr. 30, 61 must, in May 3, 61, as priv.; must,\\nout Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Nashua. See i H. art.\\nStevens, Aaron F. F. and S.; b. Derry age 41 res.\\nNashua; app. Apr. 29, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\nmaj.; must, out .Aug. 9, 61. See 13 N. H. V.\\nSullivan, Matthew. Co. E; b. Kenmare, Ire.; age 22 res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 19, 6[ must, in May 2, 61, as\\nCorp.; must, out Aug. 9, 6r. P. ad., New Haven,\\nConn. See 10 N. H. Y.\\nTenney, Whitney. Co. V b. Windham. Vt.; age 25; res.\\nNashua; enl. .Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3. 61, as\\npriv.; must, out .Aug. 9, 61. See miscel. organizations.\\nThorn, A idal I^etain. Co. H; b. Nashua; age 20; res.\\nPelham enl. May i, 61 must, in May 4, 61, to date\\nApr. 26, 61, as priv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See i N.\\nE. cav.\\nThompson, George W., 2d. Co. I b. Newmarket; age\\n27; res. Nashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61 must, in May 3,\\n61, as Corp.; mu.st. out Aug. 9, 61. See 8 N. H. V.\\nThompson. John W. Co. E b. Newmarket age 25 res.\\nNashua; enl. as priv. Apr. 26, 6r app. 2 It. .Apr. 30,\\n61 must, in May 2, 61, as 2 It.; must, out Aug. 9,\\n61. See 2 V. S. S. S.\\nThompson, William H. J. Co. E; b. Lowell, Mass.; age\\n22; res. Nashua; enl. June i, 61 must, in June i,\\n61, as priv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See i N. E. cav.\\nVarney, Andrew J. Co. F b. Sanbornton age 30; res.\\nNashua enl. May i, 61 must, in May 3, 61, as priv.;\\nmust, out Aug. 9, 61.\\nWalsh, John. Co. F; b. Boston, Mass.; age 19; res.\\nNashua enl. May i, 61 must, in May 3, 61, as priv.;\\nmust, out Aug. 9, 6r. P. O. ad., Manchester. See 8\\nN. H. V.\\nWheeler, Ellsworth E. Co. E b. Townsend, Mass.; age\\n20; res. Nashua; enl. Apr. 25, 6i must, in May 2,\\n61, as priv.; must, out .Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., Lowell,\\nMass.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0359.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "338\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nWhipple, George W. Co. F; b. Andover; age 31; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61, as priv.; app. 2 It. Apr. 30,\\n61; must, in May 3, 61, as 2 It.; must, out Aug. 9,\\n61. See miscel. organizations.\\nWhipple, John P. Co. F; b. Andover; age 28; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv.; must. out. Aug. 9, 61. P.O. ad., Biddeford, Me.\\nSee 9 N. H. V.\\nWhite, Adelbert. Co. E b. Georgia, Vt.; age 23; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61; must, in May 2. 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 4 N. H. V.\\nWhite, Charles H. Co. E; b. Marlborough; age 27; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 23, 5i must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad., 50 Wall street,\\nBoston. Mass. See 3 N. H. V.\\nWier, William W. Co. E b. Canada age 36 res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 20, 61; must, in May 2, 5i, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 9 N. H. V.\\nWilkins, Irving G. Co. E; b. Litchfield; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 22, 61; must, in May 2, 5i, as\\nCorp.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 8 N. H. V. Sup-\\nposed identical with Irving G. Wilkins, Co. D, 26\\nMass. inf. See miscel. organizations.\\nWilliams, Henry C. Co. F; b. No. Chelmsford, Mass.;\\nage 24; res. Nashua; enl. May 2, 61; must, in May\\n3. 61, as sergt.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. P. O. ad.,\\nFoxborough, Mass.\\nWilson, George W. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 21; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 30, 61; must, in May 3, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out .^-Ug. 9, 61. P.O. ad., Lynn, Mass.\\n.See 13 N. H. V.\\nWilson, James H. Co. E; b. Nashua; age 21; res.\\nNashua; enl. .\\\\pr. 19, 6r must, in Ma^- 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61.\\nWing. Reuben B. Co. E; b. Troy, Vt.; age 28; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 19, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out .\\\\ug. 9, 61.\\nWoods, Franklin L. Co. E; b. Nashua; age 19; res.\\nNashua enl. Apr. 19, 61 must, in May 2, 61, as\\nsergt; must, out Aug. g, 5r. See i N. E. cav.\\nWyman, Warren A. Co. E; b. Hudson; age 25; res.\\nNashua; enl. .\\\\pr. 19, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See i N. E. cav.\\nWyman, William S. Co. D; b. Litchfield; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 22, 61; must, in May 2, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 9, 61. See 4 N. H. V.\\nSECOND REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n[THREE VE.\\\\RS.]\\nENGAGEMENTS.\\nBull Run, Va., July\\nSiege of Yorktown, a., Apr. 11 to May\\nWilliamsburg, Va., May\\nSkirmish at Fair Oaks, Va., June\\nOak Grove, Va., June\\nSkirniLsh near Fair Oaks, Va., June\\nPeach Orchard, Va., June\\nWhite Oak Swamp, Va., June\\nMalvern Hill, Va., July r, Aug.\\nKettle Run, Va., Aug.\\nChantilly, Va., Sept.\\n5.\\n25,\\n28,\\n29.\\n30,\\n5-\\n29,\\nI\\n1 86 1 Fredericksburg, Va.,\\n1S62 Gettysburg, Pa.,\\n1862 Wapping Heights, Va.,\\n1862 Swift Creek, Va.,\\n1862 Drewry s Bluff, Va.\\n1862 Cold Harbor, Va.,\\n1862 Port Walthall, Va.,\\n1862 Petersburg, Va.,\\n1S62 Reconnoissance nea\\n1862 road, Va.,\\n1862 Richmond, Va.,\\nDec.\\n14.\\n1862\\nJuly\\n2,\\n1863\\nJuly\\n23-\\n1863\\nMay\\n9.\\n1864\\nMay\\n16,\\n1864\\nJune\\n1-9,\\n1864\\nJune\\n16,\\n1864\\nAug. 18 to Sept.\\nI,\\n1864\\nilliamsburg\\nOct.\\n27,\\n1864\\nApr.\\n3.\\n1865\\nAllen, Charles H. Co. C; b. Nashua; age 19; res. Con-\\ncord enl. Sept. 5, 61 must, in Sept. 17, 61, as priv.;\\ndes. Aug. 4, 63; gd. from des. Nov. 21, 63; app.\\nCorp. July I, 64; disch. Sept. 13, 64, Bermuda Hun-\\ndred, Va., tm. ex. P. O. ad., Auburn.\\nAllen, Harlan P. Co. C; b. Nashua; age 18; res. Con-\\ncord; enl. Aug. 26, 61 must, in Sept. 17, 6r, as priv.;\\ndes. Aug. 4, 62, Harrison s Landing, Va.; appreh.\\nJune 17, 65; disch. July 7, 65, Concord.\\nBaker, Henry. Co. F; b. New York city; age 24; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30, 63, as\\npriv.; des. Mar. I, 64, Pt. Lookout, Md.\\nBarry, John. Co. D b. Nashville, Teun.; age 21 cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 27, 63; must, in Nov. 28, 63, as\\npriv.; wd. May 16, 64, Drewry s Bluff, Va. Died\\nwds. May ^o, 64, Old Point Comfort, Va.\\nBeaty, Thomas. Co. H b. Nashua age 21 res. Man-\\nchester enl. May 6, 5r, for 3 mos.; not must, in re-\\nenl. May 11, 61, for 3 years must, in June 5, 61, as\\npriv. des. May 5, 63, Concord.\\nBernard, Peter. Co. D; b. France age 34; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Nov. 27, 63 must, in Nov. 28, 63, as priv. Died\\ndis. Sept. 27, 65, Warsaw, Va.\\nBlum, Falsh. Co. D; b. Sweden; age 20; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Nov. 27, 63; must, in Nov. 28, 63, as priv.; wd.\\nsev. June 3, 64, Cold Harbor, Va.; disch. wds. Jan. i,\\n65, Washington, D. C.\\nBrackett, Clarence A. Co. E b. Nashua age 21 res.\\nAntrim; enl. Apr. 19, 61, for 3 mos.; not must, in;\\npaid by state re-enl. May 21, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in\\nJune 3, 61, as muse; tr. to Co. C, July 20, 61 des.\\nJuly 25, 62. P. O. ad., Chelsea, Mass. See miscel.\\norganizations.\\nBracy, Andrew G. Co. H b. Somersworth age 18; res.\\nSomersworth enl. Apr. 25, 61, for 3 mos.; not must.\\nin; paid by state; re-enl. May 27, 61, for 3 yrs.;\\nmust, in Junes, ^s sergt.; app. i sergt. Aug. i,\\n61 2 It. Aug. r, 62 wd. Aug. 29, 62, Bull Run (2d),\\nVa.; app. i It. June 18, 63; must, out June 21, 64. P.\\nO. ad., Nashua.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0360.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n339\\nBiggs, William. Co. I); b. Somerset co., Md.; age 21;\\ncred. Xashiia enl. Nov. 27, 63; must, in Nov. 28, 63,\\nas priv. Died, dis. Nov. 4, 64, David s Isl., N. Y. H.\\nChristian, Hans. Co. H; b. Norway; age 26; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30, 63, as\\npriv.; des. Apr. 9, 64, Yorktown, Va.\\nClifford, William. Co. B; b. Warren; age 21; res. War-\\nren; enl. May 22, 61 must, in June i, 6i, as priv.;\\nre-enl. and must, in Jan. i, 64; cred. Nashua; app.\\nhosp. stew. Feb. 17, 65; must, out Dec. 19, 65. P.\\nO. ad., Lowell, Mass.\\nCornell, William. Co. F; b. Long Island, N. Y.; age 18;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Nov. 30, 63 must, in Nov. 30, 63,\\nas priv. Died, dis. Oct. 24, 64, White Hall, Pa.\\nCruden, George. Co. D; b. Scotland; age 19; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 27, 63; must, in Nov. 28, 63, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Feb. 22, 64, Pt. Lookout, Md.\\nCrystal, Samuel. Co. D; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; age 23;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Nov. 27, 63 must, in Nov. 28,\\n63, as priv.; des. Dec. 29, 63, Pt. Lookout, Md.\\nEdwards, William. Co. F; b. Boston, Mass.; age 26;\\ncred. Nashua enl. Nov. 30, 63 must, in Nov. 30, 63,\\nas priv.; des. Apr. 9, 64, Yorktown, Va.\\nEusemof, Alexander. Co. F; b. Russia; age 32; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30, 63, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Aug. 31, 64, Philadelphia, Pa.\\nFreeman, Charles. Co. D; b. New Brunswick; age 22:\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Nov. 27, 63; must, in Nov. 28,\\n63, as priv. Died, dis. Oct. 6, 64, Ft. Monroe, Va.\\nFry, Henry. Co. D b. England; age 20; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Nov. 27, 63 must, in Nov. 28, 63, as priv.; tr.\\nto U. S, navy Apr. 30, 64, as an ord. seaman served\\non U. S. S. Quaker City, Ohio and Squando;\\ndisch., services not required, July i, 66, from receiv-\\ning ship, Philadelphia, Pa., as coal heaver.\\nFucke, Henri. Co. F; b. Germany; age 21; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30, 63, as\\npriv.; must, out Dec. 19, 65.\\nGreeley, George P. F. and S.; b. Nashua; age 28; res.\\nNashua; app. asst. surg. May 3, 61; resigned June 3,\\n61. See 4 N. H. V.\\nGreen, William. Co. I); b. Newark, N. J.; age 20; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 27, 63; must, in Nov. 28, 63, as\\npriv.; des. Juh* 9, 64 near Petersburg, Va.\\nCruiKiy, Frank. Co. F; b. Boston, Mass.; age 23; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30, 63, as\\npriv.; must, out Dec. 19, 65.\\nHann, P rank. Co. F; b. England age 20; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30, 63, as priv.; des.\\nJan. 5, 64, Pt. Lookout, Md.; gd. from des. Jan. 28,\\n64; disch. Dec. 4, 65, p redericksburg, Va.\\nHughes, William. Co. F; b. Scotland; age 22; cred.\\nNashua enl. Nov. 30, 63 must, in Nov. 30, 63, as\\npriv.; des. Apr. 11, 64; gd. from des. Apr. 17, 64;\\nsentenced by court martial to be shot to death, and G.\\nO. 123, Dept. of Va., directs that he be shot to death\\nwithin 48 hours after order is read to him. N. f. r.\\nA. G. O.\\nHunt, Israel T. Co. D; b. Nashua; age 19; res. Nashua;\\nenl. May 10, 61 must, in June i, 61, as priv.; app.\\nmuse; disch. Sept. 2, 61, to accept promotion. P.\\nO. ad., Boston, Mass. See 4 N. H. V.\\nJohnson, Peter. Co. G; b. Holland; age 26; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30, 63, as\\npriv.; tr. to U. S. navy Apr. 30, 64, as a seaman\\nserved on U. S. S. Florida and Quaker City\\ndisch., reduction naval force, Aug. 21, 65, from re-\\nceiving ship, Philadelphia, Pa.\\nJones, John. Co. D; b. Newfoundland; age 24; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 27, 63; must, in Nov. 28, 63, as\\npriv.; des. Jan. 5, 64, Pt. Lookout, Md.\\nKclley, David. Co. F b. Ireland age 21 cred. Nashua\\nenl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30, 63, as priv.; tr.\\nto U. S. navy Apr. 30, 64, as a seaman serve l on U.\\nS. S. .Aries des. July 29, 65, from receiving ship,\\nBoston, Mass.\\nKelley, William J. Co. D; b. Ireland; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 27, 63; must, in Nov. 28, 63, as\\npriv.; wd. June 3, 64, Cold Harbor, Va.; tr. from Mt.\\nPleasant gen. hosp., Washington, D. C, June 16, 64.\\nN. f. r. A. G. O.\\nKennelly, Patrick, alias William Smith. Co. E; b. Nova\\nScotia; age 22; cred. Nashua; enl. Nov. 27, 63;\\nmust, in Nov. 28, 63, as priv.; disch. disab. Aug. 30,\\n64, Willetfs Point, N. Y. H. Died Sept. 18, 64,\\nBoston, Mass.\\nKirnen, Thomas. Co. F; b. Boston, Mass.; age 19; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30, 63, as\\npriv.; des. Apr. 6, 64 appreh returned to duty July\\n27, 64 reported on m. o. roll as absent sick. N. f. r.\\nA. G. O.\\nKnapp, John. Co. V b. Franklin age 23 cred. Nashua\\nenl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30, 63, as priv.;\\ndisch. Dec. 4, 65, P redericksburg, Va. P. O. ad.,\\nCampo, Cal.\\nLandress, Charles. Co. F; b. p rance age 33; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov, 30, 63,33\\npriv.; des. Apr. 12, 64, Yorktown, Va.; returned July\\n29, 64; des. Sept. 28, 64.\\nLarson, John. Co. D b. Norway age 38 cred. Nashua\\nenl. Nov. 27, 63; must, in Nov. 28, 63. as priv.; des.\\nApr. 9, 64, Yorktown, Va.\\nLee, Robert. Co. D; b. Bristol, Pa.; age 23; cred.\\nNashua enl. Nov. 27, 63 must, in Nov. 28, 63, as\\npriv.; found guilty of desertion and sentenced by G.\\nC. M. to hard labor during entire term of service at\\nFt. Monroe, Va., and to forfeit all pay; confined Apr.\\n12, 64, Norfolk, Va.; tr. to Portsmouth, Va., July 30,\\n64. N. f. r. A. G. O.\\nLopez, Charles. Co. F; b. Cuba; age 26; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30, 63, as priv.; disch.\\nJune 8, 65, Pt. Lookout, Md.\\nLumerun, Lewis. Co. F; sub.; b. Germany; age 38;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30, 63,\\nas priv.; wd. June 3, 64, Cold Harbor, Va.; disch.\\ndisab. June 29, 65, Ft. Schuyler, N. Y. H.\\nMathews, George. Co. G b. New York city age 20\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30,\\n63, as priv. Died Oct. 27, 65, Tappahannock, Va.\\nMcMarie, Robert W. Co. G; b. Scotland; age 22; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30, 63, as\\npriv.; des. May 15, 65, Manchester, Va.\\nMueller, Gustave. Co. G; b. Germany; age 25; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30, 63, as\\npriv.; app. corp. Nov. i, 64; sergt. Oct. i, 65; must.\\nout Dec. 19, 65.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0361.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "340\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nMuller, Herman. Co. E b. Germany age i8 cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 27, 63; must, in Nov. 28, 63, as\\npriv.; tr. to U. S. navy Apr. 30, 64, as an ord. sea-\\nman served on U. S. S. Calypso and Fort Jack-\\nson discli., reduction of naval force, Aug. 7, 65.\\nMunroe, Alexander. Co. E; b. New York city; age 29;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Nov. 27, 63; must, iu Nov. 28,\\n63, as priv.; des. Dec. 16, 63, Pt. Lookout, Md.\\nMurray, John. Co. E; b. Cecil, Md.; age 20; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 27, 63; mu.st. in Nov. 28, 63, as\\npriv. Died Jan. 26, 65, Pt. Lookout, Md.\\nMonson, Robert. Co. E b. Lancaster, Pa.; age 44; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 27, 63; must, in Nov. 28, 63, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Aug. 16, 64, Pt. Lookout, Md.\\nOlsen, Julius. Co. G; b. Sweden; age 22; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Nov. 30, 63 must, in Nov. 30, 63, as priv. Died,\\ndis. Feb. 4, 64, Pt. Lookout, Md.\\nParker, Charles. Co. G; b. England; age 26; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30, 63, as\\npriv.; drowned in attempt to desert, Apr. 7, 64, Pt.\\nLookout, Md.\\nPatterson, William E. Co. E; b. Annapolis, Mil,; age\\n22; cred. Nashua; enl. Nov. 27, 63; must, in Nov.\\n28, 63, as priv.; app. corp. Mar. i, 65; disch. to date\\nSept. 18, 65. Died Oct. 14, 91, Nat. Soldiers home, Va.\\nPierce, Thomas P. F. and S.; b. Chelsea, Mass.; age 41;\\nres. Manchester; app. col. Apr. 30, 61; not must.;\\npaid by state from May 3 to June 3, 61, as col.; re-\\nsigned commission June 4, 61 died Oct. 14, 87,\\nNashua.\\nReed, Charles. Co. G; b. England; age 22. cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30, 63, as\\npriv.; returned to U. S, navy as a deserter therefrom\\n(U. S. S. Fuschia Apr. 14, 64, Yorktown, Va. N.\\nf. r. A. G. O. or Navy Dept.\\nRobinson, Albert B. Co. I; b. Nashua; age 19; res.\\nManchester; enl. May g, 61 must, in June 7, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. and captd. July 21, 61, Bull Run, Va.;\\npar. June 2, 62; mis. July 2, 63, Gettysburg, Pa.; gd.\\nfrom mis.; captd. July 20, 63, Loudon Valley, Va.;\\npar. Aug. 29, 63; app. corp. June i, 64; must, out\\nJune 21, 64. P. O. ad.. El Paso, Tex.\\nRogers, Sylvester. Co. G; b. Petersham, Mass.; age 24;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Apr. 27, 61, for 3 mos., as priv.;\\nnot must, in re-enl. May 20, 61, for 3 yrs.; app. 2 It.\\nJune 4, 61; must, in June 5, 61, as 2 It.; app. i It.\\nJan. I, 62 killed Aug. 29, 62, Bull Run (2d), Va.\\nRoonej Patrick, alias John Sweeney. Co. E b. Eng-\\nland age 21; cred. Nashua; enl. Nov. 27, 63; must,\\nin Nov. 28, 63, as priv.; returned to U. S. navy as a\\ndeserter Feb. 4, 64. N. f. r. A. G. O. or Navy Dept.\\nRounsevel, Charles S. Co. I b. Dedham, Mass.; age 22;\\nres. Claremont enl. .-Vpr. 27, 61, for 3 mos.; not\\nmust, in; paid by state; re-enl. May 21, 61, for 3\\nyrs.; must, in June 7, 61, as priv.; app. corp. May i,\\n63; must, out June 21, 64. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nScott, James. Co. G; b. Scotland age 22 cred. Nashua\\nenl. Nov. 30, 63 must, in Nov. 30, 63, as priv.; shot\\nfor des. Apr. 29, 64, Williamsburg, Va., by .sentence\\nG. C. M.\\nSmith, .Albert. Co. B; b. Holland; age 22 cred.\\nNashua enl. Nov. 30, 63 must, in Nov. 30, 63, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. July i, 64, Petersburg, Va.\\nSmith, George. Co. E; b. Bridgeport, Conn,; age 19;\\ncred. Nashua enl. Nov. 27, 63 must, in Nov. 28, 63,\\nas priv.; des. Dec. 12, 63, Pt. Lookout, Md.\\nSmith, John C. Co. E; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; age 23;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Nov. 27, 63; must, in Nov. 28, 63,\\nas priv,; des. Sept. 9, 64, Bristol, Pa,\\nThompson, Willard P. Co, I; b. North Elba, N, Y,; age\\n28; res. Goffstown enl. Apr. 22. 61, for 3 mos.; not\\nmust, in; paid by state; re-enl. May 22, 61, for 3\\nyrs.; must, in June 7, 61, as priv.; captd. July 2, 63,\\nGettysburg, Pa.; released; must, out June 21, 64, P.\\nO. ad., Nashua. See i N. H. Cav.\\nWasilef, Peter. Co, G; b, Russia; age 29; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Nov. 30, 63; must, in Nov. 30, 63, as priv.; must,\\nout Dec. 19, 65.\\nWoods, John L. Co. B; b. Pepperell, Mass.; age 23 res.\\nHollis, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 18, 62; must, in\\nAug. 21, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. June 23, 63, Con-\\ncord. P. O. ad., Hollis.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0362.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nTHIRL) REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n[THRKIJ VKAUS.]\\nENGAGEMENTS.\\n341\\nPort Royal. S. C,\\nJames Island, S. C,\\nSecessionville, S. C,\\nPinckney Island. C,\\nPocotaligo, .S. C,\\nMorris Island, S. C,\\nFort Wagner, S. C, ist assault)\\nFort Wagner, S. C, (2d assault)\\nSiege of F ort Wagner, Morris\\nIsland, S. C, July 10 to Sept.\\nSiege of Fort Sumter, S. C,\\nSept. 7, 1863, to Feb.\\nChester Station (or Port Walthall\\nJunction), Va., May\\nDrewry s Bluff, Va., May 13-\\nNov.\\n7i\\n1 86 1\\nJune S~\\n5.\\n1862\\nJune\\n16,\\n1862\\nAug.\\n21,\\n1862\\nOct.\\n22,\\n1862\\nJuly\\n10,\\n1863\\nJuly\\nI 1,\\n1863\\nJuly\\n18,\\n1863\\n6, 1863\\n29, 1864\\n9,\\n16,\\n1864\\n1864\\n.\\\\ckerinau, Joseph. Co. F; b. Newburyport, Mass.; age\\n25; res. Nashua; eiil. July 29, 61 must, in -\\\\ug. 23,\\n6r, as Corp.; app. sergt. Oct. 17, 62; re-enl. and\\nmust, in Feb. 13, 64; app. 2 It. May 24, 64; \\\\vd.\\nAug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; app. i It. Co. B, Oct.\\n28, 64; capt. Co. C, Jan. 24. 65; must, out July 20,\\n65. Died July 21, 79, Nashua. Awarded Gillniore\\nMedal by Maj.-Gen. Q. A. Gillmore, for gallant and\\nmeritorious conduct during operations before Charles-\\nton, S. C.\\nAdams, Theophilus B. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 6, 62; must, in i\\\\.ug. 14, 62, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. May 9, 63, Hilton Head, S. C.\\nAllen, George F. Co. F; b. Hancock; age 37; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 12, 61 must, in .\\\\ug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Feb. 18, 62, Hilton Head, S. C.\\nAtwood, Daniel N. Co. H; b. Chelsea, Mass.; age 21;\\nres. Nashua enl. .\\\\ug. 14, 6i must, in .\\\\ug. 23, 61,\\nas priv.; wd. June 16, 62, Secessionville, S. C; app.\\nAVagouer Jan. 20, 63; reduced to ranks -Apr. i, 63;\\ndes. July 28, 63, Morris Isl., S. C; returned re-enl.\\nand must, in from Manchester, Jan. 31, 6.( wd.\\nMay 16, 64, Drewry s Bluff, Va.; wd. .\\\\ug. 16, 64,\\nDeep Bottom, Va.; app. corp. June 22, 65; must, out\\nJuly 20, 65.\\nBarrett, Towns. Co. V b. Hudson; age 42; cred.\\nNashua; enl. .^ug. 8. 62; must, in .\\\\ug. 14, 62, as\\npriv.; wd. .\\\\ug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; disch. June\\n26, 65, Goldsborough, N. C.\\nBerry, Lorenzo \\\\V. Co. F; b. Sweden, Me.; age 29; cred.\\nNashua; enl. .Aug. 7, 62; must, in .\\\\ug. 14, 62, as\\npriv.; killed May 13, 64. Drewry s Bluff, Va.\\nBickford, John W. Co. F b. Waltham, Mass.; age 29\\nres. Nashua; enl. .A.ug. 7, 61 must, in .^.ug. 23, 61,\\nas priv.; disch. disab. Sept. 10, 62. Hilton Head, S.\\nC. Supposed identical with John W. Bickford. Co. I.\\nI N. H. Cav.\\nBingham, .\\\\rthur. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 21; res.\\nNashua; enl. .Aug. 22. 61 must, in -Vug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out .\\\\ug. 23, 64. Died July 13, 78,\\nNashua.\\nJune\\n2,\\n1864\\nJune\\n9.\\n1864\\nJune\\n16,\\n1864\\nAug.\\n16,\\n1864\\nto Sept.\\n28,\\n1864\\nSept.\\n29.\\n1864\\nOct.\\nI,\\n1864\\nOct.\\n7.\\n1864\\nOct. 13,\\n27.\\n1864\\nJan.\\n15-\\n1865\\nFeb.\\n1 1.\\n1865\\nFeb.\\n22,\\n1865\\nBermuda Hundred, Va., May 18,\\nNear Petersburg, Va.,\\nWare Bottom Church, Va.,\\nDeep Bottom, a.,\\nSiege of Petersburg, Va.,\\nAug. 24,\\nNew Market Heights, a.,\\nNear Richmond, Va.,\\nNew Market (or near Laurel\\nHill), Va\\nDarbytown Road, a.,\\nFort Fisher, N. C,\\nSugar Loaf Battery, N. C,\\nWilmington, N. C,\\nBingham, George B. Co. V\\\\ b. Nashua; age 23; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 14, 62; must, in Aug. 18, 62, as\\npriv.; app. com. sergt. .\\\\ug. 23, 64; Q. M. Nov. 9,\\n64; must, out July 20, 65. Died Jan. 28, 70, Lowell,\\nMass.\\nBlood, Stilman. Co. F b. Hollis age 31; res. Hollis\\nenl. Aug. 9, 61 must, in .Aug. 23, 61, as priv.; re-\\nenl. and must, in Feb. 13, 64, from Nashua des.\\nNov. 8, 64, Staten Isl,, N Y.; reported under presi-\\ndent s proclamation Mar. II, 65; disch. May 15, 65,\\nBoston, Mass. Died Jan. 8, 79, Hollis.\\nBlood, Albert. Co. H b. Nashua age 18 res. Man-\\nchester; enl. Aug. 7, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; captd. Aug. 21, 62, Pinckney Isl., S. C; exch.;\\ndisch. di.sab. Feb. 24, 63, Annapolis, Md. P. O. ad.,\\nManchester. See V. R. C.\\nBrown, William E. Co. F b. Woodstock age 22 res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 12, 62; must, in\\nAug. 14, 62, as priv.; wd. sev. May 16, 64, Drewry s\\nBluff, Va.; app. corp. May 6, 65; disch. June 26, 65,\\nGoldsborou6h, N. C. P. O. ad., Brighton, Me.\\nBurke, Leonard O. V. Co. F b. Nashville, now Nashua\\nage 17; res. Chelsea, Mass.; enl. Mar. 7, 62; must, in\\nMar. 17, 62, as priv.; wd. May 18, 64, Bermuda Hun-\\ndred, Va.; app. corp. .\\\\ug. 24, 64; disch. Apr. 24, 65,\\nWilmington, N. C, tm. ex. Died, Sept. 14, 75, at sea.\\nBurnham, Charles S. Co. F; b. Pelham age 25; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 6, 61, as priv.; app. i It. .\\\\ug. 22,\\n61 must, in .Aug. 23, 61, as i It.; app. capt. Co. I,\\nJune 27. 62; disch. Dec. 6. 63. P. O. ad., Waltham,\\nMass.\\nBuss, Joseph. Co. E b. Nashua age 43 res. Nashua\\nenl. Vug. 10, 6i must, in Aug. 23, 61, as priv.;\\ndisch. disab. Mar. 6, 63, Hilton Head, S. C. See 12\\nN. II. V.\\nButton, luigenej. Co. F; b. Essex. N. V.; age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. .A.ug. 7, 61; must in .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Vug. 23, 61, as\\nCorp.; app. sergt. July, 62; i sergt., Oct. 17, 62; 2 It.\\nJlay 13, 63; wd. July 18, 63, Ft. Wagner. S. C; app.\\nI It., Co. I, Jan. 3. 64; killed, May 16, 64, Drewry s\\nBluff, Va.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0363.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "342\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nBurrell, Fred G. Unas d b. Canton, Mass.; age 22\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 5, 62; must, in Aug. 14, 62,\\nas priv. Died dis. Sept. 6, 62, on board stmr. G. C.\\nCollins, off coast N. C, en route to regt.\\nChamberlin, Albert G. Co. F; b. Barre, Mass.; age 22;\\ncred. Nashua enl. Aug. 5, 62 must, in Aug. 14, 62,\\nas priv.; app. corp. Feb. 28, 63 resigned warrant,\\nFeb. 22, 64; des. Nov. 20, 64, New York appreh.;\\ndisch. June 26, 65, Goldsborough, N. C. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua. See 8 N. H. V.\\nChase, James L. Co. F b. Merrimack; age 18; res.\\nHollis enl. Aug. 3, 61; must, in .A-ug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. June 15, 62, James Isl., .S. C; re-enl. and\\nmust, in from Nashua Feb. 13, 64 des. on furlough\\nApr. 14, 64. F. O. ad., Groton, Mass.\\nCobb, Norman E- Co. F b. Bridgewater, Vt.; age 28;\\nres. Nashua; enl. -Aug. 13, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61,\\nas priv.; re-enl. and must, in F eb. 13, 64; must, out\\nJuly 20, 65. Died Nov. 10, 87, Bedford.\\nCoffrey, Thomas. Co. F b. Ireland age 21 res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 14, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 6r, as\\npriv.; killed May 13, 64, Drewry s Bluff, Va.\\nCopp, Elbridge J. Co. F; b. Warren; age 17; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 14, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 5i, as\\npriv.; app. sergt.-maj. Feb. i, 62; 2 It. Co. B. Jan. i,\\n63; adjt. July 20, 63; wd. May 13, 64, Drewry s\\nBluff, Va.; Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; disch.\\nOct. 16, 64. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nCourivon, Frank. Co. V\\\\ b. Canada; age 28; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 10, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 23, 64. P. O. ad., Nat. home,\\nTogus, Me.\\nCourtney, Patrick. Co. F; b. Ireland; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 10, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; disch.\\nSept. 20, 64, tm. exp.; re-enl. and must, in from Mer-\\nrimack as substitute Dec. 15, 64; app. Corp. Jan. r,\\n65 sergt. F eb. 15, 65 umst. out July 20, 65.\\nCrowley, Dennis. Co. F; b. Ireland; age 40; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 10, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Oct. 17, 61, Annapolis, Md.\\nCurby, Abraham. Co. F; b. New Haven, Vt.; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 2. 61; must, in Aug. 23, 6i, as\\npriv.; wd. sev. May 13, 64, Drewry s Bluff, Va.;\\ndisch. Sept. 20, 64, tm. ex. P. O. ad., West Brook-\\nfield, Vt.\\nDamon, Joseph A. W. Co. F; b. Lancaster, Mass.; age\\n25 res. Nashua; enl. Aug. 6, 61 must, in Aug. 23,\\n61, as priv.; disch. disab. Nov. 18, 62, Hilton Head,\\nS. C. See state service.\\nDavis, Nathaniel C. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nWindham; enl. Aug. 8, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Nov. 11, 62, Hilton Head, S. C.\\nP. O. ad., Nat. Mil. home, Kan.\\nDay, John E. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 23; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 15, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 61, as muse; re-\\nenl. and must, in Feb. 21, 64; des. Apr. 64, while on\\nveteran furlough returned; app. corp. Oct. 23, 64;\\n.sergt. Dec. 14, 64; must, out July 20, 65.\\nDoharty, Charles. Co. F; b. Londonderry, Ire.; age 34;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Aug. i, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61,\\nas priv.; disch. disab. Sept. 18, 62, Hiltou Head, S.\\nC. Died May 17, 91, Nat. home, Togus, Me.\\nDonlan, John. Co. F; b. King s count) Ire.; age 30;\\nres. Nashua; enl. May 27, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 6r,\\nas priv.; disch. disab. Feb. 23. 63, Hilton Head, S. C.\\nSee V. R. C.\\nDuffy, Hugh. Co. C; b. Ireland; age 25; res. Nashua;\\nenl. July 22, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 61, as sergt.;\\ndisch. disab. Feb. 3, 63, Hilton Head, S. C. P. O.\\nad., Manchester.\\nDuffy, Ross C. Co. F b. Ireland age 29 res. Nashua\\nenl. Aug. 3, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as Corp.; wd.\\nMay 13, 64, Drewr) s Bluff, Va.; app. sergt. June 17,\\n64; must, out .\\\\ug. 23, 64. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nDuples, Edgar. Co. F; b. Sciota, N. Y.; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 9, 5i must, in .\\\\ug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. June 16, 62, Secessionville, S. C; Aug. 28,\\n63, F t. Wagner, S. C; disch. wds. Oct. 5, 63, Morris\\nIsl., S. C. See state service.\\nEarly, John. Co. F; b. Ireland; age 30; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. I, 5i must, in Aug. 23, 61, as priv.; disch.\\ndisab. July 28, 62, Beaufort, S. C.\\nEnues, John F. Co. F b. Portugal age 19 res. Nashua\\nenl. Aug. 14, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as priv.; wd.\\nMay 16, 64, Drewry s Bluff, Va.; June 16, 64, Ware\\nBottom Church, Va. Died, wds. June 25, 64, Hamp-\\nton. Va. Awarded Gillmore medal, by Maj.-Gen.\\nQ. A. Gillmore, for gallant and meritorious conduct\\nduring operations before Charleston, S. C.\\nFarmer. Joseph R. Co. F b. Greenfield age 35 res.\\nNashua; enl. Jul} 30, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\nCorp.; disch. disab. May 26, 62, Edisto Isl., S. C.\\nDied Feb. 26, 80. Burlington, Vt.\\nFarnsworth, Charles H. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. .A.ug. 7, 62; must, in Aug. 14, 62, as\\npriv.; killed July 10, 63, Morris Isl., S. C.\\nFitzgerald, David. Co. C; b. Ireland; age 29; res.\\nNashua; enl. July 30, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. sev. June 16, 62, Secessionville, vS. C;\\ndisch. wds. Sept. 27, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. P. O.\\nad.. Highland Park, 111.\\nFlanders, Daniel J. Co. E; b. Wheelock, Vt.; age 27;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Aug. 5, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 61,\\nas I sergt.; app. 2 It. .\\\\pr. 15. 62 i It. Nov. 16, 62\\ndisch. disab. July 2, 63. P. O. ad., Nashua. See i\\nN. H. H. Art.\\nFlanders, George W. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 27; cred.\\nNashua enl. Aug. 5, 62 must, in Aug. 14, 62, as\\npriv.; wd. Oct. 22, 62 disch. disab. Mar. 28, 63,\\nHilton Head, S. C. P. O. ad., Manchester.\\nFlanders, King H. Co. F; b. Wheelock, Vt.; age 35;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Aug. 8, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61,\\nas sergt.; wd. June 16, 62, Secessionville, S. C; tr. to\\n127 Co., 2 batt l n, V. R. C, May 23, 64 disch. disab.\\nMay 23, 64, as priv.. Depot Camp, D. C. Died Apr.\\nII, 91, Fitchburg, Mass.\\nFlynn, Bernard. Co. F; b. Ireland age 26; res. Nashua;\\nenl. .\\\\ug. 12, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 61. as priv.;\\ndisch. disab. Nov. 11, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. Died,\\nJan. 16, 63, Nashua.\\nFrench, James. Co. F b. Nashua age 37 res. South\\nAndover, Mass.; enl. Aug. i, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 61,\\nas priv.; wd. June 16, 62, !3ecessiouville, S. C; disch.\\ndisab. .\\\\ug. 18, 62, Concord. Died June 5, 84, Nat.\\nhome, Wis.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0364.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n343\\nl oTit:\\\\iii, Louis. Co. E; b. Canada; age 19; res. Nashua;\\ntill. July 22, 61 must, iu Aug. 23, 61, as priv.; killed\\nluuc 16, 64, Ware Bottom Church, Va.\\nFulton, Charles C. Co. F; b. Concord; age 19; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 13, 62; must, in\\n.\\\\ug. 14, 62, as priv.; wd. accidentally Feb. 19, 65.\\nDied wds. Feb. 20, 65, Federal Pt., N. C.\\nGay, George H. Co. F; b. Chelsea, Mass.; age 25; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 3, 61 must, in .\\\\ug. 23, 61, as\\nCorp.; app. sergt. Feb. 28, 63; wd. .\\\\ug. 25, 63, Mor-\\nris Isl., S. C; May 18, 64, Bermuda Hundred, Va.;\\napp. I sergt. June 19, 64; killed Aug. 16, 64, Deep\\nBottom, Va.\\nGordon, Hendrick B. Co. F b. Tyngsborough, Mass.;\\nage 19; res. Nashua; enl. Aug. 26, 61 must, in .Vug.\\n26, 61, as priv.; must, out Aug. 23, 64. 1 O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nGould, George A. Co. F; b. llopkinton age 26; res.\\nNashua; enl. July 29, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 23, 64. P. ad., Nashua.\\nGreen, Albert. Co. F; b. Lowell. Mass.; age 21; res.\\nNashua; enl. Avjg. 21, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. Sept. 24, 63; re-enl. and must, iu\\nF eb. 23, 64 reduced to ranks Oct. 23, 64 des. Nov.\\n7, 64, Staten Isl., N. Y.; appreh. Dec. 20, 64; disch.\\nwith loss of pay, Dec. 12, 65.\\nGreen, Warren. Co. F; b. Dracut, Mass.; age 23; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 12, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. Sept. 14, 63; must, out Aug. 23, 64.\\nGrimes, Francis J. Co. F; b. Milford age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 12, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and must, in Feb. 13, 64; app. wagoner\\nAug. 24, 64; must, out July 20, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nHall, Charles T. Co. F; b. Pepperell, Mass.; age 20;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Aug. 6, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 5i,\\nas priv.; re-enl. and must, in Feb. 23, 64; app. corp.\\nAug. 4, 64; resigned warrant Feb. 25, 65 must, out\\nJuly 20. 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nHall, James H. Co. F; b. Pepperell, Mass.; age 19;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 9, 62; must, in Aug. 14, 62,\\nas priv.; disch. June 26, 65, Goldsborough, N. C. P.\\nO. ad., Nashua.\\nHandley, George W. Co. F; b. Dexter, Me.; age 31;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 14, 62; must, in .\\\\ug. 18, 62,\\nas priv.; killed May 18, 64, Bermuda Hundred, Va.\\nSee I N. H. V.\\nHarris, Wesley T. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 25; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 6, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\nCorp.; resigned w arrant Sept. 14, 63; must, out Aug.\\n23, 64. P. O. ad., Wakefield, Mass.\\nHarvey, George D. Co. F; b. Brunswick, Me.; age ig;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 6, 62; must, iu Aug. 14, 62,\\nas priv.; wd. May 13, 64, Drewry s Bluff, Va.; disch.\\nJune 26, 65, Goldsborough, N. C.\\nHayden, Alfred P. Co. F; b. Groton, Mass.; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 14, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. July i, 62; sergt. June 30, 63; wd.\\nsev. Aug. 25, 63; must, out Aug. 23, 64. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nHenesacy, Peter. Co. H; b, Brooklyn, N. V.; age 20;\\nres. Nashua; enl. July 26, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 61,\\nas priv.; re-enl. and must, in Feb. 16, 64, from Hud-\\nson; app. corp. July 18, 64; des. Nov. 8, 64, Staten\\nIsl., N. Y.\\nHodgdon, Rnos 1 Co. F; b. Barnstead age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Mar. 29, 64; must, in Mar. 29, 64, as\\npriv.; wd. June i6, 64, Ware Bottom Church, Va.\\nDied wds. June 17, 64, Bermuda Hundred, Va.\\nHoitt, Nathan B. Co. I; b. Northwood age 44; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. .-^ug. 12, 62; must, in\\nAug. 14, 62, as priv.; wd. July 10, 63, Morris Isl., S.\\nC; disch. disab. June 8, 64. P. O. ad., .\\\\ugusta, Me.\\nSee I N. E. cav.\\nIngram, Henry. Co. I- b. Vermont; age 2i res.\\nNashua; enl. July 29, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and must, in 1-eb. 26, 64; wd. Aug. 16,\\n64, Deep Bottom, Va.; app. corp. July i, 65; must.\\nout July 20, 65. P. O. ad., Boston, Mass.\\nJackman, Lemuel N. Co. F b. Pembroke; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 8, 6[; must, in .\\\\ug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. July 12, 62; re-enl. and must, in\\nFeb. 16, 64; app. sergt. Mar. i, 64; adjt. Jan. 4, 65;\\nmust, out July 20, 65. P. O. ad., Elgin, 111.\\nJohnson, .Augustus. Co. F; b. Bennington; age 35; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 6, 6r must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Oct. 17, 61, Annapolis, Md. P-\\nO. ad., Mont Vernon. See 10 N. H. V.\\nJones, Elbridge P. Co. E; b. Milford; age 18; cred.\\nMilford; enl. Mar. 31, 64; must, in .Mar. 31, 64, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Dec. 13, 64, Concord. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nKillelea, Patrick. Co. C; b. Ire.; age 25; res. Nashua,\\nenl. July 22, 61 must, iu Aug. 23, 61, as priv.; wd.\\nJuly 18, 63, Ft. Wagner, S. C; must. outAug. 23, 64.\\nP. O. ad., Nashua.\\nKimball, John B. Co. F b. I iermont; age 21; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. i, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Nov. 10, 62, Hilton Head, S. C.\\nKimball, Lewis, Jr. Co. F; b. Piermont; age 20; cred.\\nNashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 9, 62; must, in Aug. 14, 62, as\\npriv.; disch. July 18, 64, to accept promotion. P. O.\\nad., Winthrop, S. D. See U. S. C. T.\\nKing, John L. Co. F b. France; age 31; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 9, 61 must. in. Xug. 23, 61, as priv.; re-enl.\\nand must, in F eb. 18, 64; disch. July 19, 65, New\\nYork city. P. O. ad., Newport Centre, Vt.\\nLa Clair, Emery. Co. E; b. St. Albans, Vt.; age 23; res.\\nNashua; enl. July 23, 61; must, in -Vug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and must, in F eb. 15, 64; wd. Aug. 16,\\n64, Deep Bottom, Va.; di.sch. to date Dec. 31, 64. P.\\nO. ad., Nashua.\\nLay, Charles. Co. F; b. Montreal, Can.; age 27 res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 7, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv. re-enl. and must, in Feb. 13, 64-; des. Apr., 64,\\nwhile on furlough. See state service.\\nLivingston, George 1 Co. I b. Nashua age 15 cred.\\nNashua; enl. Jan. 21, 63; must, in Feb. 17, 63,35\\nmuse; des. Nov. 9, 64, Staten Island, N. Y.; re-\\nturned; disch. May 15, 65, Boston, Mass. Died Oct.\\n26, 85, Manchester.\\nMann, Charles W. Co. F b. Upton, Mass.; age 26 res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 15, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and must, in Feb. 21, 64; must, out\\nJuly 20, 65. See state service.\\nMarsh, Henry Co. F; b. Amherst, Mass.; age 21 res.\\nNashua; enl. July 27, 61, as priv.; app. 2 It. Aug. 22,\\n61 must, in Aug. 23, 61, as 2 It.; wd. June 16, 62,\\nSecessionville, S. C; app. i It. July 4. 62; resigned\\nDec. 30, 62. P. O. ad., Nashua.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0365.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "344\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nMcCabe, James. Co. F b. Ireland age 23 res. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. I, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as priv wd.\\nMay 13, 64, Drewry s Bluff. Va.; disch. Sept. 29, 64,\\ntm. ex.\\nMcCoomb, James. Co. F; b. Ireland; age 29; res.\\nNashua; eul. Aug. 23, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; des. July 22, 63, New York city. vSee state\\nservice.\\nMcGowen, John. Co. F; b. Ireland; age 37; res.\\nNashua; eul. July 27, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; tr. to Co. D, 19 V. R. C, Apr. 27, 64; disch.\\nSept. 2, 64, Washington, D. C tm. ex. P. O. ad.,\\nWorcester, Mass. See state service.\\nMerrill, Josiah B. Co. F; b. Hudson; age 42; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 8, 62; must, in Aug. 14, 62, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Oct. 24, 62, Hilton Head, S. C.\\nMiller, George W. Co. F; b. Alstead; age 21; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 8, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. sev. June 16, 62, Secessionville, S. C;\\ndisch. wds. vSept. 3, 62. Hilton Head, S. C. P. O. ad.,\\nTogus, Me.\\nMilliken, Albert H. Co. F; b. Cavendish, Vt.; age 21;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 8, 62; must, in Aug. 14, 62,\\nas priv.; wd. sev. July 18, 63, Ft. Wagner, S. C; tr.\\nto 145 Co., 2 batt l, V. R. C, May 23, 64; disch. disab.\\nAug. 10, 65, David s Isl., X. Y. H. P. O. ad., Lowell,\\nMass.\\nMorgan, Charles W. Co. F; b. Nashua; age ig cred.\\nNashua; eul. Aug. 6, 62; must, in Aug. 14. 62, as\\npriv.; wd. May 13, 64, Drewry s Bluff, Va.; disch.\\nJune 26, 65, Goldsborough, N. C. P.O. ad., Nashua.\\nMygatt, Rivington H. Co. F b. Troy. N. Y.; age 23 res.\\nNashua; enl. July 29, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. May 13, 64, Drewry s Bluff, Va.; must, out\\nAug. 23, 64. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nNorcross, Joseph F. Co. F b. Boylston, Mass.; age 41\\nres. Nashua; enl. Aug. 7, 61; must, iu Aug. 23, 61,\\nas priv.; must, out Aug. 23, 64. Died Jan. 26, 80,\\nNashua.\\nNottage, Thomas, Jr. Co. F; b. Quincy, Mass.; age 30;\\nres. Nashua; enl. July 30, 61 must, iu Aug. 23, 61,\\nas sergt.; disch. disab. Sept. 18, 62, Hilton Head, S.\\nC. Died Jan. 8, 79, Nashua.\\nPeabody, Ezra B. Co. V\\\\ b. New Boston; age 41 res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 12, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. sev. June 16, 62, Secessionville, S. C;\\ndisch. disab. Nov. 28, 62, New York city. P. O. ad.,\\nMilford.\\nPersons, Joseph. Co. I b. Lyndeborough age 43; cred.\\nNashua; eul. Aug. 9, 62; must. in. Aug. 14, 62, as\\npriv.; disch. June 26, 65, Goldsborough, N. C. P. O.\\nad., Bushong, Kan.\\nPushee, Jesse C. Co. F b. Lj me age 42 cred. Nashua\\nenl. Aug. 14, 62; must, iu Aug. 18, 62, as priv.; app.\\nCorp. June 30, 63; sergt. Aug. 24, 64; i sergt. Oct. i,\\n64; I It. Co. I, Jan. 4, 65; must, out July 20, 65.\\nDied Oct. 28, 74, Nashua.\\nRandlett, James F. Co. F b. Newmarket age 27 res.\\nNashua; enl. July 27, 61. as priv.; app. capt. Aug.\\n22, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 61, as capt.; app. maj. Apr.\\n6, 64; wd. sev. May 13, 64, Drewry s Bluff, Va.; app.\\nIt. It. -col. Oct. 12, 64; must, out July 20, 65. P. O.\\nad., Washington, D. C. See miscel. organizations.\\nRhodes, Joel H. Co. F; b. Hopkinton, Mass.; age 39;\\nres. Nashua; enl. July 27, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 61,\\nas wagoner disch. disab. Aug. 9, 62, Hilton Head,\\nS. C. See V. R. C. and state service.\\nRoss, Chester A. Co. F; b. Sidney, Me.; age 21; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 6, 62; must, in Aug. 14, 62, as\\npriv.; wd. Oct. 27, 64, near Richmond, Va.; disch.\\nJune 26, 65, Goldsborough, N. C.\\nSager, Zeri S. Co. F; b. Berkshire, Vt.; age 22; res.\\nNashua; eul. Aug. 12, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\nCorp. Died, dis. Nov. 22, 61, Hilton Head, S. C. See\\nI N. H. V.\\nvScanlan, Michael. Co. F; b. Kerry county, Ire.; age 27;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Jul^ 29, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 61,\\nas priv.; disch. disab. Sept. 20, 62, Hilton Head, S.\\nC. See V. R. C.\\nShea, Corneille. Co. F b. Loudon age 24 res. Nashua\\nenl. July 29, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 61, as priv.;\\ndisch. disab. Sept. 18, 62, Hilton Head, S. C.\\nShea, Patrick. Co. V b. Ireland; age 18; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 15, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 61, as priv. Died,\\n(lis. Nov. 2, 62, Hilton Head, S. C.\\nShipley, George L. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 27; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 2, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Oct. 17, 6r. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nSmith, Charles D. Co I b. Comptom, Can.; age 24;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. S, 62; must, in Aug. 14, 62,\\nas priv.; app. corp. F eb. 22, 64; killed Aug. 16, 64,\\nDeep Bottom, Va. Awarded Gillmore Medal by\\nMaj. -Gen O. A. Gillmore, for gallant and meritorious\\nconduct during operations before Charleston, S. C.\\nSee sketch, page 100.\\nSmith, George H. Co. V\\\\ b. Jlont. Veruou age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 22, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and mu.st. in F^eb. 13, 64; must, out July\\n20, 65. P. O. ad., Lebanon.\\nSmith, George H. Co. I; b. Thetford, Vt.; age 26; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 24, 61 must, in Aug. 24, 6i, as\\nwagoner; disch. May 15, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. P.\\nO. ad., I armington. See 13 inf. and i cav., N. H. V.\\nSmith. John H. Co. F; b. Tamworth age 30; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 8, 62; must, in Aug. 14, 62, as\\npriv.; wd. May 13, 64, Drewr3 s Bluff, Va. Died,\\nwds. July 3, 64, Pt. Lookout, Md.\\nStearns, George. Co. F; b. New York citj age 21 res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 2, 61; must, in Aug. 23, 61,\\nas I sergt.; app. 2 It. Aug. 9, 62; i It. Jan. i, 63; tr.\\nto Co. C; app. capt. Co. K, Jan. 3, 64; disch. Oct.\\n31. 64-\\nStetson, Fred B. Co. F; b. Worcester, Mass.; age 18;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Aug. i, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 5i,\\nas priv.; app. corp. Oct. 17, 62; killed May 18, 64,\\nBermuda Hundred, Va.\\nStockwell, Alvin W. Co. F; b. Boston, Mass.; age 19;\\nres. Nashua cred. Nashua enl. Aug. 13, 62 must,\\nin Aug. 21, 62, as priv.; wd. sev. May 18, 64, Ber-\\nmuda Hundred, Va.; disch. June 26, 65, Goldsbor-\\nough, N. C. P. O. ad,, Lowell, Mass.\\nvSwallow, William A. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 40; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; eul. Aug. 13, 62; must, in\\nAug. 14, 62, as priv.; wd. Aug. 23, 63, Morris Isl.,\\nS. C; app. Corp. June 17, 64; q. m. sergt. Apr. 27,\\n65 disch. June 26, 65, Goldsborough, N. C. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0366.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASirUA, N. H.\\n345\\nSwallow, Georfjc Iv. Co. F; b. Boston, Mass.; age i8;\\nres. Nashua; eiil. Aug. 6, 6i must, in .\\\\ug. 23, 6i,\\nas priv. Died, dis. Dec. 2, 62. Hilton Head. S. C.\\nWadsworth, David, Jr. Co.? b. Worcester, Mass.; age\\n23; res. Nashua; cnl. .\\\\ug. 7, 61 must, in Aug. 23,\\n61, as sergt.; app. 2 It. Nov. 16, 62 i It. May 13, 63;\\nCapt. Apr. 6, 64; wd. May 16, 64, Drewry s Bluff,\\nVa.; disch. disab. .Sept. 24, 64. P.O. ad., Manchester.\\nWaters, John. Co. I b. Ireland age 25 res. Nashua;\\nenl. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\ug. 10, 61 must, in .\\\\ug 23, 61, as priv.; must.\\nout .\\\\ug. 23, 64. P. O. ad., Nat. Military home, Kan.\\nWaters, Patrick. Co. C b. Ireland; age 43; res. Naahua;\\nenl. July 22. 61 must, in .\\\\ug. 23. 61, as priv.; disch.\\ndisab. July 31, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. Died, dis.\\nAug. 24, 62, New York city.\\nWebster, James. Co. D; substitute; 1). Dracut, Mass.;\\nage 36 res. Merrimack, cred. Bristol; enl. Oct. 14,\\n63; must, in Oct. 14, 63, as priv.; disch. disab.\\nSept. 13, 64, Concord. V. O. ad., Nashua.\\nWelch, William H. Co. F; b. Lowell, Mass.; age 21;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Aug. 12, 61 must, in .\\\\ug. 23, f\\nas priv.; wd. .sev. May 13, 64, Drewry s Bluff, Va.;\\ndisch. Sept. 29, 64, tm. ex.\\nWheeler, George N. Co. H b. .\\\\mherst age 31; res.\\nNashua; enl. July 25, 61; must, in .-Xug. 23, 61, as\\nCorp.; resigned warrant Jan. 1, 62; disch. disab.\\nMay 7, 62, Edisto Isl., S. C. See 10 N. H. V.\\nWillard, Nathaniel I.. Co. F; b. Georgia, Vt.; age 36;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Aug. 2, 61 must, in Aug. 23, 61,\\nas. priv.; must, out Aug. 23, 64.\\nWilloughby, Varnum T. Co. F; b. HoUis; age 32 res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 12, 61 must, in .\\\\ug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; tr. to I. C, July 15, 63 assigned to Co. F, 10 I.\\nC; disch. Aug. 17, 64, to date .-Vug. 15, 64, New York\\ncity, tm. ex. Died Oct. 3, go, Ilollis.\\nWyman George L. Co. F; b. Goffstown age 21; res.\\nNashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 9, 61; must, in .\\\\ug. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. May 16, 64, Drewry s Bluff, a.; must, out\\n.\\\\ug. 23, 64. P. O. ad., West Manchester.\\nFOURTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n[THKKK VE.\\\\R.S.]\\nENGAGEMENTS.\\nPort Royal, vS. C Nov. 7, 1861\\nJames Island, S. C, June 10, 1862\\nPocotaligo, S. C, Oct. 22, 1S62\\nSiege of Fort Wagner, Morris\\nIsland, S. C, J ll.v 10 to Sept. 6, 1863\\nSiege of Fort Sumter, vS. C,\\nvSept. 7, 1863, to Jan. 15, 1864\\nSwift Creek, (or Arrowfield\\nChurch), Va., May 9, 1864\\nDrewry s Bluff, a., May 14-16, 20, 1864\\nBalch, John Jr. Co. C; b. Johnson, Vt.; age 24; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 3, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv; re-enl. Feb. 20, 64; must, in Feb. 28, 64; wd.\\nJune 7, 64, Cold Harbor, Va.; disch. to date Aug.\\n23. 65-\\nBenian, Alfred H. Co. B b. Malone, N. Y.; age 27; res.\\nNashua; enl. .-Vug. 20, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv; disch. disab. Aug. 5, 62, Beaufort, S. C. See\\nV. R. C.\\nBrackett, Charles R. Co. B b. Souiersworth age 18; res.\\nSomersworth enl. Sept. 3, 61 must, in .Sept. 18, 61,\\nas muse; re-enl. Feb. 16, 64; cred. Nashua; must.\\nin Feb. 28, 64 must, out Aug. 23, 65.\\nBussell, John B. Co. B; b. Holliston, Mass.; age 21; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 14, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\nCorp.; app. sergt. May 8, 63; must, out Sept. 27, 64.\\nP. O. ad., Nashua.\\nButler, .\\\\ugustus. Co. B; b. Canada; age 25; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 31, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv; disch. to late Sept. 27, 64, tm. ex. See state\\nservice.\\nButler, Leonard. Co. B; b. Burlington, Vt.; age 20; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 5, 61; mus. in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv; must, out Sept. 27, 64.\\nNear Bernuula Hundred, Va.,\\nMay 17, 19, 21-\\nCold Harbor, a., June 4-\\nPetersburg, Va., June\\nSiege of Petersburg, a., June 23 to July\\nMine explosion, Petersburg, a., July\\nDeep Bottom, a., Aug. 14-\\nNew Market Heights, (Fort\\nGilmer), a., Sept.\\nFort Fi.sher, N. C, Jan.\\nFort Anderson, N. C, Feb.\\n28, 1864\\n12, 1864\\n16, 1864\\n29, 1864\\n30, 1 864\\n16, 1864\\n29, 1864\\n15. 1865\\n18, 1865\\nButler, ilitcholl M. Co. B; b. Canada; age 36; res.\\nNashua; enl. .A.ug. 28, 6i must, in .Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Mar. 11, 63, Beaufort, S. C. Sup-\\nposed identical with Michael M. Butler, state service.\\nClifford, Frederick G. Co. B; b. Lowell, Mass.; age 18;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Aug. 28, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61,\\nas priv.; wd. June 24, 64, near Petersburg, Va.; re-\\nported on m. o. roll dated Sept. 27, 64, as absent wd.\\nsince June 24, 64. N. f. r. A. G. O. Died Mar. i, 91,\\nBaton Rouge, La. See state service.\\nConnolly, Michael. Co. C; b. Longford, Ire.; age 21;\\nres. Manchester; enl. Sept. 2, 61; must, in Sept. 18,\\n61, as priv; re-enl. Feb. 16, 64; cred. Nashua; must,\\nin F eb. 28, 64; captd. May 16, 64, Drewry s Bluff,\\n\\\\a. Died, dis. Sept. 12, 64, Andersonville, Ga.\\nwarded Gillmore Medal by Maj.-Gen. Q. A. Gill-\\nmore, for gallant and meritorious conduct during\\noperations before Charleston, S. C. Supposed i Ienti-\\ncal with Michael Connelly, state service.\\nCook, George W. Co. C; b. Tamworth age 23; res.\\nNashua; cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 7, 62; must, in\\nAug. 14, 62, as priv.; w d. Oct. 22, 62, Pocotaligo, S.\\nS.; captd. May 16, 64, Drewry s Bluff, Va. Died\\nJune 7, 64, Richmond, Va.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0367.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "346\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nCook, Charles E. Co. C: b. New Hampshire; age 18;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Sept. 3, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61.\\nas priv.; re-enl. Feb. 18. 64; must, in Feb. 28, 64;\\napp. Corp.; captd. May 20, 64, Drewr^- s Bluff, Va.;\\npar. Dec, 64; app. sergt. Mar. i, 65; com. sergt.\\nJune 18, 65; disch. Julv 17. 65, Raleigh, N. C.\\nCook. William H. Co. C; b. Madison; age 21; res.\\nNashua; cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 7, 62; must, in\\nAug. 14, 62, as priv.; app. Corp.; captd. May 20, 64,\\nDrewry s Bluff, Va.; released Dec. 11, 64; app. 2 It.\\nMar. I, 65; not must.; disch. June 12, 65, as Corp.,\\nConcord. P. O. ad., Pomona, Fla.\\nCrooker, Charles T. Co. C b. Bow age 18 res. Amherst\\nenl. Aug. 26, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61, as priv.; disch.\\ndisab. Sept. 28, 62, Beaufort, S. C. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nSee 10 N. H. V.\\nCrosby, Thomas W. Co. C; b. Wilton; age 38; res.\\nNashua; cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 13, 62 must, in\\nAug. 14, 62. as priv. disch. disab. Oct. 5, 63, Morris\\nIsl., S. C. Died Feb. 19, 75, Nashua.\\nCutler, Andrew B. Co. D; b. Nashua; age 23; res. San-\\nbornton; enl. July 31, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61,\\nas priv. re-enl. and must, in Jan. i, 64; captd. Aug.\\n16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va. Died Dec. 22, 64, Salis-\\nbury, N. C.\\nDanforth, Stephen E. Co. B; b. Amherst; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 5, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Nov. 2:, 61, Ft. Munroe, Va.\\nDarling, Granville D. Co B b. Lowell, Mass.; age 22;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Sept. 8, 6r must, in Sept. 18, 61,\\nas priv. wd. June 28, 64, Petersburg, Va.; must, out\\nSept. 27, 64. P. O. ad., Lowell, Mass.\\nDowney, Thomas. Co. C; substitute; b. Ireland age 23;\\nres. Nashua; cred. Hill; enl. Oct. 19, 63 must, in\\nOct. 20, 63, as priv.; must, out Aug. 23, 63. P. O.\\nad., Nat. home, Togus, Me.\\nDoyle, Patrick. Co. B; b. Kerry, Ire.; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. .^ug. 28, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and must, in Feb. 20, 64; wd. June 7,\\n64, Cold Harbor, Va.; app. corp.; must, out Aug. 23,\\n65. Died Oct. 14, 85, Chelsea, Me.\\nDuncklee, Lorenzo P. Co. C; b. Milford age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 27, 6r must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Sept. 27, 64. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nFahey, Edward. Co. A; substitute; b. Lancaster, N. Y.;\\nage 18; res. New York; cred. Nashixa enl. Oct. 6,\\n63; must, in Oct. 63, as priv; must, out Aug. 23, 65.\\nFarley, Clinton. Co. K; b. Londonderrj age 22; res.\\nBedford; enl. Sept. 7, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv; re-enl. and must, in Feb. 28, 64; cred. Man-\\nchester; must, out Aug. 23, 65. Died Oct. 6, 88,\\nNashua.\\nFisher, Albert O. Co. C b. Nashua age 17 res. Nashua\\nenl. Aug. 27, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as priv re-\\nenl. Feb. 18, 64; must, in Feb. 28, 64; app. corp.;\\ncaptd. May 20, 64, Drewry s Bluff, Va. Died Sept.\\n17, 64, .\\\\ndersonv)lle, Ga.\\nFisher, Charles M. Co. C b. Woodstock, Vt.; age 23;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Aug. 26, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61,\\nas Corp.; disch. di.sab. Dec. i, 61, Hilton Head, S. C.\\nFlinn, Albert N. Co. B; b. Biddeford, Me.; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. vSept. 4, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv; app. corp. Mar. 1, 63; must, out Sept. 27, 64.\\nP. O. ad., Nashua.\\nFlinn. James E. Co. B; b. Dover; age 29; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. 7, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as priv.;\\ndisch disab. Feb. 11, 62, Hilton Head, S. C.\\nGay, Alonzo. Co. B; b. Groton, Mass.; age 20; res.\\nNashua; enl. .^ug. 24, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv; app. wagoner re-enl. Feb. 24, 64; must, in Feb.\\n28, 64; disch. disab. Mar. 27, 65, Concord. P. O.\\nad., Nashua. See i N. H. V.\\nGay, Leonard A. Co. B; b. Groton, Mass.; age 25; res.\\nNashua; enl. vSept. 4, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\nsergt.; re-enl. Feb. 16, 64; must, in Feb. 28, 64; wd.\\nJuly 30, 64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va.; app. i\\nIt. Nov. 9, 64; capt. Aug. 23, 65; not must.; must.\\nout Aug. 23, 65, as I It. P. O. ad., Nashua. See i\\nN. H. V.\\nGray, Charles A. Co. B; b. Shrewsbury, Mass.; age 41\\nres. Nashua; enl. Aug. 21, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61,\\nas priv; app. corp. Jan. 24, 62; sergt. Ma_v 4, 63;\\nmust, out Sept. 27, 64.\\nGray, John. Co. B b. Tyrone, Ire.; age 20 res. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 30, 61; must, in Sept. i8, 61, as priv.; re-\\nenl. F eb. 24, 64; must, in Feb. 28, 64; must, out\\nAug. 23, 65. .See i N. H. V.\\nGreeley, George P. V. and S.; b. Nashua age 28 res.\\nNashua; app. asst. surg. Aug. 20, 61 must, in Sept.\\n18, 61 app. surg. Oct. 8, 62 disch. Oct. 23, 64.\\nDied Dec. 27, 92, St. Augustine, Fla. See 2 N. H. V.\\nGreenleaf, Richard O. Co. B b. South Berwick, Me.;\\nage 35 res. Nashua; enl. Sept. 14, 61, as priv.; app.\\ncapt. Sept. 20, 61 must, in to date Sept. 18, 61, as\\ncapt.; app. niaj. Aug. 24, 64; declined app.; disch.\\nNov. I, 64, to date Sept. 26, 64, as capt.. Concord,\\ntm. ex. P. O. ad., Nashua. See i N. H. V.\\nHale, IMartin. Co. C; b. Nashua; age 20; res. Wilton;\\nenl. Aug. 19, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61, as priv must.\\nout Sept. 27, 64. See i N. H. V.\\nHarris, Charles A. Co. B; b. Leominster, Mass.; age 25;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Sept. 9, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61,\\nas sergt.; reduced to ranks May 20, 64; app. corp.\\nJuly 12, 64; must, out Sept. 27, 64. See i N. H. V.\\nHarris, George H. Co. E; b. Franklin; age 20; res.\\nManchester; enl. Aug. 19, 61; must, in vSept. 18, 61,\\nas priv; must, out Sept. 27, 64. Died Apr. 23, 85,\\nNashua.\\nHarris, William R. Co. B; b. Woodstock; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. July 29, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Oct. 26, 63, Morris Isl., S. C.\\nHunt, Israel T. Non-com. staff; b. Nashua; age ig; enl.\\nSept. 9, 5r must, in Sept. 18, 61, as hosp. steward\\ndisch. disab. July 12, 62, St. Augustine, Fla. P.\\nO. ad., Boston, Mass. See 2 N. H. V.\\nJackman, John H. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 29; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 27, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Sept. 27, 64. Died F eb. 13, 80,\\nNashua\\nJones, .\\\\rchible R. Co. B; b. Jefferson, Me.; age :43;\\nres. Nashua; enl, .\\\\ug. 30, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61,\\nas priv.; disch. disab. Feb. 11, 62, Hilton Head, S. C.\\nSee 9 N. H. V.\\nJones, George D. Co. B; b. Milford; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 29, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. Feb. 20, 64; must, in Feb. 28, 64; app.\\nsergt. May, 65; must, out .\\\\ug. 23, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nWoburn, Mass. See i N. H. V.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0368.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n347\\nKeiinj George X. Co. C; b. Milford age 19; res.\\nNasliua; cred. Nashua; eiil. Aug. 28, 62; must, in\\nAug. 28, 62, as priv.; clisch. disab. May 25, 65, Nashua.\\nDied Feb. 11, 66. Nashua.\\nKimball, John R. Co. B; 1). Nashua; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 30, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\nCorp.; app. sergt., 62; wd. sev. Oct. 22, 62, Poco-\\ntaligo, S. C; captd. M.sj- 20. 64, Drewry s Bluff, a.;\\npar. Nov. 64; disch. Jan. 3. 65, Concord. P. ad..\\nBrooklyn. N. V. See i N. H. V.\\nLeroy, Daniel, alias Daniel Thompson. Co. A; substi-\\ntute; b. New York city; age 27; res. Chicago, 111.;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 6, 63; must, in Oct. 6, 63, as\\npriv.; wd. June, 64; reported on m. o. roll dated Aug.\\n23, 65, as absent; sick since June 6, 64, I ortsmoulh\\nGrove, R. I. N. f. r. A. G. O. P. O. ad., Lewis\\nRum, I a.\\nLibby, Horace W. Co. C; b. Goshen; age 2r; res.\\nNashua; enl. ,Sept. 12, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. Sept. 19, 64, New York city, tm. ex.\\nLund, Henry C. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 19; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. 2, 61; must, in .Sept. 18, 6r, as priv.; re-\\nenl. P eb. 16, 64; must, in Teb. 28, 64; app. corp.;\\nkilled Sept. 3, 64, near Petersburg, Va.\\nLyons, Newman. Co. B b. I/itchlield age 22 res.\\nNashua enl. Aug. 27, 61 must, in ,Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Sept. 27, 64. P. O. ad.. Nashua.\\nMarckres, Samuel D. Co. H; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nManchester; enl. Aug. 26, 61 must, in .Sept. 18, 61.\\nas priv.; re-enl. and must, in Feb. 28, 64; app. Corp.;\\nmust, out Aug. 23, 65. P. O. ad., Perry, la. See i\\nN. H. Y.\\nHarden, George A. Co. B; b. Deering; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 20. 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. Feb. 15, 64; must, in Feb. 28, 64;\\nmust, out .\\\\ug. 23, 65. See 1 N. H. Y.\\nMcKean, George H. Co. B; b. Hollis; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 5, 61; must, in .Sept. 5, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Feb. 11. 62, Hilton Head, S. C.\\nSee 2 Co., N. H. H. art.\\nMerwin, Barney S. Co. F; substitute; b. Roxbury, N.\\nY.; age 26; res. Roxbury, N. Y.; cred. Nashua; enl.\\nOct. 6, 63; must, in Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; captd. Aug.\\n16, 64, Deep Bottom, Ya. Died Oct. 29, 64, Salis-\\nbury, N. C.\\nMontgomery, Francis W. Co.B; b. Massachusetts; age 41\\nres. Nashua; enl. Aug. 20, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61,\\nas priv.; re. enl. Feb. 21, 64; must, in Feb. 28, 64;\\ncaptd. May 16, 64, Drewry s Bluff, Ya.; escaped l eb.\\n26, 65; disch. July 28, 65, Raleigh, N. C.\\nMoore, Charles H. Co. H; b. Hillsborough; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 18, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. l eb. 20, 64; must, in F eb. 28, 64; app.\\nq. m. sergt. Nov. 21, 64; i It. Co. F, Feb. 17, 65;\\ndisch. to date May 15, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nMoseley Frank. Co. C; b. Westfield, Mass.; age 18; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 27, 62; must, in\\nAug. 28, 62, as priv.; disch. June 20, 65, Richmond, Ya.\\nMoses, John H. Co. D; b. Nashua; age 18; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 15, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as priv.; re-\\nenl. Feb. 17, 64; cred. Canterbury; must, in I eb. 28,\\n64; must, out Aug. 23, 65. P. O. ad., Oakland, Cal.\\nNichols, Grovenor D. Co.B; b. Amherst; age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 2, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\nsergt.; disch. disab. May 27, 62, Fernandina, Fla. P.\\nO. ad., Nashua. See i N. H. Y. and Y. R. C.\\nNichols, John F. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 23 res. Nashua;\\nenl. .Aug. 21, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as priv.; re-\\nenl. Feb. 15, 64, as sergt.; must, in Feb. 28, 64; des.\\nAug. 9, 64, Boston, Mass. Died July 31, 83, Auburn,\\nMe. .See 1 N. H. Y.\\nNichols, William H. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 28; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 2, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Apr. 26, 63, Hilton Head, S. C.\\nP. O. ad., Manchester. See Y. R. C.\\nNolan, John. Co. G; b. Montpelier. Yt.; age 24; res.\\nNashua; enl. .Aug. 27, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 6t, as\\npriv.; captd. Aug. 15, 64, Deep Bottom, Ya. Died,\\ndis. Dec. 28, 64, Salisbury, N. C. .\\\\warded Gillmore\\nMedal by Maj.-Gen. Q. A. Gillmore, for gallant an l\\nmeritorious conduct during operations before Charles-\\nton, S. C.\\nNolan, Thomas. Co. G.; b. Canada; age 20; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 24, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61, as priv.; wd.\\nJuly 23, 64, Petersburg, Ya.; must, out Sept. 27, 64.\\nP. O. ad., Manchester.\\nNoyes, James H. Co. B; b. Gardner, Mass.; age 25; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 16, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Oct. 19, 61, Annapolis, Md. Sup-\\nposed identical with James H. Noyes, non-com. staff,\\n6 N. H. Y.\\nO Brien, Patrick. Co. C; b. Ireland; age 27; res.\\nNashua; enl. .Aug. 27, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. Feb. 19, 64; must, in Feb. 28, 64;\\ndisch. Sept. 13, 65, Hartford, Conn. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nOsgood, Reuben D. Co. B; b. Blue Hill, Jle.; age 26;\\nres. Nashua enl. Sept. 7, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61,\\nas priv.; tr. to V S. Signal corps Oct. 13, 63 re enl.\\nMar. 18, 64; disch. Sept. 5, 65. Died Jan. 31, 91,\\nTurner, Me.\\nO Sullivan, John P. Co. B; b. Kenmare. Ire.; age 41;\\nres. Nashua; enl. May 17, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61,\\nas priv.; disch. disab. Feb. 7, 63, Beaufort, S. C. P.\\nO. ad., Londonderry.\\nPatnode, Augustine. Co. D; substitute; b. Canada; age\\n29; res. New York, cred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 6, 63;\\nmust, in Oct. 5, 63, as priv.; wd. May 20, 64, Drew-\\nry s Bluff, Ya.; must, out Aug. 23, 65.\\nPatterson, James W. Co.B; b. Greensborough, Yt.; age\\n21 res. Nashua; enl. Sept, 9, 61; must, in Sept. 18,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a261, as priv. Died dis. Oct. 25, 61, Ft. Monroe, Ya.\\nPerkins, Charles H. Co. B b. Nashua age 18; res. Nash-\\nua enl. -Aug. 23, 6t must, in Sept. 18, 61, as Corp.;\\nre-enl. Feb. 15, 64; must, in Feb. 28, 64; must, out\\n.Aug. 23, 65. Died .Apr. 25, 92. See i N. H. Y.\\nPerrin, PhineasJ. Co. B; b. Wheelock, Yt.; age4o; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 9, 61; must, in .Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Feb. 11, 62, Hilton Head, S. C.\\nPhilbrick, James A. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nMerrimack; enl. Sept. 4, 61 must, in .Sept. 18, 61,\\nas priv.; wd. July 26, 64, near Petersburg, Ya.; .Aug.\\n16, 64, Deep Bottom, Ya.; disch. to ilale Sept. 27, 64,\\ntm. ex. P. O. ad., yuincy, 111.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0369.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "34S\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nRichardson, Milton. Co. C; b. Hillsborough; age 38;\\nres. Nashua eul. vSept. 16, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61,\\nas priv.; disch. disab. Oct. 26, 62. Beaufort. S. C.\\nDied Feb. 11, 81, Nashua.\\nSarsons, Eleazer L. Co. C; b. Lyme; age 25; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 9, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\nsergt.; re-enl. Feb. 16, 65; must, in Feb. 28, 64;\\nmis. May 20, 64, Drewry s Bluff, Va.; gd. from mis.;\\napp. I sergt.; i It. Co. A, Feb. 17, 65; capt. Co. F,\\nJune 2, 65 must, out Aug. 23, 65. See i N. H. V.\\nSaunders, Frederick H. Co. B; b. Townsend, Mass.; age\\n22 res. Nashua; enl. Sept. 2, 61 must, in Sept. 18,\\n61, as priv.; re-enl. Feb. 20, 64; must, in Feb. 28\\n64; app. Corp.; wd. Jan. 15, 65, Ft. Fisher, N. C.\\nJan. 16, 65, explosion of magazine, Ft. Fisher, N. C.\\napp. sergt. Mar. i, 65 disch. July 20, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nCandia.\\nSt. Cloud, Albert. Fnas d substitute; b. Canada; age\\n21 cred. Litchfield eul. Jan. 2, 65 must, in Jan. 2,\\n65, as priv.; sent Jan. 5, 65, from draft rendezvous.\\nConcord delivered same date at Galloup s Isl., B. H.,\\nMass.; sent Feb. 9, 65, to regt.; delivered Feb. 14,\\n65, at Bermuda Hundred, Va. N. f. r. A. G. O. Died\\nMay 4, 71, Nashua.\\nSullivan, William. Co. G; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nManchester; enl. Aug. 31, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 6i,\\nas priv.; re-enl. Feb. 16, 64; must, in Feb. 28, 64;\\nkilled May 16, 64, Drewry s Bluff, Va.\\nTenney, Hiram A. Co. C b. Mendon, Vt.; age 24 res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 17, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\nas priv.; disch. disab. Sept. 10, 64, Hilton Head, S. C.\\nThompson, John L. Co. B; b. Key West, Fla.; age 20;\\nres. Jacksonville, Fla.; enl. Apr. 10, 62 must, in\\nApr. 10, 62, as priv.; re-enl. Feb. i5, 64; cred.\\nNashua; must, in Feb. 28, 64; must, out Aug. 23, 65.\\nP. O. ad., Nashua.\\nTinker, Alvah G. Co. C; b. Marlow age 24; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 13, 62; must, in\\nAug. 14, 62, as priv.; wd. Oct. 22, 62, Pocotaligo, S.\\nC; di.sch. disab. Feb. 27, 64, Beaufort, S. C. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.\\nTinker, Hollis W. Co. B b. New Hampshire age 18\\nres. Nashua; enl. Sept. 9, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61,\\nas priv.; re-enl. Feb. 20, 64; must, in Feb. 28, 64;\\napp. Corp.; must, out Aug. 23, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nTrow, Harlan. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 18; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. 7, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61, as priv.; tr. to\\nBattery B, i Art., U. S. A., Nov. 3, 62 app. Corp.;\\nre-enl. Feb. 2, 64; app. sergt.; disch. Feb. 2, 67, Ft.\\nWadsworth, N. V. H., tm. ex. P. O. ad., Chelsea,\\nMass.\\nTuck, George S. Co. C; b. Nashua; age 18; res. Mil-\\nford enl. Aug. 31, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. Feb. 21, 64; cred. Manchester; must,\\nin Feb. 28, 64; app. Corp.; disch. disab. Mar. 11, 65,\\nConcord. Died Apr. i, 65, Milford.\\nUpton, George H. Co. B; b. Lowell, Mass.; age 19; res.\\nAmherst; enl. Sept. 14, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61. as\\npriv.; app. corp. Mar. i, 63; must, out Sept. 27, 64.\\nDied July 19, 71. Nashua.\\nWatts, Hugh. Co. B; b. Peterborough; age 40; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 21, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\nCorp.; disch. disab. Mar. 11, 63, Beaufort, S. C.\\nWetherbee, Edward A. Co. D; b. Nashua; age 27; cred.\\nWilton; enl. Aug. 9, 62; must, in Aug. 21, 62, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Mar. 11, 63, Beaufort, S. C.\\nW hite, Adelbert. Co. B; b. Georgia, Vt.; age 23; res.\\nNashua enl. Aug. 23, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61, as i\\nsergt.; app. 2 It. Jan. 17, 62; cashiered Nov. 30, 62.\\nSee I N. H. V.\\nWillis, Martin W. F. and S.; b. Easton, Mass.; age 40;\\nres. Nashua; app. chaplain Aug. 20, 61; must, in\\nSept. 18, 61 disch. disab. June 20, 62, to date Jan.\\n27, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. P. O. ad., St. Louis, Mo.\\nWintlirop, Alexander. Co. C; substitute; b. Andover,\\nMass.; age 18; res. Boston, Mass., cred. Nashua; enl.\\nOct. 6, 63 must, in Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; wd. Jan. 16,\\n65, explosion of magazine. Ft. Fisher, N. C; di.sch.\\nMay 24, 65, Ft. Schuyler, N. V. H. P. O. ad.,\\nWhitefield.\\nWood, Almon. Co. K b.Langdon; age 45; res. Nashua\\nenl. Sept. 16, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as priv.; re-\\nenl. Feb. 17, 64; must, in Feb. 28, 64; must, out\\nAug. 23, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nWood, George A. Unas d b. Harvard, Mass.; age 18\\nres. Nashua, cred. Nashua enl. Aug. 23, 62 must,\\nin Aug. 25, 62, as priv. N. f. r. A. G. O. Died Mar.\\n23, 63, Nashua.\\nWorthley, John. Co. C; b. Goffstown age 34; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 9, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. Feb. 20, 64; must, in Feb. 28, 64.\\nDied dis. Sept. 5, 64, F t. Monroe, Va.\\nWright, Benjamin F Co. B b. Nashua age 23 res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 21, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Mar. 12, 63, New York cit}\\nWyman, William S. Co. B; b. Litchfield; age 20; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 30, 61; must, in Sept. 18, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. Oct. 22, 62, Pocotaligo, S. C; disch. to\\ndate Sept. 27, 64, tm. ex. See 1 N. H. V.\\nYork. William F. Co. B; b. Roxbury, Mass.; age 28;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Sept. 2, 61 must, in Sept. 18, 61,\\nas priv.; disch. disab. Sept. 12, 62, Beaufort, S. C. P.\\nO. ad., Nashua.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0370.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nFIFTH REGIMENT NFW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n349\\n[TIIRKK YEARS.\\nENGAGEMENTS.\\nRappahannock River. a.,\\nVorklown, a., April 2510\\nFair Oaks, a.,\\nPeach Orchard, a.,\\nvSavage s Station, a.,\\nWhite Oak .Swamp, (Gk-nchilu or\\nCharles City Cross Roads a.\\nMalvern Hill, a.,\\nHoonsljorough,, Md.,\\nAntietani, Md.,\\nSnicker s Gap, a.,\\nFredericksburg, Va.,\\nChancellorsville, a.,\\nGettvsburg, Pa.,\\nMar.\\n28,\\n1862\\nMay\\n4.\\n1862\\nJune\\nI,\\n1862\\nJune\\n29,\\n1862\\nJune\\n29.\\n1862\\nJune\\n.10,\\n1862\\nJ Illy\\nI,\\n1862\\nSept.\\n15.\\n1862\\nSept.\\n17-\\n1862\\nNov.\\n2\\n1862\\nDec.\\n13,\\n1862\\nMay 1\\nf-5.\\n1863\\nJuly\\n2.3.\\n1863\\nCold Harbor, a., June 2-12,\\nSiege of Petersburg, Va., June 16 to July 26;\\n30 to Aug. 12 Aug. 21 to Dec. 7, 1864\\n10, 1864, to April 2, 1865.\\nJerusalem Plank Road, a., June 22,\\nDeep Bottom, Va., July 27, Aug. 16,\\nReam s Station, Va., Aug. 25,\\nReconnoissance to Hatcher Run,\\nVa., Dec. 8,9,\\nFort Stedman, Va Mar. 25,\\nDiiuviddie Court House, Va., Mar. 31,\\nSailor s Creek, Va Apr. 6,\\nFarmville, Va., Apr. 7,\\n1864\\nJuly\\nDec.\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1865\\n1865\\n1865\\n1865\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\ustiii, Ricliard. Co.C. .substitute; b. England age 23\\ncred. Nashua; enl. ^ug. 24, 64; must, iu .\\\\ug. 24, 64,\\nas priv.; must, out June 28, 65.\\nCahill, Philip, t nas d substitute; b. Ireland; age 25\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 18, 64; must, in .^ug. 18, 64,\\nas priv.; received .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\ug. 18, 64, at draft rendezvous,\\nConcord; sent Aug. 27, 64, to regt. N. f. r. A. G. O.\\nCarlsou, John. Unas d substitute; b. Gottenburg,\\nSweden; age 23; cred. Nashua; enl. Sept. 8, 64;\\nmust, in Sept. 8, 64, as priv.; disch. Nov. 30, 65,\\nConcord.\\nClark, James. Unas d substitute b. St. John, N. B.;\\nage 28; cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 15, 64; must, in\\nAug. 15, 64, as priv.; received Aug. 15. 64, at draft\\nrendezvous, New Haven. Conn.; sent .^ug. 27, 64, to\\nregt. N. f. r. A. G. O.\\nClifford, George. Unas d; substitute; b. Ireland; age\\n21 cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 19, 64; must, in Aug. 19,\\n64, as priv.; received Aug. 19, 64, at draft rendezvous,\\nConcord sent Aug. 27, 64, to regt. N. f. r. A. G. O.\\nCook, Charles. Co. .A; substitute; b. St. John, N. B.;\\nage 21 cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 22, 64; must, in .Aug.\\n22, 64, as priv. Died, dis. Oct. 28, 64, City Point, Va.\\nDuffey, .\\\\llen. Unas d substitute b. Prince Edward s\\nIsland; age 21; cred. Nashiia; enl. Aug. 24. 64;\\nmust, in .Aug. 24, 64, as priv.; received Aug. 24, 64,\\nat draft rendezvous. Concord sent .^ug. 27, 64, to\\nregt. N. f. r. A. G. O.\\nElginger, Daniel. Co. substitute; b. Germany; age\\n24; cred. Nashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 23, 64; must, in Aug.\\n23, 64, as priv.; app. Corp.; must, out June 28, 65.\\nEstey, William H. Co. B substitute; b. St. John, N. B.;\\nage 21; cred. Nashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 31, 64; must, in\\n.\\\\ug. 31, 64, as priv.; lisch. disab. .\\\\pr. 27, 65, Pt.\\nLookout, Md.\\nI leniming, John, t nas d; siiljstilute b. New York age\\n20; cred. Nashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 22, 64; must, in .\\\\ug.\\n22, 64, as priv.; received -\\\\ug. 22, 64, at Concord\\n.sent .\\\\ug. 27, 64, to regt. N. f. r. A. (i. O.\\nFletcher, George S. Co. K b. Hancock age 23 res.\\nLempster; enl. Sept. 5, 61 must, in Oct. 12, 61, as\\nCorp.; wd. June 30, 62, White Oak Swamp, Va.; app.\\nsergt. -Aug., 62; wd. Dec. 13, 62, Pre Iericksburg,\\nVa.; app. i sergt.; tr. toV. R. C. Apr. 19, 64; unas d\\ndisch. disab. .^ug. 20, 64, as priv., David s, 111., N. V.\\nH. Died Nov. 21, 67, Nashua. See i N. H. V.\\nFriery, John. Unas d; substitute; b. Ireland; age 2i\\ncred. Nashua enl. Aug. 23, 64; must, in Aug. 23, 64,\\nas priv.; received Aug. 23, 64, at draft rendezvous.\\nConcord sent .\\\\ug. 27, 64, to regt. N. f. r. A. G. O.\\nGibson, Daniel. Co. .A; b. Shelburne, Vt.; age 30; res.\\nConcord (Fisherville, now Penacook); enl. Sept. 28,\\n61; must, in Oct. 12, 61, as sergt.; wd. sev. Sept. 17,\\n62, Antietani, Md.; disch. disab. Mar. 9, 63, Freder-\\nick, Md. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nHeald, .\\\\lfred W. Co. K; b. Dublin; age 25; res. Mil-\\nford; cred. Milford enl. Aug. 9, 62; must, in .Aug.\\n9, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. Oct. 24, 62, Washington,\\nD. C. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nHealey, Harmon G. Co. I; substitute; b. New York;\\nage 28; cred. Nashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 23, 64; must, in\\nAug. 23, 64, as priv.; must, out June 28, 65.\\nHolt. .A.ncil D. Co. K; b. Weston, Vt.; age 38; res.\\nPeterborough; enl. Sept. 5, 61; must, in Oct. 12, 61,\\nas priv.; disch. disab. June 5, 62, Washington, D. C.\\nDied June 4, 90, Nashua.\\nHope, Ceorge. Co. H; substitute; b. Troy, N. Y.; age\\n21; res. Waterford, Mass.; cred. Nashua; enl. Oct.\\n6, 63; must, in Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; wd. .\\\\pr. 7, 65.\\nI arniville. Va.; disch. June 26, 65, Philadelphia, Pa.\\nP. O. ad., Plainville, N.J.\\nJohnson, Elijah W. Co. I; b. L3 man age 34; res.\\nCanaan; enl. .\\\\ug. 23, 61, as priv.; app. 1 It. Oct. 12,\\n61 must, in to date Sept. 27, 61, as i It.; disch. Jan.\\n28, 62. P. O. ad., Nashua. See 11 N. H. V.\\nMarsh, Frank E. Co. G; b. Uxbridge, Mass.; age 29;\\nres. Claremont; enl. Sept. 15, 61 must, in Oct. 12,\\n61, as wagoner; must, out Oct. 29, 64. P. O.ad.,\\nNashua.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0371.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "?50\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nMcGlennan, James. Unas d substitute; b. Ireland age\\n21 cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 22, 64; must, in Aug.\\n22, 64. as priv.; received Aug. 22, 64, at draft ren-\\ndezvous, Concord sent Aug. 27, 64, to regt. N. f.\\nr. A. G. O.\\nMorgan, John. I nas d; substitute; b. Ireland; 2ge 23;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 18, 64; must, in Aug. 18, 64,\\nas priv.; received Aug. 18, 64, at draft rendezvous, N.\\nH.; sent Aug. 27, 64, to regt. N. f. r. A. G. O.\\nMoody, Charles T. Co. H; b. Claremont age 18; res.\\nManassas, Va.; enl. March 18, 62 must, in Apr. 20,\\n62, as muse; disch. Apr. 19, 65, Burkeville. Va.,\\ntni. ex. P.O. ad., Nashua.\\nParody, Frederick. Co. A; substitute; b. Ouebec, Can.;\\nage 42; cred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 6, 63; must, in Oct.\\n6, 63, as priv.; tr. to V. R. C. Apr. 15, 64, and as-\\nsigned to 30 Co.; 2batt l; disch. Nov. 28, 65.\\nPreston, Harry. Unas d; substitute; b. Pennsylvania;\\nage 19; cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 24, 64; must, in\\nAug. 24, 64, as priv., received Aug. 24, 64, at draft\\nrendezvous, Concord; sent Aug. 27, 64. to regt. N. f.\\nr. A. G. O.\\nRol bins, Isaiah, Jr. Co. K drafted b. Surry age 23\\nres. Keene, cred. Keene drafted Oct. g, 63; must,\\nin Oct. 9, 63, as priv.; wd. June 3, 64, Cold Harbor,\\nVa.; disch. disab. May 28, 65, Manchester. P. O.ad.,\\nNashua. See miscel. organizations.\\nRoberts, Walter. Co. E; substitute; b. England; age\\n21; cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 24, 64; must, in Aug.\\n24, 64, as priv.; must, out June 28, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nDelmar, Del.\\n.Stevens, William. Unas d; substitute; b. Canada; age\\n19; cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 20, 64; must, in Aug. 20,\\n64, as priv.; received Aug. 20, 64, at draft rendezvous.\\nConcord; sent Aug. 27, 64, to regt. N. f. r. A. G. O.\\nTenney, Carlos K; Co. A; substitute; b. Toronto, Can.;\\nage 21 res. Royalton, Vt.; cred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 6,\\n63; must, in Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; wd. June 17, 64.\\nnear Petersburg; Va.; captd. Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bot-\\ntom, Va.; par. Oct. 9, 64; must, out June 28, 65. P.\\nO. ad.. Concord.\\nWilson, John. Co. H; substitute; b. Dublin, Ire.; age\\n25; res. Pattertown, cred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 6,\\n63; must, in Oct. 6, 63, as priv. Died Jan. 7, 64, Pt.\\nLookout, Md.\\nWood, Levi. Co. I; substitute; b. Canada; age 21 cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 8, 64; must, in Aug, 8, 64, as\\npriv.; wd. Apr. 7, 65, Farniville, Va. Died, wds.\\nMay 20, 65, Annapolis, Md.\\nWoods, William. Co. G; b. Nashua; age 19; res. Chales-\\ntown enl. Sept. 27, 61; must, in Oct. 12, 61, as priv.;\\nwd. Sept. 17, 62, Antietam, Md.; Dec. 13, 62, Fred-\\nericksburg, Va.; re-enl. and must, in Feb. 19, 64;\\napp. sergt.; killed June 17, 64, near Petersburg, Va.\\nSIXTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n[THREE YEARS.]\\nENGAGEMENTS.\\nCamden, N. C Apr. 19, 1862\\nBull Run, Va Aug. 29, 30, 1862\\nChantilly, Va Sept. i, 1862\\nSouth Mountain, Md., Sept. 14, 1862\\nAntietam, Md Sept. 17, 1862\\nWhite Sulphur Springs, Va., Nov. 15, 1862\\nFredericksburg, a., Dec. 13, 1862\\nSiege of Vicksburg, Miss., June i4to Juh 4, 1863\\nJackson, Miss., July 10-16, 1863\\nWilderness, Va., May 6, 1864\\nSpottsylvania, Va., Maj- 8-20, 1864\\nNorth Anna River, a., May 23-26, 1864\\nMay 30, 31, 1864\\nJune 2, 3, 1864\\nJune 4-12, 1864\\nTotopotomoy, Va.,\\nBethesda Chttrch, Va.,\\nCold Harbor, Va.,\\nSiege of Petersburg, Va.,\\nJune 16, 1S64 to Apr. 3, 1865\\nMine Explosion, Petersbtirg, a.,\\n(assault) July 30, 1864\\nWeldon Railroad, a., Aug. 20-22, 1864\\nPoplar Springs Church, a., Sept. 30, Oct. i, 1864\\nHatcher s Run, a., Oct. 27, 1S64\\nPetersburg, Va., Apr. i, 2, 1865\\nBancroft, Samuel P. Co. G; b. Pepperell, Mass.; age 21\\nres. Nashua; enl. Nov. 13, 61; must, in Dec. 6, 61.\\nas priv.; app. corp. Mar. 10, 62; wd. .\\\\ug. 29, 62,\\nBull Run, Va.; tr. to Co. A, 8. I. C, Nov. 15, 63;\\ndisch. Dec. 5, 64, as sergt., Chicago, 111., tm. ex.\\nCampbell. John. Co. I b. Westford. Mass.; age 43 cred.\\nSomersworth; enl. Jan. 2, 64; must, in Jan. 2, 64, as\\npriv.; disch. Aug. 21, 65, Washington, D. C. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.\\nClark, George S. Co. K; b. Claremont; age 26; res.\\nPeterborough; enl. Dee. 11, 61 must, in Dec. 11, 61,\\nas priv.; disch. disab. Mar. 23, 62, Roanoke Isl. N.\\nC. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nCutler, George W. Co. G; b. Boston, Mass.; age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 26, 61; must, in Dec. 6, 61. as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Mar. 4, 62, Roanoke Isl., N. C.\\nSee 9 N. H. V. and V. R. C.\\nDickerman, Samuel R. Co. G; b. Mason; age 33; res.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 6, 61; must, in Dec. 6, 61, as\\npriv.; mis. Aug. 29, 62, Bull Run, Va.; gd. from mis.\\nNov. 28, 61 app. com. sergt. Jan. i, 64 re-enl. and\\nmust, in Jan. i, 64; became insane reduced to ranks\\nJul}- I, 64; assigned to Co. I; captd.; last seen at\\n.\\\\ndersonville, Ga., Sept., 64. N. f. r. A. G. O.\\nEmerson, Edward M. Co. G; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nNashua app. 2 It. May 16, 62 must, in May 16. 62\\nwd. and captd. Aug. 29, 62, Bull Run, Va.; released\\ndisch. disab. Dec. 3, 62. See miscel. organizations.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0372.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n351\\nIladley, Osgood T. Co. Iv b. Nashua; age 24; res.\\nPeterborough; eul. Oct. 9, 61 must, in Nov. 28, 6f,\\naspriv.; w l. Dec. 13, 62, Fredericksburg, Va.; app.\\nCorp.; re-enl. and must, in Dec. 30, 63; app. sergt.;\\nmust, out July 17, 65.\\nHoward, William J. Co. A substitute; b. England age\\n30; cred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 6, 63; must, in Oct. 6,\\n63, as priv.; mis. May 6, 64, Wilderness, Va.; gd.\\nfrom mis.; app. corp. July i, 65 must, out Julj 17, 65.\\nMoore, Isaac. Co. O b. Canterbury age 31 res. Nashua\\nenl. Nov. 14, 61 must, in Dec. 6, 61, aspriv.; disch.\\nDec. 5, 64, tni. ex.\\nNoyes, James H. Non-com. staff and I and S.; age 25;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Nov. 29, 61 must, in Nov. 29, 61,\\nas liosp. steward app. 2 asst. surg. May 13, 62\\ncaptd. Sept. I, 62, Chantilly, Va.; released Sept. 9,\\n62; app. asst. surg. Mar. 20, 63; surg. Jan. 2, 65;\\nmust, out July 17, 65. Supposed identical with James\\nH. Noyes, Co. B. 4 N. H. V.\\nRobbins, Jeremiah O. Co. I; b. Nashua; age 26; cred.\\nAlton; enl. Jan. i, 64; must, in Jan. i, 64, as priv.;\\nmust, out July 17, 65.\\nOtterson, George W. Co. G b. Hookselt; age 18; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 13, 62; must, in\\nAug. 14, 62, as priv.; app. corp.; wd. July 30, 64,\\nmine explosion, Petersburg, Va.; Apr. 2, 65, Peters-\\nburg, Va.; disch. June 4, 65, near Alexandria, Va.\\nP. O. ad., Pomona, I la.\\nRobbins, Josiali T. Co. I; b. Nashua; age 21; cred.\\nNorthfield; enl. Jan. i, 64; must, in Jan. i, 64, as\\npriv.; captd. Oct. i, 64, Poplar Springs Church, Va.;\\nreleased must, out July 17, 65.\\nStetson, Edwin. Co. A; b. Minot, Me.; age 43; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 26, 61; must, in Dec. 11, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Sept. 29, 63, Camp Dennison,\\nOhio. Died Dec. 30, 92, Nashua.\\nTracy, William A. V. and S. b. Tunbridge, Vt.; age 35;\\nres. Nashua app. surg. Oct. 25, 61 must, in Nov.\\n28, 61 resigned Mar. 15, 63. See miscel. organiza-\\ntions.\\nWhitmarsh, William Co. G; b. New Boston; age 18;\\nres. Nashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 13, 62; must,\\nin Aug. 14, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. Dec. 3, 62, Bal-\\ntimore, Md.\\nSEVKNTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n[THRKK YEARS.]\\nENGAGEMENTS.\\nMorris Island, S. C, Jtxly 10, 1863\\nP ort Wagner, S. C. ist assault) July 11, 1863\\nFort Wagner, S. C. (2d assault) July 18, 1863\\nSiege of Fort Wagner, Morris\\nIsland, S. C, July 10 to Sept. 6, 1863\\nSiege of Fort Sumter, vS. C,\\nSept. 7 to Dec.\\nOlustee, Fla., Feb.\\nChester Station, Va., May\\nLempster Hill or near Chester\\nStation), Va., May\\nDrewry s Bluff, Va., May 13\\nBermuda Hundred, Va.,\\nMay iS, 20, 21, June 2-4, 18\\nNear Petersburg, Va., June\\nWare Bottom Church, Va., June\\nAdams, Charles B. Co. B; b. Gloucester, Mass; age 18;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Nov., 61 must, in Nov. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and must, in P eb. 27, 64; wd. June\\n16, 64, Ware Bottom Church, Va. Died. wds. June 17,\\n64, Pt. of Rocks. Va.\\nAdams, James P. Co. B; b. Weare age 40; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. 30, 61; must, in Nov. i, 61, aspriv. Died,\\ndis. Aug. 25, 62, Beaufort, S. C.\\nAustin, John W. Co. B; b. Salem; age 44; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Nov. i, 61 must, in Nov. i, 61, as priv.; tr. to\\nCo. K, Jan. i, 62; disch. disalj. June 5, 63, St. Augus-\\ntine, Fla.\\n.Austin, Mark J. Co. H; b. Hollis; age 24; res. Mollis\\nenl. .Sept. 27, 61 must, in Nov. 12, 61, as priv.; app.\\nsergt.; must, out Dec. 27, 64. Died Dec. 26, 82,\\nNashua.\\n20,\\n1863\\n20,\\n1864\\n9.\\n1864\\n10,\\n1864\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a216,\\n1864\\n18,\\n1864\\n9.\\n1864\\n16,\\n1864\\nDeep Bottom, Va., Aug. 16, 1864\\nSiege of Petersburg, Va.,\\nAug. 24 to Sept. 28,\\nNew Market Heights. a., Sept. 29,\\nNear Richmond, a., Oct. i,\\nNew Market Road (or near Lau-\\nrel Hill, or near Chafiin s Farm\\nVa., Oct. 7,\\nDarbytown Road, a., Oct. 13, 27, 28,\\nFort Fisher, N. C Jan. 15,\\nHalf Moon Battery, Sugar Loaf\\nHill, near Federal Point, N.\\nC Jan. 18, 19,\\nSugar Loaf Battery, N. C, F eb. 11,\\nWilmington (or North-east I er-\\nrv), N. C Feb. 22,\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1865\\n1.S65\\n1865\\n1865\\n.\\\\bodie, Alexander, alias Louis Dufour. Co. B substi-\\ntute; b. Switzerland age 27 res. Boston, Mass.; cred.\\nNashua: enl. Oct. 6, 63 must, in Oct. 6, 63, as priv.;\\nwd. and captd. Feb. 20, 64, Olustee, Fla.; escaped\\nMar. 20, 65, Charleston, S. C; disch. to date May 10,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a265. P. O. ad.. Daltou, Mass.\\nBarnes, Charles S. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 33; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 17, 61; must, in Nov. i, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and must, in l el). 27, 64; app. corp.\\nJune 8, 64; sergt. Jan. 1, 65; must, out July 20. 65.\\nBartlett, Edwin F. Co. H; b. Concord; age 21; res.\\nNashua: enl. Oct. 19, 61; must, in Dec. 14, 61, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Jan. 10, 62, Manchester.\\nBills, Otis. Co. B; b. Ro.xbury, Mass.; age 28; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 23, 61; must, in Nov. 1, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. to dale Dec. 22, 64. P. O. ad., Auiherst.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0373.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nBennett, Alfred N. Co. B; b. Tunbridge, Vt.; age 28;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Sept. 26, 61; must, in Xov. i, 61,\\nas I sergt.; app. 2 It. Co. D, Nov. i, 62; killed July\\n18, 63, Ft. Wagner, S. C.\\nBixby, Byron. Co. A; b. Washington; age 19; res.\\nBradford; enl. Sept. 19, 61 must, in Oct. 29, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. Nov. 22. 63; re-enl. and must, in\\nFeb. 27, 64; cred. Nashua; app. sergt.; killed Jan.\\n15, 65, Ft. Fisher, N. C.\\nBotham, Sanford. Co. G; substitute; b. Windsor, Conn.;\\nage 21; res. Hardwick, Mass.; cred. Nashua; enl.\\nOct. 6, 63; must, in Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; killed Sept.\\n10, 64, near Petersburg, Va.\\nBuell, Horace P. Co. K; age 33; res. Nashua; enl. Oct.\\n23, 61; must, in Dec. 11, 61, as priv.; app. muse.\\nNov. 19, 64; must, out Dec. 27, 64.\\nBurge, George A. Co. H b. Hollis age 18 res. Hollis\\nenl. Oct. 7, 61 must, in Nov. 12, 61, as priv.; app.\\nCorp. Aug. 25, 62; sergt. Dec. 9, 63; must, out Dec.\\n27, 64. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nBurns, Thomas. Co. C substitute b. New York age\\n22; res. Spencerport, N. Y.; cred. Nashua; enl. Oct.\\n6, 63; must, in Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; captd. Feb. 20,\\n64, Olustee, Fla.; par. Mar. 9, 65 disch. to date .\\\\pr.\\n22, 65. P. O. ad., Yeddo, Ind.\\nButterfield, George H. Co. K; b. Nashua; age 23; enl.\\nSept. 26, 61, at Manchester; must, in Dec. 11, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. June 26, 62, Ft. Jefferson, Fla.\\nCahill, James. Co. B; substitute; b. Liverpool, Eng.;\\nage 22 cred. Nashua; enl. Dec. i, 64; must, in Dec.\\nI, 64, as priv.; must, out July 20, 65.\\nCahill, Michael. Co. B; b. Ireland; age44; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Oct. 29, 61 must, in Nov. i, 61, as priv.; must.\\nout Dec. 27, 64. Awarded Gillmore Medal by\\nMaj. Gen. Q. A. Gillmore, for gallant and meritorious\\nconduct during operations before Charleston, S. C.\\nCavanaugh, Thomas. Co. C substitute; b. Ireland; age\\n22; res. Boston, Mass.; cred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 6, 63;\\nmust, in Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; wd. and captd. Feb. 20,\\n64, Olustee, Fla.; released Mar. i, 65; disch. June\\n12, 65, Annapolis, Md. P. O. ad., San Francisco, Cal.\\nChamberlain, George. Co. B; b. Vermont; age 44;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Oct. 4, 61 must, in Nov. i, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. June 5, 63, Fernandina, Fla. See\\nV. R. C.\\nCobb, James Co. B; b. Woodstock, Vt.; age 24; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 17, 61; must, in Nov. i, 61, as\\nsergt.; app. i sergt. Feb. 15, 63; 2 It. Aug. 8, 63;\\nmust, out Dec. 27, 64. P. O. ad., Nashua. See i N.\\nH. V.\\nCochran, Thomas W. Co. B; substitute; b. Ireland; age\\n25; cred. Nashua; enl. Nov. 30, 64; must, in Nov.\\n30, 64, as priv.; must, out July 20, 65.\\nColby. John. Co. B; b. Eaton age 44 res. Nashua; enl.\\nOct. 21, 61 must, in Nov. i, 61, as priv.; disch. disab.\\nFeb. 18, 62, New York city.\\nCorson, George F. Co. B; b. West Lebanon age 24; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 5, 61; must, in Nov. i, 61, as\\nCorp.; app. sergt. Feb. 15, 63; r sergt, Jan. 8, 64;\\nre-enl. and must, in Feb. 27, 64; wd. sev. Oct. i, 64,\\nnear Richmond, Va.; disch. May 28, 65. Died Sept.\\n24, 88, Cleveland, Ohio. Awarded Gillmore Medal\\nby Maj. -Gen. Q. Gillmore, for gallant and meritori-\\nous conduct during operations before Charleston, S. C.\\nCummings, Leander H. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nHudson; enl. Oct. 3, 61; must, in Nov. i, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. May 6, 62; wd. and captd. July\\n18, 63, Ft. Wagner, S. C. Died wds. July 28, 63,\\nCharleston, S. C.\\nDavis, Ezra. Co. B; age 39; res. Nashua; enl. Sept. 20.\\n61, as priv.; app. 2 It. Nov. i, 61 must, in Nov. i,\\n61 app. I It. Apr. 29, 62 wd. and captd. July 18, 63,\\nI t. Wagner, S. C; exch. Died. wds. July 30, 63,\\non board transport in New York harbor.\\nDearliorn, John H. Co. B age 24; res. Nashua; enl. Dec.\\nII, 61 must, in Dec. 11, 61, as priv.; must, out Dec.\\n27. 64.\\nDissmore, Charles O. Co. D; b. Londonderry; age 23\\nres. Londonderry; enl. Oct. 15, 61 must, in Nov. 6,\\n61, as priv.; must, out Dec. 27, 64. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nDodge, Thomas F. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 18; res. Lon-\\ndonderry; enl. Oct. 3, 61; must, in Nov. 1, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. May i, 63; re-enl. and must, in Feb.\\n27, 64; cred. Londonderry; wd. June 16, 64, Ware\\nBottom Church, Va.; disch. Nov. 11, 64, to accept pro-\\nmotion. P. O. ad., Manchester. See 18 N. H. V.\\nEmerson, George W. Co. B; b. Brighton, Mass.; age 19;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Oct. 28, 61; must, in Nov. r, 61,\\nas muse; re-enl. and must, in Feb. 27, 64; app. corp.;\\nmust, out July 20, 65. See i. N. H. V.\\nFoss, Edward G. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 21; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 24, 61; must, in Nov. i, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. July 17, 62, Ft. Jefferson, Fla.\\nSupposed identical with Edward Foss, U. S. navy.\\nvSee V. R. C.\\nFox, Nathaniel. Co. C substitute; b. Philadelphia, Pa.;\\nage 34 res. Boston, Mass.; cred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 6,\\n63 must, in Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; wd. June 16, 64,\\nWare Bottom Church, Va.; capt. Oct. i, 64, near\\nRichmond, Va. Died, dis. Dec. 3, 64, Salisbur)-, N. C.\\nGage, Hale. Co. B; b. Lyndeborough age 31; res.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 14, 61; must, in Dec. 14, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. to date Feb. i, 62.\\nGarland, Freeman A. Co. E; b. South Berwick, Me.;\\nage 22; res. Canterburj enl. Nov. 2, 61; must, in\\nNov. 7, 61, as priv.; disch. Dec. 16, 64, Varina, Va.,\\ntm. ex. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nGonrodore, John. Co. I; substitute; b. France; age 20;\\nres. p rance, cred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 6, 63; must, in\\nOct. 6, 63, as priv.; must, out July 20, 65.\\nGould, Luther. Co. B; age 40; res. Nashua; enl. Oct.\\n19, 61; must, in Nov. i, 61, as priv.; captd. July 18,\\n63, Ft. Wagner, vS. C; par. Died, dis. Oct. 30, 63,\\nAnnapolis, Md.\\nHale, Oliver H. Co.B;age3o; enl. Oct. I, 61, at Nashua\\nmust, in Nov. i, 61, as priv.; app. wagoner; must.\\nout Dec. 27, 64.\\nHarriston, Frank. Co. H; suljstitute b. Port Carl)on,\\nPa.; age 20; res. Port Carbon, Pa., cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. i, 63; must, in Sept. i, 63, as priv.; des.\\nNov. 6, 64, Staten Isl., N. Y.\\nHogan. Richard. Co. I; substitute; b. Troy, N. Y.; age\\n21 res. Randolph, Mass., cred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 6,\\n63; must, in Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; des. Nov. 10, 64,\\nStaten Isl., N. Y.\\nHolmes, James. Co. B; age 19; res. Nashua; enl. Oct.\\n24, 61 must, in Nov. i, 61, as priv.; des. Feb. i, 62,\\nNew York citv.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0374.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n353\\nKelley, James. Co. K; substitute; b. Kastport, Me.; age\\n22; res. Rastport, Me.; cred. Xasliua; enl. Oct. 6,\\n63; must, in Oct. 6. 63, as priv.; lisch. May 30, 65,\\nFt. Monroe, a.\\nKing, Trancis. Co. II; substitute; b. Canada; age 19;\\ncred. Grafton; enl. Nov. 4, 64; must, in Nov. 4, 64,\\na.s priv.; must, out July 20, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nLawrence, Charles A. Co. B; b. New Ipswich; age 33;\\nres. Nashua; enl. .Sept. 30, 61; must, in Nov. 1, 61,\\nas sergt.; wd. July 18, 63, Ft. Wagner, S. C; app. 2\\nIt. Co. D, July 19, 63; wd. June 18, 64, near Bermuda\\nHundred, Va.; Sept. 15, 64, Petersl)urg, Va.; app.\\ncapt. Co. b, Nov. 2, 64; tr. to Co. (i; must, out Julv\\n20, 65. P. O. ad., Lawrence, Mass.\\nLawrence, Rdward F. Co. B; b. Clarendon, Vt.; age 18;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Oct. 17, 61; must, in Nov. i, 61,\\nas priv.; app. corp. Aug. 6, 63; disch. disab. Oct. 12,\\n64, Hilton Head, S. C. P. O. ad., Wilton.\\nLawrence, Orlando. Co. B; b. Clarendon, Vt.; age 28;\\nres. Nashua; enl. .Sept. 21. 61, as priv.; app. capt.\\nNov. I, 61 must, in Nov. i, 61, as capt.; resigned\\nOct. 27, 62. P. O. ad., Lawrence, Mass. See i\\nN. H. V.\\nLonga, Carl. Co. K substitute; b. Sweden; age 21 cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 23, 64; must, in Nov. 23, 64, as\\npriv.; wd. Jan. 19, 65, Half Moon Battery, N. C.\\nDied, wds. Feb. 7, 65, Ft. Schuyler, N. Y. H.\\nMcDonald, Daniel D. Co. B; age 23 res. Nashua; enl.\\nNov. 30, 61 must, in Nov. 30, 61, as priv. Died,\\ndis. Sept. 23, 62, on board hospital ship. New York.\\nMcGowan, Edward. Co. C; substitute; b. Ireland; age\\n21; res. Ireland, cred. Nashua enl. Oct. 6, 63; must,\\nin Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; captd. I eb. 20, 64, Olustee,\\nFla.; exch. Nov. or Dec, 64 disch. Jan. 15, 65, An-\\nnapolis, Md.\\nMiller, Thomas. Co. A; substitute; b. Providence, R. I.;\\nage 21; res. Providence, R. I.; cred. Nashua; enl.\\nOct. 6, 63; must, in Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; des. July 8.\\n65, Goldsborough, N. C.\\nMoore, William McLeod. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 20;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Sept. 20, 61 must, in Nov. i, 61,\\nas Corp.; app. sergt. July 3, 62 reduced to ranks\\nJan. 10, 63 app. sergt. -maj. Nov. 23. 63 re-enl. and\\nmust, in Feb. 22, 64; disch. disab. June 27. 64.\\nMcSorley, James. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 7, 6r must, in Nov. i, 61, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Nov. 3, 62, St. .\\\\ugustine, Fla.\\nPage, George W. Co. B b. Litchfield age 29 res.\\nLitchfield; enl. .Sept. 26, 61 must, in Nov. i, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. Jan. 8, 64; re-enL and must, in Feb.\\n27, 64; cred. Nashua; app. sergt. Jan. i, 65; i It.\\nJan. r, 65; not must.; must, out July 20, 65, as sergt.\\nDied Nov. 21, 73, Litchfield.\\nPalmer, George A. Co. K; b. Merrimack; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 26, 61; must, in Dec. 11, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. July 17, 62, Ft. Jefferson, Fla.\\nPatten, James G. Unas d b. Nashua age 33; res. Hills-\\nborough; cred. Hillsborough; enl. .Sept. u, 62;\\nmust, iu Sept. 11,61, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. Nov.\\n25, 62, .St. Augustine, Fla.\\nPratt, Benjamin R. Co. B; b. Oxford, Me.; age 25; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 5, 6t must, in Nov. i, 6r, as\\nCorp.; app. sergt. Feb. 15, 62; wd. sev. July 18, 63,\\nFt. Wagner, S. C; disch. disab. May 21, 64, New\\nYork city.\\nPeterson, Erik. Co. B; b. Sweden; age 21; cred. Suna-\\npee; enl. Dec. 18, 63; must, in Dec. 18, 63, as priv.;\\napp. Corp.; must, out July 20, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nRideout, Chafles G. Co. H; b. Nashua; age 21; res.\\nFrancestown enl. Oct. 14, 61; must, in Nov. 12, 61,\\nas priv.; app. wagoner Apr., 64 must, out Dec. 27,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a264. Died Oct. 31, 89, Milford.\\nRiley, John. Co. C substitute b. Ireland age 21 cred.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 2, 64; must, in Dec. 2, 64, as\\npriv.; disch. July 20, 65.\\nSherwin, John R. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 24, 61; must, in Nov. i, 61, as\\npriv.; captd. Feb. 20, 64, Olustee, F la.; released Dec.\\n30, 64; di.sch. Apr. 17, 65, Concord, tm. ex. P. O.\\nad.. Fall River, Mass.\\nTasker, Joseph P. Co. B; b. Loudon; age 38; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 8, 61; must, in Nov. i, 61, as\\npriv.; tr. to I. C. July 16, 63 assigned to Co. F, 10 I.\\nC; disch. Oct. 10, 64, Baltimore, JId.. tm. ex. P.O.\\nad., Contoocook.\\nWinn, Morris. Co. B age 23 res. Nashua; enl. Sept.\\n24, 61 must, in Nov. 30, 61, as priv. Died, dis.\\n.Sept. II, 62, Hilton Head, S. C.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0375.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "554\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nEIGHTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n[THREE YEARS.]\\nENGAGEMENTS.\\nLabadieville (or Georgia Land-\\ning, La.) Oct. 27, 1862\\nBayou Teche, La., (Co. B) Jan. 14, 1863\\nPort Hudson, La Mar. 14, 1863\\nBisland, La., April 12-14, 1S63\\nSiege of Port Hud.son, La.,\\nMay 23 to July 9, 1863\\nSabine Pass, La., Sept. 8, 1863\\nHenderson s Hill (or Bayou\\nRapides), La., Mar. 21, 1864\\nNatchitoches, La Mar. 31, 1864\\nCrump s Hill (or Piney Woods),\\nLa., Apr. 2, 1864\\nWilson s Farm, La Apr. 7, 1864\\nAdams, Jonas. Co. E; b. Nashua; age 45; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Oct. i5, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 6i,aspriv.; disch.\\ndisab. Feb. 22, 63, New Orleans, La. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nAdams, Horace B. Co. A; b. Woodstock, Vt.; age 25;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Oct. 4, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; tr. to Co. K, 14 I. C, Mar. 6, 64; disch. Oct. 24,\\n64, Washington, D. C tm. ex. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nAdams, William F. Co. A; b. Nashua; age 28; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 10, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. Jan. 17, 63, New Orleans, La., to accept\\npromotion. See i N. H. V. and U. S. C. T.\\nAmsden, Eugene H. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 19; res.\\nMilford; enl. Sept. 27, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\nCorp. Died, dis. Sept. 5, 62, Carrollton, La. See\\nstate service.\\nAndrews, Frank S. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 4. 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; killed June 14, 63, Port Hudson, La.\\nAustin, John H. Co. D; b. Nashua; age 18; res. Man-\\nchester; enl. Oct. 28, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\nmuse.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; tr. to Co. K,\\nvet. batt l, 8 N. H. V., Jan. I, 65, as priv.; disch. Oct.\\n28, 65, Vicksburg, Miss. P. O. ad., Kirksville, Mo.\\nBancroft, Frank C, alias Henry Colter. Co. A; b. Oxford,\\nMass.; age 18 res. Oxford. Mass.; enl. Sept. 26, 61\\nmust, in Oct. 25, 61, as priv.; app. muse; re-enl. and\\nmust, in Jan. 4, 64; cred. Nashua; wd. May 15, 64,\\nMoreanville, La.; tr. to Co. A, vet. batt l, 8 N. H. V.,\\nJan. I, 65; must, out Oct. 28, 65. P. O. ad.. New\\nBedford, Mass.\\nBarnes, Eldrous H. Co. A; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 23, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Jan. 18, 65. P; O. 2d., The Weirs.\\nBarnes, William H. Co. E; b. Cambridge, Mass.; age\\n28; res. Nashua enl. Oct. 17, 61; must, in Dec. 20,\\n61, as sergt.; app. i sergt. Feb. 3, 63; 2 It. June i,\\n63; not must.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4. 64; app.\\nI It. to date Dec. 16, 63; must, out Jan. 18, 65.\\nDied Dec. 20, 84, Togus, Me. See i N. H. V.\\nSabine Cross Roads, La., Apr. 8, 1864\\nMonett s Bluff (or Monett s Fer-\\nry), La., Apr. 23, 1864\\nCane River, La., Apr. 24, 1864\\nNear Alexandria, La., Apr. 25, 1864\\nAlexandria, La., Apr. 26, 1864\\nNear Alexandria, La., Apr. 27 to May 7, 1864\\nSuagg5 Point (or Pineville La., Ma}- i, 1864\\nGovernor Moore s Plantation, La. May 2, 1864\\nMoreauville (or Mansura, or\\nMarksville), La., May 14-16, 1864\\nBayou de Glaize, La., Maj 17, 1864\\nYellow Bayou, La., May iS, 1864\\nBarne}-, Francis A. Co. A b. Washington; age 17; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 9, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Jan. 18, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nBarney, Hiram F. Co. A b. Washington age 25 res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 9, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\nCorp.; reduced to ranks June, 62; wd. sev. Donald-\\nson, La.; disch. wds. vSept. 18, 63, New Orleans, La.\\nP. O. ad., Boston Highlands, Mass.\\nBarrett, William M. Co. A b. Hudson; age 44; res.\\nNashua; app. capt. Oct. 25, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61\\napp. It. col. June i, 63; not must.; disch. Oct. 24, 63\\nas capt. Died Aug. 22, 71, Nashua.\\nBarr3% John. Co. K; b. Concord, Mass.; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 13, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. Dec. i, 63 re-enl. and must, in Jan.\\n4, 64 tr. to Co. C, vet. batt l, 8 N. H. V., Jan. i, 65\\nmust, out Oct. 28, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nBarry, Lackey. Co. K; b. Fredericton, N. B.; age 19;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Sept. 13, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61,\\nas corp. Died, dis. Nov. 16, 62, Camp Kearney, La.\\nSee I N. H. V.\\nBeggs, Michael. Co. K b. Kings count)-. Ire.; age 25\\nres. Nashua; enL Oct. 13, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61,\\nas priv.; must, out Jan. 18, 65. P. O. ad., Concord.\\nBent, Samuel, t nas d; b. Canada age 21 cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Apr. 6, 65 must, in Apr. 6, 65, as priv.; disch.\\nMay 6, 65, Galloup s Isl., B. H., Mass.\\nBickford, Charles. Co. A; b. Lowell, Mass.; age 23; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 24, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. July, 62; disch. disab. Sept. 12, 62,\\nCarrollton, La. P. O. ad., Boston, Mass.\\nBoutelle, Adelbert D. Co. A; b. Nashua; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 13, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; app. Corp.; re-enl. and must in Jan. 4, 64; app.\\nsergt. Nov. i, 64; tr. to Co. A, vet. batt l, 8 N. H.\\nv., Jan. I, 65, as Corp.; app. sergt. Aug. 16, 65; disch.\\nto date Oct. 28, 65. P. O. ad., Penacook. See i N. H.V.\\nBowe, James. Co. K; b. Ireland; age 22; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. 13, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as priv.;\\nre-enl. and must, in Jan. 4. 64; des. Aug. 24, 64,\\nConcord.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0376.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nBrown, Ivhvin R. Co. I); 1). Pawtucket, R. I.; age 26;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 19, 62; must, in Aug. 20,\\n62,aspriv.; des. Aug. 24, 64, Concord.\\nUrown, William A. Co. A; b. Nashua; age i8; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 20, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. May 27, 63, Port Hudson, La. Died, dis.\\n.\\\\ug. 8, 63, New Orleans, La.\\nliuell, Elmer D. Co. A; b. Lempster; age 21; res.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 2, 61; must, in Nov. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. Dec, 62 wd. May 27, 63, Port Hud-\\nson, La.; app. sergt. Jan., 64; disch. Nov. 21, 64,\\nWashington, D. C, tm. ex. Died July 25, 88, West\\nNewbury, Mass.\\nBurnett, James. Co. H; b. Lowell, Mass.; age 28; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 18, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as i\\nsergt.; reduced to ranks June 20, 62; must, out Jan.\\n18, 65 re-enl. and must, in as priv.; Mar. 23, 65, for\\nI yr.; cred. Nashua; not assigned to companv disch.\\nMay 6, 65, Galloup s Isl., B. H., Mass. P. O. ad.,\\nHudson. See state service.\\nButler. Peter. Co. E b. Nashua age 23 res. Nashua\\nenl. Nov. 14, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as priv.; re-\\nenl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; wd. and captd. Apr. 8,\\n64. Sabine Cross Roads, La.; released disch. wds.\\nJune 15, 64, New Orleans, La.\\nChadwick, Alford F. Co. E b. Francestown age 25\\nres. Nashua; enl. Oct. 12, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 6:,\\nas Corp.; app. sergt. July 2, 62 disch. disab. Feb. 26,\\n63, New Orleans. La. P. O. ad., Cambridgeport,\\nMass.\\nChamberlin, Albert G. Co. A; b. Barre, Mass.; age 21;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Sept. 9. 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61,\\nas priv.; des. Nov. 16, 61, Manchester. See 3 N. H. V.\\nChamberlin, George F. Co. A; b. Barre, Mass.; age 30;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Sept. 9, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61.\\nas priv.; must, out Jan. 18, 65. P. O. ad., Laconia.\\nChristy, George. Co. I; substitute; b. New York; age\\n21; res. Philadelphia, Pa.; cred. Nashua; enl. Oct.\\n6, 63; must, in Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; tr. to U. S. navy,\\nJune 17, 64, as a seaman; served on U. S. S.\\nChoctaw and Port Royal; des. Aug. 15, 65,\\nfrom Port Royal.\\nClark, Leonard. Co. A; b. Francestown; age 43; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 4, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. June 14, 63, Port Hudson, La.; disch.\\ndisab. Sept. 9, 64, New Orleans, La.\\nColl)urn, Joel. Co. A; b. Milford age 40; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 18, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. July, 62; disch. disab. Oct. 16, 62,\\nCarrollton, La. See V. R. C.\\nConant, Andrew H. Co. E; b. Harvard, Mass.; age 33\\nres. Hollis; enl. Nov. 23, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. Feb. 14, 63; re-enl. and must, in\\nJan. 4, 64; cred. Nashua; tr. to Co. A, vet. batt l, 8\\nN. H. v., Jan. 1, 65 reduced to ranks. Died Oct. 10,\\n65, Natchez, Miss.\\nConre} John. Co. A; b. Hollis; age 34; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. 26, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61. as priv.; must,\\nout Jan. 18, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nCram, Edwin R. Co. A b. Nashua; age 25 res. Nashua\\nenl. Oct. 18, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as priv.; re-enl.\\nand must, in Jan. 4, 64 tr. to Co. A, vet. batt l, 8 N.\\nH. v., Jan. I, 65 must, out Oct. 28, 65.\\nCreed, Michael. Co. K; b. Ireland; age4o; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. 13, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as priv.; tr. to\\nCo. H, 3 r. C, Feb. 5, 64 disch. Dec. 19, 64, Wash-\\nington, D. C, tm. ex.\\nCronan. John C. Co. K, b. Ireland age 25 res. Nashua\\nenl. Sept. 13, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as priv.;\\nre-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; tr. to Co. B, vet.\\nbatt l, 8 N. H. v., Jan. 1, 65; must, out Oct. 28, 65.\\nCuddy, Patrick. Co. K; b. England; age 18; res. Man-\\nchester; enl. Nov. 2, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. May 27, 63, Port Hudson, La.; re-enl. and\\nmust, in Jan. 4, 64; cred. Nashua; tr. to Co. B, vet.\\nbatt l, 8 N. H. v., Jan. i, 65; must, out Oct. 28, 65.\\nP. O. ad., Manchester.\\nCurtice, Elbridge. Co. C; b. Antrim; age 37; res. Lon\\ndonderry; enl. Dec. 9, 61 must, in Dec. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; tr. to Co. A, Dec. 23, 61; app. corp. July 63;\\nmust, out Jan. 18, 65. P. G. ad., Nashua.\\nCurtice, Eugene K. Co. C b. Nashua age 18 res. Lon-\\ndonderry; enl. Dec. 9, 6i must, in Dec. 23, 61, as\\npriv.; tr. to Co. A, Dec. 23, 61 must, out Jan. 18, 65.\\nP. O. ad., Milford, Mass.\\nDane, John P. Co. A; b. Nashua; age 18; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. 12, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as priv.; re-\\nenl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; app. corp.; wd. May 14,\\n64, Moreauville, La.; tr. to Co. .A, vet. batt l, 8 N. II.\\nv., Jan. I, 65, as priv.; must, out Oct. 28, 65. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.\\nDanforth, Jesse E. Co. A b. Litchfield age 37 res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 13, 6i must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; killed June 14, 63, Port Hudson, La.\\nDarling. Albert. Co. E; b. Nashua age 19 res. Nashua;\\nenl. Jlar. 8, 62; must, in Mar. 8, 62. as priv. Died,\\ndis. Nov. 16, 62, Carrollton, La.\\nDarling, Daniel F. Co. E b. Nashua age 40 cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 21, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Dec. 6, 62, Carrollton, La. See I\\nN. H. V.\\nDavis, James H. Co. A b. Warner age 42 res. Nashua\\nenl. Sept. 12, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as priv.; re-\\nenl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; tr. to Co. A, vet. batt l,\\n8 N. H. v., Jan. i, 65 disch. disab. Aug. 10, 65,\\nNatchez, Miss. Died Feb. 12, 74.\\nDearborn, Samuel G. F. and S.; b. Northfield age 34\\nres. Milford app. surg. Oct. 15, 61 must, in Dec.\\n25, 61 resigned .\\\\ug. 19, 62. P. O. ad., Nashua. See\\n18 N. H. V.\\nDempsey, Michael. Co. K b. Tipperary county, Ire.;\\nage 35; res. Nashua; enl. Oct. 16, 61 must, in Dec.\\n20, 61; as priv.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64\\ndrowned Mar. 2, 64, in Mississippi river, near New\\nOrleans, La.\\nDensmore, Wesley H. Co. A; b. Chelsea, Vt.; age 19;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Sept. 21, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61,\\nas priv. Died, dis, Sept. 29, 63, New Orleans, La.\\nDoherty, Patrick. Co. K; b. Drumshanibo, Ire.; age 28;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Sept. 12, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61,\\nas I sergt.; app. 2 It. Apr. 10, 63; wd. May 27, 63,\\nPort Hudson, La.; disch. disab. Mar. 7, 64. P. O.\\nad.. Milwaukee, Wis.\\nDraper, Thomas. Co. A b. Leicestershire, Eng.; age 27\\nres. Nashua; enl. Sept. 24, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61,\\nas priv. Died, dis. .\\\\pr. 28. 64 New Orleans. La.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0377.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "556\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nEaton, Charles H. Co. E; b. East Coucord age 22 res.\\nNashua; eul. Oct. 14, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv., wd. June 14, 63. Port Hudson, La.; app. corp.\\nSept. 63; reduced to ranks Jan. 64; re-enl. and must,\\nin Jan. 4, 64; app. corp. Mar. 27, 64; tr. to Co. C,\\nvet. batt l, 8 N. H, V., Jan. i, 65; reduced to ranks\\nJune I, 65 must, out Oct. 28, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nEaton, Nathan. Co. E; b. Pittsfiehl age 44; res.\\nNashua; eul. Nov. 18, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. June 16, 64, New Orleans, La.\\nDied Oct. 22, 65, Nashua.\\nEayrs, George S. Co. A; b. Nashua; age 26; res.\\nNashua; enl. iSept. 13, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\nI sergt.; app. 2 It. Co. B, Dec. 20, 61 capt. Dec. 16,\\n63; must, out Jan. 18, 65. Died May 26, 91, Jamaica\\nPlain, Mass.\\nElliott, S. Augustus. Co. A; b. Mont Vernon; age 20;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Sept. 13, 6i must, in Oct. 25, 61,\\nas Corp.; disch. disab. Apr. 10, 62, Ship Isl., Miss.\\nSupposed identical with Augustus S. Elliott, Co.\\n42 inf., M ss. vol. militia. \u00c2\u00bbSee raiscel. organizations.\\nEmerson, William B. Co. E; b. Heuniker; age 27; res.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 2, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; app. 2 It. Feb. 15, 63; not must.; app. i It.\\nJune I, 63; resigned Dec. 6, 63. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nSee r N. H. V.\\nEmory, George E. Co. D b. New Ipswich age 27 res.\\nLowell, Mass.; enl. Dec. 5, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61^\\nas priv.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; cred. Nashua;\\ntr. to Co. A, vet. batt l, 8 N. H. V., Jan. i, 65 must-\\nout Oct. 28, 65.\\nFales, Joseph B. Co. A b. Canaan age 23 res. Nashua\\nenl. Sept. 19, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as priv. Died,\\ndis. Feb. 9, 62, Ft. Independence, B. H., Mass.\\nFarley, John. Co. K b. Ireland age 18 res. Nashua\\nenl. Nov. 25, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as priv.; app.\\ncorp. Apr. 25, 62; sergt. Dec. 29, 63; re-enl. and\\nmust, in Jan. 4, 64; tr. to Co. B, vet. batt l, 8 N. H.\\nv., Jan. I, 65; must, out Oct. 28, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nBoston, Mass.\\nFarusworth, Charles. Co. E; b. Washington; age 45;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Oct. 12; 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61,\\nas priv.; disch. disab. Apr. 10, 62, Ship Isl., Miss.\\nDied Oct. 6, 80.\\nFarnum, Benjamin E. Co. B; substitute; b. New York;\\nage 43; res. New York; cred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 6,\\n64; must, in Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; disch. disalj.\\nMar 15, 64, New Orleans, La.\\nFellows, George R. Co. A; b. Boscawen age 36; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 22. 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Dec. 13, 62, Carrollton, La.\\nFerguson, Thomas. Co. D; b. Scotland; age 41; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 18, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Feb. 17, 63, Carrollton, La. P. O.\\nad.. North Sanbornton. SeeV. R. C.\\nFicteaux, Joseph. Co. E; b. St. Hyacinthe, Can.; age\\n21; res. Nashua; enl. Dec. 27, 6r must, in Dec. 27,\\n61, as priv.; wd. May 27, 63, Port Hudson, La.; disch.\\nDec. 30, 64, Natchez, Miss., tm. ex. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nFifield, Stephen G. Co. E; b. Sheffield, Vt.; age 28 res.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 4, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. May 4, 63, New Orleans, La.\\nDied Sept. i, 88, Whitefield, Me.\\nFisk, Daniel M. Co. E; b. Nashua; age 58; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Oct. 12, 61, as priv.; app. capt. Dec. 20, 61;\\nmust, in Dec. 20, 61, as capt.; resigned Apr. 12, 62.\\nDied June 23, 66, Nashua.\\nFlanders, Benjamin F. Co. A; b. Washington, Vt.; age\\n23; res. Nashua; enl. Sept. 13, 6r must, in Oct. 25,\\n61, as priv. Died, dis. Dec. 2, 62, Carrollton, La.\\nFoisie, John B. Co. H b. Chambly, Can.; age 31 res.\\nConcord; enl. Dec. 16, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61,\\nas priv.; tr. to 164 Co., 2 batt l V. R. C, Apr. 8, 64;\\ndisch. Dec. 9, 64, New Orleans, La., tm. ex. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.\\nFoley, Laurence. Co. C b. Ireland; age 25; res. Man-\\nchester; enl. Oct. 4, 61; must, in Dec. 23, 61, as\\nsergt.; app. i sergt. Oct. 26, 62; 2 It. Dec. 16, 63; i\\nIt. June 22, 64; must, out Jan. 18, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nFosdick, F reenian. Co. D; b. Nashua; age 26; res.\\nNashua; cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 13, 62; must, in\\nAug. 14, 62, as priv.; tr. to 163 Co., 2 batt l, V. R. C.\\nMay I, 64; disch. disab. June 9, 65, New Orleans,\\nLa. P. O. ad., Washington.\\nFranklin, Ezra D. Co. A b. Lyme age 25 res. Nashua\\nenl. Sept. 20, 61 must. Oct. 25, 5i, as priv; tr. to\\nCo. E, Feb. I, 62; app. prin. muse. Nov. i, 62; re-\\nduced to ranks and assigned to Co. E, Dec. 18, 62;\\ndisch. disab. May 6, 64, New Orleans, La. Died Sept.\\n26, 90, Nashua.\\nFrye, Charles H. Co. h. Marlow age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 4, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 5i, as\\npriv.; tr. to 14 Co., 2 batt l, V. R. C, June 23, 64;\\ndisch. Nov. 12, 64, Washington, D. C, tm. ex. P. O.\\nad., Greenfield.\\nGalvin, Daniel. Co. K; b. Cork, Ire.; age- 35; res.\\nNashua; enl, Dec. 16, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Nov. 4, 63, Baton Rouge, La.\\nGendrut, Victory. Co. C; b. St. John, C. E.; age 18 res.\\nNashua enl. Nov. 26, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; tr. to Co. D, Dec. 23, 61 wd. May 27, 63, Port\\nHudson, La.; app. corp.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4,\\n64; tr. to Co. A, vet. batt l, 8 N. H. V., Jan. i, 65;\\nmust, out Oct. 28. 65.\\nGenett, John. Co. E; b. Montreal. Can.; age 43 res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 15, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Jan. 18, 65.\\nGeorge, Franklin. Co. E b. Nashua age 23 res.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 3, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Nov. 4, 63, New Orleans, La.\\nGillan, Thomas. Co. E; b. Ireland; age 19; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Oct. 15, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as priv.; disch.\\ndisab. Aug. 6, 62, Nashua. Died Nov. 17, 64, Boston,\\nMass.\\nGillis, Charles. Co. A; b. Bennington; age 23; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 6, 61 must, in Oct. 25,61, as\\nCorp.; disch. disab. Sept. 12, 62, Carrollton, La.\\nSupposed identical with Charles Gilliss, Co. C, i N.\\nH. cav. P. O. ad., Bradford.\\nGivoward, Abram. Co. E; b. Canada; age 35; res.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 27, 61; must, in Dec. 27, 61, as\\npriv.; captd. Apr. 8, 64, Sabine Cross Roads, La.; re-\\nleased; joined company Oct. 31, 64; disch. Dec. 30,\\n64 to date Dec. 26, 64, Natchez, Miss., tm. ex. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0378.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n357\\nOlyn, George F. Co. E, b. Jlerrhnack aj^e 33; res.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 29, 6i must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Oct. 13, 62, Carrollton, La.\\nCiolden, John F. Co. K; b. Tyrone, Ire.; ajje 21; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 15, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Apr. 10, 62, Ship Isl., Miss. Died\\nDec. 30, 65, Manchester.\\nCrillin, Cyrus N. Co. A; b. Pelhani age 19; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. 16, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as priv.;\\nmust, out Jan. i.S, 65. Died Oct. 6, 67.\\nGriffin. John. I nas d b. Canada; age 21 cred. Nashua\\nenl. Apr. 6, 65 must, in Apr. 6, 65, as priv.; disch.\\nMay 6, 65, Galloup s Isl., B. H., Mass.\\nGriffin, John C. Unas d b. Ireland; age 27; cred.\\nNashua enl. Apr. 7, 65 for 1 yr.; must, in .\\\\pr. 7, 65,\\nas priv.; disch. May 6, 65, Galloup s Isl., li. H., Mass.\\nHaines, Nestor. Co. A; b. Wentworth age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 9, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\nsergt.; app. i sergt. Feb. 9, 62; 2 It. Jan. 3, 63;\\ndisch. disab. Sept. 2, 63. Died Nov. 15, 85, Nashua.\\nSee I N. H. V.\\nHale, Charles E. Co. B; b. Exeter; age 19 res. Ex-\\neter; enl. Oct. 14, 5i must, in Oct. 20, 61, as muse;\\ntr. to Co. A, June 30, 62 re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a264; cred. Nashua; tr. to Co. A, vet. batt l, 8 N. H.\\nv., Jan. I, 65, as priv.; disch. disab. Oct. 9, 65, Cou.\\ncord. P. O. ad., Haverhill, Mass. See 2 N. H. V.\\nHall, Luke. Co. A; b. Nashua; age 29; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Oct. 12, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as priv.; app.\\nCorp. June 18, 62; wd. May 27, 63, Port Hudson, La.;\\napp. sergt. July, 64; must, out Jan. 18, 65. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.\\nHamblett, Judson Co. A; b. Milford age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 30, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\nmuse; disch. Oct., 61, on writ of habeus corpus. See\\n9 inf. and Lafayette art., N. H. V.\\nHartshorn, Elbridge D. Co. A; b. Nashua; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 30, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; tr. to Co. A,\\nvet. batt l, 8 N. H. V., Jan. r, 65; must, out Oct. 28,\\n65. Died Dec, 93.\\nHaskins, Elmer A. Co. A; b. Hardwick, Mass.; age 36\\nres; Nashua; enl. Oct. i, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. July 17, 62; sergt. Feb. 11, 63; wd.\\nJune 14, 63, Port Hudson, La.; app. i It. Dec. 16, 63;\\nwd. sev. May 17, 64, Bayou de (Vlaize, La.; must, out\\nJan. 18, 65. Died July 19, 77.\\nHayes, B. Franklin. Co. b. Manchester; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 16. 61; must, in Oct. 25, 6i, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; wd. accident-\\nally Aug. 15, 64; disch. wds. Dec. i, 64, Concord. P\\nO. ad., Washington, D. C.\\nHensen, William. Co. E substitute b. New York age\\n19; res. New York, cred. Nashvia; enl. Oct. 6, 63;\\nmust, in Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; tr. to Co. C, vet. batt l,\\n8 N. H. v., Jan. i, 65 must, out Oct. 28, 65.\\nHickey, Patrick. Co. K: b. Cork. Ire.; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 22, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv. Died Dec. 7, 62, Carrollton. La.\\nHill, Clinton C. Co. A; b. New York City; age 28; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 9, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Apr. 10, 62, Ship Isl., Miss. P.\\nO. ad., Na.shua. See 10 N. H. Y.\\nHobart, Freeman A. Co. B, vet. batt l b. Hollis age\\n31 res. Nashua enl. Mar. 21, 65, for i yr.; must, in\\nMar. 21, 65, as priv.; assigned to Co. B, vet. batt l\\nApr. 30, 65; must, out Oct. 28, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua. See i N. H. V.\\nHolmes, William A. Co. D; b. Henryville. C. E.; age\\n23; res. Nashua; enl. Nov. 4, 61 must, in Dec. 20,\\n61, as priv.; app. corp.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4,\\n64 tr. to Co. A, vet. batt l, 8 N. H. Y., Jan. i, 65\\nmust, out Oct. 28, 65, as priv.\\nHosley, I.ullu r T. Co. A b. Pepperell, Mass.; age 21\\nres. Nashua; enl. Sept. 10, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61,\\nas priv.; app. 1 sergt. Dec. 20, 61 sergt.-maj. Jan. 28.\\n62; 2 It. Co. H, Sept. 30, 62; I It. Jan. 3, 63 wd.\\nMay 27, 63, Port Hudson, La.; killed June 14, 63,\\nPort Hudson, La. See i N. H. Y.\\nHutchinson, John S. Co. B; b. Wilton; age 18; res. Wil-\\nton; enl. Nov. 8, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as priv.;\\nre-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; tr. to Co. B. vet.\\nbatt l. 8 N. H. Y., Jan. i, 65; must, out Oct. 28, 65.\\nDied Jan. 14, 90, Nashua.\\nJabo, Nelson. Co. H; substitute; b. Canada; age 45;\\nres. New York, cred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 6, 63; must,\\nin Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; tr; to Co. I, 24 V. R. C., June\\n22, 64; disch. Oct. 26, 65, Washington, D. C.\\nJohnson, Charles. Co. F; b. Sweden; age 27; enl. July\\n14, 64, for I yr.; must, in July 14, 64, as priv.; tr. to\\nCo. A, vet. batt l, 8 N. H. Y., Jan. i, 65 disch. June\\n6, 65, Natchez, Miss. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nJohnson, Edgar. Co. A b. Boscawen age 18 res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 26, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; wd.June 14, 63, Port Hudson, La.; app. corp.\\nJan. 64; must, out Jan. 18, 65. Died May 10, 64.\\nKeefe, William J. Co. K b. Ireland age 19 res. Man-\\nchester enl. Oct. 14, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; cred. Nashua;\\ntr. to Co. B. vet. batt l, 8 N. H. Y., Jan. i, 65; must,\\nout Oct. 28, 65. P. O. ad., Nat. home, Togus, Me.\\nKeenon, John. Co. E b. Ireland age 36 res. Nashua\\nenl. Oct. 16, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as priv. Died\\nApr. 15, 62, Centreville, La.\\nKelsey, George E. Co. K\\\\ b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 13, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61 as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Julys, Carrollton, La. P. O.\\nad., Lawrence, Mass.\\nKeyes, Levi P. Co. E b. Dunstable, Mass.; age 45 res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 17, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv. Died. dis. Oct. 2, 63, Chicago. 111.\\nKeyser, Samuel. Co. A b. Bridgewater age 45 res.\\nNashua; eul. Sept. 9, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. July 5, 62, Carrollton. La. Died\\nJuly 10, 82, Nashua.\\nKing, Dana W. Co. b. Alstead age 29; res. Nashua;\\napp. 2 It. Oct. 25. 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61 app. i It.\\nApr. 14, 62; capt. Dec. 16, 63; wd. and captd. .\\\\pr.\\n8, 64, Sabine Cross Roads, La.; exch. Oct. 22. 64; tr.\\nto Co. B, vet. batt l, 8 N. H. Y.. Jan. i, 65 app. It.-\\ncol. Oct. 28, 65 not must.; must, out Oct. 28. 65. as\\ncapt.; volunteered for storming party at Port Hud-\\nson, La., under G. O. No. 49, headquarters dept. of the\\ngulf, June 15, 63. P. O. ad., Nashua. See i N. H. Y.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0379.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "358\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nKuapp, George W. Co. D; b. Lisbou age 41; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 17, 64; must, in Aug. 17, 64, as\\npriv.; wd. accidentally. Died wds. Oct. 30, 64,\\nNatchez, Miss.\\nLambert, Edward. Co. E; b. St. Albans, Vt.; age 38;\\nres. Nashua enl. Dec. 3, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61,\\nas priv.: app. sergt. Jan. 63; wd. June 14, 63, Port\\nHudson, La.; disch. wds. Aug. i, 64. Concord.\\nLapres, Pierre. Co. E; b. St. Hyacinthe, Can.; age 23;\\nres. Nashua enl. Dec. 31, 61 must, in Dec. 31, 61,\\nas priv.; wd. June 14, 63, Port Hudson, La.; app.\\nCorp.; disch. Dec. 30, 64, Natchez, Miss., tm. ex.\\nDied 1873, St. Hyacinthe, Can.\\nLaton, James M. Co. A; b. Nashua; age 26; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 26, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. May 14, 62; sergt. Dec. 62; wd.\\nJune 14, 63, and sev. June 21, 63, Port Hudson, La.;\\ndisch. wds. June 17, 64, Concord.\\nLeavitt, Henry E. Co. E; b. Nashua; age 25; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 25, 6i must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv. Died dis. Feb. 20, 63, Baton Rouge, La.\\nLefebre, Abraham. Co. H; substitute; b. New York;\\nage 20; res. New York, cred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 6, 63;\\nmust, in Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; killed .\\\\pr. 8, 64, Sabine\\nCross Roads, La.\\nLewis, Daniel T. Co. A; b. Krancestown age 24; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 25, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv. Died dis. Dec. 9, 62, Thibodeaux, La.\\nLittle, Mitchell. Co. E; b. Canada; age 41; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 19, 6[ must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Sept. 15, 62, Carrollton, La.\\nDied Aug. 24, 82.\\nLivingstone, Edward. Co. A; b. Nashua; age 23 res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 10, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; tr. to Co. A,\\nvet. batt l, 8 N. H. Y., Jan. i, 65; must, out Oct. 28\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a265. See I N. H. Y.\\nMarden, George W. Co. D; b. Hillsborough; age 45;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Oct. 28, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61,\\nas priv.; disch. disab. Apr. 10, 62, Ship Isl., Miss.\\nMarshall, James H. Co. B b. Nashua age 21 res.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 12, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\nsergt.; app. prin. muse. Mar. 17, 63; sergt. -maj.\\nSept. 15, 63; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; app. 2\\nIt. Co. G, June 22, 64; not must.; app. adjt. Sept. i,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a264; tr. to Co. C, vet. batt l, 8 N. H. V., Jan. i, 65, as\\nI It.; app. capt. Oct. 28, 65 not must.; must, out\\nOct. 28, 65, as I It. Died Aug. 23, 78, Webster, Mass.\\nSee I N. H. H. Y.\\nMcCarty, John. Co. C b. Ireland; age 34; res. Nashua\\nenl. Nov. 20, 61 must, in Dec. 23, 61, as priv.; tr. to\\nCo. A, Dec. 23, 61; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64;\\ntr. to Co. A, vet. batt l, 8 N. H. Y., Jan. i, 65 must,\\nout Oct. 28, 65.\\nMcKean, Abelino L. Co. B; b. Merrimack age 22 res.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 4, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; killed June 27, 63, Port Hudson, La.\\nMcLear, James. Co. H; b. Ireland; age 39; res. Law-\\nrence, Mass., cred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 6, 63; must, in\\nOct. 6, 63, as priv.; tr. to U. S. navy June 17, 64, as a\\nseaman; served on U. S. S. Choctaw, William\\nG. Anderson, Potomac, and Mahaska disch.\\nJune 22, 66, as a coal heaver, from receiving ship.\\nNew York City. P. O. ad., Nat. home, Togus, Me.\\nMeagher, James. Co. K; b. Ireland; age 18; res. Man-\\nchester; enl. Oct. 9, 6r must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. Oct. 27, 62, Labadieville, La.; re-enl. and\\nmust, in Jan. 4, 64; cred. Nashua tr. to Co. B. vet.\\nbatt l, 8 N. H. v., Jan. i, 65 must, out, Oct. 28, 65.\\nP. O. ad., Fall River, Mass.\\nMeister, Francis. Co. A; b. Bavaria, Ger.; age 40; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 11, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv. Died dis. July 8, 63, New Orleans, La.\\nMinard, Charles F. Co. A b. Nashua age 24 res.\\nNashua; enl, Sept. 20, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\nCorp. Died, dis. Nov. 18, 62, Carrollton, La. See i\\nN. H. Y.\\nMoran, James. Unas d b. Ireland age 20 cred.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 6, 65; must, in .\\\\pr. 6, 65, as\\npriv.; disch. May 6, 65, Galloup s Isl., B. H., Mass.\\nMoreland, Charles. Co. D; b. Pelham; age 18; res.\\nNashua enl. Jan. 22, 62 must, in Jan. 22, 62, as\\npriv.; wd. Oct. 27, 62, Labadieville, La.; disch. wds.\\nMay 2, 63, Baton Rouge, La. P. O. ad., Woburn,\\nMass.\\nMorey, Noell D. Co. E b. Quebec age 35 res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 17, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\nCorp.; wd. Oct. 27, 62, Labadieville, La.; May 27, 63,\\nPort Hudson, La.; tr. to I. C. July 16, 63; unas d.;\\napp. Corp.; disch. disab. .\\\\pr. 29, 64, Washington, D.\\nC. P. O. ad., Hudson.\\nMorrill, Benjamin C. Co. E; b. Goshen; age 39; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 19, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Nov. 4, 63, New Orleans, La. P.\\nO. ad., Amesbury, Mass.\\nMorrill, George H. Co. A; b. Nashua; age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 16, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. June 14, 63, Port Hudson, La re-enl. and\\nmust, in Jan. 4, 64; app. sergt. Jan. 4, 64; disch.\\nJan. I, 65, Natchez, Miss., by reason of having been\\nrendered supernumeraiy non-commissioned officer.\\nP. O. ad.. East Pepperell, Mass.\\nMorrill, Jesse F. Co. .A b. Nashua age 18 res. Con-\\ncord enl. Oct. 10, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as priv.;\\nwd. May 27, 63, Port Hudson, La.; re-enl. and must,\\nin Jan. 4, 64 captd. Apr. 8, 64, Sabine Cross Roads,\\nLa.; exch. Oct. 23, 64; tr. to Co. A, vet. batt l, 8 N.\\nH. v., Jan. I, 65; disch. Oct. 28, 65, Yicksburg, Miss.\\nP. O. ad., Somerville, Mass.\\nMorse, Amos S. Co. .A b. Chester; age 34; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Oct. 7, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as priv.; must,\\nout Jan. 18, 65. P. O. ad., Amherst.\\nMunsey, William P. Co. A b. Gilmanton age 22 res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 12, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; app. muse; prin. muse. Dec. 20, 61, to date\\nOct. 25, 61 disch. disab. Oct. 27, 62, Carrollton, La.\\nDied Dec. 20, 62, en route home from New Orleans, La.\\nNeff, William E. Co. E b. Nashua age 19 res. Con-\\ncord enl. Mar. 14, 62 must, in Mar. 14, 62, as priv.;\\napp. Corp. Jan. i, 64; tr. to Co. C, vet. batt l, 8 N. H.\\nY., Jan. I. 65; disch. Mar. 15, 65, Natchez, Miss.,\\ntm. ex.\\nNolan, John J. Co. K b. Tipperar}-, Ire.; age 21 res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 12, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\nsergt.; wd. May 27, 63, Port Hudson, La.; re-enl. and\\nmust, in Jan. 4, 64; wd. May 18, 64, Yellow Bayou,\\nLa.; app. 2 It. June 22, 64 tr. to Co. C, vet. batt l, 8\\nN. H. Y., Jan. i, 65 resigned July 28, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNew York Citv.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0380.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n359\\nNottage, Elisha C. Co. A h. Quiiicy, Mass.; aj^e 22 res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 17, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\nCorp.; app. sergt. July, 62 wd. May 27, 63, and\\nkilled June 14, 63, Port Hudson, La. See I N. H. V.\\nOlsen, Gustave. Co. C substitute; b. Sweden age 32\\nres. New York; cred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 6, 63; must,\\nin Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; des. Mar. 2, 64, New Orleans,\\nLa.; appreh. June 24, 64 tr. to Co. B, vet. batt l, 8\\nN. H. v., Jan. i. 65 must, out Oct. 28, 65.\\nO Neil, Morty. Co. K b. Ireland; age 24; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. 13, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as priv.; disch.\\ndisab. Oct. 4, 62, Camp Kearney, La. Died Apr. 2,\\n87, Nashua.\\nO Neil, Timothy. Co. K; b. Kerry, Ire.; age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 18, 6t must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Jan. 18, 65.\\nPalmer, James. Co. C b. Ireland age 24 res. Nashua\\nenl. Jan. 2, 62 must, in to date Dec. 31, 61, as priv.;\\ndisch. disab. Feb. 20, 62, I t. Independence, B. H.,\\nMass.\\nParks, David E. Co. A; b. Newmarket; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 17, 61; mu.st. in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; tr. to Co.\\nA, vet. batt l, 8 N. H. V., Jan. i. 65; must, out Oct.\\n28, 65.\\nPatch, Joseph T. Co. A; b. Hollis age 36; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. 17, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as priv.;\\ndisch. disab. June 19, 63, New Orleans, La. Died\\nJuly r8, 63, Nashua.\\nPeacock, Stilman. Co. A; b. Milford age 44; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 25, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61. as\\npriv. Died Oct. 23, 62, Camp Kearney, La.\\nPerley, Thomas J. Co. E; b. Canada; age 30; res.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 4, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. May 18, 64, Yellow Bayou, La.; must, out\\nJan. 18, 65. P. O, ad., Lowell, Mass.\\nPerry, John P. Co. B; b. Lincoln. Mass.; age 43; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 16, 5i; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. May 2, 63, New Orleans, La.\\nPeterson, Nelson H. Co. A; b. Kiugfield, Me.; age 25;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Sept. 10, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61,\\nas sergt.; app. i sergt. Jan. 9, 63; wd May 27, 63,\\nPort Hudson. La.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64;\\napp. 2 It. to date Dec. 16, 63 tr. to Co. A, vet. batt l,\\n8 N. H. Y., Jan. i, 65; app. i It. Oct. 28, 65; not\\nmust.; must, out Oct. 28, 65, as 2 It. P. O. ad.,\\nKingfield, Me. See i N. H. Y.\\nPillsbury, Edward W. Co. b. Derry age 24; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 6, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; app.com. sergt\\nMay I, 64; must, out Jan. 18, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua. See i N. H. Y.\\nPillsbury, Samuel H. Co. E; b. Derry; age 23; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 25, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\nsergt. Died, dis. Feb. 4, 63, Baton Rouge, La.\\nPond, George \\\\V. Co. E; b. Nashua; age 21; res.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 27, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; tr. to Co. C,\\nvet. batt l, 8 N. H. Y., Jan. i, 65 must, out Oct. 28,\\n65. P. O. ad., Nashua. See i N. H. Y.\\nPorter, Benjamin F. Co. A; b. Lowell, Mass.; age 24;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Sept. 18, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61,\\nas priv.; disch. disab. Jan. 29, 63, New Orleans, La.\\nP. O. ad., Nashua.\\nPowers, Jonathan I.. Co. D; 1). Nashua; age 44; res.\\nGreenfield enl. Oct. 22. 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Sept. 12, 62, CarroUton, La.\\nPray, Jere R. Co. E; b. Lebanon, Me.; age 45; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 16, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; tr. to Co. C,\\nvet. batt l, 8 N. H. Y., Jan. i, 65; must, out Oct.\\n28, 65.\\nPutney, Alonzo W. Co. E b. Concord age 38 res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 12, 61, as priv.; app. i It. Dec. 20,\\n61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as i It.; resigned Dec.\\nII, 62.\\nyuinn, William H. Co. A; b. Hooksett; age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 12, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp.; wd. May 27, 65, Port Hudson, La.;\\napp. I sergt.; re-enl and must, in Jan. 4, 64; tr. to\\nCo. B, vet. batt l, 8 N. H. V., Jan. i, 65 app. 2 It.\\nOct. 28, 65 not must, disch. to date Oct. 28, 65, as i\\nsergt. P. O. ad., Central Falls, R. I.\\nRalph, John. Co. D b. Malone, N. Y.; age 29; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 28, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. Oct. 4, 62; disch. disab. Mar. 4, 63,\\nNew Orleans, La. See 11 N. H. Y.\\nReed, Ephraim. Co. E; b. Westford, Mass.; age 43; res.\\nWestford, Mass.; enl. Nov. 20, 61 must, in Dec. 20.\\n61, as priv.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; cred.\\nNashua tr. to Co. C, vet. batt l, 8 N. H. Y., Jan. i,\\n65; must, out Oct. 28, 65. Died Jan. 31, 94, Man-\\nchester.\\nReed, Oliver H. Co. k\\\\ b. Nashua age 22 res. Na.shua;\\nenl. Sept. 16, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as priv.; disch.\\ndisab. June 19, 63. New Orleans, La. Died Jan. 5, 79.\\nRideout, David J. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 20; res.\\nNashua enl. Sept. 18, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. F eb. 8, 62, F t. Independence,\\nBoston, Mass. See 15 N. H. Y.\\nRobbins, Benjamin A. Co. E b. Nashua age 27 res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 14, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Nov. i5, 62. Camp Kearney, La.\\nRobbins, Charles A. Co. .-V b. Lowell, Mass.; age 21\\nres. Nashua; enl. Nov. 2, 61 must, in Nov. 25, 61,\\nas priv.; app. sergt.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64;\\ncred. Concord; tr. to Co. A, vet. batt l, 8 N. H. Y.,\\nJan. I, 65; disch. Oct. 28, 65, Yicksburg. Miss.\\nRobbins, Henry L. Co. B b. Nashua age 27 res. Mil-\\nford enl. Sept. 30, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as priv.;\\nmust, out Jan. 18, 65. P. O. ad., Milford.\\nRobins, William B. Co. A; b. Nashua; age 26; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 9, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Nov. 16, 62, Camp Kearney, La.\\nRuan, John. Co. K; b. Ireland; age 21; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. 13, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as priv.;\\nmust, out Jan. 18. 65.\\nRogers, Thomas H. Co. E; b. Henuiker; age 21; res.\\nManchester; enl. Nov. 14, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61,\\nas Corp.; app. sergt. Jan. i, 64; re-enl. and must, in\\nJan. 4, 64; disch. Jan. i, 65, having been rendered\\nsupernumerary non-commissioned officer. P.O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nScott, John. Co. I substitute b. Pennsylvania; age 20;\\nres. Pennsylvania, cred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 6, 63;\\nmust, in Oct. 6, 63, as priv. Died. dis. Oct. 15, 64,\\nNatchez, Miss.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0381.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": ";6o\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nShattuck, Franklin J. Co. B, vet. batfl b. Nashua; age\\n28; cred. Nashua; enl. Mar. 21, 65, for i yr.; must,\\nin Mar. 21, 65, as priv.; assigned to Co. B, vet. batt l.\\nAjjr. 30, 65; must, out Oct. 28, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nConcord.\\nShattuck, Tj ler M. Co. A; b. Calais, Vt.; age 33; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 10, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 6i, as\\nCorp.; app. com. sergt, July 7, 62; re-enl. and must,\\nin Jan. 4, 64 app. regt l commissary to date Dec.\\n16, 63 disch. Sept. 14, 64, as supernumerary officer.\\nP. O. ad., Nashua.\\nShattuck, Winslow A. Co. E; b. Pepperell, Mass.; age\\n44; res. Nashua; enl. Nov. 2, 61; must, in Dec. 20,\\n61, as priv.; must, out Jan. 18, 65. P. O. ad..\\nNashua.\\nShea, Daniel. Co. A; b. Ireland; age 26; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. 27, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 6[, as priv.; re-\\nenl, and must, in Jan. 4, 64 tr. to Co. A, vet. batt l,\\n8 N. H. v., Jan. i, 65 must, out Oct. 28, 65. P. O.\\nJersey City, N. J.\\nShea, John, ist. Co. K b. Ireland age 23 res. Nashua;\\nenl. Nov. 5, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as priv.; wd.\\nMay 18, 63, Yellow Bayou, La.; must, out Jan. 18, 65.\\nP. O. ad., Nashua. See i N. H. V.\\nShedd, Peter A. Co. C b. St. John, N. B.; age 35 res.\\nMilford; enl. Jan. 13, 62; must, in Jan. 14, 62, as\\npriv.; mis. June 20, 63, Port Hudson, La.; gd. from\\nmis. Nov. 4, 63; tr. to Co. B, vet. battl, 8 N. H. V.,\\nJan. I, 65; disch. Jan. 15, 65, to date, Jan. 12, 65,\\nNatchez, Miss., tm. ex. Died Nov. 12, 76, Nashua.\\nShipley, Albert P. Co. A; b. Nashua; age 20; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 7, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. May 27, 63, Port Hudson, La.; app. corp.\\nJan. 64; wd. May 29, 64, Morganzia, La.; must, out\\nJan. 18, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nShipley, Benjamin M. Co. A b. Nashua age 25 res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 13, 62; must, in\\nAug. 14, 62, as priv.; app. Corp.; captd. Sept. 30, 64;\\nreleased, 65; tr. to Co. A; vet. batt l, 8 N. H. V.;\\ndisch. June 6, 65, Natchez, Miss. P. O. ad., Minne-\\napolis, Minn.\\nShirley, William. Co. E b. Chester age 44 res.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 6, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Sept. 12, 62, Camp Kearney, La.\\nShugree, Philip. Co. K b. Ireland age 24 res, Nashua;\\nenl. Dec. 11, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as priv.; must,\\nout Jan. 18, 65. Died Oct. 19, 68.\\nSlattery, Joseph. Co. K; b. Leitrim, Ire; age 28; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 12, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\nCorp.; disch. disab. Apr. 10, 62, Ship Isl., Miss.\\nSmith, Edwin D. Co. E; b. Southbridge, Mass.; age 29;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Oct. 15, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61,\\nas priv.; wd. June 14, 63, Port Hudson, La.; disch;\\ndisab. Sept. 2, 64, New Orleans, La. P. O. ad.. North\\nChelmsford, Mass.\\nSmith, James M. Co. E b. Southbridge, Mass.; age 26;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Oct. 23, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61,\\nas priv.; must, out Jan. 18, 65. P. O. ad., Milford.\\nStetson, Edwin C. Co. E b. Cambridgeport, Mass.; age\\n23; res. Nashua enl. Oct. 17, 61 must, in Dec. 20,\\n5i, as Corp. Died, dis. June 27, 63, New Orleans, La.\\nSt. John, Joseph. Co. C; b. Virginia; age :8; res.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 30, 6i must, in Dec. 31, 61, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Sept. 4, 62, CarroUton, La.\\nStone, George W. Co. A; b. Barre, Mass.; age 36; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 25, 63; must, in Nov. 25, 63, as\\npriv.; tr. to Co. A, vet. batt l, 8 N. H. V., Jan. i, 65;\\ndisch. to date Oct. 28, 65.\\nSullivan, John. Co. K b. Ireland age 22 res. Man-\\nchester enl. Oct. 19, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Jan. i8, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nSullivan, Michael T. Co. A b. Ireland age 19 res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 7, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; killed June 14, 63, Port Hudson, La.\\nThompson, Charles. Co. F; substitute; b. England;\\nage 25 res. New York, cred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 6,\\n63; must in Oct. 5, 63, as priv.; disch. disab. Apr. 30,\\n64, New Orleans, La.\\nThompson, George W., 2d. Co. E; b. Newmarket; age\\n27; res. Nashua; enl. Oct. 17, 61; must, in Dec. 20,\\n61, as I serg.; app. 2 It. Dec. 5, 62; i It. Feb. 15, 63;\\nkilled May 29, 63, Port Hudson, La. See i N. H. V.\\nThrasher, Floramond E. Co. A; b. Newport; age 26;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Oct. 2, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. May 26, 63, New Orleans, La.\\nTowle, John S. Co. b. Monmouth, Me.; age 43 res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 9, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. July 17, 62; wd. Oct. 27, 62, Laba-\\ndieville. La.; app. sergt. Dec. 21, 62; killed Maj- 27,\\n63, Port Hudson, La.\\nTownes. Oliver, Jr. Co. C b. Litchfield age 35 res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 17, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; tr. to Co. E, Dec. 23, 61 disch. disab. Apr. 10,\\n62; Ship Isl., Miss.\\nTucker, William H. Co. A; b. Wrentham, Mass.; age\\n21; res. Nashua; enl. Sept. 9, 61; must, in Oct. 25,\\n61, as priv.; must, out Jan. 18, 65.\\nTwiss, Benjamin F. Co. A b. Lowell, Mass.; age 23 res.\\nMilford; enl. Sept. 12, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; cred. Nashua;\\nwd. Apr. 28, 64 tr. to Co. vet. batt l, 8 N. H. V.,\\nJan. I, 65; disch. to date Oct. 28, 65.\\nValequette, William. Co. E b. Canada age 32 res.\\nNashua enl. Dec. 7, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. May 27, 63, Port Hudson, La.; des. Aug.\\nII, 64, CarroUton, La.; appreh. Oct. 31, 64; disch.\\nto date Jan. 17, 65. P. O. ad., Nat. home, Togus, Me.\\nVincent, Clifford. Co. E; b. Canada; age 30; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 18, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Sept. 12, 62, Camp Kearnev La.\\nP. O. ad., Pittsfield, Mass.\\nWadsworth, Jonathan. Co. .A.; b. Worcester, Mass.; age\\n27; res. Nashua; enl. Sept. 24, 61 must, in Oct. 25,\\n61, as priv.; disch. disab. Oct. 27, 62, CarroUton, La.\\nP. O. ad., Derry.\\nWalsh, John. Co. K; b. Boston, Mass.; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 13, 5i must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\nCorp.; app. sergt. Apr., 63; wd. June 14, 63, Port\\nHudson, La.; reduced to ranks Dec. 31, 63; app.\\nsergt. Mar. 8, 64; reduced to ranks Dec. 31, 64;\\nmust, out Jan. 18, 65. P. O. ad., Manchester. See i\\nN. H. V.\\nWarren, John Q. A. Co. A; b. Winthrop, Me.; age 35\\nres. Nashua; app. i It. Oct. 25, 61 must, in Oct. 25,\\n61 app. capt. Co. E,Apr. 14, 62 killed Oct. 27, 62,\\nLabadieville, La.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0382.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n36\\nWeston, Henry W. Co. A b. Old Town, Me.; age 36;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Oct. 12, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61,\\nas wagoner; captd. Aug. 23, 63, Baton Rouge, La.\\nDied, dis. Aug. 5, 64, Andersonville, Ga.\\nWhipple, Luman E. Co. b. Winchester age 27 res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 11, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64 tr. to Co. A,\\nvet. batt l, 8 X. H. V., Jan. i, 65 must, out Oct. 28,\\n65. P. O. ad., Winchester.\\nWhittemore, Charles O. Co. E b. Hudson age 37 res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 23, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; must, out Jan. 18, 65. Died July 21, 83.\\nWhittemore, George. Co. b. Hudson; age 28; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 16, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Oct. 27, 62, Carrollton, La.\\nWhittemore, George W. Co. b. Marlow; age 31 res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 13, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Feb. 28, 64, New Orleans, La.\\nWilkins, Irving G. Co. D b. Litchiield age 20 res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 26, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as i\\nsergt.; app. 2 It. Oct. 30, 62 i It. Mar. 8, 63 disch.\\ndisab. Sept. 19, 63. See i N. H. V. Supposed iden-\\ntical with Irving G. Wilkins, Co. D, 26 Mass. inf. See\\nmiscel. organizations.\\nWilliams, Charles. Co. E b. Shirley, Mass.; age 35\\nres. Nashua enl. Oct. 23, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 5i,\\nas priv. Died, dis. Aug. I, 63, New Orleans, La.\\nWilliams, Stephen. Co. b. Canaan age 33 res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 9, 61 must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\nCorp.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; disch. Jan. i,\\n65, Natchez, Miss., by reason of having been ren-\\ndered supernumerary non-commissioned officer. P.\\nO. ad., Derry Depot.\\nWood, Nelson. Co. H; b. Burlington, Vt.; age 24; res.\\nMilford; enl. Dec. 5, 61; must, in Dec. 26. 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. Mar. 10, 64; wd. Apr. 8, 64, Sabine\\nCross Roads, La.; must, out Jan. 18, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua. See state service.\\nWoods, Benjamin S. Co. D; b. Tyngsborough, Mass.;\\nage 18; res. Londonderry; cred. Londonderry; enl.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\ug. 20, 62 must, in .\\\\ug. 27, 62, as priv.; app.\\nCorp.; tr. to Co. A, vet. batt l, 8 N. H. V., Jan. i, 65;\\ndisch. June 6, 65, Natchez, Miss. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nWoods, Charles H. Co. D b. Nashua age 23 res. Lon-\\ndonderry, cred. Londonderry; enl. Aug. 21, 62;\\nmust, in Aug. 27, 62, as priv.; tr. to Co. A, vet. batt l,\\n8 N. H. V, Jan. i, 65 app. Corp.; disch. June 6, 65,\\nNatchez, Miss. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nWright, Jonathan. Co. C; b. Nashua; age 20; res.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 29, 61; must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; tr. to Co. E, Dec, 61 killed June 14, 63, Port\\nHudson, La.\\nWyatt, Isaiah H. Co. A, b. Campton age 37 res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 7, 61; must, in Oct. 25, 61, as\\nmuse; tr. to Co. B, June 30, 62 disch. disab. May 2,\\n63, New Orleans, La. P. O. ad.. North Woodstock.\\nWylie, George. Unas d b. Scotland; age 27; cred.\\nNashua enl. .\\\\pr. 8, 65, for i yr.; must, in Apr. 8,\\n65, as priv.; disch. May 6, 65, Galloup s Isl., B. H.,\\nMass.\\nYoung, .\\\\nios M. Co. C; b. Methuen, Mass.; age 18; res.\\nHudson enl. Nov. 29, 61 must, in Dec. 20, 61, as\\npriv.; tr. to Co. D, Dec, 61 wd. June 14, 63, Port\\nHudson, La.; re-enl. and must, in Jan. 4, 64; cred.\\nNashua; tr. to Co. A, vet. batt l, 8 N. H. V., Jan. i,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a265; must, out Oct. 28, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nNINTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n[THREE VE.\\\\RS.]\\nENGAGEMENTS.\\nSouth Mountain, Md.,\\nAntietam, Md.,\\nWhite Sulphur Springs, Va.,\\nFredericksburg, a.,\\nSiegeofVicksburg, Miss., June i\\nJackson, Miss.,\\nWilderness, Va.,\\nSpottsylvania, Va.,\\nNorth Anna River, Va.,\\nTotopotomoy, Va., May\\nRethesda Church, Va.,\\nCold Harbor, Va.,\\nAbbot, Charles H, Co. F; b. Lowell, Mass.; age 29; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 6, 62; must, in\\nAug. 15, 62, as priv.; killed May 12, 64, Spottsyl-\\nvania, Va.\\nAnderson, David G. Unas d; b. Pittsburg, Pa.; age 20\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Dec. 24, 63; must, in Dec. 24, 63,\\nas priv. N. f. r. A. G. O.\\nAndrews, George H. Co. E; b. Nashua; age 20; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 7, 62; must, in\\nAug. 9, 62, as priv. Died, dis. Mar. 15, 64, Nashua.\\nSept. 14,\\n1862\\nSept. 17,\\n1S62\\nNov. 15,\\n1862\\nDec. 13,\\n1862\\n4 to July 4,\\n1863\\nJuly 10-16,\\n1863\\nMay 6, 7,\\n1864\\nMay 10-18,\\n1864\\nMay 24-26,\\n1864\\n31 June I,\\n1864\\nJune 2, 3,\\n1864\\nJune 5-12,\\n1864\\nSiege of Petersburg. Va.,\\nJune 16, 1864, to Apr. 3, 1865\\nPetersburg, Va., (assault at the\\nShand House) June 17, 1864\\nMine Explosion, Petersburg,\\nVa., (assault) July 30, 1864\\nWeldon Railroad, Va., Aug. 20, 21, 1864\\nPoplar Springs Church, Va.,\\nSept. 30, Oct. I, 1864\\nHatcher s Run, Va., Oct. 27, 1864\\nPetersburg, V a., Apr. 1,2, 1865\\nBailey, John B. Co. E; b. New Boston; age 22; res_\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 7, 62; must, in\\nAug. 9, 62, as priv.; tr. to band, i brig., 2 div., 9 A.\\nC, Sept. 30, 62; disch. as i class muse June 10, 65,\\nnear Alexandria, Va. P. O. ad., Boston, Mass.\\nBean, Jesse S. Co. C; b. Brownfield, Me.; age 26; res.\\nNashua, cred. Hudson; enl. June 23, 62; must, in\\nJuly 24, 62, as Corp.; wd. Dec. 13, 62, Fredericksburg,\\nVa.; tr. to Co. K, 5 I. C, Jan. 15, 64; disch. July 5.\\n65, Indianapolis, Ind. P. O. ad., Salem.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0383.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "362\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nI5eniietl, John C. Co. B; Brookline; age 25; cred.\\nNashua; enl. July 31, 62; must, in Aug. 9, 62, as\\npriv.; must, out June 10, 65. V. O. ad.. Spokane\\nI-alls. Wash.\\nBerry, William H. Co. K; b. Boston, Mass.; age 18;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Dec. 22, 63; must, in Dec. 22, 63,\\nas priv.; tr. to Co. K, 6 N. H. V., June i, 65; must,\\nout July 17, 65.\\nBlaisdell, Charles H. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nConcord; cred. Concord enl. Aug. 4, 62; must, in\\nAug. 5, 62, as Corp.; killed May 12, 64, Spottsyl-\\nvania, Va.\\nBond, Thomas L. Co. B; b. Lyme; age 28; res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. July 7, 62; must, in July 12, 62,\\nas priv.; disch. disab. Nov. 12, 63, Concord. P.O.\\nad., Chelsea, Mass.\\nBrigham, Charles L. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 19; res.\\nNashua, cred. Merrimack enl. Aug. 14, 62 must,\\nin .\\\\ug. 16, 62, as priv.; app. corp. wd. July 30, 64,\\nmine explosion, Petersburg, Va. Died, wds. Oct. 23,\\n64, Nashua.\\nBrown, George H. Co. F; b. Concord; age 26; res.\\nWoodstock, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 9, 62; must, in\\nAug. 12, 62, as private captd. May 12, 64, Spottsyl-\\nvania, Va.; released returned to dut} Maj 10, 65\\nmust, out June 10, 65.\\nBuswell, Barkley C. Co. C; b. Hopkiuton age 23; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. July 11, 62; must, in\\nJulv 24. 62, as Corp.; app. sergt. Mar. i, 64; captd.\\nMav 12, 64, Spottsylvania, Va.; released; must, out\\nJune 10, 65. Died Maj- 22, 92, Laconia.\\nCaldwell, Ira. Co. C; b. Pelham age 18; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. June 16, 62; must, in\\nJuly 24, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. Pel). 9, 63, Phila-\\ndelphia, Pa. See i N. H. cav.\\nCarlton, Charles E. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nManchester, cred. Manchester; enl. July 29, 62;\\nmust, in Aug. 7, 62, as muse; must, out June 10, 65.\\nChase, Alfred. Co. I b. Keene age 22; res. Keene,\\ncred. Keene; enl. Aug. 18, 62; must, in Aug. 19, 62,\\nas priv.; must, out June 10, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nChase, George H. Co. C; b. Merrimack; age 22; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. June 19, 62; must, in\\nJuly 24, 62, as priv.; des. Jan. 17, 63, Falmouth, Va.;\\nappreh.; must, out June 10, 65. P. O. ad., P itchburg,\\nMass.\\nClement, Charles E. Co. F; b. Bath; age 15; cred.\\nBarnstead enl. Jan. 16, 64; must, in Jan. 16, 64, as\\nmuse; tr. to Co. I 6 N. H. V., June i, 65; must, out\\nJuly 17, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nConrey, Thomas P. Co. C b. Nashua age 22 res.\\nHudson, cred. Milford enl. June 30, 62; must, in\\nJuly 17, 62, as priv.; captd. May 12, 64, Spottsyl-\\nvania, Va. Died Aug. 28, 64, Andersouville, Ga.\\nCopp, Charles D. Co. C b. Warren age 22; res. Nashua;\\napp. 2 It. Aug. 10, 62; must, iu Aug. 15, 62 app. i\\nIt. Jan. I, 63; capt. July 28, 64; must, out June 10.\\n65. Awarded medal of honor under resolution of\\ncongress, No. 43, approved July 12, 62, and section 6\\nof act of congress, approved Mar. 3, 63, for con-\\nspicuous bravery in battle of Fredericksburg, Va.,\\nDec. 13, 62. P. O. ad., Clinton, Mass.\\nDensmore, Edgar A. Co. F; b. Sharon, Vt.; age 21 res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. June 17, 62; must, in\\nAug. 5, 62, as sergt.; killed Dec. 13, 62, Fredericks-\\nburg, Va. See i N. H. V.\\nDrew, George H. Co. F; b. Methuen, Mass.; age 31 res.\\nMilford, cred. Milford; enl. Aug. 4, 62; must, in\\nAug. 16, 62, as sergt.; app. i sergt. Jan. i, 63; 2 It.\\nCo. A, Jan. i, 64; captd. July 30, 64, mine explosion,\\nPetersljurg, Va.; released; must, out June 10, 65. P.\\nO. ad., Nashua. See state service.\\nDunning, Charles H. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 22; res.\\nINIilford, cred. Milford; enl. Aug. 6, 62; must, in\\nAug. 15, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. Mar. 16, 63, Phila-\\ndelphia, Pa.\\nEaton, John W. Co. B drafted b. Pittsfield age 30\\nres. Nashua, cred. Nashua; drafted Oct. 6, 63; must,\\nin Oct. 6, 63, as priv.; wd. Juh- 30, 64, mine\\nexplosion, Petersburg, Va.; tr. to Co. B, 6 N. H. V.,\\nJune I, 65.; disch. disab. June 2, 65, Manchester.\\nFitzgerald, William. Unas d b. Watertown, N. Y.; age\\n21; cred. Nashua; enl. Dec. 24, 63; must, in Dec.\\n24, 63, as priv. N. f. r. A. G. O.\\nGale. John. Co. C; b. England; age 20; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Dec. 26, 63; must, in Dec. 26, 63, as priv. Died,\\ndis. Apr. 3, 64, Covington, Ky.\\nGleason, Abel R. Co. B; b. Sudbury, Mass.; age 35 res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 7, 62; must, in\\nAug. 9, 62, as priv.; tr. to band, i brig., 2 div., 9 A. C,\\nOct. I, 62. Died, dis. Jan. 16, 64; Paris, K}-.\\nGraves, William H. Co. E; b. Washington age 21 res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 7, 62; must, in\\nAug. 9, 62, as priv.; tr. to band, i brig., 2 div., g A.\\nC, Sept. 30, 62; disch. June 10, 65, as band leader,\\nnear .\\\\lexandria, Va. P. O. ad., Waltham, Mass.\\nHale, James P. Co. B b. Nashua age 18 res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua enl. June 10, 62 must, in July 22, 62,\\nas priv. Died, dis. Sept. 29, 62, Frederick, Md.\\nHamblett, Hezekiah P. Co. A; b. Hollis; age 41; res\\nNashua, cred. Nashua enl. Aug. 7, 62 must, in Aug.\\n9, 62, as priv.; tr. to band, i brig., 2 div., 9 K. C,\\nOct. 6, 62; app. band leader; disch. Mar. 7, 63,\\nNewport News, Va.\\nHamblett, Judson A. Co. A; b. Milford; age 19; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 7, 62 must, in Aug.\\n9, 62, as priv.; tr. to band, i brig., 2 div., 9 A. C, Oct.\\n6, 62 disch. to date Mar. 2, 63, Newport News, Va.\\n.See 8 inf. and Lafayette art., N. H. V.\\nHiltpald, Rudolph. Co. B b. Switzerland age 21 cred.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 21, 63; must, in Dec. 21, 63, as\\npriv.; des. Apr. 29, 64, Bristoe Station, Va.; returned\\nAug. 19, 64; tr. to Co. B, 6 N. H.V., June i, 65;\\nmust. out. July 17, 65.\\nHopkins, Newton C. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. June 7, 62; nuist. in\\nJuly 22, 62, as priv.; wd. Sept. 17, 62, .\\\\ntietani, Md.;\\nmust, out June 10, 65. P. O. ad.. Maiden, Mass.\\nHowe, Stephen H. Co. F; b. Milford; age 41; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 7, 62; must, iu\\nAug. 9, 62, as priv.; tr. to band, 1 brig., 2 div., g A.\\nC, Oct. I, 62; disch. June 10, 65, near Alexandria,\\nVa., as I class muse. P. O. ad., Milford.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0384.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N.\\n363\\nI luliliiiisun. William. Co. C; b. Scotland; 3^631 cred.\\nXa.shua; cnl. Dec. 21, 63; must, in Dec. 27, 63, as\\npriv.; tr. to Co. C, 6 N. H. June i, 65; must, out\\nJuly 17, 65.\\n[cwcU, Charles A. Co. B; b. Nashua; aj;e 18; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. June 14, 62; must, in\\nJuly 12, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. Apr. i, 63, Wash-\\nington, 1). C. r. O. ad., Jersey City, N. J.\\nJones, .\\\\rchible R. Co. I; b. Jefferson, Me.; age 42;\\nres. Jefferson, lie., cred. Walpole; enl. Dec. 16, 63;\\nmust, in Dec. 16, 63, as priv.; disch. disab. Aug. 17,\\n64, Madison, Ind. Died Sept. 2, 90, Nashua. See 4\\nN. H. V.\\nKennedy, Matthew. Co. C b. Manchester age 24 res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. June 17, 62; must, in\\nJuly 24, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. Feb. 16, 63,\\nWashington, D. C. Supposed identical with Matthew\\nKennedy, Co. F, i N. H. H. art.\\nKuhlniann, William. Co. K b. Germany age 22 cred.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 22, 63; must, in Dec. 22, 63, as\\npriv.; tr. to Co. K, 6 N. H. V., June i, 65; must, out\\nJuly 17, 65.\\nI.,appan, James. Co. C; b. St. John, N. B.; age 39; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua enl. July 2, 62 must, in July\\n24, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. Nov. 14, 62, W ashing-\\nton, D. C. Supposed identical with James Lapham,\\nstate service.\\nLarey. John. Co. K; b. England; age 30 cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Dec. 26, 63; must, in Dec. 26, 63, as priv.; tr. to\\nCo. K, 6 N. H. v., June i, 65; must, out July 17, 65.\\nLawrence, Arthur I. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 20; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. June 7, 62 must, in July\\n12, 62, as Corp.; reduced to ranks; tr. to 168 Co., 2\\nbatt l, V. R. C; disch. June 12, 65, Concord. P. O.\\nad.. Concord.\\nLovejoy, George H. Co. D; b. Hollis; age 26; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 7, 62; must, in\\nAug. 9, 62, as priv.; tr. to band, i brig., 2 div., 9 A.\\nC, Oct. I, 62; disch. June 10, 65, as 3 class muse,\\nnear Alexandria, Va. Died Nov. 28, 86, Hollis.\\nManning, William.- Co. B; b. Mont Vernon; age 44;\\nres. Nashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 7, 62; must, in\\nAug. 9, 62, as priv.; tr. to band, i brig., 2 div., 9 A.\\nC, Oct. I, 62; disch. disab. Mar. 8, 63, as 3 class\\nmuse, Newport News, Va. Died Aug. 6, 85, Nat.\\nhome, Togus, Me.\\nMarble, Eben M. Co. A; b. Poland, Me.; age 33; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 8, 62; must, in\\nAug. 9, 62, as priv.; tr. to band, i brig., 2 div., 9\\nC, Oct. 6, 62, as 3 class muse; disch. June 28, 63,\\nnear Neely s, Warren county. Miss. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nMarshall, Frank V. Co. D; b. .\\\\lbany, N. V.; age 29;\\ncred. Nashua enl. June 18, 62; must, in .-\\\\ug. 9, 62,\\nas priv.; tr. to band, i brig., 2 div., 9 A. C, Oct. i,\\n62; disch. June 10, 65, as 3 class mu.sc, near .-Vlex-\\nandria, Va. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nMarshall, Nathaniel W. Co. E b. All any, N. V.; age\\n26; res. Nashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 7, 62;\\nmust, in Aug. 9, 62, as priv.; tr. to band, i brig., 2\\ndiv., 9 A. C, Sept. 30, 62 disch. June 10, 65, as i\\nclass muse, near Alexandria, Va. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nMoore, James H. Co. E b. Ilooksett age 14 res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 12, 62; must, in\\nAug. 14, 62, as muse; must, out June 10, 65. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.\\nMoreland, Benaiah. Co. D; b. Salem; age 25; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\ug. 7, 62; must, in\\nAug- 9. 62, as priv.; tr. to band, i brig., 2 div., 9 A.\\nC, Oct. I, 62, as 2 class muse. Died, dis. Aug. 31,\\n63, Camp Dennison, Ohio.\\nMorse, Francis. Co. C; b. Danville, Vt.; age 35; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 13, 62; must, in\\nAug. 19, 62, as priv.; disch. disal). Dec. 17, 62, near\\nFalmouth, Va. See i N. H. V.\\nMoore, Francis R. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 35; res. Hop-\\nkinton, cred. Hopkintou enl. July 8, 62; must, in\\nJuly 12, 62, as priv.; must, out June 10, 65. P. O.\\nad., Newport.\\nOsterkong, Gurd. Co. K; b. Germany; age 24; cred.\\nNashua enl. Dec. 22, 63 must, iii Dee 22, 63, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Mar. 3, 64, Camp Burnside, Ky.\\nPeabody, Warren A. Co. F; b. Wenhani, Mass.; age 39;\\nres. Nashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 7, 62; must, in\\nAug. 9, 62, as priv.; tr. to band, i brig., 2 div., 9\\nC, Oct. I, 62, as 3 class muse; disch. disab. June 28,\\n63, near Neely s, Warren county. Miss. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nPerry, James B. non-com. staff; b. Boston, Mass.; age\\n19; cred. Nashua; enl. June 27, 62; must, in July 19,\\n62, as q. ni. sergt.; reduced to ranks at his own\\nrequest; assigned to Co. C; disch. disab., caused by\\nfall from wagon, Nov. 24, 62, Fredericksburg. Va.\\nDied Mar. 15, 63, Nashua.\\nPeterson, Charles, ist. Co. C; b. Germany; age 24; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Dee 24, 63; must, in Dec. 24, 63,35\\npriv.; wd. sev. July 10, 64, Petersburg, Va.; disch.\\nwds. Nov. 16, 64, Washington, D. C.\\nRichardson, George W. Co. B; b. Bangor, Me.; age 24;\\nres. Nashua, cred. Nashua; enl. June lo, 62; must,\\nin July 12, 62, as Corp.; reduced to ranks senteiice l\\nFeb. 15, 64, by G. C. M, to hard labor for six months,\\nwith loss of pay during that time, for acting with\\ndisrespect and contempt toward his commanding offi-\\ncer. N. f. r. A. G. O.\\nRourke, Patrick. Co. C; b. Ireland; age 25; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Dee 21, 63; must, in Dec. 21, 63, as\\npriv.; wd. May 12, 64, Spottsylvania, Va.; captd.\\nSept. 30, 64, Poplar Springs, Church, Va.; released\\nMar. 2, 65; tr. to Co. C, 6 N. H. V., June 1. 65;\\ndi.sch. June 19, 65, .Xnnapolis, Md.\\nRyder, Abram. Co. G; b. Berks county. Pa.; age 22;\\ncied. Nashua; enl. Dec. 22, 63; must, in Dec. 22, 63,\\nas priv.; wd. May 31, 64, Totopotomoy, Va.; tr. to\\nCo. G, 6 N. II. v., June i, 65; must, out July 17, 65.\\nSharrer, Jonas. Co. F; b. Lehigh, Pa.; age 28; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 25, 63; must, in Dec. 25, 63, as\\npriv.; tr. to Co. G, 47 Pa. Vet. Vol. Inf., Jan. 2, 65;\\nenl. Sept. 4. 61, and must, in Sept. 18, 61, as priv.,\\nCo. G. 47 Pa. Inf.; must, out Dec. 25, 65.\\nShea, Jeremiah. Co. C; b. Kerry county. Ire.; age 22;\\nres. Nashua, cred. Nashua; enl. June 19, 62; must,\\nin July 24, 62, as priv.; must, out June 10, 65. P. O.\\nad., Nashua. .See i N. II. V.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0385.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "364\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H\\nShepherd, Aaron W. Non-com. staff; b. Biddeford, Me.;\\nage 21; res. Nashua, cred. Nashua; enl. July 26, 62;\\nmust, in July 26, 62, as hosp. steward; disch. Dec.\\n16, 64, to accept promotion. P. O. ad., BrookU-n,\\nN. Y. See 18 N. H. V.\\nSimonds, Lewis. Co. F; b. Antrim age 28 res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 7, 62; must, in Aug. 9, 62,\\nas priv.; tr. to band, i brig., 2 div., 9 A. C, Oct. i,\\n62; disch. June 10, 65, as 2 class muse, near Alex-\\nandria, Va. P. O. ad.. North Branch, Antrim.\\nSmall, Orrin Co. C; b. Holderness age 26; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. June 23, 62; must, in\\nJuly 24, 62, as Corp.; disch. disab. Dec. 4, 63, Wash-\\nington, D. C. P. O. ad.. Great Falls.\\nSt. Francois, Edmond. Co. E; b. Canada; age 22; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 14, 62; must, in\\nAug. 14, 62, as priv.; tr. to band, i brig., 2 div., 9\\nC, Sept. 30, 62. Died, dis. Aug. 31, 64, Nicholas-\\nville, K)-.\\nSullivan, Bartholomew. Co. C b. Ireland; age 21; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. June 19, 62; must, in\\nJuly 26, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. Dec. 10, 63, Con-\\ncord. Supposed identical with Bartholomew Sulli-\\nvan, Co. D, I N. H. H. art.\\nSullivan, John. Co. C; b. Ireland; age 20; res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. June 19, 62 must, in July 24, 62,\\nas priv.; app. corp. Jan. i, 64; sergt. Apr. i, 65;\\nmust, out June 10, 65.\\nWalsh, Patrick. Co. E; b. Ireland; age 21; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 22, 63; must, in Dec. 22, 63, as\\npriv.; tr. to Co. E, 6 N. H. V., June i, 65 must, out\\nJuly 17, 65.\\nWeir, William W. Co. F; b. Canada; age 38; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. .-Vug. 6, 62; must, in\\nAug. 15, 62, as priv.; wd. Dec. 13, 62, Fredericksburg,\\nVa.; tr. to I. C. Sept. i, 63 assigned to Co. K, 13 I.\\nC; disch. disab. Jan. 28, 64, Portsmouth Grove, R. I.\\nDied Aug. 19, 90, Hooksett. Seei N. H. V.\\nWells, Walter. Co. F; b. Comptom, Can.; age 24; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 9, 62 must, in Aug.\\n12, 62, as priv.; app. corp. Oct. 5, 62; tr. to Co. F,\\n17 I. C, Jan. 15, 64 disch. June 30, 65, Indianapolis,\\nInd. P. O. ad., Lincoln, Me.\\nWheeler, A11)ion. Co. I; b. Billerica, Mass.; age 26;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Dec. 21, 63; must, in Dec. 21, 63,\\nas priv.; tr. to Co. I, 6 N. H. V., June i, 65; must,\\nout July 17, 65.\\nWhipple, John P. Co. C; b. Andover; age 29; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. June 23, 62; must, in\\nJuly 24, 62, as sergt.; wd. Sept. 30, 64, Poplar Springs\\nChurch, Va.; must, out June 10, 65. P. O. ad., Bid-\\ndeford, Me. See i N. H. V.\\nWhite, Frederick. Co. A b. Newfoundland age 24\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Dec. 24, 63 must, in Dec. 24, 63,\\nas priv.; des. Jan. 23, 64, Camp Nelson, Ky.\\nWoodward, Freeman J. Co. F; b. Dunstable, Mass.; age\\n28; res. Nashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 14, 62;\\nnmst. in Aug. 14, 62, as priv.; wd. Sept. 17, 62, .\\\\n-\\ntietam, Md.; tr. to 43 Co., 2 batt l, V. R. C; disch.\\nJune 28, 65, Camp Dennison, Ohio.\\nWoods, Alfred H. Co. B; b. Deering; age 31; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. June 16, 62; must, in\\nJuly 18, 62, as priv. Died, dis. Nov. 3, 62, Knox-\\nville, Md.\\nWright, George W. Co. C; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. July 9, 62; must, in July\\n24, 62, as priv.; killed Dec. 13, 62, Fredericksburg, Va.\\nWyman, Joseph R. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 20; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 7, 62; must, in\\nAug. 9, 62, as priv.; tr. to band, i brig., 2 div., 9 A.\\nC, Oct. I, 62. Died .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\pr. 4, 64, Annapolis, Md.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0386.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nTENTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n[THRKK VKARS.]\\nENGAGEMENTS.\\n365\\nNov.\\n15.\\n1 .862\\nDec.\\n13.\\n1862\\nI to Mav\\n4-\\n1863\\nApn\\n19.\\n1863\\nJuly\\n4.\\nI .S63\\niiul\\nMay\\n7\\n1864\\nMay\\nks,\\n9,\\n1864\\nMay 12,\\n13,\\n1864\\nMay 14-\\n16,\\n1864\\nWhile Suliiliur Siniiigs, a\\nFredei icksljiirg, a.,\\nSiege of Suffolk, a., Apr\\nHill s Point, Va.,\\nLittlepage s liridge, Va.,\\nPort Walthall, Va., (Richmond\\nPetersburg railroad)\\nSwift Creek, Va.,\\nProctor s and Kingsland Creeks,\\nVa.,\\nDrewry s Bluff, Va.,\\nAvery, Solomon D. Co. B; b. Lowell, Mass.; age 27;\\nres. Nashua, cred. Nashua enl. Aug. 14, 62; must,\\nin Sept. I, 62, as muse; disch. June 10, 65. Died\\nNov. 19, 78, Boston, Mass.\\nBailey, Robert. Co. B; age 18; cred. Nashua; enl. Aug.\\n6, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as Corp.; app. sergt. 2\\nIt. Co. D, July 13, 64; not must; captd. Oct. 27. 64,\\nFair Oaks, Va.; exch. Feb. 27, 65 app. i It. Nov. 23,\\n64 not must.; disch. May 23, 65, as i sergt., Concord.\\nBlodgett, Henry. Co. B; b. Billerica, Mass.; age 26;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. .\\\\ng. n, 62; must, in Aug. 25,\\n62, as sergt.; disch. disab. Jan. 4, 63, as priv., Hamp-\\nton, Va.\\nBlood, George W. Co. B; age 21; cred. Nashua; enl.\\nAug. 12, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as priv.; disch.\\nMay 15, 65, Galloup s Isl., B. H., Mass.\\nBrown, Allen S. Co. B b. Newbury age 21 cred.\\nNashua; enl. July 23, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as\\nsergt.; disch. to date June 21, 65. See i N. H. V.\\nBrown, Joseph X. Co. H; b. Andover, Mass.; age 38;\\nres. Amherst, cred. Amherst; enl. .A.ug. 30, 62 must,\\nin Sept. 4, 62, as corp.; wd. Dec. 13, 62, Fredericks-\\nburg, Va.; app. sergt.; disch. May 16, 65. Died Mar.\\n17, 86, Nashua.\\nBuckley, Michael. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 28; cred.\\nNashua enl. .\\\\ug. 8, 62 must, in .^ug. 25, 62, as\\npriv.; app. corp.; tr. to 4 Co., 2 batt l, V. R. C, Sept.\\n30, 64; disch. disab. Dec. 9, 64, as priv.. New York\\ncity. Died Mar. 10, 73, Nashua. Supposed identical\\nwith Michael Buckley, state service.\\nBurns, John. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 25; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 23, 62 must, in Aug. 25, 62, as priv.; tr. to\\n28 Co., 2 batt l, V. R. C, Nov. 23, 64 disch. July 19,\\n65, Portsmouth, Va.\\nBurt, Henry B. Co. B; b. Wilmington, Mass.; age 28;\\ncred. Nashua enl. July 25, 62 nuist. in Aug. 25, 62,\\nas priv.; disch. disab. Nov. 18, 62. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nBush, Henry. Co. B; b. Canada; age 29; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 13, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as priv.;\\ndisch. disab. Sept. 21, 63, Portsmouth Grove, R. I.\\nDied May 22, 85, Nashua.\\nButler, Edwin A. Co. B; b. Mason; age 19; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Julj- 31, 62; must, in Sept. i, 62, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. May 20, 64, Portsmouth Grove,\\nR. I. P. O. ad., Cambridge, Mass.\\nJune I-\\nJune\\n12, 1864\\n15, 1864\\nJune 16, 1864\\nto Aug.\\n27.\\n1864\\nJuly\\n30,\\n1864\\nSept.\\n29.\\n1864\\nSept.\\n30,\\n1864\\nOct.\\n27.\\n1864\\nApr.\\n3.\\n1865\\nCold Harbor, a..\\nBattery Five, Petersburg, Va.,\\nPetersburg, Va., (assault by\\nCos. A, E, K)\\nSiege of Petersburg, Va.,\\nJune 16\\nMine Explosion, Petersburg, Va\\nP ort Harrison, Va., capture of\\nFort Harrison, Va., defense of\\nFair Oaks, Va.,\\nRichmond, Va., occupation of\\nButterfield, Rufus. Co. D; b. Bedford; age 26; res.\\nLitchfield, cred. Litchfield; enl. Aug. 17, 62; must.\\nin .Sept. I, 62, as priv. must, out June 21, 65. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.\\nCahill, James. Co. B b. Ireland age 22 cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. II, 62; must, in Sept. i, 62, as priv.; disch.\\ndisab. Nov. 29, 64, Concord.\\nCahill, Timothy. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 24; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 7, 62; nmst. in Sept. r, 62, as\\npriv.; app. hosp. steward Sept. 12, 62; disch. disab.\\nNov. 10, 62, Cliff Mills, Va.\\nCarey, John. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 22; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. July 22, 62 must, in .\\\\ug. 25, 62, as priv.; disch.\\ndisab. May 9, 63, Ft. Monroe, Va. Died Dec. 30, 65,\\nManchester.\\nCarter, Joseph. Co. B; b. Concord; age 24 res. Nashua\\ncred. Nashua; enl. July 23, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62,\\nas Corp.; app. sergt.; i sergt. May 24, 65; 2 It. June\\nI, 65; not mu.st.; must, out June 21, 65, as i sergt.\\nP. O. ad., Nashua.\\nCaskins, James. Co. B b. Lowell, Mass.; age 21 cred.\\nNashua enl. July 22, 62 must, in Aug. 25, 62, as\\nCorp.; app. sergt. May 11, 64 must, out June 21, 65.\\nDied June 18, 92, Lowell, Mass.\\nChaniberlin, Cornelius W. Co. B b. Canada age 29\\ncred. Nashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 7, 62; miist. in --^ug. 25, 62,\\nas priv.; app. corp. Apr. i, 63; wd. Oct. i, 64, Ft.\\nHarrison, Va.; disch. disab. Jan. 16, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nLowell, Mass. See i N. H. V.\\nClark, Edward. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 21 cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. II, 62 must, in Sept. i, 62, as priv.; disch.\\ndisab. May 22, 63, Bower s Hill, Va. Supposed iden-\\ntical with Edward Clark, Co. E, i N. H. V.\\nConey, Edward. Co. B; b. FCngland; age 33; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 15, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as\\npriv.; must, out June 21, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nCortis, Thomas T. Co. B b. Thompson, Conn.; age 40;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 11, 62; must, in .\\\\ug. 25,\\n62, as priv.; disch. disab. Jan. 17, 63, Fredericks-\\nburg, Va.\\nCourtney, Dennis. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. July 24, 62; must, in .\\\\ug. 25, 62, as\\npriv.; must, out June 21, 65.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0387.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nCrooker, Charles T. Co. H; b. Bow; age 20; res. .\\\\m-\\nherst, creel. Amherst; enl. Aug. 27, 62; must, in\\nSept. 4, 62, as priv.; app. Corp.; must, out June 21,\\n65. P. O. ad., Nashua. See 4 N. H. V.\\nCrowley, Timothy B. Co. B; b. Lowell, Mass.; age 31;\\nres. Nashua, cred. Nashua; enl. \\\\.ug. 11, 61, as\\npriv.; app. capt. Sept. 18, 62; must, in to date Sept.\\nI, 62, as capt.; wd. sev. Oct. 27. 64, Fair Oaks, Va.;\\napp. maj. Nov. 23, 64; -must, out June 21, 65. Died\\nJuly 4, 86, Nashua.\\nCochrane, William H. D. Co. E; b. North Chelmsford,\\nMass.; age 23 res. Goffstown app. i It. .Sept. 18, 62;\\nmust, in to date Sept. 17, 62; app. adjt. Jan. i, 63;\\ndisch. Feb. 27, 63, to accept promotion. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua. See i N. H. V. and miscel. organizations.\\nDonahue, John. Co. B b. Ireland age 40; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. II, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as priv.;\\nmust, out June 21, 65. Died Mar. 27, 83, Lowell,\\nMass.\\nDonohue, Thomas H. Co. B age iS; res. Nashua; enl.\\nJuly 31, 62; must, in .\\\\ug. 25, 62, as priv.; tr. to i\\nbatt l, V. R. C, Nov. 25, 64; not assigned to com-\\npany; disch. Aug. 16, 65, Washington, D. C.\\nDoyle, Lawrence. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 40; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 13, 62; must, in .\\\\ug. 25, 62, as\\npriv.; must, out June 21, 65. Died. dis. Aug. 13, 65,\\nNashua.\\nDuffy, Owen. Co. B; b. Ladoonegan, Ire.; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 11, 62; must, in Sept. i, 62, as\\npriv.; wd. ^ug. 5, 64. near Petersburg, Va.; disch.\\nMay 18, 65. P. O. ad., Nat. home, Togus, Me.\\nDurant, William H. Co. B b. Hampstead age 30; res.\\nHudson; cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 13, 62; must, in\\nAug. 25, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. May 20, 63,\\nSuffolk, Va. P. O. ad., Derry. See V. R. C.\\nEarly, John. Co. B; b. Boscawen age 18; res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 7, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62,\\nas priv.; wd. sev. June 3, 64, Cold Harbor, Va.; disch.\\ndisab. Nov. 29, 64. Died Nov. 23, 76, Nashua.\\nEdgcumbe, George. Co. B; b. Burlington, Vt.; age 26;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 11, 62, as priv.; app. i It.\\nSept. 18, 62; must, in to date Sept. i, 62, as i It.; tr.\\nto Co. D, Apr. I, 63; resigned Aug. 6, 63. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.\\nFitzgerald, Patrick, Co. B; b. Ireland; age 30; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 25, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Dec. i, 62. Died Mar. 6, 63,\\nNashua.\\nFlood, James M. Co. B; b. Concord, Mass.; age 18;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. July 26, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62,\\nas priv.; killed Aug. 5, 64, near Petersburg, Va.\\nFoley, John. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 21; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 8, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as sergt.;\\nmust, out June 21, 65, as priv.\\nGarvey, John. Co. B b. Ireland; age 34 cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. II, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as wagoner;\\ndisch. disab. Nov. 9, 63, Portsmouth, Va. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nGorman, Peter. Co. B b. Ireland age 44; cred. Nashua\\nenl. Aug. II, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as priv.;\\ndisch. disab. June 24, 63, Ft. Monroe, Va.\\nGray, John F. Co. B b. Nashua age 25 cred. Nashua;\\nenl. .\\\\ug. 12, 62; must, in .A-ug. 25, 62, as priv.;\\ndisch. disab. Feb. 21, 63, Washington, D. C. Died\\nFeb. 26. 63, Nashua.\\nGray. Irvin. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 21; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 12, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as priv.;\\nmust, out June 21, 65. Died Oct. 15, 84, Nashua.\\nHall, Levi W. Co. B; b. Manchester; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 14, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as\\npriv.; must, out June 21, 65.\\nHallisey, Michael. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 24; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 13, 62; must, in\\nAug. 25, 62, as priv.; must, out June 21, 65. Died\\nDec. 16, 75. Nashua.\\nHarrington, Jeremiah. Co. B b. Ireland; age 22; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 8, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as\\npriv.; killed Oct. 27, 64, F air Oaks, Va.\\nHeale} John. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 44; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 12, 62 must, in .\\\\ug. 25, 62, as priv.; disch.\\nJune 14, 65. Died hyr. 30. 71, Nashua.\\nHill, Clinton C. Co. H b. New York city age 29 cred.\\nManchester; enl. Aug. 18, 62, must, in Sept. 4, 62,\\nas priv.; disch. June 24, 65, Norfolk. Va. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua. See 8 N. H. V.\\nJohnson, Augustus. Co. B; b. Bennington; age 25; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. July 30, 62; must, in\\nAug. 25, 62, as priv.; tr. to I. C. Sept. i, 63; assigned\\nto Co. C, 21 V. R. C; re-enl. Aug. 22, 64, for 3 yrs.;\\ncred. Wainer; disch. Nov. 10, 65, Trenton. N. J. P.\\nO. ad., Mont Vernon. See 3 N. H. V.\\nKillela, John. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 23; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. II, 62; must, in Sept. i. 62, as priv.; killed\\nJune 3, 64, Cold Harbor, Va.\\nLee, Owen. Co. B; age 18; res. Nashua, cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 7, 62 must, in Aug. 25, 62, as priv.; disch.\\nto date Nov. 25, 64.\\nLonergan, Patrick. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 21, res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 7, 62; must, in\\nSept. I, 62, as priv.; disch. June 6, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nLowney, Jeremiah. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 22; cred.\\nNashua; enl. July 22, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as\\npriv.; wd. Aug. 5, 64, near Petersburg. Va., and died,\\nwds. Oct. 4, 64.\\nLyons, John. Co. B b. Ireland age 34 res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua enl. Aug. 9, 62 must, in Aug, 25, 62,\\nas Corp.; wd. sev. Aug. 5, 64, near Petersburg, Va.;\\ndisch. May 18, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nMahon, John. Co. B; age 25; cred. Nashua; enl. .\\\\ug.\\n14, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as priv.; entered hosp.\\nFeb. 21, 65, Ft. of Rocks, Va. N. f. r. A. G. O.\\nMarden, David D. Co. B; b. Bennington; age 29; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 6, 62; must, in .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\ug. 25, 62, as\\npriv.; app. corp.; sergt. June i, 65; must, out June\\n21, 65.\\nMcLaughlin, James. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 25; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 12, 62; must, in .\\\\ug. 25, 62, as\\npriv.; app.com. sergt. Sept. i, 63; must, out June\\n21, 65. P. O. ad.. Lowell, Mass.\\nMcMahon, Robert. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 20; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 14, 62; must, in Sept. i, 62, as\\npriv.; must, out June 21, 65.\\nMcManus, John W. Co. B b. Ireland age 23 cred.\\nNashua enl. Aug. 7, 62 must, in Aug. 25, 62, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Apr. 9, 64, Portsmouth Grove, R. I.\\nMcSweeney, Myles. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 26; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 11, 62; must, in Sept. i, 62, as\\npriv.; app. q. m. sergt. vSept. 12, 62 hosp. steward\\nNov. 10, 62 disch. disab. Nov. 28, 64, New York city.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0388.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nTfil\\nMeighan, Carroll. Co. B; b. Malone, N. Y.; age 19;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. July 23, 62; niu.st. in Sept. 12,\\n62, as priv.; app. corp. Dec. i, 64; must, out June\\n21, 65. Died May 12, 86, Nashua.\\nMeighan, Charles. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 23; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 11, 62; must, in Sept. i, 62, as\\npriv.; app. sergt.; wd. June 22, 64, and .\\\\ug. 5, 64,\\nnear Petersburg, Va.; captd.Oct. 27, 64, Fair Oaks,\\nVa. Died Dec. 11. 64, Salisbury, N. C.\\nMiller, Daviil W. Co. B; b. Peterborough; age 38; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. July 28, 62; must, in\\n.Aug. 25, 62, as priv.; must, out June 21, 65. P. O.\\nad., Lowell, Mass.\\nMinard, George H. Co. B; age 20; res. Nashvia, cred.\\nNashua; enl. .-Aug. 5, 62; must, in Sept. i, 62, as\\nmuse; app. prin. muse. 5Iar. 10, 65; must, out June\\n21, 65.\\nMonaghan, John, Co. B; b. Ireland; age 2i; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 5, 62; must, in Sept. i, 62, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Mar. 5, 65, Nashua.\\nMoore, George A. Co. B; b. Hook.sett age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. July 30, 62; must, in .Aug. 25, 62. as\\npriv.; wd. July 5, 64, near Petersburg, Va.; must, ovit\\nJune 21, 65. P. O. ad., Worcester, Mass.\\nMoran, Michael. Co. B; b. Ireland age 42 cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 25, 62, as priv.; app. 2 It. Sept. t8, 62;\\nmust, in to date Sept. i, 62, as 2 It.; app. i It. Jan.\\n10, 63; resigned May 13, 63. Died May 28, 89,\\nNashua.\\nNichols, Charles E. Co. B.; b. Nashua; age 19; cred.\\nNashua; enl. July 25, 62; must, in Sept. i, 62, as\\nCorp.; must, out June 21, 65. See i N. H. V.\\nQuaid, Alfred. Co. A.; b. Nashua; age 25; res. Bedford,\\ncred. Bedford; enl. Aug. 5, 62; must, in Sept. i 62,\\nas Corp.; app. sergt.; captd. Oct. 27, 64, Fair Oaks:\\nVa. Died, dis. Dec. 21, 64, while prisoner of war,\\nSalisbury, N. C.\\nReed, Leland. Co. B; b. Langdon age i8; res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. -Aug. 12. 62; must, in .\\\\ug. 25,\\n62, as priv.; captd. Oct. 27, 64, Fair Oaks, Va.; par.\\nMar. 20, 65; disch. May 30, 65, Concord. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nRichardson, Isaac C. Co. B; b. Londonderry; age 40;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. -A.ug. 11, 62 must, in Aug. 25, 62,\\nas Corp.; app. sergt.; 2 It. Co. K, Mar. 3, 64; i It.\\nFeb. 23, 65; must, out June 21, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nRobbins, Benjamin F. Co. B; b. Claremont age 18;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. July 24, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62,\\nas priv.; killed July 9, 64, near Petersburg, Va.\\nRoberts, Edgar. Co. B; b. Boston, Mass.; age 30; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 11, 62; must, in\\nAug. 25, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. July 13, 63, Con-\\ncord. P. O. ad., Penacook.\\nRussell, Daniel \\\\V. Co. B; age 19; cred. Nashua; enl.\\nAug. I, 62; must, in .\\\\ug. 25, 62, as i sergt.; app. 2\\nIt. Co. G, Feb. 15, 63; tr. to Co. D, .\\\\ug. 31, 63;\\nkilled June 2, 64, Cold Harbor, Va.\\nRyan, Patrick. Co. B; b. Ireland age 27 cred. Nashua\\nenl. Aug. II, 62; must, in .Aug. 25, 62, as priv.; app.\\nCorp. June i. 65; must, out June 21, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nLowell, Mass.\\nSanborn, Henry J. Co. E; b. Andover; age 18; res.\\nAndover, cred. Andover; enl. Sept. 6, 62; must, in\\nvSept. 12, 62, as priv.; must, out June 21, 65. P.O.\\nad., Nashua.\\nShort, Richard II. Co. B; b. Lowell, Mass.; age 29;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. .Aug. 15, 62; must, in Aug. 25,\\n62, as priv.; app. com. sergt. Sept. 12, 62 2 It. Co.\\nB, Jan. 10, 63; disch. Jan. 19, 64.\\nSmith, Edward J. Co. G; substitute; b. Hudson; age\\n30; cred. Strafford; enl. Aug. 14, 63; must.., in .Aug.\\n14, 63. as priv.; tr. to Co. D, 2 N. H. V., June 21, 65\\nmust, out Dec. 19, 65. Died Dec. 20, 72, _Nashua.\\nSmith, George F. Co. C; b. Nashua; age 19; cred. Pem-\\nbroke; enl. Aug. 26, 62; must, in Sept. i, 62, as\\npriv.; app. corp. Feb. 18, 65; must, out June 21, 65;\\nP. O. ad.. Concord.\\nSmith, William C. Co. B; b. Scotland; age 39; cred.\\nNashua; enl. .Aug. 7, 62; must, in -Aug. 25, 62, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Jan. 4, 63, Ft. Columbus, N. V.\\nSteele, John A. Co. B b. Antrim age 18 res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. July 28, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62,\\nas priv.; disch. July 11, 65. P. O. ad., Londonderry.\\nSullivan, James. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 25; cred.\\nNashua; enl. .Aug. 11, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. Mar. 24, 63. P. O. ad., Columbus,\\nOhio.\\nSullivan, James, 2d. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. .Aug. 13, 62; must, in Sept. i, 62, as\\npriv.; app. corp.; wd. .Aug. 5, 64, near Petersburg,\\nVa.; app. .sergt. June i, 65 must, out June 21, 65.\\nSullivan, Joseph. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 30; cred.\\nNashua; enl. -Aug. 13, 62; must, in .Aug. 25, 62, as\\npriv.; disch. May 16, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nSullivan, Matthew. Co. B; b. Kenmare, Ire.; age 22;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. .Aug. 7, 62; must, in Sept. i, 62,\\nas sergt.; tr. to Co. I, 4 V. R. C, Jan. 10, 65; disch.\\nJuly 20, 65, Springfield. 111. P. O. ad., New Haven,\\nConn. See i N. H. V.\\nSullivan, Peter. Co. B b. Ireland age 22 res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. .Aug. 8, 62; must, in -Aug. 25, 62,\\nas priv.; must, out June 21, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nSullivan, Thomas. F. and S.; b. Ireland; res. Nashua;\\n^PP- Q- M. .Aug. 6, 62; must, in Aug. 6, 62; dis-\\nmissed Nov. 22, 62.\\nTebbitts, Hanson. Co. C; b. Danville. P. Q.; age 18;\\nres. Manchester, cred. Manchester; enl. July 18, 62;\\nmust, in Sept. i, 62, as priv.; must, out June 2i, 65.\\nP. O. ad.. Nashua.\\nThornton, John. Co. B; b. Ireland; age4o; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. I, 62; must, in vSept. i, 62, as priv.; tr. to\\nCo. I, 14 V. R. C, Jan. 10, 65; disch. July 20, 65,\\nSpringfield, 111.\\nTowns, .Albert M. Co. B; age 18; cred. Nashua; enl.\\nJuly 23, 62; must, in Sept. i, 62, as priv.; app. corp.\\nJune 25, 64 captd. Oct. 27, 64, Fair Oaks, Va. Died\\nDec. I, 64, Richmond, Va.\\nVickery, John H. Co. B; b. Litchfield; age 18; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 9, 62; must, in\\n-Aug. 25, 62. as priv.; must, out June 21, 65. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.\\nWaters, Edward. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 31; cred.\\nNashua; enl. .Aug. 11, 62; must, in .Aug. 25, 62, as\\npriv.; disch. June 16, 65. P. O. ad., Nat. home,\\nTogus, Me.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0389.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "368\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nWaugh, Thomas. Co. B; b. Ireland; age i8; cred.\\nNashua; enl. July 25, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as\\npriv.; wd. sev. June 3, 64, Cold Harbor, Va.; must,\\nout June 21, 65.\\nWhipple, John F. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 19; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. i, 62; must, in Sept. i, 62, as\\npriv.; app. corp. June i, 65 must, out June 21, 65.\\nWills, Thomas F. Co. B; b. Ireland; age 29; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. i, 62; must, in Sept. i, 62, as\\npriv.; must, out June 21, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nWilson, James. Co. B; age 38; res. Nashua, cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 6, 62; must, in Aug. 25, 62, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Sept. 30, 64, Ft. Monroe, Va.\\nELEVENTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n[THREE YE.\\\\R.S.]\\nENGAGEMENTS.\\nWhite vStilphur Springs, Va., Nov. 15, 1S62\\nFredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862\\nSiege of Vicksburg, Miss., Jtine 1510 July 4, 1863\\nJackson, Miss., Juh 10-17, 1863\\nSiege of Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 17 to Dec. 4, 1863\\nStrawberry Plains, Tenn., Jan. 21, 1864\\nWilderness, Va., May 6, 1864\\nSpottsylvania, Va., May 9-18, 1864\\nNorth Anna River, Va., Ma}- 23-27, 1864\\nTotopotoraoy, Va., May 28, 31, 1864\\nBethesda Church, Va., June 2, 3, 1864\\nBarr, Elbridge. Co. E; b. Bedford; age 18; res. Goffs-\\ntown, cred. Goffstown enl. .\\\\ug. 14, 62; must, in\\nAug. 29, 62, as priv.; disch. disalj. June 3, 63, Balti-\\nmore, Md.; name changed to Edward Graham by act\\nof legislature June, 66. P. O. ad., Nashua. See\\nV. R. C.\\nCollins, Phineas G. Co. F; b. Grafton age 25 res. Sut\\nton, cred. Sutton enl. Aug. 14, 62 must, in Aug,\\n29, 62, as priv.; must, out June 4, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nDodge, Frank G. Co. B b. Nashua; age 18; cred. Barn-\\nstead; enl. Jan. 22, 64; must in Jan 22, 64, as priv.;\\ndisch. May 11, 65, Washington, D. C.\\nDutton, Frank. Co. I; b. Nashua; age 18; res. Hills-\\nborough, cred. Hillsborough enl. vSept. 4, 62 must,\\nin Sept. 6, 62, as priv.; tr. to Co. E, 2 art., U. S. A.;\\nre.-tr. May 26, 65; disch. June 12, 65, Camp Barry,\\nD. C. P. O. ad., Whiteiield.\\nHuse, William. Co. D; b. Ireland; age 20; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 22, 63; must, in Dec. 22, 63, as\\npriv.; wd. June 16, 64, near Petersburg, Va.; tr. to\\nCo. D, 6 N. H. v., June i, 65; must, out Jul} 17, 65.\\nCold Harbor, Va., June 5-12, 1864\\nSiege of Petersburg, a.,\\nJune 16, 1864, to Apr. 3, 1865\\nPetersburg, (assault at the Shand\\nHouse), Va., June 17, 1S64\\nMine Explosion, Petersburg, a.,\\n(assault), July 30, 1864\\nWeldon Railroad, a., Aug. 18, 19, 21, 1864\\nPoplar Springs Church, Va.,\\nHatcher s Run, Va.,\\nPetersburg, Va.,\\nSept. 30, 1864\\nOct. 27, 1864\\nApr. 1-3 1865\\nJohnson, Elijah W. Co. H; b. Lyman; age 36; res.\\nCanaan, cred. Canaan enl, Dec. 29, 63 must, in\\nDec. 29, 63, as priv.; tr. to Co. E, 21 V. R. C, Jan.\\n24, 65; disch. disab. Aug. 8, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nSee 5 N. H. V.\\nMcGilvrey, George F. Co. C; b. Nashua; age 19; res.\\nMerrimack, cred. Merrimack; enl. Aug. 4, 62; must,\\nin Aug. 2r, 62, as priv.; wd. sev. May 6, 64, Wilder-\\nness, Va.; disch. May 10, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nMorrison. Charles R. F. and S.; b. Bath; age 43; res.\\nNashua; app. adjt. Sept. I, 62; must, in Sept. 2, 62;\\nwd. Dec. 13, 62, Fredericksburg, Va.; May 12, 64,\\nSpottsylvania, Va.; disch. Sept. 9, 64. Died Sept.\\n15, 93, Concord.\\nRobinson, James T. Co. E; b. Goshen; age 21; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 14, 62; must, in\\nSept. 9, 62, as priv.; captd. Nov., 63, near Kingston,\\nTenn. Died on or about Nov. 20, 64, Florence, S. C.\\nSee I N. H. V.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0390.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N.\\nTWELFTH RHGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n[THRK1-; YKARS.]\\nE N G A G F. M E N T S\\n369\\nDec. 12-15,\\n1862\\nMay 2, 3,\\n1863\\nJuly 2, .V\\n1863\\nJuly 23,\\n1863\\nMay 9,\\n1864\\nMaj- 12-16,\\n1S64\\nP redericksburg, Va.,\\nChancellorsville, Va.,\\nGettysburg, Pa.,\\nWapping Heights, Va.,\\nSwift Creek, a.,\\nDrewry s Bluff, Va.,\\nRelay House, (or Ft. Stevens), a.. May 14, 1864\\nBrown, Henry. Co. C; b. Portugal; aged 40; cred.\\nNasliua; eiil. Dec. 2, 63; must, in Dec. 2, 63, as\\n])riv.; vvd. June 3, 64, Cold Harbor, Va., and died,\\nwds, June 7, 64, White House, Va.\\nHnss, Joseph. Co. A; b. Nashua; age 45 cred. Hollis\\nenl. Dec. 7, 63; must, in Dec. 7, 63, as priv. Died,\\ndis. Oct. 13, 64, Ft. Monroe, Va. See 3 N. H. V.\\nClogston, Henry N. Co. G; b. Nashua; age 18; res. Gil-\\nford, cred. Gilford enl. Aug. 14, 62; must, in Sept.\\n9, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. Jan. 26, 63, Washington,\\nD. C. Died Jan. 8, 79, Laconia.\\nI erdinand, Joseph. Co. C b. Nova Scotia age 22 cred.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 2, 63; must, in Dec. 2, 63, as\\npriv.; tr. to U. S. navy Apr. 30, 64, as a seaman\\nserved on U. S. S. Commodore Morris captd.\\nfourth quarter 64. N. f. r. Navy dept.\\nTHIRTEENTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n[THRIiK VK-\\\\RS.]\\nENGAGEMENTS.\\nPort Walthall, Va May 26, 1864\\nCold Harbor, Va., .Junei-ii, 1864\\nSiege of Petersburg, Va., June 15 to Aug. 25, 1S64\\nMine Explosion, Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864\\nBermuda Hundred, Va., Nov. 17, 1864\\nRichmond, Va., occupation of Apr. 3, 1865\\nSmith, John, 2d. Co. B; b. New Jersey; age 22; cred^\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 4, 63; must, in Dec. 4, 63, as\\npriv.; wd. June, 64, near Petersburg, Va.; tr. to Co.\\nF, 2 N. H. v., June 21, 65; reported on m. o. roll\\ndated Dec. 19, 65, as absent sick. N. f. r. A. G. Q^\\nSmith, John, ist. Co. C; b. Sweden; age 26; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 2, 63; must, in Dec. 2, 63, as\\npriv.; reported on roll dated June 21, 65, as tr. on\\nthat date to 2 N. H. V., with remark, absent sick\\nsince Apr. 11, 64, Pt. lookout, Md. never joined 2\\nregt. N. f. r. A. G. O.\\nFredericksburg, a., Dec. 11-\\nGetty s Night Assault, Dec.\\nSiege of Suffolk, Va., Apr. 10, to May\\nProvidence Chtxrch Road, a., May\\nPort Walthall, Va May 6,\\nSwift Creek, a., May g.\\nProctor s and Kingsland Creeks,\\nVa., May 12,\\nDrewry s Bluff, Va., May 14-\\nBermuda Hundred (Front), a..\\nMay 16-27, 1864; Aug. 27 to Sept.\\n16,\\n1862\\n13.\\n1862\\n4.\\nI S63\\n.1\\n1 863\\n7\\n1S64\\n10,\\n1864\\n13.\\n1864\\n16,\\n1864\\n28.\\n1 864\\nCold Harbor, a., June 1-12, 1864\\nBattery Five, Petersburg, a., June 15. 1864\\nvSiege of Petersburg, a., June 15\\nto Aug. 27, 1864\\nMine Explosion, Petersburg, a., Jul\\\\- 30, 1864\\nFort Harrison, Va., capture of Sept. 29, 1864\\nFort Harrison, a., defence of Sept. 30, 1864\\nFair Oaks, a., Oct. 27, 1864\\nRichmond, a., occu])ati()n of Apr. 3, 1865\\nBadger, George W. Co. I; b. Hatley, Can.; age 30; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua enl. Aug. 23, 62 must, in\\nSept. 20, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. Jan. 21, 64, Phila-\\ndelphia, Pa.\\nBartlett, George. Co. I; b. Unity; age 40; res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 23, 62; must, in Sept. 20,\\n62, as priv.; disch. June 7, 65.\\nBennett, John I.. Co. I b. Tunbridge, Vt.; age 32 res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. .Aug. 21, 62; must, in\\nSept. 20, 62, as wagoner; disch. disab. Feb. 18, 65,\\nConcord.\\nBowers, George. V. and S.; b. Dunstable (.now Nashua);\\nage 45 res. Nashua; app. It. col. Aug. 26, 62; must,\\nin Sept. 23, 62 resigned May 30, 63. Died Feb. 14,\\n84, Nashua.\\nb. Merrimack age 23 res.\\nenl. .\\\\ug. 21, 62; must, in\\ndisch. June 29, 65, to date\\nBoyson, George T. Co. I\\nNashua, cred. Nashua\\nSept. 20, 62, as priv.;\\nJune 21, 65.\\nBurnham, Israel. Co. B; b. Mont Vernon age 24; res.\\nMont Vernon, cred. Mont Vernon; enl. Aug. 20, 62;\\nmust, in Sept. 18, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. May 20,\\n6). P. O. ad., Nashua.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0391.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "370\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nBurton, John B. Co. I; b. Boston, Mass.; age 21; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 23, 62; must, in\\nSept. 20, 62, as sergt.; app. i sergt. Apr. i, 63;\\nreduced to ranks Juue 6, 64; must, out June 21, 65.\\nBurton, William T. Co. I b. Boston, Mass age 22 res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 23, 62; must, in\\nSept. 20, 62, as sergt.; reduced to ranks June 6, 64;\\nmust, out June 21, 65.\\nBuswell, Gardner H. Co. I; b. Acworth age 34; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 25, 62; must, m\\nSept. 20, 62, as priv.; disch. May 15, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nAcworth.\\nButterfield, Daniel W. Co. I; b. Francestown age 33;\\nres. Nashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 21, 62; must.\\nin Sept. 20, 62, as priv.; app. hosp. steward Nov. 28,\\n64; must, out June 21, 65. Died Feb. 18, 80, Nat.\\nsoldiers home, Va.\\nChase, Oilman F. Co. I b. Lowell, Mass.; age 27 res.\\nHudson, cred. Hudson enl. Sept. 15, 62 must, in\\nSept. 20, 52, as priv.; tr. to Co. C, Sept. 25, 62; to\\nband, 2 brig., 3 div., 24 A. C, Jan. 19, 63; must, out\\nJune 21, 65, as i class muse. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nColburn, George W. Co. C age 23 res. Windham, cred.\\nWindham; enl. Aug. 16, 62; must, in Sept. 19, 62,\\nas priv,; wd. Dec. 13, 62, Fredericksburg, Va.; des.\\nFeb. 9, 63; appreh. Sept. 26, 64; returned Jan. 18,\\n65, to regt.; tr. to Co. B, 2 N. H. V., June 21, 65\\nmust, out Dec. 19, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nConant, Andrew. Co. I b. Acton, Mass.; age 39; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 25, 62; must, in\\nSept. 20, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. Sept. 30, 63.\\nCurrier, George A. Co. G; b. Bennington; age 21; res.\\nBennington, cred. Bennington; enl. Aug. 15, 62;\\nmust, in Sept. 19, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. Apr. 18,\\n63, Concord. P. O. ad., Nashua. .See 18 N. H. V.\\nDecatur, Alonzo L. Co. I; b. Worcester; age 30; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 30, 62; must, in\\nSept. 20, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. Dec. 8, 64, Brat-\\ntleboro, Vt. P. O. ad., Weare.\\nDodge, Charles W. Co. B b. Nashua; age 18 res. Mont\\nVernon, cred. Mont Vernon enl. Aug. 15, 62; must.\\nin Sept. 18, 62, as priv.; app. corp. Mar. 12, 63;\\ndisch. Dec. 22, 63, to accept promotion. See U. S. C.\\nT. and V. R. C.\\nDunham, Lucian R. Co. I; b. Warehouse Point, Conn.;\\nage 22 res. Nashua, cred. Nashua enl. Aug. 25, 62\\nmust, in Sept. 20, 62, as priv.; app. corp. Apr. i, 63;\\nreduced to ranks May 12, 64 must, out June 21, 65.\\nEaton, Nathaniel, Jr. Co. G; b. Bennington; age 38;\\nres. Greenfield, cred. Greenfield enl. Aug. 16, 62\\nmust, in Sept. 19, 62, as sergt; disch. Feb. 24, 64, to\\naccept promotion. P. O. ad., Nashua. See U. S. C. T.\\nEllenwood, Frank M. Co. I; b. Pelham age 18; res.\\nPelliam, cred. Pelham; enl. Aug. 18, 62; must, in\\nSept. 20, 62, as priv.; wd. May 3, 63, Providence\\nChurch road, Va.; disch. disab. May 20, 64, Ports-\\nmouth Grove, R. I. Died July 13, 86, Nashua.\\nFlanders, Daniel P. Co. I; b. Derrj age 36; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 27, 62; must, in\\nSept. 20, 62, as priv.; disch. disab. Feb. 16, 63.\\nFlanders, Robert K. Co. C; b. Concord; age 20; res.\\nConcord, cred. Concord; enl. Aug. 12, 62; must, in\\nSept. 19, 62, as corp; app. sergt.; disch. Jan. 11, 65,\\nto accept promotion. P. O. ad., Nashua. See 18\\nN. H. V.\\nField, James G. Co. I; b. Merrimack; age 40; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 23, 62; must, in\\nSept. 20, 62, as priv.; disch. June 18, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nAnnisquam, Mass.\\nField, Myron B. Co. I; b. Townshend, Vt.; age iS res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 21, 62; must, in\\nSept. 20, 62, as priv.; must, out June 21, 65.\\nFolsom, Nathaniel W. Co. I b. Texas age 15 res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Dec. 31, 63; must, in\\nDec. 31, 63, as muse; disch. June 19, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nSalem, Mass.\\nGillis, George H. F. and S.; b. Nashua; age 27; res.\\nNashua; app. adjt. Sept. 3, 62; must, in .Sept. 23,\\n62 resigned Mar. 23, 63. P. O. ad., Boston, Mass.\\nSee state service.\\nGlover, Charles F. Co. C; b. Nashua; age 21; res. Con-\\ncord, cred. Concord enl. Aug. 12, 62; must, in Sept.\\n19. 62, as priv.; app. corp.; wd. June I, 64, Cold\\nHarbor, Va.; app. sergt. Jan. i, 65 must, out June\\n21, 65.\\nGordon, Arthur C. Co. I b. New Hampton age 27 res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 26, 62; must, in\\nSept. 20, 62, as priv.; app. corp. Nov. i, 63; must.\\nout June 21, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nJones. George G. F. and S.; b. Sterling; Mass.; age 39;\\nres. Nashua app. chaplain Sept. 3, 62 must, in\\nOct. 6, 62; resigned May 9, 65. Died May 9, gr,\\nBrighton, Mass.\\nMarshall, Jacob. Co. I; b. Nashua; age 19 res. Nashua\\ncred. Hudson; enl. Aug. 19, 62; must, in Sept. 20,\\n62, as priv. Died, dis. Aug. 21, 63, Portsmouth, Va.\\nMcGaffrey, Charles. Co. I; b. St. Johnsbury, Vt.; age\\n30; res. Nashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 30, 62;\\nmust, in Sept. 20, 62, as priv.; app. corp. Feb. 20,\\n63; sergt. Apr. i, 63; i sergt. June 7, 64; disch.\\ndisab. Nov. 13, 64, Pt. of Rocks, Va.\\nNewton, Erastus. Co. I; b. Newport; age 21; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 26, 62; must, in\\nSept. 20, 62, as priv.; must, out June 21, 65. P. O.\\nad., Lowell, Mass.\\nOlmstead, George A. Co. A; b. Tolland, Conn; age 33;\\nres. Wakefield, cred. Marlborough enl. Sept. i, 62\\nmust, in Oct. 4, 62, as priv.; disch. Nov. 15, 62, to\\naccept promotion. P. O. ad., Nashua. See U. S.\\nnavy\\nParker, Daniel. Co. I; b. Nashua; age 18; res. Mason,\\ncred. Mason; enl. Aug. 16, 62; must, in Sept. 23, 62,\\nas priv.; must, out June 21, 65. P. O. ad., Stoddard.\\nParker, Edward. Co.H; b. Gilsum; age 25 res. Nashua\\napp. 2 It. Sept. 27, 62 must, in to date Sept. 19, 62\\nresigned May 28, 63. P. O. ad., Uxbridge, Mass.\\nParker, Llewellyn C. Co. I b. Lj man age 23 res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua enl. Aug. 30, 62 must, in\\nSept. 20, 62, as priv.; wd. Dec. 13, 62, Fredericks-\\nburg, Va.; tr. to Co. C, 19 I. C, Oct. 20, 63; disch.\\nJuly 13, 65, Elmira, N. Y. Died Mar. 17, 66, Lyman.\\nSee I N. H. V.\\nPeckham, William H. Co. B; b. Amoskeag; age 30;\\nres. Rollinsford, cred. Rollinsford enl. Aug. 30, 62;\\nmust, in Sept. 18, 62, as priv.; tr. to band, 2 brig., 3\\ndiv., 24 A. C, Jan. 20, 63; must, out June 21, 65, as 3\\nclass muse. P. O. ad., Nashua.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0392.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OP NASHUA, M H.\\n371\\nPowers. William H. Co. G; b. Nashua; age 21; res.\\nGreenfield, cred. Greenfield enl. Aug. 12, 62; must,\\nin Sept. 19, 62, as priv.; app. corp disch. Feb. 24,\\n64, to accept promotion. See l S. C. T.\\nPrescott, Royal B. Co. V,\\\\ b. Nashua; age 23; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 30, 62; must in\\nSept. 30, 62, as priv.: app. hosp. steward Nov. 22,\\n62; I It. Co. C, Oct. 28, 64; must out June 21, 65.\\n1*. t). ad., Nashua.\\nI uliKini, .\\\\lbert M. Co. I; b. Nashua; age 33; res. An-\\ntrim, cred. .Antrim; enl. Aug. 20, 62; must, in Sept.\\n23, 62, as priv.; disch. June 12, 65. P. O. ad., Bos-\\nton, Mass.\\nKeed, James A. Co. I; b. Nashua; age 21; res. Nashua,\\ncred. Merrimack; enl. Aug. 26, 62; must, in Sept.\\n20, 62, as priv.; app. corp. Nov., 63; tr. to Co. F, 14\\nV. R. C Jan. i, 65; disch. Aug. 14, 65, Washington,\\nD. C. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nRobbins, David G. Co. I b. Nashua age 26 res. Nashua,\\ncred. Hudson; enl. Aug. 15, 62; must, in Sept. 20,\\n62, as priv.; app. corp.; wd. and died, wds. Sept. 30,\\n64, Ft. Harrison, Va.\\nSawyer, Levi P. F. and S.; b. Stockbridge, Vt.; age 44;\\nres. Nashua; app. asst. surg. Jan. 2, 65; not must.;\\nDeclined appointment Jan. 10, 65. Died April 28,\\n68, Nashua.\\nSawyer, Oliver M. Co. I; b. Plymouth; age 23; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 30, 62; must, in\\nSept. 20, 62, as I sergt.; app. 2 It. Nov. 15, 62; app.\\nI It. Co. E, July 15, 64; resigned Mar. 10, 65. P. O.\\nad.. Hastings, Minn. See I N. H. V.\\nShaw, Major A. Co. I b. Alstead age 29; res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 30, 62, as priv.; app. 2 It.\\nSept. 27, 62; must, in to date Sept. 20, 62, as 2 It.;\\napp. I It. Nov. IS, 62 wd. Dec. 13, 62, Fredericks-\\nburg, Va.; resigned Apr. 29, 63. See i N. H. V. and\\nI N. H. H. art.\\nShedd, George F. Co. B b. Francestown age 23 res.\\nRollinsford, cred. Rollinsford enl. Aug. 4, 62;\\nmust, in Sept. 18, 62, as sergt.; disch. disab. Feb. 7,\\n63, Philadelphia, Pa. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nStevens, Aaron F. F. and S.; b. Derry age 41 res.\\nNashua app. col. Aug. 26, 62 must, in Sept. 23, 62\\nwd. June l, 64, Cold Harbor, Va.; sev. Sept. 29, 64,\\nFt. Harrison, Va.; disch. disab. Feb. 4, 65 disch.\\nsuspended Feb. 14. 65; disch. to date June 21. 65,\\nBvt, brig. -gen. U. S. V., to date Dec. 8, 64. Died\\nMav 10, 87, Nashua. See i N. H. V,\\nTaggard, George H. Non-com. staff; b. Jackson, N. V.;\\nage 26; res. Nashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Sept. 5, 62;\\nmust, in Sept. 30, 62, as com. sergt.; app. 2 It. Co. F.\\nMar. 16, 64; wd. sev. June 3, 64, Cold Harbor, Va.;\\napp. I It. Oct. 28, 64; adjt. May 30, 65; must, out\\nJune 21, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nTowns, Oscar W. Co. I; b. Salem; age 26; res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 21, 62; must, in Sept. 20,\\n62, as priv.; must, out June 21, 65.\\nWhite, Jeremiah W. I and S.; b. Pittsfield age 40; res.\\nNashua; app. asst. surg. Sept. 3, 62; not must.; de-\\nclined appointment Sept. 3, 62. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nWhittemore, John J. Non-com. staff; 1 Hancock; age\\n27; res. Nashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 30, 62;\\nmust, in Sept. 30, 62, as hosp. steward disch. disab.\\nDec. 15, 62, Washington, D. C. Died -Aug. 13, 84,\\nNashua.\\nWillard, Andsen J. Co. I; b. Clarendon, Vt.; age 26;\\nres. Nashua, cred. Nashua; enl; Aug. 25, 62; must.\\nin Sept. 23, 62, as priv.; disch. to date June 21, 65.\\nWilloughby, Alfred. Co. I; b. Hollis; age 39; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 25, 62; must, in\\nSept. 20, 62, as Corp.; disch. disab. Jan. 22, 63,\\nWashington, D. C.\\nWilson, Charles H. Co. B; b. Deering; age 24; res.\\nAntrim, cred. Antrim; enl. Aug. 20, 62; must, in\\nSept. 18, 62, as priv.; tr. to Co. K, 3 I. C, Sept. 30,\\n63; disch. July 10, 65, Hartford, Conn. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nWilson, George W. Co. I; b. Nashua; age 22; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\ug. 27, 62; must, in\\nSept. 20, 62, as priv.; must, out June 21, 65. P. O.\\nad., Lynn, Mass. See I N. H. V.\\nWoods, George W. Co. b. Nashua; age 14; res.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 31, 63; must, in Dec. 31, 63, as\\nmuse; tr. to Co. B, 2 N. H. V., June 21, 65; must.\\nout Dec. 19, 65.\\nWright. Luther M. Co. I b. Pepperell, Mass.; age 35\\nres. Nashua app. capt. Sept. 27, 62 must in to date\\nSept. 20, 62; resigned Dec. 28, 62.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0393.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "372\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nFOURTEENTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n[THRHE YEARS.]\\nENGAGEMENTS.\\nDeep Bottom, Va., (right wing,\\nCos. A, B, C, D, H, I,) July 27, 28, 1864\\nWinchester, Va.,( left wing, Cos.\\nE, F, G, K,) Aug. 17, 1864\\nHalltown, Va Aug. 26, 1864\\nBerryville, Va vSept. 3, 1S64\\nBailey, Cyrus. Co. I b. Warner age 18; res. Bradford,\\ncred. Bradford; en!. Aug. 22, 62; must, in Sept. 24,\\n62, as priv.; must, out July 8, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nCaldwell, Daniel F. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 25; res.\\nWalpole, cred. Alstead enl. Aug. 25, 62; must, in\\nSept. 22, 62, as priv.; must, out July 8, 65. P. O.\\nail., Surry. .See i N. H.V.\\nHaley, Michael. I lias d; substitute; b. Ireland; age\\n22; cred. Nashua; enl. July 29, 64; must, in July 29,\\n64, as priv.; reported on roll dated Galloup s Isl., B.\\nH., Mass., -\\\\ug. 19, 64, as sent to regt. N. f. r.\\nA. G. O.\\nHardy, William. Co. I; b. Wilton; age 41 res. Goshen,\\ncred. Goshen; enl. Sept. 15, 62; must, in Sept. 26,\\n62, as priv.; must, out July 8, 65. Died Nov. 28. 70,\\nNashua.\\nHunt, James H. Co. G b. Stoddard; age 20; res. Stod-\\ndard; cred. Stoddard; enl. .\\\\ug. 13, 62; must, in\\nSept. 23, 62, as Corp.; app. sergt. Nov. 14, 63; i\\nsergt.; 2 It. Feb. 17, 65; must, out July 8, 65. P.\\nO. ad.. Nashua.\\nLock s Ford, a.,\\nOpequan (or Winchester a.,\\nFisher s Hill, Va\\nTom s Brook, a.,\\nReconnoissance to Strasbiirg,\\\\ a.\\nCedar Creek, a..\\nSept. 13, 1864\\nSept. 19, 1864\\nSept. 22, 1864\\nOct. 9, 1864\\nOct. 13, 1864\\nOct. 19, 1864\\nNye, George W. Co. C; b. Roxbury age 40; res. Rox-\\nbury, cred. Roxbury; enl. Aug. 12, 62 must, in Sept.\\n22, 62, as Corp.; app. sergt. Jan. i, 64; reduced to\\nranks May i, 64; app. Corp. June 12, 64; must, out\\nJuly 8, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nTempleman, Elnathan R. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 20;\\nres. Walpole, cred. Walpole; enl. Aug. 7; 62; must.\\nin Sept. 22, 62, as priv.; app. corp. Feb. i; 65; must.\\nout Juh- 8, 65. P. O. ad., New Britain, Conn.\\nWhite, Charles. I nas d substitute; b. Ireland age 21;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. July 29, 64; must, in July 29, 64,\\nas priv.; borne on muster and description roll dated\\nAug. 19, 64. N. f. r. A. G. O.\\nFIFTEENTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n[NINE MONTHS.]\\nENGAGEMENTS\\nSiege of Port Hudson, La.,\\nBanks, Edward P. Co. K; b. Alstead; age 20; res.\\nAlstead, cred. Alstead; enl. Sept. 8, 62; must, in\\nOct. 16, 62, as priv.; must, out Aug. 13, 63. Died\\n.Sept. 28, 92, Nashua.\\nButler, George H. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 19; res. Dan-\\nbury, cred. Danbury enl. Sept. 29, 62; must, in Oct.\\n10, 62, as priv.; killed July 3, 63, Port Hudson, L.\\nColburn, Ai. Co. F b. Milford age 42 res. Hollis,\\ncred. Hollis; enl. Sept. 13, 62; must, in Oct. 9, 62,\\nas priv.; must, out Aug. 13, 63. Died Feb. 21, 94,\\nNashua.\\nHardy, Isaac. Co. E; b. Hollis; age 37; res. Hollis,\\ncred. Hollis; enl. Sept. 5, 62; must, in Oct. 9, 62, as\\npriv.; disch. to date Aug. 13, 63. D:t i Nov. 21, 87,\\nNashua.\\nMay 27 to July 9, 1863\\nMcGregor, Charles. Co. H; b. Londonderry; age 19;\\nres. Londonderry, cred. Londonderry; enl. Sept. 11,\\n62; must, in Oct. 11, 62, as Corp.; must, out Aug. 13,\\n63. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nRideout, David J. Co. E; b. Nashua; age 21; res.\\nHollis, cred. Hollis; enl. Oct. 9, 62; must, in Oct.\\n17, 62, as priv.; must, out .\\\\ug. 13, 63. Died .Sept.\\n9, 89, Nashua. .See 8 N. H. V.\\nWilloljy, Harvey M. Co. E. b. Hollis; age 29; res.\\nHollis, cred. Hollis enl. .Sept. 15, 62 must, in Oct.\\n9, 62, as priv.; must, out .\\\\ug. 13. 63. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0394.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nSIXTEENTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n[nink months.]\\nE N G A G E M t N r S\\n373\\nPort Hudson, La.,\\nliuttc-a-la-Rose, La.,\\nMar. 14, 1863 Siege of Port Husoii, La., Juue 3 to July 9, 1863\\nApr. 20, 1863\\nAvery, Charles M. Co. K; b. Vershire, t.; age 19; res.\\nOxford, cred. Oxford; enl. Sept. 5, 62; must, iu Oct.\\n16, 62, as priv.; tr. to Co. A, Jan. i, 63; must, out\\nAug. 20, 63. P.O. ad., Nashua.\\n.\\\\ndrews, Calvin L. Co. G b. New Boston age 19 res.\\nNew Roston, cred. New Boston; enl. Sept. 3, 62;\\nmust, in Oct. 24, 62, as priv.; must, out -Vug. 20, 63.\\nP. O. ad., Nashua.\\nBoutwell, Ramsey C. Co. C b. Leech Lake, Minn.; age\\n25; res. Wilton, cred. Wilton; enl. Sept. 11, 62;\\nmust, in Oct. 18, 62, as priv.; must, out .^ug. 20, 63.\\nP. O. ad., Nashua,\\nliohanon, John. Co. C b. Brookline age 18 res. Brook-\\nline, cred. Brookline enl. Sept. 4, 62; must, in Oct.\\n18, 62, as priv.; must, out Aug. 20, 63. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua. See miscel. organizations.\\nBacon, Charles R. Co. C b. Nashua; age 20; res. Lynde-\\nborough. cred. Lyndeborough enl. Sept. 13, 62;\\nmust, in Oct. 18, 62, as priv.; must, out .\\\\ug. 20, 63.\\nP. O. ad., San Francisco, Cat.\\nBurnham, Oranius W. Co. B; 1). Antrim; age 35; res.\\nHillsborough, cred. Hillsborough; enl. Aug. 30, 62, as\\npriv.; app. i It. Nov. 4, 62; must, in to date Oct 29,\\n62, as I It.; resigned Feb. 4, 63. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nJewell, Alviu A. Co. C; b. Groton age 19; res. Nashua,\\ncred. Hebron; enl. Sept. 15, 62; must, in Oct. 18, 62,\\nas priv.; must, out Aug. 20, 63. See 1 N. H. H. art.\\nMerrill, James A. Co. C; b. Corinth, Vt.; age 26; res.\\nBrookline, cred. Brookline; enl. Sept. 3, 62; must.\\nin Oct. 18, 62, as priv.; must, out Aug. 20, 63. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.\\nStiles, Oscar C. Co. I b. Greenfield age 41 res. Green-\\nfield, cred. Greenfield; enl. Sept. 13, 62; must, in\\nOct. 23, 62, as Corp.; must, out Aug. 20, 63. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.\\nSEVENTEENTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n[nine months.]\\nJackson, Willard A. Co. A; b. Portland, Me., age 27; res. Lancaster, cred. Lancaster; enl. Nov. 17, 62; must, in\\nNov. 22, 62, as priv; tr. to Co. I, 2 N. H. .\\\\pr. 16, 63; disch. disab. May 16, 63, Concord. P. O. ad., Nashua.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0395.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "374\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nEIGHTEENTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\n[ONE AND THREE YEARS.]\\nENGAGEMENTS.\\nFort Steadnian, Va.\\nMar. 25, 29, 1865 Petersburg, Va.,\\nApr. 2, 1865\\nAbbott, Albert F. Co. A; b. Nashua; age 15; cred.\\nAntrim; enl. Sept. 2, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 13,\\n64, aspriv.; must, out June 10, 65. P. O. ad., Oak-\\nland, Cal.\\nBell, Bowers H. Co. F; b. Lunenburg, Vt.; age 23 cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 20, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept.\\n28, 64, as sergt.; must, out June 10, 65. See i N. H.\\nV. and miscel. organizations.\\nBuckham, John E. Co. K; b. Litchfield; age 18; cred.\\nNashuo enl. Mar. 23, 65, for i yr.; must, in Mar.\\n23, 65, as priv.; must, out May 6, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nButtrick, Caldwell. Co. F; b. Pelham age 26; cred.\\nPelham; enl. Sept. 19, 64, for 1 yr.; must, in Sept.\\n28, 64, as priv.; must, out June 10. 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nChandler, George H. Co. D; b. Nashua; age 26; cred.\\nNew Boston; enl. Sept. 12, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 15, 64, as priv.; must, out June 10, 65. Sup-\\nposed identical with George H. Chandler, band, ir\\nMass. inf. See miscel. organizations.\\nCurrier, George A. Co. C; b. Bennington; age 23; cred.\\nBennington; enl. Sept. 5, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 13, 64, as sergt.; reduced to ranks Jan. i, 65;\\nmust, out June 10, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua. See 13\\nN. H. V.\\nDearborn, Samuel G. F. and S.; b. Northfield age 37\\nres. Milford app. surg. Sept. 29, 64; not must.; de-\\nclined appointment Mar. 14, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nSee 8 N. H. V.\\nUodge, Thomas F. Co. G; b. Nashua; age 21 res. Lon-\\ndonderry app. 2 It. Feb. 14, 65 must, in Mar. 6,\\n65, unexpired term, (i yr.); app. i It. July 29, 65;\\nnot must.; must, out July 29, 65, as 2 It. P. O. ad.,\\nManchester. See 7 N. H. V.\\nDuffy, John. Co. F; b. Ireland; age 25; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. 27, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept. 28, 64, as\\npriv.; tr. to Co. G, June 10, 65 must, out July 29, 65.\\nFlanders. Laurin. Co. F; b. Sandown age 38; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 22, 64, for i yr.; must, in Oct. 28,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 10, 65. P. O. ad., Nat.\\nhome, Togus, Me.\\nFlanders, Robert K. Co. H; b. Concord; res. Concord;\\napp. 2 It. Nov. 30, 64 must, in Mar. 7, 65, for i yr.;\\napp. I It. July 29, 65; not must.; must, out Juh 29,\\n65, as 2 It. P. O. ad., Nashua. See 13 N. H. V.\\nGrimes, Edwin H. Co. F; b. Milford; age 18; cred.\\nConcord enl. Sept. 27, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept.\\n30, 64, as muse; tr. to Co. G, June 10, 65 disch.\\nAug. II, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nLee, Charles H. Co. K. b. Princeton, Mass.; age 19;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Mar. 27, 65, for i yr.; must, in\\nMar. 27, 65, as priv. Died Apr. 5, 65.\\nLee, John. Co. E; b. Nashua; age 23; cred. Pittsfield\\nenl. Sept. 26, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 26, 64, as\\npriv.; des. Oct. 4, 64, Concord.\\nParker, Monroe R. Co. K; b. Brooklyn, N. Y.; age 18;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. .\\\\pr. 3, 65, for i r.; must, in\\nApr. 3, 65, as priv.; must, out Maj 6, 65.\\nRussell, Joseph. Co. H; b. Middlesex, Vt.; age 32; cred.\\nGilford; enl. Feb. 21, 65, for i yr.; must, in Feb. 21,\\n65, as Corp.; reduced to ranks May 15, 65 app. corp.\\nJuly I, 65 must, out JuU- 29, 65. Died Dec. 23, 88,\\nNashua.\\nShepherd, Aaron W. F. and S.; b. Biddeford, Me.; age\\n23; res. Nashua; app. asst. surg. Nov. 10, 64; must.\\nin Dec. 18, 64, for i yr.; must, out July 29, 65. P. O.\\nad., Brooklyn, N. Y. See 9 N. H. V.\\nSlate, Lyman J. Co. H; b. Bernardston, Mass.; age 39;\\ncred. Londonderry enl. Feb. 14, 65, for i yr.; must.\\nin Feb. 14, 65, as priv.; disch. June 22, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0396.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nNEW HAMPSHIRE BATTALION,\\nFIRST REGIMENT NEW ENGLAND VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.\\n[Also known as First Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Cavalry.]\\n[THRKE VKAR.S.]\\nENGAGEMENTS.\\n375\\nFront Royal, a., May 30, 1862\\n(The New Hampshire Battalion.)\\nCedar Mountain, a., Aug. 9, 1862\\nGroveton, Va., Aug. 29, 1862\\nBull Run, (second), Va., Aug. 30, 1862\\nChantilly, Va Sept. i, 1862\\nMountville, Va.,(Cos. L, K, M,) Oct. 31, 1862\\nFredericksburg,Va.,(Cos. K, M, Dec. 12-14, 1862\\nHartwood Church, a., Feb. 26, 1863\\nKelly s Ford, Va Mar. 17, 1863\\n.\\\\ins\\\\vorth, William P. Co. M b. New Hampshire; age\\n37; res. Nashua; enl. Dec. 2, 61, as priv.; app. capt.\\nDec. 3, 61 must, in Jan. 21, 62, as capt.; killed May\\n30, 62, Front Royal, Va.\\nAllen, Frank. Co. K; b. Chelsea, Vt.; age 25; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 8, 61; must, in Oct. 24, 61, as\\npriv.; app. sergt. Oct. 28, 61; 2 It. Dec. 3, 61; i It.\\nCo. D, July 15, 62; tr. to Co. G, Sept. i, 62; app.\\ncapt. Jan. i, 63 tr. to Co. I, i N. H. cav., F eb. 8, 64;\\ndisch. Apr. 23, 64, P. O. ad., Hudson, Mass.\\n.\\\\ndrews, Joseph F. Co. M b. New Boston; age 44; res.\\nNashua; app. i It. Dec. 3, 5i must, in Dec. 24, 61\\napp. q. m. 3 batt l, Jan. i, 62; captd. Oct. 31, 62,\\nMountville, Va.; par. 62; assigned to Co. M, as i It.;\\napp. maj. Mar. 18, 64; must, out July 15, 65. Died\\nJune 29, 88, Nashua.\\nBaldwin, George H. Co. M; b. Nashua; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 20, 6r must, in Dec. 24, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. Jan. 1, 64; must, in Jan. 5, 64; must.\\nout July 15, 65.\\nBowman, Eugene M. Co. K; b. Bedford; age 23; res.\\nManchester; enl. Dec. 9, 61; must, in Dec. 24, 61, as\\npriv.; app. sergt. -maj. 3 batt l, Jan. i, 62; disch.\\nSept. 23, 63, near Culpeper courthouse. Va. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.\\nBrigham, Edward H. Co. M; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 9, 61 must, in Dec. 24, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. Jan. i, 64; must, in Jan. 5, 64; wd. and\\ncaptd. June 29, 64, Ream s station, Va.; released June\\n30. 65 app. Corp. July i. 65; must, out Jul}- 15, 65.\\nDied Oct. 22, 80, Nashua,\\nBrown, Robert A. Co. M; b. Manchester; age 30; res.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 21, 61; must, in Dec, 24, 61, as\\npriv.; captd. June 18, 63, near Middleburgh, Va.;\\npar. 63; re-enl. and must, in Feb. i, 64; must, out\\nJuly 15, 65.\\nCaldwell, William H. Co. I; b. Nashua; age 19; res.\\nConcord (Fisherville, now Penacook); enl. Aug. 8,\\n61 must, in Dec. 17, 61, as priv.; captd. .\\\\ug. 22,\\n62, Catlett s station, Va.; par. .Vpr. 63; captd. .\\\\ug.\\n17, 64, Winchester, Va.; released Feb. 21, 65; disch.\\nMay 8, 65, Concord, tm. ex.\\nMay\\n8,\\n1863\\nJune\\n9.\\n1863\\nJune\\n17.\\n1863\\nJune\\n18,\\n1863\\nSept.\\n4.\\n1S63\\nOct.\\n12,\\n1863\\nOct.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24.\\n1863\\nStoneman s Raid, Va., Apr. 27 to May\\nBrandy Station, Va.,\\nThoroughfare Gap, Va.,\\nMiddleburgh, Va\\nRapidan Station; Va.,\\nCulpepper, (or White Sulphur\\nSprings, also called Warrenton\\nSprings), Va..\\nBristol Station, a.,\\nCaven, Thomas. Co. M; b. Ireland; age 32; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Dec. 30, 61 must, in Jan. 8, 62, as priv.; disch.\\ndisab. Nov. 21, 62.\\nClaflin, Calvin. Co. M; b. Grafton, Mass.; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 2, 61 must, in Jan. 8, 62, as priv.;\\nre-enl. Jan. i, 64; must, in Jan. 5, 64; app, sergt.\\nJan. I, 65; must, out July 15, 65.\\nClark, Matthew N. S. Co. M; b. Solon, Me.; age 22\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 30, 62; must, in Sept. 15,\\n62, as priv.; captd. Oct. 12, 63, Culpeper, Va. Died,\\ndis. Oct. 15, 64, .\\\\ndersonville, Ga.\\nDiggles, John P. Co. M; b. England; age 32; les.\\nNashua; en!. Nov. 7, 61; must, in Dec. 24, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. Jan. i, 64; must, in Jan. 5, 64; disch.\\nto date July 15, 65.\\nEastman, David R. Co. M; b. Croydon; age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 17, 61; must, in Dec. 24, 61, as\\npriv.; wd. July, 63; disch. Dec. 27, 64, tm; ex. Died\\nFeb. 20, 86.\\nEaton, Alvin S. Co. M; b. Hillsborough Bridge; age 21;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Dec. 23, 61 must, in Jan. 8, 62, as\\npriv.; app. corp. Jan. 28, 62; sergt.; re-enl. and\\nmust, in Feb. r, 64; app. i sergt. Co. C, Apr. 30, 64;\\nwd. Oct. 9, 64, Tom s Brook, Va.; captd. Nov. 12, 64,\\nMiddletown, Va.; par. Feb. 28, 65 disch. June 24,\\nEgleston, Clifton. Co. K; b. Hillsborough; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 12, 61; must, in Oct. 24, 61, as\\npriv.; tr. to Co. M, Dec. 31, 6r app. bugler; disch.\\ndisab. June 10, 62.\\n65, Anuapolis, Md. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nEustis, George C. Co. M; b. Rutland, Mass.; age 18;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Jan. 13, 62; must; in Jan. 20, 62,\\nas priv.; captd. Feb. 25, 63 par.; captd. Oct. 12, 63,\\nCulpeper, Va. Died, dis. May 3, 64, Anderson-\\nville, Ga.\\nFerrell, George V. Co. M; b. Shoreham, Vl.; age 26;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 30, 62; must, in Sept. 15,\\n62, as priv.; captd. June 18, 63, near Middleburgh,\\nVa.; par. July 23, 63; app. corp.; sergt.. and tr. to\\nCo. C, Apr. 30, 64; disch. Juue 5, 65, Washington,\\nD. C.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0397.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "376\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nFairbanks, Charles. Co. M; b. Lancaster, Mass.; age 25;\\ncred. Nashua enl. Aug. 28, 62; must, in Sept. 15,\\n62, as priv.; wd. June 18, 63, near Middleburgh, Va.,\\nand died, wds. June 19, 63, See i N. H. V.\\nFoster, Nathan H. Co. M; b. Nashua; age 29; res.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 21, 61; must, in Dec. 24, 61, as\\npriv.; app. sergt.; Co. q. m. sergt. Jan. 31, 62; re-enl.\\nJan. I, 64, as sergt.; must, in Jan. 5, 64; disch. to\\ndate July 15, 65. Died Dec. 21, 80, Nashua.\\nGreeley, James B. F. and S.; b. Nashua; age 33; res.\\nNashua; app. asst. surg. Nov. 3, 61 must, in Dec. 3,\\n61; app. surg. June 4, 62; resigned Aug. 31, 62.\\nP. O. ad., Thornton s Ferry.\\nHoitt, Nathan B. Co. M; b. Northwood age 44; res.\\nNashua enl. Dec. 2, 61 must, in Jan. 8, 62, as\\npriv.; disch. disab. July 10, 62. P. O. ad., Augusta,\\nMe. See 3 N. H. V.\\nMoulton, William H. Co. I; b. Hooksett age 27; res.\\nAndover enl. Oct. 2, 61 must, in Dec. 17, 61, as\\nCo. Q. M. sergt; re-enl. Jan. 2, 64; cred. Clareniont\\nmust, in Jan. 5, 64; app. i It. Apr. 21, 64; regt l\\ncom. Jan. 25, 65; must, out July 15, 65. Died Jan.\\n25, 90, Nashua.\\nPhillips, John H. Co. M b. Londonderry age 44; cred.\\nHudson; enl. Sept. 10, 62; mvist. in Sept. 15, 62, as\\npriv.; tr. to 8 Co., i batt l, I. C. (became 71 Co., i\\nbatt l, I. C, and Co. B, 9 V. R. C), Aug. 20, 63 app.\\nCorp.; disch. disab. Jan. 27, 64, Washington, D. C.\\nP. O. ad., Nashua.\\nSaw}-er, Charles A. Co. L b. Nashua age 22 res.\\nNashua enl. Nov. 23, 61 must, in Jan. 8, 62, as priv.;\\napp. sergt.; 2 It. Co. D, Aug. 4, 62. Died Nov. 14, 63,\\nfrom effects of surgical operation, Alexandria, Va.\\nSmith, Mark. Co. M; b. Nashua; age 22; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Jan. i6, 62 must, in Jan. 20, 62, as priv.; disch.\\ndisab. Apr. i, 62.\\nStevens, Francis E. Co. M; b. Cavendish, Vt.; age 19;\\nres. Nashua; enl. Dec. 17, 61; must, in Dec. 24, 61,\\nas priv.; wd. Aug. 9, 62, Cedar Mountain, Va.; disch.\\nwds. Dec. 8, 62, Newark, N. J. P. O. ad., Chelsea,\\nMass.\\nThorn, Vidal Letain. Co. L; b. Nashua; age 20; res.\\nPel ham enl. Dec. 25, 61 must, in Jan. 8, 62, as\\npriv.; captd. June 18, 63, near Middleburgh, Va.; par.;\\nre-enl. Jan. 2, 64, as sergt.; cred. Portsmouth; must,\\nin Jan. 5, 64; app. 2 It. Co. A, Mar. 17, 64; killed\\nJuly 18, 64, on picket duty, Cox s Mills, Va. See i\\nN. H. V.\\nThompson, William H.J. Co. M; b. Lowell, Mass.; age\\n23; res. Nashua; enl. Jan. 17, 62; must, in Jan. 20,\\n62, as bugler captd. June 18, 63, Middleburgh, Va.;\\npar. before Dec, 63; disch. Jan. 20, 65, Winchester,\\nVa., tm. ex. See i N. H. V.\\nWeston, Samuel B. Co. M; b. Chester, Me.; age 38; res.\\nNashua enl. Dec. 9, 61 must, in Dec. 24, 6r, as\\npriv.; app. i sergt. Dec. 24, 61 wd. June 18, 63,\\nnear Middleburgh, Va.; disch. disab. Jan. 22, 64, as\\nof I N. E. (or I R. I cav., Portsmouth Grove, R. I.\\nP. O. ad., Nashua.\\nWhite, Edwin D. Co. M; b. Nashua; age 20; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Dec. 28, 61; must, in Jan. 8, 62, as priv.; app.\\nhosp. steward 3 batt l, Jan. 62 captd. June 18, 63,\\nnear Middleburgh, Va.; par. July 23, 63; disch. Dec.\\n28, 64, as of R. I. cav.. Camp Russell, Va., tm. ex.\\nDied Mar. 12. 86, Nashua.\\nWilder, Lyman F. Co. M; b. Dover; age 23; res.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 19, 61; must, in Dec. 24, 61, as\\npriv.; capt. Mar. 17, 63, Kelly s Ford, Va.; par. Mar.\\n31, 63; re-enl. Jan. i, 64; must, in Jan. 5, 64; app.\\nCorp.; wd. Oct. 9, 64, Tom s Brook, Va.; tr. to 243\\nCo., 2 batt l, V. R. C, Jan. i, 65; disch. July 18, 65,\\nWashington, D. C.\\nWoods, Franklin L. Co. G; b. Nashua; age 20; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 7. 62; must, in Sept. II, 62, as\\npriv.; tr. to Co. INL Mar. i, 63; to Co. C, 13 L C, Aug.\\nI, 63 disch. July i, 65, Galloup s Isl., B. H. Mass.,\\nSee I N. H. V.\\nWyman, Warren A. Co. M; b. Hudson; age 25; res.\\nNashua; enl. Dec. 11, 61; must, in Dec. 24, 61, as\\npriv.; app. Corp. Jan. 28, 62; disch. disab. June 4, 62.\\nDied July 21, 62, Epping. See i N. H. V.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0398.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nFIRST REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.\\n[THREE YEARS.]\\nENGAGEMENTS.\\n377\\nHanover Courthouse, a., May 31, 1864\\nCold Harbor, Va., June 2, 1864\\nWhite Oak Swamp, a., June 13, 1864\\nWilson s Raid on Weldon Rail-\\nroad, Va., June 22-30, 1864\\nReam s Station, Va. (during\\nWilson s raid), June 22, 1864\\nNottoway Courthouse, Va. (dur-\\ning Wilson s raid), June 23, 1864\\nRoanoke Station and High Bridge,\\nVa. (during Wilson s raid), June 25, 26, 1864\\nStony Creek, Va. (during Wil-\\nson s raid), June 28, 29, 1864\\nReam s Station, Va. (during\\nWilson s raid), June 29, 1864\\nWinchester, Va., Aug. 17, 1864\\nSummit Point, Va., Aug. 21, 1864\\nCharlestown, a., Aug. 22, 1864\\nBlodgett, Charles H. Unas d b. Nashua; age 18; cred.\\nNashua enl. .\\\\pr. 23, 64 must, in Apr. 23, 64, as\\npriv. Died, dis. Apr. 30, 64, Concord.\\nCaldwell, Ira. Co. B b. Pelhani age 19; cred. Dub-\\nlin; enl. Mar. 29, 64; must, in Mar. 29, 64, as priv.\\nDied, dis. Mar. 14, 65, Nashua. See 9 N. H. V.\\nChase, Joseph W. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 18; res.\\nNashua; cred. Brentwood; enl. Mar. 24, 64; must.\\nin Mar. 24, 64, as priv.; captd. June 29, 64, Ream s\\nStation, Va. Died, dis. Nov. 15, 64, Anderson-\\nville, Ga.\\nCoburn, George C. Unas d; b. Warner; age 26; res.\\nLittleton, cred. Nashua; enl. Apr. 6, 65, for i yr.;\\nmust, in Apr. 6, 65, as priv.; disch. May 6, 65, Gal-\\nloup s Isl., B. H., Mass. Died June 10, 91, Lisbon.\\nSee 2 N. H. V.\\nColburn, Eugene F. Co. K; b. HoUis age 18; cred.\\nNashua, enl. Mar. 21, 65, for i yr.; must, in Mar.\\n21, 65, as priv.; must, out July 15, 65.\\nCurby, Philip. Unas d b. Hollis age 23; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Apr. 5, 65, for i yr.; must, in Apr. 5, 65, as priv.;\\ndisch. May 6, 65, Galloup s Isl., B. H., Mass. See\\nmiscel. organizations.\\nDodge, Dana D. Co. B b. Nashua age 22 res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Mar. 24, 64; must, in Mar. 24,\\n64, as priv.; app. sergt.; captd. Dec. 21, 64, Lacey s\\nSprings, Va.; released Feb. 15, 65; disch. July 6, 65,\\nWashington, D. C. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nDodge, Edwards O. Co. H; b. Nashua; age 21; cred.\\nWebster; enl. July 25, 64; must, in July 29, 64, as\\npriv.; app. sergt.; must, out July 15, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nManchester. See i N. H. V.\\nDufous, .\\\\nthony. Co. C; b. Canada; age 32, cred.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 12, 64; must, in Apr. 12, 64, as\\npriv.; wd. June, 64, White Oak Swamp, Va.; must.\\nout July 15, 65.\\nKearneysville, Va., Aug.\\nBerryville, Va Sept.\\nGpequan (or Winchester), Va., Sept.\\nFront Royal Pike, Va., Sept.\\nGooney Manor Grade, Va., Sept.\\nMilford, Va., Sept.\\nWaynesborough, Va., Sept.\\nColumbia Furnace, Va., Oct.\\nTom s Brook, Va,, Oct.\\nMine Run Foad (or Back Road),\\nVa Oct.\\nCedar Creek, Va., Oct.\\nMiddle and Back Roads (or\\nMiddletown), Va., Nov. 11,\\nLacey s Springs, Va., Dec. 20,\\nWaynesborough, Va., Mar.\\nNorth Fork, Shenandoah (or\\nMount Jackson), Ya..,\\n25.\\n15.\\n19,\\n21,\\n21,\\n22,\\n28,\\n7.\\n9.\\n13,\\n19.\\n12,\\n21,\\n2,\\nMar. 6,\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1865\\n1865\\nFlagg, John. Unas d b. Worcester, Mass.; age 23; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 8, 65, for i yr.; must, in Apr. 8,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a265, as priv.; disch. May 6, 65, Galloup s Isl., B. H.\\nMass.\\nFleniming, George. Co. A; b. Roxbury, Mass.; age 18;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Mar. 12, 64 must, in Mar. 14, 64,\\nas priv.; wd. Aug. 3, 64; mis. Mar. 6, 65, Mount\\nJackson, Va.; gd. from mis.; must, out July 15, 65.\\nFoley, William H. Co. A; b. Malone, N. V; age 18;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Mar. 12, 64; must, in Mar. 14, 64,\\nas priv.; must, out July 15, 65.\\nGrey, George G. Co. I; b. Bethlehem; age 26; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Mar. 31, 65 must, in Mar. 31, 65, as\\npriv.: must, out July 15, 65.\\nGriffin, William H. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 35; cred.\\nManchester; enl. Mar. 30, 65 must, in Mar. 30, 65,\\nas priv.; app. corp. May i, 65; sergt. July i, 65;\\nmust, out July 15, 65.\\nGuild, George A. Co. B; b. Wrentham, Mass.; age 22;\\nres. Nashua, cred. Nashua enl. Mar. 24, 64 must.\\nin Mar. 24, 64, as priv.; app. sergt. Apr. 30, 64;\\ndisch. July 21, 65, to date July 15, 65, Concord. P.\\nO. ad., Nashua.\\nHamblett, John F Co. D; b. Nashua; age 19; cred.\\nWebster; enl. July 29, 64; must, in July 29, 64, as\\npriv.; app. corp. Jan. I, 65; must, out July 15, 65.\\nKimball, Charles M. Co. D b. Nashua; age 19; cred.\\nDeering; enl. Mar. 27, 65; must, in Mar. 27, 65, as\\npriv.; must, out July 15, 65.\\nKimball, Samuel H.; Co. C; b. Nashua, age 18; res.\\nHinsdale, cred. Hinsdale; enl. Mar. 31, 64; must, in\\nMar. 31, 64, as priv.; disch. June 5, 65, Concord. P.\\nO. ad., Keene.\\nLund, Henry O. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 23; cred. Upper\\nGilniautou enl. Mar. 29, 64; must, in Mar. 29, 64,\\nas priv; app. Co. q. m. sergt.; must, out July 15, 65.\\n30", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0399.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "378\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nMartin, Henry E. Co. K; b. Francestown age 20; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Mar. 9, 64; must, in Mar. 14, 64, as\\npriv.; wd. Nov. 12, 64, Middletown, Va.; disch. June\\n5, 65, Concord. P. O. ad., South Lyndeborough.\\nMcComb, John. Co. A; b. at sea; age 19; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Mar. 12, 64; must, in Mar. 14, 64, as priv.; wd.\\nAug. 25, 64, Kearneysville, Va.; must, out July 15, 65.\\nMcDonald, Robert. Co. F; b. Glasgow, Scot.; age 40;\\ncred. Fitzwilliam; enl. Mar. 22, 65, for i yr.; must.\\nin Mar. 22, 65, as priv.; must, out July 15, 65. Died\\nAug. 3, 84, Lynn, Mass.\\nMcDonald, George E. Co. K; b. Nova Scotia; age 18;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Mar. 21, 65, for i yr.; must, in\\nMar. 21, 65, as priv.; must, out July 15, 65.\\nPeabody, Thomas E. Co. A; b. Nashua; age 18; cred.\\nBristol; enl. Mar. 24, 64; must, in Mar. 24, 64,\\nas priv.; mis. June 30, 64, Wilson s raid on the\\nWeldon railroad, Va.; gd. from mis.; disch. June 22,\\n65, Concord.\\nPinkham, Eri W. Co. E b. Milton age 18 cred. North-\\numberland enl. Mar. 29, 65, for i yr.; must, in Mar.\\n29, 65, as priv.; must, out July 15, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nStaples, Alphonzo E. Co. K b. Cavendish, Vt.; age 19;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Mar. 21, 65, for i yr.; must, in\\nMar. 21, 65, as priv.; disch. to date July 15, 65. P.\\nO. ad., Amherst.\\nStevens, Charles \\\\V. Co. H b. Cavendish, Vt.; age 19;\\nres. Nashua, cred. Nashua; enl. July 25, 64; must,\\nin July 29, 64, as priv.; app. q. m. sergt. Sept. i, 64;\\nmust, out July 15, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nSullivan, Matthew. Co. C; b. Ireland; age iS; res.\\nNashua; cred. Sanborntou enl. Apr. 5, 64; must.\\nin Apr. 5, 64, as priv.; app. corp. Maj i, 65 must.\\nout July 15, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nThompson, Willard P. Co. E; b. North Elba, N. V.; age\\n31 res. Goffstown, cred. Goffstown enl. Aug. i, 64;\\nmust, in Aug. i, 64, as priv.; app. saddler; must, out\\nJuly 15, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua. See 2 N. H. V.\\nTinker, Milan. Co. A; b. Marlow; age 21 cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Mar. 14, 64; must, in Mar. 16, 64, as priv. Died\\ndis. Sept. I, 64, Alexandria, Va.\\nWhitman, George E. Co. B; b. Nashua; age 20; cred.\\nPeterborough; enl. Mar. 19, 64; must, in Mar. 19,\\n64, as priv.; app. seigt.; captd. June 23, 64, Notto-\\nwa}- Courthouse, Va. Died, dis. Feb. 15, 65, Ander-\\nsonville, Ga.\\nWinn, William E. Unas d b. Nashua; age 27; cred.\\nNashua; enl. .\\\\pr. 5, 65, for one r.; must, in Apr. 6,\\n65, as priv.; disch. May 6, 65, Galloup s Isl., B. H.,\\nMass.\\nWoods, David P. Co. B; b. Pepperell, Mass.; age 40;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Mar. 30, 64; must, in Mar. 30,\\n64, as priv.; captd. June 29, 64, Ream s Station, Va.\\nDied, dis. July 29, 64, Liljby prison, Richmond, Va.\\nSee state service.\\nFIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER LIGHT BATTERY.\\n[THREE VK.^RS.]\\nENGAGEMENTS.\\nRappahannock Station, Va\\nAug.\\n22,\\n1S62\\nSulphur Spring.s, Va.,\\nAug.\\n26,\\n1862\\nGroveton, Va.,\\nAug.\\n29-\\n1862\\nBull Run, Va\\nAug.\\n30,\\n1862\\nAntietani, McL,\\nSept.\\n17.\\n1862\\nUppen-ille, a.,\\nNov. 2\\n1 3i\\n1862\\nFredericksburg, Va.,\\nDec. 12-\\n-15,\\n1862\\nFredericksburg, Va.,\\nMay\\n2\\n1863\\nChancellorsville, Va.,\\nMay 3\\n4.\\n1863\\nGettysburg, Pa.,\\nJuly 2\\n3,\\n1863\\nBrandy .Station, Va.,\\nNov.\\n8,\\n1863\\nMine Run, Va.,\\nNov.\\n30,\\n1863\\nWilderness, Va.,\\nMay\\n6,\\n1S64\\nPo River, Va.,\\nMay 9,\\n10,\\n1864\\nSpottsylvania, Va.,\\nMay 12, 14,\\n18,\\n1864\\nNorth Anna River, Va.,\\nSheldon Cross Roads, Va.,\\nTotopotomoy, Va., May\\nCold Harbor, a..\\nSiege of Petersburg, Va., June\\n16 to July 26 July 30 to Aug.\\n12 Aug. 20, 1864 to\\nDeep Bottom, Va.,\\nBoydton, Plank Road, Va.\\nWhite Oak Road, Va.,\\nAmelia Springs, Va.,\\nDeatonsville, Va.,\\nSailor s Creek, Va.,\\nHigh Bridge, a.,\\nFarmville Va.,\\nMay 23,\\n1864\\nMay 28,\\n1864\\n9, 31 June i,\\n1864\\nJune 3-12,\\nine\\n1864\\nMar. 29,\\n1865\\nJuly 27, 28,\\n1864\\nMar. 31,\\n1865\\nApr. 2,\\n1865\\nApr. 6,\\n1865\\nApr. 6,\\n1865\\nApr. 6,\\n1865\\nApr. 7.\\n1865\\nApr. 7,\\n1865\\nBeckwith, Oliver P. b. Nashua age 19 res. Manches-\\nter enl. Aug. 17, 61 must, in Sept. 26, 61, as priv.\\nDied, dis. Aug. 15, 62, Falls Church, Va.\\nCollins, Kitridge J. b. Springfield, Mass.; age 22 res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 16, 61; must, in Sept. 26, 61, as\\npriv.; re-enl. Dec. 23, 63; cred. Manchester; must,\\nin Dec. 26, 63; app. corp.; must, out June 9, 65. P.\\nO. ad., Nashua.\\nFMfe, John W. b. Nashua; age 23 res. Manchester enl.\\nAug. 21, 61 must, in Sept. 26, 61, as priv.; app.\\nCorp. Jan., 62; must, out Sept. 25, 64.\\nHamlett, Albert T. b. Nashua age 19; res. Manchester;\\nenl. Aug. 16, 61 must, in Sept. 26, 61, as priv.; wd.\\nJuly, 63, Gettj-sburg, Pa.; re-enl. Dec. 23, 63 must.\\nin Dec. 26, 63 must, out June 9, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nFitchburg, Mass.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0400.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n379\\nGriswold, George W. b. Canada, age 39 res. Manches-\\nter; enl. Aug. 21, 61 must, in Sept. 26, 61. as priv.;\\nmust, out Sept. 25, 64. P. ad., Nashua.\\nHopkins, Cleaves W. b. Francestown age 24 res. Man-\\nchester; enl. Aug. 26, 61; must, in Sept. 26, 61, as\\npriv.; app. Corp. Dec. 31, 61 must, out Sept. 25. 64.\\nP. O. ad., Nashua.\\nLonga, Horatio W. b. Nashua age 25 res. Merrimack\\nenl. Aug. 22, 61 must, in Sept. 26, 61, as priv.;\\nre-enl. Dec. 23, 63; must, in Dec. 26, 63; app. corp.\\n.\\\\pr. 30, 64; sergt. Dec. 31, 64; must, out June 9, 65.\\nP. O. ad., Manchester. See i N. H. V.\\nLonga, John H. b. Merrimack age 25 res. Merrimack,\\ncred. Merrimack; enl. Aug. 19, 62; must, in Aug.\\n20, 62, as priv.; must, out June 9, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua. See i N. H. V.\\nMcGilvra}-, Charles H. b. Nashua; age 20; res. Merri-\\nmack; enl. Aug. 26, 6i must, in Sept. 26, 5i, as\\npriv.; must, out Sept. 25, 64. P. O. ad., Newark, N.\\nJ. See state service.\\nMooney, James R. b. Nashua; age 19; cred. Peter-\\nborough; enl. Aug. 19, 64; must, in Aug. 19, 64, as\\npriv.; must, out June 9, 65. P. O. ad., Holyoke, Mass.\\nMooney, Smith G. b. Stewartstown age 35 res. Nashua\\nenl. Sept. 26, 61 must, in Sspt. 26, 61, as priv.; wd.\\nMay, 64, Po River, Va.; must, out Sept. 25, 64. P.\\nO. ad., Warner.\\nTaber, Orrin. b. Grafton; age 21 res. Manchester; enl.\\nAug. 19, 61 must, in Sept. 26, 61, as Co. q. ni. sergt.;\\napp. I sergt. Apr. 16, 63; 2 It, Feb. 13, 64; resigned\\nOct. 7, 64. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nVoung, Morrill N. b. Maine; age 43; res. Manchester;\\nenl. Aug. 19, -61; must, in Sept. 25, 64. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nFIRST COMPANY NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER HEAVY ARTILLERY.\\n[THREE VE.\\\\R.S.]\\nBalch, Enos C. b. Addison, Vt.; age 29; res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. July 15, 63; must, in July 18, 63,\\nas priv. Died, dis. Sept. 7, 64, Ft. Simmons, D. C.\\nSee I N. H. V.\\nCenter, Benjamin L. b. Londonderry age 44 res. Man-\\nchester enl. .\\\\pr. 23, 63; must, in May 25, 63, as\\nmuse; must, out Sept. 11, 65. Died May 23, 83,\\nNashua. See unattached company, N. H. V.\\nDodge, Edward B. b. Francestown age 25 res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. July 13. 63; must, in July 18, 63,\\nas priv.; must, out Sept. 11, 65. P. O. ad., Stoddard.\\nHall, Charles A. b. Nashua; age 27 res. Nashua, cred.\\nNashua; enl. July 15, 63; must, in July 18, 63. as\\npriv.; app. corp. Aug. 25, 63; sergt. Dec. 17, 63; Co.\\nq. m. sergt. Nov. 14, 64; must, out Sept. 11, 65. P.\\nO.ad., Waltham, Mass.\\nJoss, Frederick A. b. Saco, Me.; age 30, res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. July 13, 63; must, in July 18, 63,\\nas priv.; died Nov. 11, 64, Ft. Slocum, I). C.\\nLeonard, .\\\\lbert H. b. Nashua; age 29; res. Ossipee,\\ncred. Ossipee; enl. June 8, 63; must, in July 2, 63,\\nas Corp.; reduced to ranks Feb. i, 65; must, out Sept.\\nri. 65. P. O. ad., Lowell. Mass.\\nPeirce, .-Mbert P. b. Lunenburgh, Mass.; age 28; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. May 20, 63; must, in\\nMay 26, 63, as corp.; reduced to ranks Nov. 30, 63;\\nmust, out Sept. 11, 65.\\nPresby, Porter S. b. Bradford; age 26; res. Nashua, cred.\\nNashua; enl. July 15. 63; must, in July 18, 63, as\\npriv.; app. corp. Dec. 18, 63; reduced to ranks Jan.\\n17, 64; app. Corp. Nov. i. 64; muBt. out Sept. 11,\\n65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nRichardson, Charles A. b. Hudson age 23; res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; eul.Juh- 15, 63; must, in July 15, 63,\\nas priv.; must, out Sept. u. 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nTapper, George A. b. New York city age 16; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua enl. July 4, 63; must, in July\\n18, 63, as priv.; must, out Sept. 11, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nLowell, Mass.\\nSECOND COMPANY NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER HEAVY ARTILLERY.\\n[THREE VE.\\\\RS.]\\nlloynton, John A. b. .\\\\mherst age 23; res. New Boston,\\ncred. New Boston; enl. Aug. 31, 63; must, in Aug.\\n31, 63, as wagoner; must, out Sept. 11, 65, as priv.;\\nP. O. ad., Nashua.\\nMcKean, George 11. b. Hollis; age 20; res. Nashua, cred.\\nNashua; enl. Vug. 21, 63; must, in Aug. 24, 63, as\\npriv.; must, out Sept. 11, 65. Died May 7, 69,\\nNashua. Sec 4 N- H. V.\\nFIRSTR REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER HEA\\\\ Y ARTILLERY.\\nONE AND THREE VE.VRS.\\nBancroft. John M. Co. D b. Londonderry age 31 cred.\\nLondonderry; enl. Aug. 30, 64, for I yr.; must, in\\nSept. 4, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.\\nAustin, Charles J. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 34; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 2, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; disch. disab. Dec. 29, 64.\\nBrirnes, John. Co. JL See i N. H. L. battery.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0401.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H\\nBarnes, Charles. Co. F b. Lowell, Mass.; age 27 cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. i, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; disch. Sept., 64, Concord, by reason of\\nrejection for disab. at organization of company.\\nBlood, James W. Co. F; b. Merrimack; age 42; cred.\\nNashua enl. Aug. 25, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nBonner, Charles. Co. F; b. Boston, Mass.; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 30, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in ,Sept.\\n6, 64, as priv.; tr. to Co. B, June 10, 65; must, out\\nSept. II, 65.\\nBoutelle, Albert L. Co. F; b. Chelmsford, Mass.; age\\n21; cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 31, 64, for i yr.; must,\\nin Sept. 6, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nBoutelle, Landon H. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 31, 64, for 1 yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nBoutelle, William. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 24, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept.\\nII, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nButler, James. Co. F; b. Amherst; age 36 cred. Nashua\\nenl. Aug. 23, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6, 64, as\\npriv.; disch. Sept. 12, 64, Concord, by reason of re-\\njection for disab. at organization of company.\\nCampbell, Albert A. Co. F; b. Bedford; age 18; cred.\\nHudson; enl. Aug. 30, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept.\\n6, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. Died Oct. i,\\n68, Nashua.\\nCarkin, .\\\\lbert J. Co. F b. Lyndeborough age 27 cred.\\nWilton enl. Sept. 3, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nCarry, Michael. Co. F; b. Ireland age 26; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 29, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6, 64, as\\npriv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nCase, Levi. Co. F; b. St. Albans, Vt.; age 40; cred.\\nNashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 25, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. Died Nov. 16,\\n92, Nashua.\\nChase, Enoch E. Co. K; b. Nashua; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 17, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept.\\n17, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua. See Martin Guards.\\nCortney, Michael. Co. F; b. Cavan, Ire.; age 19; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 29, 64, for i yr.; must, in .Sept. 11,\\n64, as priv.; disch. Sept., 64, on account of rejection\\nfor disab. at organization of company.\\nDavis, Judson. Co. M; b. Belfast, Me.; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Feb. 27, 65, for i yr.; must, in Feb. 27,\\n65, as priv.; must, out June 9, 65. P. O. ad., Charles-\\ntown, Mass.\\nDorr, Wilson. Co. F; b. Peru, Me.; age 32; cred.\\nNashua enl. Aug. 30, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; disch. May 16, 65, Concord. Died June\\n27, 84, North Sutton.\\nDouglass, Asa H. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 24; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 29, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nDunlap, James H. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 21; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. i, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as Co. q. m. sergt.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nEayrs, Edward F. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 24; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 2, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O. ad., Hud-\\nson.\\nEayrs, Frank M. Co. F; b. Brooklyn, N. Y.; age 22;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Sept. 2, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 5, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.\\nFisher, Frank U. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 18; cred\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 31, 64, fori yr.; must, in Sept. 11,\\n64, as priv.; disch. Sept. 64, by reason of rejection\\nfor disab. at organization of company.\\nFlanders, Daniel. Co. D; b. Derry age 38; cred. Lon-\\ndonderry; enl. Aug. 25, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept.\\n4, 64, as priv.; disch. disab. Feb. 27, 65. Died Nov.\\n20, 84, Nashua.\\nFlanders, Daniel J. Co. F; b. Wheelock, Vt.; age 28;\\ncred. Nashua; app. capt. Sept. 5, 64; must, in Sept.\\n5, 64, for I yr.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua. See 3 N. H. V.\\nFlanders, John A. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 20; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. i, 64, for i j-r.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv. Died, dis. Jan. 24, 65. Ft. Simmons, D.\\nC. Supposed identical with John A. Flanders, U. S.\\nnavy.\\nFletcher, Ansel W. Co. M; b. Littleton, Mass.; age 18;\\ncred. Nashua enl. Feb. 27, 65, for 3 yrs.; must, in\\nFeb. 27, 65, as priv.; must, out June 9, 65.\\nForrest, John E. Co. F; b. Danville, Vt.; age 29; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 29, 64, for 1 yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nForrest, Joseph S. Co. F; b. Danville, Vt.; age 28; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 25, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as Corp.; app. sergt. Oct. 5, 64; must, out June\\nIS. 65-\\nFrench, Nat L. Co. F; b.Epping; age 18; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. i, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6, 64, as\\nCorp.; must, out June 15. 65.\\nGallison, James P. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 18; cred.\\nManchester; enl. Sept. i, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept.\\n6, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nGray, George A. Co. F b. Nashua age 21 cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 23, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6, 64, as\\npriv.; must, out June 15, 65. Died Mar. 3, 88,\\nNashua.\\nGrater, John A. Co. F; b. .\\\\mherst age 22; cred.\\nNashua; enl. ^ug. 24, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept.\\n6, 64, as Corp.; app. sergt. to date Feb. 26, 65; tr. to\\nCo. A or B, June 10, 65; never joined Co. A, or B,\\nthere being no vacancy in the grade of sergt.; disch.\\nJune 23, 65, Concord, as supernumerary non-commis-\\nsioned officer of Co. F. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nGreenwood, Horace E. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 20; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 24, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as sergt.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O. ad., Bos-\\nton, Mass.\\nHale, Frank A. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 18; res. Hopkin-\\nton cred. Nashua; enl. Sept. i, 64, for i yr.; must,\\nin Sept. II, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P.\\nO. ad., Boston, Mass.\\nHale, James. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 44; cred. Merri-\\nmack; enl. Aug. 29, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a064, as priv.; disch, May 16, 65, Concord.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0402.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, AL\\n381\\nHall, La Roy S. Co. K; b. Manchester; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 17, 64, fori yr.; must, in Sept.\\n17, 64, as Corp.; must, out June 15, 65. See Martin\\nGuards.\\nHarding, Rufus Co. K; b. Newport, Me.; age 18;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Sept. 17, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 17, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. See\\nMartin (ruards.\\nHayden, (ieorge A. Co. F; b. Harvard, Mass.; age 18;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Sept. 2, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 6, 64, as sergt.; app. i sergt. Oct. 5, 64 must.\\nout June 15, 65.\\nHobert, Silas. Co. F; b. Bridgewater, Mass.; age 44;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 25, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in\\nSept. 6, 64, as priv.; tr. to Co. B, June 10, 65; must.\\nout Sept. II, 65. Died Mar. 14, 69.\\nHolcomb, George. Co. F; b. Concord; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 3, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept.\\nII, 64, as priv.; tr. to Co. B.June 10, 65; must, out\\nSept. II, 65.\\nHunt, Joshua W. Co. F; b. Wilkesbarre, Pa.; age 19;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Sept. 2, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 6, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.\\nJewell, Alvin A. Co. F; b. Groton age 21 cred. Nashua;\\nenl. .-^ug. 25, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6, 64, as\\nCorp.; must, out June 15, 65. See 16 N. H. V.\\nKennedy, Matthew. Co. F b. Manchester; age 26 cred.\\nNashua enl. Aug. 24, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept.\\n6, 64, as Corp.; tr. to Co. B, June 10, 65 reduced to\\nranks Apr. 27, 65 must, out Sept. 11, 65. Supposed\\nidentical with Matthew Kennedy, Co. C, 9 N. H. V.\\nLambert, Edward. Co. F; b. Sutton, Mass.; age 19;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 31, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 6, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nLanon, Patrick. Co. F b. Ireland age 30 cred. Nashua\\nenl. Aug. 31, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6, 64, as\\npriv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nLefavor, Francis. Co. F; b. Shedgee, Can.; age 22 cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 31, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nLincoln, Edwin S. Co. E b. Boston, Mass.; age 18 cred.\\nConcord enl. Aug. 24, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 5,\\n64, as priv.; app. muse; must, out June 15, 65. P.\\nO. ad., Nashua.\\nLincoln, Henry H. Co. F; b. Sturbridge, Mass.; age 23\\ncred. Nashua enl. Sept. 2, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 6, 64, as sergt.; must, out June 15, 65. See i\\nN. H. V.\\nLovejoy, Weston. Co. F; b. Stoddard; age 42; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 26, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; app. artificer Dec. 26, 64; must, out\\nJune 15, 65.\\nLund, William P. Co. D; b. Nashua; age 44 cred. Lon-\\ndonderry enl. Aug. 23, 64, for i \\\\r.\\\\ must, in Sept.\\n4, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nMarden, Calvin C. Co. M; b. Windham; age rS; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Mar. 6, 65, for i j-r.; must, in Mar. 6,\\n65, as priv.; must, out June g. 65. P. O. ad., Opop-\\nka, Fla.\\nMattison, Thomas A. Co. B; b. Scituate, R. I.; age 27;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 27, 64, fori yr.; must, in\\nSept. 6, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nMcintosh, George. Co. F; b. Brookline age 30; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 2, 64, for 1 yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nMerriam, George A. Co. F; b. Londenderry age 19;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 27, \u00e2\u0080\u00a264, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 6, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nMills, Henry M. Co. F; b. Grafton, Vt.; age 27, cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 25, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; app. i It. Sept. 9, 64 must out June 15,\\n65. P. O. ad., Lowell, Mass. See i and 16 N. H. V.\\nMoore, Edward L. Co. F; b. Worcester, Mass.; age 19;\\ncred. Nashua; enL Aug. 29, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 6, 64, as corp.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nMorgan, Pliny F. Co. F; b. Johnson, Vt.; age 37; cred.\\nNashua enl. Aug. 25, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a264, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nMorrill, James E. Co. C; 1 Nashua; age 22; cred.\\nDerry; enl. Aug. 23, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 2,\\n64, as priv.; disch. May 23, 65, Concord.\\nNeligan, Maurice. Co. F; b. Ireland; age 39; cred.\\nNashua enl. Aug. 27, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept.\\n6, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nOsborn.John E. Co. K; b. Weymouth, Mass.; age 23;\\nres. Nashua, cred. Nashua; enl. Sept. 3, 64, for i\\nyr.; must, in Sept. 17, 64, as priv.; must, out June\\n13, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua. See miscel. organizations.\\nOtis, Charles A. Co. K; b. Worcester, Mass.; age 18;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 29, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 6, 64, as priv.; rejected and discharged on or-\\nganization of company, by reason of concussion of\\nbrain from a blow of slung shot received from a sub-\\nstitute in general rendezvous after muster in; re-enl.\\nand must, in Feb. 27, 65, for 3 yrs.; cred. Nashua;\\nassigned to Co. M; disch. June 27, 65, Philadelphia,\\nPa.\\nParmenter, Edwin H. Co. K b. Providence, R. I.; age\\n18; cred. Nashua; enl. Sept. 17, 64, for i yr.; must.\\nin Sept. 17, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P.\\nO. ad., Lowell, Mass. See Martin Guards.\\nPierce, George W. Co. F; b. Brookline; age 19; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. i, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O. ad., Pep-\\nperell, Mass.\\nPierce, Theodore W. Co. F; b. Leominster, Mass.; age\\n39; cred. Nashua; enl. ^ug. 29, 64, for i yr.; must.\\nin Sept. 6, 64, as priv.; app. corp. June i, 65; must.\\nout June 15, 65.\\nPreston, Edward. Co. F; b. Stratford, Vt.; age 31; cred.\\nNashua; enl. .^ug. 30, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept.\\n6, 64, as priv.; disch. May 16, 65, Concord.\\nProctor, Orlando. Co. M b. Chateaugay, N. V.; age 28;\\ncred. Manchester; enl. Feb. 21, 65, for 1 yr.; must, in\\nFeb. 21, 65, as priv.; must, out June, 9, 65. Died\\nNov. 24, 91, Nashua.\\nPurinton, John G. Co. V b. Lowell, Mass.; age 28 cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 27, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept.\\n6, 64, as priv.; tr. to Co. B. June 10, 65 must, out\\nSept. II, 65.\\nReed, Orrin W. Co. K b. I.angdon age 22 cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 3, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 17,\\n64, as priv.; app. corp.; must, out June 15, 65.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0403.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "382\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H\\nReed, Roberto. Co. F; b. Topshani, Me.; age 20; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 2, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nRobbius, John L. Co. F b. Nashua; age 21 cred. Mer-\\nrimack; eul. Aug. 29, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nRobinson, Albert B. Co. C b. Nashua age 22 cred.\\nManchester; enl. .\\\\ug, 18, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 2, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nRobinson, George H. Co. F; b. North Studley, Can.;\\nage 22; cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 26, 64, for i yr.;\\nmust, in Sept. 6, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nRoby, Ben Ormond. Co. K; b. Northfield, Vt.; age 18;\\ncred. Nashua enl. Sept. 17, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 17, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O.\\nad., Nashua. See Martin Guards.\\nSawyer, Joseph T. Co. F; b. Antrim; age 44; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 22, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept.\\n6, 64, as priv.; tr. to Co. B, June 10. 65; must, out\\nSept. II, 65.\\nSawyer, Judson. Co. K; b. Warner; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 3, 64, for i yr.; must, in vSept. 17,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nSears, George H. Co. F; b. I.eroy, X. Y.; age 23; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 31, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; app. 2 It. Sept. 9, 64 must out June 15,\\n65. P. O. ad., Deering. See 16 N. H. V.\\nSeavey, Mortimer. Co. F; b. Wilton; age 21; cred.\\nNashua; enl. .Sept. 3, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 13, 65. Died Nov. 11,\\n93, Marblehead, Mass.\\nShattuck, James W. Co. F; b. Pepperell, Mass.; age 44;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 31, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in\\nSept. 6, 64, as priv.; disch. disab. Ma)- 26, 65. Sup-\\nposed identical with James W. Shattuck, Co. D, 4 N.\\nH. V.\\nShaw, Major A. Co. F; b. Alstead age 31; cred.\\nNashua; app. I It. Sept. 5, 64; must, in Sept. 12, 64,\\nfor I yr.; must, out June 15, 65. Died May 10, 81,\\nLowell, Mass. See i and 13 N. H. V.\\nSmith, Croydon S. Co. F; b. Londonderry, Vt.; age 26;\\ncred. Nashua eul. Aug. 25, 64, for I yr.; must, in\\nSept. II, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O.\\nad., Somerville, Mass.\\nSmith, Frederick F; Co. F; b. Boston, Mass.; age 24;\\nres. Hudson, cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 27, 64, for i\\nyr.; must, in Sept. 5, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15,\\n65. P. O. ad., Hudson.\\nSpalding, Edwin G. Co. F; b. Dunstable, Mass.; age 22\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 25, 64, for 1 yr.; must, in\\nSept. II, 64, as priv.; rejected for disab. on organiza-\\ntion of company and disch. Sept., 64.\\nSpalding, Warren F. Co. F b. Hillsborough age 23\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 29, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 6, 64, as priv.; disch. May 26, 65.\\nSteele, James, Jr.; Co. F; b. Antrim; age 24; cred.\\nNashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 31, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6.\\n64, as sergt.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua. See i N. H. V.\\nStone, Henry J. Co. F; b. Lowell, Mass.; age 25; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. i, 64. for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as sergt.; reduced to ranks Feb. 26, 65; must,\\nout June 15, 65. P. O. ad., Waltham, Mass.\\nSuddard, John F. Co. V b. Cranston, R. I.; age 18;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Sept. 2, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 6, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nSullivan, John. Co. F; b. Ireland; age 28; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 30, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 5, 64, as\\npriv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nTarbox, Orrison J. Co. F b. Dracut, Mass.; age 21;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. .^ug. 26. 64. for i yr.; must, in\\n.Sept. 6, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O.\\nad., Springfield, Mass.\\nTaylor, Milton A. Co. F; b. Francestown age 22; cred.\\nNashua; app. 2 It. Sept. 5, 64; must, in Sept. 12, 64,\\nfor I yr.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nThorning, James C. Co. F; b. Peterborough; age 38;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 22, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\n.Sept. 6, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nTinker, Ezekiel. Co. K; b. Lenipster age 20; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 17, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept.\\n17, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. Died April\\nII, 94, Nashua. See Martin Guards.\\nTinkham, George M. Co. K; b. Lowell, Mass.; age 18;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Sept. 17, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 17, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. See\\nMartin Guards.\\nTowle, William H. Co. F; b. Lake Village; age 29;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 31, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 6, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O.\\nad., Greenfield.\\nTowns, Charles O. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 20: cred.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 2, 64, for I yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O. ad., Fall\\nRiver, Mass.\\nTryan, George F. Co. F; b. Burlington, Vt.; age 28;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 25, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 6, 64, as priv.; app. artificer Dec. 26, 64; must.\\nout June 15, 65.\\nWallace, David W. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 36; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 29, 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nWellman, Samuel T. Co. F b. Wareham, Mass.; age\\n18; cred. Nashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 31, 64, for l yr.; must.\\nin Sept. 6, 64, as corp.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nWilkins, John E. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 31, 64, for r yr.; must, in Sept.\\n6, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15. 65.\\nWilliams, Nahum E. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 27, 64, for I yr.; must, in Sept. 6,\\n64, as priv.; app. muse. Dec. 26, 64; must, out June\\n15. 65-\\nWilson, David Co. C; b. Nashua; age 33; cred.\\nManchester; enl. .\\\\ug. 24, 64, for i yr.; must, in\\nSept. 2, 64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65.\\nWilson, John. Co. F; b. Canada; age 21 cred. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 22, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept. 6, 64, as\\nsergt.; tr. to Co. A or B, June 10, 65 never joined Co.\\nA. or B, there being no vacancy in the grade of sergt.;\\ndisch. June 23, 65, Concord, as supernumerary non-\\ncommissioned ofl cer of Co. F.\\nWinn, William F. Co. L; b. Nashua; age 37; cred. Con-\\ncord enl. Sept. 29, 64. for i yr.; must, in Sept. 29,\\n64, as priv.; must, out June 15, 65. Died Aug. 22,\\n85, Chelsea, Mass.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0404.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n383\\nWitham, George W. Co. F; b. Hartford, Conn.; age rg; Wright, John. Co. F; b. Nashua; age 18; cred. Nashua-\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 26, -64, for i yr.; must, in eul. Aug. 27. 64, for i yr.; must, in Sept. n, 64, as\\n.Sept. 6, 64. as priv.; must, out June 15. 65. priv.; must, out June 15, 65. P. O. ad., Brookline.\\nCOMPANY E,\\nFIRST REGIMENT UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER SHARPSHOOTERS.\\n[THREE VK.VRS.]\\nENGAGE. MENTS.\\nLevvinsville, a,,\\nFalls Church, Va.,\\nBig Bethel, Va.,\\nSiege of Yorktown, a., Apr.\\nHanover Courthouse, Va.,\\nMechanicsville, Va.\\nGaine s Mill, Va.,\\nMalvern Hill, a.,\\nGainesville, Va.,\\nBull Run, a.,\\nAntietam, Md.,\\nBlack Ford, a.,\\nFredericksburg, Va.,\\nChancellorsville, Va.,\\nGettysburg, Pa.,\\nWapping Heights, \\\\^a.\\nBadger, Henry E. b. Warner\\nSept. 3, 61 must, in Sept\\n30, 62, Bull Run (2d), Va\\nmust, out Sept. 9, 64. P. O. ad., Nashua\\nH. V.\\nSept.\\n27.\\n1861\\nSept.\\n29,\\n1861\\nMar.\\n27.\\n1862\\n5 to May\\n4.\\n1862\\nMay\\n27-\\n1862\\nJune\\n26,\\n1862\\nJune\\n27.\\n1862\\nJuly\\nI,\\n1862\\nAug.\\n29.\\n1862\\nAug.\\n30,\\n1862\\nSept.\\n17.\\n1862\\nSept 19,\\n20,\\n1862\\nDec.\\n13.\\n1862\\nMay\\n2-4-\\n1863\\nJuly\\n3.\\n1S63\\nJuly\\n23.\\n1863\\nAuburn, a.,\\nKelly s F^ord, Va.,\\nIvOcust Grove, Va.,\\nMine Run, Va.,\\nWilderness, Va.,\\nTodd s Tavern, Va.,\\nPo River, Va.,\\nSpottsylvania, Va.,\\nNorth Anna River, Va.,\\nTotopotomoy Creek, Va.,\\nCold Harbor, Va.,\\nPetersburg, Va.,\\nWeldon Railroad, a..\\nSiege of Petersburg, Va., July\\nAug. 14; Aug.\\nDeep Bottom, July 27 and\\nOct. 13,\\nNov. 7,\\nXov. 27,\\nXov. 30,\\nMay 5-7,\\nMay 8,\\nMay 10, II,\\nMaj 12, 13,\\nMay 24, 25,\\nMay 30, 31,\\nJune 3-5,\\nJune 16-18,\\nJune 22,\\n23-26; July\\n17 to Sept. 8,\\nAuf\\n5, 16,\\n1S63\\n1863\\n1863\\n1863\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n1864\\n28 to\\n1864\\n1864\\nage i8; res. Warner enl.\\n9, 61, as priv.; wd. Aug.\\napp. Corp. July i, 63;\\nSee I N.\\nBrooks, George W. h. Dublin; age 27; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 19, 61 must, in Sept. 9, 61, as priv.: wd.\\nsev. Sept. 29, 61, Monson s Hill, Va.; app. sergt.;\\ndisch. disab. Jan. 29, 63, near Falmouth, Va. P. O.\\nad., Waltham, Mass. .See i N. H. V.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0405.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "384\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nCOMPANIES F AND G,\\nSECOND REGIMENT UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER SHARPSHOOTERS.\\n[THREE YEARS.]\\nENGAGEMENTS.\\nMine Run, Va., Nov. 28-30, 1863\\nWilderness, Va., May 5-7, 1864\\nTodd s Tavern, Va., May 9, 1864\\nPo River, Va., May 10, 1864\\nSpotts^-lvania, Va., May 11-16, 1864\\nNorth Anna River, Va., May 23-26, 1864\\nTotopotomoy Creek, Va., May 30, 31, 1864\\nCold Harbor, Va., June 3-12, 1864\\nPetersburg, Va., June 16-20, 1864\\nWeldon Railroad, Va., June 21-23, 1864\\nDeep Bottom, Va., July 27 and Aug. 14-18, 1864\\nMine Explosion (Petersburg, Va.), July 30, 1864\\nSiege of Petersburg, Va., Sept. 10-22,\\nand Oct. 10, 1864\\nPoplar Springs Church, a., Oct. 7, 1864\\nBoydton Plank Road, Va., Oct. 27, 1864\\nWeldon Railroad, Va., Dec. 8-10, 1864\\nHatcher s Run, Va., Feb. 5-7, 1865\\nFalmouth, Va.,\\nApr.\\n19.\\n1862\\nOrange Courthouse Road,\\nVa., July\\n26,\\n1862\\nBowling Green, Va.,\\nAug.\\n6,\\n1862\\nRappahannock Station, Va\\nAug. 21-\\n-23.\\n1862\\nSulphur Springs, Va.,\\nAug.\\n26,\\n1862\\nGainesville, Va.,\\nAug.\\n28,\\n1862\\nBull Run, Va.,\\nAug. 29,\\n30,\\n1862\\nChantilly, Va.,\\nSept.\\nI,\\n1862\\nvSouth Mountain, Md.,\\nSept.\\n14.\\n1862\\nBoonsborough, Md.,\\nSept.\\n15.\\n1862\\nAntietam, Md.,\\nSept. 16,\\n17.\\n1862\\nFredericksburg, Va.,\\nDec. 13-\\n~i5.\\n1862\\nChancellorsville, Va.,\\nMay\\n1-4.\\n1863\\nGettysburg, Pa.,\\nJuly\\n2-4.\\n1863\\nWapping Heights, Va.,\\nJuly\\n23.\\n1863\\nAuburn, Va.,\\nOct.\\n13.\\n1863\\nKelly s Ford, Va.,\\nNov.\\n7-\\n1863\\nBrandy vStation, Va.,\\nNov.\\n8,\\n1863\\nLocust Grove, Va.,\\nNov.\\n27.\\n1863\\nFletcher, Warren H. Co. G b. Cornish; age 23; res.\\nClaremont enl. Oct. 8, 61 must, in Dec. 12, 61, as\\npriv.; app. corp. Jan. i, 62 re-enl. Dec. 21, 63; cred.\\nNashua; must, in Dec. 24, 63; app. sergt. .\\\\pr. 12,\\n64; 2 It. Nov. 21, 64; tr. to 5 N. H. V.. Jan. 30, 65;\\napp. I It. Co. F, May i, 65; not must.; assigned to\\nCo. G, June 12, 65 must, out June 28, 65, as 2 It. P.\\nO. ad., Cla\\\\ Centre, Kan.\\nGilson, David. Co. G; b. Brookline; age 35; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 12, 61 must, in Dec. 12, 61, as\\nCorp.; wd. Sept. 17, 62. Autietam, Md.; disch. wds.\\nFeb. 28, 63. Died May 20, 88, Meridan, Conn.\\nHoyt, Lewis S. Co. G; b. Cornish; age 32; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Dec. 6, 61 must, in Dec. 12, 61; as priv.; disch.\\ndisab. Mar. 24, 62, Washington, D. C.\\nLovejoy, John. Co. G; b. Bangor, Me.; age 21; res. Lis-\\nbon; enl. Nov. 29, 61 must, in Dec. 12, 6i, as priv.;\\nre-enl. Dec. 21, 63 cred. Nashua must, in Dec. 24,\\n63; app. wagoner; tr. to 5 N. H. V., Jan. 30, 65;\\nassigned to Co. I, June 17, 65; must, out June 28,\\n65. See I N. H. V.\\nNATIONAL GUARDS, NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.\\nRedfield, Henry A. Co. G; b. Nashua; age 21; res.\\nClaremont; enl. Dec. 11, 61; must, in Dec. 12, 61,\\nas priv.; disch. Dec. 22, 62, Washington, D. C. P.\\nO. ad., Dover.\\nThompson, John W. Co. G; b. Newmarket; age 26; res.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 9, 61; must, in Dec. 12, 61, as i\\nsergt.; app. 2 It. July 16, 62 killed Sept. 17, 62,\\nAntietam, Md. See i N. H V.\\nUpton, Charles. Co. F b. Amherst age 25 res. Am-\\nherst enl. Oct. 19, 5i must, in Nov. 26, 61, as\\nCorp.; disch. disab. June 18, 62. Died June 18, 76,\\nNashua.\\n[SIXTY DAYS.]\\nMooar, Alfred L. b. Amherst; age 25; res. Amherst, cred. Amherst; enl. May 9, 64; must, in Jlay 9, 64, as priv.;\\nmust, out July 27, 64. P. O. ad., Nashua. ,See state service.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0406.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, X. H.\\nMARTIN GUARDS, NHW HAMPSHIRH VOLUNTEtR INFANTRY.\\n[XINKTY DAVS.]\\n385\\nChase, Iviiufli I-;, b. Nashua; aj;e 18; res. Nashua, cred.\\nNashua; eul. July 25, 64; must, in July 25, 64, as\\npriv.; must, out Sept. 16, 64. 1*. ad., Nashua.\\nSee I N. H. H. art.\\nDanforth, John M. b. .\\\\inlKrst age 18; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. July 25, 64; must, in July 25, 64, as priv.; must.\\nout Sept. 16, 64. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nDavis, Francis H. b. Williamstown, t.; age iS; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. July 25, 64; must, in\\nJuly 25, 64, as Corp.; must, out Sept. 16, 64. 1\\nad., Bridgeport, Conn.\\nDavis, Frankli:. b. Williamstown, t.; age 18; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. July 25, 64; must, in\\nJuly 25, 64, as priv.; must, out Sept. 16, 64. 1\\nad., Nashua.\\nDixon, William H. .\\\\ge 20; cred. Nashua; enl. July 25,\\n64; must, in July 25, 64, as priv.; must, out .Sept.\\n16, 64.\\nMall, I,a Roy S. b. Manchester; age 18; res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. July 25, 64; must, in July 25, 64,\\nas priv.; must, out Sept. 16, 64. See 1 X. H. H. art.\\nHarding, Rufus A. b. Newport, Me.; age 18; res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. July 25, 64; must, in July 25, 64,\\nas priv.; must, out Sept. 16, 64. See i N. H. II. art.\\nICelsey. Edgar. .\\\\ge 21; cred. Nashua; enl. July 25, 64;\\nmust, in July 25, 64, as sergt.; must, out .Sept. 16, 64.\\nMorris, Charles M. .^ge 23; res. Nashua, cred. Nashua;\\nenl. July 25, 64; must, in July 25, 64, as priv.; must.\\nout Sept. 16, 64.\\nI armenter, Kdwin H. b. Providence, R. I.; age 18; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. July 25, 64; must in July\\n25, 64, as priv.; must out Sept. 16, 64. P. O. ad.,\\nI,owell, Mass. See i N. H. H. art.\\nRobie, Edward A. h. Hooksett; age 18; res. Hooksett,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. July 25. 64; must, in July 25, 6|,\\nas ])riv.; must, out Sept. 16, 64. P. O. ad., .\\\\Hens-\\ntown.\\nKoby, Ben Ormond. b. .N orthlicld age 18; res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. July 25, 64; must, in July 25, 64,\\nas priv.; must, out Sept. 16, 64. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nSee I N. II. II. art.\\nSearles, Francis. .\\\\ge 18; res. Nashua, cred. Nashua;\\nenl. July 25, 64; must in July 25, 64, as priv.; must.\\nout Sept. 16, 64.\\nTinker, K/.ekiel. b. I.empster; age 19; res. Nashua,\\ncred. Nashua; enl. July 25, 64; must, in July 25, 64,\\nas priv.; must, out Sept. 16, 64. See I N. H. H. art.\\nTinkham, (ieorge M. b. Lowell, Mass.; age 18; res.\\nNashua, cred. Nashua; enl. July 25, 64; must, in\\nJuly 25, 64, as priv.; must, out Sept. 16, 64. See i\\nN. H. II. art.\\nLAFAYHTTH ARTILLERY, NEW HAMPSHIRE VOUINTEERS.\\nNiNirrv D.VVS.\\nI ord, .\\\\Ivin J. b. Lyndeborough age 28; res. Lyndc-\\nborough, cred. Lyndeborough enl. .\\\\ug. 1, 64;\\nmust, in Aug. i, 64, as priv.; must, out Sept. 23, 64.\\nP. O. ad., Nashua.\\nllamt)lett, Judson A. b. Milford; age 21; res. Milford,\\ncred. Milford; enl. Aug. i, 64; must, in .\\\\ug. i, 64.\\nas priv.; must, out Sept. 23, 64. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2See 8 and 9 N. II. V.\\nHutchinson, Isaac H. b. Wilton; age 38; res. Wilton,\\ncred. Wilton; enl. .Vug. 1, 64; must, in .^ug. t, 64,\\nas priv.; must, out Sept. 23, 64. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nVETERAN RESERVE CORPS.\\n[Designated Invalid Corps, when first organized.]\\n[THRlili VE.VRS.]\\nUarr, Hlbridge. Co. B; 24 regt.; b. Bedford; age 21;\\ncred. Concord; enl. Aug. 18, 64; must, in .Vug. 18,\\n64, as priv.; disch. Nov. 14, 65, Washington, D. C.\\nName changed to Edward Graham by act. of legisla-\\nture, June 66. P. O. ad., Nashua. SeeiiN. H.V.\\nBeman, Alfred H. Co. F, 13 regt.; b. Malone, N. Y.; age\\n31 cred. Dublin eul. June 23, 64; must, in June 23,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a064, as priv.; disch. Nov. 13, 65, Concord. Died June\\n24, 81, Nashua. See 4N. H. V.\\nBlood, .\\\\lbert. Co. E, 20 regt.; b. Nashua, age 20; cred.\\nManchester; enl. Dec. 16, 63; must, in Dec. 16, 63,\\nas priv.; app. corp.; disch. Nov. 21, 65, Philadelphia,\\nPa. P. O. ad., Manchester. See 3 N. H. V.\\nColburn, Joel. Co. A. 13 regt.; b. Milford; age 42;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Dec. 23, 63; must, in Dec. 23, 63,\\nas priv.; disch. Nov. 17, 65, Galloup s Isl., B. H.,\\nJIass. Died Feb. 8, 79, Clinton. Mass. See 8 N.\\nH. V.\\nDodge, Charles W. Co. K. 24 regt.; b. Nashua; age 21;\\nres. Mont Vernon; app. 2 It. Jan. 30, 65.; must, in\\nMay 18, 65; disch. .\\\\ug. 27, 68. See 13 N. H. V. and\\nU. S. C. T.\\nDonlan, John. Co. E, 13 regt.; b. King s county. Ire.;\\nage 34; cred. Nashua; enl. Dec. 29, 63; must, in\\nDec. 29, 63, as priv. Died, dis. Sept. 16, 64, Nashua.\\nSee3N. H.V.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0407.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nFerguson, Thomas. Co. D, 24 regt.; b. Scotlaud age\\n45; cred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 19, 64; must, in Aug.\\n19, 64, as priv.; disch. Nov. 17, 65, Washington. D.\\nC. P. O. ad., North Sanbornton. SeeSN. H. V.\\nI oss, Edward G. Co. D, 24 regt.; b. Nashua; age 22;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 17, 64; must, in Aug. 17,\\n64, as priv.; disch. disal). June i, 65, Washington,\\nD. C. Supposed identical with Edward Foss, I S.\\nnavy. .See 7 N. H. V.\\nOroves, George H. Co. B, 13 regt.; b. Fall River, Mass;\\nage 22; cred. Nashua; enl. Dec. 25. 63; must, in Dec.\\n25, 63, as priv.; disch. Nov. 15, 65, Iloslun, Mass.\\nPrior service in Co. H, 2 R. I. inf.\\nFox, Henry J. Co. 9 regt.; b. Jeffrie, N. Y.; age 35;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Sept. 3, 64; must, in Sept. 3, 64.\\nas priv.; disch. Nov. 16, 65, Washington. I). C. Prior\\nservice in 2 cav., U. vS. A.\\nNichols, Grovenor D. Co. A, 13 regt.; b. Amherst; age\\n24 cred. Nashua; enl. Dec. 28, 63 must, in Dec. 28,\\n63, as priv.; disch. disab. Apr. 27, 65, Galloup s Isl.,\\nB. H., Mass. P. O. ad., Nashua. See i and 4 N. H. V.\\nRipley, Charles H. S. Co. A, 13 regt.; 1i. Nashua; age\\n30; cred. Nashua; enl. Dec. 28, 63; must, in Dec.\\n28, 63, as priv.; disch. Nov. 17, 65, Galloup s Isl., B.\\nH., Mass. P. O. ad., Nashua. See i N. H. V.\\nUNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.\\n[THRKK VE.\\\\RS.]\\n.\\\\danis, William Co. I, 84 inf.; 1). Nashua; age 29;\\nres. Nashua; app. i It. Nov. 2, 63; must, in Dec. 15,\\n63, to date Nov. 2, 63; app. (j. m. Fel)., 65; must.\\nout Mar. 14. 66. Bvt. capt. V S. V., Mar. 13, 65.\\nSee 1 and 8 N. H. V.\\nDodge, Charles W. Co. F, 22 inf.; b. Nashua; age 20;\\nres. Mont. Vernon; app. 2 It.; must, in Feb. i, 64;\\nmu.st. as I It. Mar. i, 64; disch. wds. Nov. 21, 64;\\nSee 13 N. H. V. and V. R. C.\\nF;aton, Nathaniel, Jr. Co. E, 39 inf.; b. Bennington age\\n40; res. Cireenfield app. 2 It. Mar. 2, 64; must, in\\nMar. 2, 64; app. i It. Co. Nov. 29, 64; capt. Oct.\\n14, 65; must, out Dec. 4, 65. P.O. ad., Nashua.\\nSee 13 N. H. V.\\nKimball, Lewis, Jr. Co. A, 4 inf.; b. Piermonl; age 22;\\nres. Nashua; app. 2 It.; must, in July 19, 64; tr. to\\nCo. C, Jan. 14, 65; disch. disab. Jan. 23, 65. P. O.\\nad., Winthrop. S. D. See 3 N. H. V.\\nPowers, William II. Co. Ct, 25 inf.; b. Nashua; age 23;\\nres. (Vreenfield app. i It. Mar. i, 64; must in Mar.\\n3, 64; must, out Dec. 6, 65; killed on railroad Mar.\\n2, 68, Oak Dale Bridge, Mass. See 13 N. H. V.\\nWhite, Caleb B. Co. C, i N. C. colored inf.; (became 35\\nU. .S. C. inf.); res. Nashua; must, in Nov. 14, 63, as\\n2 It.; must, as I It. Co. K, Oct. 10, 64 capt. Co. V\\n104 U. S. C. inf., June 15, 65; must, out Feb. 5, 65.\\nSee niiscel. organizations.\\nWilson, .\\\\dam D. Co. D, 3 inf.; substitute; b. at sea; age\\n23; res. Manchester, cred. Nashua; enl. Oct. 17, 64;\\nmust, in Oct. 17, 64, as priv.; app. Corp.; must, out\\nOct. 31, 65, Jacksonville, Fla. Died Dec. 8, 91, Man-\\nchester.\\nMISCELLANEOUS ORGANIZATIONS.\\nNew Hampsliirc Men Wiio SciAfJ in United States Army, Llnited States Volunteers, and in Organiza-\\ntions triiin Other States.\\n.\\\\tkinson, Robert. Co. D, 20 Mass. inf.; b. Manchester,\\nFvUg.; age 23; res. Nashua; enl. Sept. 4, 61, for 3\\nyrs.; must, in Sept. 4, 61, as priv.; disch. to date\\nSept. I, 62. P. O. ad., .\\\\mherst.\\nAtlierton, Henry B. Co. C, 4 Vt.; age 26; b. Cavendish,\\nVt.; must, in .Sept. 21. 61, as capt. Co. C; wd. at\\nLee s Mills, Va., Apr. 16, 62; must, out Aug. 12, 62.\\nP. O. ad., Nashua.\\nAdams, Daniel. Co. D, 59 Mass. inf.; age 26; res.\\nNashua, cred. Lawrence, Mass.; enl. Jan. 19, 64, for\\n3 yrs.; must, in Feb. 9, 64, as priv.; disch. disab.\\nMay 17, 65, Concord.\\nAdams, Franklin. Co. F 34 Mass. inf.; age 25; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 4, 62, for 3 yrs.; must, in Aug. 5,\\n62, as priv.; disch. disab. June 8, 65.\\nBarnes, George W. Co. B, 5 inf., Mass. vol. militia; b.\\nNashua; age 18; res. Litchfield; enl. Sept. 19, 62, for\\n9 mos; must, in .Sept. 19, 62, as priv.; must, out July\\n2, 63.\\nBatchelder, Stephen. Co. G, 33 Mass. inf.; age 36; res.\\nNashua; enl. July 14, 62, for 3 yrs.; must, in Aug. 5,\\n62, as priv.; disch. disab. Mar. 10, 64. Died Mar.\\n26, 64.\\nI .laisdell, Lorenzo C. Co. B, 12 Mass. inf.; b. Boston,\\nMass.; age 48; res. Nashua; enl. June 26, 61, for 3\\nyrs.; must, in June 26, 61, as priv.; re-enl. Jan. 5, 64;\\ncred. Boston, Mass.; tr. to U. S. navy .\\\\pr. 19, 64, as\\nan ord. seaman; served on V. S. S. Alleghany,\\nNew Hampshire, and Patapsco no record after\\nDec. 31, 64.\\nBohanon. John. Co. B, 6 inf., Mass. vol. militia; b.\\nBrookline age 20; res. Brookline enl. July 7, 64,\\nfor 100 days must, in July 17, 64, as priv.; must, out\\nOct. 27, 64, tm. ex. P. O. ad., Nashua. See 16 N. H. V.\\nBoutelle, James E. Co. G, i Mass. cav.; b. Hancock age\\n40; res. Nashua; enl. Sept. 23, 61, for 3 yrs.; must,\\nin Sept. 25, 61, as priv.; disch. disab. Apr. 27, 63.\\nDied Nov. 24, 76, Concord.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0408.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n3S7\\nKowers, Horace vS. Co. H, 23 Mass. inf.; I). Hancock; age\\n21 res. Hancock; enl. Sept. 11, 61, for 3 yrs.; must.\\nin Sept. 28, 61. as corp. Died. (lis. Feb. 28, 62,\\nNashua.\\nUrackett, Clarence Co. E, 17 VI. inf.; b. Xashua aj;e\\n24; res. Antrim, cred. Barre, Vt.; enl. Mar. 25, 64,\\nfor 3 yrs.; must, in .\\\\pr. 12, 64, as Corp.; app. sergt.;\\nvvd. and captil. Sept. 30, 64; par. Mar. 10, 65; discli.\\nJune 7, 65. T. O. ad.. Chelsea, Mass. See 2 X. H. V.\\nHiadley, Michael. Co. I), 16 Mass. inf.; b. Longford, Ire.;\\nage 22; res. Na.shua; enl. July 12, 61. for 3 vrs.;\\nmust, in July 12, 61, as priv.; wd. Mav 12, 64; must.\\nout July 27, 64, tni. ex.\\nHrennan, Patrick. Co. D, 12 Iowa inf.; b. Ireland age\\n22; res. Nashua; enl. Oct. 3, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in\\nOct. 26, 61, as priv.; captd. \\\\\\\\i\\\\. 6, 62, Shiloh, Tenn.;\\nreleased app. corp. Sept. i, 63; re-enl. Sept. 25, 63;\\nreduced to ranks Oct. 15, 64; app. corp. June i, 65;\\nmust, out Jan. 20, 66, Memphis, Tenn.\\nlUirke, Ceorge i unattached C()., Mass. cav.; 1).\\nNashua; age 19; res. Nashua; enl. Sept. 30, 61, for\\n1 yr.; must, in Sept. 30, 61, as .saddler; disch. disab.\\nJune 28, 62, New Orleans, I,a. P. O. ad., .^cworth.\\nSee I N. H. V.\\nHurgess, James 1,. Co. B, 56 Mass. vol.; b. Hrookline\\nres. Harvard, Mass.; age 25; cred. Harvard; enl. Nov.\\n25, 1S63 must, in Feb., 64, as priv.; wd. May 18, 64,\\nat Spotsylvania courthouse, a.; must, out at Wash-\\nington, D. C, May 18, 65, tin. ex. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nBrown, Cjcorge. Co. D; 13 Mass. inf.; substitute; b. St.\\nJohn, N. B.; age 27; res. Nashua, cred. Eastham,\\nMass.; enl. July 27, 63, for 3 yrs.; must, in July 27,\\n63, as priv.; wd.; tr. to Co. H, 39 Mass. inf., July 13,\\n64; to Co. H, 32 Mass. inf.; disch. wds., June 13, 65.\\nCare\\\\-, John J. Co. D, 16 Mass. inf.; b. Kerry, Ire.; age\\n21; res. Nashua; enl. July 12, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in\\nJuly 12, 61, as priv.; app. corp. Mar. i, 64; w-d. May\\n6, 64; must, out July 27, 64, tm. ex.\\nCliandler, George H. Band, 11 Mass. inf.; b. Nashua;\\nage 23 res. New Boston enl. June 27, 61, for 3 yrs.;\\nmust, in Aug. 3, 61, as muse; disch. Aug. 8, 62.\\nSupposed identical with George H. Chandler, Co. I),\\n18 N. H. V.\\nCochran, James A. Co. K, 2T0 I a. inf.; b. New Boston;\\n3ge 30; res. Nashua enl. Sejit. 9, 64, for i yr.; must,\\nin Sept. 9, 64, as priv.; must, out May 30, 65, near\\nAlexandria, Va. Died May 28, 86, Hudson.\\nCochrane, William H. I). U. S. V.; b. North Clielms-\\nford, Mass.; age 23; res. Goffstown app. capt., .-V.\\nq. m., Feb. 27, 63; assigned to duty July, 64, as div.\\nc|. m., 1 div., 9 a. c, with rank and pay of maj.; tr. to\\nheadquarters 9 A. C. Sept. i, 64; to I div. 2 A. C,\\nNov. I, 64 disch. June 15, 66. Bvt. It. col. to date\\nMar. 13, 65, for faithful and meritorious services dur-\\ning the war. On duty as quartermaster s clerk, 2 div.,\\n2 corps, Aug. 20, 61, to Aug. 24, 62, from date disch.\\nfrom I N. H. V., to date app. in 10 N. H. P. O.\\nail., Nashua. See i and 10 N. H.\\nColby, Cyrus Portei. Co. B, 3 Mass. cav.; b. Sandown\\nage 20; res. Nashua, cred. Boston, Mass.; enl. Mar.\\n17, 64, for 3 yrs; must, in Mar. 17. 64, as priv.; disch.\\nJune 10, 65, Readville, Mass. P. O. ad., Milford. See\\n7 N. II. V.\\nConner, John. Co. D, 5 Vt. inf.; res. Nashua; enl. Aug.\\n13. 6r, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept. i6, 61, as priv.; re-\\nenl. Dec. 15, 63; app. Corp.; wd. May 10, 64; must.\\nout June 29, 65.\\nCox, William. Co. E. i Mass. H. art.; b. Concord, Mass.;\\nage 43; res. Xashua; cred. Lowell, Mass.; enl. Aug.\\n6, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in Aug. 6, 64, as priv.; disch.\\nJune 4, 65.\\nCoburn, Horace G. Unas d 22 Mass. inf.; b. Windham\\nage 48; res. Xashua; enl. Sept. 25, 62, for 3 yrs.;\\nmust, in Sept. 25, 62, as priv.; tr. to i Co., Mass.\\nsharpshooters; disch. disab. Mar. 11, 63. SeeV. R. C.\\nDamon, Willard. Co. E, 3 Mass. H. art.; age 27, res.\\nNashua; enl. June 24, 63, for 3 yrs.; must, in Aug.\\n27, 63, as priv.; must, out .Sept. 18, 65.\\nDane, Hiram. Co. G, 2 Mass. inf.; b. Westford, Mass.;\\nage 21; res. Nashua; enl. May 25, 6r, for 3 yrs.;\\nmust, in May 25. 61, as priv.; disch. disab. June 23, 62.\\nDavis, Henry Clinton. Co. A, 18 Conn, inf.; b. (ioffstown;\\nage 26; res. Nashua; app. capt. Aug. 8, 62 must, in\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\ug. 18, 62, for 3 yrs.; captd. June 15, 63, Winches-\\nter, Va.; par. Dec. 10, 64; disch. Apr. 17, 65. Died\\nDec. 6, 78, Nashua.\\nDustin, Eben S. Co. A, 2 Mass. inf.; b. Nashua; age 19;\\nres. Xashua; enl. May 25, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in May\\n25, 61, as priv.; wd. and died wds. Sept. 17, 62,\\n.Antietam, Md.\\nEayres, William B. Co. C, 20 Mass. inf.; age 28; res.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 3. 62. for 3 yrs., as priv.; disch.\\ndisab. Dec. 17, 63.\\nEayrs, Winslow P. Co. C, 19 Mass. inf.; substitute; b.\\nNashua; age 28; res. Nashua, cred. Beverly. Mass.;\\nenl. Aug. I, 63, for 3 yrs.; must, in .\\\\ug. i, 63, as\\npriv.; disch. Dec. 12, 63.\\nElliott, .\\\\ugustus S. Co. A 42 inf., Mass. vol. militia\\nb. Mont. Vernon; age 20; res. Nashua; cnl. July 12,\\n64, for 100 da\\\\-s must, in July 14, 64. as priv.; must.\\nout Nov. II, 64. Supposed identical with ,S. Augustus\\nElliott, Co. A, 8 N. H. V.\\nEmerson, Edward M. U. S. V.; b. Nashua; age 19; res.\\nNashua; app. capt., commissar) subsistence. May 8,\\n63; appointment revoked Feb. 4, 64. Died -Aug. 12,\\n66, New Orleans, La. .See 6 N. H.\\nEstey, George P. 14 Ohio inf.; b. Xashua; age 32; It.\\ncol. 14 Ohio vol. inf. .\\\\pr. 24, 61 must, out Aug. 13,\\n61 It. col. 14 Ohio vol. inf., Aug. 16, 61 col., July\\n17, 62; wd. Nov., 63. Lookout Mountain. Tenn.; wd.\\nJonesboro, Sept. 1, 64; must, out July 7. 65. Died\\nFeb. 6, 91, X ew Vork.\\nFew, Robert. Co. D, 5 Me. inf.; b. Nashua; age 25; res.\\nNashua; enl. May 2, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in June 24.\\n61, as priv.; disch. July 27, 64, Portland, Me. tm. ex.\\nF ifield, Rodney. Co. C, 2 Mass. cav.; b. Weare; age 31\\nres. Nashua, cred. Barre, Mass.; enl. Mar. 31. 64. for\\n3 yrs.; must, in Mar. 31, 64, as priv. Died I cb. 25,\\n65, Winchester, Va.\\nF isher, James H. Co. II, 16 Mass. inf.; b. Woodstock,\\nVt.; age 21 res. Nashua enl. June 29, 61, for 3 yrs.;\\nmust, in June 29, 61, as priv.; must, out July 27, 64,\\ntm. ex.\\nI lood, Thomas. Co. B, 22 Mass. inf.; b. Concord, Mass.;\\nage 18; res. Nashua; enl. Sept. 26, 61, for 3 yrs.;\\nmust, in Oct. 26, 61. as priv.; wd. Dec. 13, 62; disch.\\ndisab. Feb. 17, 63. P. O. ad., Xashua.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0409.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": ":,8.s\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nI oster, Charles W. 14 battery, Mass. L. art.; b. Johnson,\\nVt.; age 20; res. Nashua; cred. Taunton, Mass.; enl.\\nJan. 27, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in Feb. 27, 64, as priv.;\\nmust, out Juue 15, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nFoster, John -G. V. S.:A.; b. Whitefield; aRe 24; res.\\nNashua; Cadet Military academy; bvt. 2 It. engi-\\nneers July I, 46; app. 2 It. May 24, 48; i It. .\\\\pr. i,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a054; capt. July I, 60; brig.-gen., U. S. V., Oct. 23, 61;\\nmaj.-gen. V. S. V., July 18, 62; maj. engineers, U. S.\\nA., Mar. 3, 63; disch. from t S. V. Sept. i, 65;\\napp. It.-col. engineers U. S. A., Mar. 7, 67. Bvt. i It.\\nU. S. A., Aug. 20, 47, for gallant and meritorious con-\\niluctat Contreras and Churubusco bvt. capt., U. vS.\\nA., Sept. 8, 47, for gallant and meritorious conduct at\\nMoliuo del Rey bvt. maj. V. S. A., Dec. 26, 60, for\\ndistinguished part taken in the transfer of the garri-\\nson of Ft. Moultrie to Ft. vSumter, S. C; bvt. It.-col.\\nr. S. A., Feb. 8, 62, for gallant and meritorious ser-\\nvice in the capture of Roanoke Isl., N. C; bvt. col.\\nI S. A., Mar. 12, 62; for gallant and meritorious\\nservice in the capture of New Berne, N. C; bvt. brig.-\\ngen., V S. A., Mar. 13, 65, for gallant and meritori-\\nous service in the capture of Savannah, Ga.; bvt.\\nmaj.-gen. V S. A., Mar. 13, 65, for gallant and meri-\\ntorious service in the field during the war. Died\\nSept. 2. 74, Nashua.\\nFreeman, John. 15 battery, Mass. L. art.; age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. Jan. 18, 63, for 3 yrs.; must, in Feb. 17,\\n63, as priv.; disch. Feb. 26, 63.\\nI rench, George H. Co. B, 12 Mass. inf.; b. Epping; age\\n21 res. Nashua; enl. June 26, 61, for 3 yrs.; must in\\nJune 26, 61, as sergt.; app. sergt.-maj.; 2 It. Sept. 11,\\n62; I It. Dec. 21, 62; wd. sev.; disch. Oct. 28, 63.\\nFrench, Orrin. Co. C, 15 Mass. inf.; b. Nashua; age 18;\\nres. Brookline, cred. Dartmouth, Mass.; enl. Mar. 15,\\n64, for 3 yrs.; must, in Mar. 15, 64, as priv.; tr. to\\nCo. E, 20 Mass. inf., July 27, 64; captd. Died Jan. i,\\n65, .Salisbury. N. C.\\nGay, Ebenezer. W ,S. A.; b. New Hampshire; res.\\nNashua; Cadet Military academy. Bvt. 2 It. i dra-\\ngoons July I, 55; app. 2 It. 2 dragoons July i, 55; i\\nIt. Mar. 31, 61 capt. 16 inf. May 14, 61 tr. to 34 inf.\\nSept. 21, 66; app. maj. 17 inf. Sept. 16, 67; dismissed\\nJune 3, 69; reinstated Jan. 24, 70, as maj. inf.; disch.\\nJan. I, 71. Bvt. maj. Oct. 8, 62, for gallant and meri-\\ntorious services at the battle of Perr\\\\ ville, Ky.; bvt.\\nIt.-col. Sept. I, 64, for gallant and meritorious ser-\\nvices during the Atlanta campaign.\\nGilson, Andrew I. Co. F, 5 Conn, inf.; res. Nashua; enl.\\nJune 21, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in July 22, 61, as priv.;\\napp. asst. surg. Jan. 26, 63; wd. July 20, 64, Peach\\nTree Creek, Ga.; must, out July ig, 65.\\nGrandam, Christopher. Co. C, 16 Mass. inf.; b. Suther-\\nland, Scot.; age 23; res. Nashua enl. July 2, 61, for\\n3 yrs.; must, in Jul)^ 2, 61, as priv.; des.; appreh.;\\ntr. to Co. E, II Mass. iuf. July 11, 64; disch. June 5,\\n65. See state service.\\nGreeley, F^dwin S. Co. C, 10 Conn, inf.; res. Nashua;\\napp. I It. Aug. 31, 61 must, in Oct. 22, 61, for 3 yrs.;\\napp. capt. Co. A, Apr. 25, 62; maj. Mar. 14, 63; It.-\\ncol. Sept. 7, 64; col. Feb. 16, 65; must, out Aug. 25,\\n65. Brev. brig.-gen., U. S. V., Mar. 13, 65.\\nGreeley, William V. 11 inf., V. S. A.; b. Nashua; age 30;\\nres. Nashua app. i It. Aug. 5, 61 resigned May 30,\\n65. P. O. ad., Boston, Mass. See i N. H. V.\\nGreenwood, Calvin W. Co. I, 26 Mass. inf.; b. Perkins-\\nville, Vt.; age 18; res. Nashua; enl. Oct. 8, 6r, for 3\\nvrs.; must, in Oct. 8, 61, as muse; re-enl. Jan. 5, 64\\ncred. I^owell, Mass.; must, out Aug. 26, 65. P. O.\\nad., Nashua.\\nGriffin, John. Co. E, 14 Conn, inf.; res. Nashua; enl.\\nJune 4. 62, for 3 yrs.; must, in .^ug. 20, 62, as priv.;\\napp. Corp. Jan. 24, 65 must, out May 31, 65.\\nGuild, John H. Read s Co., 3 Mass. cav.; age 23; res.\\nNashua; enl. Oct. 30, 61, for 3 j rs.; must, in Oct. 30,\\n61, as priv.; disch. Nov. 26, 64.\\nHamilton, Henry E. Co. M, i Mass. cav.; age 25; res.\\nNashua enl. Sept. 17, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept. 23,\\n61, as priv.; must, out .Sept. 24, 64, as of Co. M, 4\\nMass. cav.\\nHayden, George A. Co. H, 23 Mass. inf.; age 18; res.\\nNashua enl. Sept. 9, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept. 28,\\n61, as priv.; disch. disab. Nov. 29, 62.\\nHeintz, Christian. Co. K, 35 Mass. inf.; b. Strasbourg,\\nF rance age 29; res. Nashua, cred. Palmer, Mass.;\\nenl. June 7, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in June 7, 64. as\\npriv. Died, wds. Aug. 3, 64, Washington, D. C.\\nHunter, Charles W. Co. K, i Mass. H. art.; b. Nashua;\\nage 18; res. Nashua; enl. July 29, 62, for 3 yrs.;\\nmust, in July 29, 62, as priv.; must, out July 8, 64.\\nHunter, George V Co. K, i Mass. H. art.; b. Nashua\\nage 18; res. Nashua; enl. July 29, 62, for 3 yrs.;\\nmust, in July 29, 62, as priv.; killed June 16, 64,\\nSpottsylvania, Va.\\nHutchinson, Anion. Co. H, 20 Conn, inf.; res. Nashua;\\nenl. .^ug. 30, 62, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept. 8, 62, as\\npriv.; app. corp. Sept. 4, 63; must, out June 13, 65.\\nLangdell, William. Co. i batfl, 14 inf.; I S. A.; b.\\nNashua; age 20; res. L,yndeborough enl. Aug. 30,\\n6[, for 3 yrs., as priv.; app. sergt.; captd. Mays, 64,\\nWilderness, Va. Died dis. .Sept. 25, 64, .\\\\nderson-\\nville, Ga. See 1 N. H. V.\\nLewis, George F. Co. Ct, 4 Mass. cav.; b. L,} nn, Mass.;\\nage 18, res. Nashua; cred. Chelsea, Mass.; enl. Jan.\\n16, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in Jan. 27, 64, as priv.; di.sch.\\nto date .\\\\ug. 18, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua,\\nl.owney, Dennis. Co. D, 16 Mass. inf.; b. Cork, Ire.; age\\n17; res. Nashua; enl. July 12, 61, for 3 yrs. must, in\\nJuly 12, 61, as priv.; must, out July 27, 64, tm. ex.\\nLund, Henr) O. Co. L, 3 Mass. cav.; age 21 res. Nashua\\nenl. Oct. 23, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in Oct 23, 61, as\\nCorp.; disch. disab. Apr. 3, 62, as priv.\\nMf ck, Oscar Addison. Art. F. .S. A.; b. Nashua; age 22;\\nres. Gilsum Cadet Jlilitary academy. Bvt. 2 It. 3\\nart. July I, 50; app. 2 It. 4 art. Jan. 9, 51 i It. Feb.\\n14, 56 captd. 13 inf. May 14, 6r maj. 9 inf. June 19,\\n66; unas d Mar. 15, 69; assigned to i inf. Dec. 15,\\n70; app. It.-col 21 inf. Dec. 15, 74. Bvt. maj. Sept.\\n10, 61, for gallant service at the battle of Carnifex,\\nFerry, Va.; bvt. It.-col. Dec. 31, 62, for gallant and\\ndistinguished service atthe battleof Murfreesborough,\\nTenn.; bvt. col. Mar. 13, 65, for gallant and meritori-\\nous service during the war. Died Oct. 22, 76, Bruns-\\nwick, Mo.\\nMarsh, Eli C. U. S. b. Sunderland, Mass.; age 46;\\nres. Clareniont enl. Aug. 5, 64, as hosp. steward\\ndisch. Dec. 8, 65, Philadelphia, Pa. Died Oct. 7, 82,\\nNashua. See i N. E. cav.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0410.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n389\\nMcDerniott, James. Co. C, 11 Mass. inf.; h. Ireland age\\n18; res. Xasliua, cred. Cambridge, Mass.; enl. Mar 22,\\n64, for 3 yrs.; must, in Mar. 22, 64, as priv.; reported\\non m. o. roll dated July 14, 65, as absent sick. N. f.\\nr. A. G. Mass.\\nMcDonald, John, 2 1. Co. K, 4 Mass. inf.; b. (ilasgow,\\nScot.; age 25; res. Nashua, cred. Rehoboth, Mass.;\\nenl. .\\\\ug. 17, 64, for I yr.; must, in .Xug. 18, 64. as\\npriv.; disch. July 30, 65.\\nMessenger, William F. Co. 28 Mass. inf.; b. Chenango\\ncounty, X. V.; age 18; res. Nashua, cred. Hrookline,\\nMass.; enl. Mar. 21, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in Mar. 21,\\n64, as priv.; wd. Died Sept. 24, 64, Petersburg, Va.\\nMiles, James. Co. i Mass. inf.; b. I^ondon, Eng.; age\\n23; res. Nashua; enl. May 23, 61, for 3 rs.; must,\\nin May 23, 61, as priv.; app. sergt. .\\\\pr. i, 64 must.\\nout May 25, 64, tm. ex.\\nMorey, Norman E. Co. 3 l. inf.; res. Nashua; enl.\\nKeb. 20, 62, for 3 yrs.; must, in .\\\\pr. 12, 62, as priv.;\\nre-enl. Mar. 27, 64; app. corp. Sept. 30, 64; reduced\\nto ranks Apr. 3, 65 app. corp. May 23, 65 must,\\nout July II, 65. Supposed identical with Norman E.\\nMorey, Co. K, i N. H. V.\\nMorrill, John \\\\V. Co. H, 20 Mass. inf.; age 21 res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 29, 5i, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept.\\n29, 61, as priv.; killed May 6, 64, Wilderness, a.\\nNott, Richard. Co. A, 14 Mass. inf. (became i Mass. H.\\nart.); age 22 res. Nashua enl. July 5, 61, for 3 yrs.;\\nmust, ill July 5, 61, as priv.; re-enl. Nov. 6, 63 cred.\\nCambridge, Mass.; disch. disab. June 27, 65.\\nNoyes, Francis Gardner. Com. sub. l S. vols.; b. Nashua\\nage 27; res. Clinton, la.; com. It. -col. and A. D. C,\\nMay 10, 61, on staff of S. J. Kirkwood, Gov. of Iowa,\\nand assigned to duty in adjt.-gen. s office organiz-\\ning troops for U. S. service com. capt. and C. ,S. Nov.\\n26, 62, by Pres. IJncoln wd. Ft. Esperanza, Tex.,\\nI eb. 10, 64; assigned to duty by Pres. U. S. A., Mar.,\\n1865, as chief C. S. of 13th army corps, with rank of\\nIt. -col.; bvt. niaj. Mar. 13, 65, for gallant and merito-\\nrious .services during the war; hon. disch. Nov. 9, 65.\\nP. O. ad., Nashua.\\nNoyes, George H. Surgeon 2 la. cav.; b. Nashua; age\\n30; res. Clinton, la., cred. Clinton. la.; app. asst.\\nsurg. 2 la. cav. Sept. 10, 61 must, in Sept. ig, 61\\nsurg. 2 la. cav. June 9, 62; must. out. Sept. 19. 65.\\nDied, Nashua, Dec. 10, 81.\\nO Brien, William J. Co. I, 24 Mass. inf.; b. Boston, Mass.;\\nage 19; res. Nashua; enl. Sept. 23, 61, for 3 yrs.;\\nmust, in Sept. 23, 61, as sergt.; re-enl. Jan. 2, 64;\\ncred. Cambridge, Mass.; app. i sergt.; i It. Oct. 14,\\n64; not, must, as i It.; app. capt. Co. F, Oct. 15, 64;\\nmust, out Jan. 20, 66. See i N. H. V.\\nOsborn, John E. 7 unattached Co., inf., Mass. vol.\\nmilitia; b. Weymouth. Mass.; age 22; res. Nashua;\\nenl. May 4, 64, for 90 days; must, in May 4, 64. as\\npriv.; must, out Aug. 5, 64. See i N. H. H. art.\\nParker, John P. E. T nattached Co., 7 Mass. vol. militia;\\nb. Brookline age 23; res. Nashua, cred. Boston, Mass.;\\nenl. May 4, 64; must, out -\\\\ug. 2, 64. P. O. ad.,\\nBoston, Mass.\\nPeacock, Alonzo A. Co. K, 4 Mass. H. art.; b. Ilollis;\\nage 2, T res. Nashua, cred. Rehoboth, Mass.; enl.\\nAug. 64, for i yr.; must, in .\\\\ug. iS. 64. as priv.;\\ninu.st. out June 17, 65.\\nPiper, Edwin A. Co. B, 28 Mass. inf.; b. Nashua; age 18;\\nres. Nashua, cred. Wendell, Mass.; enl. Apr. i, 64,\\nfor 3 yrs.; must, in Apr. i, 64,88 priv.; killed May\\n12, 64, Spotlsylvania, Va.\\nPutnam, George F. Co. G, 3 inf., Mass. vol. militia age\\n18; res. Nashua; enl. Apr. 16. 61, for 3 mos.; must,\\nin Apr. 23, 61, as priv.; disch. July 22, 61.\\nParrish, Thomas D. Co. F, 26 Mass. inf.; b. Charlestown;\\nage 20; res. Claremont enl. Oct. 14, 61, for 3 yrs.;\\nmust, in Oct. 14, 61, as priv.; re-enl. Jan. 5, 64 cred.\\nLawrence, Mass.; app. sergt. Jan. 5, 64 i sergt. July\\n2, 65; must, out .\\\\ug. 26, 65. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nRandlett, James F. 39 inf., U. S. A.; b. Newmarket; age\\n32; res. Nashua; app. capt. June 6, 67; unas d .\\\\pr.\\n20, 69; assigned to 8 cav. Dec. 15, 70; app. maj. 9\\ncav. July 5, 86; It.-col. Oct. 14, 96; ret. W S. A.,\\nDec. S, 96. P. O. ad., Washington, D. C. .See N.\\nII. V.\\nReynolds, Thomas W Co. D., 1 Mass. inf.; b. Boston,\\nMass.; age 21 res. Nashua; enl. May 22, 61, for 3\\nyrs.; must, in May 24, 61, as priv. Died dis. .\\\\ug. 5,\\n62, Harrison s Landing, Va.\\nRobbins, Alfred J. Co. C, 12 Mass inf.; b. Nashua; age\\n28; res. Nashua; enl. July 8, 61, for 3 yrs.; must,\\nin July 8, 61, as priv.; disch. disab. Feb. 3, 63.\\nRobbins, Isaiah, Jr. i unattached Co., Mass. cav. (became\\nRead s Co., 3 Mass. cav.); b. Surry; age 22; res.\\nKeene enl. Sept. 27, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept.\\n27, 61, as Corp.; disch. disab. July 15, 62, New\\nOrleans, La. P. O. ad., Nashua. .See 5 N. H. V.\\nRol)inson, Thomas. Co. G, 21 Mass. inf.; b, Epsom; age\\n21; res. Nashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 21, 61, for 3 yrs.; mu.st.\\nin .-Vug. 23. 61, as ])riv.; re-enl. Jan. i, 64; cred.\\nHolden, Mass.; tr. to Co. K, 36 Mass. inf.; to Co. E,\\n56 Mass. inf.; must, out July 12, 65.\\n.Sabine, Caleb. Co. B, 3 Vt. inf.; res. Nashua; enl. June\\nI, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in July 16. 61, as corp.; disch.\\nMar. 14, 63.\\n.Seavey, Fayette G. Co. C, 21 N. V. inf.; b. Nashua; res.\\nNashua; enl. May 12, 61, for 2 yrs.; must, in May 12,\\n61, as priv.; must, out May 18, 63. Supposed identi-\\ncal with Fayette G. Seavey, U. .S. navy.\\n.Shaw, Elijah Morrill. Co. F. i Me inf.; b. Kensington;\\n3gs 35; res. Lawrence, Mass.; enl. .A.pr. 28, 61 must.\\nin Apr. 28, as 2 It.; i It. and adjt. Oct. 3, 61 capt. Co.\\nH, Mar. 2, 63; must, out May 8, 63. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nSmart, Martin. Co. D. 2 R. I. cav.; age 21; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Dec. 17, 62, for 3 yrs.; must, in Dec. 24, 62, as\\npriv.; captd. Mar. 26, 63, Baton Rouge, La.; confined\\nas a deserter May 16. 63, Richmond, Va.; while in\\nhands of the enemy he voluntarily stated that he en-\\nlisted for the purpose of getting to the South, and\\ntook oath of allegiance to the Confederate states and\\nwas recommended for enlistment in the nav) par.\\nJune 13, 63, as a prisoner of war; sent to Camp\\nParole, Md., June 22, 63, from College Green bar-\\nracks, Md. N. f. r. A. G. O.\\nSmith, George J. Co. H, 5 R. I. H. art.; age 42; res.\\nNashua; enl. Nov. 16, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in Dec. 16,\\n61, as Corp.; disch. disab. May 7, 63, New Berne, N.C.\\nSnow, George. Co. D, 2 Mass. inf.; b. Orleans, Mass.;\\nage 24; res. Nashua; enl. May 25, 61. for 3 yrs.;\\nmust, in May 25, 61, as sergt.; disch. Oct. 2, 62.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0411.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H\\nSpaulding, George B. Co. D, 13 Mass. inf.; b. Tewks-\\nbury, Mass.; age 23; res. Nashua; eul. Apr. 30, 61,\\nfor 3 yrs.; must, in July 16, 61, as Corp.; must, out\\nAug. I, 64, tm. ex.\\nStaples, AlvahH. Co. H, 4 Me. inf.; b. Temple. Me.; age\\n18; res. Nashua; enl. Oct. 11, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in\\nNov. 9, 61, aspriv.; disch. disab. Dec. 7, 62, Arling-\\nton, Va.\\nStaples, Hiram. Co. A. 25 Mass. inf.; age 20, res. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. 14, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept. 14, 5i, as\\npriv.; tr. to I S. Signal corps Nov. 22, 63; di.sch.\\nOct. 29, 64, tm. ex.\\nSullivan, Michael S. Co. E, 20 Mass. inf.; age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. July 22, 61. for 3 yrs.; must, in July 22,\\n61, as priv.; \\\\vd. Oct. 21, 61, and Dec. n, 62; tr. to\\n48 Co.. 2 Iiatt l, I. C, Nov. 6, 63; disch. July 21, 64.\\ntm. ex.\\nSullivan, Timothy. Co. D, 16 Mass. inf.; b. Kerry, Ire.;\\nage 19; res. Nashua; enl. July 12, 61, for 3 yrs.;\\nmust, in July 12, 61, as priv.; must, out July 27, 64,\\ntm. ex.\\nSwett, Hartfonl S. Co. I), 23 Mass. inf.; b. Claremont;\\nage 24; res. Nashua; enl. Aug. 2, 62, for 3 j-rs.; must,\\nin Aug. 2, 62, as priv.; re-enl. Dec. 2, 63; cred. New\\nBedford, Mass.; must, out June 25, 65.\\nTaylor, James H. Co. H, 23 Mass inf.; age 19; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 5, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept.\\n28, 61, as sergt.; must, out Oct. 13, 64, as priv.\\nTenney, Whitney. Co. I, 2 Vt. inf.; drafted; b. Wind-\\nham, Vt.; age 27; res. Nashua, cred. Londonderrj-,\\nVt.; drafted July 31, 63, for 3 yrs.; must, in July 31,\\n63, as priv.; wd. May, 64, Wilderness, Va.; must, out\\nJuly 15, 65. See i N. H. V.\\nTowne, Archie C. Co. D, i Mass. cav.; age 22; res.\\nNashua; enl. Sept. 18, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in vSept.\\n19, 61, as priv. Died, dis. Nov. 5, 62, Hilton Head.\\nS. C.\\nTotman, George D. Co. G, 61 Mass. inf.; b. Nashua age\\n19; res. Auburn, cred. Shrewsbur3 Mass.; enl. Nov.\\n30, 64, for I yr.; must, in Nov. 30, 64. as priv.; disch.\\nJune 16, 65\\nTupper, Charles. Co. E, 4 Vt. inf.; res. Nashua; enl.\\nSept. 4, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in Sept. 21, 61, as sergt.;\\nreduced to ranks; app. corp. June 7, 64; must, out\\nSept. 30, 64.\\nTurrell, James L. Co. A, 26 Mass. inf.; b. Lowell, Mass.;\\nage 19; res. Nashua; enl. Oct. 7, 61, for 3 yrs.; must.\\ninOct. 7, 61, as priv.; re-enl. Jan. i, 64; cred. Lowell,\\nMass.; must. out. Aug. 26, 65.\\nWatson, Charles W. Co. F, 35 Wis. inf.; b. Nashua; age\\n16; res. Janesville, Wis.; enl. Feb. 25. 64; must, in\\nFeb. 27, 64, as priv.; must, out .\\\\pr. 14, 66. 1\\nad., Greenville, HI.\\nWhidden, George W. Co. G, i Mass. cav.; age 26; res.\\nNashua; enl. .Sept. 23, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in .Sept.\\n23, 61, as priv. Died Oct. 31. 64, tm. ex.\\nWhipple, George W. Co. E, 31 Me. inf.; b. Andover; age\\n35; res. Nashua, cred. vSherman, Me.; enl. Feb. 27.\\n64, for 3 yrs.; must. must, in Mar. 11, 64, as Corp.;\\nkilled June 3, 64, Danville, Va. See i N. H. V.\\nWhipple, William F. Co. A, 6 inf., Mass. vol. militia;\\nb. Nashua; age 18; res. Nashua; enl. July 12, 64, for\\n100 days; must, in July 15, 64, as priv.; must, out\\nOct. 27, 64, tm. ex.\\nWhitcomb, William W. Co. C, 11 Mass. inf.; b. Lowell,\\nJIass.; res. Nashua; enl. June 13, 61, for 3 yrs., as\\npriv.; app. Corp.; wd. sev. July 2, 63; disch. wds.\\nNov. 21, 63.\\nWhite, Caleb B. Co. H, 23 Mass. inf.; age 26; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Oct. 26, 61, for 3 yrs.; must, in Oct. 26, 61, as\\nCorp.; app. sergt. Dec. 19, 62; disch. Nov. 9. 63, to\\naccept promotion. See U. S. C. T.\\nWhittier. Horatio G.. Jr. Co. C, i inf., R. I. detached\\nmilitia; b. Nashua; age 28; res. Nashua; enl. Apr.\\n17, 61, for 3 mos.; must, in May 2, 61, as priv.;\\nmust. out. Aug. 2, 61, tm. ex.\\nWhittemore, Charles L. Co. E, 2 Mass. inf.; b. Nashua;\\nage 18; res. Charlestown, cred. Roxbury, Mass.; enl.\\nAug. 26, 64, for 3 yrs.; must, in Aug. 26, 64, as priv.;\\nmust, out July 14, 65.\\nWilkins, Irving G. Co. D, 26 Mass. inf.; b. Litchfield\\nage 20; res. Nashua, cred. Boston, Mass.; enl. Jan. 29,\\n64, for 3 yrs.; must, in Jan. 29, 64, as priv.; must.\\nout Vug. 26, 65. Supposed identical with Irving G.\\nWilkins, Co. E, i N. H. V., and Co. D, 8 N. H. V.\\nUNITED ST.ATES N.4VV.\\n-\\\\dams, Oliver, li. Nashua; age 27; enl. .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\ug. 5, 62, at\\nBoston, Mass., for t yr., as an ord. seaman served on\\nT^. S. S. Ohio and Ino disch. Sept. 12, 63, from\\nIno, tm. ex.\\n.Mien, Charles, b. Nashua; age 28; enl. May 8. 61, at\\nBoston, Mass., for 3 yrs., as an ord. seaman erved\\non U. S. S. Ohio and Bainbridge des. Oct. 25,\\n61, from Bainbridge; mark of desertion removed\\nby secretary of the navy, under act of congress of\\nAug. 14, 88, and a discharge issued to him bearing\\ndate of Oct. 25, 61.\\nAnderson, Charles. .Substitute; 1). Switzerland; age 22;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 25, 64, for 3 yrs., as coal\\nheaver; served on L. S. S. Vandalia, Colorado,\\nFlorida. and Pinta; disch. Aug. 24, 67, as 2\\nclass fireman, fiom receiving ship, Philadelphia, Pa.,\\ntm. ex.\\n.\\\\ver3-, Charles H. b. Nashua; age 23; enl. May 7. 61,\\nat Boston, Mass., for i yr., as a landsman; served on\\nV. .S. S. Ohio and .South Carolina; disch. Apr.\\n15, 62, from South Carolina; tm. ex.\\nBarker, .Stephen N. b. .\\\\ntrim; age 20; enl. in Co. C,\\n2ist regt. N. V. vols. Feb. 25, 1862, at Buffalo, N. V.,\\nfor the unexpired term of 2 yrs.; disch. at Buffalo, N.\\nv., May 18, 1863; re-enl. in V. S. navy at Buffalo,\\nJune 16, 1863; promoted to acting master mate June\\n29, 1863; promoted to acting ensign May 22, 1865;\\nserved on U. S. S. Fort Hindnian. Resigned at\\nBrooklyn navy yard Feb. 13, 1866. P. O, ad., Nashua.\\n;t\\nBaldwin, George b. Nashua; age 29; t [,s,.[ay 6, 5i,\\nat New York city, for i yr., as an ord. seaman disch.\\nJune 22, 6i, Washington, D. C.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0412.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n.^91\\nBanfieUl, William K. 1). I lavL-rhill age 24; res. Nashua;\\nenl. June 4, 61 at Porlsnioulli, for I yr., as a seaman;\\nserved on I S. S. Ohio; disch. disab. July 6, 61,\\nfrom Ohio, Hoston, Mass.\\nChase, William W. b. Nashua; age 24; enl. Dec. 7, 63,\\nat New York city, for i yr., as a seaman; served on\\nr. S. S. North Carolina and Metaconiet disch.\\nDec. 9, 64, as coxswain, from receiving ship, I hila-\\ndelphia, I a., tin. ex.\\nClifford, William. Substitute b. Scotland age 25; cred.\\nNashua enl. Dec. 7, 64, for 3 \\\\-rs., as 2 class fireman\\nserved on U. ,S. S. Vandalia, De .Soto, and\\nFahkee; tr. to receiving ship, Philadelphia, Pa.,\\nJune 24, 65; never reported. N. f. r., navj- dept.\\nCochran, James A. b. Nashua; age 27 res. Nashua; enl.\\nOct. 26, 61, at Boston, Mass., for 2 yrs., as an ord.\\nseaman; served on V S. S. Ohio, Quaker City,\\nand Wabash; disch. Nov. 30, 63, from receiving\\nship, Washington, D. C, tni. ex.\\nCochrane, Joseph N. b. New Boston age 35 res. Nashua;\\nenl. Aug. 26, 62, at Boston, Mass., for i vr., as a\\nlandsman; served on V S. S. Ohio, Princeton,\\nand Keystone State; disch. June 20, 63, from\\nKeystone State, tni. e.x.\\nCoggin. Frederick G. Regular officer; b. Nashua; age\\n24; res. Nashua; app. 3 asst. engineer Sept. 21, 61 2\\nasst. engineer July 30, 63; served on U. S. S. Saga-\\nmore; retired Jan. 5, 66. P. O. ad., Lake Linden.\\nMich. See r N. H. V.\\nDailey, James, b. Nashua; age 22; enl. Sept. 6, 61, at\\nBoston, Mass., for i yr. as an ord. seaman; served on\\nr. S. S. Ohio, and Ino disch. -\\\\ug. 7, 62, as a\\nlandsman, from Ino, tm. ex.\\nDailey, James, b. Nashua; age 23; enl. Aug. 20, 62, at\\nBoston, Mass., for i yr., as an ord. seaman; served on\\nU. S. S. Ohio and Princeton; last appears on\\nPrinceton s roll dated Dec. 31, 62. N. f. r. navv\\ndept.\\nDavis, Stilman S. Volunteer officer; b. Massachusetts;\\nres. New Hampshire app. acting asst. paymaster July\\nI. 64; served in Mississippi squadron; disch. Dec.\\n12, 65. Died May 26, 86, Nashua.\\nIiewey, Ephraini H. Volunteer officer; res. Nashua;\\napp. acting master s mate vSept. 17, 6[ acting en-\\nsign May I, 63; served on U. S. S. Quaker City;\\nresigned Dec. 11, 63.\\nl aiiner, Erwin. b. Nashua; age 28; enl. Jan. 19, 63, at\\nBoston, Mass., for i yr., a 2 class fireman; served on\\nU. S. S. Ohio and Sacramento; disch. Jan. 18,\\n64, from Sacramento, tm. ex.\\nFlanders, John k. b. Nashua; age 19; res. Nashua; enl.\\nF eb. 12, 63, at Boston, Mass., for i yr., as a lands-\\nman served on U. S. S. Ohio; disch. .\\\\pr. 28, 63,\\nfrom receiving ship, Boston, Mass. .Supposed identi-\\ncal with John A. Flanders, Co. F, i N. H. H. art.\\nI letcher, Henry A. b. Nashua; age 32; res. Amherst;\\nenl. Nov. ri, 61, at Charlestown, Mass., for 3 yrs., as\\na landsman; served on U. S. S. Ohio, Kittatin-\\nney, and Williaiu G. Anderson; disch. Dec. 18,\\n63, from Ohio. Died July 20, 67, .\\\\mherst.\\nloss, Edward, b. Nashua; age 21 enl. Oct. 6, 62, at\\nBoston. Mass., for i yr., as a landsman; served on V\\nS. S. Ihio; disch., unfit for the service. Dec. 2,\\n62, from Ohio, Boston, Mass. Supposed identical\\nwith Edward G. Foss, Co. B, 7 N. H. V., and V. R. C.\\nFoss, George H. Substitute; b. Nashua; age 16; enl.\\nNov. 17, 64, at Boston, Mass., for 2 yrs., as 2 class\\n1)oy; served on V. S. S. Ohio; disch., reduction\\nnaval force, Aug. 29, 65, from Ohio.\\nGallagher, Edward. Substitute; b. New York; age 32;\\ncred. Nashua; enl. Aug. 22, 64, at Portsmouth, for 3\\nyrs., as a seaman served on V. S. S. Vandalia and\\nColorado; disch. Sept. 7, 67, as capt. of lop, from\\nColorado, tm. ex.\\nGerard, Joseph, b. Nashua; age 21; enl. .\\\\ug. 7, 61, at\\nBoston, Mass., for i yr., as an ord. seaman; served on\\nU. S. S. Ohio and Fear Not; disch. Sejit. 17,\\n62, from Miami, tm. ex.\\nGreen, Charles F. b. Nashua; age 22; enl. June r8, 61,\\nat Boston, Mass., for 1 yr., as a seaman served on l\\nS. S. Ohio and Marion; disch. June 23, 62, from\\nMarion, tm. ex.\\nGreenwood, Walter, b. Nelson; age 36; cred. Nashua;\\nenl. .\\\\ug. 24, 64, for 3 yrs., as 2 class fireman served\\non U. S. S. Ohio and Massasoit; disch. disab.\\nJuly 14, 65, from hosp., Boston, Mass.\\nHarrington, Warren, b. Nashua; age 21; enl. Oct. 26,\\n61. at Boston, Mass., for 2 yrs., as an ord. seaman;\\nfailed to appear.\\nHolt, George R. Regular officer; b. New Ilamiishire;\\nres. Nashua; app. 3 asst. engineer Oct. r6, 61 2 asst.\\nengineer Aug. 3, 63; served on U. S. S. Aroostook,\\nTahoma. and Rhode Island; resigned May 4,\\n69. P. O. ad., Waynesborough. Pa.\\nHolbrook, Hiram If. b. Great l- alls; age 18; enl. Mar.\\nI, 64, at Portsmouth, for 3 yrs., as a landsman;\\nserved on U. S. S. Vandalia, .\\\\gawam, and Lan-\\ncaster disch. Mar. 18, 67, from Lancaster, tm. ex.\\nP. O. ad., Nashua.\\nHowe, George H. B. li. Nashua; age 23; cred. Ports-\\nmouth; enl. .\\\\ug. 23, 62, for i yr.. as an ord. .seaman;\\nserved on U. S. S. Ohio, Princeton, and New\\nIronsides; disch. Oct. 7, 63, as a seaman, from re-\\nceiving ship, Philadelphia, Pa., tm. ex.\\nHutchinson. Charles b. Nashua; age 34; enl. Nov. 2,\\n63, at Boston, Mass.. for i yr., as coal heaver; served\\non I S. S. Ohio. Dacotah, and Gettysburg;\\ndisch. disab. Oct. 15, 64, from hosp., Norfolk, Va.\\nKeyser, Walter .S. b. Wilmot; age 22; res. Nashua; enl.\\nMay 7. 61, at Boston, Mass., for i yr., as a landsman\\nserved on U. S. S. Ohio and South Carolina;\\ndisch. May 3, 62, as ship s cook, from South Caro-\\nlina, tm. ex.\\nLadd, Wesley J. b. Canaan, Vt.; age 24; res. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. i, 64, at Jersey City, N. J., for i yr., as 2\\nclass fireman served on U. S. S. Vermont. Pink,\\nand Potomac; disch. Nov. 17, 65, as 1 class fire-\\nman, from receiving ship, New York city.\\nLane, James, alias James Jordan, b. Ireland; age 20;\\nres. Nashua; enl. .\\\\ug. 11, 64, for i yr., as a lands-\\nman; served on F. S. S. North Carolina, Pem-\\nbina, and Potomac; disch. Aug. 12, 65, tm. ex.\\nP. O. ad., Gardner, Mass. See 8 N. H. V.\\nLee, John. b. Nashua; age 21 res. Nashua; enl. July i,\\n62, at Boston, Mass., for 3 yrs., as a seaman served\\non F. S. S. Ohio and Tioga; disch., reduction\\nnaval force, May 2, 65, from receiving ship, Ports-\\nmouth.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0413.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "39-\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nLeland, George W. Volunteer officer; b. Nashua; age\\n28; res. Nashua; enl. Mar. 20, 62, at Boston, Mass.,\\nfor 2 vrs., as a seaman; app. acting master s mate\\nNov. II, 63; served on U. S. S. Ohio, Lehigh,\\nand Daffodil; resigned Aug. 13, 64.\\nLeland, George \\\\V. b. Nashua; age 28; cred. Boscawen\\nenl. Dec. 13, 64, for 3 yrs., as a seaman; served on\\nU.S. S. Ohio, Connecticut, Princeton, and\\nShenandoah; disch. .4ug. 14, 68, as coxswain,\\nfrom Hartford, tm. ex.\\nLocke, James A. Substitute; b. Great Falls; age 18; cred.\\nNashua; enl. Aug. 22, 64, for 3 yrs., as an ord. sea-\\nman; served on U. S. S. Vandalia and Colo-\\nrado; disch. Sept. 7, 67, from Colorado, tm. ex.\\nLyon, William H. b. Nashua; age 30; enl. Sept. 11, 61,\\nat New Bedford, Mass., for 3 yrs., as an ord. seaman\\nserved on U. S. S. Ohio; disch. disab. Oct. 22, 61,\\nfrom Ohio, Boston, Mass.\\nMackres, Joseph, b. Nashua; age 24; enl. Jan. 23, 62,\\nat Boston, M.-iss., for 2 yrs., as a landsman served on\\nV. vS. S. Ohio and Vermont; disch. disab. Apr.\\n4, 62, as a seaman, from hosp., New York city.\\nMcEvoy, Patrick H. b. Nashua; age 21 enl. .Sept. 8, 62,\\nat Boston, Mass., for i yr., as a landsman served on\\nr. S. S. Ohio. N. f. r. navy dept.\\nMeriani, Frank B. Volunteer officer; b. Boston, Mass.;\\nres. Nashua; app. acting master Oct. 3r, 61; served\\non r. S. S. Madge and Norwich; resigned Oct.\\nII, 64. P. O. ad., West Atlanta, Ga.\\nNewton, Gilbert C. b. Nashua; age 24; enl. June 3, 61,\\nat Portsmouth, for i yr., as landsman served on I\\n,S. vS. Ohio and Guard disch. July 9, 62, from\\nPrinceton, tm. ex.\\n()lmstead, George A. Volunteer officer b. Tolland, Conn.;\\nage 34; res. Wakefield; app. acting master s mate\\nNov. 20, 62; served on U. S. S. T. A. Ward disch.\\n.\\\\ug. 24, 67. P. O. ad., Nashua. See 13 N. H. V.\\nParker, Edward E. b. Brookline age 21; cred. Brook-\\nline, res. Nashua; enl. Aug. 20, 63, at Boston, Mass.,\\nfor I yr., as a landsman served on l^. vS. S. Ohio\\nand V. S. brig Perry as yeoman; disch. Oct. 20,\\n64, tm. ex. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nPalmer, Oilman, b. Nashua; age 21 enl. Dec. 4, 60, at\\nBoston, Mass., for 3 yrs., as an ord. seaman rejected.\\nPratt, Charles W. Volunteer officer b. New Hampshire\\nres. Nashua; app. acting master Apr. 22, 62; served\\non U. .S. S. De Soto, Samuel Houston, and\\nNew Hampshire disch. Nov. 5, 65.\\nRicker, David P. b. Rochester age 24 res. Nashua\\nenl. .\\\\ug. 26, 62, for i yr.; as a landsman; served on\\nr. ,S, vS. Ohio, Princeton, and Lodona; tr,\\nfrom Lodona to Boston for discharge .\\\\ug. 29.\\n63. N. f. r. navy dept. See i N. H. V.\\nRobertson, George, b. Nashua; age 32; cred. Franconia;\\nenl. Mar. 7, 65, for 3 yrs., as an ord. seaman served\\non U. S. S. Ohio, Supply, and Macedonian;\\ndisch. disab. Oct. 30, 66, from hosp., Norfolk, Va.\\n.Smith, Amos. b. Nashua; age 40; res. Nashua; enl. June\\n12, 61, at Boston, Mass., for i yr., as an ord. seaman\\nserved on U. S. S. Ohio and Vincennes; disch.\\n-\\\\ug. 25, 62, from North Carolina, tm. ex.\\n.Smith. Amos. b. Nashua; age 43; enl. Sept. 11, 63, at\\nPortsmouth, for i 3 r., as a seaman served on U. S.\\nS. Ohio; disch. disab. June 30, 64, from receiving\\nship, Portsmouth.\\nSmith. Levi. b. Nashua; age 26; enl. .-Vug. 8, 63, at\\nPortsmouth, for i yr., as a landsman served on U. S.\\n,S. Ohio and Release; disch. Sept. 2, 64, from\\nreceiving ship, Philadelphia, Pa., tm. ex.\\nThornton, James S. Regular officer b. Merrimack; age\\n14; res. Nashua; app. midshipman Jan. 15, 41;\\npassed midshipman Aug. 20, 47 master May 7, 55\\nIt. Sept. 15, 55; It. commander July 16, 62; com-\\nmander July 25, 66; capt. May 24, 72; served on I\\nS. S. Ohio, Bainbridge, Hartford, and\\nKearsarge. Died May 14, 75, Germantown, Pa.\\nWallace, Bryant W. b. Brookline; age 21; res. Brook-\\nline cred. Brookline; enl. .^-Ug. 12, 62, for i yr., as a\\nlandsman; served on U. S. S. Ohio, North Caro-\\nlina, and Morse; disch. Aug. 14, 63, from\\nMorse, tm. ex. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nWallace, Joseph W. b. Nashua; age3o; enl. June 11, 61,\\nat Boston, Mass., for r yr., as a landsman served on\\nU. S. S. Ohio and Preble disch. Oct. 8, 62, as\\nmaster at arms, from Preble, tm. ex.\\nWhite, Russell, b. Newton, Mass.; age 25 res. Nashua;\\nenl. Sept. 17, 62, at Boston, Mass., for i yr., as a\\nlandsman; served on U. S. S. Lancaster and\\nCyane; disch. Nov. 30, 63, from receiving ship,\\nNorth Carolina. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\nWoodbury, Leander S. b. Nashua age 24 cred. South\\nReading, Mass.; enl. Sept. 10, 63, at Boston, Mass.,\\nfor I yr., as i class fireman; served on ,S. ,S.\\nOhio and .Sassacus; disch. Oct. 18, 64, from\\nSavannah, tm. ex.\\nWright, (ieorge L. b. Nashua; age 29; enl. .A.ug. 2, 61,\\nat Boston, Mass., for 2 yrs., as a seaman served on\\nU. S. S. Ohio, Key West, and Fernandina\\ndisch. Sept. l8, 63, as capt. of top, from Fernan-\\ndina, tm. ex.; re-enl. Oct. i, 63, at Portsmouth, for\\n3 yrs., as a seaman served on U. S. S. Ohio and\\nNiagara; disch., reduction naval force, Sept. 19,\\n65, as gunner s mate. Died Sept. 22, 85, Lowell,\\nMass.\\nWebster, Alljert. b. Hill; age 29; enl. Oct. 19, 60, at\\nBoston, Mass., for 3 yrs., as a seaman; served on V.\\nS. S. Ohio, Cumberland, and Rattler; disch.\\nNov. 8, 63, as quartermaster, from Rattler, tm.\\nex. P. O. ad., Nashua.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24sT", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0414.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "HISTORY Ol- NASHUA, N. H.\\nUNITHI) STATHS MARINH CORPS.\\n393\\nBlodgctt; Charles H. b. Nashua; age 23; enl. Oct. 21,\\n58, at Boston, Mass., for 4 yrs., as priv.; served on U.\\nS. S. Levant; dropped from rolls Jnl\\\\ i, 61, by\\nact of conj;ress, Levant lost.\\nWalker; Willard. b. Alstead age 23 res. Nashua; enl.\\nAug. 26, 61, for 4 yrs., as priv.; app. corp. Jan. 9, 63;\\nserved on I S. S. Portsmouth; discli. Sept. 4, 65,\\nBrooklyn, X. V., tin. ex. Died Jan. 17, 89, Nashua.\\nWebster, Edson H., alias Kdwin Webster, b. Chittenden\\ncounty, Vt.; age 19; res. Nashua; enL Aug. 22, 59,\\nat Boston, Mass., for 4 yrs., as priv.; served on U. S.\\nS. Cumberland and Mackinaw; disch. disab.\\nSept. 5, 64, Norfolk, Va. I O. ad.; Nashua. See q\\nN. H. V.\\nSTATE SERVICE.\\nAnisden, Eugene H. Milford volunteers; b. Nashua; age\\n19; res. Milford; enl. Apr. 22, 61, as priv.; disch.\\nJuly 12, 61, as of Capt. George Gillis s Co. See 8\\nN. H. V.\\nBeadley, Michael, b. Ireland; age 21 res. Nashua; enl.\\nMav 6, 61, by Joel Rhoades, as priv.; paid to June\\n17, 61.\\nBuckley, Michael. 1). Ireland; age 27; res. Nashua; enl.\\nMay 8, 61, by Joel H. Rhoades, as priv.; paid to June\\n12, 61. Supposed identical with Michael Buckley,\\nCo. B, 10 N. H. V.\\nBurnett, James, b. Lowell, Mass.; age 28; res. Nashua;\\nenl. May 7, 61, by Joel H. Rhoades, as priv.; paid to\\nJune 17, 61. I O. ad., Hudson. See 8 N. H. V.\\nButler, Augustus, b. Mo.sco, C. W.; age 24; res.\\nNashua; enl. May 6, 61, by Joel H. Rhoades, as\\npriv. No further record. See 4 N. H. V.\\nButler, Michael M. b. Mosco, C. E.; age 35; res.\\nNashua; enl. May 7, 61, by Joel H. Rhoades, as priv.\\nNo further record. Supposed identical with Mitchell\\nM. Butler, Co. B, 4 N. H. V.\\nCarey, James, b. Ireland; age 25; res. Nashua; enl. iMay\\n4, 61, by Joel H. Rhoades, as priv. No further reconl.\\nCarr, George D. b. Nashua; age 24; res. Nashua; enl.\\n.Apr. 22, 61, by Richard O. Greenleaf, as priv.; disch.\\nMay 20, 61; re-enl. May 20, 61, for 3 yrs.; paid to\\nJune 17, 61.\\nChaniberlin, George W. b. Peachnm, t.; age 43; res.\\nNashua; enl. May 3, 61, by Joel H. Rhoades, as priv.\\nNo further record.\\nCutter, James R. b. Hubbardston, Mass.; age 20; res.\\nNashua; enl. May 2, 61, by Joel H. Rhoades, as priv.;\\npaid to June 17, 61. See 3 N. H. V.\\nClifford, Frederick G. b. Lowell, Mass.; age 18; res.\\nNashua; enl. .\\\\pr. 19, 6r, by Richard O. Greenleaf,\\nas priv.; served 7 days. .See 4 N. H. V.\\nDempsey, John. b. Ireland; age 25; res. Nashua; enl.\\nMay 2, 61, by Joel H. Rhoades, as priv.; paid to June\\n17, 61.\\nDuples, Edgar, b. Sciota, N. V.; age 19; res. Nashua;\\nenl. .Apr. 22, 61, by Richard O. (ireenleaf, as priv.;\\nserved 3 days. See 3 N. H. V.\\nDrew, George H. Milford volunteers; b. Methuen, Mass.;\\nres. Milford enl. .\\\\pr. 25, 61, as priv.; elected sergt.\\nof Capt. George II. Gillis s Co. on or about June I2,\\n61 disch. July 12, 61. 1 O. ad., Nashua. See g N.\\nH. V.\\nEmerson, William 1). b. Johnson, t.; age 21; res.\\nNashua; enl. \\\\\\\\t\\\\-. 29, 61, by William V. CJreeley, as\\npriv.; paid to June 13, h\\\\.\\nGardner, James, b. at sea; age 22; res. Nashua enl. May\\n20, 61, by Joel H. Rhoades, as priv.; disch. June 13,\\n61.\\nGillis, George H. Milford volunteers; b. Nashua; age\\n25; res. Milford; enl. .Apr. 22, 61, as capt.; elected\\ncapt. of Capt. George H. Gillis s Co., June 11, or 12,\\n61 paid to July 12, 61 paid as\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It. of Capt. James\\nDavidson s Co. Aug. 19 to Oct. 21, 61; app. 2 It. in\\n.same company by governor, Oct. 22, 61 paid as i It.\\nto Nov. 21, 61; as it. to Mar. 31, 62; disch. Apr.\\nI, 62, as 2 It. P. O. ad., Boston, Mass. See 13 N.\\nH. V.\\nGrandani, Christopher, b. Scotland; age 23; res.\\nNashua; enl. May 3, 61, by Joel II. Rhoades, as priv.;\\nre-enl. May 9, 61, for 3 yrs.; assigned to Capt. Joshua\\nChapman s Co.; paid to June 17, 61. See miscel.\\norganizations.\\nHennessey, Peter, b. Kerry, Ire.; age 20; res. Nashua;\\nenl. .\\\\pr. 20, 61, by Richard O. Greenleaf, as priv.;\\nassigned to Capt. Joshua Chapman s Co.; paid to June\\n17, 61.\\nIlustus, George C. b. Rutland, Mass.; age 18; res. Nashua;\\nenl. May 8, 61, by Joel II. Rhoades, as priv. No\\nfurthur record.\\nLapham, James, b. New Brunswick age 30; res. Nashua;\\nenl. May 2, 61, by Joel H. Rhoades, as priv. No\\nfurther record. Supposed identical with James Lap-\\npan, Co. C, 9N. H. V.\\nLay. Charles, b. North .\\\\dams, age 26; res. Nashua;\\nenl. .\\\\pr. 22, 61, by Richard O. Greenleaf, as priv.;\\nserved 3 days. See 3 N. II. V.\\nLeach, Lyman, b. Bangor. Me.; age 26; res. Nashua;\\nenl. May 3, 61, by Joel H. Rhoades, priv. No further\\nrecord.\\nMahoney, Timothy, b. Ireland; age 25; res. Nashua;\\nenl. May 6, 61, l)y Joel M. Rhoades, as priv. No\\nfurther record.\\nMann, Charles W. b. Upton, Mass; age 25; res. Nashua;\\nenl. May 3, 61, by Joel H. Rhoades, as priv. No\\nfurther record. See 3 N. 11.\\nMcComb, James, b. Ireland; age 29; res. Nashua; enl.\\nMay 3, 61, by Joel H. Rhoades, as priv. No further\\nrecord. See 3 N. H. V.\\nMcGilvray, Charles H. Milford volunteers; b. Nashua;\\nres. Merrimack; enl. Apr. 25, 61, as priv.; disch.\\nJuly 13, 61, as of Capt. George H. Gillis s Co. P. O.\\nad., Newark, N. J. See i N. H. L. battery.\\nMcGowen, John. b. Ireland; age 35; res. Nashua;\\nenl. May 2, 61, by Joel H. Rhoades. as priv.; paid to\\nJune 12, 61. P. O. ad., Worcester, Mass. See 3\\nN. H. V.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0415.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "394\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA. N. H.\\nMillet, William F. b. South Andover, Mass.; age 24; res.\\nNashua; enl. May 7, 6r, by Joel H. Rhoades.as priv.;\\npaid to June 17, 61. See 3 N. H. V.\\nMooar, Alfred L. Milford volunteers; b. Amherst; res.\\nAmherst; enl. Apr. 25, 61, as priv.; disch. July 13.\\n61, as of Capt. George H. Gillis s Co. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua. See National guards.\\nParker, Joseph C. b. Morristown, Vt.; age 34; res.\\nNashua; enl. May 3, 61, by Joel H. Rhoades, as priv.\\nNo further reconl.\\nReid, William H. R. b. Scotland age 27; res. Nashua;\\neul. May 2, 61, by Joel H. Rhodes, as priv.; paid to\\nJune 10, 61.\\nRhoades, Joel H. b. Hopkiuton, Mass.; age 39; res.\\nNashua; enl. Apr. 27, 61, by William F. Greeley, as\\npriv.; assigned to Capt. Joshua Chapman s Co.; paid\\nto June 17, 61. See j.N. H. V. and V. R. C.\\nStark, George, b. Manchester; age 38; res. Nashua;\\nbrig. -gen., 3 brig., 2 div. N. H. vol. militia; paid as\\nbrig. -gen. for services in commanding troops at Ports-\\nmouth and Ft. Constitution, Jlay 2 to June 21, 61.\\nDied Apr. 13, 92, Nashua.\\nTaggart, William. Milford volunteers; b. New Boston;\\nage 20; res. New Boston; enl. Apr. 23, 61, as priv.;\\ndisch. by order of governor, June 10, 6r. P. O. ad.,\\nNashua.\\nTuttle, Eben. b. Nashua; age 20; res. Nashua; enl. Apr.\\n20, 61, by Richard O. Greenleaf, as priv,; paid June\\n13, 61, for I day s service.\\nWalker, George, b. Bangor, Me.; age 39; res. Nashua;\\nenl. May 25, 5i, by Joel H. Rhoades, as priv.; disch.\\nJune II, 61.\\nWood, Nelson. Milford volunteers; b. Burlington,\\nenl. Apr. 25, 61, as priv.; disch. July 12, 61, as of\\nCapt. George H. Gillis s Co., Ft. Constitution. P. O.\\nad., Nashua. See 8 N. H. V.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0416.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^95\\nDANIHI. ABBOT.\\nHon. Daniel Abbot was Ijorn at Andover, Mass., Feb.\\n25, (lied at Nashua, Dec. 3, 1853. He was of the\\nsixth generation in descent from George and Hannah\\n(Chandler) Al)bot, who emigrated from England about\\n1640 and were among the early settlers of Andover. The\\nChandler s were an equally old and distinguished Massa-\\nchusetts family. His father and mother were cousins.\\nMr. Abbot was graduated at Harvard )inivvrsilv in the\\nclass of 1797. He\\nread law in the\\nodice of Parker\\nXoyes at Salis-\\nbury, Daniel Web-\\nster being his fel-\\nlow-student, and\\nconiineuced prac-\\ntice at London-\\nderry in 1802.\\nThe same year he\\nmoved to Nashua\\nand here he re-\\nmained until his\\ndeath. Mr. .\\\\bbot\\nwas a man of schol-\\narly attainments,\\nlearned in the law\\nand an eloquent\\nadvocate and ora-\\ntor, several of his\\naddresses on secu-\\nlar themes being\\npublished at the\\ntime of their de-\\nlivery and attract-\\ning wide atten-\\ntion. Benjamin\\nFrench, who after-\\nwards became dis-\\ntinguished in\\nMassachusetts,\\nwas at one time\\nhis law partner, as\\nwas also his son-\\nin-law, Charles J.\\nFox.\\nMr. Abbot, how-\\never, was a go jd\\ndeal more to\\nNashua in its\\nearly history than\\na resident and dis- l AXli;i\\ninguislied attor-\\nney. He was a citizen in the fullest sense of the word.\\nWhatever interested the public interested him. What-\\never was incepted for the advancement of the industrial\\npursuits, and the benefit of the people at large, had his\\nhearty co-operation. He was something more than a\\nlooker-on. He was a veritable pioneer in the wilderness\\nand was determined that it should blossom anil bear fruit\\nfor posterity. The .Middlesex canal had his indorsement,\\nand on the Fourth of July, i8() when the first boat was\\nlaunched ipon it at this place he delivered an oration, in\\nwhich he christened the settlement Nashua. bv which\\nIt has since been known, an i which historic fact was rec-\\nognized in 1833 by introducing him to President Andrew\\nJackson, when a guest of the people of the town, as the\\nfather of Nashua, Mrs. Abbot being introduced at the\\nsame time as the mother. Mr. Abbot was one of the\\nprojectors of the Nashua Manufacturing company and\\npresident of the corporation his influence was also fell\\nin building the Nashua I^owell and the Wiltou rail-\\nroads, and he was president of the first named company\\nfourteen years, liesides this and many minor enterprises,\\nhe was president at\\none time of the\\nNashua State bank\\nand the Hillsboro\\nBar association.\\nMr. Abbot was a\\nWhig in politics\\nan l one of the\\nleaders of that\\nparly in the state.\\nHe served the\\ntown of Nashua as\\nmoderator of an-\\nnual meetings\\ntwenty-one years\\nin succession, and\\nNashville, (after\\nthe town was di-\\nvided), in the same\\ncapacity a third as\\nmany more. Mr.\\n-\\\\bbot was a mem-\\nber of the legisla-\\nture from 1816 to\\n1824, and again in\\n1838, and repre-\\nsented Nashville\\nin the same body\\nin 1848 and in the\\nconstitutional con-\\nvention in 1850. In\\n1831 and 1832 he\\nrepresented the\\ndistrict in the sen-\\nate. He served\\nseveral years as\\nchairman of the\\njudiciary commit-\\ntee, and as a mem-\\nber of other com-\\nmittees, and was\\na wise and pru-\\n\\\\i!i;nr. dent lawmaker\\nwho looke l well to\\nthe interests of the people. Mr. .\\\\bbot, from whom Abbot\\nsquare and .\\\\bbot street took their names, owned and\\noccupied the house at the corner of .Vbbot and Nashville\\nstreets, owned and occupied at the present time (1895) by\\n:^Irs. (ieo. W. Ferham.\\nMr. .Abbot was united in marriage Nov. 18, 1805 with\\nElizabeth I ickman, daughter of William and Elizabeth\\n(Lcavitt Pickuian) of Salem, Mass. Mrs. .Abbot was in\\nthe fifth generation in descent from Benjamin and Eliza-\\nbeth (Hardy) Pickniau, who emigrated from Bristol.\\nEng., to Salem as early as 1667. The children of their", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0417.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "396\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. M.\\nmarriage were Wiiliam Pickman, born in Nashua in 1811,\\ndied in Keene in 1881 Charles Dudley, born in Nashua\\nin 1813, died in Nashua in 1848; Catherine Pickman, born\\nin Nashua in 1819. married Charles J. Fox, died in Phila-\\ndelphia in 1891.\\nCHARLES GORDON ATHHRTON.\\nHon. Charles G. Atherton was Ijoru at Amherst, July 4,\\n1804, died at Manchester, Nov. 15, 1853. He was a de-\\nscendant of dis-\\ntinguished ances-\\ntors, among whom\\nwas Joshua Ath-\\nerton, (his grand-\\nfather), an early\\nsettler in Amherst,\\na noted lawyer,\\nmember of the\\nconvention that\\nratified the Con-\\nstitution of the\\nUnited States, and\\nsubsequently sen-\\nator and attorney-\\ngene ral of the\\nstate. His father,\\nCharles H. Ather-\\nton, was a thor-\\noughly read and\\naccomplished law-\\nyer, a pleasing\\norator, who was\\nseveral times a\\nni ember of the\\nlegislature, anil\\nrepresented his\\ndistrict in the\\nfourteenth con^\\ngress. On the ma-\\nternal side he was\\na descendant in\\nline with the Spal-\\n(Jings. (,See sketch\\npf Edward Spal-\\nding.)\\nSenator .Ather-\\nton obtained his\\nprimary education\\nin the schools of\\nhis native town\\nand was fitted for\\ncollege by private\\ntutors. He en-\\ntered Harvard university at the age of 14 years; was\\ngraduated in the class of 1822 read law in the office of\\nhis father, was admitted to the bar at the age of 2i years,\\nand immediately thereafter commenced the practice of\\nhis profession at Nashua. In his profession, savs a\\nwriter of a .sketch of his career for History of Hills-\\nborough county, his success was decided and his rise\\nrapid. His mind was clear, logical and strong with a\\nballast of excellent common sense, while his adornment\\nof a quick fancy and cultivated taste were admirably\\nadapted to the study and labor of the laws.\\n.Senator Atherton commenced his public career in 1830,\\nwhen he was elected to the legislature. He was re-elected\\nseveral times, and in 1833 was chosen speaker. In 1837\\nhe was elected to the 25th congress. He was re-elected to\\nthe 26th congress and again to the 27th, and proved him-\\nself an able debator. In 1843 he was elected to the United\\nStates senate to succeed Leonard Wilcox, and was retired\\nin 1849 by reason of the election of Moses Norris, Jr. In\\n1853, he was again elected to the senate, to succeed John P.\\nHale, for a term of six years. Senator Atherton was a\\nmember of the\\nBaltimore conven-\\ntion that nomi-\\nnated Franklin\\nPierce for the\\npresidency, and to\\nhim more than\\nany other man\\nGeneral Pierce\\nowed his prefer-\\nment. During all\\nthese years of use-\\nfulness Senator\\nAtherton found\\ntime to participate\\nin local affairs and\\nto do his part to\\nadvance the inter-\\nests of the state\\nand his town. He\\nwas the projector\\nand builder of\\nthe three miles\\nof corduroy road\\non Amherst street,\\nwhich includes\\nth e willows,\\nand many other\\nprominent i m\\nprovemeuts of his\\nday were due to\\nhis advocacy and\\njudgment. He\\nserved the people\\nof Nashville as\\nmoderator more\\nthan half the years\\nthat town hcd an\\nexistence, and rep-\\nresented it in the\\nconstitutional con-\\nvention of 1850,\\nDaniel Abbot be-\\ning his colleague.\\nSenator Atherton s speeches and addresses on secular\\nthemes are evidence that he was a man of learning and\\nclassic diction.\\nSenator Atherton had barely entered upon the term for\\nwhich he was elected in 1853, when, while arguing a\\ncause in the supreme court, sitting at Manchester, he\\nwas stricken down with apoplexy. He was carried to a\\nhotel where he died three days later. The funeral ser-\\nvices at the Unitarian church in this city were attended\\nby United States officers and members of congress, the\\ngovernor of the state, judges of the court, mayor, city\\nCH.MU.ES GDRDrt.V .\\\\T1I E1;T )X.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0418.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n397\\ncouncil and many (listinj^uished men and friends from\\nnear and remote places. The body was buried in the Nash-\\nua cemetery. Senator Norris, his colleague, announced\\nhis death in the United States senate and made a fitting\\neulogy in memoriam, while remarks were made by Senator\\nHunter of Virginia and Senator Williams his successor,\\nthe latter saying: In manner Mr. Atherton was naturally\\nreserved, quiet and unobslrusive, but affable and cour-\\nteous, gentlemanly an l polished. He was incapable of\\ndeceiving by false or hyiiocritical profession; and Ijy\\nkeeping his faith\\nwith all, gave a\\nbeautiful exempli-\\nfication of the in-\\ncorrupta fidis in\\nlife devoted to fi-\\ndelity, justice and\\ntruth, which left\\namong the living\\nnot a single re-\\nsentment or un-\\nkind feeling to be\\nburied in 1 he\\ngrave.\\nvSenator Ather-\\nton was united in\\nmarriage June lo,\\n1828, at Princeton,\\nMass., with Anne\\nBarnard Clark,\\nRev. Samuel Clark\\nbeing the offici-\\nating clergyman.\\nMrs. -\\\\therton s\\nfather, Hugh\\nHamilton Clark,\\nwas a native of\\nNew Boston and\\na merchant in\\nBoston, Mass. He\\nmarried Nancy\\nBarnard, daughter\\nof Rev. Jeremiah\\nBarnard of Am-\\nherst. Mrs. Ath-\\nerton died in Rox-\\nbury, Mass., May\\n9, 1889. There\\nwere no children\\nl)y their marriage.\\nTheir local resi-\\ndence wason Man-\\nchester street.\\n.\\\\AH(iN woiuivsi i;k r:i!.\\nAARON WORCESTER SAWYER.\\nHon. Aaron \\\\V. Sawyer was born at Mont Vernon, Oct. 1 1,\\n1818, died at Nashua Aug. 23, 1882. His father, .Xaron V.\\nSawyer, was one of the distinguished men of New Hamp-\\nshire in the early days of this century, being a graduate\\nof Dartmouth college, a wise law-maker, a learned coun-\\nsellor, a prominent Congregationalist, and an old school\\ngentleman. His mother, Hannah (Locke 1 Sawyer, was a\\ngranddaughter of Rev. Samuel Locke, D. D., president of\\nHarvard college from 1770 till 1773, and a woman of\\nmarked character and strong moral and intellectual quali-\\nties. The family moved to Nashua in 1829.\\nJudge Sawyer was educated in the public schools of\\nNashua, at Crosby s Literary institution, and at the acade-\\nmies in Hancock and Derry. He read law in the office of\\nhis father and was admitted to the Hillsborough bar at\\nthe October term, 1841. He then formed a co-partnership\\nwith his father, and after his death and in 1849, with\\nCharles G. .\\\\therton, which partnership continued until\\nSenator .-Mlierton gave u]) j)ractice in 1853. His next and\\nlast partner was\\nGen. Aaron F.\\nStevens, 1858, and\\nthat partnership\\nlasted till Mr.\\nSawyer gave up\\npractice in 1874.\\nMr. Sawyer rep-\\nresented Ward\\nfour in the legis-\\nlature in 1865 and\\n1866, and was one\\nyear in the state\\nsenate from the\\nold seventh New\\nHampshire dis-\\ntrict. He was\\npresident of the\\nI enuichuck bank\\nduring its entire\\nexistence and was\\nmayor of Nashua\\nin i860 and city\\nsolicitor in 1867-71.\\nHe was appointed\\nassociate judge of\\nthe supreme court\\nof the state Aug.\\n17, 1876, and held\\nthe commission\\nabout one year,\\nwhen failing\\nhealth from dia-\\nbetes caused his\\nresignation. He\\nwas also I nilcd\\nStates register of\\nbankruptcy. Mr.\\nSawyer was a dili-\\ngent student and\\nsuccessful lawyer.\\nHe worked hard\\nand faitnfully for\\nhis clients, and\\nwhen he could not see a case clear to the end he had a\\nwonderful faculty of bringing about a settlement. The\\nwarmest friendship ever existed between him and his\\npartners and clients, and those who survive him are\\nsincere mourners.\\nJudge Sawyer was a successful and effective advocate\\nand a most entertaining and instructive speaker on gen-\\neral topics. During his long years of practice he rarely\\nmade an enemy, and those who were his clients would\\nnot and did not, relin(|uish their claims upon him till he\\nno longer had the strength to advise them. About ten", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0419.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "39S\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nyears before his death Dartmouth college conferred upon\\nhim the honorable degree of A. M. Early in his career\\nJudge Sawyer became identified with the Congregational-\\nists, and during the last ten years of his life was a zealous\\nmember of that denomination. In 1874 the HoUis asso-\\nciation licensed him to preach, and from time to time he\\nsupplied in the city churches of that and other denomi-\\nnations, and preached and lectured in the greater number\\nof churches in the county. He wrote several able dis-\\ncourses, and was listened to with marked attention and to\\nthe instruction of his hearers. He was also an earnest\\nadvocate of the cause of temperance, and often ad-\\ndressed his fellow-citizens on that subject at the City\\nhall, and the people of the state wherever his services\\nwere requested.\\nGeneral Stevens in announcing his death at a meeting\\nof the Hillsl)orough bar said of him: If to have won for\\nhimself a proud position in the ranks of his profession,\\nthe suffrages and approbation of his fellow-citizens to the\\nfull measure of his opportunities and aspirations; to have\\nutilized superior intellectual power and endowments to\\nthe constant and wise solution of the abstruse problems\\nand varied affairs of his profession to have gained with-\\nout pretention or ostentation by the strength and force of\\ncharacter, the abiding confidence of his clients, and to\\nhave held that confidence through all tests and trials to\\nthe end to have become the favorite adviser of his\\n}-oungerand trustful brethren of the bar; to have con-\\nstantly clothed his daily walk with the example of a pure\\nlife, whose morality, though firm and constant, never\\ntaught him to be morose or austere to have elevated\\nthat life of undeviating morality to its twiuship with a\\nChristian faith; if to have adorned his domestic life with\\nthe enduring fidelity of the husband, the deep and con-\\nstant affection of the father; to have so cherished indus-\\ntry, frugality and temperance, that those virtues won for\\nhim, and for those who were his by the sweet and holv\\nties of nature and kindred, the boon of independence and\\nfortune, and then to have mtt death without fear, and in\\nthe calm triumphant hope of a glory beyond if these,\\nand such as these, are the true and justly coveted fruits\\nof human life and human exertion, we have their illnstra-\\ntration and example in the life and death of Aaron W.\\nSawyer.\\nJudge Sawyer was twice married his first wife was\\nMary Francis Ingalls of New York city, who died in a\\nfew months after their marriage; second, Sept. 12, 1855,\\nFanny Winch, daughter of Dea. Francis and Alniira\\n(Stetson) Winch of Nashua. Her ancestors came to this\\ncountry in the seventeenth century and their descendants\\nhave been conspicuous in the professions, in mercantile\\nlife and in the various callings and occupations of men,\\nher father being one of the first citizens of Nashua, regis-\\nter of deeds several years and a man of a high sense of\\nhonor and strict integrity. Mrs. Sawyer inherits their\\ntraits of character. She has labored long and earnestly\\nin the cause of temperance, being a member and past\\npresident of the Woman s Christian Temperance union,\\na promoter of the Young Woman s reading-room, and a\\ngenerous contributor for the support of these worthy\\nobjects and other causes for the advancement of the moral\\nand spiritual welfare of the people. Their children were\\nFanny Ingalls, deceased Fanny Locke, married George\\nA. Bowers, D. D. S., Oct. 4, 1893; Aaron Frank, deceased,\\nand William Merriam.\\nGEORGE YEATON SAWYER.\\nHon. George Y. Sawyer was born at Wakefield, Dec. 5,\\n1805, died at Nashua, June 15, 1882. He w^as a son of Wil-\\nliam Sawyer, one of the most distinguished New Hamp-\\nshire men of his day. His primary education was obtained\\nin the district schools of his native town, advanced under\\nthe tuition of his father, who was a learned man and able\\nlawyer, and continued in the Phillips academy, F.xeter,\\ntill at the age of seventeen years when he entered Bow-\\ndoin college, where he became a classmate of the late\\nWilliam Pitt Fessenden of Maine, Henry W. Longfellow,\\nNathaniel Hawthorne, Franklin Pierce, Jonathan Cilley,\\nwho was a brilliant man and was killed in Kentucky in a\\nduel, the late Chief Justice Boyd of Mississippi, S. S.\\nPrentiss, the famous western journalist and wit, and John\\nP. Hale, all of whom graduated within two years of each\\nother Judge Sawyer in 1826.\\nJudge Sawyer then read law in the office of his father,\\nand at the August term of the court in 1830, at Meredith\\nBridge, now Laconia, which was then in Strafford county,\\nwas admitted to the bar. He practiced his profession in\\nthe town mentioned till October, 1834, when he removed\\nto Nashua, where he became a partner with the late\\nAaron F. Sawyer. In 1839-40 and 1841 he represented the\\ntown of Nashua in the legislature, and in one of the\\nexciting political campaigns of that decade he was the\\nwhig candidate for member of congress, falling short a\\nfew votes of election. He also represented Ward four of\\nthe city of Nashua in the same body in 1866, when he was\\nchairman of the committee on judiciary and a leader in\\nthe debates on all important measures which were con-\\nsidered that year. He was appointed justice of the court\\nof common pleas July 7, 1851, and resigned Sept. 15, 1854.\\nThe next year the courts were remodeled by the legisla-\\nture and he was appointed a justice of the supreme judicial\\ncourt on July 20, 1855. Judge Sawyer held this commis-\\nsion till Nov. I, 1859, when, owing to the fact that his\\npractice was more lucrative and entailed less of wandering\\nabout the state, he resigned. Although an ardent and\\nuncompromising whig, his great ability was recognized\\nby his college mate. President Pierce, and he was offered\\nthe governorship of one of the territories, which honor he\\ndeclined on the ground that he was not in political sym-\\npathy with the administration. In 1S62-63 and in 1864 he\\nwas city solicitor of Nashua and acting solicitor of the\\ncounty of Hillsborough. He was again solicitor of the\\ncity in 1873 and 1874. In 1865 he was appointed one of\\nthree commissioners, Samuel D. Bell and Asa Fowler\\nbeing his associates, to revise, codify and amend the\\nstatute laws of the state, with marginal notes and cita-\\ntions similar to the laws of Massachusetts, and in 1875 he\\nwas chairman of a commission to recommend a system of\\ntaxation or modification of the tax law-s of the state. His\\nlaw partners were, first, Aaron F. Sawyer; second, Peter\\nClark; third, Aaron F. Stevens; fourth, and at the time\\nof his death, George Y. Sawyer, Jr.\\nJudge Sawyer was an intellectual giant in all that ap-\\npertained to the law; had the best legal mind in the\\nstate was direct and forcible, and his quotations and\\ncitations, made without a moment s reflection, were often\\nthe wonder of the bench and the bar. His decisions in\\nimportant cases, as reported in the New Hampshire\\nreports, are among the most clear and lucid. They\\noften rose to literary merit, and were I to criticise them,", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0420.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N.\\n399\\nsays a member of the Hillsborough county bar, I should\\nsay they are owing to Judge Sawyer s happy faculty of\\nexpression and the fact that he was a magnificeut pen-\\nman and could compose and write with great rapidity\\na little verbose, but dignified, learned, logical and\\njiiilicial. Judge Sawyer s knowledge of law and his great\\nintellectual capacity often caused embarrassment to the\\npresiding justices, and it was no uncommon occurrence to\\nhear the interrogatory from the bench: Will Judge\\nSawyer state how he understands the law, or How-\\ndoes Judge Sawyer\\nunderstand the\\nlaw as applicable\\nto the point in\\ncontroversy?\\nThese qualities\\nni a d e h i ni a\\nmarked m a n i n\\nNew Hampshire,\\nand caused his\\nservices to be\\neagerly sought in\\nall cases where\\nlarge sums of\\nmoney or other\\nimportant inter-\\nests were in issue.\\nIt was also these\\nij u a 1 i t i e s that\\nmarked him as a\\nmember of the\\ncommission to re-\\nvise the laws, and\\nit is to his judicial\\nu nderst an ding,\\nwith that of Asa\\nFowler, Judge\\nHell, chairman of\\nt h e commission,\\nlieing incapacitat-\\ned from labor by\\nsickness that the\\nstate to-day owes\\nthe fact that in\\nsymmetry and en-\\ntirety they are\\nequal to those of\\n.my state in the\\nunion. As a n\\nailvocate he was\\nplain and compre-\\nliensive, confin-\\ning himself close-\\nly to the law and\\nevidence, and never lowering his high standard to defame\\na witness or catch the earof the multitude. In addressing\\njury, it was the speech of a matter-of-fact man to men\\nwhom he quietly persuaded to believe the facts as he\\nunderstood them. Among the many notable cases in\\nwhich Judge Sawyer was counsel was the case of the\\nState vs. Edw-in \\\\V. Major, who was hanged for murder.\\n1 1 is defence was masterly and every point was shaped in\\ncompleteness. Some idea of the man and his power may\\nbe obtained from a scene in that famous trial. Said the\\nCourt: I make the suggestion, Judge Sawyer, to save\\n{JKOUGE VEATON S.WVVKli.\\ntime. Judge Sawyer arose in his place, and as he ail-\\nvanced a little to face the court sipiarely, the silence of\\ndeath came over the multitude of spectators. His words\\nwere slow and impressive: Save time, your honor.\\nTime! Does the court realize with this respondent this\\nissue is time or eternity? It had its desired effect.\\nThere was no further attempt at unseemly haste. The\\ndeceased had many good traits of character. If a man or\\nwoman had a poor case and was likely to lose he told\\nthem so frankly and advised a settlement. He was par-\\nticularly obliging\\nto the younger\\nmembers of the\\nbar. and many a\\nmiddle aged mem-\\nber of the New\\nHampshire bar of\\nto-day recalls his\\nwords of encour-\\nagement to them\\nin their early\\nstruggle. He en-\\ncouraged all who\\ndesired his encour-\\nagement, and he\\noften gave them\\npoints of law and\\nadvice, never tak-\\ning a fee from\\nthem. In early\\nlife he was a com-\\nmunicant in the\\nIvpiscopal church.\\nI pon his removal\\nto Nashua, there\\nbeing no church\\nof that creed\\nhere at that\\ntime, he identified\\nhimself with the\\nI i r s t Congrega-\\ntional church, and\\nfor a number of\\nyears was a teach-\\ner in its Sunday\\nschool and a tower\\nof strength in all\\nthat appertained\\nto the temporal\\nand spiritual ad-\\nvancement of the\\ncommunity. He\\ngradually with-\\ndrew, however,\\nand for many years was not i lentified with any society\\nor denomination.\\nJudge Sawyer was united in marriage in Meredith\\nliridge, now I,aconia, X. H.. October, 1S34, to Kmeline,\\nsecond daughter of Daniel Tucker of I,aconia. She died\\nSept. 16, 1891. Seven children were born of this mar-\\nriage: ICnielinc Augusta, died in infancy George Yeaton\\nCharles Albert, died in the army in 1863; Helen Mary,\\nmarried Elislia U.Hubbard, Aug. 27, 1873; Clara Hazle-\\nton; William Edward, died in infancy; Alice, married\\nFred W. Es1al)rook, Nov. 5, 1879, died Nov. 21, 1893.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0421.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "400\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nWILLIAM WALLACE BAILEY.\\nHou. William W. Bailey was born in Hopkintoii in 1S29.\\nHe is a son of Thomas and Jemima (.Smith) Bailey. His\\ngreat grandfather, Humphrey Bailey, was probaV ly a\\ndescendant of John Bailey, who came from Hampshire,\\nEng., about 1640 and settled at Rowley, Mass. His great\\ngrandfather and grandfather, Thomas, moved from Hav-\\nerhill, Mass., to Hopkinton about 1771. They were sturdy\\nand respected farmers and resided there until their death.\\nOn the maternal\\nside he is a de-\\nscendant of Moody\\nSmith, a Revolu-\\ntionary pensioner,\\nwho came from\\nDanville to Hop-\\nkinton about 1780.\\nMr. Bailey at-\\ntended the di.strict\\nschools of his na-\\ntive place and was\\na student at Pem-\\nbroke academy\\nand the N e w\\nHampshire con-\\nference seminary\\nat Northfield,\\nwhere he fitted for\\ncollege. He e n\\ntered Dartmouth\\ncollege in iSsoand\\nwas graduated in\\nthe class of 1854.\\nMr. Bailey read\\nlaw in the office of\\nGeorge Foster,\\nConcord, and com-\\npleted his course\\nof study of this\\nprofession at the\\nAlbany, N. Y.,\\nlaw school, where\\nhe was graduated\\nin 1856 with the\\ndegree of LIv. B.\\nFollowing his\\ngraduation he set-\\ntled in Nashua,\\nand has continued\\nin practice to the\\npresent time. Mr.\\nBailey is a sound\\nand able lawyer, having the confi-\\ndence of the court, his associates at\\nthe bar and has a numerous client-\\nage. He served the city as solicitor\\nin 1884, during which time its legal\\ninterests were faithfully cared for.\\nMr. Bailey, like many another citizen and attorney of\\nNashua, has been a good deal more than a professional\\nman among the people. He has been active in public\\naffairs, and that he has the confidence of his fellow-men\\nis shown in the fact that he represented Ward one in the\\nlegislature in 1863 and 1864, and was supported by his\\nly. 7t\\nparty for state senator in 1867 and 1868, for presidential\\nelector at large on the democratic ticket in 1884, and for\\nmember of congress in 1886. Mr. Bailey served the state\\nas trustee of the New Hampshire College of Agricul-\\nture and Mechanic Arts from 1871 to 1876, and the city\\nof Nashua for several years as member of the board of\\neducation, and as trustee of the public library from\\n1873 to the present time. In all these positions he has\\nrendered the state and this communit} faithful service\\nhis integrity and singleness of purpose never having been\\ncalled in question.\\nHe was director\\nand president of\\nthe Wilton rail-\\nroad c o m pa n y\\nfrom 1871 to 1874,\\nwhen he was\\nelected a director\\nof the Nashua c\\nLowell railroad,\\nhaving been re-\\nelected every year\\nsince then, and\\nhas also been\\ntreasurer of the\\ncorporation since\\nI 89 I He was\\npresident of the\\nNashua Savings\\nbank from 1879 to\\n1895, also a direc-\\ntor in the Indian\\nHead National\\nbank and the\\nnil Isborough\\nmills, being presi-\\ndent of the last\\nnamed company.\\nMr. Bailey is a\\nmember of the\\ni r s t Congrega-\\ntional church, the\\nNew F^ngland His-\\ntoric Genealogical\\nsociet)\\\\ and presi-\\ndent of the State\\nLibrary associa-\\nt i o n He is a\\nmember of Rising\\nSun lodge, A. F.\\nand A. M., of\\nwhich he was the\\nworshipful master\\nin 1862 and 1S63, and is a Scottish\\nrite Mason of the 32d degree.\\nBesides attending to the duties of\\nhis profession he has found time to\\ndevote to the preparation of articles\\nof historic interest, which he has\\nread before the New England Historical society.\\nMr. Bailey was united in marriage in 1858 with Mary\\nB. Greeley, daughter of .\\\\lfred and Mary (Webster)\\nGreele} and a descendant of .Andrew Greele}-, who was\\nborn in England and came to this country early in the\\nseventeenth century, settling at Salisbury, Mass. Four\\nOiOJ-Xjla^", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0422.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n401\\ncliililreii have been born of their marriage: Marion C,\\nwho died in 1867, at the age of eight years; Caroline W.,\\ngraduated at Wheaton seminary, died Aug. 21, [891\\nWilliam T., graduated at Dartmouth college in 1861, ami\\nHelen G.\\nHENRY BRIDGE ATHERTON.\\nCapt. Henry B. Allicrton was born at Cavendish, Vt.,\\nSept. 21, 1835, and is the youngest son of Jonathan and\\nRoxana (Ives)\\nAtherton. Captain\\n.\\\\therton s father\\nwas fifth in descent\\nfrom the emigrant,\\nJames Atherton.\\nwho came about\\n1635 from Lanca-\\nshire in Englanil\\nto Dorchester with\\nhis kinsman, ISIaj.\\nGen. Humphrey\\nAtherton, who\\nsucceeded Sedg-\\nwick in the com-\\nmand of the mili-\\ntary and n aval\\nforces of the Bay\\ncolony. Charles\\nAtherton, late\\nliiited States sen-\\nator from N e w\\nHampshire, was\\nalso fifth in de-\\nscent from the\\nsame emigrant an-\\ncestor, James. Wr.\\n.\\\\therton s moth-\\ner, Roxana Ives,\\nwas the only\\ndaughter of Capt.\\nElihu and Phebe\\n(Hall) Ives and\\nwas born in Lud-\\nlow, Vt. She was\\na cousin of the\\nlate bishop, Silli-\\nman Ives of South\\nCarolina and the\\nlate N. K. Hall of\\nBuffalo, United\\nStates District\\njudge, a member\\nof President I ill-\\nni ore s cabinet,\\nand she was also a lineal descendant of the emigrant John\\nMorse of Connecticut, who was the ancestor of George\\nKennan, the author, of Prof. S. F. B. Morse and of Chan-\\ncellor Kent. She was educated at a young ladies school\\nin Middlebury, t., in which town her only brother,\\nIsaac, attended college, and before her marriage she\\ntaught school. She was a good wife and devoted mother\\nand her many noble qualities of mind and heart endeared\\nher to all who knew her. She lacked but a few weeks of\\nbeing ninetv-four vears old when she died in 1890.\\nJonathan Atherton, grandfather of the subject of this\\nsketch, was born in Massachusetts, served in the Revo-\\nlutionary army, married Nancy Bridge and removing\\nfrom Harvard, Mass., became one of the first settlers of\\nCavendish about 1782, and was the first representative\\nelected to the legislature from that town. He was a\\nfarmer and also practiced law until his death in 1826.\\nHis son, Joseph, was a lieutenant in the regular army and\\nserved in the War of 1812. The sou, Jonathan, a man of\\nmarked ability and great decision of character, of simple\\ntastes and fond of\\nreading, preferred\\nthe free and inde-\\npendent life of the\\nN e w E n g I a n d\\nfarmer of the last\\ngeneration and\\ncontinued to re-\\nside on the broad\\nacres where he was\\nborn until his\\ndeath in 1875, at\\nthe age of eighty-\\nseven.\\nCaptain .ather-\\nton obtained his\\neducation in the\\npublic schools of\\nhis native place,\\nat Black River\\nacademy, Ludlow,\\nLeland seminary,\\nT o w n s e n d and\\nDartmouth c o 1\\nlege where he was\\ngraduated with\\nthe degree of B.\\nin 1859. .\\\\mong\\nhis classmates in\\ncollege were Dr.\\nEdward Cowles,\\nDr. Ph i n ea s S.\\nConner, John\\nDavis, B. F. Hayes,\\nProf. E. R. Rug-\\ngles, Asa W. Ten-\\nney and Wheclock\\nG. Veazey.\\nHe read law in\\nthe office of Joseph\\nSawyer in Alton,\\n111., for a short\\ntime and subse-\\nquently in the\\noffice of John F.\\nDcanc with whom upon admission to the bar he entered\\ninto partnership. He took a year s course at the Albany\\nLaw school where he received the degree of LI- B. in\\ni860. Among his associates at the law school were Sena-\\ntor William F. Vilas of Wisconsin, Gen. W. G. Veazey of\\nthe Interstate Commerce commission and Senator Red-\\nfield Proctor of Vermont.\\nBefore he was fairly settled in the practice of his\\nprofession the Rebellion broke out and he offered his\\nservices to the governor of the state who requested him\\nn^. XAxxy^Jj^^", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0423.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "4o2\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nto raise a company. He received recruiting papers Aug.\\n12, i85i, and on the following day began the work of en-\\nlistment. In fourteen days his company was full with\\nnearly twenty men to spare. September 3 he was elected\\ncaptain and on the twenty-first of the same month his\\ncompany was mustered into the United States service at\\nBrattleb oro as Company C, of the Fourth Vermont volun-\\nteers and the regiment left the next day for the front.\\nThis regiment formed a part of the famous First Ver-\\nmont brigade and with General Hancock s brigade was\\nin the division of Gen. Baldy Smith. They were sta-\\ntioned across the Potomac at Camp Griffin near Lewins-\\nville, Va., and during the fall, winter and the next spring\\ntook part in General McClellan s peninsular campaign.\\nAt Lee s mills on Warwick Creek, April 16, 1862, Captain\\nAtherton, while in command of his company attacking\\nthe enemy s position, was severely wounded by a minnie\\nbullet in the right groin. He also received a scalp wound\\nfrom a piece of shell at the same time. Having in conse-\\nquence become disabled from active duty he resigned on\\nthe twelfth of August, 1862.\\nOct. 27, 1862, he removed to Nashua to take the edito-\\nrial chargeof the New Hampshire Telegraph, which paper\\nhe conducted until April, 1864. He then resumed the\\npractice of his profession which he has continued up to\\nthe present time. From 1866 to 1872 he was in partner-\\nship with the late William Barrett. For two 3 earshe was\\ntreasurer of Hillsborough county and from 1872 to 1876\\npostmaster of Nashua. In 1867 and 1868 and again in\\n1885 and in 1887 he was a member of the state legislature,\\nserving the last two terms on the judiciary committee and\\nas chairman of the committee on national affairs.\\nCaptain Atherton was a delegate to the Republican Na-\\ntional convention at Chicago in 1884. At the beginning\\nof President Harrison s administration he was appointed\\nland commissioner for Samoa under the treaty of Berlin,\\nand through his old comrade. Senator Redfield Proctor,\\nthen secretary of war, he was also offered the governor-\\nship of Alaska, both of which he declined. In 1890 he\\nwas elected member of the board of education for four\\nyears, and in 1893 and 1894 he was president of that body.\\nCaptain Atherton is a member of Rising Sun lodge, A.\\nF. and A. M., ami is also a Scottish rite Mason of the 33d\\nand last degree. He attends the service of the Pilgrim\\nchurch.\\n,\\\\s an attorney Captain .atherton is among the leading\\nmembers of the New Hampshire bar. He prepares his\\ncases with great care and presents them with tenacious\\nregard for his clients rights. In argument before a jury\\nhe bears himself with dignity and discusses the evidence\\nhe has sirbmitted in a clear and forcible light. Captain\\nAtherton, however, is more than an attorney. He is a\\nman of learning in the great field of general knowledge,\\na thinker and an essayist who develops his subject in terse\\nexpression that shows his newspaper training. Besides\\nthis he is an earnest and lucid public speaker, Ijoth on\\npolitical and other themes, and has made many Memorial\\nDay addresses that have instructed his comrades and\\nother auditors and won for him general approbation.\\nCaptain Atherton is a member of John G. P oster Post, G.\\nA. R., and one of its past commanders.\\nCaptain Atherton was united in marriage at Ludlow,\\nVt., Jan. 7, 1861, with Abbie Louise Armington, daughter\\nof Dea. Samuel Laton and Eunice fWatkins) Armington.\\nHer grandfather, Stephen Watkins, was a soldier in the\\nRevolution. She was a graduate of Black River academy*\\nin Ludlow, where she also taught before her marriage.\\nShe was a member of tne Baptist church in that town\\nthe church of her parents from which she never severed\\nher connection. After a long and painful illness she died\\nat Nashua, Dec. 8, 1896. The children of their marriage\\nare Maud, born in Nashua, Aug. 2, 1863, married Almon W.\\nGriswold of New York, Sept. 23, 1885 Grace, born Feb.\\n8, 1869, married William F. Hazelton, M. D., of Spring-\\nfield, Vt., Dec. 29, 1892; Robert, born Sept. 26, 1872, died\\nAug. I, 1873; Anna H., born July 2, 1876; Henry F rancis,\\nborn .\\\\ug. 3, 1883.\\nGEORGE ALLEN RAMSDELL.\\nHon. George A. Ramsdell was born in Milford March 11,\\n1834. He is a direct descendant of Abijah Ramsdell, who\\nwas born in England in 1695, and in early manhood came\\nto America and settleed at Lynn, Mass., the line continu-\\ning through Abijah, 1730; William, 1766, married Mary\\nSouthward; William, 1803, married Maria A. Moore; to\\nhimself, 1834. These worthy sires were noted for strength\\nand ruggedness of character. Captain William, 1803,\\nbeing a man of rare intellectual capacity and possessed of\\na gift that enabled him to utilize his varied knowledge of\\nmen and things for entertainment and instruction at\\nshort notice and in addresses of power and eloquence for\\na man who was not a speaker by profession. On the\\nmaternal side he is a descendant of John Moore, who\\ncame from England in 1638 and settled in Sudbury,\\nMass., in the same year. The lineage is traced through\\nsix generations to Humphrey Moore, D. D., 177S, who\\nmarried Hannah Peabody, to the subject of this sketch in\\nthe eighth generation. The genealogy intermingles on\\nhis father s side with the Hawthornes and other promi-\\nnent families of Massachusetts, and on his mother s side\\nwith Francis Peabody, who settled in Hampton as early\\nas 1635 and was the immigrant ancestor of George Pea-\\nbody, the philanthropist, and other noted families of\\nNew England.\\nMr. Ramsdell obtained his primary education in his\\nnative town and was fitted for college at Appleton aca-\\ndemy, now McCollom institute, Mont Vernon. He com-\\npleted a year at Amherst college, but was compelled by\\nreason of delicate health to retire at the end of his sopho-\\nmore year. His ambition, however, to fit himself for a\\nuseful career did not end her\u00c2\u00ab:. .After a season of rest he\\nentered the office of Bainbridge Wadleigh at Milford and\\nread law. He completed his profession in the office of\\nDaniel Clark and Isaac W. Smith at Manchester, and in\\n1857 was admitted to the Hillsborough bar. Soon after\\nhe located at Peterboro where he remained six years in\\nactive practice. In 1864 he was appointed clerk of the\\nsupreme court of Hillborough county and removed to\\n-Amherst, where he resided till 1866, when the records\\nwere moved to Nashua and he became a resident here.\\nIn 1887 he resigned the office mentioned and resumed the\\npractice of his profession, forming a copartnership with\\nLyman D. Cook, under the firm name of Ramsdell Cook.\\nThe firm continued in business three or four years, when\\nbanking responsibilities made such a demand upon Mr.\\nRamsdell s time that he gave up his court practice and\\nbecame directly identified with the City Guaranty Savings\\nbank as its treasurer, at the same time continuing as pres-\\nident of the First National bank. The duties of clerk of\\nthe court took Mr. Ramsdell out of active practice and,", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0424.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n403\\ntherefore, he has not been known as an advocate before\\njuries. His legal acumen, however, has been recognized\\nby the bar and every justice of the supreme court in the\\npast twenty-five years has appointed him referee and\\nauditor in a large numVjer of important and perplexing\\ncivil actions. In this judicial cajiacity he has visited\\nevery county and all the large towns in the state. Mr.\\nRamsdell s ability and impartiality in weighing evidence\\nhas never been called in ((uestion, and although he has\\ndetermined many causes, often involving large pecuniary\\ninterests in which\\nit frequently hap-\\npened that bitter\\nfeeling was engen-\\ndered, there have\\nbeen Imt few ap-\\npeals from his\\njudgment and no\\naspersion relative\\nto motive. This\\nhonorable record\\nwas recognized by\\nGov. John B\\nSmith, who, on the\\ndeath of Judge W-\\nlen in 1893, tend-\\nered him a seat on\\nthe supreme\\nbench, which he\\nrel u ctan tly de-\\nclined. Meantime\\nDartmouth col-\\nlege honored him\\nwith the degree of\\nA. M. But Mr.\\nRamsdell has not\\ndevoted his time\\nand attention\\nwholly to the in-\\ntricate problems\\nand science of the\\nlaw. He has ad-\\nministered upon a\\nlarge number of\\nprivate estates,\\nand carried many\\nresponsibilities in\\nconnection with\\npersonal and cor-\\nporation invest-\\nments, the wisdom\\nof his judgment be-\\ningapparent in the\\nfact that those who\\nhave relied upon\\nhis sagacity have\\nnever had cause to regret it. He has been identified in\\nthe temperance movement and responsive in everything\\nincepted to promote the moral well-being of society and\\nguard the home. Mr. Ramsdell was the orator at the\\ndedication of the modern town hall buildings in his\\nnative place in 1870, and for some time past has been\\nengaged in gathering material for a history of the town.\\nMr. Ramsdell s public career includes ten years service\\non the board of education, twenty years as truste of thee\\n^/2^\\n2^tf^^\\npublic library, and many other places of trust and re-\\nsponsibility. In 1870, 1871 and 1872 he was a member of\\nthe legislature. He served upon the judiciary and other\\nimportant committees, and won an enviable reputation as\\na careful and painstaking law-maker, a luminous and\\nconvincing debater and a man whom no influence could\\nswerve from the path of duty. In fact many of his con-\\nstituents remember with pride his staying qualities in\\nin the great struggle in the house in 1871, when, Bain-\\nbridge Wadleigh having spoken on the previous ques-\\ntion till his voice\\nfailed, and need-\\ning a substitute to\\nhold the floor till\\nmorning, Mr.\\nRamsdell stepped\\ninto the breach\\nand spoke six\\nhours with scarce-\\nly an intermission.\\nIn this and many\\nother trying epi-\\nsodes in that re-\\nmarkable legisla-\\ntive body, as in\\nthe performance\\nof duty as a citi-\\nzen, he has been a\\nleader of the peo-\\nple and a fearless\\nadvocate of what\\nhe believed to be\\nright. Mr. Rams-\\ndell was a working\\nmember of the\\nconstitutional\\nconvention of 1876\\nand represented\\nthe third district\\nin the governor s\\ncouncil in 1891\\nand 1S92. In the\\nRepublican guber-\\nnatorial conven-\\ntion of 1894, com-\\nposed of nearly\\neight hundred\\ndelegates, he re-\\nceived a flattering\\nvote, and in the\\nconvention of 1896\\nhe received the\\ndistinguisheil hon-\\nor of being nomi-\\nnated by acclama-\\ntion and without\\na dissenting vote. In the election that followed he was\\ncho.sen governor by the largest majority (17.977) e^\\ngiven a candidate in the history of the state.\\n.\\\\niong the minor yet equally important positions in\\nwhich Mr. Ramsdell has served the people of Nashua\\nand the state may be mentioned that of president for sev-\\neral years of the board of trustees of the Slate Industrial\\nschool at Manchester and trustee of the Orphans home\\nat Tranklin, being at the present time a member of the\\n^A.^^^_y", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0425.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "404\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nlast named board. He has been many times earnestly\\nsolicited to stand as the republican candidate for mayor\\nof the city, but owing to onerous duties in the positions\\nmentioned, and the added fact that his duties as president\\nof the First National bank, treasurer of the City Guaranty\\nSavings bank, director in the Wilton Railroad company,\\nin the Peterborough railroad, in the Jackson company, in\\nthe Nashua Manufacturing company, besides other clients\\nwhose interests he must guard in the supreme and pro.\\nbate courts, the management of the ancestral farm at\\nMilford and prop-\\ner attention to his\\nprivate affairs, he\\nhas been com-\\npelled to decline\\nthe honor.\\nMr. Ramsdell\\nwas made a Mason\\nin A 1 1 e r m o n t\\nlodge, A. F. and\\nA. M., at Peter-\\nborough, while\\nresiding there and\\nis now a member\\nof Rising Sun\\nlodge in Nashua\\nand a Scottish rite\\nMason of the 32d\\ndegree in Edward\\nA. Raymond con-\\nsistory.\\nIn his religious\\nconvictions he is a\\nliberal Congrega-\\ntionalist and a\\nmember of the\\nFirst church of\\nthat denomination\\nin Nashua. Nei-\\nther his religious,\\nsocial or masonic\\nlife are marked or\\nmarred by display\\nor a forbidding\\nspirit. The sum-\\nmary, therefore,\\nof Mr. Ramsdell s\\ncareer is valuable\\nto the readers of\\nthis work in im-\\npressing a useful\\nlesson upon the\\nmind of genera-\\ntions to come, and\\nas a reminder that\\nthe belter way of\\nlife, and the surer hope of happiness is in keeping in\\nclose touch with the teachings of the book of books.\\nMr. Ramsdell was united in marriage in November,\\niS6o, with Eliza D. Wilson, born Sept. 5, 1836, and\\ndaughter of David and Margaret (Dinsmore) Wilson of\\nDeering. She is a descendant, paternally, of David\\nWilson, and maternally of John Dinsmore, both of whom\\nwere immigrants in the Scotch-Irish colony that settled\\nin Londonderr) about 1719. Four children have been\\nborn of their marriage: Harry W., born Feb. i, 1862,\\nmarried Mary L. Scott, daughter of Col. Charles Scott of\\nPeterborough; Arthur D., born Aug. 2, 1864; Charles T.,\\nborn July 6, 1866, married Jessie M. Austin of Denton,\\nTex. Anne M., born Dec. 8, 1873.\\nEDWARD EVERETT PARKER.\\nHon. Edward E. Parker was born in Brookline, Jan. 7,\\n1842. He is a son of James and Deverd (Corey) Parker and a\\ndescendant, both\\npaternally and\\nmaternalh-, from\\nEnglish families\\nthat came to this\\ncountr}- about 1660\\nand settled in\\nTy ngsborough\\nand Groton. His\\ngrandfather was\\none of the first\\nsetilers in Brook-\\nline. He held\\nmany important\\ntrusts in the town\\ngovernment a n d\\nwas its s e c o n d\\nrepresentative in\\nthe legislature fol-\\nlowing its incor-\\nporation in 1779.\\nHis grandmother,\\nSarah (Boynton)\\nParker, was a de-\\nscendant of John\\nBoynton and Wil-\\nliam Boynton who\\ncame to America\\nfrom Yorkshire,\\nEng., and settled\\nin Rowley, Mass.,\\nin 1638, and whose\\nchildren and chil-\\ndren s children\\nhave been promi-\\nnent in every sta-\\ntion of life. His\\nmaternal great\\ng r a n d m o t h e r\\nPrudence (Cum-\\nmings) Wright,\\nwife of David\\nWright of Pepper-\\nell, Mass., com-\\nmanded the band\\nof patriotic women\\nof that town who arrested the notorious tory. Col. Leon-\\nard Whiting at Jewett s bridge in April, 1775, on the\\nmorning after the fight on Lexington green as he was\\non his way from Canada with dispatches for the British in\\nBoston. The news of the British s march was brought\\ninto Pepperell by Dea. John Boynton, an ancestor of Mr.\\nParker. The minute men responded and marched imme-\\ndiately. The ^vonlen resolved that no enemy of the\\nCl..", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0426.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n405\\ncountry slunild pass tlie bridge. Tliey inel, orjjani/.ed\\nand chose Mrs. Wright as coniniauder. The next morn-\\ning, dressed in men s clothes and armed with pitchforks,\\nscythes, etc., the} assembled at the bridge under the\\ncommand of Mrs. Wright. The clatter of horses hoofs\\nsoon announced W hiting s approach he was seen, recog-\\nnized and arrested, and the disloyal dispatches found in\\none of his boots. The dispatches were forwarded to the\\ncommittee of safety at Cambridge and he was sent as a\\n])risoner to Groton, Mass., and is said to have been con-\\nlineil during the rest of the war. A. granite la1)let, appro-\\nliriatelv iTiscribed, commemorative of the affair, erected\\nliv Jlrs. II. Pevear of I.ynn, Mass., a granddaughter of\\nMrs. Wright, now stands Ijy the highway at the west end\\nof the bridge.\\nJudge Parker, like the boys of the forties, allended\\nthe district school, fie then became a student at Phillips\\nI ^xeter academy. In 1863 lie left Phillips and entered\\n.\\\\ppleton academy at Mont Vernon where he was gradu-\\nated in 1863. Meantime he determined to serve his\\ncountry, and Aug. 20, 1863, enlisted in the United States\\nnavy. He was detailed on board brig Perry the last\\nsailing brig admitted to the service and was soon ap-\\npointed yeoman of the vessel, a position which he con-\\ntinued to hold till he was discharged from the service, at\\nPhiladelphia in October, 1864, by reason of the expiration\\nof his term of enlistment. In the spring of 1865 he\\nreturned to his books with a determination to complete\\nhis education. He entered Colby academy at New\\nLondon, graduated there in the summer and entered\\nDartmouth college in the autumn, where he was gradu-\\nated in the class of 1869, being the centennial poet at the\\ncommencement exercises in that year. Following his\\ngraduation Judge Parker accepted the position of princi-\\npal of Warrensburg academy at Warrensburg, N. Y., and\\nheld the position one j ear, when he resigned and returned\\nto New England to become principal of the high school at\\nWareham, Mass. Meantime he decided to make the law\\nhis profession, and so he resigned his position at the end of\\nhis first term and entered the office of Thomas Cunning-\\nham at Warrensbvirg, N. Y., where he remained six months.\\nReturning again to New England and feeling the necessity\\nof saving money with which to pursue his studies, he\\naccepted the position of principal of the high school at\\nMiddlesboro, Mass., and taught one year.\\nIn .\\\\ugust, 1871, Judge Parker became a resident of\\nNashua. He entered the office of Gen. Aaron P. Stevens,\\nand while studying law was principal of a Nashua evening\\nschool and engaged from time to time in reporting state\\ncases before the supreme court for the newspapers. Judge\\nParker was admitted to the Hillsborough bar at the\\nMarch term of the court, then held at Amherst, in 1873.\\nImmediately after he formed a co-partnership with Gen-\\neral Stevens under the firm name of Stevens Parker,\\nwhich continued until about 1880. He was city solicitor\\nin 1876 and 1S77, and in 1879 on the resignation of Judge\\nHenry E. Burnham of Manchester, was appointed judge\\nof probate by Governor Cheney, a position which he\\nstill holds. He has given the city six years of faithful\\nand valuable service on the board of education and has\\nbeen identified with many of the projects that have been\\nemployed for the development and advancement of the\\ninterests of Nashua. Judge Parker was made a Mason in\\nDenevolent lodge, .A. F. and A. M. of Milford in 1868, is\\na Knight of Pythias and a member of John G. Foster\\npost, G. .A. R., of which he is past coniniander. He has\\nheld appointments on the G. A. R. commander-in-chief s\\nstaff and has served twice as judge advocate general, the\\nlast time in 1893. He was a delegale-at-large to the\\nNational encampment, G. A. R., at I^ouisville, Ky., in\\nSeptember, 1895.\\n.\\\\s a lawyer Judge Parker stands high in his profession\\nas judge of probate his decisions have invariably stood\\nthe test of the supreme court, while his sincerity of pur-\\npose to mete out fair and impartial justice and in every\\nway in his power protect the interests of legacies and\\nlegatees has never been called in question. In fact it\\nmay be said for it is absolutely true that he is one of\\nthe fairest minded and most conscientous public officials\\nin the county. He is, however, more than teacher, law-\\nyer and upright judge. He is an interesting talker and\\npublic speaker whose only handicap is his inborn mod-\\nesty. Added to this is the instinct and hand of an artist,\\nand the mind of a poet excelling in the latter gift to the\\nextent of having composed for public events, dedications\\nof soldiers and sailors monuments, some of the best\\ndescriptive verse in our language, and given to m. igazines\\nand newspapers humorous waifs and poems of beauty,\\nfancy and ideal thought. Judge Parker s latest work\\nmay be found in the historical department of this work\\nof which he was the editor.\\nJudge Parker was united in marriage Dec. 20, 1877,\\nwith Alice Prince Hammond, youngest daughter of Dr.\\nEvan B. and Sarah .\\\\nn (.\\\\danis) Hammond, whose lineage\\nis given in a sketch of the life of the former, which\\nappears in this work. The children of their marriage\\nare Rena Deverd, born Nov. 23, 1878, and Edna Alice,\\nborn Dec. 13, iS8o.\\nJAMES BOUTELLE FASSETT.\\nHon. James B. Fassett was born at Enosburg, Vt., March\\n4, 1833, died at Nashua, Feb. 3. 1889. He was a son of\\nHiram and Cynthia (.\\\\dams) Fassett and a descendant of\\nJudge John Fassett of Bennington, Yt., the genealogy of\\nthe family reaching back into the mother country and its\\nlineage including many of the brightest minds and most\\ndistinguished men in Great Britain and America. On the\\nmaternal side he was a descendant of Henry Adams of\\nBraiutree, Mass., a race of men who trace their lineage\\nthrough fifteen generations to .Ap Adam. (See genealogy\\nof Mrs. Hammond, in sketch of Evan B. Hammond, in\\nthis work.\\nJudge Fassett was educated in the public schools of his\\nnative place and at New London academy, graduating at\\nthe latter institution. Following his graduation he\\ntaught school at Franklin, Vt., Medina, O., Wolfe-\\nborough, Hillsborough, Hudson, HoUis and Deering. In\\n:862 he gave up teaching as a profession and entered the\\noffice of John Y. Mugridge at Concord and later attended\\nHarvard Law school, after which, in 1864, he located at\\nNashua and practiced his profession until his last sick-\\nness. He was commissioned justice of the police court\\nin 1876 by Gov. Person C. Cheney and held that respon-\\nsible position till his death. Judge Fassett was a mem-\\nber of the board of education six years, being president\\nof the organization the last three years of his service.\\nHe also represented his ward in the constitutional con-\\nvention of 1889. He attended the Unitarian church and\\nwas a F ree Mason.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0427.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "4o6\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nAs a lawyer Judge Fassett was able and conservative, as\\na judge he was careful, consistent in his ruling and\\ninflexible in his purpose to deal justly, while leaning\\nJAMES BOUTELLE FASSEIT.\\ntoward the side of mercy. His perceptive faculties were\\nremarkably well developed, and contributed in no small\\ndegree to his success as a judge as did his gentlemanly\\nbearing and social qualities to increase the respect and\\nesteem in which he was held by his fellow citizens. As an\\neducator he ranked high, and, in the department of\\nwhich he made special study mathematics he excelled\\nbeyond most professors and authors. He was deeply\\ninterested in whatever affected in any way the interests\\nof the public schools and was ever ready to solve hard\\nproblems for students who sought his aid. He was\\ndemocratic in all things, and no men of his generation\\nhave attained greater popularity among their fellow-citi-\\nzens. This came about in part through the fact that he\\nhad an even temperament, was a model of physical pro-\\nportions, an athlete and a promoter of the sports of\\nthe field. He was with all else a great lover of domestic\\nanimals and always the owner of a perfect horse. In a\\nword Judge Fassett was an all round man, such as the\\ngreat masses of the people admire and follow.\\nJudge Fassett was united in marriage Sept. 9, 1S67, with\\nEllen M. Morrill, daughter of Hon. Hiram T., and Anne\\n(Mason) Morrill of Nashua. Seven children were born\\nof their marriage James H., born Jan. 11, 1869, graduated\\nat Dartmouth college and at the present time, 1895,\\nsuperintendent of the public schools of Nashua; Annie\\nM., born Aug. 25, 1871 Nellie M.. born Sept. 22, 1873,\\ndied Dec. 31, 1876; William M., born Jan. 28, 1876, at the\\npresent time a cadet at the United States Military aca-\\ndemy. West Point. Alice E., born Aug. 3, 1877; Mary A.,\\nborn Nov. 27, 1879; Charles born .\\\\pril 21, 1884.\\nEDWARD HILL WASON.\\nEdward H. Wason, son of George A. Wason, was born\\nat New Boston, Sept. 2, 1865. He obtained his education\\nat Francestown academy and at the New Hampshire Col-\\nlege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, graduating from\\nthe last named institution with the degree of B. S. in the\\nclass of 1886. Following his graduation he read law in\\nthe office of George B. French at Nashua, and later\\nattended lectures at the Boston University School of\\nLaw, where he was graduated in the class of 1890 with\\nthe degree of LL. B. He was admitted to the New Hamp-\\nshire bar in March, i8go, and immediately after opened\\nan ofiice here. In 1894, and again in 1895, he was chosen\\ncity solicitor, in the office of which he has shown tact\\nand good ability, the awards against the city for damages\\nhaving been reduced to a minimum. Mr. Wason s suc-\\ncess at the bar has been such as to give promise of a\\nbrilliant future. He is in company with George F. Jack-\\nson, the firm name being Wason Jackson.\\nMr. Wason has been prominent in the affairs of the city\\nand in politics. He has also had valuable experience as\\na school master, having taught several terms as principal\\nof the Main Street Evening school while pursuing his\\nlaw studies. In 1887 he was chosen sergeant-at-arms of\\nthe New Hampshire senate and in 1889 was re-elected to\\nthe same position. In i8gi he was chosen assistant clerk\\nof the same body, and in 1893 he was re-elected to the\\nsame position. In 1895 he was chosen clerk of the same\\nbody, all of which attests his popularity and influence in\\nhis party. In 1891 Mr. Wason was elected a member of\\nthe Nashua board of education, and in January, 1895, his\\nassociates recognized the valuable service he had rendered\\nby electing him president of that body. He is treasurer\\nof the Nashua Driving Park association, a member of\\nRising Sun lodge, A. F. and A. M., of which he is a past\\nmaster, Meridan Sun Royal Arch chapter, Israel Hunt\\ncouncil and St. George commandry, K. T., Edward A.\\nEDWARD lUEL W.V.SON.\\nRaymond consistory, and .\\\\lleppo temple of Boston, also\\nof Nashua lodge, K. of P., and the City Guards club.\\nMr. Wason is unmarried.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0428.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n407\\nEDWARD STEARNS CUTTHR.\\nFVlward S. Cutter was born in Jaffrey, JIarcli 27, 1822.\\nlie is a son of Daniel and Sally (Jones) Cutter. Mr.\\nCutter is a descendant of Richard Cutter, who emigrated\\nto this country from Newcastle, Eng., in 1640 and settled\\nat Cambridge, Mass. His maternal grandmother was a\\ndescendant of Henry Hastings, fifth earl of Huntington.\\nTie is a lineal descendant of Rev. Peter Hobart, a graduate\\nfrom Oxford college and an immigrant who became the\\nfirst settled min-\\nister at Hingham,\\nMass., and also\\nfrom John Pres-\\ncott, fourth gen-\\neration from\\nJames of Standish,\\n1564, who came to\\nBoston and Water-\\ntown in 1640 and\\nwas the progenitor\\nof Col. William\\nI rescott of Revo-\\nlutionary fame,\\nand William H.\\nI rescott the his-\\ntorian. On the\\nmaternal side his\\nancestors were\\nfirst settlers of\\nBedford, Mass\\nCol. Timothy-\\nJones of that\\nplace being his\\ngrandfather, (see\\nBrown s history\\nof Bedford).\\nThree of his an-\\ncestors, including\\nthe last mention-\\ned, were in the\\nRevolutionarv\\nWar.\\nMr. Cutter fitted\\nfor college at Xew\\nIpswich academy,\\nand was graduated\\nfrom Dartmouth\\ncollege in 1844,\\nranking in schol-\\narship among the\\nbest in his class,\\nwhich included\\nex-(;ov. Charles\\nH. Bell, Col. John\\nH. George, Con-\\ngressman A. A. Ranney and Judge Mellen Chaniberlin of\\nMassachusetts, and several others who have become dis-\\ntinguished in public life. He read law with James\\nWalker in Peterborough and afterwards with Daniel\\nClark in Manchester, and was admitted to the bar in\\nDecember, 1848. Mr. Cutter commenced the practice of\\nhis profession in Peterborough and continued there in\\npractice till 1858 when he was apjiointcd clerk of the\\nsupreme judicial court and court of common pleas for\\nHillsborough county, which office he held until June,\\n1864, when he resigned. Me removed to Manchester and\\npracticed law there and in Boston until 1876, when he\\ncame to Nashua. Mr. Cutter is still in practice, (1895;,\\nin partnership with his son, Henry A. Cutter. He is a\\nwell read, careful and prudent attorney, who finds favor\\nand clients among conservative people who seek to con-\\nduct their important business without legal flaws and\\nthus guard themselves against the vexations incidental to\\nacrimonious litigation. In early life Mr. Cutter was a\\nprominent leader\\nin the politics of\\nHillsborough\\ncounty, but since\\nsettling in Nash-\\nua he has not\\nbeen active in\\npublic affairs and\\nyet his party asso-\\nciates insisted on\\nsupporting him at\\nthe polls for sena-\\ntor and one or two\\nother important\\noffices. He has,\\nhowever, pub-\\nlicly advocated\\nmodern innova-\\ntions in state laws,\\ninstanced by the\\nAustralian ballot\\nand other popular\\nenactments. Mr.\\nCutter was, for\\nseveral years after\\nhe came to Nash-\\nua, a member of\\nthe state board of\\nequalization. He\\nhas been a fre-\\nquent contributor\\nto newspapers and\\nother publica-\\ntions, and is the\\nauthor of the\\nchapter on the\\nBench and Bar,\\nin this work. Mr.\\nCutter is a mem-\\nber of the First\\nCongregational\\nchurch and socie-\\nty, of Rising Sun\\nlodge, A. F. and\\nA. M., and Mt.\\nHoreb chapter.\\nAdoniram council, and Trinity conimandery, K. T., Man-\\nchester. Jlr. Cutter has been twice married first. May\\n21, 1850, to Janette Swan, daughter of Samuel and Janet\\n(Steele) Swan of Peterborough. She died in Amherst,\\nSept. 14, 1873. Mr. Cutter married for a second wife\\nSarah K. Lord of Limiiigton, Me., Dec. 31, 1874. His\\nchildren were all by his first marriage: Edward Jones,\\nborn July 5, 1855, a physician and surgeon of Leominster,\\nMass., who married Nellie D. Greeley, oldest daughter of", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0429.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "4o8\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nJ. Thornton and Hannah A. (Morrison) Greeley, June 15.\\n1887; Henry Arthur, born Oct. 27, 1857, attorney, Nashua,\\nwho married Katharine M. Greeley (sister of Nellie D.,)\\nOct. 7, 1885; Annie Louise, born June 13, 1863, died Aug.\\n31, 1877; Leonard Taylor, born Nov. 3, 1871, now a cadet\\nin the United States revenue service.\\nGEORGE B. FRENCH.\\nGeorge B. French was born at Tuftonborough, Nov. 27.\\n1846. He is a son of James and Eveline (Moulton^\\nFrench. His pa-\\nternal ancestors\\nwere among the\\nfirst settlers on the\\neastern shore of\\nWinuipesaukee.\\nOn the maternal\\nside his ancestors\\nwere pioneers of\\nthe wilderness.\\nThey helped set-\\ntle the town where\\nthey resided and\\nnamed it Moulton-\\nborough, which\\nname it has borne\\never since.\\nMr. French be-\\ngan his education\\nin the public\\nschools of Moul-\\ntonborough, to\\nwhich place his\\nparents removed\\nwhen he was about\\nfive years of age,\\nand fitted for col-\\nlege at the New\\nHampshire Con-\\nference Seminary\\nand Female Col-\\nlege at Tilton, be-\\ning a student there\\nin 1866, 1867 and\\n1868. He entered\\nDartmouth col-\\nlege in the last\\nyear mentioned\\nand was graduated\\nin 1872. Follow-\\ning his graduation\\nhe was principal\\nof the high school\\nin Mil ford two\\nyears, after which he read law one year in the office of\\nWadleigh Wallace. Mr. French was influenced to\\nmake the law his profession through early impressions on\\nhis mind of a brother of his mother, a young man whose\\nprofessional career was cut short by death. Leaving the\\noffice of Wadleigh Wallace, Mr. French went to Boston\\nand continued his studies in the office of Nathan Morse,\\na former partner of A. A. Rauney, and attended lectures\\nat the Boston university. He was examined and admitted\\nto practce in Boston, May 24, 1876. On the first day of\\nthe following September he removed to Nashua and began\\nl.EDJit.l B. KKlixeu.\\nthe practice of his profession here, and here he has\\nremained ever since.\\nThe prominence and success that Mr. I rench has at-\\ntained in his profession warrants the statement that he\\nranks among the best practitioners in New Hampshire.\\nHe has a methodical mind, firmness of conviction, de-\\ncision, and is nervously energetic in whatever cause he is\\nengaged. Nothing goes by default with Mr. French. In\\nfact, he makes a careful and painstaking study\u00e2\u0080\u0094 often\\nfathoming puzzling mysteries with the ability of a de-\\ntective of every\\ncase in which he\\nis retained, and\\nhence it happens\\nthat when he en-\\nters upon a trial\\nhe is fully pre-\\npared to parry his\\nopponent and\\nmeet the issue.\\nWith him there is\\nnone of the hesi-\\ntancy a n d half-\\nheartedness that\\noften weakens a\\ncause. On the\\nother hand he is\\nearnest, forciljle\\nand direct, keep-\\ning the balance of\\nattention of court\\nand juror directed\\nto the problems\\ninvolved on his\\nside. In a word,\\nno e le ni e n t of\\nweakness is per-\\nmitted to creep in,\\nand no impression\\ngiven that he en-\\ntertains any doubt\\nconcerning the\\nfinal outcome.\\nMr. French has\\nni ad c successful\\nissue in a large\\nnumber of cases\\nthat were involved\\nin deception,\\nfraud a n d even\\nforgery, many of\\nwhich have be-\\ncome noteworth}\\nHis success before\\na jurj- in summing up is found in a remarkable faculty\\nfor grouping, explaining and arguing scattered and ap-\\nparently conflicting testimony in a manner that, without\\nattempt at oratory or figurative speech, is persuasive and\\neffective. In a word, he is an all round lawyer, in coun-\\nsel reliable, in preparation and trial of causes intense,\\nand when questions of law- carry him to the full bench he\\nis there found with untiring tenacity, searching ever\\\\\\ncorner for authority and every legal principle to sustain\\nhis cause. Mr. French is also an interesting and in-\\nstructive speaker, but, owing to the demands upon his", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0430.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\ntime ill his profession, appears hut seldom before the\\npublic.\\nMr. French gave the city several years of faithful and\\nvaluable service as a member of the board of education\\nand represented Ward four in the constitutional conven-\\ntion of 1889. He was appointed by Governor Goodale as\\none of the commissioners to revise the statutes of \\\\ew\\nHampshire, but resigned before entering upon the work,\\nnot being able to see his way clear to devote the\\nnecessary time to\\nit. Mr. French\\nis president of\\nthe Nashua Trust\\ncompany, a mem-\\nber of the First\\nCongregation a 1\\nsociety and of\\nAncient York\\nlodge, A. F. and\\nA. M. With all\\nelse Mr. French is\\nan enthusiastic\\nsportsman. He is\\nthe owner, with\\nDr. R. F. McQues-\\nten, Dr. Bradford\\nAllen, William H.\\nBeasom, Charles\\nJ. Hamblett and\\nothers of a club-\\nhouse in the wil-\\nderness of Maine\\nand thither at cer-\\ntain seasons of the\\nj ear, with one\\nor more of the\\ngentlemen men-\\ntioned, he goes for\\nrest, recreation,\\nand the pleasure\\nthat comes of fish-\\ning, hunting and\\nroughing it.\\nMr. French was\\nunited in marriage\\nat Milford, Dec.\\n24, 1879, with\\nSarah F. Burn-\\nham, daughter of\\nD. S. and Harriet\\nM. Burnham of\\nthat place. Four\\nchildren have\\nbeen born of their\\nmarriage Ruth\\nH., Robert A.,\\nHelen B., and\\nGeorge M.\\nHENRY ARTHUR CUTTER.\\nHenry A. Cutter was born in Peterborough, Oct. 27,\\n1857. He is a son of Edward S. and Janette (Swan)\\nCutter. (For ancestors see sketch of his father J. Mr.\\nCutter obtained his primary education in the schools of\\n409\\nManchester, to which place his parents moved in 1864,\\nand was graduated in the English High school in Boston\\nin the class of 1875, and at the Boston Tniversity Law\\nschool, class of 1879. He was admitted to the bar March\\n19, 1880, at Concord, and to the bar of the United States\\ncircuit court Dec. 27, 1882. Mr. Cutter has been in partner-\\nship with liis father since his a.lmission to the profession.\\nHe is an attorney who has a thorough knowledgeof the law,\\nwho prepares his cases and presents them in a systematic\\nand comprehen-\\nsive manner, main-\\ntaininghisclients\\ninterest with vigor\\nand with clearness\\nand force of argu-\\nment. Mr. Cutter\\nhas been quite an\\nextensive traveler,\\nhaving been in\\nevery state a n d\\nterritory in the\\nunion, made three\\nocean voyages\\nacross the .Atlantic\\nand traveled over\\na great part of\\nF.urope. In addi-\\ntion to his law\\nbusiness he takes\\nan active part in\\npublic affairs. He\\nwas for some time\\na trustee of the\\nMechanics Sav-\\nings bank, and a\\ndirector in the\\nSecurity Trust\\ncompany, and is\\nalso a director in\\nthe Peterborough\\nrailroad. It is to\\nMr. Cutter s credit\\nthat he organized\\nthe Nashua Board\\nof Trade of which\\nhe was secretary\\nthree years, and\\nwhich did some\\neffective and val-\\nuable work in lo-\\ncating industries\\nhere. Hewasalso\\none of the organi-\\nzers and promot-\\ners of the Masonic\\nbuilding, being\\nsecretary of the\\ncorporation. Mr.\\nCutter is a member of the First Congregational society, of\\nRising Sun lodge, A. F. and A. M., of which he was mas-\\nter in 1884 and 18S5, of Meridian Sun Royal Arch chapter,\\nand of St. George commandery, K. T. He is also a mem-\\nber of the order of Sons of the American Revolutoin.\\nMr. Cutter was united in marriage Oct. 7, 1885 with.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0431.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "4IO\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nKatherine M. Greele\\\\ Mrs. Cutter is a direct descendant\\nof Matthew Thornton, the signer of the Declaration of\\nIndependence. Her great grandfather was a Revolution-\\nary- soldier and was one of two from this section who were\\nwounded at Bunker Hill. Her grandfather was Col.\\nJoseph Greeley, who was a verj successful man, and\\nprominent in the affairs of Nashua in the early part of the\\ncentury. He was one of those who started the Nashua\\nManufacturing company, was an incorporator of the In-\\ndian Head National bank and its first president. Many\\nother institutions owe their establisnient to him in part.\\nHorace Greeley, the famous journalist, was related to the\\nfamily. On the maternal side her ancestors are the\\nMorrisons, Dinsmores and Nesmiths of Londonderry and\\nWindham, families that have been conspicuous in the\\nstate since colonial times. The children of their marriage\\nare Janet, born Jan. 20, 1889; Madeleine, born Dec. 6, 1890.\\nJOSEPH B. PARKER.\\nJoseph B. Parker was born in Hollis, Sept. i. 1840. His\\ncareer furnishes a forcible illustration of what a young\\nman mav accomplish by perseverance and a determina-\\nJOSEPH R. PARKER.\\ntion to win success. He obtained a good common school\\neducation in his native town, but this did not satisfy his\\nambition. He therefore entered Dartmouth college and\\nby making a manly struggle sawing wood, taking care\\nof a horse, at one time keeping a boarding-house with\\nforty boarders, and also keeping a bookstore, succeeded\\nin his purpose, and was graduated with the degree of B.\\nA. in the class of 1869, and received the degree of A. M.\\nin 1872. During his college days and after graduating\\nhe read law in the office of William H. Duncan. He\\ncame to Nashua in 1876, was admitted to the bar in 1877,\\nand commenced the practice of his profession in Septem-\\nber of that year. Mr. Parker has done a large amount of\\nbusiness as a real estate agent and as agent of the Massa-\\nchusetts Mutual P^ire Insurance company, besides taking\\ngood care of the interests of innumerable clients. He\\nwas united in mariage Feb. 8, 1882, with Emma L. Blake\\ndaughter of E. N. Blake of Woburn, Mass. He is a\\nmember of the First Congregational church.\\nCHARLES J. HAMBLETT.\\nCharles J. Hamblett, son of Judson A. and Marj J.\\n(Perkins) Hamblett, was born in Nashua, Jan. 31, 1862.\\nHe is a descendant on both the paternal and maternal side\\niii.\\\\i;i.i iiAMHi.irn.\\nof Scotch-Irish ancestors who came from the north of\\nIreland and settled in Londonderry.\\nMr. Hamblett s parents moved to Milford shortly after\\nthe birth of their son and it was in the public schools of\\nthat town that he laid the foundation of his education.\\nHe afterwards became a student at the academy in Fran-\\ncestown, at which place he completed his academic\\nstudies preparatory to taking up his profession. Mr.\\nHamblett then entered the law office of Judge Robert M.\\nWallace at Milford, where he read law several months.\\nLater he read law and studied in the office of ex-United\\nStates Senator Bainbridge Wadleigh in Boston, and\\nfinally, after a full course of study, was graduated at the\\nlaw school of the Bo.ston university. He was admitted\\nto the New Hampshire bar in 1889 and at once opened an\\noffice in Nashua.\\nMr. Hamblett has always taken a very decided interest\\nin public affairs. He served the state in 1887 as assistant\\nclerk of the senate, and in 1889 as clerk. In 1891 1892 and\\n1893 he was city solicitor of Nashua and from 1894 to 1897,\\nthree years, was president of the common council of\\nNashua. Besides these conspicuous positions he has\\nheld other trusts, in private bodies and societies, in all of\\nwhich he has won the admiration and esteem of his\\nassociates.\\nMr. Hamblett possesses good natural and acquired\\nability. He is a good lawyer and an earnest man in what-\\never he undertakes. In politics he is a republican, and\\nin every campaign since attaining his niajori;y he has,\\nunder the auspices of the state committee, addressed the\\npeople of the state upon pending issues. He is a brilliant", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0432.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n411\\nand forceful speaker whose services are always in ileniaml\\nnot alone in political campaigns, but as a Memorial Day\\norator and addresses upon widely different themes.\\nMr. Ilaniblett was united in marriage Oct. 4, 1894, with\\nGeorgie K. Stevens, daugliter of David and Cornelia\\n(Sawtelle) Stevens of Nashua. Mrs. Hamblett is a de-\\nscendant of an Knglish family that came to this country\\nin early colonial days. One child, a daughter, has been\\n1)orn of their marriage. They attend the services of the\\nFirst Congregational cliurch.\\nGEORGE F. JACKSON.\\nGeorge F. Jackson was Ijorn at Canning, N. S., l eb. i.),\\n1864. He is a son of James T. and Sarah R. (Smith) Jack-\\nson. On the paternal side he is a descendant of William\\nJackson of Medford, N. S., whose father was a native of\\nLancashire, F ng., and on the maternal side of James\\nSmith of (_)ldtown, Me., his grandfather being William\\nSmith of Windsor, N. S. His genealogy connects him\\nwith the Shaws, Aikins, Vaugns and Parmenters all\\nprominent families in Nova Scotia, the Vaugns coming\\nfrom London, Eng., and the others from Rhode Island.\\nMr. Jackson was educated in the Rice, Dwight and\\nLowell public schools of Boston, Mass., to which place\\nhis parents removed when he was a child. T pon leaving\\nschool he entered the dry goods trade in a Boston house\\nwhere he remained three years. He then accepted a posi-\\ntion as travelling salesmen for a fancy goods and import-\\ning house and was on the road some more than four years.\\nTiring of travelling he came to Nashua and obtained\\nemployment in the mills of the Nashua Card and Glazed\\nPaper company, where, Feb. 4, 1888, while at work on a\\nplating mahine, he met with an accident by which he lost\\nhis right forearm. Shortly after his recovery he decided\\nto read law and for that purpose entered the office of Capt.\\nHenry B. Atherton, where he pursued the study- of law\\nfor two years. Then entering the Boston University\\nschool of law he received his technical training and two\\nyears later was graduated with the degree of LL. B.,\\nhaving taken the entire three years course in two. Upon\\nthe following July he was examined at Concord for\\nadmission to the bar in this state, and after a searching\\nexamination of two entire days he was admitted as an\\nattorney and counsellor at law, standing at the head of a\\nclass of thirteen candidates for admission. He imme-\\ndiately formed a co-partnership with Edward H. Wason,\\nunder the firm name of Wason Jackson. He was elected\\ncity solicitor in 1897.\\nr\\nClKOlUiK I.XCKSON.\\nI\\\\Ir. Jackson is something more than a successful attor-\\nnev. He is an active society man, being a member of\\nJohn Hancock lodge, A. V. and A. M., Mount Vernon\\nRoyal Arch chapter, Roxbury Council of Royal and\\nSelect Masters and Joseph Warren comraandery of\\nKnights Templar of Boston. He is a member of Penni-\\nchuck lodge, I. O. O. F., Evening Star lodge, K. of P.\\nand W atananock Tribe of Red Men of Nashua, the Phi\\nDelta Phi law fraternity and the Signia Alpha Epsilon\\ncollege fraternity and was for five years a member of the\\nRoxI)ury City guards. Company D, First regiment, Mas-\\nsachusetts volunteer militia, and is at present a member\\nof the Roxbury Artillery eteran association of Boston.\\nMr. Jackson was united in marriage Dec. 31, 1888, with\\nMabel L. Alexander, daughter of Don P. and Martha\\n(Clement) Alexander of Nashua.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0433.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "412 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nTHE BENCH AND THE BAR.\\nT!V E. S. CUTTER.\\nIN THE early settlement of New England every town of any considerable importance, present or\\nprospective, had among its inhabitants a member of the legal profession. The exigencies of the\\ntimes seem to have demanded the aid of a resident lawyer immediately accessible for consulta-\\ntion. The administration of the municipal affairs of the towns in those early times, the laying\\nout and building of public highwaj-s, the settlement of disputed boundary lines between adjoining\\nland owners, the conveyance of land titles among a people little accustomed to the rules and forms\\nof law, and the enforcement of laws against criminal offences, taken in consideration of the lack of\\nfacilities for communication between one town and another, owing to the want of good roads, all\\ncombined to demand the presence and aid of a resident attorney and throughout New Hampshire\\nfrom Massachusetts to the borders of Canada in those early times and down to the present century, in\\nevery village of any considerable size, could be seen the lawj^er s office located on some central street\\nor square usually a small one-story wooden structure, in size about twenty by twenty-five feet, with a\\nhipped roof, the door in front near one corner, with a lawyer s sign over it. Such was the typical\\nlawyer s office in those early days. It was a center of influence and information for the country\\naround, and thither came the farmers and the villagers with their questions of law, of politics, of\\neconomics and sometimes of theology, for the village squire was supposed to know almost every-\\nthing on every subject, and what he did not know the old farmers used to say wasn t worth\\nknowing. The lawyers in those times were all or nearly all graduates of some one of our New\\nEngland colleges, in southern New Hampshire mosth of Harvard University, gentlemen of culture\\nfor those times, of broad practical scholarship and knowledge of affairs.\\nThey held the office of a justice of the peace at a time when that office was bestowed upon a few\\nonly and was considered an honor and a distinction, while at the present time, (1897), it is merely an\\noffice of business convenience. The influence of the legal profession in those formative times, scat-\\ntered as were its members among the towns throughout the state in moulding and directing the\\nmunicipal governments of the towns, those miniature republics which formed the bed-rock of the\\nlarger and more magnificent republics of the state and the nation, was salutary and invaluable; and\\nthe population of agricultural New England during the first half of the present century furnished the\\nbest population known in history for the support and maintenance of a republican form of government,\\nthe farmers residing on the hillsides and in the valleys owning the farms on which they lived, which\\nwith assiduous cultivation produced in abundance all the necessaries of life.\\nSoon after the early settlements became permanently established on the banks of the Nashua\\nriver between Mine Falls and its confluence with the Merrimack river, con.stituting Indian Head\\nvillage in Dumstable, as that village was fir.st termed, before Nashua was incorporated, Daniel Abbot,\\na young lawyer who had for a short time been practising his profession at Londonderry, left that place\\nand came to Dunstable and opened a law office. He was the first lawyer settled within the\\nconfines of Nashua. He was born in Andover, Mass., Feb. 25, 1777 and was a son of Timothy and\\nSarah (Abbot) Abbot, one of the leading and most ancient families in that town and a lineal descen-\\ndant from Cxeorge Abbot, one of its first .settlers. He was a graduate of Harvard University in the\\nclass of 1797,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 studied for his profession first in the office of Ichabod Tucker in Haverhill, Mass., and\\nfinished his student course in the office of Thomas W. Thompson in Salisbury at that time, one of the\\nleading lawyers in New Hampshire, was admitted to the bar in 1802 and soon after opened a law\\noffice in Londonderry, where he remained till the next year, 1803, when he removed to Dun.stable.\\nThe first law office occupied by Mr. Abbot in Dunstable was in the south part of the village,\\nsouth of the Harbor as now known and near where the old meeting-house stood. Subsequently\\nhe occupied an office in a new building standing where the Whiting now stands, called The\\nTontine, and later on he built a dwelling-house for himself and family on the north side of the\\nsquare which bears his name and an office immediately east of it on the same square, which he con-\\ntinued to occupy as a law office until his death.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0434.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 4,3\\n111 i,Si6 Henjaiiiiii 1 French coiiiiiienced the practice of hiw in Dunstable. Me was the son of\\nFrederick and Grace Hlaiichard) French, born in Dunstable on the second day of October, 1791, a\\ngraduate of Dartmouth College in the class of 1812, studied law in the office of Charles H. Ath-\\nertoii ill Amherst, was admitted to the bar in 18 16 and immediately opened a law office in his native\\ntown. He was for many years a partner in the law practice with Daniel Abbot under the style of\\nAbbot French till 1831, when he received the appointment of agent of the Jackson company, then\\nrecently organized, which office he held for several years with great credit to himself and success to\\nthe manufacturing company. Afterwards he received the appointment of agent for the Boott Mills\\nin Lowell, Ma.ss., to which place he then removed and there resided till his death, May 16, 1S53.\\nNov. 15, 18 19, he was united in marriage with Mary vSouthgate Iceland, of Saco, Maine, daughter\\nof Hon. Joseph Lelaiid and sister of the wife of the late Dr. Nathan Ix)rd of Hanover, for many years\\npresident of Dartmouth College.\\nMr. French was a gentleman of scholarly atlainiiients, literary ta.ste and cultured manners, and\\nwas a leader in social life. As a lawyer he was well ver.sed in his profession, and his opinions on\\nquestions of law and his excellent judgment in matters of business commanded universal respect\\namong his townsmen. He was elected a representative from his native town to the General Court in\\n1825, 1826 and i82y.\\nPeter Clark, Jr., was in the practice of law in Nashua from 1833 to 1841. He was born in Lynde-\\nborough April 29, 1810, son of Peter and Jane (Aiken) Clark, a graduate of Dartmouth College in\\nthe class of 1S29 studied law in the office of Hon. Edmund Parker in Amherst and at the New Haven\\nLaw School, was admitted to the bar in 1832 and first opened an office for the practice of law in Frances-\\ntown, where he remained one year and then removed to Dun.stable (Nashua). Mr. Clark was\\nthoroughly versed in the law and took a high rank in his profession. He was a gentleman of fine lit-\\nerary tasts, of popular address and superior business talent.\\nHis talent for general business tended to withdraw him from the more immediate practice of his\\nprofession and turned his attention to more active business affairs. He took a very active part in the\\nbuilding of the Concord railroad, and for several years and at the time of his death was the treasurer\\nof the corporation.\\nHe was married on the twenty-eighth day of May, 1834, to Susan, the daughter of Nathaniel\\nLord of Kennebunkport, Maine, by whom he had four children. Mr. Clark died on the twenty-ninth\\nday of May, 1841, at Nashua.\\nHon. Charles F. Gove was born at Goffstown, May 13, 1793, died at Nashua Oct. 21, 1856. He\\nwas a son of Dr. Jonathan and Polly (Dow) Gove. He was graduated at Dartmouth college in the\\nclass of 1817, read law in the office of Josiah Forsaith in his native town and at the Dane law school,\\nand was graduated at the Harvard law school in 1820 with the degree of LL.B. He practiced in\\nGoffstown till 1839, when he removed to Nashua. During his residence in Goff.sto\\\\vn he served the\\ntown as clerk two years, was assistant clerk of the house of representatives in 1829, representative in\\nthe legislature in 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 and 1834, and was a member of the .senate and its president\\nin 1835. He was solicitor of Hillsborough county in 1834 and 1835, when he was appointed attorney-\\ngeneral of the state and served until 1842. He was circuit judge of the court of common jjleas from\\n1842 to 1843, and then became superintendent of the Nashua Lowell railroad, which position he\\nheld until his death. He was a man of great energy of mind but unfortunately possessed a feeble\\nconstitution. He married, Sept. 22, 1844, Mary Kennedy, daughter of Ziba Gay of Nashua.\\nGeneral Aaron F. Stevens was born at Londonderry, now Derry, Aug. 9, 18 19; died at Nashua\\nMay ID, 1887. He was the only son of Capt. John F\\\\ and Martha Stevens, both of whom were\\nnatives of Massachusetts. Captain Stevens, who had followed the sea for many years, settled at\\nLondonderry shortly before the birth of his .son. Here he remained until 1828, when he removed to\\nManchester. Three years laterhis parents removed to Peterborough, where they remained until 1838,\\nwhen they settled in Nashua. At Peterborough he worked in a factory under the management of\\nGovernor Steele, and during his residence there alternated between the mill and the public school.\\nIn the meantime the savings of the family enabled him to return to his native place and attend the\\nPiukerton academy. About the time of his settlement in Nashua he learned the niachini.st s trade.\\nHe was, however, ambitious to fit himself for a profession, and one evening while attending the trial", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0435.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "^14 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nof a case in which the late Judge George Y. Saw^-er was counsel, he made up his mind that the law\\noffered him a field in which he could hope to succeed. Shortl_v after he called on Judge vSawyer and\\nunbosomed himself. Judge Sawyer, who had a keen insight into character, was favorably impressed\\nwith him, and while encouraging him in his desire, urged the necessity of obtaining more of an\\neducation than he possessed.\\nFor two or three years he toiled early and late at his trade, and, with the assistance of his sisters,\\nattended the Nashua Literary institution, of which Proft David Crosby, who fitted scores of young\\nmen for useful and honorable careers, was principal. After making satisfactory progress in his\\nstudies, and after entering the office of Judge Sawyer in 1S42, he taught district school in several\\nplaces. In 1845 he was admitted to the bar, and at once became a partner with Judge Sawyer. The\\nyoung attorney, notwithstanding he was surrounded by giants in his profession men who had the\\nadvantage of a collegiate education rose rapidly in his profession, and was soon recognized as a man\\nof learning, natural ability, and a lawyer capable to cope with the most successful members of the\\nbar. His partnership continued until 185S, when. Judge Sawyer being debarred from practice by\\nreason of being on the bench, he became a partner with the late Judge Aaron W. Sawyer, which\\ncontinued until the war broke out, and was renewed at the close of the war, and again at the close of\\nliis congressional career. His last partner was Judge E. E. Parker, now of the court of probate.\\nGeneral Stevens was engaged in the trial of many of the most intricate cases, both civil and\\ncriminal; he was county solicitor from 1856 to 1S61, and held the position of city solicitor of Nashua\\nat different times as many more years. He was always thoroughly prepared for battle and deeply in\\nearnest for his client. Although tenacious, he never invoked the impatience of the court or resorted\\nto tricks, subterfuge or cunning, and he had a happj- faculty of placing himself on friendly relations\\nwith opposing witnesses and jurors. His pleas showed the .skillful tuition of the elder Judge vSawj-er,\\nin that they were perfect in their oratorical deliver}-. Their honesty and freedom from cavil, and\\ntheir courtesy to opponents always carried great weight with a jury. He invariably, like the elder\\nSaw\\\\-er remained a respectful distance from the panel, never descending to familiarity, common-\\nplace talk or truckling. In this way he came to be admired. When he was arguing the most\\nordinar)- case, a crowded room was no uncommon event. So much for the lawyer.\\nAs a soldier no man from New Hampshire civil life made a more honorable or patriotic record.\\nWhen the cry to arms came he at once offered his services to the government, and was commissioned\\nmajor in the First New Hampshire volunteers. His regiment took part in the movements at Harper s\\nFerry, but escaped battle. At the end of his enlistment, three months, he was honorably discharged.\\nHis patriotic impulses, however, would not allow him to remain at home, and so in the autumn of\\n1862 he accepted the colonelcy of the Thirteenth regiment New Hampshire volunteers, and followed\\nthe fortunes of that brave command until the close of the war. At Fredericksburg he led his\\nregiment into the vortex of death, says the New Hampshire reports, moving forward in line of\\nbattle. Being repulsed, he and Colonel Donohoe of the Tenth New Hampshire regiment, re-formed\\ntheir commands under a murderous fire with the intention of renewing the charge, but were ordered\\nto retire. In the action at Suffolk he commanded a brigade that included his regiment and led the\\ncharge, carrying the works at the point of the bayonet, capturing prisoners and guns. He was\\nheavily engaged and performed heroic service at Walthall Road, at Swift Creek, at Kingsland Creek\\nat Drury s Bluff, and was wounded in the hip by a spent ball in the desperate charge at Gaines farm,\\nnotwithstanding which he took part the two days following in the battle at Cold Harbor. In the\\nattack on Petersburg, General Stevens was again a gallant, cautious and conspicuous leader. The\\nThirteenth captured the works, battery five and two hundred prisoners, and General Burnham said\\nin his official report to General Brooks: I desire, sir, particularly to bring to your favorable notice\\nColonel Aaron F. Stevens of the Thirteenth New Hampshire volunteers, both for his personal\\ngallantry in charging the enemy s works and for the able manner in which he handled his regiment\\non that occasion. To him and his regiment the success which was achieved is due in a very great\\nmeasure, and I take pleasure in recommending him for promotion. In the two days movement that\\nended in the assault on Fort Harrison, Colonel Stevens commanded a brigade and was a conspicuous\\nfigure in the thickest of the fight, receiving the attacks of the enemy in open ground. In the\\nfinal movement, carrying the fort by storm, while moving forward at the head of his regiment and\\nbrigade, and when within a few yards of the fort, he fell severely wounded in the hip, and lay where", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0436.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 415\\nhe fell until the tattered colors of his command, which had been shot into shreds during the action,\\nwere jjlanted upon the parapet and the victory was secure, when he was carried from the field. In\\nDecember following he was, for gallant and meritorious service, breveted brigadier general. His\\nwounds did not permit him to take part in the final movements about Richmond, although he was in\\never\\\\- engagement of his command.\\nIn this connection it is appropriate to mention that Ceneral Stevens was on the platform with his\\ncomrades of John G. Foster Post, G. R., of which he was a member, on Memorial day, 1S85.\\nGeorge Bruce, major of the Thirteenth, was the orator. Said Major Bruce: When we entered\\nRichmond we mis.sed at the head of his command one who should have been there to share our\\ntriumphs; we missed one who in as gallant a charge as was made during the war, planted the tattered\\nflag of his country nearer Richmond than it had been before during the four years struggle, and\\nwho fell wountled in the fight. I need not name him here. ou all know him. You all know him\\nGeneral vStevens. Every eye was dimmed with tears, and the general bent forward and wept like\\na child. It was a scene in its touching simplicity, says the reporter of the meeting, that will\\nne\\\\-er be effaced from the memories of those who witnessed it. On Memorial daj 1886, another\\ntouching scene was enacted. The procession made a detour, and upon approaching his residence\\nthe band pla\\\\ed Hail to the Chief, and halting, drew up in line, saluted the general, who stood\\nupon his piazza and was so overcome with emotion that he was unable to speak. As he sank into\\nhis chair he said Let me take leave of my comrades, but his friends begged him not to speak,\\nand told him that he would march with them many years. He saluted the veterans as they moved\\naway. Tlie Grand Army ])o.st of Peterborough is named in honor of him Aaron F. Stevens.\\nCieneral Stevens was for more than thirty years a conspicuous figure and trusted leader in the\\nRepublican party of New Hampshire. From the principles of this party he never for a moment de-\\nparted. He believed in them, and whether in \\\\-ictory or defeat, whether in the ranks, in congress or\\nsmarting because of not reaching the station which he felt due him liecause of his service to the state,\\nhe was true as .steel and ready to do yoman service by addressing the people on the issue. He was\\noriginally a Whig. He represented this party in the state legislature in 1S49 and 1S54, and as a dele-\\ngate in 1852 to the convention at Baltimore that nominated General Scott for the presidency. In 1S53\\nand 1854 he was president of the common council of Nashua. He enrolled in the Republican\\nparty at its inception, and was elected to the legislature by it in 1S56 and 1S57. In 1866, following\\nhis service in the field, he was unanimously nomina-ed for congress and was elected the following\\nMarch. He was re-elected for a second term in March, 186S, and was nominated, but defeated at the\\npolls by a few votes, in 1871. He served on the committee on Revolutionarp claims, on na\\\\-al affairs,\\nand on treatment of Union prisoners. He cook a prominent part in many important debates, made\\nseveral exhaustive speeches relative to naval affairs, and in February, 1870, he addressed the hou.se\\non Grant s administration, in which he full.\\\\- sustained the president and denounced repudiation\\nand the expansion of the currency.\\nFrom 1876 to i883- 84 he was a Repul)lican member of every state legislature, and uniformh-\\nserved on the committee on judiciary and other imjxirtant debates and discussions. In 1879 he lacked\\nbut two votes of the nomination, which was equivalent to an election, for United States senator, and\\nin a long and heated contest for .senatorial honors in 1883, he was one of the candidates whose friends\\nand admirers voted for to the last. In the winter of 1883, while at his winter home in Florida, he\\nmet with an accident which made it difficult for him to use his arm, and following the senatorial con-\\ntest his health failed, so that during the remainder of his life he was compelled to relinquish the ex-\\ncitement of political life. He was active in the courts, however, until December, 1885. His speeches,\\naddresses and orations would fill volumes, while a page of this book print would hardly snflice to\\nenumerate the important trusts which he has held. The Hillsboro bar, standing in .solemn silence,\\npassed a .series of resolutions presented by Gen. Charles H. Burns, in which this eulogy appears:\\nIn the death of General Stevens the bar of New Hampshire has lost one of its most eminent mem-\\nbers and the state one of her most gallant and patriotic sons. Kind, courteous, true, able and honest,\\nhis life has been one of great u.sefulness, his example worthy of imitation, and his departure to a bet-\\nter land is preceded by a long and distinguished record of manly and heroic deeds.\\nGener JJ Stevens was eminently a .self-made man, a man of the people. He was below no man,\\nand bore himself as above no man from a society standpoint who was clean and honest. He lived", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0437.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "^i6 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nclose to the pulse of the multitude, and was quick and accurate in judgment concerning what tlie\\nmasses were thinking about and whither public sentiment was drifting. In a word, he had certain\\nand practical knowledge of men and things, where others had an impractical knowledge that comes\\nof theorizing. He was a warm and generous friend, and if he had reason to distrust or dislike a man\\nhe treated him courteously and let him alone. General vStevens attended the Congregational\\nchurch, but was not a professing member. He was an honored member of Rising Sun lodge, A. V\\nand A. M., and of John G. Foster post, G. A. R. His last appearance at an important public meeting\\nwas at the General Grant memorial exercises at the City hall in Nashua. He prepared a series of elo-\\nquent resolutions for that occasion, but, being in feeble health, they were read by one of his comrades.\\nDr. R. B. Prescott. The most fitting eulogy that can be spoken of him is the peroration of his last .set\\noration, delivered before his comrades of the Grand Army on a Memorial day a few years before his\\ndeath Sleep, brave and gallant dead Sleep in peace. Sleep in your graves of glory. Yours is\\nthe repose of the warrior and patriot. No matter where your ashes rest, whether with kindred dust\\nor beneath the star-lit turf of southern fields whereon you fell, the benediction of comrades and\\ncountry shall fall iti bannered and flower\\\\- tribute upon the green and grassy mounds that tell us\\nwhere vou lie: your deeds and your memory emlmlmed in the hearts of the nation shall live in song\\nand .story. No matter in what sphere of life in the days of peace you moved, that country shall\\ncherish the proud knowledge that in the days of war and danger your step was firm and steady to the\\ngreat connnand. Forward! and now hereafter yours shall be a national renown.\\nThere were many touching scenes in the closing days of General Stevens career. A few months\\nbefore he died, and while at his winter home at Greylook, Florida, his mind wandered, but even in his\\nweakness, his loyalty to his comrades and his loved New Hampshire dominated his dreams. Again and\\nagain he was heading his old command at Fort Harrison. In such hours his features were animated\\nwith the excitement of battle and his voice was pitched to the lieight of command: Forward! he\\nwould exclaim, Forward! Order up the reserve. Steady! The fight is stubborn, but we .shall\\nwin! and when the delirium had passed he would urge Mrs. Stevens to take him home to his native\\nhills. His wish was gratified. Mrs. vStevens accompanied him home, and while passing away he\\noften remarked that he had no misgivings. He felt that he had championed the right cause and\\nfought a good fight. His body was buried in the Nashua cemetery with military honors.\\nGeneral Stevens was united in marriage at the Methodist church at Naliant, Mass., May 19, 1861,\\nto Adelaide M. Johnson of Boston, Mass. Mrs. .Stevens, who survives the general, followed the for-\\ntunes of her husband in all his campaigns, and when the battle was on was as near him as her safety\\nwould permit. She nursed him and his comrades in field and hospital, and few women are equally\\nloved and honored by a wider circle of friends and acquaintances. There were no children by their\\nmarriage.\\nBenjamin F. Emerson was born in Hollis, July 1S06, died in Na.shua, Sept. 6, 1S84. He was\\na son of the Rev. Daniel and Esther Frothingham) limerson, and a descendant on the paternal side of\\nThomas Emerson, a baker, who came to Ipswich, Mass., before 1635 and was the ancestor of most of\\nthe name, many of whom ha^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2e become well known in New England. His maternal ancestors, the\\nFrothinghams, have been distinguished in Massachusetts in many generations.\\nMr. Emerson obtained his primary education in the schools of his native place and fitted for col-\\nlege in various academies. He entered Dartmouth college in 1826 and remained two years. He then\\nwent to Union college, N. Y., where he graduated in the class of 1830. Mr. Emerson then read law\\nin the office of B. M. Farlej- in Hollis and attended lectures at Harvard law school. In 1836, shortly\\nafter liis admission to the bar, he became a resident of Nashua and a partner of Aaron F. Sawyer.\\nThis partnership was dissolved in 1840 and from that time until his death he practiced b} himself, his\\noffice being in the building on the north corner of Main and Fletcher streets. For more than a quar-\\nter of a century he gave his attention largely to matters before the probate court and had the largest\\nand most successful practice in that line, (in which he was unsurpassed), of any man in the county.\\nMr. Emerson was an active man of affairs. He was one of the leading citizens in the town of Nash-\\nville, being a member of its board of selectmen in 1S52, when the first iron bridge was built o\\\\-er the\\nNashua river to replace a wooden structure that was carried awaj in the freshet of tha* year. In\\n1859, he represented Ward One in the board of aldermen in i860, in the legislature ana in 1876, in", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0438.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n41:\\nthe constitutional convention. He was a useful an.l reliable citizen who enjoyed the confidence and\\nrespect of the coniinunit\\nMr. Emerson was twice married: first, with Ivliza Kendall ol Bedford, who died SejU. 26, 1S70;\\nsecond, with Mrs. Caroline C. Morse of Nashua, who died March i 1S86. His children, two .sons\\nwere by his first marriage Benjamin K., born Dec. 20, 1843, professor of geology at .Amherst college!\\nCharles H., born Oct. 11, 1S46, civil engineer, Nashua.\\nAaron P. Hughes was born in Windham May 7, 1815; died suddenly at Worcester, Mass., when\\nreturning from Washington to his home in Nashua, Feb. 23, 1864. His grandfather was a Scotch\\nPresbyterian and emigrated to this country from England in the middle of the last century. His\\nfather was Capt. Barnet Hughes, a carpenter and widely known in Rockingham county. Both of his\\nparents were members of the Presbyterian church and were remarkable for their native talents, and\\nwere well known and much respected in the community where they resided.\\nMr. Hughes obtained a common school education and learned the carpenter s trade of his father.\\nHe obtained a situation at Methuen, Mass., in the emjiloy of David Gillis, afterwards a prominent\\ncotton manufacturer and resident of Nashua, and while employed in his trade unfortunately cut his\\narm with a chi.sel or .some other tool. The wound proved serious and he lost his arm. Being thus\\nincapacitated to obtain a livelihood at mechanical jjursuits, he turned his attention to letters as a\\nprofession. He attended schools at the academies in fJerry and Hancock. He early distinguished\\nhimself as a declaimer, and while at Hancock was always at the head of his class. Completing his\\neducation at the last named place he entered the law oflfice of Aaron F. Sawyer in Nashua in 1842,\\nand in 1846 was admitted to the bar. He then opened an office in Nashua, and, with occasional\\nintervals, practiced in his profession until his death. He was a lawyer of acknowledged abilitv, and\\ndistinguished eminence as an advocate.\\nIn the first year of his political career he was an active and influential Whig, and as such was\\nelected to represent the town of Nashua in the legislature. F rom 1848 to 1852 he held the office of\\npostmaster under Taylor s and F illmore s administrations. Subsequently he dissolved his affiliation\\nwith the Whig party and joined the Democratic party, b which he was elected to represent Ward\\none in the legislature. ]\\\\Ir. Hughes was the Democratic candidate for mayor against his brother-in-\\nlaw, Aaron W. vSawyer, in i860, and was defeated by a few votes. He had an active, shrewd and\\nfar-seeing mind and with all was a public speaker of force, argumentative ability and persuasive\\neloquence. But life to Mr. Hughes was not made of law and politics. These were secondary\\nconsiderations. He was an earnest and sincere Presl)yterian, like his ancestors before him, a teacher\\nin the Sunday school and a man in whom philanthropy was a leading characteristic. IHs friends and\\nacquaintances recognized this fact, and fjecause of it he had no enemies among those who were\\npolitically opposed to him.\\nMr. Hughes devoted a good share of his time to jiromoting the interests of plain, everj-daj^\\npeople, and to freemasonry. He was a director in the l^ennichuck State bank of Nashua, first citv\\nsolicitor of Nashua in 1853 and 1854, held many positions of trust and procured the charter and\\nfounded the Nashua Savings bank, of which he was the treasurer from its organization until the time\\nof his death. He was made a Ma.son in Rising .Sun lodge, and was its worshipful master in 1851,\\n1S52 and 1853, was a member of Meridian ,Sun Royal Arch chapter, a select master and knights\\ntemjilar, and by his worthiness had attained the highest eminence in the order, being a Scottish rite\\nMason of the thirty-second degree, and having one of the bodies of the consistory Aaron P. Hughes\\nlodge of perfection named in honor of him. At the time of his death he was grand-commander of\\nthe grand consistory of New Hampshire, and illustrious second-lieutenant of the grand commandery\\nof the grand consistory of the supreme chiefs of exalted masonry for the United States, their\\nterritories and dependencies.\\nHis funeral, which was held in the first edifice of the First Congregational church, was attended\\nby the officers of all the grand l)odies of Masonry in the state, l)y the commanderies of Manchester\\nand other places, by the blue lodges of southern New Hamiishire, and representatives from masonic\\nbodies in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Edward A. Raymond, whose name is borne by the\\nconsistory of the valley of Nashua, the only consistory in the .state, being among those present.\\nThe religious service, which was of a very impressive character, was conducted by Rev. Charles J.\\nHill, and the burial rite of the order was feelingly performed by William W. Bailey, worshipful\\n35", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0439.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "4i8 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nmaster of Rising Sun lodge. The body was buried in the Nashua cemetery, and all the members of\\nthe ancient order cast a sprig of the acacia upon the casket, the sj^mbol of their faith, and the\\ntomb was closed.\\nMr. Hughes was united in marriage Nov. 17, 1845, with Charlotte L. Sawyer, daughter of Aaron\\nF. and Hannah (Locke) Sawyer. For ancestors see sketch of her father). The children of their\\nmarriage are James A. D., born Sept. 6, 1846, graduated at Dartmouth college, i868, and at West\\nPhiladelphia Divinity school, 1S74, ordained in the ministry and pastor of the St. Andrews church,\\nPhiladelphia, married Emma A. Mieninger, 1S84; Aaron Porter, born Feb. 20, 1849, graduated at\\nDartmouth college, 1.S70: civil engineer, resides in Nashua.\\nHon. Bernard B. Whittemore, son of Bernard and Jane (Holmes) Whittemore, was born in\\nBoston, May 15, 1S17, died at Cambridgeport, Mass., March 5, 1893. His paternal ancestors were\\nnatives of Hitchen, Hertfort county, Eng., Thon:as Whittemore being the first to settle in this coun-\\ntry, at Maiden, Mass., in 1641. His grandfather, Nathan Whittemore, a Revolutionary soldier, set-\\ntled at Peterboro in 1781, at which place both his parents were born. On the maternal side his\\nancestors came from Londonderry in the north of Ireland in 1740 and settled at Londonderry in this\\nstate. His grandfather, Nathan Holmes of Peterboro was a Revolutionary soldier anil a prominent\\nman in affairs of his town,\\nMr. Whittemore attended the puljlic schools of his native town and Mont X ernon academy. He\\nfitted for college at Phillips E)xeter academ and entered Harvard college in the class of 1832, E. E.\\nHale, D. D., and Nathaniel E. Baker, afterwards go\\\\-ernor of New Hampshire, being among his\\nclassmates. Mr. Whittemore graduated in 1839 and then read law in the law school of the same col-\\nlege. He was admitted to the Hillsboro bar in 1842, practiced a few years at Palmer, NLass., and\\nAmherst, and then, in 1846, in connection with his brother, Francis P. Whittemore, purchased the\\nNashua Weekly Gazette, which he edited from that time to July i, 1889, meantime, in 1S72, founding\\nand editing the Nashua Daily Gazette. Mr. Whittemore represented the district in the state senate\\nin 1852 and 1853, and was the first Democratic candidate for mayor in 1853. He was the mayoralty-\\ncandidate of his party in 1854, 1864 and 1865. In i860 he represented his ward in the board of alder-\\nmen, and in 1861 was city treasurer. He served the county two or three teruis of five years each as\\ncoroner, was a trustee in the public library a good many j-ears, and from 1874 to 1877 associate jus-\\ntice of the Nashua police court. Although bred to the law and serving a clientage during his active\\nyears, the great work of his life was performed in the newspaper profession. As a lawyer he was a\\nsafe adviser who seldom or never prosecuted in ojsen court as an editor sharp, incisive and plain\\nspoken. He served a generation in which more of personal controversy was e. ipected and demanded\\nby party constituency than is admissable at the present time and served it faithfully from the stand-\\npoint of his reasoning. Mr. Whittemore was a modest man and in his intercourse with his fellow-\\ncitizens kind, obliging and considerate. He was a Unitarian and a bachelor.\\nHon. Samuel T. Worcester, born in Hollis, Aug. 30, 1804, died in Nashua, Dec. 5, 1882.\\nHe was a son of Jesse and Sarah (Parker) Worcester and brother of Joseph E. Worcester, author of\\nWorcester s dictionary. The Worcesters came of an old and distinguished family men who made\\ntheir impress upon the laws of the land, who distinguished themselves in all the wars of the country,\\nwho have graced bench, bar and puljiit and walked in paths of honor in the mercantile and agricul-\\ntural world.\\nJudge Worcester was educated in the public schools of Hollis, in Peuibroke and Andover acade-\\nmies, and was graduated in Harvard college in 1830. After leaving school he was principal for one\\nyear of an academy at Weymouth, Mass. He read law in the office of B. M. Farley at Hollis, was\\ngraduated at the Harvard law school in Cambridge, Mass., settled in Norwalk, Ohio, in 1835, and\\ncontinued the practice of law there until 1867, when he removed to Nashua.\\nJudge Worcester was a member of the Ohio senate in 1849 and 1850. In 1859 he was elected dis-\\ntrict judge of the Tenth Ohio judicial district, and, in i86i, while holding that office, was elected a\\nmember of congress, in which body he served at a critical period in the history of the country, and\\nwith credit to his constituents. In Nashua he was looked up to as one of the most distinguished of\\nher citizens. He practiced his profession but little, being city solicitor in 1869 and 1870, but, on the\\nother hand, found pleasure and contentment in efforts to advance the cause of education by serving", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0440.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H\\n419\\nthe city as a ineniber of the board ul taucation. His publications were 1S31, Sequel to the Spell\\ning Book; 1833, -Americau Primary Spelling Book 1871, Revised edition of Worcester s Com-\\nprehensive and Primary Dictionary; 1871, Old and New, or the School System of Ohio and Xew\\nHampshire Compared; 1872, oration, Bi-Centeimial of Old Dunstable and Nashua. This was a\\nmasterly production, of finished rhetorical language, and permeated with eloquent sentiment Hi s\\nlast publication\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a monument to his memory\u00e2\u0080\u0094 was The History of Hollis. Among his posthumous\\npapers, now in possession of the New Hampshire Historical society, is an exhaustive article conclu-\\nsively showing that a majority of the troops engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill wen- furnished by\\nNew Hampshire. Judge Worcester, in religious matters, was a Swedenborgian.\\nJudge Worcester was married May i;,, 1835, to Mary 1-. C, daughter of Samuel Wales of Stough-\\nton, ^^ass. Mrs. Worcester was a finely educated woman, and here, as in Ohio, was among the\\nforemost in inauguraling and successfully carrying forward lecture courses and in contributing time\\nand money to all charitable objects. She died in Nashua, April 29, 1874. There were no children\\nby their marriage.\\nHon. Charles W. Hoitt was born in Newmarket, Oct. 26, 1847. He is a son of William K.\\nA. and Sarah C. (Swain) Hoitt, and a descendant of John Hoyt, one of the original settlers of Salis-\\nbury, Mass., who was born about 1610 in England. On the maternal side he is a descendant of\\nPhineas Swain who served at Bunker Hill on the American side.\\nJudge Hoitt attended the public schools at Dover and was fitted for college at Franklin academy\\nin that city, and by a private tutor. He entered Dartmouth college in 1867, and was graduated in\\nthe class of 1871. During the autumn and winter of 1871 and 1872 he taught school at Sherborn,\\nMass. He read law in the office of Samuel M. Wheeler at Dover from February, 1872 to the latter\\npart of August following, when he came to Nashua as ma.ster of the Mt. Pleasant .school. While\\nunder his care the school reached a high .standard of scholar.ship, and at the same time he introduced\\nand enforced discipline which before his time had not been satisfactory to the board of education or\\nthe parents of the district that made the school one of the model ones of New England. In 1874\\nthe board of education reluctantly accepted his resignation, and he became an usher in the Lincoln\\ngrammar school in Boston.\\nJudge Hoitt had reason to believe that he had made a success of teaching, but having made up\\nhis mind some years before to enter the legal profession, and believing that procrastination was detri-\\nmental to his interests in that direction, he resigned his ushership in Boston in October, 1875, and re-\\nturned to Nashua and entered upon the study of law in the office of Stevens Parker. He was\\nadmitted to the Hillsboro bar at the September term, 1877, of the supreme court sitting at Nashua.\\nHe was appointed clerk of the Nashua police court Jiil.\\\\ 18, 1876, and held that position till Oct. i,\\n1S81, when he resigned. He was city solicitor in 1885, 18S6, 1887 and 1888, and April 25, 1889, he\\nwas appointed justice of the Nashua police court, which position he now holds. As an ad\\\\-ocate.\\nJudge Hoitt has taken high rank in his profession. His briefs and arguments are clearl\\\\- drawn, and\\nhis summing up before a jury is earnest and persuasive. As justice of the municipal court, he evinces\\nfamiliarity with the statute laws, impartialitN in its ap]ilication and has a decided leaning to mercy.\\nWith all else he is a pleasing public speaker on political and secular themes.\\nJudge Hoitt, however, has not given his attention wholly to teaching, the law and politics. He\\nhas been active in many directions. In 1872 and 1873 he was engrossing clerk of the legislature, and\\nduring eight yeras he served the people on the board of education, of which body he was the official\\nclerk. He is a York rite mason and a member of St. George commandery, K. T., a Scottish rite\\nmason and a member of Edward A. Raymond consistory, thirty-second degree, a meiiiljer of Penni-\\nchuck lodge and Indian Head encampment, I. O. O. F., Watananock tribe of Red Men. in which\\norder he has held the office of great sachem of the state. Governor Wentworth colony of Pilgrim\\nFathers, Eowell lodge of Elks, at Lowell, Mass., and the City Guards Veteran association. Judge\\nHoitt is an Episcopalian.\\nHe was united in marriage Jan. 14, 1875, with Harriet Louise Gilman, daughter of Virgil C. and\\nSarah L- Gilman of Nashua. (For ancestors see sketch of her father.) Two children were born of\\ntheir marriage; Richard Gilman, born Nov. i, 1875. died Oct. i, 1880; Robert Virgil, born Nov. 19,\\n1882, died Aug. 22, 1889.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0441.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "420 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nEugene M. Bowman was born in Manchester, July 23, 1838. He is a son of Jonas B. and Ase-\\nnatli L. Bowman, and on the paternal side is ninth in descent from Nathaniel Bowman of Watertown,\\nMass., who came to America in 1636 from England, and on the maternal .side seventh in descent\\nfrom Daniel Ladd who came to this country from England in 1633 and settled at vSalisbury, Mass.,\\nin 1837.\\nMr. Bowman received his education in the public schools of Manchester and at New Ipswich\\nacademy and Merrimack normal institute. He is a graduate of Albany law school, studied law with\\nHerman Fo.ster and was admitted to the l)ar in 1859 in Hillsborough county.\\nHe married vSarah E. Parker in July, 1S5S. Mrs. Bowman is a daughter of Elkanah Phillips and\\nSarah (Corning) Parker of Merrimack, N. H., and is seventh in line of descent from Capt. James\\nParker who came to America from luigland in 163S and died in Groton, Mass., in 1701. Mr. Bow-\\nman came to Nashua in 1873, where he has ever since resided. Although a lawyer by profession he\\nhas never practiced here, his time having been well occupied in other pursuits. He has held the\\nposition of city clerk for fifteen years, and other positions of trust, with honor and credit to himself\\nand to the satisfaction of his fellow citizens. He has always taken a great interest in Nashua s wel-\\nfare and is highly respected and esteemed as a citizen. Mr. Bowman is a veteran of the war of the\\nRebellion, having served in the .\\\\rmy of the Potomac, and participated in all the battles in Virginia\\nin 1862 and 1863; he was slightly wounded at the battle of Cedar Mountain in 1862. He attends the\\nPilgrim church.\\nLillian M., only child of Mr. and Mrs. Bowman, was born in 1859, and married Phineas Adams\\nHannnond, son of Dr. E. B. Hammond, of this city in 1884. One son, Roland Bowman, born July\\n26, 1887, is the result of their marriage.\\nEdwin B. Gould was born in Hillsborough, Jan. 24, 1839. He is a son of Jonathan S. and Sabra\\n(Booth) Gould. Mr. Gould is of Scotch descent on the paternal side and traces his lineage to the\\nGoulds who settled in Topsfield, Mass., in 1620. On the maternal side he is a descendant of the\\nBooths who were among the first settlers of his native place, people of industrious habits and sterling\\nworth.\\nMr. Gould was educated in the public schools of Hillsborough, at Appleton academy in Mont Ver-\\nnon, where he graduated in the class of 1858, and at Kimball Union academy in Meriden, where he\\nwas a scholar in 1859. After graduating in Mont Vernon he taught school. Mr. Gould commenced\\nreading law in the office of James F. Briggs at Hillsborough Bridge in i860, and concluded in the\\noffice of Francis M. Blood at Hillsborough Lower Village. He was admitted to the bar at the term\\nof the supreme court held at Manchester in January, 1864, and shortly afterwards entered upon the\\npractice of his profession at Suncook, where he remained nine j^ears. He moved to Lebanon in 1873,\\nand in 1876 came to Nashua where he still continues in practice and to meet with good success. Mr.\\nGould has held a commission for several 5-ears as notary public and has been identified with affairs\\nfor the public weal. He attends the services of the Pilgrim church, is a member of Howard lodge,\\nI. O. O. F., at Suncook, and Indian Head encampment of the same order at Nashua. He is also a\\nchevalier in the uniformed rank of the order.\\nMr. Gould was united in marriage Nov. 18, 1868, with Eliza J. Kelsey of Nottingham, daughter\\nof John and Elizabeth Kelsey of that place. There are no children by their marriage.\\nRoyal Dexter Barnes was born at Northfield, Mass., June 18, 1855. He was a son of Warren M.\\nand Mar (Blodgett) Barnes of Litchfield, who removed to Litchfield when the subject of this sketch\\nwas a lad. Mr. Barnes was educated in the public schools of Litchfield and at Cro.sby s literary\\ninstitute, Na.shua. He read law in the office of Sawyer Sawyer, Jr., was admitted to the bar of\\nHillsborough county, and practiced in Na.shua until his death, which occurred Aug. 28, 1891.\\nMr. Barnes was a man of considerable natural ability, a well read lawyer, and had a large and\\nlucrative practice at one time. He was a man of very generous impulses, with a large circle of\\nfriends. He was city solicitor for several years.\\nMr. Barnes married Idella E. Prescott, a daughter of Nathan O. and Lucy A. (Richardson)\\nPrescott, March 13, 1878. Three children were born of their marriage: Royal Sumner, born June 19,\\n1879; Mabel Prescott, born Aug. 23, 1883; Alfred Dexter, born Sept. 8, 1889.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0442.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 421\\nCharles D. Parker was born in Nashua, Dec. 17, 1861. He was educated in the schools of his\\nnalivL- city and graduated from the Nashua Literary institute, of which Prof. David Crosby was\\nprinciiKil. Mr. Parker attended h rench s commercial college in Bo.ston and finally settled down to\\nllie study of law in the olTice of Ceorge Y. Sawyer Sawyer Junior. He completed his reading in\\nthe olTicc of Judge V.. E. Parker, and was graduated at the Boston university of law and admitted\\n1(1 the bar in 1SS6. Mr. Parker has made a gratifying success in his profes.sion and has a bright\\n(lullook for the future.\\nHe was united in marriage Oct. 16, i.SSg, with Jennie A. Norris, daughter of William H. Norris\\nof Holyoke, and has one child, Charles N., born May 23, icSgi. He represented his ward in the con-\\nstitutional convention in 1889, and in the legislature in 1S90 and 1891. Mr. Parker is a member of\\nthe Manchester lodge, No. 146, lUks (irauite lodge, I. O. O. F Evening Star lodge, K. of P., of\\nwliicli he is keeper of records and seals, and of Watananock tribe of Red Men in which he is a past\\nsachem and an officer in the great council. His cheerful deportment among his fellow citizens is of a\\ncharacter that makes everybod\\\\- his friend.\\nJeremiah J. Doyle was liorn in New Pioston, June 23, 1861. He is a siui of John and Julia\\n(O Neil) Doyle.\\nMr. Doyle obtained his education in the schools of Milford and Amherst, and be it said to his\\ncredit, there is no man in Hillsboro count\\\\ who made a more manly struggle to better his condition\\nor whose career more completely illustrates the possibilities within the reach of those who have\\ncourage and perseverance. He labored days and studied nights. He attended school when he could\\nbut he never for a day gave up his books, often poring over them by a dim light far into the night.\\nAt the age of eighteen he commenced teaching in a district school and for the next two years he was\\na schoolmaster of ability and popularity.\\nHax ing made up his mind to study law he entered the office of George B. French in Nashua in\\n1 88 1, and here he applied himself to his task with the same earnestness and determination to succeed\\nthat had characterized his previous career. By practicing self-denial he was able to take a three\\nears course at the Boston university of law, and Aug. 2^, 18S4, a full month before he had com-\\npleted his last term in the institution, he took an examination at the law term of the supreme court at\\nConcord and was admitted to the bar. He then opened an office in Nashua and by strict attention to\\nthe affairs of his clients, by continued study and industry he has forged his way to the front ranks\\nof the profession and to recognition among the attorneys of the county as a foeman worthy of their\\nsteel.\\nMr. Doyle has also made an enviable record for himself outside of the legal profession. He has\\nproved himself an earnest debater, a man of original ideas, as well as a clear and forcible advocate,\\nand an able and energetic speaker on public occasions. Mr. Doyle represented Ward Five in the board\\nof alderman in 1886 and 1887, and served two years as city solicitor. He was a member of the legis-\\nlature in 1S87 and 1889, and in 1894, and was elected to represent Ward Nine in the same branch of\\nthe government in 1895 and 1896. As a member of this body, as when in the board of aldermen, he\\nhad an active and intelligent part.\\nWilli all else Mr. Doyle is a .society man. He has served division No. 2, Ancient Order of\\nHibernians, as president has lieen one of the foremost temperance advocates in the city was a char-\\nter member and the first chief ranger of Court Indian Head, A. O. F., also was grand chief ranger of\\nthe Oraud Court of New Hamiishire .state president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and dele-\\ngate to the Omaha convention in 1892; member of the Oranite vState club (Manchester), and active\\nin the affairs of the Church of St. Louis de Gonzague first delegate of Foresters to Brooklyn con-\\n\\\\enti in, 1891.\\nMr. Doyle was united in marriage Nov. 8, 1886, with Luella J Lucier, daughter of Paul, Jr.,\\nand IClizabelh (Brennan) Lucier. The children of their marriage are Lillian Elizabeth, born Aug.\\n16, 1887; Paul Jeremiah, born Feb. 19, 1891 Robert James, born .March ir, 1894, and Mary Julia,\\nliorn Dec. 26, 1895.\\nStephen L. Hallinan was born at Fairfield, Vt., July 26, 1S62. He is a son of .Stephen and\\nNancy N Ulen) Hallinan, both of whom are dead. Mr. Hallinan obtained a common .school educa-\\ntion in his native town, and at the age of sixteen years went to Brigham academy in Bakersfield, Vt.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0443.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "422 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nIn 1882 he commenced the study of law under Henry R. Start, Bakersfield, Vt., and was admitted to\\nthe bar Oct. 30, 1884. He practiced at Highgate, Vt., until December, 1886, and at vSt. Albans from\\n1 886 to February, 1889, and in the spring of that year settled in Nashua, and still remains in the\\nsame profession. While residing in Vermont he was state s attorney of Franklin county to the inter-\\nest of his clients. He is a member of the Church of the Immaculate Conception and the Clover club.\\nMr. Hallinan was a member of the legislature of 1895 and 1896 from Ward Five. Mr. Hallinan is\\nunmarried.\\nBertis A. Pease was born at Wilton, Me., Oct. 31, 1S54. He was graduated at Wilton academy\\nin 1878, and at Colby university in 1882. He was principal of high school at Milford from 1882 to\\n1885. In 1886 he became a resident of Nashua and principal of the Mt. Pleasant school, where he\\nremained until 1888, being one of the most thorough and satisfactory masters in New Hampshire.\\nMr. Pease studied law in the ofhce of Charles H. Burns, was graduated at the Boston university\\nschool of law in 1889, and admitted to the Hillsboro bar in the same ear. He entered upon the\\npractice of his profession immediately after his admission, and although he has given a share of his\\ntime to the affairs of the Nashua Building and Loan association, of which he is secretary and attor-\\nney, he has had a large and successful practice. He is energetic and earnest in his advocacy of a\\nclient s cause and popular with all with whom he is associated.\\nMr. Pease married, Jan. i, 1890, Linna B. F lagg, daughter of W. H. Flagg of Lowell. She is\\nan artist who ranks among the first in her profession. Their children are Eleanore, born April 16,\\n1891, Robert A., born Nov. 21, 1893, Theodore S., born April 7, 1.S95, and Dorothy, born Nov. 3,\\n1896. Mr. Pease is a member of Rising Sun lodge, A. F. and A M., and the First Congregational\\nchurch.\\nWilliam J. McKay was born in Pembroke, Me., June 13, 1869. He is a son of Neil and Sarah\\n(McKay) McKay, descendant of the old Scotch Camerons and Morrisons. He attended the public\\nschools of his native place until he was fifteen years of age when, in 1884, following the death of his\\nfather, he became a resident of Nashua, attending the high school and graduating in the class of\\n1888. He then read law in the office of William W. Bailey, and in 1890 entered the Boston university\\nlaw school, where he graduated with the degree of LL. B. in 1892. Mr. McKaj is a self-made man.\\nHe has fought his way to the front single-handed and largely by teaching, having held the responsi-\\nble position of principal of a city evening school five 3 ears. He is a member of Rising Sun lodge,\\nA. F. and A. M.\\nAlvin J. Lucier was born in Nashua Jan. 6, 1869. He is a son of Paul and Elizabeth (Brennan)\\nLucier. His father came to Nashua from St. Damase, Can., about forty }ears ago. He attended the\\nprimar}- and grammar schools and was graduated at the Nashua high school in 1886. He then\\nentered St. Hyacinth college in Canada where he was graduated in 1889. Mr. Lucier read law in\\nthe office of J. J. Doyle, attending the Boston law school and was admitted to the bar Jan. 31, 1891,\\nat Concord. He then became a partner in the business of Mr. Doyle under the name of Doyle\\nLucier. Mr. Lucier is a member of the church of St. Louis de Gonzague, where he has Iieen\\norgani.st for several years. His brothers and sisters, as well as himself, are among the leading\\nmusicians of the city. In fact Mr. Lucier came very near choosing a musical career, but gave it up\\nfor the more congenial profession of the law. Mr. Lucier was united in marriage Oct. 8, 1895, with\\nKatherine A. Doucet, daughter of Augustus F. Doucet, of Merrimac, Mass. They have one child,\\nAlvin Augustus, born August 7, 1896.\\nEdmund Parker was born in Jaffrey Feb. 7, 1783. He was a son of Abel and Edith (Jewett)\\nParker. He graduated at Dartmouth college in 1803, and read law first in the office of Samuel Dakin\\nof Jaffrey, afterwards, and finishing, with David I^verett of Amherst, whom he succeeded in business.\\nHe represented Amherst in the legislature from the year 1813 to and including 1826, being speaker\\nof the house in 1824, taking the place of Andrew Pierce, resigned. He was solicitor of Hillsborough\\ncounty from 1825 to 1829, in which latter year he was appointed judge of probate, holding the office\\nuntil 1835. He was a lawyer of high standing at the bar. Mr. Parker removed from Amherst to\\nNashua in 1836, where he was agent of the Jackson Manufacturing company. Hi^p ,)resented\\nNashua in the legislature for several terms, between the years 1849 and 1S54, and was a delegate to", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0444.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. ^,3\\nthe constUmional convention of 1S50. He was president of the Nashua Lowell corporation for\\na time.\\nJn(li;e Parker married Susan, daughter of Joseph Cutter of Jaffrey. in 1.S12. for his first wife.\\nby whom he had three children. His second wife was Mrs. Sarah (Leland) Boynton, daughter of\\nJoseph Leland of Saco, Maine.\\nWilliam liarrell was born in Wilton, July 2, i,S,:;6. He fitted for college at Appletou academy,\\nMont Wrnon. graduated at Harvard university in 1S59 and at Harvard law school in i,S6i, and soon\\nafter commenced practice in Nashua. He was a partner of H. B. Atherton, from 1866 to 1872. He\\nwas city solicitor and held other offices of honor and trust. He was elected solicitor for Hillsboro\\ncount in 1S71. Mr. Barrett was a man of superior knowledge and bore the reputation of a man ex-\\ncellently well read in his profession. In 1876 he moved to St. PauL Minnesota, where he gained a\\nhigh rei)utation as a lawyer. He died at vSt. Paul Sept, 14, 1888, and his remains were brought to\\nNashua where they were interred in the Nashua cemetery. Mr, Barrett was a thirty-third degree\\nMason and had been grand master of New Hamjjshire and attained high position in other masonic\\nbodies. While in St. Paul, in 1888, he published a work on the C .enealogy of the descendants of\\nof Thomas Barrett, vSr., of Braintree, Mass,\\nMr. Barrett married Sarah IC, daughter of Christopher Page of Nashua, vSept. 24, 1861. Of this\\nmarriage were born two children, William, who survives him, and a daughter who died in childhood.\\nJames F. J. Otterson was born in Nashua in 1855. He is a son of James P. S. and A.seueth H.\\nOtter.son. (For further genealogy .see sketch of J, D, Otterson in this book.) Mr. Otterson received\\nhis education in the common schools of his native place, graduating at the high school in 1875. He\\nread law in the office of Stevens Parker and graduated at Harvard universitv law school. After he\\nwas admitted to the bar about 1879, he practiced for a short time in Nashua and then removed to\\nMarlborough, Mass., where he has ever since resided. He is now and has been for quite a number\\nof years clerk of the Marlborough police court and is a lawyer of standing and reputation. Mr.\\nOtterson attends the Lpiscopal church he is unmarried,\\nLeonard Freeman Burbank was born in Melrose, Mass., Nov. 21, 1859. He is a son of Leonard\\nF;. and Frances A. Burbank, and, on the paternal side, a descendant from FUeaser Burbank, one of\\nthe original settlers of Bradford, Mass., and on the maternal side, from vSamuel arnum, who came\\nfrom Dracott, England, in 1649, and was the first settler in Dracut, Mass., and whose .son John was\\nthe first white child born in the Merrimack river valley. Mr. Burbank came to Nashua with his\\nfather s family in i860. He was educated in the public schools of the city, graduating from the High\\nschool in the class of 1878. After graduation, he attended the law school in Boston university, and\\nin the same year entered the law office of Stevens Parker as a student. He w as an excellent and\\npainstaking student, and at the close of his term was admitted to practice as an attorney in the\\nHillsborough county bar in 18S1. Soon after being admitted he entered into practice in partnership\\nwith E. E. Parker. His partnership continued about one year and was dissolved by mutual consent.\\nP or several years after this Mr. Burbank practiced his profession alone, occupying an office in\\nGoodrich block. He then moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he opened a law office and remained in\\npractice a short time and then returned to Nashua. Since his return his tastes and inclinations\\nlying always in more artistic and literary lines than those afforded by the dry and dusty paths\\nof the law, have gradually divorced him from the active duties of his profession. Mr. Burbank is\\nan exceedingly well read lawyer, and had he continued in active practice, had the qualities necessary\\nto success. For the last few years he has been engaged in literary work, writing for newspapers and\\nmagazines, and with gratifying success and increasing popularity. Mr. Burbank has travelled\\nconsiderably in his own country, and in 1893 made a tour of Klurope. He is a popular and active\\ncitizen and societv man. He attends the Unitarian church, is a mendjer of the esper Country club,\\nthe Nashua Golf club. Sons of the American Kc\\\\-olution, and the Coon clul). He is uinnarried,\\nLyman Demerrette Cook was born in Sandwich. He is a son of John I), and F^lizabeth L.\\nPerkins) Cook. He came to Nashua, wath his parents, while yet a lad, and passed through its\\nschools, g ;luating in the high school in the class of 1878. He graduated from Dartmouth college\\nin 1882, and later from the law school of I^oston universit_\\\\-. In 1S87 he became a partner of Geo.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0445.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "424 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nA. Ramsdell, in the practice of law in Nashua, with whom he remained for about three )-ears,\\nwhen he determined to give up the practice of the law for the niinistr.y, and accordingly after the\\nusual probation was installed as a clergyman in the Methodist Episcopal church in 1S91. He is now\\na member of the Northern New York conference of that church, and bears the reputation of being an\\neloquent and successful minister.\\nMr. Cook was married to Effie L. Smith, daughter of Riley D. and Elmira J. (Sargent) Smith of\\nNashua, March 31, 189 1.\\nGeorge Wilson Clyde was born at Dracut, Mass.. October 23, 1865. He is a son of Samuel W.\\nand Hannah J. (Boles) Clyde of Hudson, coming therefrom Dracut in 1867. He was educated in\\nthe common schools of Hudson, is a graduate of Dean academy, Franklin, Mass., and took a\\nspecial course of two jears at Tuft s college. He graduated at Boston university law school in\\n1894; was admitted to the bar in 1895, and soon after opened an ofhce in Nashua, where he is\\npracticing at the present time. Mr. Clyde is a lawyer of good abilities, which argues well for a\\nsuccessful and bright career in his profession. He holds the position of judge of the Hudson police\\ncourt and is also a member of the Hudson board of education. He takes an active interest in civil,\\npolitical and social affairs and is a popular citizen.\\nMr. Clyde is an attendant at the Universalist church, and a member of Hudson lodge, 94, I. O\\nO. F. He is unmarried.\\nHenri T. Ledoux was born in .St. Albans, Vermont, Nov. 4, 1873, where he resided until Nov.\\n29, 1879, when he came to Nashua. He was educated in the public and parochial schools of Na.shua,\\nSt. Theresa classical college, vSt. Theresa, P. O., and Boston university law school. Mr. Eedoux\\nhas taken an active part as a young man in matters appertaining to the welfare of Nashua and its\\ncitizens, whose respect and esteem he enjoys. He was a member of the common council, from Ward\\nThree, in 1895 and 1896, a representative to the general court in 1S97, and is also secretar}- of the\\nDemocratic city committee, a member of St. Francis Xavier s church Catholic the society of the\\nEeague of the Sacred Heart, Lafayette court, No. 440, C. O. F., organizer and first president of Les\\nMontagnards club, and state chief ranger of the Catholic order of Foresters.\\nMr. Ledoux is a rising lawyer, and, although young in the profession, lias already a respectable\\nclientage. He is unmarried.\\nWalter E. Kittredge was born at Merrimack. He is a son of Walter and Anna C. (Fairfield)\\nKittredge who is a daughter of Benjamin Fairfield of New Boston. His father, who came to Merri-\\nmack from Billerica, Mass., and who is now living at Reed s Ferry, is the author of many popular\\nsongs, among which may be mentioned Tenting on the Old Camp Ground, which attained a na-\\ntional reputation during the war of the Rebellion and is still popular.\\nMr. Kittredge was educated in the common schools of Merrimack and McGaw normal institute,\\nand is a graduate of Dartmouth college, class of 1877. After his graduation he read law in the office\\nof John A. Andrews of Manchester. He opened an ofhce in Nashua where he is now in practice.\\nHe attends the Congregational church.\\nJanuary 23, 1896, he married Addie L. Wilson, a daughter of Horace W. and J. (Burns)\\nWilson of Merrimack. One child, Annie I^., born Jan. 12, 1897, is the result of their marriage.\\nAmong the lawyers who have resided and practiced in Nashua for a short time, and who are\\neither deceased or living and moving in other and distant fields, or have failed to furnish notes for\\nsketches, and of whom time and space will allow only a brief mention, are William E. Carter, a son\\nof Joel Carter of this city, who practiced here some time from 1857 to 1862. lulward A. Dana, origin\\nunknown, a partner of G. Y. Sawyer for a short time about 1834. John W. Johnson. E C. Bates\\nSmith, who came here from Worcester, Mass., in the seventies, and remained a short time, with his\\noihce in Beasom block; he married a daughter of M. A. Worcester. C. B. Tilden, a son of Eucius\\nL. Tilden of this city, and brother of Mrs. George Gray, who has been for many years a successful\\npatent lawyer in Washington, D. C. Samuel M. Wilcox, at one time a partner of the late Aaron P.\\nHughes, of whom it is said he was a good lawyer, and whose residence is now unkonwn to the writer.\\nFabius E. Elder, a quiet, unpretentious, gentlemanly man, who occupied rooms for a sh ra^i me in the\\nTelegraph block, in the seventies, and left for other fields and pastures new. William J. Nutt, a", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0446.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "N /STORY Of NASHUA, iV.\\nbrother of the late George W. Nutt of this city; Mr. Nutt was horn in Nashua, studied law in the\\noffice of Charles R. Morrison, practiced here for a few years and died leaving no family, many years\\nago. Jes.se B. Twiss, who studied law with W. \\\\V. Bailey, was admitted to the bar, had an oflfice in\\nBeasom block, with R. D. Barnes, in the eighties for awhile, and finally removed to Jaffrey. James\\nA. Leach, a son of Libeous Leach of this city, who studied with W. W. Bailey, and had an office in\\nTelegraph block at the time of his decease, which occurred in the latter part of the eighties. Thomas\\nD. Luce, the present popular clerk of the supreme court of this county, who came here from Man-\\nchester. E. B. West, who was a partner of A. F. Stevens a while, and who left here about 1863 for\\nPortsmouth. Lewis Smith, here in the fifties.\\nVfl\\nFl^\\nSACRED UEAUT I A I! t 1 1 I AI. SCIIOOI,.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0447.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "426\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nLUTHER ABBOT ROBY.\\nLuther Abbot Roby was born in Old Dunstable (now\\nNashua), Oct. 24, 1814. He is a son of Simon and Betsey\\n(Wheeler) Roby, and a descendant on the paternal side\\nof Philip Abbot Roby, who was a soldier in the Revolu-\\ntion and fought in the battles of Ticonderoga and Bunker\\nHill.\\nOn the maternal side he is a descendant of George\\nWheeler, who came from luigland in the very early days\\nof the Massachu-\\nsetts colony and\\nsettled at Concord\\nMass.\\nMr. Roby was\\neducated in the\\npublic schools of\\nhis native town.\\nAt an early age he\\nwas activel) en-\\ngaged in boating\\nbetween Nashua\\nand Boston, via\\nthe M e r r i m a c\\nriver and the Mid-\\ndlesex canal. He\\nwas the owner of\\nseveral boats,\\nwhich were con-\\nstantly passing\\nback and forth,\\nand which afford-\\ned at that time\\nthe easiest and\\nmost convenient\\nmethod of trans-\\nportation of heavy\\nmerchandise. In\\nthis business he\\ncontinued until\\nthe advent of the\\nrailroad, in 183S,\\nmade unprofital)le\\nthe further use of\\nthe canal, which\\nwas soon after\\nabandoned.\\nHe then turned\\nhis entire atten-\\ntion to the lumber\\nbusiness, espe-\\ncially oak piling\\nand ship timber,\\nin which he has\\never since stood pre-eminent in the Boston market. From\\nthis has developed a considerable financial interest in\\nshipping.\\nHis success has been due to an untiring industry and\\nthe strictest integrity, which, with his invariable readi-\\nness to lend a hand to every worthy cause, has gained for\\nhim the peculiar confidence and esteem of all. He has\\nnever sought public office or allowed it to be thrust upon\\nhim, preferring to live as a private citizen, and finding\\nfull enjoyment in so doing; but, while avoiding active\\nparticipancy in public affairs, as an office holder, he has\\nI-UTIIEK .\\\\BI50T KOBY\\nalways responded readily and willingly to all demands\\nfor promoting its material and moral prosperity. He de-\\nparted from the general tenor of his life in allowing him-\\nself to be elected a director of the First National bank at\\nthe time of its organization, and has so remained ever\\nsince. He has always been an attendant of the First\\nCongregational church, and a large contributor to its\\nmoral and material support.\\nMr. Roby was united in marriage April 8, 1847, with\\nEliza Campbell, daughter of Capt. William and Margaret\\n(Hughes) C a mp-\\nbell of Windham.\\nOn the eighth day\\nof .\\\\pril of the\\npresent j-ear, 1897,\\noccurred the fifti-\\neth anniversary of\\ntheir wedding.\\nThe occasion\\nwas a memora-\\nable one to both\\nMr. Roby and his\\nestimable wife,\\nwho celebrated it\\nby a reception of\\ntheir friends and\\nacquaintances at\\ntheir residence on\\nEast Pearl street.\\nDuring the da}\\nand evening they\\nwere visited and\\ncongratulated b}\\nhundreds of prom-\\ninent and repre-\\nsentative men and\\nwomen of Nashua\\nand vicinity, and\\nwere also the re-\\ncipients of many\\nbeautiful presents.\\nThe large atten-\\ndance of citizens\\nand friends on this\\noccasion furnishes\\na most notable and\\nremarkable proof\\nof the respect and\\nesteem in which\\nMr. Roby is held\\nby his fellow citi-\\nzens, both as a\\nbusiness man and\\na citizen.\\nThree children were born of their marriage Clara\\nMarshall, Oct. 7, 1849, married Elbert Wheeler of Concord,\\nMass., June 22, 1875; Charles Abbot, Nov. 3, 1854, mar-\\nried Kate Allen Gates of Lowell, Mass., June 12, 1884;\\nLizzie Appleton, March 7, 1863, married William Dumond\\nSwart of New York, Oct. 7, 1890. His grandchildren are\\nMarion Gates, born May 6, 1885; Kathleen, born Feb. 12,\\n1S91 Luther .Abbot, born Nov. 11, 1894, children of\\nCharles K. and Kate K. Roby. Elizabeth, born March 31,\\n1892, and William Rob} born Jan. 7, 1894, children of\\nWilliam D. and Lizzie R. Swart.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0448.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n427\\nJOSIAH MOODY FLETCHER.\\nJosiah M. Fletcher was lioni in Halifax, Mass., Jan. 14,\\n1828. He is a .son of John and Dolly M. (Johnson)\\nKletcher, ami a (lesceiidant in the seventh generation\\nJO.SI.MI .MOOnV l-Ll. rtllKK.\\nfrom Robert Fletcher, 1630, whose descendants form the\\nFletcher family union that meets triennially, generally in\\nBoston. His grandfather, Josiah Fletcher, was the builder\\nof the first mill in Lowell, (1812). His father was a\\nmanufacturer of woolen goods in I.owell and at Halifax,\\nMass., being at one time superintendent of the Hurd\\nmills in the first named place. The subject of this sketch\\ncame to Nashua in 1842, following the death of his father,\\nand since that time his home has been here.\\nMr. Fletcher was educated in Lowell, where he entered\\nthe high school but did not remain long enough to\\ngraduate. His first work was that of a bobbin boy and\\nnotwithstanding the hardship and long hours, (from five\\nin the morning till seven at night), he contrived to\\nimprove his education by attending an operatives night\\nschool. At the age of sixteen he entered the bookstore of\\nJ. Buffum, in Beasom block, where he remained three\\nyears. During this time he edited a work called the\\nGolden Gift, which was stereotyped and editions\\nprinted in Portland, Boston and Connecticut at the same\\ntime. His next employment was that of surveyor of\\nstone in Lowell. little later he traveled in the South.\\nand then returned to Nashua and became proprietor of\\nthe bookstore in which he had been a clerk. A year\\nlater, in December, 1848, he went to California and re-\\nmained a year and is consecjuently a forty-niner.\\nUpon his return he purchased the controlling interest in\\nThe Ladies Wreath, a magazine published in New York,\\nand published and partly edited it, for three years, retain-\\ning his residence and business interests in Nashua. In\\n1853 he published the Free Democrat, a campaign paper.\\nAfter seven years as a bookseller, publisher, editor and\\nmanufacturer of specialties he gave up business for a\\ntime and traveled e.xtensisely through the West and\\nSouth.\\nMr. Fletcher is one of the most versatile of men. His\\nnext enterprise was that of a manufacturer of furniture.\\nHe has formed as many as twenty partnerships and dur-\\ning the last ten years has been sole proprietor of the\\nFletcher- Webster Furniture company and Nashua Nov-\\nelty works. His effort to promote the industrial interests\\nof Nashua is shown in the fact that he was the first person\\nin New F^ngland to manufacture metallic bird cages;\\namong the first in the country to manufacture furniture\\nby machinery first to manufacture carpet sweepers that\\nhe has manufactured soap and ink and sent out pedlers\\nwith Yankee notions, and has always been ready and\\nwilling to adopt and use the inventions of others, being\\nthe first person in Nashua to purchase and discover the\\nutility of the sewing machine and typewriter. In fact,\\nin all these things he has kept abreast of the times an l\\nhas shown a progressive spirit.\\nIn the world of letters, religion and politics Mr.\\nI Metcher has always been of the radical school, and gen-\\nerally allied with the minority. In religious matters his\\nopinions reach to a universal church. He has investigated\\nspiritualism in all its phases and holds advanced views.\\nIn politics he has drifted from the free soil party through\\nthe republican party, into the prohibition party. In the\\norganization last named, he has been several times a\\ncandidate for mayor of Nashua, governor of the state and\\nmember of congress. He edits and publishes a prohibi-\\ntion paper at the present time at Manchester, and when a\\npolitical campaign is on he usually addresses the people\\non the issues before them. His last publication, for he is\\na pleasing writer of poetry as well as prose, is entitled\\nThousand Songs of Life, Love, Home and Heaven,\\nwhich exhibits merit and has had a fair sale. He has\\nbeen au extensive traveler and visited nearly every state\\nin the union, many of the principal cities and all points\\nof interest. Mr. Fletcher is an Odd Fellow, a Good\\nTemplar and a member of several other societies and\\norganizations. In a word, few men, especially those of\\nas delicate health as he, have accomplished so much and\\naccomplished it so well as Mr. Fletcher, and certain it is\\nthat no citizen is more highly regarded as a conscientous,\\nliberal and honorable man.\\nMr. Fletcher was united in marriage Jan. 23, 1851, with\\n.\\\\daline Jane Eastman of Rumney. Six children were\\nborn of their union all of whom died in infancy except\\nLaurie Angle, who lived till her twent\\\\ -sccond year.\\nDAVID STEVENS.\\nDavid Stevens, son of Samuel G. and Betsey (Davis)\\n.Stevens, was born at Goffstown, Oct. 8, 1823. He came to\\nNashua with his parents when he was three years of age\\nand was educated in the public schools of the town and at\\nCrosby s Literary institution. I ollowing his school days\\nhe learned the carpenters trade, and during his active\\ncareer followed that occupation and engaged in moving\\nbuildings, in which he is an expert and has performed\\nsome of the most difficult undertakings of any man in the\\nstate. Mr. Stevens never aspired to public ofTice and yet\\nhe has served his ward on the board of selectmen and\\nrepresented it, 1876 and 1877, in the common council and\\nin a good many political conventious. He is a man of\\nunblemished reputation, a believer and worker in the\\ncause of temperance, and an enterprising citizen a mem-\\nl)er of the I nitcd Order of the Golden Cross, the Nashua\\ngrange, and president of the landlord s league. Mr.\\nStevens was united in marriage .\\\\pril 19, 1848. with Cor-", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0449.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "42i\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nnelia Sawtelle, daughter of Ebenezer and Sally (Tolles)\\nSawtelle of Groton, Mass. Seven children have been\\nborn to him: Josephine, born Aug. 31, 1853; Clara Anna,\\nD.WID STEN E.NS.\\nborn April 16, 1855; Nellie May, born May 28, 1857, mar-\\nried Elden E. Cumniings of Hudson, Sept. 13, 1883; Fan-\\nnie Elizabeth, born Dec. 9, 1863, died JuU 19, 1889; David,\\nborn Jan. 2, 1865, married Nettie L. Knowles, June 25,\\n1890; Jeunie P., born vSept. 10, 1867, married Menzell S.\\nFrench of Nashua, June 20, 1894; Georgie Ellen, born\\nFeb. 22, 1870, married Charles J. Hamblett, Oct. 4, 1894.\\nJOHN CROSS.\\nJohn Cross, son of Levi aud Hannah (Kidder) Cross,\\nwas born in Litchfield, Aug. 30, 1814. His ancestors were\\namong the first eleven families that settled in Notting-\\nham West, now Hudson, in 1710. They lived in a\\ngarrison. His grandfather, John Cross, who died in\\nLitchfield in 1816, at the age of 81 years, was au ensign\\nin the Revolutionary army. His wife, Elizabeth (Dakiu)\\nCross, died March 6, 1820, aged 85. Nathan Cross, the\\ngreat-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was sur-\\nprised by Pequawket Indians Sept. 4, 1724, while at work\\nat a pine forest growing on the bank of the river not far\\nfrom the present site of the Nashua cemetery, (see History\\nof Hillsborough county, page 149), and with his com-\\npanion, Thomas Blanchard, was hurried into captivity\\nin Canada, where he remained about a year, when he\\nwas rescued. He came from England about 1710. On\\nthe maternal side he is a descendant of Capt. Jonas\\nKidder of Lyndeboro, who married Huldah Cram. He\\nwas a .soldier in the Revolutionary War, and (see History\\nof Lyndeboro) a lieutenant in the service at the battle\\nat Ticonderoga. He was promoted to a captaincy, and\\nwas a pensioner of the government; died in Litchfield,\\nNov. I, 1837, aged 94.\\nMr. Cross was educated in the public schools of Hudson.\\nHe followed the pursuits of agriculture in I^itchfield\\nuntil he was twenty-four years of age, and after that in\\nHudson, where he served upon the board of selectmen\\ntwo years. In 1862 he came to Nashua and entered the\\nlumber business with Dana Sargent, under the firm name\\nof .Sargent Cross, their mills and yards being on the\\nnorth bank of the Nashua river, near the Jackson com-\\npany s dam. The firm did a very large and prosperous\\nl)usiness. In 1872 Mr. Tolles bought out the interest of\\nMr. Sargent, and since then the firm has been Cross\\nTolles. A few years later the new firm absorbed the\\nbusiness of H. D. Melendy Company on Quincy street,\\nand removed thither. By the aid of new machinery for\\nbox making, house mouldings, aud finish, and by perse-\\nvering industry and enterprise they have built up one of\\nthe largest manufactories and general lumber marts in\\nsouthern New Hampshire, and are justly entitled to\\nrecognition among the first merchants in the state. But\\nMr. Cross constant attention to business has not pre-\\nvented him from taking a conspicuous part in public\\naffairs or from performing the duties that are demanded\\nof every faithful citizen. He represented Ward One in the\\ncommon council in 1878-9 and 1879-80, and in the board\\nof aldermen in 1881-2. In 1885 he served the city as a\\nmember of the board of assessors. Mr. Cross performed\\nall the duties of these positions with ability and impar-\\ntiality, and was highly regarded as a public official.\\nHe is a man of retiring disposition, quiet deportment,\\ngenerous impulses and model citizenship, one who con-\\nscientiously performs every duty that falls to his lot. He\\nis a member of Ancient York lodge, A. F. and A. M.,\\nand of the First Congregational church.\\nJOHN CRO.SS.\\nMr. Cross was united in marriage Nov. 15, 1838, with\\nSarah A. Sargent, daughter of Reuben and Eunice K.\\n(Davis) Sargent of Hudson. (For ancestors, see sketch", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0450.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n429\\nof her hroUier. Dana Sargent.) Two children were born\\nof their marriage: John Allen, April 24, 1844, married\\nMary Jane Currier; Mary Kllcn, March 8, 1848, married\\nJames H. ToUes.\\nWILLARD CLAl^K TOLI.HS.\\nCapt. Willaril C. Tolles was born in Nashua Maj 8,\\n1843. He is a son of Horace C. and Sophia C. (Wright)\\nTolles. (l or genealogy see sketch of his father.)\\nWII.I.AKD (.I.AKK TOLI.ES.\\nMr. Tolles was educated in the public schools of\\nNashua and in his youth learned the machinists trade,\\nwhich he followed until 1S7S, when he was elected assist-\\nant city marshal. In 1S79, owing to a change in the ad-\\nministration, and notwithstanding the fact that his service\\nwas so satisfactory to the people that Mayor Holman\\noffered him the commission of captain of the night\\nwatch, he returned to his former occupation. He de-\\nclined the appointment through disinclination to serve\\nnights, but the offer, being from a political opponent,\\nwas nevertheless a handsome compliment to him as an\\nefficient, courteous and cautious officer. In 1884 he was\\nelected city marshal. He served his year, and then came\\nanother change in the administration and he again re-\\nturned to his trade. Jan i, 1887, he was again elected to\\nthe same position, which he continued to fill till 1891\\nand in the administration of the business of which he\\nwon the respect of law abiding citizen.s and justices of the\\ncourts, receiving from them many words of compliment\\nan l approval on his retirement.\\nIn 1891 and 1892116 was in the insurance business and\\nJan. I, 1893, he was elected street commissioner for the\\nwhole city, a position in which, as in the police depart-\\nment, he proved efficient. Since Jan. i, 1894, he has been\\nin the real estate and safe business. He attends the Uni-\\nversalist church and is a member of Pennichuck lodge, I.\\nO. O. P., of which he is a past grand.\\nCaptain Tolles was united in marriage Oct. 6, 1868, with\\nKllen F. Kendall, daughter of James and Hetsy (Page)\\nKendall of Dunstable. One child has been born of their\\nmarriage: Edith K., l)orn .\\\\ug, 3, 1888.\\nDANIEL FREDERICK RUNNELLS.\\nDaniel K. Runnells was born in Hollis, JIarch 25, 1833\\nHe is a son of Kbenezer and I^yrlia (Lawrence) Runnells.\\nHis immigrant ancestor (see genealogy of Runnells and\\nReynolds families, published in Boston, 1873) was Samuel\\nRunnells, who was born near Port Royal, N. S., of Scotch\\nparents, about 1674. He married Abigail Middleton, of\\nHaverhill, Mass., about 1700. He settle l in lirafUord,\\nMass., about the time of his marriage, and is recorded as\\nhaving a home in that place in 1710. The history of the\\ntimes shows that he was a prominent man, and as his\\ngravestone gives him the title of sergeant, it is evident\\nthat he was connected with the military of his times.\\nHe died Oct. 27, 1745, and of his eight children. I-;bene/.er,\\nborn in 1726, settled in Haverhill, Mass. He was engaged\\nin ironing vessels, and was also a partner in ship-building\\nat Newburyport. In 1777 he purchased a tract of land in\\nHollis, on the Nashua river, near what is now known as\\nRunnell s bridge, which he afterwards gave to his sou,\\nSamuel Runnells, born in 1767, who settled there about\\n1791. Upon this estate the latter built the saw and grist\\nmills, also a carding mill, known for more than half a\\ncentury as Runnells Mills. He died June 5, 1834.\\nHis second son, Kbenezer, born 1794, the father of the\\nsubject of this sketch, inherited this property, the home-\\nstead of which still remains in the Runnells family.\\nMr. Runnells was educated in the schools of his native\\nplace and at the academies in Hancock and Francestown.\\nWhen he was twenty-one years of age he entered a store\\nin Hollis as a partner in the firm of Sawtelle Run-\\nnells, where he remained until shortly before he came to\\nNashua in 1858. During the year following he was\\nengaged in mercantile pursuits, and in i860 he estab-\\nlished himself in the clothing business at the corner of\\nMain and Water streets. In 1863 he admitted, as a\\npartner in the business, C. H. Chase, under the firm\\nname of Runnells Chase. In 1865 the growth of the\\nbusiness had increased so that the firm took a larger\\nstore in Noyes block, where it remained until 1872, when\\nMr. Runnells built a section of Merchants Exchange and\\nremoved to it. In 1878 the firm was dissolved, Mr.\\nRunnells continuing alone until 1883, when he admitted\\nLuke Farly to the firm as a partner. A few years\\nlater Mr. Farly retired from the business and since then\\nMr. Runnells has conducted it alone.\\n.\\\\Uhough a diligent merchant, with the cares of a large\\nbusiness on his hands, Mr. Runnells has found time to\\nassist in many ways in the growth and prosperit5 of\\nNashua. In politics he is a democrat, and, while he is\\nnot an office seeker, he has represented Ward Seven in\\nthe legislature in 1874, and been honored by his parly\\nassociates with a nomination for the office of senator.\\nHe is a member of Rising Sun lodge, F. and A. M.,\\nMeridian Sun Royal .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Vrch chapter, Israel Hunt council,\\nSt. George commandery, K. T., and Edward S.. Raymoiul\\nconsistory, Scottish rite, 32d degree. He is also a mem-\\nber of Pennichuck lodge, I. O. O. F. Mr. Runnells\\nattends the Congregational church, and is a member of\\nthe New Hampshire club. He is one of the trustees of\\nthe Nashua public library and of Woodlawn cemetery,\\nand has also been elected as one of the inspectors of the\\nHunt Home for Aged Couples.\\nMr. Runnells was united in marriage Sept. 9, 1858,\\nwith Sarah E. I--arley, daughter of Enoch and .\\\\bigail", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0451.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "430\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n(Hardy) Farley of HoUis. Mrs. Runnells has been\\nidentified with various public and private charities, and\\nis an indefatigable worker in whatever enterprise she\\nnWIEI, FREDERICK lU .NXEI.I.S.\\nenlists. She has held the office of president of the John\\nG. Foster Wonians Relief corps, and that of depart-\\nment president of the order for New Hampshire. She\\nis now the president of the Nashua Protestant Home for\\nAged Women, besides taking an active interest in many\\nother institutions.\\nSeven children have been born of their marriage\\nBelle Maude, born Sept. 30, 1861, died March 23, 1865;\\nFlorence Abbie, born March 20, 1863, graduated at Welles-\\nley college 1883, married July 18, 1888, to Edward F.\\nBryant of Chicago, 111., secretary of the Pullman Loan\\nand Savings bank Myrta Belle, born Dec. 16, 1864, died\\nOct. 30, 1866; Katheriue Louise, born Nov. 24, 1868,\\neducated at Wellesley college; Frederic Daniel, born\\nDec. 21, 1870, graduated at Dartmouth college 1893, now\\nin business with his father; Nellie Grace, born Feb. 23,\\n1873, died Oct. 25, 1S78; Josie, born March 9, 1877, died\\nOct. 22, 1878.\\nGEORGE PHELPS.\\nGeorge Phelps was born in Dudley, Mass., July 30, 1826.\\nHe is a son of Horatio and Sarah H. (Davis) Phelps. His\\nimmigrant aucester, Henry Phelps, came to America from\\nEngland in the ship Hercules in 1634 and settled in or\\nnear Boston. His descendants are scattered through\\nnorthern and southern New England, and many of them\\nhave risen to places of eminence in mercantile pursuits\\nand the professions. The name was originally spelled\\nPhyelypps. On the maternal side he is a descendant of\\nWilliam Davis, an immigrant from Wales, 1635, who set-\\ntled in Roxbury, Mass., in 1642. His immediate de-\\nscendants bought land in Oxford and Dudley, Mass.,\\nwhere many of the same name now reside. Mr. Phelps is\\nof the eighth generation.\\nMr. Phelps was educated in the public schools and\\nhigh school of Worcester, Mass., to which place his par-\\nents removed when he w-as a child. In 1856 he entered\\nthe coal business and remained in it at Worcester until\\n1870, when he came to Nashua and established himself in\\nthe same line of trade, in which he still continues.\\nMr. Phelps is a thorough business man, an honored\\nand upright citizen who is highly regarded by the com-\\nmunity. He is a trustee of the New Hampshire Guaran-\\nty Savings bank and interested, directh- and indirectly,\\nin enterprises for the advancement of the interests of the\\ncity. Mr. Phelps is a member of Montacute lodge, A. F.\\nand A. M., of Worcester, and a Scottish rite mason of the\\n32d degree, being a member of Edward A. Raymond con-\\nsistory. He was treasurer and trustee of the old Olive\\nstreet society, and is a member of the Pilgrim Congre-\\ngational church and society.\\nMr. Phelps was united in marriage .\\\\pril 15, 1851, with\\nLaura A. Batchellor, daughter of Silas W. and Rhoda\\n(Goddard Batchellor, of Royalston, Mass. Two sons and\\na daughter were born of their marriage George Edwin,\\nborn in Jlillbury, Mass., May 9, 1852, died in Boston, Nov.\\nI, 1S81 Arthur W., born in Worcester, Mass., April 12,\\nUEOUGE PIIEI.PS.\\n185S, married Oct. 28, i8go, Emma G. Osborn of Nashua,\\nand is now in business with his father; Laura Gertrude,\\nborn in Worcester, March i, 1865.\\nREUBEN MARSH SAWYER.\\nReuben M. Sawyer was born at Stockbridge, Yt., Nov.\\n5, 1828. He is a son of Edward and Jane (Taggart) Saw-\\n3 er, the former being a native of Goffstown and the\\nlatter of Antrim, and descendants of the pioneer set-\\ntlers of those places. Mr. Sawyer came to Nashua when", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0452.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n43\\nhe was twenty j-ears of age and entered the store of\\nFrancis Winch as a clerk. lie remained in the employ of\\nMr. Winch live years, and after one year spent in the\\nItKL^BEN MARSH SA\\\\V\\\\ER.\\nmattress liusiness went into the grocery trade for himself,\\n1855, and so continued until Maj-, 1893, when he sold out\\nand retired. Mr. Sawyer represented Ward Four in the\\ncommon council in i860 and in the board of aldermen in\\n1870 and 1871. He also served his ward a number of years\\non the board of selectmen, and the city four years on the\\nboard of assessors. He is an earnest and honest citizen,\\nwho has done his part to make Nashua a prosperous\\nplace. Mr. Sa\\\\v3-er is a member of Rising Sun lodge,\\nF. and A. M., and a Scottish rite mason of the 32d de-\\ngree member of Pilgrim church. He was united in\\nmarriage June 17, 1856, with .\\\\lmira Bowers, daughter of\\nMark and Selina (Foster) Bowers of Hancock. One son\\nwas born of their marriage: Frank M., born April 21,\\n1861, died July 18, 1879.\\nWEBSTER CHENEY BROWN.\\nWebster C. Brown, son of Rev. .\\\\ni )S and .-\\\\1)agail\\n(Cheney) Brown, was born at Bristol, Sept. 27, 1829. He\\nwas educated in the district schools of his native place\\nand at the academies at Andover Center, Wentworth and\\nEast -Vndover. Mr. Brown remained on the home farm\\nuntil 1854, when he came to Nashua and accepted a situ-\\nation as travelling salesman for J. C. Kempton, confec-\\ntioner. He followed this occupation six or seven years,\\nand then was engaged eleven years as proprietor and\\nmanager of an eating house on Main street. Mr. Brown\\nserved Ward Six three years on the board of selectmen,\\nrepresented it in the legislature iu 1S67 and 1868, and as\\ninspector of checklists four years. He has ser^-ed the\\ncity three years on the board of assessors.\\nIn 1875 lie was appointed assistant city marshal of\\nNashua, which position he held, by re-appointment three\\nyears, performing the duties with credit to himself and\\nthe entire satisfaction of the public. In 1884 he was\\nnominated and elected county commissioner, and he has\\nbeen re-elected biennially ever since, his present term of\\noffice expiring April 1, 1899. The county farm buildings\\nat (ioffstowu were erected during his term of service on\\nthe board, and, with his associates, he is entitled to credit\\nfor the careful and prudent manner in which the duties\\nwere performed. In view of this record, it need not be\\nemphasized here that Mr. Brown ranks among the most\\npopular and public men in the county. He attends the\\nI ilgrim church.\\n\\\\vici .Mi;i; i.iii;m-.^ iiiiii\\\\\\\\\\\\.\\nMr. Brown was united in marriage July 12, 1859, with\\nMrs. Sarah (English) Edmands, daughter of William\\nand Sarah (Bond) English of Nashua. No children.\\nEGBERT ORRISON WOOD.\\nEgbert O. Wood was born in Cornish, March 5. 1841.\\nHe is a sou of ^rial K. and Emeline (Day) Wood, and on\\nthe paternal side is a descendant of Reuben Wood, a\\nsoldier in the Revolutionary War and a participant in\\nthe battle of Bunker Hill. On the maternal side he is a\\ndescendant of Rufus Day, who settled at Cornish in boy-\\nhood and cleared a farm in the wilderness, where he\\nlived an honest and u])right life and died in 1858.\\nMr. W ood was educated in the public schools of his\\nnative place. He began life as a carriage painter and\\nworked at his trade at Grantham and Lebanon, and then\\nwent into the piano factory at Leominster, Mass., where\\nhe was employed until 1871, when he came to Nashua and\\npurchased a half interest in the Nashua Till company, an\\nindustry that was founded by John C. Lund in 1859,\\nand which is the oldest manufactory of money drawers\\nin the country. In 1880 he bought out his partner, John\\nI Baldwin, and since then has been the sole owner of the", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0453.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "432\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nbusiness. He has served as administrator for several es-\\ntates. Mr. Wood is a self-made man, a vocalist of high\\nrank in the profession, a citizen who takes a lively inter-\\nEGBEKT (IKKINON WOOD.\\nest in everything that helps Nashua upward and ouward.\\nHe is a member of Rising Sun lodge, A. F. and A. M.,\\nMeridian Sun Royal Arch chapter, Israel Hunt council\\nand St. George commandery, K. T., and a Scottish rite\\nmason of the 32d degree, and a member of Edward A.\\nRaymond consistory. He is also a member of Penni-\\nchuck lodge, I. O. O. F., and Nashua lodge, K. of P. He\\nattends the Pilgrim church.\\nMr. Wood was united in marriage Dec. 25, 1867, with\\n.\\\\nstris B. Baldwin, daughter of William T. and Charlotte\\n(Felch) Baldwin of Hudson. Four children have been\\nborn of this marriage Egbert B., born July 8, 1869, mar-\\nried Annie Thomas of Portland, Me. Herbert A., born\\nin December, 1871, died July 27, 1S73; Marja born\\nSept. 2, 1873, died June 15, 1875 Karl D., born June 6,\\n1878.\\nWILLIAM HARVEY GREENLEAF.\\nWilliam H. Greenleaf was born in Haverhill, July 24,\\n1839. He is a son of Seth Greenleaf and Ruth (Page)\\nStockwell. His father was born at Lancaster, June 28,\\n1812, and connected with the Boston, Concord Mon-\\ntreal railroad from its beginning until his death in 1880.\\nHis mother, Ruth Page, was the first white woman settler\\nin Lancaster; coming there on horseback from Petersham,\\nMass.; she was a woman of remarkable energy of charac-\\nter, and it was owing to her efforts, in a great measure,\\nthat the infant settlement was kept together. His grand-\\nparents on his father s side were David and Lydia (Burn-\\nham) Greenleaf, pioneers among the early settlers of\\nRumney. David Greenleaf was a Revolutionary soldier.\\nHe was educated in the public schools of Concord and\\nat a private school. Mr. Greenleaf spent his summers\\nfor many years as a mountain hotel clerk. In 1861 he\\nwas commissioned in the government mail service, and\\nfor nine years thereafter was a postal clerk between\\nBoston and Littleton. In 1871 Mr. Greenleaf took up\\npermanent residence in Nashua and entered the grocery\\nbusiness of his father-in-law under the firm name of W.\\nH. Greenleaf Co., continuing until 1883, since which\\ntime he has been in the hotel business. At the present\\ntime he is the popular clerk at the Laton house, a position\\nhe has held for ten years. He served the city as a mem-\\nber of the common council in 1879, and in the board of\\naldermen in 18S0 and 1881, and assessor in 1885. He was\\na member of the legislature in 1883 from Ward Six. He\\nis a member of the First Congregational church. Rising\\nSun lodge, A. V. and A. M., Meridian Sun Royal Arch\\nchapter, Israel Hunt council in which he is now con-\\nductor, of St. George commandery, K. T., in which body\\nhe is junior warden, Edward A. Raymond consistory, 32d\\ndegree. Noble Mystic Shrine .-Meppo (Boston) and the\\nCity Guards club.\\nIn 1863 he was united in marriage with Lucy A. M.\\ndaughter of Col. H. F. Courser, and the children of this\\nmarrias;e are: Hattie M., wife of George F. Smith, and\\n1\\nH\\n1\\n^^H(\\n1\\n^^H\\nm^s\\n^iSscJI^^^^H\\n1\\ni^\\nJ^^^ t^ i^iSM\\n.^^H^^^^HBIH\\ni,\\nJ\\n^^r^^^^^^l\\n1 ^-M\\nA^ J\\n\\\\V1I.1.I.\\\\M II.\\\\l;\\\\ EV (;UEi:XI.EAF.\\nCarrie T., who was united in marriage May 15, 1895, with\\nArthur N. Richardson of Lancaster, now residing at\\nPortland, Me.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0454.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n433\\nROSWhLI. THNNEY SMITH.\\nRuswcll T. Siiiilh was bom in llanovci-, Jan. 7, 1825.\\nHe is a son of Ashbel and Lucinda (Teiiney) Smith, and\\non the paternal side, a descendant in the eighth genera-\\ntion from Lieut. Samuel Smith who. with his -wife liliza-\\nbeth, sailed from Ipswich, Kng., in .Xpril, 1634, on the\\nship ICli/.abeth and settled in Weathersfield, Conn., and\\nlateral Hadley, Mass. The descent is: I liilip and Re-\\nbecca I oot of Hadley, Samuel and Mary Smith of Hadley\\nand I ^ast Hart-\\nford, Conn.. Timo-\\nthy and E st h e r\\nWebster of Wind-\\nsor and Hanover,\\nEdward and Ruth\\nPorter, Edward\\nand H a n n a h\\nChandler, .\\\\shbel\\nand Lucinda Teu-\\nney, all of Hano-\\nver. On the ma-\\nternal side he is\\na descendant of\\nJohn a n d n n e\\nW i g h i 1 1 li o\\ncame from Row-\\nley, Eng., and set-\\ntled at Rowley,\\nMass., John and\\nMere} 1 a r r o 1 1\\nSamuel and Abi-\\ngail Burle\\\\ Jos-\\neph and Anne\\nWood, John and\\nOlive .\\\\rmstrong,\\nJohn and Lucinda\\nEaton, Lucinda\\nTenney.\\nMr. .Smith was\\neducated at Thet-\\nford acadenn He\\ncame to Nashua in\\nApril, 1852, for\\nthe p u r po s e of\\npainting a por-\\ntrait of a child of\\nCharles Tarbell.\\nIn 1854 he opened\\na small book and\\nstationery store in\\nNoyes block, and\\nin various locali-\\nties, he remained\\nin that business nearly all the time till 1891, when he\\nsold out. In all those years BIr. .Smith has been inter-\\nested in mechanical matters and has spent a good share\\nof his time in mechanical engineering, man} of his in-\\nventions having revolutionized the manufacture of the\\ndepartments of industrial pursuits to which they have\\nbeen applied. He invented and perfected the clippers\\nand novelties manufactured bj- the American Shearer\\ncompanw and was at one time an active partner in the\\ncompany. The embroidering loom is considered the\\nmaster production of his fertile brain. Mr. Smith visited\\nROSWEI.L TKVNEY .SMmi.\\nEurope a few years ago in pursuit of knowledge touching\\nmechanism and on business connected with his patents,\\nand has spent much time in Washington and elsewhere\\nfor the same purpose. During his al)sence in Europe,\\nwhich extended over a period of several months, and the\\ngreater part of which was passed in Germany in con-\\nnection with his business, he found time to exercise his\\npowers of observation, and took ample notes of men and\\nthings as he saw and heard them; the result of which\\nappeared in a series of extremely interesting and intel-\\nligent letters in\\nthe Nashua Tele-\\ngraph these let-\\ntersattracted more\\nthan ordinary at-\\ntention at the lime\\nfrom his fellow\\ncitizens, both on\\naccount of their\\nmerit, and partic-\\nularly from the\\nfad that they dealt\\nchiefly with the\\nmanners and cus-\\ntoms, the home\\nlife and its sur-\\nroundings,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 of the\\nmiddle classes of\\nthe German peo-\\nple, and were\\ntherefore out of\\nthe ordinary ruts\\nof American nara-\\ntion of Enrojiean\\ntravels. He is the\\nauthor of a chap-\\nter in this work\\nrelative to Nashua\\nindustries. He is\\na member of the\\nPilgrim church,\\nand one of Nash-\\nua s most honored\\ncitizens.\\nMr. Smith was\\nunited in mar-\\nriage .Sept. 17,\\n1856, with S. Jen-\\nnie Marshall of\\nPepperell. Mrs.\\nSmith is a descen-\\ndant on the pater-\\nnal side of John\\nand Sarah Mar-\\nshall, who came to .\\\\merica from England in 1634 on the\\nship Hopewell; John and Mary Burrage, who settled in\\nBillerica, Mass., in 1665; John and Eunice Rogers, 1695;\\nThomas and Mary Rogers of Tewksbury, Mass., 1740;\\nSilas and Eunice Bailey, Tewksbury, Mass., and Ilollis,\\n1767; John and Sally Eisk, Mollis and Pepperell, Mass.,\\n1S15. On the maternal side of Samuel and Elizabeth\\nParker, Pepperell, 1726; Eleazer and Esther Taylor, Dun-\\nstable Nathan and Martha French, 1788; Sally Eisk.\\nNo children; an adopted son, Charles E. P. Smith, who\\nmarried Lizzie K. Fitzgerald.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0455.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "434 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nMANUFACTURES.\\nBY R. T. SMITH.\\nOUR picture gives three views Dunstable, a staid old New England community Nashua,\\na village passing through an experimental or educational experience up to the Nashua\\nof settled industries developed along true business lines and using true business meth-\\nods. The years 1S22-5 mark the beginning of our mechanical age, and 1880 witnessed a\\nserious trend of our various industries towards true economic development. To an extent, the same\\nis true of trade. Old Dunstable had its country stores with their miscellaneous display of the\\ngrosser commodities. Nashua Village, its many small stores with their limited assortments, followed\\nbj the fine stores and better business methods of to-da}\\nAs the manufacturing interests of Nashua enter into and form part of the progress of art the\\nworld over, it may be a matter of curiosity, and possibly of profit, to take a cursory view of the e^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0o-\\nlution of the mechanical arts leading up to art in Nashua.\\nIn ancient times civilization was confined to warm climates. The people required but few arti-\\nficial comforts. There was no continued discomfort compelling mechanical provisions for the comfort\\nof the many. The rulers were tyrants, the people slaves. A laborer s time was not an element of\\ncost. Sad as this state of affairs was to our eyes, it had its purpose to serve and its advantages.\\nFrom it came develo])ment of the artistic sense. When every chair represents an indi\\\\ idual effort,\\nwe may reasonably expect to see many quaint and beautiful designs in chairs. The same is true in\\nall lines of art; for artistic designs we look to this age of individual effort.\\nThis .state of things continued to a large extent until the German and Flemish tribes began to\\nfeel the influence of civilization, their colder climate and greater needs so modified the conditions of\\nlife as to result in classes devoted to certain lines of art. From this development sjjrang the free\\ncities of northern Europe, the advance guards of modern industrial conditions.\\nIn the eleventh century, William the Conqueror found Flngland a land of pastures abounding\\nin sheep. The wool of these flocks was the principal export of the country. He brought workers in\\nwool from France and Flanders and thereb}- laid the foundation of Ivngland s commercial supremacy.\\nEngland soon became the refuge from bigotry and tyranny of thousands of skilled workmen, and so\\nin time the humble homes of the English and Scotti.sh peasantry became workshops where the wool\\nof her flocks was made into cloth to be sold wherever English ships were found.\\nUnder the condition of the mechanical arts and of transportation which we find before the pres-\\nent century, this household production was the oidy method of manufacture which could have been\\nobtained. In Germany we find free cities; in England, free homes.\\nIn 1774 James Watt perfected the steam engine. This invention was followed rapidh- bv the\\ndevelopment of machiner} worked by power. The invention of the steam engine did not of itsel\\ncreate the Mechanical Age, but it made it possible. The growth of the mechanical instinct, slow\\nto act, meeting bitter prejudice at first, has become an irresistible torrent in our da and has given to\\nthe world a century such as it never saw before, and will never see the like again.\\nIn 1825 most of the homes of the New England farmers contained a loom and most towns a card-\\ning and fulling mill for the manufacture of woolen goods, but the cotton mills had already begun to\\ndrive the linen looms out of the farmhouse.\\nFor half a century a factory system had been slowly growing in England, removing the loom\\nfrom the cottage to the factory, and the cotter from the farm to the city. This factory system was to\\ninvade and conquer New England.\\nThe war of 1812-15 convinced the American people that their workshops and factories must be\\nlocated where British gunboats could not interfere with their supplies, and that until such was the\\ncase they could not be an independent people.\\nIn 1815 this was a land of farmers. The farmhouses were full of l)right, energetic, ambitious,\\nwell-trained and educated young people, trained by circumstances to close economy, having great\\ncapacity for self-help (the mother of invention), but without especial mechanical instincts. They", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0456.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 43.\\nwere a host of free lances ready to attack tlie \\\\vild lands of the west, or the great mechanical problems\\nwhich confronted them in the east.\\nLet us take a look at the Dunstable of 1822. We find a dam across the Nashua west of the\\nbridge. At its north end stood the grist mill of James Patterson. At its .south end stood William\\nMarshall s .saw mill. At the Harbor, and on the west side of the road and north of the brook, we\\nfind the saw and grist mill of Israel Hunt, Sr., where his sons John and Israel were workmen. On\\nthe .south side of the brook stood quite a pretentious three-story shop, occujjied by E. F. Ingalls as a\\nl)lacksmith and iron-worker. This shop had a trip hammer, and he made axes, hatchets, hammers,\\nthe old fashioned heavy hoe with a ring for a handle, and such other iron work as was called for by\\nthe community. The scythe shop of Isaac March stood where tlie east mill now stands, and upon\\nwhat was known as Dickerman s Location, just below the old Allds road bridge, was to be found the\\ncarding, fulling, pressing and dyeing shop of Enoch Dickerman. There was also a dam and shop\\nbelow Dickerman s, occupied by Daniel Ingalls as a blacksmith shop, where he had a trip hammer\\nand lathe. These shops supplied the wants of a limited community.\\nIf we look into the conditions that obtained at this time in Milford, Amherst, Hillsboro Bridge,\\nPeterboro and kindred places, we find a restless .spirit of enterpri.se which would have resulted in\\nnumerous small mechanical centers of a higher order than the Dunstable of 1S25. Such places had\\nbegun to crystalize into the form indicated when the advent of the railway made great manufacturino-\\ncenters a possibility and largely concentrated the surplus energy of such places in cities like Nashua,\\nManchester and Lowell.\\nIn the winter of 1S21 loungers in the country stores of Dunstable heard stories of marvelous\\ndoings at Pawtucket falls. It was reported that no end of money had been put into a cotton mill,\\nand hundreds of working people were finding employment, trade was good, land was rising in value.\\nThe gossip had its influence upon certain Dunstable men, who had saved money and were waiting\\nfor a good chance to invest it.\\nIn 1822 an association was formed in Dunstable preliminar to incorporation, which purchased\\nall lands between Mine falls and Main street, and in 1823 a charter was obtained by Daniel Abbot,\\nJoseph Greeley, Moses Taylor, and others. The capital stock was fixed at \u00c2\u00a7300,000, with the right\\nto make it $1,000,000. This stock was divided into three hundred shares. B. F. French took thirty\\nshares, J. K. and A. Greeley, tliirt shares, Moses Taylor, thirl\\\\-six shares, Augustus Peabody of\\nSalem, seventy-five shares, John Kendrick of Boston, fifteen shares, Daniel Webster, sixt shares.\\nThe stock was not all taken at first, and Daniel Webster never took the shares he subscribed for.\\nThe unsold shares were finally taken by Salem and Boston capitalists. The name adopted was the\\nNashua Manufacturing company. This company must have had on its board of directors some wise\\nand far-seeing men to have planned the location and the surroundings of their mills and corporation\\nhouses so finely; or was it because land cost nothing, and, having plenty of room, things, somehow,\\ncame into shape themselves.\\nEben Runnells told the writer that when a l)oy he atteuiled an auction of land within the present\\ncity limits, and purchased the lot at six and a quarter cents per acre.\\nThe company first decided to locate the mills on the site they now occupy, bringing the water\\nfrom Mine falls by canal. This canal was three miles long, fifty feet wide and ten feet deep, with a\\n(all of thirty-six feet, and to dig it was a great enterprise for that day.\\nAs a matter of fact the dam was poorly built and equipped, the canal was a ditch, the entire\\nplant was crude and not for a moment to be compared to the efllcient and fini.shed plant of our day.\\nThe growth of this plant and of its business methods fairly represents the mechanical and business\\ngrowth of its day.\\nThe question of location must have been hard to decide. To us, of the present, it is plain, but\\nlet us wipe out all our railways, our city, and all our modern life, and the (luestiou would be hard\\nto decide.\\nThe first building erected was a machine shop, located on the northeast corner of the present\\nmill lot, upon the river bank. Work was begun in this shop in 1824, Ira Gay, superintendent.\\nCol. William Boardman, engineer. Mill No. i was built in 1825 and went into operation in 1826.\\nThe first mill agent was Asher Benjamin, a prominent architect of Boston.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0457.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "^36 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nMill No. I was one hundred and fifty-five by forty-five feet on the floor, and five stories high,\\nwith steep roof. It was bnilt of brick in a good and substantial manner. Many of those who\\nbecame workers in the mill labored in its erection. Thomas \\\\V. Gillis, who for so many years filled\\nthe agent s place, worked on the foundation with shovel and barrow.\\nThe company not only provided a mill for work, but they built homes and boarding-houses for\\nthe workers. They built and stocked a store for the sale of family supplies and a meeting-house for\\nworship. They had an agent for the mill, and an agent for outside matters. For this last named\\nposition, they obtained a bright and intelligent clerk from the employ of Greenleaf Co. of Boston,\\n(a firm interested in the company) by the name of L. W. Noyes, a name familiar to all who know\\nthe history of Nashua.\\nIn 1827 Mill No. 2 was built and was in full operation in 1S2S. This mill was of the .same size\\nas No. I, and six stories high. The.se two mills were run by breast wheels.\\nIn 1836 Mill No. 3, of the same .size as No. 2, was built, giving the company an aggregate of\\n32,000 spindles and seven hundred and ten looms, with the annual production of 9,300,000 yards\\nannually; or of fourty-four yards of cloth a day from each loom. That is, the cotton was carded,\\nspun and woven at the average rate of forty-four yards per loom; a product at least fifty times more\\nthan could be produced by hand labor.\\nMr. Benjamin was soon succeeded as agent by Ira Gay, the efficient superintendent, and, in 1835,\\nMr. Gay gave way for Thomas W. Gillis, who occupied this responsible place for eighteen years.\\nMr. Gillis mechanical education was a product of these mills; his wonderful energy and great\\nability was a product of the New Hamp.shire hills. It was largely through his efforts that the mills\\nwere brought into an efficient working shape, and that a corps of capable helpers were trained to the\\nwork, making possible the advance in the art which has continued until our day.\\nIn 1844 Mill No. 4 was built, being of the same general size and design as the three previous\\nmills. Mills Nos. 3 and 4 were run by turbine wheels.\\nIn 1853 Mr. Gillis gave place to Daniel Hussey as agent. This change was effected, not from\\nlack of ability and energy on the part of Mr. Gillis whose management had made the enterprise\\nsuccessful and profitable but because the change in methods attending the growth of the business\\nhad made a change in management necessary. The four mills of that day had been, practically,\\nworked sepa and independently of each other; each producing its own grade of work, and\\neach having a .ate account in the books of the company.\\nEconomy required that these four mills become one, and under one overseer. The same was\\ncalled for in the spinning, weaving, and all other departments of work. To bring about such a\\nchange effectually, there must be a change in the management, because the best of men become\\nwedded to old ideas, and new men are required for an advance.\\nIn the summer of 1856 Mill No. i was burned. The fire took at noon, while the help were at\\ndinner, except two women who were driven by the flames to the roof, from which, in their fright,\\nthey jumped and were killed. The mill was at once rebuilt. Gradually the .space between the mills\\nwas inclosed until a continuous building of one thousand feet in length was obtained, having twelve\\nacres of floorage under one roof, le mill is run by eight turbine wheels having 3,425 horse power.\\nThe engine and boiler house, whic. outside the factor}- proper, contains a 1,700 horse power engine\\nand twelve boilers.\\nOn Basin street is located the building containing the office and the large building used as\\nmachine .shop and cloth room; six large storehouses, and a storehouse for cotton are included in the\\nplant, also eighty-two tenement houses. Up to 1850 the help were all of New England origin.\\nMany of the women who have graced our be.st homes and helped to give character to our city came\\nto Nashua as mill girls.\\nIn 1869 Mr. Hussey resigned, to be followed by D. D. Crombie; he to be, in turn, succeeded by\\nOliver P. Hussey, who remained until his death, in 1875, when Rufus A. Maxfield assumed the\\nduties.\\nIn 1886 E. M. Shaw was elected agent, to be followed in 1891 by William D. Cadwell, who is\\nthe present agent.\\nNo mills ever had better management than that of the Nashua Manufacturing company.\\nImprovement and progress have been gradual and continuous. For many years its production was", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0458.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. 4,7\\ncoarse and heavy cotton shirting and sheeting. It now produces over one hnn.hed kinds and grades\\ni)f cotton flannels and bhinkets. From the first the mills have had constant employment, they never\\nclosed their gates but once, and that for only a short time, because of lack of work. This corpora-\\ntion has a nionthl pay-roll of \u00c2\u00a740,000, and employs 1,500 hands.\\nIn May, 1825, Charles C. Haven and others, under the firm name of the Indian Head factories,\\nbought the lower water privileges of the Nashua Manufacturing company and built their first mill\\nthe following year for the jiurpose of manufacturing woolen goods, Mr. Haven acting as agent. Lack\\nof capital, enterprise, experience, or possibly all of these combined, soon brought the company to its\\nend. Woolen manufacture calls for more and a greater variety of talent and skill than cotton. The\\nwool must be wa.shed, dried and go through various manipulations, must be dyed, the cloth must have\\nits nap raised and its surface sheared. It requires trained and skilled labor and tools adapted to the\\nwork, all of which were lacking. The company made black, blue and brown broadcloth for men s\\nwear, and were unable to compete with ini])orled goods.\\nIn 1S30 the property passed into the hands of the Jackson company to be used as a cotton mill.\\nThis company represented a capital of $4.80,000. The name Jackson was unfortunate, political\\nfeeling ran so high as to prejudice the sale of goods under that name, with the result that the com-\\npany adopted the trade name of Indian Head Mills, with a trade mark of an Indian s head, a\\nmark now known and respected all over the world.\\nAs to this trade mark proper, composed of the rude sketch of an Indian s head in its war paint\\nand feathers, it is a matter of interest to note its origin. After a skirmish between the men of Dun-\\nstal)le on the south side of the river and the Indians on the north, and when the Indians had given\\nup the contest and retired from the field, the rude sketch of an Indian s head was found carved on the\\ntree as a defiance by the Indians. The location of the tree was near where the Jackson mills now\\nstand. This gave the name to the location, and to the mills a trade mark better known in China than\\nin America. It is singular that this crude defiance of a savage should become the symbol of an en-\\nterprise which embodies results greater than the world had ever .seen at that day.\\nIn 1S35 the company had two mills one hundred and fifty-five by forty-seven feet, and five stories\\nhigh. They ran ir.ooo spindles, three hundred and eighty-eight looms, and employed four hundred\\nand seventeen females and eighty-seven males. Benjamin F. F reuch, agent. M- rench was not\\na manufacturer but a lawyer. By his wisdom and good management the mills wei .ght to a high\\nstandard for skill and for product. David Gillis was an efiicient manager under .V rench.\\nIn 1832 Mr. French was followed by Judge Edmund Parker. He was a man beloved by all who\\nknew him. Mr. Parker held the agent s place eleven years; Mr. Herrick, four years; H. T. Robbins,\\nten months; Walter White, one year; P. Lawton, two years: Benjamin Saunders, eleven years; and\\nOliver P. Hussey, four years. During all these years the capacity and efficiency of the plant was in-\\ncreasing. Mr. Saunders devoted much energy to beautifying the grounds of the mills and the various\\nproperty belonging to the company. To his spirit of improvement, in the appearance of our sur-\\nroundings, the city of Nashua is greatly indebted.\\nIn April, 187 1, William I). Cadwell, having served the Nashua Manufacturing company as\\nsuperintendent for .some years, was elected agent. He filled place so well that in 1891 he was\\nelected agent of the Na.shua Manufacturing com])any, and has held the position of agent for both\\ncompanies to the present time.\\nThis company make a line of especially heavy goods adapted to the eastern market, very many\\nof their goods being .sold in China. The fact that they have often to defend their trade mark from\\nluigli.sh and Canadian pirates is a high compliment to the efficiency of the management and tlie\\nquality of goods manufactured.\\nWilliam T. Spear, the efficient superintendent of the mills, has given much attention to the ex-\\namination of cotton fibre through the u.se of the microscope, and to utilizing the result obtained in\\nthis manner, bv the ai l of photography. As the cotton rai.sed in different localities has each its pecu-\\nliar growth, and as .some kinds are much better than others, it follows that this company is able to\\nselect its stock to the be.st advantage.\\nWe herewith give a copv of a photograph taken from cotton fibre by the process referred to above.\\nIt will be seen tha t the cotton fibre grows in the form of a flat ribbon, and that the various twisted or\\ncorrugated forms it afterward assumes is a result of climatic action during the process of drying.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0459.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "438\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nThe best fibre is well corrugated so that the filjre becomes locked together and thus makes continuous\\nconnection. The open, iincorrugated fibre is of little value as it makes a feeble thread and is hard to\\nwork. The fibre found floating in the air of a mill is always of the latter kind. The compan}- has\\nalso emploj-ed a sy.stem by which every pound of cotton is traced from the picker to the finishing\\nroom in such a way as to insure economy and efficiency.\\nSince 1885 this company has maintained a complete meteorological station, from which monthly\\nreports are sent to the government. These reports include all atmospheric phenomena, including\\npressure, temperature, humidit} motion, precipitation, electric effects and a record of bright, clear,\\ncloud}- and foggy weather, also an} surface movement of the earth. This station is under the charge\\nof Charles H. Webster.\\nThe power of this company is water, one thousand horse power, and steam, eight hundred horse\\npower. It is of interest to note that the efficiency of this plant has been augmented one hundred per\\ncent, using the same power and help, because of improved methods and machiner\\\\ The mills have\\na floorage of four acres, with suitalile machine shops and storage outside of the mills.\\nCOTTON I THIUi.\\nThe present capital of the company is $600,000. They run 35,720 spindles, and 1,212 looms,\\nand employ eight hundred hands. This company at first employed two hundred and fifty hands.\\nOutput, 1832, 2,300,000 yards 1895, 19,000,000. Pay roll in 1832, $3,000 monthly in 1895, $26,000.\\nThe Vale Mills company erected its first building in 1845 it was what is now known as the east\\nmill, and was used for making satinet goods. Later tliis mill was used by Walter Crane for making\\ntwine. The mill on Main street was built as a machine shop and owned by Thomas W. Gillis. It\\nwas occupied by Gillis Taylor for making sewing machines. In 1854 the Harbor Manufacturing\\ncompany was formed, T. W. Gillis, agent, and I. H. Marshall, treasurer and clerk. This company\\npurchased the east mill, and also the one on Main street, using the east mill for carding and spinning\\nand the mill on Main street for weaving. Seventy-five hands were employed.\\nIn 1863 the entire .stock of the company was purchased by Benjamin Saunders, who renovated\\nand modernized the entire plant and changed the name to Vale Mills. Five hundred ring spindles\\nand one hundred thirty-nine-inch looms are used. The goods manufactured are mainly thin goods.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0460.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n439\\nThe iniprovLim-nts made by .Mr. Saunders and the addition to tlie width of tlie goods doubled the\\ncapacity of tlie mills. The works are driven by turbine wheels, two hundred and twenty-five horse\\npower, and b}- a one hundred horse power steam engine.\\nThe company was incorporated and the name of X ale Mills assumed in 1868. They employ\\nseventy hands. Mr. Saunders died in icS.SS. Edward Labree has charge of the works, at present.\\n(1897) and Markman De.xter of Boston is treasurer.\\nThe Harbor Machine shop was situated on the west side of Main street, south of Salmon brook.\\nWe have seen this shop occupied by K. K. Ingalls for general blacksmith work and for making\\nvarious useful articles in a small way. Later it became the centre for small enterprises in the\\nmachinists line; indeed, for years it was the only mechanical centre outside the Nashua\\nManufacturing company s shop. In this shop Howe, of sewing machine fame, struggled with one\\nof the great prolilems of the day; and here .\\\\mi (ieorge built his first railway spike machine. In\\niSso Houghton i\\\\: Whitney occupied it and enipIoNcd ten hands. In 1853 we find Kelley Mack in\\npossession; ten hands. In 1S57 Geo. II. Johnson Co. occupied it; ten hands. It was last occupied\\nby A. H. Saunders, and was demolished when the new dam was built in 188.^.\\nIn 1838 John H. (Jage began to make machinery in the Nashua Manufacturing company s shop\\non Water street. In this shop he built the first engine lathe made in .\\\\merica. It was of the\\nEnglish type, using a chain feed. In 1825, when the Nashua Manufacturing company began its\\nworks, there were no .shops in America that made machinists tools as a specialty, each shop built its\\nWILLIAMS- I mXllKV.\\nown crude tools. This shop of Mr. Gage s is believed to have been the first establishment in the\\nUnited vStates devoted exclusively to the manufacture of machinists tools. Mr. Gage made heavy\\nmachinery and shafting and did general machine work. Early in 1843 his shop was burned and a\\nlarge part of the tools and fixtures were a loss.\\nIn 1851 a partnership was formed under the name of Gage, Warner .S: Whitney, and in 1852 they\\nbuilt the large .shop on Mollis street, where their business was much enlarged. They built machines\\nfor railroad corporations, cotton machinery to go south, and turbine waterwheels. This company\\nmade the first automatic gear-cutter ever put on the market. Mr. (iage was a man of enterprise and\\nbusiness abilitv, and Messrs. Warner Whitney were men of marked ability, each in his own\\ndepartment. Mr. Gage was killed in 1862 by the accidental discharge of his gun when hunting.\\nHis death was a great lo.ss to the company, in a measure paralyzing its enterprise. In 1S73 Mr.\\nWarner died, and in 1895 Mr. Whitney also died.\\nIn 1845 the Nashua Iron foundry started business under the firm name of S. L. Williams.\\nTheir works were located on Temple street on the lot now occupied by Roby Swart. There was,", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0461.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "^4o H/STORV OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nbefore this, a small foundry on Water street owned by the Smith brothers. This foundry the\\nWillianises bought and united with their own, making theirs the only foundry in Nashua for some\\njears. The business quietly increased and very heavy work was done. One of the kettles used\\nwould contain six tons of melted iron and was made at the forge shop by Daniel Dearborn at a cost\\nof two hundred and sixty dollars, and it now stands as a monument and ornament in the yard of\\nMrs. Charles Williams on Temple street. The price of castings at the commencement of this\\nbusiness was five and six cents a pound. When this company bought and built their w-orks, a\\nravine from the river extended across Temple street into their lot. This ravine they filled, and they\\nalso built the wharf skirting the railroad, where their freight was loaded and unloaded. To do this,\\nthe space lietween their lot and the railroad was filled in to the depth of twenty feet, raising the\\ngrade of the street in the ravine that amount. The foundr was completely destroyed by fire in 1.S45.\\nBefore the fire was extinguished, the work of rebuilding was begun, this time of brick.\\nThe loss was $40,000, but the good character, aliility and pluck of the brothers enabled them to\\novercome the situation and replace their plant. They employed some one hundred and twenty-five\\nhands. Their castings ranged from the lightest possible, to the heaviest sugar machinery. Later\\nthe Chelmsford foundry was incorporated with this under the name of Williams, Bird Co. This\\nwas an unfortunate connection, resulting in the failure of the company, and the Williams brothers\\nresumed business under the old name. It then passed into the hands of a stock company, but was\\nfinally bought by Charles Williams, who continued it until 1892, when he retired from business. His\\nson Charles having died, and he having become unable to attend to affairs because of infirmities and\\nage. the plant was sold to Roby l Swart.\\nThe Nashua Iron and Steel works were first established Jan. 2, 1839, under the name of the\\nNashua Manufacturers and Mechanics association, the stock being divided into sixty shares of five\\nhundred dollars each. The corporation was organized Sept. 20, 1845; Thomas Chase, president C.\\nB. Fletcher, clerk and the name changed to Nashua Iron company and the capital stocked raised to\\n$100,000. In 1872 the name was changed to Nashua Iron and Steel compan}-, and the capital stock\\nwas raised to $500,000.\\nThe works began with one small shop on Hollis street, with three small hammers, and developed\\nwith great rapidity because of the expansion of all kinds of mechanical interests and the rapid growth\\nof railways. The company soon developed the most powerful plant of its kind in New England.\\nThe works were under the superintendence of D. H. Dearborn for several .vears he was followed by\\nSamuel K. Wellman.\\nTo fully realize the work this company has performed, and the nature of its progress, we must\\nrecall the fact that all railway iron, most wrought iron, and all steel was imported that the low\\ngrade steel, such as the Bessemer, which has in our day largely taken the place of wrought iron, had\\nnot appeared on the market. Indeed, the Iron Age had not materialized in America.\\nThe company s three small hamnrers soon became ten large hammers, and a Nasmith hanuner of\\nten tons was erected in 1863. Its small shop soon became .seven large shops, covering fifteen acres of\\nland. Its works included a rolling mill for working scrap iron into bar iron, a Semmes-Martin steel\\nfurnace of 36,000 pounds capacit} and a large machine shop on Hollis street for finishing work.\\nThe steel plant was put in working shape in 1866 under Superintendent Wellman. The furnace was\\nthe first of its kind built in America and marks an era in the steel manufacture of this country.\\nIt is a matter of interest to note that the huge masses of iron used as stoppers for the ports in the\\nturret of the Little Monitor, which did such noble service in Hampton Roads were forged in this\\n.shop. The making of steel tires for the driving-wheels of locomotives has been for many years a\\nspecialty. Steamer shafts, stationary engines, forgings, and steel plate in the rough, and all kinds of\\nheavy forgings are furnished by this company. It has an annual business of $750,000 and employs\\nfrom one hundred and fifty to three hundred and fifty men at the present time. Aretas Blood of Man-\\nchester is the manager.\\nThe grandfather of George W. Underbill, the founder of the Underbill bklge Tool company,\\nmade axes in Chester, New Hampshire, and his father started the same business on Haverhill street\\nin Boston about 1820, where George W. learned the trade. He began business in Nashua in 1839 on\\nWater street, with one man and a common blacksmith s kit, and fini.shed his work on a common\\ngrindstone until 1852.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0462.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 441\\n111 1852 Mr. Herrick, owner of the mill privileges now known as Edgeville, interested himself\\nwith Mr. Underhill and others and a company was formed, shops were bnilt and work Iiegun. The\\nconipaiiy was incorporated in 1852; capital $60,000; George W. Underhill, superintendent. The\\nworks were located at the mouth of vSalmon brook on the line of the Nashua Lowell railroad. The\\ncoinpain- showed great energy and push. They were prompt to secure and adopt all improvements in\\nmachinery and methods. They made edge tools, such as axes, hatchets, adzes, chisels, with an out-\\nput of some #135,000 annually. John H. Gage was an active promoter of the company and the first\\npresident, and H. M. Goodrich the first treasurer. In 1857 C. B. Hill became treasurer, and in 1S66\\nthe capital stock was raised to $8o,oco by an assessment upon the stock.\\nIll 1879 the entire plant of the Amoskeag Axe company was acquired, materially enlarging the\\nbusiness. Employment was given to one hundred skilled laborers with an output of 120,000 axes\\nper year, besides other goods. A large export trade was maintained with South America and\\nAustralia. The enterprise was not a success financially. The property was sold to a tru.st; the\\nmachinery was removed to Douglass, Ma.ss., and the real estate passed into the hands of Koby 6t\\nvSwart.\\nThe Nashua Lock company originated from a thought in the fertile brain of Samuel Shepard.\\nAll latches and locks were of the English type and make, and were secured upon the side of the door\\nwith a catch projecting from the door frame. Messrs. Shepard and Baldwin were makers of doors,\\nand the thought came to Mr. Shepard that the lock could be placed in a mortise and so be enclo.sed\\nwithin the material of the door. In 1832 Charles Gay made in a small way what is known as the\\nrotary grand lock. This fact may have set Shepard to thinking upon the subject of door locks.\\nSome one was employed to exploit the idea and finally the door, sash and blind business was sold and\\na company formed in 1834 by Samuel vShepard and David Baldwin to make locks\\nIn 1835 L. W. Noyes bought Mr. Shepard s interest and the enterprise was pushed with energy.\\nIn 1853 Robert G. Livingstone of Boston became a partner, and salesrooms were opened in Boston.\\nSabine Traverse was superintendent for ten years. He was followed by Gilbert Hill for fifteen years.\\nDuring this time the company employed some twenty-five men. In 1854 Mr. Baldwin died and was\\nsucceeded by J. W. Otterson, who became superintendent of the shop. Owing to lack of harmony in\\nthe management, to the withdrawal of funds by L. W. Noyes, and to the depression caused by the\\npanic of 1857, it was thought best to reorganize the company, and in 1859, F. O. Monroe bought the\\nentire interest for $33,000, giving his notes for the same.\\nThe first experimental work was done in the shop of Shepard Baldwin at the north end of\\nthe Jackson compan3 s dam. The first shop was in the machine shop of the Nashua Manufacturing\\ncompany on Water street. Later the company occupied a brick building on Water street near the\\nfoot of Washington street. In i860 the plant on Spring street known as the Lock Shop was built\\nand the works were very much enlarged, with a corresponding output.\\nIn 1863 the company was incorporated; capital $60,000, and one hundred and fifty hands found\\nemplovment, with a payroll of $6,000 per month. Mr. Monroe remained at the head of the business\\nuntil 1872. For some years C. B. Hill of Nashua had been treasurer of the company and had charge\\nof the salesrooms in Boston.\\nThe big fire of Boston wiped its entire P.oston stock out of existence. In 1872. after the fire, the\\ncontrol of the company passed into the hands of capitalists represented by H. (i. Bixby. These\\nparties recognized the fact that a valuable enterjirise was slipping from the hands of the Nashua com-\\npany because of faulty tools and methods, and a gallant fight was made by them to regain supremacy\\nin this line, but the fight was useless, the hold obtained by competitors was too strong, and it was\\nfound necessary for Na.shua to surrender her own child to others, because others had nourished the\\nchild Nashua had neglected.\\nIn 1853 Rollins, Gilman Co., Joscphus Baldwin being a i)artner, began work in the shop\\njust vacated by J. H. Gage Co. in the Nashua Manufacturing company s shop on Water .street.\\nMr. Rollins came to Nashua from Manchester, where he had learned his trade, and had had charge\\nof a machine shop owned by Josephus and Edwin Baldwin. In 1854 Gilman sold his interest to the\\ncompany and the name of Geo. A. Rollins Co. was assumed. In 1S63 Geo. W. Davis of Milford\\nbought Baldwin s interest in the business and removed to Nashua, and the firm took the name of C.eo.\\nW. Davis Co.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0463.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "442 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nIn 1865 a large lot of land on the line of the Worcester Nashua railroad was purchased and the\\nshop now occupied by the conipau}- was Iniilt. The work up to this time was largely gun machinery\\nand heavy tools. In 1867 a patent was secured for a steam-engine, and attention was turned toward\\nthe Iniilding of steam-engines.\\nIn 1879 the company dissolved and divided the property, including the lot, and the name of Geo.\\nA. Rollins Co. was again assumed. Jan. 23, 1892, the company was incorporated as the Rollins\\nEngine company.\\nThe modern steam-engine is largely a result of improvements made by Sickles Curtis of Provi-\\ndence, R. I. Grasping the ideas suggested by these improved engines, Mr. Rollins began at once to\\nimprove and modify the detail of their construction until he has been able to produce an engine ap-\\nproaching perfection. The first engine of the improved design is now doing good service in the state\\nprison at Concord. For careful and finished workmanship no shop in town excels this.\\nIn 1879 Mr. Davis and Mr. Rollins divided the real estate and the machinery between them, Mr.\\nDavis retaining the half located on Foundry .street, where he continued the manufacture of tools,\\nshafting, mill-fittings and general job work until his decease in the winter of 1897.\\nIn the sunnner of 1863 R. T. Smith visited a farmer friend in Vermont. The farmer, with much\\npride, showed his mowing, and other labor-saving machines, with the remark that all he now lacked\\nwas a machine for shearing sheep. This chance remark was the germinal seed which resulted in the\\nfine plant at the Harbor, known as the American Shearer Manufacturing companj-.\\nMr. Smith, upon his return to Na,shua, consulted J. K. Priest, an ingenious and skillful mechanic,\\nand a series of experiments, with a view to produce a machine that would clip the hair or wool from\\nanimals, was entered upon.\\nThe first move was to make a tool having a stationary and a rotating cutter. This device was\\nsoon finished and worked finely as a fixture in a lathe. The workmen in the shop asked how the\\nanimal was to be brought to the cutter, and when told that the cutter, revolving at great speed and\\ndriven bj power was to be held in the hand of an operator and passed freeh over the body of the\\nanimal, they raised a shout of derision, for such a thing had never been done. Within one year a\\nmachine had been completed with a cutter revolving fifteen hundred times a minute that could be\\nworked in any position or upon any plane when held in the hand, as readily as the ordinary sheep\\nshears, and a sheep had been shorn with this machine in two minutes.\\nThe tool, as used, was a real advance in mechanical art. When shown at the Royal institute in\\nLondon, Engineering said of it, It is, for novelty and ingenuity, the gem of the exhibition.\\nThis device was the forerunner of the dental engine, boot and shoe burnishing machine, and others.\\nThe success of the machine was so marked that J. G. Blunt and William Earl became interested\\nin the enterprise, and the American Shearer Manufacturing company was formed with equal owner-\\nship l)y the four partners, William Earl becoming business agent, and work was begun on fifty ma-\\nchines. When these machines were finished, the unwelcome discover)- was made that the machine\\nwould shear sheep only in a hot day and this threw a wet blanket on the enterprise until a trial was\\nhad on horses, where the machine proved, not only a success, but a triumph, and the fifty machines\\nwere but a drop in the bucket of demand. The next two years were bus)- and profitable ones to the\\ncompany and should have been the foundation of great wealth. But vicious business methods were\\nadopted, and the company was soon involved in a maze of law suits and costs that threatened its de-\\nstruction. The advent of the baud-clipping machine saved the company. We venture to tell this\\nstory as an object lesson. The company had .sold five hundred machines, under contract to protect a\\ncertain territory for each machine, and were to receive a royalty for each horse clipped. Five hun-\\ndred contracts, for which the company were responsible, were made with five hundred irresponsible\\nmen they soon found themselves in a bad box, and were saved by the advent of the hand machine.\\nDuring the days of its great prosperity the company had divided all of its profits, amounting, in\\none (the best) year to four hundred per cent on all the capital invested. This short-sighted policy\\nwas a costly mistake. If this profit had been invested in a shop of first class tools, the proprietors\\nwould have become rich men and this enterprise a matter of greater pride to the city and state. In\\n1875 this company became incorporated.\\nThe hand-clipper had come to stay, and as a barber s clipper was coming into demand, the com-\\npany began to make hand machines. F or six years the profits on the power machines were absorbed", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0464.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nWT,\\nby losses on hand machines, and the company was just able to exist. In 18.S3 J. K. Priest bought\\nthe entire interest of the business except a few of Mr. Smith s shares, held by him so that he could\\nact as president of the company and as a director.\\nThe works were first on Water street and afterwards on Foundry street. In 1887 Mr. Priest built\\nthe fine shop at the Harbor, now occupied by the American Shearer Manufacturing company, and\\nbegan to improve his machinery and methods, with good results.\\nIn 1890 Dr. Fred Priest of Brooklyn, N. V., became associated with his father and has. by his\\nenterprise and devotion to business, helped bring the company to the fore as the largest and most\\nprosperous manufactory of its class in the world. It has helped to drive foreign comjietition out of\\nthe market, and sells thousands of machines in Europe.\\nThe company make hand and power clippers, horse clipping machines, power grooming machines,\\nbarber and toilet clippers, and have this last year put on the market the first grooming machine and\\nthe first aluminum clippers. They employ sixty hands, use one hundred horse steam power. The\\nclipper business originated with this company.\\nThe possibility of making machines for sewing, and matters pertaining to their manufacture, were\\nof great interest in the comparatively early history of Nashua. While this was not the birthplace of\\nthe inventor of the sewing machine or of the invention, it was in this city that Klias Howe spent two\\nyears of .struggle and privation, and it was at the Harbor that he at last perfected his machine and\\nadapted it to work. While Howe invented a vital element in the .sewing machine, the practical\\nmachines adapted to every day work were i)erfccted by Singer, Grover Baker, W heeler Wil.son\\nand others. Howe was not a practical man. In 1851 Thomas W. Gillis and a Mr. Taylor formed a\\ncompany for making sewing machines, and began work in a .small way on Water street, and in 1852\\nbuilt the shop, at the Harbor, on Main street, now occupied by the Vale Mills Manufacturing com-\\npany. This company had no conception of the great demand that was to arise for sewing machines.\\nTheir plan was to build Howe s perfected machine, a small single loop machine known as the Dorcas,\\nand also one for Nickols Bliss of Boston. Their main dependence for business was the Howe\\nmachine. The enterprise was a failure. Taylor removed to New York city and later he had machines\\nIniilt on Water street under contract by J. K. Prie.st.\\nIn 1856 J. S. Chase came into a shop on Water street and built the Weed sewing machine and\\nestablished a reputation for the same. Lack of capital prevented their pushing the business and it\\nwas removed to Hartford, Conn. The machines were made under contract for Whitney Lyon of\\nBoston. The firm passed through various changes as to partnership and was finally sold to the\\nWeed Sewing Machine company in 1S66.\\nIn 1839 James Hartshorn removed his stove and tinware business from Milford to Nashua. In\\nthose days business was attended with difficulties; runners were not in the store daily, soliciting\\norders. Mr. Hartshorn purchased his stoves in Walpole, Mass., and was obliged to bring them to\\nNashua with his own team. At this time there was a small foundry at Amherst owned by the Wool-\\nsons, who made a few stoves of cast iron and tin, which had at one time a limited sale. The idea of\\nstarting a stove foundry in Nashua appears to have originated with a brother of the Amherst Wool-\\nsons, who lived in Claremont. He was a friend of Hartshorn, and strongly urged him to enter into\\nthe business, Hartshorn decided to try it, and took as a partner Winslow Ames of Mason, of the\\nfirm of vScripture Ames. Mr. Ames brought to the firm sterling character, great business capacity\\nand ability. He was one of the giants that lived in those days.\\nThe firm name was Hartshorn Ames, and they began business as founders on Water street in\\n185 1. Most, if not all, of the Amherst plant and help were removed to Nashua. It was a proud day\\nfor the new firm when the first stove of their make was set up, sold and delivered. The stove was\\nput upon a wheelborrow; Deacon Hartshorn propelled the vehicle, while Mr. Ames kept its freight\\nin place and preserved an equilibrium.\\nIn 1851 the company opened warerooms on Union street in Boston and the business grew a] ace.\\nIn 1852 two young men were received into the firm, Timothy C. Whittemore and Mr. Blanchard.\\nThey remained with the company for a time but finally left because the terms of partnership forbade\\nany member of the company from holding an interest in any outside business.\\nIn 1855 they built a large foundry and storerooms on Howard street, the same being now known\\nas the rolling mill, and employed .some fifty men. They brought out new and improved designs in", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0465.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "444 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nstoves and prospered greatly. It is the misfortune of this business that the bulk of its sales come but\\nonce in a year, and that in the fall. During the summer of 1857 their orders kept their works\\ncrowded to the full capacity. In October of that year the panic struck this city, bringing desolation\\nworse than that of a cyclone. This company had $100,000 charged on their books and could not col-\\nlect a dollar. With the best character, with exceptional facilities for business, they were driven to\\nthe wall and were obliged to close the business. They were killed h\\\\ success. It may be of interest\\nto note that all of these bills were collected and all indebtedness of the company was paid.\\nThe firm of Flather Company, composed of Joseph and William Flather, sustains a character\\nfor enterprise, good reliable workmanship, integrity and honorable dealing not second to any in our\\ncity. The product of their shop stands high in the American market, and large numbers of their\\nlathes are found in England, France, Italy and Switzerland.\\nThe brothers are of English birth and brought from their native land a knowledge of their Inisi-\\nness and a great degree of persistency and Yorkshire pluck. Joseph learned his trade in Bradford,\\nEngland, his native place; he also worked at Norwich. He, with his father, came to America on a\\nsailing vessel in 1856 and landed at Philadelphia. Failing to find work the\\\\- made their way to Har-\\npers Ferry, where he had an uncle. Here he found work in the United States armory, where he\\nremained several months. He afterwards spent a short time in Zanesville, Ohio, when he returned to\\nHarpers Ferry. In 1859 he came to work for Chase Co. in Nashua on sewing machines, and later\\nfor J. K. Priest. During the war he worked on guns at Biiighampton and Yonkers, N. Y., Trenton,\\nN. J., and at Bridgeport, Conn.\\nIn 1S65 Joseph and William invested their all in a plant for building and repairing oil machinery\\nat Parkersburg, West irginia, and lost all they had, and in 1867 came back to Nashua, and with\\ntheir good name bought the machine shop of J. K. Priest on Water street. For seven years they\\nmade no progress bad debts and general bad luck attended their efforts. In 1872 they removed to\\nthe watch factor\\\\- and in 1873 built a shop on their present location which was burned in 1876. They\\nrebuilt of brick. With this shop there came a season of prosperity. Gradually their business\\nextended and additions were made to their shop and their tools, until their facilities for, and methods\\nof manufacture are not surpassed. In 1890 they added a foundry to their plant. This company has\\nconfined itself strictly to the building of engine lathes, and to the idea of building the be.st possible\\nlathe, they have devoted their skill and energ} with a result of which our city is justly proud.\\nThe Flathers have given our cit}- another excellent example. They have educated their sons to\\nbecome skilled mechanics, giving them the best technical education. It is an English saying that\\ntlie king never dies: this firm acts upon the principle that the business enterprise they have\\nfounded is never to die; all that is individual will pass away, but the business, as a business, is to\\nremain. Their shops are located on the Boston Maine railroad at the Junction, and they have\\ntheir own side track connecting their shop with the Boston Maine railroad. The company use\\nsteam, forty horse power.\\nThe removal of the Nashua Watch company from the city, because of lack of funds to carry on\\nits business, is a sore spot in our history. It was one of those great l)luuders which society will\\nsometimes commit. The companj- was incorporated in June, 1859, with a capital of ^60,000, with\\nC. Oilman as president and L. W. Noyes as treasurer, and conunenced business in i860. The old\\nWashington house, on Main street between Prospect and Bowers streets, was purchased and put in\\ncondition for a factory. A fine set of machines and tools were procured or built, all the exqusite\\ndies and fine implements for making jewels, etc., were brought to perfection, and the best watch ever\\nproduced by machinery was perfected. This watch was called the Nashua, and still bears that\\nname on the list of the Waltham Watch company.\\nThe company had been ambitious to place the best possil)le watch on the market. To do this\\nthey had absorbed all their capital, their assets were their fine plant and one thousanil watches. The\\nwatches had not shown their good quality by actual service. At this juncture the War of the\\nRebellion broke out, and fine watches were at a discount. The one thousand watches were offered\\nfor $37,000, but could find no purchaser. (These same goods were afterwards sold liy the jnnchasers\\nfor $112,000.\\nSuch was the condition of things when the war brought an enormous demand for cheap watches\\nfor soldiers use; the world was to see for the first time, an armv of soldiers carrving watches. This", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0466.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASH U. 4, N. ^^5\\ncompany had the tools, the dies, all that was rerjuired for makiiij,- a good, serviceable watch at a\\nlunninal sum: the tide of fortune had turned in their favor, but alas, they had no available capital\\nand wvrc (ibliued to sell the plant and stock to the Waltham Watch company, and bow themselves\\nfrom the stage.\\nThe Co-operative Foundry originated with the Nashua Lock company and formed part of their\\nworks on Water street. When that com])any was sold to F. O. Monroe, in 1859,). I). Otterson. in\\nliquidation of certain claims upon the old company, received this plant and business with a contract\\nto do the casting for the Lock company. He occupied the foundry on Water street. In 1866 the\\nworks were removed into the excellent buildings on Foundry .street, and known as the Otterson foun-\\ndrv, and did a business of S5o.ooo a year.\\nUpon the death of Mr. Otterson in iS.So, the business was undertaken by several parties with but\\nsmall success. This poor success com])elled some of the most enterprising of the workmen to asso-\\nciate and form a co-operative foundry company. They became incorporated in 1881 and built a\\nwooden building on Harbor avenue for their works. Before the new shop was ready for use they\\nwere enabled to procure a lea.se of the Otterson foundry and at the expiration of the lea.se to purchase\\nthe property. The specialty of the company is, and always has been, small and fine castings, and the\\ncomi)any take ])ride in both the (|uality and workmanshij) of its productions.\\nThe success of this co-operative enter])ri.se is a result of two important elements, the company was\\ncomposed of working men. who knew little of business, and who. recognizing the fact, employed a\\ngood business man as agent and left him to conduct his department. The workmen also realized that\\nthey were working for themselves, that their faithfulness was to their own personal advantage and no\\nshirk was harbored in the works for one moment. The continued success of this company shows\\nthat co-operation maybe successful, and shows the conditions by which success is attainable.\\nIn 1SS4 Mark Flather, a brother of Joseph and William Klather, began business and occupied part\\nof the shop of the Rollins Engine company, for the building of planers. In this .shop he laid the\\nfoundation for a good business, he enlarged his plant, multiplied the number and improved the\\ndesigns of planers manufactured by himself, and, in 1893, built the fine two-story brick shop on Crown\\nstreet. This shop has a floorage of 11,500 feet and is especially adapted to his cla.ss of work. Early\\nin 1895 he put in a railway crane, which enables him to handle heavy machines, and parts of machines,\\nwith facilit} and ease. At the present time he employes twenty men. This com])any is incorporated.\\nIt uses a twenty-five horse power electric engine.\\nWilliam Highton Sons, manufacturers of registers, ventilators, etc., began business in 187-\\non .Sudl)ury street, Boston. The firm consisted of William Highton and his sons, James and\\nMarshall. Previous to this Mr. Highton had made registers for Moses Pond cS: Co. from his (High-\\nton s) patents. The firm began business in a small way. finishing the goods in their shop and jiro-\\ncuring the castings from the Nashua Lock company.\\nIn 187S James, the oldest son. died. In 1879 the business requiring larger quarters, it was\\nremoved to 55 Charlestown street. In 1887 Marshall died and the business was left on the shoulders\\nof the now aged father. In this emergency Mr. Highton called into his service his .son-in-law, Enoch\\nShenton, the present general manager of the business, and gave him the position in the firm formerly\\noccupied by his son Marshall. The following Jul\\\\ William Highton died, and by recpiest in his will\\nMr. vShenton became manager of the works and agent for the heirs.\\nFrom the start the business had steadily increased in volume and extent until larger (piarlers and\\nbetter facilities were imperatively called for. The attention of the company was called to Nashua as\\naffording good, if not the best, facilities for manufacture in New England, and in 1S89 the business\\nlocated here. The lower story of the Nashua Lock company s building on Spring street was leased\\nfor two years, also store houses and japan rooms. The castings were made by the Co-operative Foun-\\ndry company. Meantime a part of their goods were made in Boston.\\nTo encourage the company to locate in Nashua, the city exempted their works from taxation for\\nten years and the Indian Head bank gave such aid as to enable them to establish their plant, and still\\nkeep their product, both as to quantity and quality, uj) to their former standard. Land was purchased\\non the corner of Pond and Otterson streets and a building forty by eighty feet, two stories, with addi-\\ntion twenty-two by twenty-four for japanning, was erected. This building was equipped with all the", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0467.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "446\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nlatest improved machinery and appliances. In 1893 an addition of eighteen by twenty-four feet was\\nmade, also a plant for polishing and plating, and a department for a higher grade of finish.\\nJan. I, 1894, Enoch Shenton bought of the estate of William Highton the entire business with\\nreal estate, stock, tools, pattern and good will, and entered into partnership with A. Wilber Frost and\\ncontinued the bu.siness under the firm name of William Highton Sons, Mr. vShenton acting as gen-\\neral manager, and Mr. Frost as superintendent.\\nDuring 1894 many new designs were added, and an oven was placed for baking white japan and\\nthe different bronzes by steam heat, giving superior results. The company make one hundred and\\nfifty-five sizes of registers and ventilators besides borders and wall frames together with a variety of\\ndesi -ns for each size. These goods receive all grades of finish from plain black and white to polished\\nnickel and gilt. The trade is indebted to this company for many valuable improvements in this class\\nof goods. A foundry forty-five by one hundred, a cupola building fifteen by twenty-four, and a safe\\nstorage room twenty-four by thirty are in process of erection.\\nThe Na.shua Steam Press and Boiler works, J. J. Crawford Son, proprietors, was first located\\nby Mr. Crawford on Foundry street in 1873. He occupied the shop now owned by G. W. Davis. In\\n1883 he removed to his present shop at the Nashua Junction, where he manufactures steam boilers,\\ncylinders and tanks. His specialty is the hydraulic power press with hollow steam plates.\\nAt the corner of Hollis street and Harbor avenue is situated the pleasant quarters of the Nashua\\nSaddlery Hardware company, manufacturers of Tabor s improved saddle-tree, water hooks and gen-\\neral saddlery hardware.\\nThe company was incorporated in 1889 with a capital of $50,000 and holds numerous and valua-\\nble patents. In 1894 the company purcha.sed the saddlery part of the business of the Malleable Iron\\nworks of Rome, N. V. J. A. Merriman, selling agent, and J. S. Perry, superintendent of the Rome\\nworks, came to Nashua with the plant. Both these gentlemen have had large experience in their\\nseveral departments. Mr. Tabor resigned his place as superintendent in 1894.\\nThe works run two electric engines, one of twent3 -five horse power and one of fifteen horse\\npower. Their patented devices which originated in Nashua are the saddle-tree and jocky plate.\\nTheyu.se the word Nashua as a trade mark on their goods. They employ from forty to fifty\\nhands, with a pa} roll of $2,000 per month and with an output of $125,000.\\nIn 1889 the promoter of the Na.shua Textile Machine company, William White, Jr., was at work\\nfor F^lather Co. as a machinist. At the time he rented a small space in the machine shop of George\\nH. Whitney, together with the use of tools, and employed a man to work over two old wool washing\\nmachines according to an idea he had in his mind. These machines were so far successful as to\\njustify his leaving his job at Flather s and devoting himself to building wool washing machines.\\nIn May, 1890, he rented room and power of George W. Davis, and in August of 1890 he fitted up a\\nroom in I-^aton s bobbin factory with a few tools. In this shop he built several washing machines,\\nconstantly making improvements.\\nIn February, 1891, he removed to more commodious rooms in the lock shop on Spring street,\\nwhere he perfected his feeding and cloth drying devices. In October of the same year he removed\\ninto his own shop on Harbor avenue. To l)egin with, Mr. White had a little money, some $1,000, a\\ngreat capacity for work, unbounded pluck, and a somewhat hazy idea as to how his machines should\\nbe built. It will readily be seen that he would be imposed upon by his competitors in business, b)-\\nthose who sold him stock, and by most of those with whom he came in contact. He soon passed be-\\nyond his financial depth, but such was the persistence of the man, his honest endeavors, his evident\\nfaith in his ultimate success, that he was able to get help, and finally he placed upon the market\\nbetter, simpler and less costly washing and feeding machines than had been in use. At the same\\ntime he perfected other devices adapted to textile manufacture. All this was done under conditions\\nwhich made success almost impossible, yet when the panic of 1893 struck the country, this shop was\\nthe only one in this vicinity that was so driven with orders as to be obliged to work evenings, and\\neven then he was not able to meet his engagements to deliver goods. At present he employs\\neighteen hands.\\nThe Nashua Iron and Brass Foundry company was incorporated April i, 1890, by Amos C.\\nBarstow, James H. Cutler, Charles H. Burke, Arthur Baker and Edward W. Dowd. They\\npurchased the entire property of the Nashua I,ock company and began the manufacture of iron.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0468.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N If\\n44/\\nbrass, and composition castings, specialties in cast metal, machine work, etc. For the past two\\nyears this company has been mannfacturing and placing on the market the Peerless adjustable school\\nfurniture for the inventor, G. A. Bobrick of Boston. About :,o,ooo sets have been .sold, principally\\nin New England.\\nThe capital stock of the company is $50,000 and they employ about one hundred men. The\\npresent officers arc Charles H. Burke, president; A. P. Baker, treasurer; E. W. Dowd, superinten-\\ndent. Besides the nmnufactory in Nashua the company has an office at 220 Franklin street, Boston.\\nFURNITURh: MANUFACTURH.\\nNashua illage, when a part of Dunstable, began to assume some importance as a furniture\\ncentre. Manufacturing, however, was only done to a very limited extent by hand workmen. Up to\\n1840, so far as can now be ascertained, not more than two or three men worked in any one shop, and\\nup to 1850 not more than four or five. In January, 1827, Blanchard Coggin had a cabinet\\nwarehouse on the south side of Nashua river, in Nashua Village, Dunstable. Later in the year\\nB. Blanchard advertised their business in the shop formerly occupied by Blanchard Coggin.\\nThese parties were probably together in 1826, and possibly in 1825. Mr. Blanchard soon disappeared\\nas a furniture man, but Mr. Coggin, who was the notable John Coggin of later years, held on to the\\nbusiness in various .situations until his death in 188S. We find him, in the same year in which he\\ndissolved connection with Mr. Blanchard, in company with Levi Roby. Their wareroom was on\\nthe east side of the street, opposite J. R. Wiggin s store. They announce themselves as extensive\\ndealers in that, and the next year, and probably continued together about three years.\\nIn 1830 Isaac vSpalding, in a flaming adverti.sement, gave notice of an extensive consignment of\\nfurniture.\\nIn a modest way Joel Carter adverti.sed furniture in 1831. In 1832 Williams Carter advertised\\nwarerooms in Greeley s building, opposite the Indian Head coffee house.\\nThomas Atwood Sju also had a furniture wareroom in 1832, and we judge were successors to\\nWilliams Carter. Atwood Son dissolved in 1835 and were succeeded by Peabodx- Rider, who\\nremoved to No. i. Central building, (called also Wilson s building) next door to the bridge, in\\n1837. Late in 1834 John Coggin announced that he had removed to the we.st side of Main street, a\\nfew rods south of the Nashua bridge. Somewhat later than this, Oliver P. Phillips appeared upon\\nthe scene, and April 12, 1839, advertised for four or five first rate journeymen cabinet makers.\\nWe judge that Mr. Phillips continued the cabinet making business about fifteen years, sometimes at\\nwork for himself and sometimes for others. In 1840 John Coggin Co. had a manufacturing\\nroom in connection with their warerooms in the first building south of the Na.shua bank. In\\nNovember, 1841, Albert McKean and John Coggin, under the firm name of McKean Coggin,\\nadvertised that they had bought the stock and taken the rooms formerly occupied by Merrill iv:\\nCoggin, over McKean Co. s store, and offered a fine assortment of furniture for sale.\\nAugust 3, 1843, vSanuiel Abliott ojiened furniture warerooms in the railroad buildings, opposite\\nthe Central house. Late the same \\\\ear he moved to the old furniture stand over Gay s store.\\nIn 1S43 Phillips vSenter were furniture dealers in the south store under the then Universalist\\nchurch. The Phillips in the firm was probal)ly Oliver P. It does not appear that they were\\nthere long.\\nIn 1845 William D. Harris had a cabinet shop in Tha_\\\\er s building, and for nmny years did\\nmore or less cabinet and cofhn work. McKean Coggin were not long together. A year or two\\nafter the firm was formed Coggin lusher succeeded them, and did business under the old First\\nchurch. This firm dissolved in 1846, Mr. Fisher continuing the business. Soon after this Mr. Fisher\\ndied, and Coggin Merrill took the business and continued it at the same stand about four years,\\nwhen Mr. Merrill died. The firm soon became Coggin Pierce, and continued so till about 1S60,\\nwhen Mr. Coggin retired from it and took a store in Nutt s block and continued there aliout six\\nyears. He then moved into Parkinson s building, corner of Main and Pearl streets, and continued\\nthere about ten years, the most of the time being in company with George E. Farley, the firm being\\nCoggin Farlev, when Mr. Coggin retired and the firm became Geo. E. Farley Bro., lasting", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0469.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "4_^8 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nabout two years there, when the business was given up. Mr. Coggin then moved into a building of\\nhis own, 203 Main street, which he remodelled for the purpose. He died in 1888, and the business\\nfell into the hands of T. F. Keegan, who ran it three or four years, when it was discontinued.\\nMr. Coggin had a long and honorable career as a furniture man, extending in Nashua from 1825\\nor 1826 to the time of his death. He learned his trade in Amherst. Being a practical man he had\\nmuch to do with the development of the furniture business in Nashua. C. T. Ridgway, at present\\none of the oldest merchants in Nashua, tells how Mr. Coggin in long years ago trundled bedsteads\\nup from the little mill at the Harbor in a hand cart, and at one time the Rev. Mr. Gage insisted on\\ntaking hold and helping and together they trundled the load uji to the village. vSuch furniture work\\nas required turning was probably done at this mill.\\nAbout 1S49 W. S. Atwood started the furniture business in Beasom block and soon after admitted\\nMr. Perley, the firm being Atwood Perley. This was the beginning of a long line of furniture\\ndealers, the succession being Fletcher Farwell, Fletcher Brown, Brown Danforth, E. P.\\nBrown Co., (the company being J. W. Howard) Howard Copp, J. W. Howard Co., Howard\\nFrench, Howard, French Heald, and now J. \\\\V. Howard Co.\\nfn 1850 E. G. Sears started the bedstead making business on Water street. This was the first\\nshop in Nashua where anything in the furniture line was made to any extent for the outside trade.\\nAt this time automatic turning lathes came into use and the old-fashioned cord bedsteads were\\nevoluted out of existence, their place being taken by a newer style called cottage bedsteads. This\\nshop represented the new era in this class of furniture work, and the plan of selling and shipping it\\nto distant points. Mr. vSears continued it till 1857, when it was sold to Josephus Baldwin, and by\\nhim and his successor. Dr. F. B. Ayer, continued till about 1S77. Lewis Kimliall was the manager of\\nthe business after its sale by Sears till near its close, when Loring I- arnsworth for awhile had\\ncharge of it.\\nIn 1853 Punkham FHliott commenced the manufacture of looking-glass and picture frames.\\nThis was continued three years, during which time Mr. Elliott retired and A. H. Perkins took his\\nplace, _and for awhile .some furniture was manufactured in addition to their frames. In 1856 a firm\\nwas formed in addition to Fletcher F arwell s retail store, consisting of J. M. Fletcher, L. C.\\nFarwell, A. H. Perkins and Christopher Whiting, under the firm name of Fletcher, Farwell Co.,\\nand the business of manufacturing furniture was commenced b\\\\ them on Water street in buildings\\nowned by Josephus Baldwin. In a couple of years the business fell into the hands of Mr. Fletcher,\\nwho soon after formed a partnership with E. B. Parker of Thornton s Ferry, and it was moved to\\nthat place. Mr. Fletcher s interest there expired in 1866, and it was re-established by him in Nashua\\non East Hollis street in connection with Amos Webster, under the firm name of Fletcher iS: Webster.\\nThe building was a three story and basement one, thirty-five b one hundred feet, and the furniture\\nbusiness occupied the greater part of it. The business grew and these premises were soon too small\\nfor it. In 186S the firm erected a shop on the north side of Harbor pond, getting read}- for the next\\nyear. In i86g another .shop was erected and the firm moveil the furniture part of their business into\\nthese new quarters. About four years later a third building was added to the new plant, making,\\nwith sheds and attachments, and al)out two acres of land upon which they are situated, a roomy place\\nof business, which has sometimes employed eighty hands. Soon after occupying their new quarters,\\nL. C. Farwell was admitted into the firm and it became Fletcher, Webster Co. The prosperity of\\nthe firm induced the formation of a stock compan in 1S68, which was duly incorporated under the\\nlaws of New Hampshire, taking the name of Fletcher Webster Furniture Co., and has so continued\\ntill the present time. Mr. Fletcher was the first to start the business, and the last to hold on to it,\\nall the other participants having retired, leaving him manager and proprietor. The goods manu-\\nfactured are centre tables, hall-stands, what-nots, folding cribs, swing and rocking cradles, umbrella\\nstands, music racks, etc.\\nAbout 1856 Hill Magoon established the business of bedstead making, as an offshoot of the\\nSears establishment, and continued some six ^-ears. Their shop for a part, if not all of the time,\\nwas connected with a saw mill on West Hollis street, north of the cemetery, which was burned after\\nstanding a few years. They employed from five to ten hands. Some time during their existence\\nFreeman E. Tupper invented a bedstead fastening, and for a while made bedsteads aLso, and in con-", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0470.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASflUA, N. II\\nnection will, a retail store on Factory street called Tapper s Museum, had something to do with\\nthe furniture business for a good many years, and has recentlv opened there again\\nJohn Hale, on Water street, manufactured furniture to order, with one or two hands from .86.\\nto 1864. T. H. Pinkham succeeded him and followed the same business about three years.\\nAlong in the fifties Alford Fisher commenced making refrigerators on Water street and continne.I\\nthe business ten or fifteen years. Hennon Dane .started a retail furniture store in connection with\\nthe auction business in 1S54 in Thayer s building. His son, H. F. Dane, succeeded him in 1X74 an.l\\ncontinued the business in the same place till 1892, when it was removed to Water street and is at\\npresent located there.\\nThe Nashua Novelty works grew out of the bird cage business which was started in 1856 by\\nFletcher .S: Farwell, in addition to their furniture and other business. Over a year was spent in\\ngetting up machinery for it before a cage was made. It proved a successful venture. Mr. Farwell\\nretired from it in 1858 and for three years it was carried on by Mr. Fletcher alone. During this time\\nthe manufacture of carpet sweepers was added to it. They were made under the Herrick patent, and\\nwere the first carpet sweepers made in the world. In 1861 Amos Webster was admitted to the busi-\\nness, and the firm became Fletcher Webster. The business was gradually extended and made to\\ninclude toys, novelties and furniture. About 1864 the business was removed from Beasoni hall,\\nwhich had been its workroom, to the Gage, Murray Co. card shop building on Kast Hollis street.\\nIn 1869 the business was divided. The furniture part was removed to the new quarters prepared for\\nit on the north side of Harbor iioiid, and continued under the old name of Fletcher Web.ster, while\\nthe part that was left behind, which soon became the Na.shua Novelty works, was continued there\\nunder the name of C. H. Hunt Co.; Mr. Hunt coming in as a partner in that branch of the busi-\\nness, and managing it. About a year afterwards Mr. Webster sold out his interest in this concern\\nto S. B. Richardson. Mr. Richardson soon retired and a new firm was formed to run the business\\nconsisting of J. M. Fletcher, C. H. Hunt, C. A. Knowlton and H. O. Atwood. In 1871 a commodi-\\nous new shop was erected for the works on the corner of Otterson and Pond streets. Soon after mov-\\ning into these new premises Mr. Hunt retired from the concern, and about two years afterwards Mr.\\nKnowlton also retired, leaving only Messrs. Fletcher Atwood. In 1882 Mr. Atwood also retired\\nand the business has been in the hands of Mr. Fletcher since. The novelty, toy and juvenile features\\nof the business have gradually been disjjlaced by heavier goods in the shape of church and theatre\\nchairs, settees and folding chairs, woodenware articles, etc. An additional sho]i was built for the\\nconcern in 1882, on the opposite side of Otterson street, affording room for a substantial business in\\nthis special branch of furniture work.\\nAbout 1878 S. I. Fo.x and a Mr. Gibson, the firm being Fox Gibson, commenced the manu-\\nfacture of chamber suits in Small s block on Lowell street, but Mr. Gibson soon retired and left the\\nbusiness to Mr. Fox. In about a year he moved to the old watch factory building, corner of Main\\nand Bower streets, and continued there till it was burned in November, 1S8;;, employing about fifty\\nhands. He then moved into the buildings on Merrimack street known as Holt s batting works, and\\nabout the same time formed a partnershij) with C. Ilalch. the linn being Fox Hatch. They\\ncontinued there about three and a half years when a fire swept through the works causing the pre-\\nmises to be vacated. They then built a magnificent new shop on Broad street, about a mile up the\\nWilton track, forty-five by two hundred, with outbuildings, into which they moved in 1885. Soon\\nafter occupying their new premises, J. B. Law bought the interest which Mr. Fox had in the business\\nand the new firm became the Nashua Furnitiire companx-. This continued till a fire consumed the\\nbuilding in Jul 1889. This broke uji the firm, but Mr. Hatch, with great energy, rebuilt the entire\\nplant even more substantially than before and continued the business there till August, 1892, when\\nit was relinquished. The buildings were then taken for a box factory. Mr. Hatch went to Willini\\nand is engaged in his old business there.\\nAbout 1885 E. L. Shattuck, I S. Knight and S. W. Mansfield commenced making centre\\ntables and worked about a dozen hands. Their shop, after getting well under wav, was near Pon l\\nstreet. It was destroyed by fire in 1887 and the business was abandoned.\\nIn 1879 J. W. Howard and C. H. French purchased one hundred unfinished chamber suits of S.\\nI. Fox, and branched out as finishers and jobbers of that kind of work, adding to it lounges and\\nlounge frames. From this beginning an extensive business grew up and has continued ever since.\\n3S", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0471.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "450 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nThe firm became Howard French. They continued to purchase goods made by Mr. Fox for many\\nyears, and also from other factories. Their large finishing shop and warehouse on Amherst street,\\nfifty by one hundred and fifty-eight, was built in 1880. A shop at the head of Front street was also\\noccupied by them. Jan. i, 1888, the firm became Howard, French Heald, by the admis.sion of\\nDavid Heald of Milford as a partner, and the firm controlled the output of Mr. Heald s factory in\\nMilford. The building on Front street was burned Jan. i, 1S91, and in 1S93 a commodious new four-\\nstory building, seventy by eighty, was erected in its place. By a noticeable coincidence this building\\nis on or very near the spot where the little .shop .stood, scarcely larger than a woodshed, where Mr.\\nPhillips and Mr. Abbott had turned out work by hand in the infancy of the business in Nashua.\\nThe firm of Howard, French Heald was dissolved in 1893, Messrs. French and Heald retiring and\\nconcentrating their efforts in Milford, and Mr. Howard forming a new company in the manufacturing\\npart of his business, under the name of the Howard Furniture company, Charles \\\\V. Howard being\\nthe resident manager. They own and run a mill at Wilton in connection with their business here.\\nMr. Howard s store and retail department is an entirely separate affair from the manufacturing\\ndepartment, and is a direct successor of the business started by W. S. Atwood in 1850 in Beasom\\nblock, as a rival of Coggin Merrill, under the old First church. The line of succession has before\\nbeen stated, and the business was all carried on in Beasom block until the erection of Howard block\\nin 1887, when it was removed to spacious new quarters there.\\nIn 1886 Jackman Sexton moved into Beasom block and added furniture to their carpet\\nbusiness, which had long been carried on on Factor}- street. Their new quarters were commodious\\nand they at once commanded a large trade. In 1891 a fire liurned through their rooms, and in the\\nre-arrangement of things they took in still more room and now occupy the entire north section of the\\nblock. Their specialt\\\\- is retailing, and their spacious rooms offer a fine display, but like nearly all\\nsuch establishments, they do something through contracts and otherwise in supplying order work.\\nC. H. Aver} was for sixteen years a clerk for Mr. Howard, and for about six months was\\nconcerned in Jackman Sexton s business. In September, 1887, he bought a half interest in the\\nstove and house-furnishing business of C. R. Pease on Factory street, and together they branched out\\nand went extensively into furniture, occupying three store fronts and extensive rear rooms. In 1891\\nthe partnership was dissolved, and since then Mr. Avery has continued the business there alone, but\\nmanufacturing only incidental to filling special orders.\\nC. R. Pease, above referred to, commenced the stove and collateral branches of business in 1879.\\nOn separating from Mr. Avery in 1S91, he bought out Mr. Power s stove business on the corner of\\nFactory and Water streets, and began to add furniture to it. In 1893 he commenced the building of\\nhis four-story and basement block, sixt)- by one hundred and five, on Pearl street, and in December\\nof the same year moved in and occupied it. This is an unusually commodious building for the\\nfurniture and collateral branches of the business, but manufacturing, except tinware and parts of\\nstoves, is not specially connected with it.\\nThe Crosby invalid bed was invented by Dr. Josiah Crosby about 1873, and were first made\\nby hand in Manchester. The Ijusiness came to Nashua in 1S84 under the name of the vSargent\\nFurniture company, but failed of success. In 1886 a new company was formed under the name of\\nthe Crosby Invalid Furniture company, and was duly incorporated under the laws of the state.\\nGreat improvements were made in the bed at this time. Dr. E. B. Hammond and Henry H. Reed\\nwere officers in the company and after their death the stock was absorbed by George W. and Fred\\nWhittemore, under whose control the concern has remained since. For a long time the business was\\ncarried on in vSmall s l: lock, but later it was remo\\\\-ed to Water street, where it is now carried on.\\nThis bed has received many awards, including one at the World s Fair, and it is quite a feature for\\nNashua that the name of this bed has been so widely connected with it.\\nThe woven wire mattress Inisiness, now a Nashua institution, was started by J. M. Brown in\\nFreemont in 1862. It was moved here and located in Small s block in 1892. In 1893 Thomas\\nvSands became connected with it, and the firm name became The Sands Brown Manufacturing\\ncompany. In addition to woven wire goods, furniture has been added to its list of manufactured\\narticles, and it promises to add much to Na.shua s importance as a furniture centre.\\nThe Maine Manufacturing company is a recent institution in Nashua. It was started in 1874 in\\nFairfield, Maine, by John E. Cotton. In 1881 I. Frank Stevens became his partner, and, the business", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0472.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H\\ngreatly prospering, they looked around for more favorable quarters. In 1894 they came to Nashua and\\npurchased three and a half acres of land on Sanders street, including some of the Sanders property\\nand erected two c.nunodious four-story buildings, one hundred and sixtv by fifty, into which they\\nmoved in Novendjcr, 1S94. They have conveniences for working about one hundred men.\\nThe bedding and mattress business, as a collateral of the furniture business, has had something\\nof a showing m Xashua. .Vbout 1850 Thomas Tollman was in the business in Fisher s block, and\\nlater Holt and Jones were in it. The business resulted in their building quite extensive batting and\\nbedding works on Merrimack .street. Mr. Jones retired after some fifteen vears connection with it,\\nand Henry Holt continued it until Iiis death about twenty years ago. E. B. Towne, Oilman\\nScripture and Ira Cross were afterwards concerned in it, but the works in a few years after Holt s\\ndeath were abandoned for that business, and are now occupied by Porter Blanchard s Sons company\\nin building their noted churns and dairy goods.\\nThese facts compri.se mainly the furniture history of Nashua for seventy years, though quite a\\nnumber of other parties have appeared on the scene as retailers for a short time, and possibly as\\nmanufacturers to some extent.\\nEx-Mayor Sargent had a connection with the business at one time in company with Lorraine\\nGiddings in the old postoffice building, and \\\\i. B. Towne succeeded them. This business altogether\\nran three or four years. Warren F. Spalding, who afterwards became a bright and witty editor, made\\nlounges and did upholstering in the rear upper rooms of the old postoffice premises. J. M. Perry was\\na quiet and unobtrusive man, and for many years did upholstering and repairing on Factory street.\\nR. S. Bruce succeeded him. Patrick Conlon is also down as a dealer on Washington street, and A.\\nL. Moore as a dealer in antique furniture on Canal street. Farrier Wilkinson were dealers in reed\\nand rattan furniture at 203 Main street. Mr. Wilkinson bought out Mr. Farrier and continued the\\nbusiness alone for some time.\\nOf the man\\\\- reminiscences of the furniture business, few .seem so vi\\\\id as the sayings of one old\\ncabinetmaker, who, when bureaus with projection or serpentine fronts came into fashion, invariably\\nreferred to them as having injection fronts. The old cal)inetmakers made cofhns also, and it is said of\\nthis man that he was jealous of a new cabinetmaker who came into town. At the first funeral where\\na coffin made by the new man was used, our friend attended for a special inspection of it, and after-\\nward spoke of it as the most illiterate coffin he ever saw.\\nThe practical use of the circular saw is ])Ut a little over a centur\\\\- old, and the rotary jilaner came\\nafterwards. Within the time over which we have gone, gauge, Weymouth, and back-knife lather,\\nirregular moulders, band saws, dovetailing, carving, boring, grooving, sanding and other machines\\nwithout number, have more than once revolutionized the furniture business. The irregular moulder\\nitself, which was a New Hampshire invention, nearly made a new business of an old one. The writer\\nwas among the first to experiment with it, having built a wooden framed one about i860, upon which\\na good many got fingers cut off or badly lacerated, but, as the in\\\\-entor said, it didn t kill anybody.\\nEven to the last accidents have continually hapjiened in using it. If you want to know how quickly\\nsome wood working machinery operates, you may realize it in the fact that a certain workman in a\\nshop under the writer s supervision had a finger taken off by a machine and was not the first to find it\\nout. A companion saw it fall and notified him of the fact before he realized it himself.\\nStyles of furniture change almost as quickly, sometimes, as machinery works. The style from\\nmahogany to black walnut changed in 1858, after a few premonitory symptoms, in about the twink-\\nling of an eye. It was not becau.se the latter was a handsomer wood, but because the invisible power\\nof fashion issued an edict that it should be done. Since then new and old styles have been rolling\\nover each other with an ever varying picture as to which was on top. As matters now stand, Nashua\\nis the largest furniture centre in the state and may well be proud of such a distinction.\\nIt is a matter of interest to note that the first shop in the country set apart for building doors,\\nsa.sh and blinds was a Nashua enterprise. The shop was located at the north end of the bridge on\\nthe west side of the street, and was without power. The proprietors were Samuel Shepard and\\nDavid Baldwin. In this shop was .set up and worked the first mortising machine ever used.\\nIn 1834 the works were removed into a mill owned by the Jackson company, located at the north\\nend of the dam, where powder was applied to their machinery. Prior to this time all builders made", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0473.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "HISTORY or NASHUA, N. H.\\ntheir own doors, etc., in their own shops; and when ready-made doors, sash and blinds, made in\\nNa.shua, were .shown to the trade of Bo.ston by Mr. Benjamin, the architect, all but one of the build-\\ners refused to use the goods.\\nIn 1837 Mr. Shepard received a .silver medal from the American institute of New York for a\\nplaning machine of his own invention. In 1S41 Mr. .Shepard filled an order from Russia for planing,\\ntonguing, grooving, beveling or moulding, mortising and sa.sh making machines.\\nIn 1846 the door, sash and blind part of the Inisiuess was sold to Howard Combs, and the bal-\\nance to John D. Kimball. After purchasing Howard s share in the business, Combs sold to John and\\nSamuel Crombie, who removed the business to the mill of John D. Kimball, which was burned\\nin 1856.\\nThe same business was carried on in the Nashua Manufacturing company s shop b B. K. Cad-\\nwell, who sold to S. N. Wilson and Josephus Baldwin. They employed twenty hands and were\\nthought to be prosperous, but the company became embarrassed and finally Wilson clandestinely left.\\nThe machinery was sold to George White and Chester Bullard, who ran the shop for .some three years\\nwhen, in 185.S, the door, sash and Idind part of the business was sold to George S. Wilder, a con-\\ntractor and builder, who sold to Nathan H. Foster in 1S69. This was practically the end of the\\nenterprise.\\nBOBBIN AND SHUTTLH WORKS.\\nJosephus and Edwin Baldwin began the manufacture of bobbins in a small way in connection\\nwith a cotton mill in New Ipswich.\\nTheir father lived five miles south of Nashua on a farm, since known as the Highland farm, and\\nhad a small shop west of his house where he made boxes and used a wind mill supplemented by horse\\npower. To this shop the brothers came in 1835 and made bobbins. Later on using a small steam\\neno-ine. Such was the germ which grew into the fine plant on Water street, bearing the name of\\nThe Bobbin Shop.\\nIn 1836 this shop was burned and the works were removed to the machine shop of the Nashua\\nManufacturing company on Water street. In 1843 they were again burned out. The shop was re-\\nbuilt and the company .secured a ten years lease of it. In 1848 Edwin Baldwin died and Josephus\\nBaldwin conducted the business alone.\\nTo leave Josephus Baldwin out of a history of Nashua would lie like leaving Handet out of the\\nplay which bears his name. His bobbin shops were extensive, his employees were luimerous, the\\nteams carting stock or finished goods were prominent on our streets. Was there a fire, his voice was\\nfirst to give directions. He was a power for good in our city.\\nThe panic of 1857 embarrassed him greatly, his name was on so many notes and was the backbone\\nof so many enterprises. In 1862 I laton Ayer bought the business. In 1867 the works were\\nremoved into their own shops on Water street. The lumber for their works was largely prepared at\\ntheir mills at East Haverhill. At first the goods were delivered by a hand cart. The business grew\\nso as to employ one hundred and sixty hands with a payroll of from $5,000 to $6,000 monthly, and\\nthe works covered three acres. In 1885 Mr. Eaton retired from the company, and the firm was known\\nas the Nashua Bobbin Shuttle company. In 1891 the fine business was gobbled up by a trust.\\nIn 1855 the Isaac Eaton company built their factory for making bobbins and shuttles on Charles\\nstreet on the line of the W ilton railroad, where they continued business until i8yi when they became\\nvictims of a trust.\\nRoger Porter built a slu)p on HoUis street west, where for some years he manufactured an im-\\nproved shuttle of his own invention.\\nIn 1S70 the firm now known as Gregg Son was started by David and Daniel Gregg, who were\\nengaged in the manufacture of doors, sash and blinds in Goffstown prior to 1870. At this time David\\nGregg fixed upon Nashua as the best shipping point in New Hampshire, and bought land below\\nCrown hill at the Junction, and with his son, David A. Gregg, and W. W. Hoyt built the present\\nmain building of this establishment in 1871, under the firm name of Gregg, Hoyt Co. In 1872\\nMr. Hoyt retired and the business was carried on by David Gregg and David A. Gregg under the\\nfirm name of Gregg Son. David Gregg died in i8,So, when his son-in-law, George S. Neville,", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0474.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n453\\nbecame a partner. In 1SS2 W. A. (iregg, son of David A. Clregg, became a partner in the nrni. In\\n1S83 Mr. Neville died and David A. Gregg and W. A. Gregg continued the business under the old\\nfirm name of Gregg Son. For eleven years, a period of decided pro.sperily, the firm remained the\\nsame. In 1894 O. S. Hussey, son of the late Oliver V. Hussey, and L. (i. Neville, son of the late\\nGeorge vS. Neville, became partners in the company.\\nWe have seen in a previous article that Nashua was the birth i)lace of the manufacture of doors,\\n.sash and blinds, and that the business, for various reasons, had failed of success. This firm, either\\nbecause of better facilities, of improved methods, or because the time had come when the trade was\\nready to jiatronize such an establishment, has made a great success of the business. They have con-\\n.stantly increased tlicir ])lant, improved their machinery, and have neglected no means for improving\\nboth the quality and (luanlity of their product. This company gives a fine illustration of the advan-\\ntage of a concentration of forces to one definite end.\\nThe buildings are of l)rick, three-story and basement, one hundred and fifty feet by fifty feet, with\\nengine hou.se, dry houses, etc., outside. In i8cS6 a large store house with rooms for glazing, painting\\nand marbleizing was added to the plant, and in 1S91 the mill proper was extended by an addition of\\ntwenty-five feet on its south side.\\nThe company in 187 1 employed seventy-five hands, at present about one hundred and fifty. Five\\nmillion feet of lumber are consumed annually, with a pay roll of $55,000 and an output of $250,000.\\nThe demand for goods has always been increasing. Prices have varied, being the best between 1880\\nand 1892. The price of lumber has .slowly risen. The company makes doors, sash, blinds, window\\nframes, mantels, balustrades and inner finish of all kinds. As good pine lumber becomes scarce,\\nwhite wood and the various hard woods have, to a degree, taken its place, while large quantities of\\nNorth Carolina pine and of cypress have been, and are increasingly used. In the manufacture of\\nveneered doors, black walnut has given place to quartered oak, ash, cherry, birch, mahogany, nia]ile\\nand sycamoie.\\nThe company has been fortunate in the matter of fires, having suffered but twice from that cause\\nand once from the flooding of their basement.\\nIn 1825 we find the saw mill of Israel Hunt, .Sr. at the Harbor and that of W illard Marshall at\\nthe north end of the old dam across the Nashua. After the building of the Jackson company s dam,\\na saw mill at its north end became an important factor in the lumber business. This mill was run by\\nvarious parties, Roby McQuesten, Pierce McQuesten, Sargent Cross, Cross Tolles, and\\nothers. Many logs were brought to the river and floated to the mills. The pile of logs on the river\\nbank, west of the bridge, and the boom extending down the river, is a memory of olden days. When\\nthe Jackson company s dam was rebuilt and the fishway was put in, this saw mill was done away\\nwith. Melendy Bros, built the mill on Ouincy street and in 187S sold to Cross Tolles, who greatly\\nenlarged and improved the property. J. D. Kimball had a saw mill on Franklin street which was\\nburned in 1853.\\nAt one time there was a saw mill on West Hollis street, and Ililand Holt ran a saw mill for some\\nyears on the line of the Acton railroad. It was burned in 1889. At the present time we have the\\nplants of Cross Tolles, the Proctor Brothers, and Roby Swart. F ormany years Frederick Cha.se\\nrepresented the lumber trade outside of the saw mills. His business was purchased and continued\\nby F. D. Cook Co. until it was merged in the F. D. Cook Lumber company.\\nThe Nashua Till C()nipan\\\\- originated with Ivdwin White, who invented the first alarm money\\ndrawer. His patent bears the date of 1859. White sold his interest to Lund iS: Co., and in 1S71\\nKendall Wood became owners of the property, assuming the name of the Na.shua Till company.\\nIn 1880 E. O. Wood became sole proprietor and has conducted the business since that time alone.\\nHis factory is on Quincy street in the buildings of Cro.ss Tolles. Mr. Wood has made many im-\\nprovements in money drawers and cash registers and has secured patents for the same.\\nThe American Fan company was started in 1866. One day during the sunmier of that year K.\\nT. Smith chanced to be in the counting room of the Nashua Card and Glazed Paper comjiany, when\\nMr. Gilman asked him if he knew of any manufacturing enterprise that they could add to their\\nbusiness, saying that a new story could be built upon the ell of the factory. Mr. Smith spoke of the\\nfact that all ladies fans were imported and could be made in this country. Later the members of\\nthe card company induced Mr. Smith to take charge of such a shop.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0475.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "454 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nThis was a great mistake. The business was new antl nuist have its growth. The company had\\nno stated capital. The management did not know how far the}- coukl safely go, and Mr. Smith did\\nnot have the right qualities to manage such a business. The goods made the first season paid a very\\nlarge profit, and the business took a good start. For the second year a large importing house in New\\nYork undertook the sale of the goods, and placed so large an order as to necessitate greatly enlarging\\nthe plant. Material had to be procured which was new to the market, such as wood and cloth\\nsuitable for use, in large quantities. The orders were not placed until it was time to begin to deliver\\nthe goods, and the machinery had to be adapted to the requirements of the orders, with the result\\nthat goods could not be delivered in season, the shop had to run nights, and the company had to\\nmake discounts because of delays, so that the season s business was neither a success nor a failure.\\nIn 1868 the company was incorporated and passed into the hands of a board of directors. The\\nshop was burned in 1869. The enterprise was a failure, but it should have been a success. The\\nmachinery was finely adapted for the work and had been mostly perfected for a high grade of work.\\nThe folding machines wove fans of cheap grades better than any on the market of high grades, the\\nriveting machine, the gang saws, the multiple die, the cloth pasting machine, the self-feeding presses,\\nall new, were well adapted to their work. Such was the success of the first year that three companies\\nstarted as competitors. The next year the company had planned to raise the grade of its work. A\\ngang of circular saws had been perfected for making sawed sticks to displace those of veneer, and a\\nmachine for finishing the sticks after they were sawed was nearly completed, and a machine for\\nsawing the fan sticks into form had been planned and could have been built at small cost. These\\nwould have raised the grade of fans from one dollar a dozen to that of six dollars and twelve dollars\\na dozen, and would have made a great success of the enterprise. As it was, if the market had not\\nbeen flooded all at once with cheap Japanese fans, the business would have secured a good footing.\\nThese Japanese fans drove all other cheap goods from the market.\\nNo longer ago than 1850 a traveler through the farming communit of Hollis would have noticed\\nbeside the pleasant farm-houses small shops evidently built for use. These shops, in which the\\nfarmer and his sons worked during the winters and stormy weather, were used for the manufacture of\\nkegs, kits, and firkins. The.se articles were sent to Boston, first by canal boat and later b} rail. This\\nbusiness being to the Hollis farmer the same as the loom in the house was to the Scotch and to the\\nEnglish crofter. With the advent of the railway came the day of concentrated energy and the\\nbuilding up of large plants to take the place of numerous small ones.\\nIra and Nathaniel H. Proctor, two young men of Hollis, saw the necessit}- of expanding their\\nsmall shop and cramped conditions, and by hiring outside help, by purchasing wood lots for their\\nlumber. They pushed the business as a business. They accomplished this end, which gradually\\nincreased until, in 1874, they removed their works to the William Merrill farm, south of the church,\\nwhere they built .shops, at the same time employed men in different parts of the town, and continually\\nincreased their business. In 1880 they established a branch in Wilton, where thej did a good\\nbusiness for ten years, some of the time employing twenty men. Their business having outgrown\\ntheir facilities in Hollis, in 1881 they purchased several acres of land in Nashua and built a large\\nsteam mill, cooper shops, and storehouses, and greatly enlarged their business. In 1892 a branch\\nfactory was located in Jersey City, N. J., to supply their large trade in New York city.\\nFrom time to time additions have been made to the mill, several large storehouses have been\\nbuilt, also twenty-one tenements have been erected for their workmen. Their business has steadily\\nincreased and improvements have been made until their plant covers an area of ten acres located on\\nthree side tracks of the Bo.ston Maine railroad.\\nAt the present time their business facilities, located as they are in one of the best shipping points\\nin the east, are not excelled by any manufactory of the kind in New England. In the spring of\\n1896 their plant on Hollis street was damaged by fire to the extent of about $12,000.\\nGeorge O. Sanders saw mill and box factory, located on the banks of the Merrimack, north of\\nthe Hudson bridge, were quite extensive, and a large business was done. Work upon the plant was\\nbegun in 1882. In 1889 the mills were destroyed by fire, and were rebuilt at once. The principal\\nbusiness was making wooden boxes, box .shooks, sawing and dressing lumber and general lumber\\nbusiness. The works were again burned in 1890 and were not rebuilt.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0476.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 455\\nThe White Mountain Freezer company, which manufactures ice cream freezers, is the largest\\nestablishment of the kind in the world. The company began business at Laconia in 1872, Thomas\\nvSands being the proprietor and manager. The enterprise was a success from the start and greatly\\nexpanded its business until iSSi, when its manufactory was burned.\\nFollowing the fire Mr. vSands cast about to find the best place in which to locate, where better\\nrailroad facilities could be obtained than at Laconia. After thoroughly canva.ssing the situation he\\ndecided upon Nashua. He accordingly purchased four acres of land between the tracks of the\\nWorcester Na.shua and Nashua Acton railroads, where he located his factories. The buildings\\ninclude the main factory, which is two hundred by forty feet, storehouse two hundred by thirty-three\\nfeet, foundry and shop one hundred and fifty by fifty feet, store and boiler house, one hundred and\\nseventy-five by twenty-six feet, with several buildings for drying, coopering, pattern making, etc.\\nMr. Sands carried on the business until 1888 when a corporate company was formed and he\\ndisposed of his entire interest. The company is organized with a paid-up capital of $100,000.\\nNearly every piece of machinery used in the business\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and some of it is novel and intricate\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nwas invented for, and the patents are owned by the company. The works are run by a Rollins\\nen-ine of about one hundred and fifty horse power. The company takes all its material, except tin,\\nin Uie raw, and from it manufactures the perfected article, and besides this does some special work m\\nits foundry for other concerns, and also makes up orders for tubs and pails.\\nThe company does its business on thorough business principles under L. F. Thurber, its efficient\\ntreasurer. The company employs two hundred and fifty hands with an annual business of 4cx ,ooo.\\nIts moiithlv pay-roll is $7,000.\\nThe Porter Blanchard s Sons company, whose works are located on Mernnmck street, \u00c2\u00abas\\noro-ani/ed bv Porter Blanchard in the year 1818. At that lime Mr. Blanchard had a small work shop\\nin concord, at which place he made a few dozen churns a year. As his business grew he enlarged his\\nfactorv and increased his force of employees, and took his sons into partnership. The business con-\\ntinued to increase and other lines of dairy and creamery apparatus were manufactured. In i8yo the\\nentire plant at Concord was destroyed by fire, and the living member of the firm, (,eorge A. Blanch-\\nard upon looking into the matter of rebuilding, was invited by several Nashua gentlemen to locate\\nin this citv whidi he finally decided to do. A stock company was formed ni 18,0 with a capital of\\n\u00c2\u00ab2sooo At the present time the company has about thirty men m US employ\\nThe Blancha d churn is a household word among the farmers, and the sales of this churn have\\nreached ,00 oco The Porter Blanchard s Sons company are daily making shipments, riot on y to\\neve^ pa;f oi this country, but their goods are sent to every civilized portion of the globe the.r bus.-\\nneshavng increased over two hundred per cent in the past year. This concern has fitted up several\\n^reameriirand their specialties have in every case given perfect -^^^f ^j^ ^^J-^.^\\nmen are the company s ofiicers President. Thomas Sands; treasurer, L. F. Thurber secretar\\nmanager, Fred A. Davis general lumber business, both\\nThe firm of Robv Swart was formed Maicli i, i. ^yo. ao a gcu^i\\nThey immediatelv change.l it into a wood-working plant, ,,^.,j,.,,,. T,ey\\npower of five hundred and fift^ horse power and ever v one h fdred men in their shop and\\nLraduallv enlarged unti, V:^::!^!^^^^ and pay out in :ages\\nare constantly increasing. They \\\\Y Robv Swart consolidated their retail yard\\nr,.:;-;:, ;r\u00c2\u00ab,rof;. r^or -.t.;,,..;; :r f -,0,,.\\nI.-;,,^ Cook I.\u00e2\u0080\u009eml,er company, with capital stock P- ^^^.o- ,\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009ei\u00e2\u0080\u009e,\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u009e ,s;4 O. Fifida l.ega\u00e2\u0080\u009e work T,e ai.tli.. tin* cn.ploy until .S.S,. when he", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0477.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "456\\nHISTORY or NASHUA, N. H.\\nman. For power he used a five-inch cylinder engine. He soon associated Mr. Harris with him in\\nthe business, and upon the death of Mr. Harris he bought the entire interest and ran the business\\nalone. In 1890 he removed his business to Nashua and built his shop on the corner of Fifield and\\nTaylor streets. It is forty-two by eighty feet, and two-story, with a one-story wing, forty-two by\\nforty. The engine house is outside. He uses a twenty-five horse power engine and emplo3-s fourteen\\nhands. The business is making wooden boxes, having interlocking corners, or other general wood\\nwork such as may be called for.\\nIn November, 1892, Charles A. Roby and William I). vSwart organized the Nashua Building\\ncompany, under the firm name of Roby Swart, with Mr. Roby as president and Mr. Swart as\\ntreasurer, to do contracting and building, which company has been successful in a marked degree.\\nThis company employs from forty to fift men most of the -ear, and pays out in wages $25,000 to\\n$30,000 annually.\\nAsher Benjamin, a jn-ominent architect, was identified for some years with the early days of\\nNashua, and thi Ough his pupil, Samuel Shepard, his influence extended for many years. His tastes\\nwere classic and were not especially adapted to the wants of a manufacturing town. The more\\nnotable example of his art and one of real excellence was the Olive street meeting-house. This house\\nas seen from Main street, presented a fine Grecian front, crowned b} a cupola of great beauty; with\\nthe hill as a ba.se, it was a most effective Ijit of art. The cupola on the old First church, and also\\nthat on the City Hall, and the front of the Unitarian church, bear marks of his taste and skill.\\nThe building trade has been carried on by numei ous individuals and firms. Of late years the\\nbusiness has developed large firms and efficient methods. In 1853 one Clark had an office on the\\nstreet as an architect. Since 1880 the rapid growth of our city has given opportunitx- for the display\\nof skill and taste, such as had never obtained before.\\nThe shoe manufacturing business of Nashua was established in 1874 by Crain, Leiand ^t Moody.\\nThis firm moved from Manchester, and occupied the building owned by V. C. Gilman and which had\\nbeen used as a watch factory and also as a hotel. As a hotel it was known as the Washington house.\\nThe firm of Crain, Iceland Moody manufactured about 1200 pairs of shoes daily, and the business\\namounted to about $300,000 annually. They employed about two hundred persons. The product\\nconsisted of men s, boys women s and children s shoes of a cheap grade, and was sold to the jobbing\\ntrade of the south and west.\\nThe first change in the firm was caused by the retirement of Mr. Iceland and the admittance of\\nMr. Rising of Boston, and the firm name was changed to Crain, Moody Rising. This occurred in\\n1876. In the autumn of 1878 Mr. Moody retired and the business was continued by Mr. Crain and\\nMr. Rising under the firm name of Crain, Rising Co. During these changes the volume and char-\\nacter of the business was changed but little. In the spring of 1879, Frank E. Anderson, George E.\\nAnder.son and F. W. Estabrook, all of whom had been connected, in responsible positions, with the\\nfirm previously mentioned, severed their connection with\\nthe business and formed a co-partnership under the firm\\nname of Estabrook Anderson Bros. They built a small\\nfactory, eighty by thirty-four, three and one-half stories\\nhigh, on the land of the Worcester Nashua railroad com-\\npany in the rear of the grain elevator of Seth D. Chandler,\\nfrom whom they rented power to operate their plant. Their\\nSj. capital was very small, but they were encouraged ami aided\\nS I i s I 1 i^uN- of the best citizens of Nashua, among whom may\\nbe mentioned J. W. White, Seth D. Chandler, Cross\\nTolles, F. D. Cook Co., Dr. E. B. Hammond and Mr.\\nParkinson. The vSecond National bank followed their usual\\npolic}- of aiding home industries and was of great assistance\\nfor many years. The business was a success from the\\nstart. The first six months business amounted to $70,000,\\nthe second to $80,000, and the third to $125,000, and during these eighteen months the capital of the\\nfirm was increased five-fold and it became independent of outside help. The business up to this time\\nhad been .so successful that it was thought best to try to increa.se it and W. H. Moody of the original\\nOI,D noI.LIS STREE SHOE SHOP.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0478.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n457\\nnrm of Ciain, Leland 6t Moody, was admitted as a partner, ami the size of the factory was doubled.\\nThe firin name was changed to Moody. ICstabrook v\\\\: Andersons, and the business was conducted\\nunder that name until IcSl/i when it was chan ,red to The I^slabrook .Vndrrson inmp.nu Mr \\\\r.ini1v\\nivlirini;\\nIn the meantime, during the summer of iSjy, the business of the old lirni of Crain, Rising iV Co.\\nwas removed to Westboro, Mass., and the factory occupied by them was afterwards destroyed by fire.\\nAlter Mr. M()()d was admitted as a jiartner the business continued to be successful and to increase in\\nvolume, and in the fall of 18S5 it was decided to abandon the old factory and build a new plant with\\nall the modern improvements. The i)lant was, however, constructed on the mill princii)le and was\\nthe first shoe factory in the ciuinlry to be so constructed. The buihiing was erected on the north side\\nB (k\\n0]\\ni;iuuUtlU\u00c2\u00a3Uj^:i:\\nESTARROOK-ANDKHSOX SHOE FACTOKV. [Palm Stufkt \\\\-ikw.]\\nof the Worcester Nashua division of the Boston Maine railroad, between Palm and Pine streets,\\nand consisted of two wings, one one hundred and ninety-five by fifty, and the other one hundred and\\ntwenty-two by fifty. It was thought at the time of erection that this building would supply the room\\nneeded for the business for all time, but in 1.S90 it was found necessary to add another wing to the\\nnorth end one hundred and ninety-five by sixty-five, and the whole building is now fully occupied\\nand more room is needed.\\nDuring these sixteen years the business has grown from a volume of Si 10,000 the first year to\\n$2,000,000 at the present time, and as the value of goods has decreased very materially during this\\nperiod, it is safe to say that the business of\\n1894 was twenty-five times as large as in 1S79.\\nThe daily output is 10.000 i airs and is the\\nlargest out-put of any single factory in the\\nworld, and it is ])robable that no shoe factory\\nin the country furnishes as steady employ-\\nment to its operatives. The number of its\\noperatives is from nine hundred to one thou-\\nsand. Theproduct isa cheap, serviceable shoe\\nfor men, boys, women, misses, and children,\\nand being of a cheap grade, the nundier of em-\\nployees is less for the production than is re-\\nquired for higher grade goods. It is. however,\\nof a great advantage to make the cheaper grades, as they are worn by eighty to ninety per centof the\\npeople, and therefore the demand is greater, and in hard times the demand is rather larger than in good,\\nas the the people have less money to spend. This was illustrated in the panic years of 1893 and 1894.\\n1^,\\nM\\nEST.XHUOOK-ANDKK.SON SHOE FACIOIiV.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0479.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "458\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nwhen the business was the largest and most successful of any year since the business was started.\\nDuring these years the methods of manufacturing have been revolutionized, and to-day there is prob-\\nably not a machine used that was in service at the time the business was started. It is probable\\nthat I, GOO operatives can to-day manufacture as many goods as double that number fifteen years ago.\\nEST.MSltOOK AM)i:UM IN SIlOU FACTORY. Pink Street ie\\\\v.|\\nThe fine brick building of Brackett Co., is a marked feature in the eye of most people who\\narrive in our city and of all who pass through it, and is an excellent exponent of our later day\\nenterprise. The factory, which stands on East Mollis street, at the Nashua junction, was built in\\niSSS and is two hundred by fifty feet and five stories high. Its equipment is in all respects first-class.\\nA model plant for turning out work of its kind as cheaply as the state of the art will admit. vSuch a\\nplant looks like business, as if it had come to stay. It is in this respect so unlike many of the early\\nenterprises of our city, which somehow had a temporars- look, as if a good wind would blow them\\naway, as the wind of adversity did so many of them. The company makes men s, youths and bo5 s\\nshoes, and now employs two hundred and fifty hands as against one hundred and fifty hands at the\\nbeginning. Large additions are now being made. Their pay-roll is $12,500 with an output of\\n$500,000. For power they use a one hundred horse power steam engine.\\nThird, as to date, of the shoe manufactories of Nashua, stands the Nashua Boot and Shoe Manu-\\nfacturing company. It was incorporated in 1880 with a capital of $15,000 and was a Nashua enter-\\nprise. The factory is on Allds road just east of the bridge, where its plant occupies a commanding\\nposition. It is under the able management of \\\\V. S. Farnsworth. The steady enlargement of its\\nplant and increased out-put of goods argues good business methods. The company manufactures\\nmen s, youths and boys shoes. They began with sixty hands, a pay roll of $2,250 monthly, and a\\nbusiness of $100,000 yearly. Their pay roll is now $7,000 monthly and an out-put of $300,000. A\\nforty horse power steam engine furnishes the power and the} employ two hundred and twenty-five\\nhands.\\nCARD AND PAPER MANUFACTURE.\\nWhen w^e have in view, as an object lesson, a large, prosperous and ever increasing manufactur-\\ning business, one which has given employment to thousands at remunerative wages, it cannot be un-\\nprofitable to take a look backward to the inception of that business and to note how often men\\nbuild better than they know. Under this head we will consider what is known as The Nashua\\nCard and Glazed Paper company.\\nIn 1848 Charles T. Gill, then keeping a book store and bindery at what is now 67 Main street,\\nthen under the old Nashua bank, said to O. D. Murray, then puldishing The Oasis in the room\\nnow occupied by W. W. Baile}- in the same building, Murray, I wish I could make plaj-ing cards\\nin some rapid way, for California is going to sweep ever} pack from the east. Mr Murray, who\\nhad formulated a printing machine for laj-ing any number of colors on wall paper in rolls b}- a single", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0480.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N H\\noperation-a method now in miiversal use. but then done with blocks, a single color at a lime and by\\nhand-spoke quickly tiill, lean do it! Gathering various articles he demonstrated the feasi-\\nbihty of printing all the colors used by a single manipulation. Mr. (iill said. Work out your idea,\\nand I will go into it. There is a fortune, and we might as well have it as anybody else.\\nIn due time Mr. Murray sought a machinist with his plans for printing machines, and rotary\\ncullers, which he had devised for stripping and cutting the cards from the rolls of cardboard, when\\nl.riiiled. That machinist was John H. Gage, then running a business on Water street. He looked\\nthe matter over and said Vou need a machinist, and I don t want you to make all the money. I\\nwill go into it with you. And he did. Subseciuently he said, We all have business, but the\\nbuilding to be erected will need looking after, and my brother, who is out of business, would like the\\nchance. And thus C. T. Gill, C. P. Gage. J. II. Gage and O. 1). Murray formed a partnership\\nuiuler the firm name of Gill Co.\\nThe building, under the superintciuknce of Charles P. Gage, went up apace, on the north side of\\nWater street, near Main, while Mr. Murray sought the only manufacturer of cardboard in rolls in the\\nUnited States, located in Rhode Island, and at the .same place contracted with calico engravers for\\nthe engraving of the copper rolls, at a cost of four hundred dollars each. The cardboard manufacturer\\nproved to be a clergyman, who was greatly elated with the prospect of large sales. Incidentally he\\nN.XSIIL A C.\\\\HD AND (iL.VZKD I .M lii! C().\\\\ll |SoMt .h mt lltLi-.j\\ninquired as to what use the board was to be put. When informed, his eyes rolled in holy horror, and\\nhe peremptorily refused to furnish the board. This refusal of board for printing seemed a crusher; but\\nhaving expended so much money, it seemed absolutely necessary to go on and work out the problem\\nwithin themselves: and from this necessitx grew the manufacture of cardboard, and, correlatively,\\nglazed papers. Mr. Murray having sold out his printing interests, on the tenth of September. 1S49,\\nthe engine was started up, and the business has been in active operation to the present day.\\nIt so chanced that within a year from commencing the business, Mr. Gill tleceased. As no other\\nmember of the firm had any knowledge of the playing card market or any inclination to study it,\\nthat business dropped out without any printing having been done, and the big iron cylinder round\\nwhich the rolls were to be arranged was thrust out doors to rust in the rains and snows of passing\\n.seasons, while the copper rolls perhaps expensive would be the proper term were confiscated by\\nsome enterprising thief.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0481.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "460\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nIll 1851 John H. Gage sold his interest in the Inisiness to irgil C. Gihnan, the firm being known\\nas Gage, Murray Co. The works were partially burned out soon after, and the old and needed\\nnew nrachinery was set up in a building, just completed by Josephus Baldwin, directly in the rear,\\nnow occupied by W. H. Campbell in the manufacture of paper boxes; while the company set about\\nerecting a new factoiy building just west of Gage, Warner Whitney s machine shop on Hollis\\nstreet, taking the power from that shop. The business was very prosperous and profitable, and its\\nexpansion re [uired increased room. While located on Hollis street, machinery for coloring in rolls\\nwas introduced, doing away with much sheet coloring by hand a great revolution in the business.\\nIn 1857 Horace W. Gilman purchased a quarter interest in the business. In 1861 lack of room\\ninduced the company to purchase the extensive estate of the Nasliua Watch company of Wal-\\ntham, Mass., reference to which may be found elsewhere in these pages. This was an enlargement\\nI\\n!Sqn!I!]!inlimnRP5innM 00Pl!nln\u00c2\u00abS^\\nK\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb,\u00c2\u00bbtf\\nfF ^7 n?\\nNASIIIIA CARD AND GLAZED PAPER COMl .\\\\N l S F.\\\\CTOI!V ON FU.WKI.IN STREET.\\ngreatly needed, and success was insured the company. In January, 1866, Gage and Murray sold their\\ninterest to C. and H. W\\\\ Gilman, who, with a brother, O. B. Grilman, under the firm name of Gil-\\nman Brothers, continued the business. In 1869 O. B. Gilman deceased. In 1SS8 O. D. Murray ]nir-\\nchased the interest of John F. Marsh in the Nasluia Cilazed Paper company, composed of Thomas P.\\nPierce, J. F. Marsh and George D. Murray, who were conducting business on Pearson s avenue, in\\nthe exteusive plant now vacant there, and took the firm name of Murray, Pierce Co. In the\\nmeantime, a new company had materialized on Water street, known as the Eagle Card company,\\nStevens, Clement Co., proprietors\u00e2\u0080\u0094 subsequently run by Morrill Co., H. T. Morrill and C. P.\\nGage. In 1869 Gilman Brothers and Murray, Pierce Co. consolidated their works under the cor-\\nporate name of the Nashua Card and Glazed Paper compan the act having been secured by Gil-", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0482.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. 46,\\niiiai! Brothers from the les^ishiture. Soon after the coiiibiiialion of works on Pearson s avenue, the\\nIvagle Card company was purchased, and after running it a few months on Water street, everything\\nwas concentrated in the buiklings on the avenue. vSince then no attempt has been successfully made\\nto start a new card shop.\\nThe company organized, all the members l eing directors, by choice of I). .Murray, president,\\nC. C.ilman, treasurer; T. 1*. Pierce, clerk. In 1S72 V. C. Oilman .sold his stock to the company\\nlor iiy 2, 000 and retired. The remaining four continued the close corporation, H. \\\\V. Oilman being\\ntreasurer, until iS.Si, when the death of G. D. Murray brought to the public knowledge of the large\\nper cents anniiall\\\\ tli\\\\ ided b\\\\- the stockholders, having been for several years thirty-five per cent on\\nthe Si5o,ooo capital, .\\\\bout this time Mr. Murray, who held eight hundred and sixty-five shares,\\ncommenced selling at private sale and by auction, at a large premium, until ready purcha.sers had\\nabsorbed all his holdings, and in January, 1883, he retired from the business, having been actively\\nidentified with it for more than thirty-three years, the last fourteen as president of the corporation.\\nIn 1S80 Col. T. P. Pierce, who for some years had largely taken charge of the manufacturing\\nilepartment, died. In 1888 H. (5. Bi.Nl)y secured control of the business, bringing anew element and\\nnew ideas into the management.\\nCompetition was becoming fierce, new methods and machines were being adopted in other\\nfactories and the time hail come when changes must be made if the bu.siness was to be held. Wisely\\nor unwisely, a radical change was decided upon. With characteristic energy Mr. Bixb\\\\- pushed the\\nbuikling of a new plant on I ranklin street beside the railroad, where the factory, which is the pride\\nof our cit\\\\-, was erected, and in which was placed every device that human ingenuity could devise\\nfor the rapid and economical manipulating of the material used. As a result of this push and\\nenterprise we have the largest and most perfectly equipped plant of its kind in the world. It may be\\nof interest to note the changes that ha\\\\e come in the cost of stock and in the price of the finished\\ngoods. At first bristol stock cost from thirty to thirty -five cents per pound; it is now si. x cents;\\ncommon stock sixteen, now five; middle stock ten to twelve, now three. At finst colors were all\\nimported and cost twice as much as the American colors now used. The price of finished goods has\\nchanged even more. P inished papers that sold for forty dollars per ream are now sold for five dollars,\\nand others that sold for twenty dollars per ream are sold for three dollars. The price of labor has\\ndouliled.\\nIt mav l)e of interest to know that mo.st of the tind)ers of the largest ship ever built in America,\\nthe four nmsled clipper ship, the Great Republic, were ])repared in the Nashua shi]) yard of Luther\\nA. Roby, as well as the timbers of more than one of those ocean fiyers, the clipper .ships of which we\\nwere so proud. Mr. Roby has from the first taken stock and part ownership in vessels for which he\\n(urni.shed the timbers, until it is literally true that his ships sail on every sea. At one time he was\\ninterested with George McOuesten in running the saw mill at the north end of the Jackson company s\\ndam.\\nH. Dunlap came to Nashua in iS;,i and found employment in the Jack.son mills until failing\\nhealth comi)elled him to leave the mills and seek other business. In 1849 he began the business of\\npreparing small packages of garden .seeds in suitable form for retail. The business is peculiar in\\nthat the seeds to be sold should be fresh each year, and to secure this result it became necessary that\\nall un.sold packages should be removed from the retail stores and a new and fresh supply furnished\\nfor the following year. To secure this end Mr. Dunlap employed traveling .salesmen, who, with\\nhorse and wagon, distributed assortments of seeds to the retail stores on sale, and gathered up the\\nunsold remnants of packages and collected pay for the goods sold. Gradually the business extended\\n.so as to include all of New Ham])shire and Vermont and a part of Canada. The head(|uarters for\\nthe business is in Dunlap s block, where a busy gang of help is to be found preparing and filling\\nsmall packages. The company lakes especial pains to secure the best seeds, both as to (piality and\\nkind.\\nIn 1846 appeared in the Telegraph the advertisement of a daguerrotype gallery in Boston and in\\n1849 Lane advertised to take pictures in Na.shua. We have not been able to fix the date of his ad-\\nvent in Nashua as an artist. In 1849 he sold his business to vS. B. Richardson. In 1851 Haines had\\na saloon in town, and in 1852 J. M. Perry was taking pictures in Long block. He probably bought\\nout Haines. The first photographs taken in Nashua were made by S. B. Richardson in 1853 or 1854.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0483.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "462 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nAmong the names remembered in this connection are those of Miller, Johnson, Glenton, Austin,\\nLindsey, Read and others, professional artists. Among the amateur artists who have acquired great\\nskill in the art. Dr. C. B. Hammond deserves honorable mention.\\nEarly in the history of Nashua, P. B. Putney made confectionery in a building which stood upon\\nthe site of the present Lowell railroad station. Jonas Kempton peddled for Putney until 1S44 when\\nhe purchased the business and remained in the same location until the fire of 1S4.S. He then took\\nrooms in Hunt s bakery south of the Worcester Nashua railroad and remained in that place until\\nhis removal to West Pearl street. In 1874 he sold his business to Charles Holman. Mr. Holman had\\nbeen employed by Kempton for some years, had hired rooms in his factory and made a line of goods\\nnot made by Kempton, and in 1861 he opened an independent factory on Eldridge street, where in\\n1874 he was burned out. He then purchased Kempton s plant and remained there until 1882, when\\nhe leased a building on Main street of John A. Spalding. In 1883 he was again burned out. He\\nthen erected the brick block on Main street which bears his name, where he has since carried on the\\nbusiness. He has a practical knowledge of his trade, and, taking a broad view of the range and pos-\\nsibilities of the situation, he has built up a fine business and plant which is a credit to our city, and\\nfurnishes another example of the result sure to follow enterprise when coupled with right business\\nmethods. In the early morning of Oct. 25, 1895, his entire plant was burned to the ground.\\nThe manufacture of bakers goods, particularh- that of crackers, was first established in Nashua\\nabout 1820 at the Harbor on Main street, in a building now occupied as a dwelling by Mrs. David\\nDunn. Here vStephen Bates baked, the principal products of his labor being crackers, bread and\\nold fashioned gingerbread. With a small tile oven, heated with fagots, without machinery of any\\nkind, Mr. Bates in a crude way made crackers. When his dough was mixed and ready, the women\\nof the neighborhood, summoned by the blowing of the tin horn, rolled and cut the dough ready for\\nthe oven, and at the completion of the baking received their compensation in crackers. The late\\nDavid Coombs, when a young man, drove Mr. Bates team to the adjoining towns.\\nTen years later Thomas Munroe, grandfather of F. O. Munroe of this city, Iniilt ovens in a\\nbuilding upon Main street, north of the residence of Charles Holman. Mr. Munroe was succeeded by\\nWyeth .Stimpson, who a few years later, located ovens in a building upon Railroad square, where\\nnow stands the Whiting building. Here Joseph Upton, Abel Bowman and Seth D. Chandler\\nsuccessively carried on the baking business. In 1S49 Sylvester Winn Iniilt a bakery upon Mulberry\\nstreet, where now stands the cracker bakery of Charles H. Burke, cracker machinery propelled by\\nhorse power was used. This business was purchased by S. I). Chandler, who closed his Railroad\\nsquare bakery. Mr. Chandler continued the business at this location from 1855 to i860, when he\\ndisposed of his interest to James C. Smith. Mr. Smith, after remaining here for three years, put in\\novens in the old card and glazed paper factory upon Hollis street. The business was largely increased\\nand upon Mr. vSmith s decease in 1866 was purchased by the late Nahum W. Burke. This factory\\nwas burned in 1873. Mr. Burke formed a co-partnership with his son Charles H., under the name of\\nN. W. Burke Son, and purchased the old bakery upon Mulberry street, removing the same and\\nbuilding the commodious factory now owned by the C. H. Burke Baking compan}\\nN. W. Burke died in 1SS3. Since this time the business has been conducted by Charles H. Burke,\\nwho has enlarged the plant, put in modern ovens, one of which, Rayney s patent revolving coal oven,\\nis the largest in the state, having a baking capacity of thirty barrels of flour a day. Mr. Burke has\\nkept abreast of the times, replacing his machinery with that of the latest designs, and with electric\\npower and continuous baking ovens, has unsurpassed facilities for the manufacture of all bakers\\ngoods. The advancement and improved methods of manufacturing in the baking business have\\nmostly been brought out since i860, namely, rapid and continuous mechanical coal baking ovens\\nover the old st^ le fagot and wood-heating ovens, as well as the time and labor saving improved\\nmixing, rolling and cutting machinery over the old methods of slow hand work.\\nIn 1845 Thomas Chase began the business of selling flour, grain, lime and cement in the .store\\non Main street just south of the Worcester Nashua railroad. Mr. Chase sold out to Hurlburt\\nSackrider, and the business was conducted in their name for some years. In 1866 S. D. Chandler\\nwas induced to buy the store and business. Up to this time the facilities for handling the goods had\\nbeen extremely crude; for instance, corn was taken from a car in baskets and passed into the store\\nthrough the window and carried to the place of storage by hand. For meal the corn was put into", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0484.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n463\\nl)ag.s and sent half a mile away to be ground then brought back to the store. vSeeing that it would\\nnot pay to do business in that way, Mr. Chandler in 1.S77 put in elevator machinery, and three runs of\\nmill stones. He now removes the grain from the car to the bin by power and grinds his own corn,\\nand delivers the grain to the hopper of the sets of stones by sluice and valve at will, and the meal is\\nconveyed by power to its alloled i)Iace. The elevator capacity is 40,000 bushels of grain, or 3,000\\nbarrels of Hour per day, grinding ca])acity 8,000 bu.shels per day. Eight men are employed.\\nIn iSbS Mr. Chandler bought of Thomas Chase the business of making cement sewer pipe, which\\nhad just been started l)y Chase Willis in a small way, and has continued it to the present time.\\nThe pipe is made by a i atented jirocess and has given good satisfaction for all pipe of, or below\\ntwenty-four inches in diameter. .\\\\l first it was made only in warm weather, but since 1890, when the\\nworks were removed to the new building and grounds, the pipe has been made the year round.\\nA diploma was given Mr. Chiuidkr in 186S by the New Hampshire state fair, and a bronze medal\\nin 1875 by the New England fair.\\nThe Francestown Soapstone company was incorporated in 1865 with a capital of $150,000, which\\nwas increased to $300,000 four years later. They first located in Milford until the present shop at\\nthe Junction in Nashua was built. The (juarry is located at Francestown, and was worked in a small\\nway by its owner as early as 1812, sending some years two hundred tons of stone to Boston. The\\nproperty was for a time mostly owned and managed by David W. and Charles Gillis, but in May of\\n1S75 the control of the business passed into the hands of Charles Williams Co., (of Manchester),\\nwho .secured the entire property of the company both at the (piarries and at the shops. The company\\nalso own the Hawks niountaiii quarry at Perkinsville, Vl. This company furnishes all manner of\\nsoapstone articles called for, from a hand warmer to the front of a palace. The works are extensive,\\ncovering 30,000 square feet and are well fitted up. A one hundred horse power steam engine is u.sed\\nand a large force of hel]) is employed both at the factory and qnarr\\\\-.\\nIn 1867 S. S. Davis began making boxes in Nashua. In those days the demand was limited and\\nthe methods and machinery were crude. In 1886 W. H. Campbell purchased the business. With\\nthe introduction of impro\\\\ed machinery and a sup]dy of better stock at reduced price, there came a\\ngreat expansion of the box business, requiring a large factory and extensive plant. The factory is\\non Water street in the brick building liack of Goodrich block.\\nThe annual business is some $40,000 with a pay roll of $1,000 monthly. ICmployment is given to\\nabout forty hands. The works are run \\\\i\\\\ an eight horse ])ower electric engine.\\nThe enterprise of Hall s hair renewer was started in a small way by R. P. Hall in Amherst. Mr.\\nHall prepared the mixture in his house and peddled it from door to door. In 1S61 Charles Gillis as-\\nsociated himself with Mr. Hall and the enterprise was removed to its present location on High street.\\nActing upon the advice of Dr. Ayer of Lowell, E. A. Bigelow was employed as managing agent and\\nlarge sums of money were spent in advertising the business. The success of the business was marked\\nfrom the beginning. In 1864 Mr. Hall sold his interest for $75,000 and in 187 1 Mr. Gillis sold the\\nentire business to Ayer Co. of Lowell for $600,000. The company still sends large invoices of\\ngoods to all parts of the world. The compound used has always been a secret. a]ues lay entirel\\nin the trade mark and patented label used by the company. Henry Knowles manufactured a hair\\nrestorer for some years with good success.\\nIn building up a city like Nashua the supply of stone for foundations, for curb stone, and other\\nwork is an important matter. For many years the .Shattuck ledge, owned by Z. Shattuck, furnished\\nstone for nio.st of the buildings on the north side. About twenty-five years ago it was found\\ndangerous to blast the rock in this ledge because hou.ses had been built .so near to it, in one instance\\na rock of one hundred pounds weight went crashing through the roof of a house on Granite street.\\nThe ledge, so-called, is the ])ro])erty of the Nashua Manufacturing company, and the foundations\\nof their mills were taken from it. In the ledge maybe found an unlimited quantity of stone.\\nThis ledge has been worked by various people who blasted the rocks and carried the fragments to\\nthe village. For some years Andrew Shattuck and a Mr. Lirsis operated it, to be followed by Capt.\\nDaniel M. Fiske, Samuel Wright, Reuben and Alfred Godfrey, and Alfred Godfrey alone. In 1872\\nWeston Stevens, who for two years had been working the Shattuck ledge, bought Alfred Godfrey s\\nclaim upon the ledge and the tools, and, in 1877. Charles W. Stevens became the sole proprietor\\nof the rights under lease from the Nashua Manufacturing company, in whose hands it now remains.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0485.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "464\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nAt the time Weston Stevens took the property the stone for underpinning for our best houses\\ncame from Concord and Milford. Quarrymen and stone-cutters said the stone from the Nashua\\ncompauN- s ledge couhl not be split or cut to an edge. Mr. .Stevens thought otherwise, and soon\\nconvinced them that the ledge would produce as good stone as could be obtained at Milford or\\nConcord, and at greatly reduced prices. As a result of Mr. Stevens enterprise we find under most of\\nour modern houses fine foundation stone, adding greatly to the beauty of our city, and it is a matter\\nof pride to be able to say, This is Nashua stone prepared by Nashua workmen.\\nIn place of buying stone from other places, large quantities of finished stone are sent from\\nNashua to Pepperell, Clinton, Worcester, Framingham, and other places. Employment has been\\ngiven to from twenty-five to forty men and from six to twenty horses. The amount of stone moved\\nhas been from 2,000 to 4,000 perch a year. In 1894 a side track was run from the Worcester\\nNashua railway to the ledge, greatly increasing the value of the plant. The supply of .stone is\\npracticall} unlimited.\\nThe business of making mittens, gloves, etc., was begun in 1872 Ijy Mrs. J. P. Barber and was\\nthe beginning of the manufacture of such goods by machinery. From 1872 to 1882 the work was\\ngiven out to families, and employment was given to about one hundred hands. In 1880 the knitting\\nof silk mittens was commenced and goods placed upon the market. In 1882 a mill was erected. The\\nbusiness is mostly confined to knitting silk mittens and infants underclothing. Thirty-five hands\\nai e now employed. The work is always upon contract, the contractor furnishing the stock. Power\\ncannot be used in this work.\\nThe climax heater, together with a hot and cold water supply sy.stem, is the invention of I. C.\\nRichardson and is manufactured and placed in houses by C. B. Jackman. This hot water device has\\ngiven great satisfaction and is the safest and most reliable method of hot and cold water supph in\\nuse. The first heater was placed in 1SS5.\\nIn 1 88 1 O. W. Reed hii ed his present shop on Mason street and began business for himself as a\\nbrass founder, where he has been prospered.\\nThe first electric engine used in Nashua was upon a trolley car used for cou\\\\ e\\\\ing finished goods\\nfrom the cloth room to the press house by the Nashua Manufacturing company. This line was\\nestablished in 1889 and has done efficient work ever since. The first electric engine was placed by\\nthe Nashua L,ight, Heat and Power company in the Gazette ofhce in 1889. The}- have now thirt\\nfour engines at work furnishing two hundred and seventy-five horse power. The time is not far dis-\\ntant when all of our smaller shops will use the electric engine. \u00c2\u00bbStill further, the electric engine will\\nenable many small enterprises to flourisli that could not if dependent upon steam for power. The\\nengine and the place it occupies is small. It is clean, is always ready for work or rest, as preferred,\\nit can be placed in any room in any Iniilding, and is adapted to run a piano or a factory.\\nA prominent industry, and one which has pro\\\\-ed to be of great value in the large manufacturing\\ncities of New Fngland, was introduced into this city in 1853, and known as the Bee Hive Brand\\nroofing. The first structure of importance to be covered with this material was the large and fine block\\nof stores and dwellings erected by the late Col. E. W. Noyes on Main street. Colonel Noyes, with\\nhis usual discernment, was the first in Nashua to adopt this improvement in the method of covering\\nbuildings, and showed his sagacity and foresight, as well as his confidence in the new material, by\\nadopting it. His block had a roof surface of 13,419 square feet. His example was soon followeil by\\nothers, until manufacturing corporations, mechanical works, and many persons interested in real\\nestate adopted it. The earlier progress in the work was made by the New England Felt Roofing\\nworks, but tlie\\\\ soon found it necessary in the increased demand, to delegate the lousiness to others,\\nand for many years C. T. vSpalding of this city conducted the business here, until declining health\\ncompelled him to withdraw. His successor, A. K. Woodbury, who has since associated with himself\\nH. A. Albee, has for some years been engaged in the practical work of applying this material. His\\nreputation for thoroughness and probity has won for him recognition, not onh in this city but\\nelsewhere in the New England states.\\nSmall enterprises have from time to time sprung up in Nashua, some of which have remained to\\nthis day, but many of them have passed away. Notable among such was the twine mill of Alonzo\\nCrane, in the east mill at the Harjjor, and the making of satinet in the same place. The pottery of\\nMartin Crafts was located on the eastern side of Main street, north of the Acton railroad, and Crafts", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0486.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. ^65\\nlived in the cottage now standiii- on that location. Crafts began his works in i8.vS and continued the\\nsame some six years. He bronght his clay from Boston by boat. Many of our citizens tell of the\\ntime wlRii as boys they visited this shop and saw the workmen form the various articles on the wheel\\nand then place them in the ovens for baking.\\nThe pencil factory of Aaron Heywood was located on Water street, where lead pencils were\\nmade, and from which were sold pencils of .so poor a grade that they could not be given away to-day.\\nThe method of making the,se goods was exceedingly primitive, and to one familiar with the present\\nstate of the art, it is a good illustration of the jjrogress of these years. The business was removed to\\nMassachusetts.\\nA clock factory was for a time a somewhat nourishing enteri)rise. L. W. Noyes was the\\n]iroprietor. The names of Wyman, Rogers Cox, clockmakers, are familiar to the old inhabitants\\nThe shci]) was located in the rear of long block, Main street. The clocks were fine timepieces and are\\nsecond to none to-day. Many of them are to be found in this neighborhood, and their owners have\\nvaluable reminders of the past as well as superior timepieces. The works were made of brass. The\\nwheels were cast and finished on lathes, the teeth were cut by a gear cutter. The shop had no power\\nand the lathes were run by foot. Of course they could not compete with those who made their clocks\\nwith proper tools and power. This was one of Nashua s lo.st opportunities. The work began in\\n1832 and was discontinued in 1.S3S.\\nJames Ridgway and his son Charles T. Ridgway were jewelers and makers of silver bowed\\n.spectacles in .\\\\ndierst. In his travels to and from Boston, for the sale of goods, the son saw the\\nadvantage of the rising village of Nashua, as an objective point for their business, and in 1.S34 they\\nremoved their shop to this place and occupied a store where Xutt s block now stands, known as\\nEayrs block, seventy-five dollars annual rent. Like the hand made clock, the hand made spectacles\\nhad to give place to machine made goods.\\nIvarly in the history of Nashua Thomas G. Banks made paper hangings in a small way in the\\nbasement of a liuilding occupying a part of the ground covered by the present tioodrich block.\\nHere he mixed his colors and prepared and stamped his paper. This enterprise was short lived\\nbecau.se of cheap machine made and stamped papers. The shop was then used as a bowling alley,\\nand Captain Banks put into the upper story a stock of paper hangings, making his store the\\nheadquarters for the police department, he being city mar.shal and police force all in one.\\nIn 1S46, before calling cards were in vogue, it was (juite the thing for friends to exchange cards\\nwith the address and motto upon them. A pupil of Professor Crosby conceived the bright idea of\\nornamenting these cards, and Charles T. (iill, an enterprising book .seller of that day, at once entered\\ninto the business, taking and disposing of all that could be jjroduced by the young artists engaged in\\nthe enterprise. This business was carried on for se\\\\eral \\\\ears and extended to the making of reward\\ncards for school teachers use.\\nNo one would e\\\\er ha\\\\e thought that matter-of-fact Nashua, with its practical money making\\ninhabitants would have a .sentimental vein in its makeup, but such must have been the case for at one\\ntime there was a flourishing valentine manufactory in the city owned and managed by J. M. I- letcher.\\nThe business was started in 1S50 and continued for ten years. It was located in Beasom hall. Mr.\\nFletcher gave it up to engage in the furniture business.\\nJames \\\\V. Watts, a well known engraver, who was for many years associated with George W.\\nSmith of Boston, at one time lived on Amherst street and there made the well known engravings of\\nLind.seer s Challenge and The Sanctuary. His pictures were copies of the larger English\\nengravings.\\nIn 1S43 J, I). Nutter had a shop for making church organs in Nashua. He made the original\\norgan in the Pearl street church and possibly others in our churches. The works were removed to\\nBrookfield, Vermont. A factory for making melodeons was located on Water street in what was later\\nknown as Mullen s building and in 1.S53 was opened by B. F. Tobin and employed twelve men. In\\n1857 it was the property of T. and Iv Sawyer, and gave employment to ten hands. The company made\\ngood instruments, but their capital and possibly their enterprise was too limited to meet the competition\\nof large and rich concerns like Mason cS: Hamlin. The enterprise was given up just at the turning point\\nin the melodeon business, when the form of the instrument known as the cabinet organ began to be", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0487.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "466 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\npo]iular. The time of this change was the beginning of great prosperity in the business and we may\\nsafely conclude that if the company had met this crisis in their affairs with courage, they would have\\nestablished a successful business in Nashua.\\nWhen Col. Frank G. Noyes was a student at Williams he one day stepped into the little book-\\nstore just started in his father s new block to purchase a wallet. He wanted one very thin and light,\\nsuch as was not to be found. Mr. Smith, the proprietor of the store, remarked that he should have\\nto make him one, and, being in Boston a few days later, bought some extra fine turkey morocco, and\\nmade inquiries as to material used, etc., in making wallets. After his return he labored long and\\nfaithfully to build the desired wallet. The design, was good, the material was of the best, the book\\nwas soft and light, but the workmanship was not such as would encourage the art. The book was\\nnot placed on exhibition. This experiment was so much of a success that when a friend, John Hunt-\\nington became disabled for hard work, Mr. Smith helped him to enter into the making of wallets, and\\nfor some ten years he and his wife made the best wallets ever sold in the market. At this same time\\nMr. Smith had several hands at work making portfolios, and when the Civil War began, he made and\\nsold great quantities of the.se goods for the soldiers use. When what was known as fractional\\ncurrency began to come into use, Mr. Smith made what was known as a magic holder to carry it in.\\nThe demand for these goods was such that within a week fourteen hands were at work making them,\\nand in three weeks the rush was over. Large box shops were setting their help to making them and\\nthey flooded the market. The profits to Mr. Smith for his ideas and three weeks work was $500. As\\nthe premium on gold kept foreign made wallets away from the market, and as his help was organized\\nfor work, Mr. vSmith began to make wallets for the trade and for some years he made this a branch of\\nhis business. After the war the Copp brothers were engaged in the business of making wallets in\\ncotniection with their bookstore.\\nThe brothers, Moses A. and Kendall F. Worcester were for some ^-ears extensively engaged in the\\ncompressed yeast business in what is known as the Greeley building. The business was removed to\\nWorcester, Mass., in the seventies.\\nA. M. Smith and I. C. Richard.son established a hoop-skirt manufacturing company in 1865.\\nDuring the years when hoop skirts were in fashion this enterprise was quite successful. The factory\\nwas in the card shop on Pearson s avenue.\\nC. P. Danforth was for a time engaged quite extensivel in the suspender manufacturing busi-\\nness. He began in 1865 and employed some thirty hands. L. H. Burbank also had a factory in Per-\\nham s block for making the same class of goods.\\nRufus Fitzgerald has conducted the business of leather belting in Nashua since i860. He first\\noccupied the east end of the Jackson company s shoji. In 1S71 he located in his ]iresent quarters at\\nthe corner of Main and Park streets.\\nIn 1S52 John Mullen began weaving carpets in Merrimack where he did a good business. Owing\\nto a quarrel with his landlord he removed to Nashua in 1859. He was fir.st located in an attic in the\\nbobbin factor}^ but finally purchased and moved into the vacated melodeon factory on the river bank\\nback of the present Goodrich block and carried on the business until the building was destroj^ed\\nby fire in 1S74. In connection with his carpet works, John Mullen had a dye house on Water street.\\nEdward Murgatroyd also had one on Front street which was for many years an institution for econo-\\nmical Nashua, and it is continued to the present time by his successors.\\nThe Nashua Butt and Hardware company was organized to build butt hinges under the patent of\\nGeorge Moore and two patents of R. T. Smith. In i8y,^ the business was sold to the Reading, Pa.,\\nHardware company.\\nFor many years John Ridge made files in a small way on Amherst street and in other shops. In\\n1892 John Ridge and John B. Grover began bu.siness under the name of the Nashua Rasp company\\nat Edgeville. Mr. Grover soon bought the entire interest in the Inisiness, and in 1894 the works were\\nclosed.\\nL. E. Burljank has been engaged in the manufacture of overalls for many years. His shop is\\nlocated on Merrimack street.\\nThe first cigar factory in Nashua was started by O. P. Greenleaf, better known to the old citizen\\nas Dr. Olipod, in 1843, in a building known as Fuller s block, located where Merchants Exchange\\nnow stands. Mr. Greenleaf continued business in the same building until 1S4S. He afterwards", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0488.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 46-\\nwent into the hotel business at Hillsborough Bridge. Jonas Kempton started the cigar business in\\nNashua at 112 Pearl street (old numbers) where Campbell s paint shop now is, in 185S, in connection\\nwith his confectionery business. Mr. Kempton ran it about two years and sold out to Chapman\\nCram. They moved from 112 Pearl street to under the old TTniversalist church, where Wheeler s\\nclothing store now is. They then removed to Tutlle building, with store o)i street and factory in\\nbasement. They continued the business about three years, and dissolved partnership, H. J.\\nChapman succeeding A. B. Cram, and continuing the business a .short time.\\nMoses L. Truell started in 1864 on Palm street where he continued one year, and then moved to\\nthe corner of Elm and Pearl streets, over what is now A. J. Blood Co. s store. He moved from\\nthere to the old post ofhce building on Pearson s avenue, where a partnership was formed with J. F.\\nDennahan. The business continued two years here, and was then moved to the ten-footers which\\nstood where Ayer block now stands, and remained there until the ten-footers were torn down in\\n1891. In 1886 Mr. Dennahan died, Mr. Truell continuing the business alone. He moved to Greeley\\nbuilding April i, 1891, where he remained about seven months, removing to 10 Factory street, where\\nhe is still located. Charles Holman started in the cigar business about 1869 in a bjock which he\\nIniilt where his dwelling house now stands, at the corner of Main and Eldridge streets. This block\\nwas burned in 1871 and Mr. Holman removed to 112 Pearl street, at the old place where Mr. Kempton\\nstarted in 1858, where he continued the business until 1873. T. J. Dowd moved his business here\\nfrom Manchester in 1888, and started in the store now occupied by Marden Mygatt on Pearl street.\\nHe removed his factory to the old brick school house on Pearl street in 1891, and .still continues at\\nthis location. C. M. Fairbanks started in 1890 at the junction of Merrimack and Manchester streets,\\nand still continues at that location. \\\\V. E. Keeley started in business in 1893 in the Chase building\\non VAm street, and in a short time removed to Tessier block on Pearl street, where he remained a\\nshort time, removing to Tremont block, 75 Pearl street, where he is now located. During all this\\ntime there were several others who started in the business and continued for a short period, namely:\\nC. A. .Smith, Wm. Greenman, Andrew Conant, F. N. McKean, Charles Bowers, Preston 6t McKean,\\nL,overiu Shurtleif, Nathan Marcus, Geo. Foquitt, F. P. F ellows, and J. N. Neman.\\nFor man}- years after the settlement of Dunstable there were no carriages, and con.sequently no\\nharnesses, but there must have been those who made harnesses and the ruder and coarser kinds of\\nwheel \\\\ehicles before 1800. In 1825 there was a shop south of vSalmon brook for making and\\nrepairing carts and heavy wagons. A arious individuals have maintained similar shops during all\\nthe years of the history of Nashua, but no concern has ri.sen to the dignity of a carriage manufactory.\\nThe making of harnesses has been a business of some importance, and different individuals have\\nbeen identified with it. Notably Isaac Stiles, Marshall Farnsworth, Norman Fuller, Amasa\\nSanderson, and Woodward Cory.\\nFor a manufacturing city the question of water power was, at the time of the beginning of this\\nplace, a matter of vital importance. Coal was but little used and its transportation was a serious\\nmatter. The water power from Mine falls first stimulated interest in manufacturing only of the small-\\nest and rudest kind. The dam at Mine falls is partly a natural obstruction of the water course and\\npartly artificial. The first dam was engineered by Col. William Boardman. It has been improved\\nand modified several times since his day. The distance of the mills from the dam necessitates many\\ningenious devices for communicating the state of the water at the dam. The original dam of the\\nJackson company was built by Colonel Boardman. The second by a man known as Boston Jack.\\nThe third and last by Pollard Wilson in 1878. Prior to this time there was one between Front and\\nWater streets west of the Main street bridge. From the early days of Dunstable there have been\\ndams on vSalmon Ijrook. The first of these was built in 1679 and probably stood some twenty or thirty\\nrods above the bridge. It was used for running a saw mill. The upper and lower Vale Mills dams\\nwere rebuilt in 1883 by Pollard Wilson. He also built the upper Pennichuck dam the same year.\\nAt first the shops of Nashua were mainly to be found in the Nashua Manufacturing company s\\nbuildings on Water street. A few minor enterprises centered in the Jackson company s saw mill at\\nthe norUi end of its dam and others in the shop south of the brook at the Harbor. The big forge\\nshops on Hollis street were looked upon as out of town. In 1852-3 a movement was made for better\\nmanufacturing facilities. Gage, Warner Whitney built a fine plant on Hollis street, and Hartshorn\\nAmes on Howard street, to be followed later by other firms, until shops may be found occupying", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0489.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "468\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA. N. H.\\nfavorable localities all around the outskirts of the city upon our railroad lines. These shops are\\nmainly, fine buildings, well adapted for permanency. The shoe manufacturers have shown commend-\\nable enterprise in building and furnishing their several plants. Good substantial buildings with suit-\\nable appointments indicate permanency, and have a real influence upon the prosperity of any enter-\\nprise.\\nIt is an interesting fact that the first stock of goods offered to the public of old r)unstal:)le was\\ndrawn on a hand sled from vSalem. The stock consisted of axes, knives, needles, fish hooks, a keg of\\nnails, another of rum, a quantity of salt fish, and twenty pounds of powder. In 182 1 there were five\\nstores in Dunstable, all of them country stores, carrying a small stock of the grosser sorts of all\\nkinds of goods. The village was well located for trade. The central avenue from this state the\\nnatural outlet for all down east, towards the west, and of all the northwest towards the sea coa.st\\npassed through Dunstalile, making it then, as now, the strategic point for southern New Hampshire.\\nOne of the five stores was kept by Mr. Boynton at the centre, on the site of the Godfrey barn, one b}\\nSamuel Foster on the west side of Abbot square, at the top of the hill, one b}- Moses Foster just\\nnorth of the First church, one by J. E. A. Greeley, south of the church, and one by the Hunts at\\nthe Harlior. At this time Dunstable in New Hampshire was at the head of good navigation on the\\nriver and the growing importance and prosperity of the New Hampshire and A ermont towns made\\nPENNICIUrCK WATER WORKS I l Ml I.VG STATION.\\nthis a convenient center for a growing trade. Most of tlie trade came from distant towns, some of the\\ncustomers coming a hundred miles or more with loaded teams of produce and returning with a barrel\\nof molasses, a quantity of codfish, a few bushels of salt, a bolt of cotton cloth, a few general gro-\\nceries, and, quite possibly, a keg of the ardent. These were the more distant customers, but the\\nfarmers from all the neighboring towns for twentx miles around were sure to find their way to the\\nstores on days when it rained so hard that they could not work out of doors, bringing their wives\\nand daughters to revel in the mysteries of dry goods and millinery and exchange lots of eggs, a\\ncrock of butter, etc., for the same. With the Iniilding of the mills came a host of small stores to-\\ngether with a few pretentious dry goods stores. On the north side of Factor street ten-footers\\nsprang up in a night and jostled each other in their crowding for room.\\nThe advent of the Concord railroad in 1S42 removed the Vermont and northern New Hampshire\\ntrade to Concord, giving the death blow to many of the general merchandise .stores, and hastening\\nthe day when .stores devoted to a single line of merchandise would prevail. The coming of Henry\\nNorwell in 1857 marked the beginning of a new phase in trade: the modern pay as you go method,\\nin which the capital is turned rapidly so that small profits now pay better than a large profit used to.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0490.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "HIS-JORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 469\\nWe have seen that the Ridgways paid seventy-five dollars a year rent for a small store on the Nutt s\\nMock corner. In 1853 stores rented, on Factory street and on the west side of Main street, for from\\none hundred and fifty dollars to four hundred dollars per year. The rents in the new Union block\\non I actory street were four hundred dollars per year. In 1853 Noyes block was built and a rent of\\nfnc hundred dollars per store was recjuired.\\nNo one can realize the change wrought in the habits ol the people, in their ideas of expenditure,\\nand consequently upon the condition and state of trade. The beginning of the Civil War found us\\njjrovincial, it left us cosnio]KjIitau it broadened our outlook and developed our energy. Men who\\nremember Sumter, Bull Run, (Gettysburg, the surrender of Lee and the death of Lincoln, could not\\nbut expand, and this cx] ansion of idea extended to manufacturing and trade. The war marked the\\nbeginning ol a new era in Nashua. vSuch blocks as Beasom, Howard, Masonic, Odd Fellows,\\n.\\\\yer and Whiting show what progress has been made in these lines. These buildings are an\\nindication of the advanced ideas of trade.\\nPerhaps we may safely say that no place in old Dunstable had such a charm for a certain class of\\nits inhabitants as the hay market. Here horse jockeys congregated and gossip of the coarser kind\\nwas indulged in. This venerable institution consisted of a framed building covered by a peaked\\nroof and boarded at its two ends, with open sides. FCxtending from beam to beam across the centre\\nof this structure was a huge wooden shaft with bearings at its ends that engaged the beams. On this\\nslialt, at one end, was secured a large wooden wheel. Over the rim of this wheel passed a rope,\\nwhich engaged a roller turned by a crank placed below, within working distance of the ground. To\\nthe centre of this shaft was secured a chain and from the chain hung the huge iron beam of the\\nsteelyards. Beside this shaft was a platform on which the weights were kept and on which the\\noperator stood. A load of hay or other commodity was driven so that its centre stood below the\\nsteelyards from which chains extended to the hubs of the wagon wheels and the load was lifted from\\nthe ground, b\\\\- the revolution of the roller, by the crank, after which it was weighed.\\nAs the help that came to work in our mills was largely female, who came from homes on the\\nNew Hampshire hillsides and bought not only for their own use, but for their friends at home, we\\nshould naturalh- expect the dry goods business to be prominent. The names of Isaac Spalding, W.\\nD. Beasom, Iv. S. (ioodnow. Reed Slader. J. A. Wheat, M. W. Merrill, .S: I F. Kindiall, J. H.\\nlUake and others stand prominent in the dry goods trade of the old times.\\nMerchants, before the crisis of 1857, bought goods on six months and sold goods to respectable\\npeople on time, with the result that the capital of the jobber was in the hands of the retailers, and\\nthat of the retailer in the hands of the people, and when credit was discredited all business was at a\\nstandstill. Such was the state of affairs in 1857, when the credit system was entirely ruined by the\\npanic. The war in 1861 upset all prices and all jirevious business methods, and trade became\\norganized on new principles. This change in business methods demoralized all lines of trade. But\\nfew of the old traders could, or did, come into line, and so made way for new men. In 1837 Henry\\nNorwell opened his store in Noyes block and soon convinced the i)nblic that he came to sell, not to\\n.store goods. In 1864 Norwell sold his business to William Taylor and Harry Norwell and became a\\nmember of the firm of Shepard, Norwell Co. of Boston. Mr. Taylor proved himself a worthy\\nsuccessor of Mr. Norwell, and raised the standard of the business still higher. In 1869 Mr. Taylor\\n.sold to Crawford Anderson and established the firm of Taylor Kilpatrick in Cleveland, Ohio.\\nCrawford Anderson sold to W. B. Wakelin. Crawford established a large business in New York\\ncity, and Anderson in Toledo, Ohio. Norwell, Taylor, Crawford, and Anderson were Scotchmen\\ntrained to business, and left Nashua to form four great dry goods houses in four of our great cities,\\nl-ine, large and costly stores now give suitable rooms for large stocks of goods, such as those of\\nHarry S. Norwell, Chamberlain, Patten Co., and others.\\nVs we niioht expect, the first stores were largely groceries, carrying dry goods and sundries. Of\\nsuch Nashua has alwavs had a few notable houses, such as W. A. N. McKean Reed .S: Slader,\\nIsaac Spaldin- Kendrick .S: Tuttle, G. W. Perham, J. O. Blunt and other names too numerous to\\nnuntion ThTs line of trade has not been so fluctuating as that of dry goods. It was not .so entirely\\ndemoralized bv the war. The tendency to large stores with fine assortments of goods has also invaded\\nthis line of trade and has given us seveiM especially good stores, such as those of C. R. Cotton, B.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0491.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "470 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nS. Woods, George B. McQuesten, N. J. Alltoii and others. To give a full history of the grocery\\ntrade would require a volume.\\nFor some years after the advent of manufacturing the meat supplies came from the neighboring\\nfarms. Soon the killing of animals and sale of meat became a branch of business by itself, the meat\\nbeing sold from covered wagons from door to door. Thomas Pearson, Sen., Morgan Mooney,\\nWhitford Bowman, and the Latons, together with Crosby from Milford, bought and slaughtered\\nand catered to the wants of our citizens in the direction of meat supplies. At an early date shops for\\nthe sale of meats and vegetables began to appear upon our streets, the dealers receiving their stock\\nfrom the local butcher. In 1888 meats killed and packed in Chicago and brought east in refrigerator\\ncars captured the market and drove the local butcher from the field. These western firms established\\nagencies in the city from which dealers obtained their supplies.\\nAs to volume and value, the book business, that is, the selling of books, has never been a source\\nof profit to any one in Nashua, but as an indicator of the intellectual growth of the community\\nit rises to the highest place among the trading interests in our midst. Indeed, the book seller .stands,\\nas an educator, shoulder to shoulder with the preacher or teacher. In 1826 W. A. Brown opened a\\nprinting office and published the first new.spaper, called the Nashua Constellation, and in connection\\nwith the office Brown opened a bookstore. As his paper was not burdened with matter of any kind,\\nroom is found in it for a full column advertisement of his book store. The list included bibles and\\nhymn books, the balance were antiquated school books, books that five }-ears later could not have\\nbeen given away, except the dictionary and Webster s speller. There was not one purely literary\\nbook in the list. Within a year Brown had two competitors in the book trade, William Wiggin and\\nC. Page, besides at least two of the general merchandise stores advertised stocks of books. In 1830\\nIgnatius Bagley opened a book store and circulating library.\\nAt this time Na,shua was at the head of navigation and was the center of trade for all of central\\nand western New Hampshire and a part of Vermont, and these stores represented the book trade of that\\nlarge territory. The district schools were improving, the call for school books was large, the help in\\nthe mills acted as agent for their home friends and purchased books for their use. Besides publishing\\na paper and selling books. Brown dealt largely in lotteries, advertising them with other goods.\\nIn 1829 Andrew E. Thayer bought the Constellation and the book business of Brown and associated\\nWilliam Wiggin with him in the business. Evidently Thayer was the only man who had capital or\\nability sufficient to conduct the busine.ss he brought life and enterprise into the store. Three school\\nbooks that revolutionized the district schools were published at this time, Olney s geography, Peter\\nParley s history and Adams arithmetic. These live books displaced the old books entirely. Thayer\\nalso filled his .store with readable literature, with good stationerj and stationer s fancj- goods, and\\nmade his store first-class. In 1830 he had a circulating library of six hundred volumes, with a sub-\\nscription price of three dollars per year for new books, and one dollar and a half for old. In 1830\\nWiggin retired from the business. In 1831 Thayer offered for sale 2,000 volumes of miscellaneous\\nbooks, besides bibles and school books. It may be of intere.st to note that up to February, 1828, the\\nConstellation (Gazette) was printed on hand-made pajjer and after that date it was printed on engine-\\nmade paper. C. Page appears to have held his own and makes a good showing in his advertisements.\\nDuring the ten years between 1S30 and 1840 J. Buffom and C. T. Gill figure largely in the book busi-\\nness of Nashua. Buffom eventually removed to Cornhill, Boston, and Mr. Gill remained an active\\nand enterprising element in the business until his death in 1849. Gradually the book stores were re-\\nmoved to the south side of the bridge. In 1853 there were two live book stores in Nashua. That of\\nN. P. Greene, successor to C. T. Gill, who also did book binding, and Fletcher Wilcox. Mr.\\nFletcher of this firm had held .some relation to a publishing house in New York. He attended the\\nbook auctions in New York and bought many books, such as the standard poets and histories, and\\nsold them at auction in Nashua. For some years after the war Copp Brothers occupied a large\\nplace in the Nashua book trade. For a time, about 1850, when Phillips Samson and others were\\nissuing reprints of standard British writers and were selling the same at low prices, a great many\\nbooks were sold in Nashua. From that time until the advent of the cheap paper covered books few\\nbooks were .sold. For some years past great numbers of cheap reprints have been sold at a nominal\\nprice. There is a growing demand for new issues and for good literature.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0492.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "/I /STORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n471\\nIn the early daj-s of New Kiiglaiul when the cloth for clothing was made in the home, a tailoress,\\nor, if great style was wanted, a tailor was invited to the house and the cloth was cut and made up at\\nhome-. In those days tailors and shoe makers were men who found employment, not in shops, but in\\nthe homes of their customers. Of course this was not true in the larger towns. In 1826 we find\\n.\\\\ndrew Barr and John Hay in the clothing business. In 1S40 we find J. B. H. J. Chapman, also\\nC. H. Nutt and J. \\\\V. Windus. In 1853 there were eleven firms in the clothing business in this city.\\nMany of these were of the cla.ss then known as the slop shops. As the ready-made shops began\\nto produce better goods and styles, they drew hard upon the tailors, making it a somewhat uncertain\\nbusiness.\\nTlic first intimation to Ije found of ready-made clothing in Nashua is in 1828, when W. C.\\nW atkin advertise ready-made pants, vests and spencers, evidently in limited assortment and quantity.\\nI he advent of the sewing machine made the ready-made clothing business a great success. The first\\nattenqil nf the kind, on an extended scale, was l)egun in New York in 1835. The goods were placed\\nin families to have the sewing done, and packages of goods were sent far and near into the country\\nlo be made up by families. In 1853 the .sewing machine had begun to be a factor in the business,\\nand 520,000,000 worth of readx-made clothing was produced that year in New York. The business\\nhas been well represented in Nashua by such firms as Martin Co., Nelson Tuttle, A. K. Dodge,\\nAN 01. I Sllol WINDOW.\\nRunnells Cha.se, and manv others. In 1S52 Mr. Warren had a shop for making ready-made\\nclothing. In it he u.sed the t^rst working sewing machine sold in Nashua, lie removed the business\\nto Lowell, Mass.\\nLike the clothing trade, the boot and shoe tnule has been entirely changed in its methods.\\nReadv-made shoes have almost displaced custom work, and the name boot does not convey the idea\\nthat it did fortv vears ago. Large factories now displace the shoemaker, giving us more comely shoes\\nat a smaller price. The shoe trade has had on its list such names as Mark Adams, Q. A. Tirrell, N.\\nP. Washburn, and a host of other honorable men.\\nThe first to use coal in Nashua for domestic purposes was J. M. Fletcher. He made his purchases\\nin P.oston and it was brought to town in a baggage car. In the early fifties parlor stoves for burning\\ncoal came somewhat into use, but there were no regular coal dealers. The manufacturing companies\\nfurnished the coal bv wav of accommodation. White Washburn were the pioneer dealers^and they\\npractically controlled the business, bringing their coal from Salem, Mass. Naturally the Nashua cS:\\nWorcester railroad wished to have a share in the profits of such a growing freight. They accordingly", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0493.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "47-\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nin i.Syo arranged with a j-oung and enterprising coal dealer of Worcester, George Phelps, who re-\\nmoved his office to Nashua, and brought his coal on their road. Coal has almost superseded the use\\nof wood for fuel, and various men, and large and heavy firms have been engaged in the business.\\nWe have followed the course of mechanical events in Nashua for seventy years; we began with\\nDunstable, a sandy plain, we show to-day the beautiful city of Nashua. We began wtli untrained\\nworkmen, unsuitable tools, crude materials, the worst of methods. We had the vicious methods of\\nEuropean mechanics without their skill or training. For instance, each individual watch maker had\\nhis own peculiarities of make he fitted each part of the watch into its place in the watch then in\\nhand and the parts so fitted were not expected to fit a similar place in another watch. The same was\\ntrue of the parts of a lathe, steam engine, and of all other machines. Now with that method the\\nmodern factory system was impossible. Not only was this true, but the high price of labor and the\\ncheap goods of America could not have obtained under such conditions. We are proud of Howe,\\nMorse, Goodyear, Edison, and a host of other inventors who have made American mechanics famous.\\nBut the man to whom we are indebted for the great mechanical revolution which has ,so far blessed\\nthe world, by introducing true mechanical methods remains unknown and unhonored. In Windsor,\\nN,\\\\SnU.\\\\ IM.XNUF.-VCTUUIXG COMP.VNY-\\nVermont, there is a small gun factory. In this factory originated the idea of making the individual\\nparts of all guns of the same kind exactly alike, so that, from a great number of parts, guns could be\\nassembled without refitting, each part fitting all other parts with which it was adapted to connect.\\nThe United States government was quick to see the advantage of this method and to adopt it, and\\nwe have seen that in 1S56 the British took measures to introduce the method into their arsenals. Other\\nlines of mechanics were not slow to follow and adopt this method, the great sewing machine factories\\nbeing notable instances. As a consequence, better machinists tools were required. Automatic\\nmachinery was demanded, helps for exact measurements were called for, careful and exact workmen\\nwere wanted, and the intelligent draughtsman became a necessity. The advent of the watch factory\\nin our city marked the beginning of a higher mechanical education with ns. Many of our older\\nmechanics speak with pride of their experience in its shop. This, with training obtained in the gun\\nshops during the war, raised the .standard of workmanship and laid the foundation of future success.\\nThe Nashua Manufacturing company has always set a good example in adopting improved machinery\\nand methods, and it has always been a worthy example to our business firms.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0494.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n473\\nThe example of our shoe shops has given us new conceptions of the power and advantage of\\nsystematic methods. Indeed, the shops make the stronger impression because their work is more\\neasily understood. In the winter of 1887-8 the first serious attempt was made to introduce mechanical\\ndrawing in Nashua as a part of mechanical education. This was the most profitable ijivestment in the\\neducational line ever made in our city. It marks an era in our mechanical life. Of late years many\\nof our young men have given allention to a mechanical education of a high order, including a course\\nat the school of Technology in Bo.ston, thus fitting themselves for places of higher trust. This is as\\nit .should be, for there is always a call for such men. It is as true in mechanics as in any profession\\nthat there is always room at the top. Skill and education combined with character never lacks\\neniplo\\\\ nicnt.\\nMINE FAI.I.S, N.\\\\Slir,\\\\ I!I\\\\K1{.\\nWhen we see the ])osition Nashua assumed as the mother of new enterprises, we wonder at\\nresults. Nashua shook the bush and other towns gathered the fruit. Why was this? It was because\\nour business men were provincial and not cosmopolitan: it was because Nashua was simply an\\nexpansion of I)unstal)le; its views did not extend to the far west its centre was Hoston instead of\\nNew York. So much for the past and present, now for the future. The inventor and the exploiter\\nare slowly becoming creatures of the past, their da\\\\ is passing away. Most of what is called\\ninventi( n lo-day is simply a new arrangement of old parts and ideas and is not, in the highest sense,\\ninvention. The manufacturer to be successful to-day must look upon the business as a permanency,\\none into which he is willing to put his money freely. He must secure the best machines and must", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0495.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "474\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nadopt the best methods. He must look upon his business as an inheritance to descend to his family,\\nhe must be both radical and conservative in that respect.\\nAny history of Nashua that left the workers (men who work with their hands) out of considera-\\ntion would not be complete. The first industrial workers of Nashua came from the farms of New\\nHampshire or from the small village shops where the farmer had his wagon repaired or his horse\\nshod. The girls in the mills were educated Yankee girls, full of ambition and ready for work. It\\nwas the superior intelligence of the help, rather than their acquired skill, to which we are indeljted\\nfor results.\\nA machinist of that day must l)e a jack of all trades, he must do a little forging, a great deal\\nof filing, must turn a lathe or planer. The conditions of his life had prepared him to do this with\\nfair success.\\nNASHUA INVENTIONS.\\nWe have attempted, in this article, to give a list of working machines that originated in Nashua,\\nthe better to give a true idea of Nashua s share in the mechanical development and progress of this\\nmechanical age. We feel that the list is imperfect but we have done our best to secure and give such\\ninformation some of the machines referred to may have been known and used before their invention\\nin Nashua, and never patented, but were unknown to the Nashua inventors.\\nRailwaj spike machine. Ami George.\\nAlarm money drawer, Edwin B. White.\\nSpring spindle for shuttles, James Baldwin.\\nMortise lock, Samuel .Shepard.\\nMortising machine, Samuel Shepard.\\nAutomatic gear cutter, George Whitney.\\nDust ring for watches, B. D. Bingham.\\nHorse nail machine, B. D. Bingham.\\nPower shearing machine, R. T. Smith and J. K. Priest.\\nCalender rolls, O. D. Murray.\\nNon-heating friction rolls, O. D. Murray.\\nNailing machine, Samuel Shepard.\\nCloth cutting machine for bags, R. T. Smith.\\nMusic perforator, R. T. Smith.\\nWhite mountain freezer, Thomas Sands.\\nHydraulic crane, Samuel K. and Samuel T. Welhnan\\nRollin s engine, George A. Rollins.\\nBarber s clippers, J. K. Priest.\\n.Automatic piano, R. T. Smith.\\nBag folder and cutter. R. T. Smith.\\nCard board cutter, R. T. Smith.\\nA power cable, J. K. Priest.\\nPower embroidery machine, R. T. Smith.\\n.Automatic for embroidery, R. T. Smith.\\nMachine for cutting boxes, C. E. Clement.\\nBearers for printing press, C. E. Clement.\\nMachine for folding fans,R. T. Smith.\\nGang circular saws, R. T. Smith.\\nMultiple die, R. T. Smith.\\nMachine for pasting two webs of cloth into one, R. T.\\nSmith.\\nRailway signals, John S. Lynam and George F. .Adams.\\nCombined register and money drawer, E. O. Wood.\\nMachine for cutting elastics for shoes, J. Norman Kendall.\\nMachine for cutting stiffeuing for shoes, J. Norman\\nKendall.\\nCloth trimming machine, R. T. vSmith.\\nWool washer, William White.\\nWool feeding device, William White.\\nWool dryer, William White.\\nButt hinge riveting device, R. T. Smith.\\nSaddle tree, O. S. Tabor.\\nButt Hinge, George Moore.\\nMachine for making bird cages, J. il. Fletcher.\\nClimax heater, I. C. Richardson.\\nFire escape, Cyrus Mitchell.\\nSaunders sprinkler. H. Saunders.\\nImprovement in lathes, J. Flather.\\nImprovement in keg planer, J. F^lather.\\nHot press plates, J. J. Crawford.\\nLock mortising machine, H. A. Holt..\\nPaper coloring machine, C. P. Gage.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0496.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF XAS/ftrA, N. H.\\n475\\nr\\nAARON KING.\\nAaron King was born in Palmer, Mass., June 22, 1818,\\ndied in Nashua, Oct. 3, 1888. He was a son of Isaac and\\nAbby (Cutler) King, and a descendant of sturdy New-\\nEngland stock whose worth and influence were reflected\\nand ever apparent in his life and character.\\nMr. King was educated in the schools of his native\\ntown and at Monson academy at Monson, Mass., and at\\nthe academy at Westfield, Mass. He conuuenced life as a\\nbook-keeper for a\\nfinn in Connecti-\\ncut. Later he be-\\ncame interested in\\nrailroads and ran\\nthe first passenger\\ntrain over the\\nNorthern New\\nLondon road. lie\\nremained ou that\\nroad as passenger\\nconductor seven\\nyears, when he ac-\\ncepted a similar\\nposition, 1852, oTi\\nthe Worcester S;\\nNashua road and\\nremoved to Nash-\\nua. His term of\\nservice on the last\\nnamed road cover-\\ned a period of nine-\\nteen years, and it is\\na fact beyond cavil\\nthat his courtesy\\nand kindness were\\nsuch that no pub-\\nlic man was more\\nhighly regarded\\nby the traveling\\npublic. About\\n1870 he became in-\\nterested in the en-\\nterprise then on\\nfoot to build the\\nNashua Roches-\\nter road and was\\nappointed con-\\nstruction agent, a\\nposition which he\\nfilledwith marked\\nability and to the\\nentire satisfaction\\nof the stockholders. The road\\nwas completed in 1875, and after\\nthat Mr. King was not specially\\nactive in business affairs, al-\\nthough he held the position of president of the London-\\nderry Lithia .Spring Water company.\\nlint Aaron King was a good deal more than a popular\\nrailroad man among his fellow-citizens. He was inter-\\nested in whatever interested the people and gave freely\\nof his money and influence to make Nashua prosperous\\n^2^^?^zr?^ ^y^^^\\nand assure Nashuans whatever tended to make their lot\\nin life happier had his sympathy and support. In 1875\\nhe joined the Pearl Street Congregational church, and\\nwhen that was united with the Olive .Street church, trans-\\nferred his membership to the new organization, the Pil-\\ngrim church, anil lived and Iied in that communion.\\nMr. King was made a York Rite mason in Rising .Sun\\nlodge, A. V. and A. M., 1856, and Meridian Sun Royal\\nArch chapter, 1857, in Nashua. He received the cryptic\\ndegrees in Hiram council in Worcester, Mass., 1858, and\\nwas knighted in\\nWorcester County\\ncom mandery in\\nthe same city\\n1S59. The .Scottish\\nRite degrees from\\nthe fourth to the\\nthirty-second were\\nconferred upon\\nhim in the consis-\\ntory in Nashua,\\nand he received\\nthe 33d and last\\ndegree at a meet-\\ning of the supreme\\ncouncil in 1864.\\nHe was an active\\nmember of the or-\\nder till his death,\\nbeing an officer in\\nthe consistory and\\ndeeply interested\\nin everything that\\npertained to its\\nwelfare and the\\nhappiness of his\\nbrethren. It is\\ntruly recorded on\\nthe printed page\\nof the official re-\\nport of the grand\\ncouncil of the .An-\\ncient -Accepted\\nScottish Rite, 1889,\\nthat: To him\\nlife was earnest\\nand he earnestly\\nmet its duties and\\nresponsibilities.\\nIlis convictions\\nwere strong and\\nhis opinions fixed.\\nHe loved his home\\nand family. He was too modest\\nto be ambitious and too retiring\\nto seek public office. .\\\\nd it\\nmay be added that Nashua never\\nhad a more honorable and upright citizen or one who in\\nhis daily walk and conversation exerted a wider influ-\\nence for good.\\nMr. King was united in marriage Sept. 1, 1852. with\\nKlizabeth H. Ramsdell, daughter of Joseph and Eliza-\\nbeth I-;ells) Ramsdell of Warren, Mass. Two children", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0497.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "476\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nwere l)orn of their marriage: Joseph R., born Jviue 24,\\n1855, died Nov. 5, 1856; Anna L., born Oct. 5, 1858, mar-\\nried Charles S. Collins, M. D., of Nashua, died April 15.\\n1897.\\nJAMES BRADFORD EATON.\\nJames B. Eaton was born at Windol, uowSunapee, -Aug.\\n15, 1815, died Oct. 10, 1867. He was a son of David and\\nSusannah Eaton, both of w-hom were natives of Deering.\\nJAMES BHADFOKD E.\\\\T()\\\\.\\nHis ancestors were of that branch of the Eaton family\\nthat traces its genealogy- through several centuries and\\nmeets annually in reunion in Boston. Mr. Eaton olj-\\ntained a common school education in his native place, to\\nwhich he added a large increase of knowledge by private\\nstudy, observation and experience. He resided at Hills-\\nIjoro Bridge until a few years after his marriage, then re-\\nmoved to Nashua where he had his home until his death.\\nHis life was mostly spent in railroading, and at the time\\nof his death he had been road master of the Nashua\\nIvowell and Boston I^owell road for seventeen years\\nHe lost his life by accident. In stepping from the slip-\\npery platform of a car at Woburn watering place he fell\\nunder the wheels of the train and was run over and\\nkilled. Mr. Eaton was one of the prominent citizens of\\nhis day in Nashua. He was active in many directions.\\nIn York Rite masonry he was a member of Rising Sun\\nlodge and Meridian Sun Royal Arch chapter. In Scottish\\nRite masonry he was a member of all the bodies in the\\nValley of Nashua, including Edward A. Raymond consis-\\ntory, 32d degree. In fact he was one of the few earnest\\nand enthusiastic Scottish Rite masons who were advanced\\nto the 32d grade at the Valley of Nashua in Boston, and\\nwho established the consistory of the Valley of Nashua\\nand gave liberally to supply it with paraphernalia.. Mr.\\nEaton was an earnest member of Lowell street M. E.\\nchurch. His funeral was held in Franklin hall. Rev.\\nE. A. Smith officiated in the religious exercises and the\\nbody was buried with full masonic honors.\\nMr. Eaton married Sarah R. Hobson of Deering. Four\\nchildren were born of their marriage; George F., born\\nat Hillsboro Bridge in 1858, (Rev. and D. D., presiding\\nelder of the Boston North District New England Confer-\\nence married Arabella M. Harding of Nashua; Alvin S.,\\nborn at Hillsboro Bridge, Dec. 4, 1840, (city marshal of\\nNashua), married Rebecca 11. Sawyer of Buxton, Me.;\\nCharles F. G., boru at Nashua in 1854, locomotive en-\\ngineer; Etta, born at Nashua, Oct. 30, 1856, married John\\nF. Burnham.\\nEDWARD H. SPALDING.\\nEdward H. Spalding was born in Wilton in 1S25, died\\niu Wilton June 20, 1893. (For ancestors see sketch of his\\nbrother, John A. Spalding.) M Spalding was educated\\nin the public schools of W ilton and by private study and\\nobservations. He came to Nashua early in life, and, fol-\\nlowing a short clerkship in the store of Isaac Spalding,\\nwas active in business affairs on his own account. He\\norganized the First National bank and Cit} Savings bank,\\nand was a director in one and a trustee in the other. He\\nwas the pioneer of the Nashua, Acton Boston railroad,\\na director in its management and chiefly instrumental in\\nits construction. Outside of busiuess Mr. Spalding was\\ndeeply interested in antiquarian study. He was a mem-\\nber of the New Hampshire and New- England Historical\\nsocieties and had one of the largest private collections of\\nrare books, papers and reports of any man in the state.\\nHe represented Ward Eight in the legislature and was\\nactive and influential in all enterprises that promised to\\nadvance the interest of the city. Mr. .Spalding spent the\\nKDWAKD 11. .SI AI.DING.\\nlast few years of his life on the ancestral farm in Wilton.\\nHis family is scattered. Henry M., his son, is a resident\\nof North Enid, O. T., and two daughters live in Dallas,\\nTexas,", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0498.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nGEORGK STARK.\\nGeneral George Stark was born at Manchester, April 9,\\n1S23; died at Nashua, A])ril 13, 1892. Ilis father, Fred-\\nerick G. Stark, was the son of John, the third of the\\nchildren of Major-General Stark, the hero of Bennington.\\nHis death occurred in 1861. The earlv davs of young\\nStark were favored with the oversight and influence of an\\nexcellent mother. .She died in 1856.\\nGeneral Stark attended the public .schools of the .-^mos-\\nkeag district of his\\nnative place until\\nhe was nine years\\nof age, and the\\nsucceeding four\\nyears was a stu-\\ndent at the acade-\\nmies in Pembroke\\nand Milford. His\\nstudies were chief-\\nly in the line of\\nmathematics, yet\\nnatural aptitude\\nand diligence sup-\\nplied him in after\\nyears many of the\\ndeficiencies of edu-\\ncation. t the\\nclose of school\\ndays he returned\\nto Manchester and\\nentered upon his\\ncareer as assistant\\nwith the chief en-\\ngineer and survev-\\nor of the prelimi-\\nnary surveys for\\nthe canals, facto-\\nries and streets of\\nthe embryo city.\\nHe was thus em-\\nployed one year,\\nand when not at\\nwork, he attended\\nthe academies at\\nBedford and San-\\nbornton and the\\nhigh school at\\nLowell, Mass., the\\nlast school being\\nunder the charge\\nof Moody Currier,\\nafterwaids a noted\\nManchester bank-\\ner and governor of New Hampshire. In 1.S36 he was em-\\nployed with the staff of engineers engaged in locating the\\nNashua Lowell railroad. The next year, and till i8.)6,\\nhe spent in alternate seasons of field work with engineers\\nand study at the academies. l olIowing the completion\\nof the Nashua Lowell railroad he was engaged in locat-\\ning the road between Nashua and Concord, and later was\\nemployed in the same capacity on the Northern road.\\nIn 1843 i^e surveyed and built one of the canals in Man-\\nchester. In 1S44 he surveyed the Vermont Central rail-\\nroad, and in 1845 the Old Colony. The next three years\\n(.l.ni;(.i; M \\\\i;k\\nhe spent in drawings for mill work and in making a sur-\\nvey to supply Manchester with water from Massahesic\\nlake. After this he was employed on the Nashua Wil-\\nton road, on the Stony Brook and Boston, Concord\\nMontreal, on the latter being the chief engineer. In\\n1849, after a season of rest because of ill-hcallh, he as-\\nsumed the duties of treasurer and assistant superintend-\\nent of the Nashua Lowell road. This position was\\nheld until 1852, when he was appointed suiierintendent of\\nthe Hudson River road. He had been in the last position\\nbut little more\\nthan a year when\\nan nrgenl offer\\nwas made to him\\nto take the super-\\nintendency of the\\nNashua Lowell\\nr o a d a n 1 its\\nbranches, which\\nposition he ac-\\ncepted and entered\\nat once upon its\\nduties. In 1857 he\\nbecame the man-\\nager of the Boston\\nS: Lowell road and\\nits branches. The\\ntask was of great\\nmagnitude and re-\\nsponsibility. In\\nthe perioil of his\\nservice, which in-\\ncludeii about eigh-\\nteen years, the\\ngreat depot ou\\nCauseway street,\\nBoston, was l)uilt,\\nand many other\\ngreat improve-\\nments instituted,\\nincluiiing extend-\\ning its spur tracks\\nand opening new\\nlines of travel.\\nGeneral Stark,\\nafter his resigna-\\ntion as manager of\\nthe Boston Low-\\nell system, was en-\\ngaged in several\\nother railroad\\nschemes, notably\\nthe Northern Pa-\\ncific, in which cor-\\nporation he was a director ami vice-president. During\\nhis last years he was in the banking business in New\\nYork and Nashua with his .son, John V. Stark.\\n.Mthough General Stark s life was a busy one, yet he\\nfound time in which to interest himself in public affairs.\\nIn 1857 (iovernor Haile commissioned him as brigadier-\\ngeneral of the Third brigade. New Hampshire militia. In\\ni860 he was commissioned colonel of the Governor s\\nHorse guards, and in 1861, in the capacity of brigadier-\\ngeneral, he proceeded to Portsmouth and took charge of\\nthe troops that were rendezvousing there for service in", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0499.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "47S\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nthe Civil War. In political life General Stark was iden-\\ntified with the Democratic party. He was never consid-\\nered an active partisan. In the four years succeeding\\n1856 he represented Ward One in the legislature, in i860\\nand 1861 he was his party s candidate for governor, and in\\n1863 and 1864 he was a candidate for the Nashua mayoralty.\\nGeneral Stark s biographer, W. H. Herrick of Manches-\\nter see Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men\\nsays of him; In personnel General Stark was charac-\\nterized by a quiet, deliberate yet courteous manner that\\nwas not disturbed by the varied conditions and incidents of\\nbusiness life. This trait of an habitual mental equipoise\\nwas a peculiarity that impressed itself permanently on an\\nobserver. He had a natural, unrestrained manner in con-\\nversation and social qualities that were freely manifested\\nin compan) with tested and worthy friends. As a writer\\nof business documents and reports he manifested power,\\nmethod, perspicuity, and his manuscript showed a care-\\nful arrangement, neatness and precision of chirography\\nquite remarkable in one of his extensive business experi-\\nence. His family residence at Nashua, though showing\\nno taste for ostentation or display, is an elegant structure\\nin the villa style, furnished with everv- comfort and con-\\nvenience and adorned with works of art.\\nGeneral Stark was married in 1845 with Elizabeth A.\\nParker, daughter of Daniel Parker of Bedford. She died\\nin 1846. In 1848 he was united in marriage with Mary G.\\nBowers, daughter of Col. Joseph Bowers of Chelmsford,\\nMass. His two children are John F. and Kninia G., the\\nlatter the wife of Edward B. Towne of Newton, Mass.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0500.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n479\\nRAILROADS.\\nHV \\\\V. \\\\V. HAII.lvV.\\nTHE commencement of manufactnriiio; industries al)out 1S24 in Lowell and Xaslnia, par-\\nticularly by the utilization of water power, an l their rapid increase and development,\\nrendered greatly inadc(iuate the means of transportation then existing, and showed the\\nurgent need of such facilities of transportation as railroads give. Stages, canal boats and\\nhorse teams had well served a farming population, but manufacturing and mechanical interests\\ndemanded something better. .Such interests mainly induced the construction of a railroad from\\nBoston to Lowell, Nashua and beyond. Fanners opposed the introduction of railroads, because as\\nthey claimed railroads would largely supersede the use of horses, and thus injure their market for\\nhay and grain. In England the first surveyors of the railroad from Liverpool to Manchester were\\nmobbed by the land owners, their instruments were broken and they were driven off by violence.\\nThe bill to incorporate the road was violently opposed in parliament, on the ground that the\\nconstruction of a railroad would be an injury to the\\npublic and an invasion of private rights. The New\\nHampshire legi.slature in 1842 pas.sed a law providing\\nthat no railroad corporation shall take any land, for\\nthe use of such corporation, without the con.sent of\\nthe owner thereof, which practically prevented the\\nfurther extension of railroads in the state. The\\nunexpected success and beneficial effects of the line\\nfrom Concord to Boston were so manifest, that ])ublic\\nopinion became so changed that the legislature in\\n1S44 so modified this law, that railroad corporations\\nwere declared to be public corporations in certain cases\\nand enabled to take land under the right of eminent\\ndomain.\\nAbout 1630 tramways were introduced in England\\nas an improvement U])on highways. They consisted\\nof a trackway laid with wooden rails upon an ordinary road, to facilitate the transportation of\\nheavily laden teams or wagons, and were princi])ally used in the transportation of coal from the\\nmines to the places of shipment. Wooden rails had been in use one hundred and fift}- years, when it\\noccurred to some one to lessen their friction by plating them with iron. Iron jilates upon wooden\\nrails with a flange either upon the outside or inside were in use till about 17S1, when the edge rail\\nwas substituted and the flange transferred to the wheel. The idea of using the railroad for general\\npurposes of trafhc and the possibility of constructing steam carriages was first suggested about this\\ntime. A steam wagon was patented in 17S2, a steam carriage in 1784 and a high pressure engine in\\n1802, but they were all found to be impracticable and abandoned. In 1822 the construction of the\\nlocomotive engine was so perfected that it was substituted for horse ])ower on the tram roads.\\nThe first legislative act authorizing the con.struction of a public railroad was pa.ssed by ])arlia-\\nment in iSoi, granting the right to Ijuild a tram road nine miles long. The first railroad coach was\\nused for the transportation of pas.sengers in 1825, and was propelled by horse ])ower. At the time of\\nthe completion of the Liverpool Manchester railroad in England in 1829, it was the prevalent idea\\nthat trains would have to be moved by stationary engines ])laced at intervals along the line of the\\nroad by means of ropes, but a trial of George .Stephenson s first locomotive i)roved the superiority of\\nthat kind of motive power, and it was adopted as the motive power of the road. The first railway\\nlegislative act in the L nited States was passed by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1823, which was\\nsoon after repealed. A second act was pas.sed in 1S26, incorporating the Philadelphia Columbus\\nrailroad, which was completed at the expense of the state in 1834. The first railroad built in the\\nl nited Utf.tes was in Quincv, Mass., in 1826, three miles long, to carry granite from the (juarry to\\ntide water. Between 1826 and 1830 the Charleston Hamburg, S. C, railroad was constructed, the\\nAT THE NORTH END.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0501.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "_^8o HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nfirst road in the world built expressly for locomotive power for general freight and passenger\\nbusiness. The first locomotive constructed in the United vStates was built for this road at t-he West\\nPoint foundry in 1S30.\\nThe Boston Lowell railroad extending from Boston to Lowell, twenty-six miles, was the first\\nroad constructed affecting the development of Nashua. It was incorporated June 30, 1830. Before\\nthe charter was granted, the legislature of Massachusetts appointed an engineer to make surveys and\\nlocate the road, and the corporation built the road substantially as thus located. Its construction\\nwas a doubtful experiment without the guide of experience or the assurance of great success. It\\nwas a matter of grave consideration, whether the I oad should be adapted for horse or locomotive\\npower, and also whether the rails should be of wood with plates of iron on top, or all of iron. The\\nrails were laid upon stone ties or blocks of stone, which in a few years were found to be unsuitable,\\nand were removed and wooden ties substituted. The shares of stock of the corporation at first were\\nof the par value of five hundred dollars the only instance in the country where the par value of\\nrailroad shares has been fixed at more than one hundred dollars, to which sum they have been since\\nreduced. The road was opened for business June 26, 1S35. Its first cost with one track was\\nabout $1,000,000. The success of the road ensured the construction of the Nashua Lowell\\nrailroad. It was operated independently till 1857. From 1857 to 1878 it was operated jointly with\\nthe Nashua Lowell railroad. It was then operated independently and for a short time jointly\\nwith the Concord railroad to April i, 1887, when it was leased to the Boston Maine railroad\\ncorporation for ninety-nine years. Its present capital stock is $6,529,400, and its funded indebtedness\\nis $7,922,400.\\nThe Nashua Lowell railroad was chartered by the New Hampshire legislature June 23, 1835,\\nauthorizing the construction of a railroad from some point in Dunstable, now Nashua, to the state\\nline of Massachusetts, and by the Massachusetts legislature April 16, 1836, authorizing the con-\\nstruction of a railroad from some point in Lowell to the state line, there to connect with the Nashua\\nLowell railroad of New Hampshire. The grantees of the Massachusetts corporation were a\\nportion of the grantees of the New Hampshire corporation. At a joint meeting of the two corpora-\\ntions held on April 28, 1S36, it was voted That the said corporations shall be forever hereafter\\nunited into one corporation: that the meetings of said corporations shall be holden at the same time\\nand place, one notice only lieing required; that the officers shall be the same, and that there shall be\\nno distinction as to the stock in the two states, except that the accounts of expenditures shall be kept\\nseparate.\\nIn 1838 the legislature of Massachusetts and New Hampshire passed acts to unite the Nashua\\nLowell railroad corporations of Massachusetts and Ne\u00c2\u00ab- Hampshire, which were accepted by the\\ncorporations. The corporation was organized and the first board of directors elected by the stock-\\nholders May 30, 1836, consisting of Daniel Abbot, Ira Gay, Jesse Bowers, Charles G. Atherton,\\nPeter Clark, Joseph Greelej- and Robert Reed. The road was located and its construction com-\\nmenced in the fall of 1S37. Financial difficulties, caused by stringency in the money market and\\ngeneral depi^ession of business, made it necessar\\\\f for the corporation to obtain a loan of $50,000 from\\nthe state of Massachusetts, secured by a mortgage of its road, in April, 1838. The road was so far\\ncompleted that passenger trains commenced running on the eighth of October, and freight trains on\\nthe twenty-third of November, 1838, from Lowell to a temporary station in Nashua, near the inter-\\nsection of Temple and Aniory streets. The bridge over the Nashua river was completed and the\\ntrains came to the Main street station Decendaer 23, of the same year. The stockholders by a vote of\\neight hundred and thirty-one to one hundred and .seventy-six, located the Main street .station on its\\npresent site. The cost of the road up to this time, including equipment, was about $380,000, and the\\ncapital stock was $300,000, which was increased to $350,000 in 1839, and to $380,000 in 1840. The\\nfirst dividend of three per cent was declared in May, 1839. Increase of business and the opening\\nof the Concord railroad in 1842, insured the success of the road and placed the corporation on a firm\\nfinancial basis. A second track was constructed in 1845, and $120,000 of stock was created to pay\\nthe cost of its construction. It leased and operated the Stony Brook and Wilton railroads from the\\ntime of their opening in 1848. Increase of business required improvements and additional equipment,\\nand an issue of $100,000 of new stock was made in 1848. The present Maiu.street passeng(jr station\\nin Nashua was built in the same vear.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0502.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N.\\n48 1\\nIn 1S68 1.200 shares of new stock were issued to stockholders at par, in proportion to their\\nnumber of shares of stock and, at the same time, a dividend of twenty per cent was made out of the\\naccumulated earnings of the road, invested in permanent improvements. In 1871 eight hundred\\nshares of new stock were issued to the stockholders in i)roportion to their number of shares of stock,\\nto be paid for at par, and increasing the capital stock to $800,000, its present amount. It operated\\nits road and branches independently until 1857, when it made a joint traffic contract with the Boston\\nLowell railroad corporation, under which the two corporations operated their roads and branches\\njointly until 187S. It then operated its road independently until 1880, when it leased its road to the\\nBoston Lowell railroad corporation for ninety-nine years, at an annual rental of S6o,ooo. In 1872\\nit leased the Peterborough railroad tor twenty years at an annual rental of six per cent interest on\\nthe cost of the road, without eiiui])nient, amounting to over $600,000.\\nIn 1887 the Boston Lowell railroad having been leased to the Boston Maine railroad\\ncorporation, it consented to an assignment of its lease by the Boston Lowell railroad corporation\\nto the Boston lV Maine railroad corporation, upon the increase of the annual rental to $72,000. Until\\n1S57 the corporation paid dividends averaging yearly eight and thirty-two one hundredths percent.\\nFor eighteen years thereafter it paid dividends under the joint contract witli the Boston 6k Lowell\\nrailroad corporation, a\\\\ eraging yearly ten per cent.\\nThe first board of directors elected in May, i8-^6, were Daniel Abbot, Ira .ay, Charles G.\\nAtherton, Peter Clark, Joseph Greeley and Roliert Reed. Daniel .\\\\t)bot was the first president, and\\ncontinued in office until 1852, when he declined a re-election on account of infirmitv of age. Jesse\\nBowers continued as a director until 1854, when he declined a re-election on account of age. Onslow\\nStearns was the first superintendent and afterwards a director. Charles F. Gove was a director and\\nafterwards for several years superintendent. George Stark was treasurer and su])erintendent for\\nseveral years, and manager of the roads while tliey were operated under the joint contract between\\nthe Nashua Lowell railroad and the Boston Lowell railroad corporations until 1875, when he\\nresigned. In his management of these roads General Stark displayed an ability and skill which\\nplaced him among the foremost of railroad managers of his time in New Kngland, and although his\\nplans may have apparently given some grounds for the charge that they were too far in advance of\\npresent wants, yet subsequent events have vindicated his wisdom and foresight.\\nThe Concord railroad, extending from Nashua to Concord, thirty-five miles, was chartered June\\n27, 1835, but the grantees did not take decided action until December, 1840, and on account of the\\ndelay thev were obliged to obtain from the legislature an extension of the charter. In its inception\\nit was a Concord enterprise. None of the grantees of the first board of officers were Nashua men.\\nSe\\\\-eral Nashua land owners persistently opposed the taking of their laud for tlie jiurpose of its\\ncon.struction. Litigation continued for some years. Grave questions of constitutional law were\\nraised, and our supreme court decided in the case of Concord railroad against Greeley, that a railroad\\nis in general such a public use as affords just grounds for the taking of private property for public\\nuses, and that the United States constitution does not interfere with this right.\\nIn 1S50 it leased the Manchester 6t Lawrence railroad, and thereafter it controlled that road by\\nlea.se or joint operation until 1887, when it was leased to the Boston Maine railroad corporation.\\nIn 1857 it lea.sed the Concord Portsnunith railroad for five years, and in 1862 lea.sed it again for\\nninety-nine years. In 1861 it built the branch from Hook.sett to Suucook. In 1S66 it bought the\\nManchester North Weare road, and in 1870 it leased the Suucook Valley road, extending from\\nSuucook to Pittsfield, which was afterwards extended to Barn.stead. In 1877 it purcha.sed the\\nNashua, Acton Boston railroad, and in 1884 it purchased a one-half interest in the Manchester\\nKeene railroad. In i88y it was consolidated with the Boston, Concord cS: Montreal railroad corpora-\\ntion, under the name of the Concord Montreal railroad corporation, and in 1895 the road of this\\ncorporation, including leased lines, was leased to the Boston Maine railroad corporation for ninety-\\none years.\\nThe road was constructed with a single track and opened for business to Manchester, July 4,\\n1842, and to Concord the following September, at a co.st of about $750,000, at which sum the capital\\nstock of the corporation was then fixed; a second track was constructed in 1848. In 1845 the capital\\n.stock was increased to $1,200,000, in 1848 to $1,485,000 and shortly afterwards to $1,500,000, and so\\nremained until it was consolidated with the Boston, Concord Montreal railroad iu 1889. The par", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0503.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "482 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nvalue of the shares was fifty dollars until 1S.S9, when the legislature, b3 an act in that ear, increased\\nthe par value to one hundred dollars, without payment of money by the stockholders, as stated in the\\nact, in part compensation for the property rights and franchises of that corporation, acquired by its\\noriginal capital and by the new capital contributed Ijy stockholders from time to time in earnings\\nnot heretofore divided.\\nThe Wilton railroad, extending from Nashua to Wilton, fifteen and forty-two one hundredths miles\\nwas chartered Dec. 28, 1844. It was constructed and opened for business to Amherst .Station in Novem-\\nber, 1848, to Milford in January, 1851, and to Wilton in December, 1852, at a cost of about $232,000,\\nnot including rolling stock. The delay in its construction was caused by those preferring other\\nroutes to the one selected, particularly h\\\\ those who desired the road to go through Amherst village.\\nThe road was located after protracted litigation. It was never operated independently. It was op-\\nerated by the Nashua Lowell railroad corporation by contract to 1857, when it was leased to the\\nNashua Lowell railroad corporation for twenty years. In 1872 a new lease of the road was made\\nto the Nashua Lowell railroad corporation for twent}- years, and in 1883 it was re-leased to the\\nBoston Lowell railroad corporation for ninety-nine years at a rental of seven per cent on its capital\\nstock, then fixed at $242,000. In 1890 this lease was assigned to the Boston Maine railroad corpor-\\nation and the rental increased to eight and one-half per cent on its capital stock.\\nThe Worcester, Nashua Rochester railroad extends from Worcester, Mass., to Rochester, N.\\nH., a distance of ninety-four and forty-eight one hundredths miles. The Worcester Nashua railroad,\\nextending from Worcester to Nashua, forty-five and sixty-nine one hundredths miles, was chartered in\\nMassachusetts in 1842, and in New Hampshire in 1845, and it was constructed and opened for business\\nto Nashua Dec. 18, 1848. The original cost of the road, including equipment, was $1,425,235 which\\nwas increased from time to time up to the time of its consolidation with the Nashua Rochester to\\n$2,543,920. The Nashua Rochester railroad was chartered in 1S68, being a combination of two\\nprevious charters, the Portsmouth Rochester and the Nashua Epping, which had never been or-\\nganized. The road was con.structed and opened for business in 1874 from Na.shua to Rochester. Its\\ncost was about $2,000,000, not including rolling stock. The city of Nashua took $200,000 of its capi-\\ntal stock to aid its construction. On its completion it was leased to the Worcester Nashua railroad\\ncorporation for fifty years at an annual rental of six per cent on the cost of its construction as repre-\\nsented by its capital .stock and bonds. In 1883 the Worcester Nashua and Nashua Rochester\\nrailroad corporations were consolidated under the title of the Worcester, Nashua Rochester rail-\\nroad corporation, having a capital stock of $3,099,800, and a bonded indebtedness of $1,662,000. In\\ni886 the railroad was leased to the Boston Maine railroad corporation at an annual rental of\\n$250,000.\\nThe Nashua, Acton Boston railroad, extending from Nashua to Acton, Mass., twenty and\\ntwenty-one one hundredths miles, was chartered by the Massachu.setts legislature in 1871 and by the\\nNew Hampshire legislature in 1872. It was constructed and opened for business in 1873. Its cost\\nexceeded $1,000,000. The company issued $500,000 in stock and $500,000 in bonds, secured by a\\nmortgage of the road. The projectors of the road intended it principally as a part of a rival line\\nfrom Nashua to Boston by waj of the Fitchburg road and expected to make it a success by the diver-\\nsion of business from the line to Boston from Nashua by way of Lowell. The expectations were\\nnever realized. While the road was operated independently it did not pay operating expenses. The\\nroad was leased to the Concord railroad corporation for ten years from Jan. i, 1876, at an annual\\nrental of $i 1,000 a year. Before the expiration of this lease the Concord railroad corporation pur-\\nchased substantially all of the mortgage bonds at twenty-five cents on a dollar, foreclosed the mort-\\ngage and obtained possession of and title to the road. As a railroad enterprise it never had any merit\\nfrom the first it was a financial failure and it has been of little benefit to Nashua, particularly as com-\\npared with the large amount of Na.shua capital sunk in the enterprise.\\nThe Peterborough railroad, extending from Wilton to Greenfield, eleven miles, was chartered in\\n1872 and was constructed and opened for business Jan. i, 1S74. It was leased to the Nashua Low-\\nell railroad corporation for twenty years from Oct. i, 1S73, at an annual rental of six per cent on the\\ncost of its construction which was $588,950, not including gratuities. During the continuance of\\nthe lease the co.st of the construction above the capital stock, fixed at $385,000, was paid from the\\nrental. Nashua gave a gratuity of $15,000 to aid in its construction, and April i, 1893, it was again", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0504.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N.\\n483\\nr\\nleased to the Boston Lowell railroad corporation for ninety-three years at an animal rental of fon\\nper cent on its capital stock fixed at $385,000. The Boston Maine railroad corporation operates the\\nroad under an assignment of this lease.\\nThe Nashua Street Railway company was incorporated Aug. 14, 1885, John A Spalding, Henry\\nStearns, Isaac Eaton, Rufus A. Maxfield, William D. Cadwell, Webster P. Hussey, Q. A. Wood-\\nward, Royal D. Barnes and Charles Williams being the original members of the corporation and its first\\nboard of directors, with a capital stock of $50,000.\\nThe original laying out of the street railway was over Kinsley, Main and Canal streets to the\\nConcord railroad station, of a narrow gauge railway, horse power being the motive power, the stables\\nand car houses of the company being located at the head of Kinsley street. Q. A. Woodward was\\nthe first superintendent of the railway.\\nIn 1 886 the company leased and improved a large tract of land at the Harbor, then known as\\nBarker s park, later called Lawndale garden, and a line was extended thereto from Kinsley street\\nthrough the southerly portion of Main street. Later lines were laid out through Hanover, West\\nHollis, Palm and Pearl streets, through East Pearl .street to Crown hill, also over Concord and\\nAmherst streets.\\nIn 1889 George H. Knowles was made president and general manager of the road, continuing in\\nthat office until 1894, when the controlling interest was purchased by Massachusetts capitalists, and\\npower having been granted by the legislature, the road was re-organized and re-constructed as a\\nstandard gauge electric street railway, under the supervision of P. P*. Sullivan, manager of the Low-\\nell and Suburban street railway company, and lines were extended through Hudson to Lowell, Mass.\\nBy act of the legislature of 1896 the companj- was authorized to lease its road to the Lowell and\\nSuburban street railway, which company now controls and manages the service in Nashua through\\nP. F. Sullivan, general manager, and a local assistant manager.\\n7): 7r 0^", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0505.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "484\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nORREN CHENEY MOORE.\\nHon. Orren Cheney Moore was born at New Hampton,\\nN. H., Aug. lo, 1S39. He was one of eleven children of\\nJonathan Holmes Moore and his wife, Hannah Van Sleep-\\ner, a native of Bristol. His mother was of English and\\nKnickerbocker descent and his father was a lineal de-\\nscendant of John and Janet Moor, Scotch-Irish emigrants,\\nwho settled in Londonderry, about 1721. It is interesting\\nto trace the ancestry of so well-known a public man.\\nThe emigrant ancestor was undoubted!} the John Muarwho\\nwas one of the\\nsigners of the ad-\\ndress to Governor\\nShute, in 17 18, ex-\\npressing a desire\\nto remove from\\nthe north of Ire-\\nland to New Eng-\\nland if sufficient\\nencouragement be\\ngiven, and he was\\nalso the John\\nMoor whose name\\nstands first on the\\nschedule of the\\nproprietors of\\nLondonderry, an-\\nnexed to the char-\\nter granted by\\nGovernor Shute in\\nJune, 1722. They\\ncame from the\\ncounty of Antrim.\\nAt least two of\\ntheir children\\nwere born in Ire-\\nland, Deacon Wil-\\nliam Moor, born\\nin 1718, who with\\nhis Inotlier, Cul.\\nDaniel Moor, born\\nin 1730, afterwards\\nsettled in Bedford,\\nand Elizabeth\\nwho married Na-\\nthaniel Holmes.\\nShe was the great-\\ngrandmother o f\\nFrancis P. Whit-\\ntemore, the late\\nBernard B. Whit-\\ntemore and of Judge Nathaniel Holmes of Cambridge,\\nfrom whose correspondence many facts concerning his\\nancestry were obtained.\\nThe emigrant s wife, Janet Moor, was called Jenny\\nFlavel because, as it was said, she was a great reader of\\nthe works of Flavel, a learned Puritan divine it is quite\\npossible, however, that her maiden name was Flavel.\\nTheir son, Robert Moore, born in 1726, was one of Capt.\\nJohn Mitchell s scouts or Londonderry troopers at the\\nage of eighteen, in 1744, and on Sept. i, 1775, was ap-\\npointed lieutenant-colonel of Col. Samuel Hobart s regi-\\nment of the New Hampshire continental line. It is\\norrp;n ciiexev mooke.\\nmentioned in the records of the committee of safety of the\\ndate of Aug. 3, 1778, that leave was given to Doctor Gove\\nof New Boston (probably an armj- surgeon) to visit as a\\nph)-sician Col. Robert Moore of Londonderry, whose\\ndeath occurred in the October following. His home-\\nstead, deeded to him by his father, lately called the Jen-\\nness place, now owned by Cummings W. Price, is on the\\nroad from Derrj- Lower Village to Chester in the English\\nRange in Londonderry, and about half a mile northwest\\nof Beaver pond. The emigrant John Moor died Jan. 24,\\n1774, and Colonel Robert and his sister Elizabeth (Moor)\\nHolmes were co-\\nadministrators of\\nhis estate. Two\\nof Mrs. Holmes\\nsons, John and\\nJonathan, married\\ndaughters of Col.\\nRobert. His\\nmother, Janet,\\ndied March S,\\n1776, and Colonel\\nRobert, who died\\nin October, 1778,\\nlies buried by the\\nside of his father\\nand mother in\\nL o n d o n d e rry.\\nHis youngest son,\\nRobert, born in\\nLondonderry,\\nSept. 20, 1769, died\\nAug. 16, 1803, aged\\n44. He married\\nJenny Rolfe, who\\nwas born in New-\\nburyport, Mass.,\\nSept. 22, 1771, and\\ndied Feb. 6, 1852,\\naged 81. She was\\na descendant of\\nRev. Benjamin\\nRolfe, who was\\nkilled by the In-\\ndians at Haver-\\nhill, Vug. 29, 1708.\\nTheir son, the\\nfather of the sub-\\nject of this sketch,\\nwas born at the\\nfamily homestead\\non Shirley Hill in\\nGoffstown in June, 1802, and was named Jonathan Holmes\\nMoore after his uncle. Both parents of Orren died in\\nManchester, the mother, Aug. 3, 1858, and the father,\\nNov. 12, 1869. In 1846, when he was only seven years\\nold, his father and mother removed to Manchester from\\nHebron. The father having met with financial reverses,\\nthe son entered the Manchester mills as a mule boy\\nwhen only eleven years old. Later he became a student\\nin the North Grammar school on Spring street. Here he\\nspent four years, three of which he was under the guid-\\nance of Prof. Moses T. Brown, later of Tufts college.\\nLeaving Manchester the lad went to Ilolderness to work", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0506.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n485\\nin a paper mill owned by George Mitchell, who married\\nhis oldest sister, Lucia Van Moore, working half the\\nnight and half the day and devoting his afternoons to\\nstudy in the High school under Rev. D. C. Frost.\\nAmong his schoolmates here he met Nancy Webster\\nThompson, who six years later, Nov. 29, i860, became\\nhis wife.\\nShe was the daughter of John Hayes Thompson and his\\nwife, Charlotte Baker, and sister of the late Maj. .\\\\i Baker\\nThompson, for many years secretary of state of New\\nHampshire. The father and four of his sous were in the\\nwar for the suppression of the Rebellion. He was of the\\nfamilyof Ebenezer Thompson, New Hampshire s first sec-\\nretary of state. Mrs. Moore s father died at Hilton Head\\nof malarial fever in 1862, while acting as commissary of\\nthe Third New Hampshire regiment. Mrs. Thompson s\\ngrandfather, Samuel Baker, and his father, Joseph Baker,\\nboth served in the French and Indian Wars.\\nMr. Moore s brother. I rederick Moore, was publish-\\ning the La Crosse Democrat, so Orren, leaving Holder-\\nness when he was sixteen, went to Wisconsin to learn the\\nprinter s trade with his brother. He remained with him\\nabout three years and subsequently was employed at\\nMadison and in Jefferson City, Mo. The path of a jour-\\nneyman printer is not always strewn with roses and the\\nwriter well recollects the amusing account which Mr.\\nMoore once gave him of his experience about this time\\nwhen out of work. Finding nothing to do at the case,\\nwithout a particle of false pride, he bought an ax and\\nwent to chopping. But his early training had not fitted\\nhim for that exercise and he soou relinquished it for\\nsomething better.\\nReturning to his native state, on account of the illness\\nof his mother, he was employed as foreman on the Daily\\nAmerican in Manchester until that paper was united with\\nthe Mirror. While residing there he was chosen clerk of\\nthe common council and represented Ward F our in the\\nlegislature in 1863 and 1864. He assisted in raising a\\ncompany for the Union arnij- in which he would have\\nbeen commissioned but for unfortunate nearsighted-\\nness. In April, 1864, he was employed as editor of the\\nNew Hampshire Telegraph, then a weeklj paper pub-\\nlished by the heirs of Albin Beard and he conducted that\\nnewspaper until it was sold b) the proprietors.\\nFor a short period thereafter he served as register of\\nprobate for Hillsborough county taking up his residence\\nin .\\\\mherst for that purpose, and when the records were\\nremoved to Nashua he agaiu resumed his residence in this\\ncity.\\nIn 1867 he purchased the interest of C. V. Dearborn in\\nthe partnership of Dearborn Berry, then owning the\\nTelegraph, and Feb. i, 1869, Mr. Berry withdrew and a\\npartnership was formed with C. M. Langlcy of Lowell.\\nmonth later, March I, 1869, through the persistent and\\nuntiring efforts of Mr. Moore, the publication of the Daily\\nTelegraph, the first daily newspaper ever published in\\nNashua, was begun.\\nIn 1878 he bought Mr. Langley s interest in the paper\\nand remained sole proprietor until the organization of the\\nTelegraph Pulilishing company in 1887. In 1870 and\\nagain in 1872 he was elected state printer. In 1S71 Jlr.\\nMoore erected the Telegraph building on the corner of\\nMain and Temple streets which has ever .since been the\\nhome of the Telegraph.\\nFor nearly a quarter of a century Mr. Moore spoke\\nevery day to the people of this city through the editorial\\ncolumns of his paper. A journalist writing for the daily\\npress must form and express his views and opinions on\\ncurrent events without any extended deliberation. If he\\nis active and aggressive under such circumstances he\\nwould be more than human not to make mistakes. No\\ndoubt Mr Moore sometimes made such mistakes. His\\nfirst impressions might not always be identical with his\\nripe conclusions. But in the discussion of many matters\\nhe made no mistakes. His advocacy of the ten hour law,\\nfor example, was convincing and effectual. He thought\\nten hours a day was long enough for women and little\\nchildren to be yoked up to a machine and compelled to\\nkeep time with it in our great manufactories. He knew\\nfrom experience the iniquity of longer hours his sym-\\npathies were with the honest toilers and to his quick per-\\nception fat dividends to mill owners could never offset the\\ndwarfed minds and enfeebled bodies that might be occa-\\nsioned by loo long hours of continuous hard labor. His\\neditorials on the subject were clear, pointed and courage-\\nous. If he lost the support of wealthy corporations by\\nhis course, he retained his own self-respect and secured\\nthe gratitude of the people whom he faithfully served.\\nHis support of temperance and his opposition to lotter-\\nies were alike fearless and convincing. He would rather\\nremain a poor man than grow rich from the proceeds of\\nadvertising liquors or lotteries. In a great measure\\nthrough his efforts Nashua voted for constitutional pro-\\nhibition. If a wealthy corporation sought by the issue of\\nwatered stock to put a new and perpetual blanket mort-\\ngage upon the homes and industries of a community and\\nthus reduce the members of that community to a condi-\\ntion of servitude his facile pen was quick to unmask the\\nfraiid. .All the people may not have been able to rec-\\nognize or appreciate his efforts on their behalf, but the\\nwrong-doers had no difficulty in seeing the error of their\\nways when illumined by his pen, whether they mended\\nthem or not.\\nHe championed the cause of the people to a successful\\nissue against the arbitrary course of the foreign insurance\\ncompanies upon the valued policy question, and argued\\nthat if those companies chose to withdraw from the state,\\nas they threatened to do, New Hampshire could provide\\nher own insurance. This prediction was abundantly veri-\\nfied by the event.\\nMr. Moore s opposition to the consolidation of all the\\ngreat railroads of the state under one management was\\npersistent and for a while at least effectual. Through the\\ncolumns of his paper and in the halls of legislation he did\\nall in his power to prevent such an aggregation of corpo-\\nrate capital. He realized the danger to the liberties of a\\nsmall state which such a soulless and remorseless com-\\nbination might cause. He feared it would prove a politi-\\ncal engine before which both of the great political parties\\nof the state would have to bow. He foresaw that such a\\npower, enthroned under the guise of law to carry out its\\nown mercenary ends, would dictate who shouhl be the\\ncandidates of the party which for the time being should\\nbe in the ascendancy, not only in the state but in the\\ntowns and cities as well, and when those candidates were\\nelected he foresaw that their master would dictate all\\ntheir legislative action, and their appointments to every\\noffice. The unblushing bribery of 1887, which he un-", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0507.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "486\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nmasked in the legislature, he knew was but the surface\\nindication of worse to come, when jury boxes would be\\ntampered with, legislators and city councils bribed and\\ncorrupted and the very fountains of justice poisoned at\\ntheir source. He foresaw and deprecated it all and for a\\nwhile was able to stay the torrent of watered stock, brib-\\nery and corruption, which threatened to deluge the\\nstate. Since his decease nobody, unless it be Senator\\nChandler in the Concord Monitor, has cared to wage the\\nunequal warfare.\\nMr. Moore made his paper wholesome and clean. It\\ncould be taken into the household without first examining\\nits contents. He was no follower of the so-called new\\njournalism. He had no salacious morsels to purvey to a\\nprurient or morbid public, either iu his advertisements,\\nnews items or editorials, and his pages never contained a\\ndirectory to either the saloons or disorderly houses of\\nthe city. He complimented his readers by assuming that\\nthey did not want such information.\\nEvery really good work, every deserving charity, every\\nhonest reform found in Mr. Moore and his paper a hearty\\nand earnest advocate. Everything which he believed\\nwould be for the interest of the people of Nashua, he\\nfavored with no uncertain voice. Not every advertiser\\ncould buy a place in his columus, and his editorial opin-\\nions were never for sale. His readers knew he was not\\nmercenary and therefore had confideuce in him and his\\npaper. He was a great editor and on a wider field would\\nhave achieved a national reputation.\\nMr. Moore always took an interest in public affairs and\\nwas ready to perform his duty as a citizen. He served on\\nthe board of education, was four times elected to the\\nlegislature from Nashua, and in 1878 was chosen senator\\nfor two years. In 1877 he served upon the tax commission\\nand many of his suggestions were enacted into law. In\\n1884 he was appointed chairman of the railroad commis-\\nsion by Governor Hale, and for three years he served the\\nstate in that capacity.\\nHis services were in great demand as a political speaker,\\nand he took a part in every campaign Ijeginning in 1872,\\noften speaking in Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont,\\nand in 1880 he assisted in the campaign in West Virginia.\\nOn one occasion having spoken from the same platform\\nwith James G. Blaine, that great statesman evidently\\nsurprised at his masterly presentation of the issue, sud-\\ndenly turned to him and inquired\\nFrom what college were you graduated, Mr. Moore?\\nI am a graduate of the printing office, sir, was his\\nquick and characteristic reply.\\nAlthough Mr. Moore was denied the advantages of a\\ncollege training, his recognized ability was of so high an\\norder that in 1887 he received the honorary degree of A.\\nM. from Dartmouth college.\\nMr. Moore was a Republican in politics and the Tele-\\ngraph, with which his name will always be associated,\\nwas Republican from the date of the organization of that\\nparty. He was elected chairman of the Republican state\\ncommittee Aug. 7, 1872. In 1888 he was elected by the\\nRepublicans to represent the Second New Hampshire\\ndistrict in the fifty-first congress. He served on the Pa-\\ncific railroad committee, the District of Columbia com-\\nmittee and the committee on the enrollment of bills.\\nAmong his public speeches were The Revision of the\\nRules, Tariff Revision, The Anti-Lotterv Bill,\\nThe Competitive Principle in the Civil Service, and\\nthe Record of the Fifty-First Congress.\\nMr. Moore as a child attended the Methodist church\\nwith his parents, later the Unitarian, and on coming to\\nNashua attended the Olive Street (Congregationalist\\nchurch, now the Pilgrim church, and subsequently the\\nEpiscopal church. He was an Odd Fellow, and in his\\naddress, which was delivered at the laying of the corner\\nstone of the Odd Fellows building in Nashua, he made\\nthis public declaration of his faith. He said, I have\\nthe profoundest faith in the brotherhood of man, in the\\nprinciples of religious toleration and in the perpetuity\\nof republican institutions on this continent. Religious\\ntoleration is the corner-stone of the American consti-\\ntution. In the evolution of human society, no other\\ndiscovery was ever made like that. It has been the trans-\\nfusion of the blood of the cross into the creeds of man.\\nBefore it superstition has fled; wars have ceased; cruel-\\nties, calamities and crimes unspeakable no longer rack\\nsocietj- or disturb the state. Under the sway of religious\\ntoleration religion is no longer a hate but a blessing, and\\namong the civilizing agencies at work in the world it is\\nnow one of the sweetest and best. Planted on the rock\\nof the brotherhood of man, and in obedience to law, both\\nhuman and divine, we need no superabundance of faith\\nto believe that out of a diversity of nationalities shall\\ncome one nationality, and among many creeds the future\\nwill still maintain the highest creed, which leaves to all\\nmen and women the rational and undisturbed worship of\\nGod according to the dictates of their own conscience.\\nMr. Moore died of cerebro-spinal sclerosis at his home\\nin Nashua, May 12, 1893. On his visit home over the\\nholidays in December, 1889, he had an attack of the grip\\nand in Januar}-, 1890, he returned to his post in Washing-\\nton before he had fully recovered. In fact, he was so\\nweak that he fainted at the station when about to set out\\non the journey. The first indications which he noticed of\\nthe disease that was to prove fatal was a numbness of the\\nhands in the fall of 1890. In the spring of 1S91 he seemed\\nto be improving in health and at that time he delivered\\nthree public addresses at short intervals, one at the lay-\\ning of the corner-stone of the Odd Fellows building, a\\npolitical speech at Lynn and an address before the New\\nHampshire club in Boston. These speeches on widely\\ndifferent topics delivered in quick succession without the\\nuse of notes proved too severe a tax upon his physical\\nresources, and he soon began to fail in strength. During\\nhis illness up to within five days of his death he retained\\nfull charge of his business, receiving detailed reports and\\ngiving explicit directions every da\\\\ and he retained his\\nfaculties to the last. Sept. 5, 1892, he had a severe attack\\nof lumbago and was never afterwards able to walk. Every-\\nthing possible was done for his comfort and recovery. In\\nNashua he was treated by Dr. E. F. McQuesten and in\\nPhiladelphia, where he was in the hospital accompanied\\nb}- Mrs. Moore from November, 1892, to Feb. 22, 1893, he\\nwas under the professional care of Dr. S. Weir Mitchell,\\nbut medical skill, the most eminent, proved of no avail to\\nstay the progress of the fatal disease.\\nHe left, surviving, his widow and one child, Gertrude\\nCornelia, born in Manchester, Sept. 24, 1861.\\nM^. fitly UjL Jlt -vc", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0508.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. II.\\nCHARl.HS PINCKNHV UANhORTH.\\nCharles V. Daiifortli, son of Tiniolhy ami Hridget\\nBlaiichard) DanforUi, was born in Milford, Sept. i6,\\n1S12, died in Nashua, Oct. 19, 1893. Mr. Danforlh was a\\nCllARI.E.S PJxNCKNEY DANFOKTII\\ndescendant, both paternally and maternally, of the first\\nsettlers of southern New Hampshire. He was educated\\nin the public schools of his native place and later acquired\\na wide range of practical knowledge by diligent study\\nand intuitive observation. Early in life he settled in\\nNashua, and in 1838 purchased the Nashua Gazette, which\\nhe managed and edited several years. During his active\\ncareer he was postmaster of Nashua four years and sheriff\\nof Hillsborough county four years. In 1871 he repre-\\nsented Ward One in the board of aldermen and afterwards\\ntwo terms in the legislature. His business later in life\\nwas that of a manufacturer, being proprietor of the Eagle\\nSuspender company. At the time of his death he was\\nengaged in writing a series of papers (which were being\\nprinted in the Gazette and reprinted in pamphlet form),\\nreviewing the political history of the country from the\\nadministration of President Jackson to the present time.\\nMr. Danforth was a line specimen of the old time cour-\\nteous gentleman in whose presence every one felt at ease.\\nHe was well informed on a large number of themes of\\nwhich he had made special study, and was an easy and\\ngraceful writer who eschewed verbiage and stated his\\npoints with clearness and force. To Nashua and her best\\ninterests he was ever loyal, and in the things that per-\\ntained to good living his influence was heartily given.\\nHe was a t niversalist. Mr. Uanforth was united in mar-\\nriage Sept. 15, 1840, with Nancy Hutchins Pierce, daugh-\\nter of Joshua, 3d, and Dolly (Hutchins) Pierce of Nashua.\\nMrs. Danforth was a grand-daughter of Col. Gordon\\nHutchins of Concord, who was wounded in the battle of\\nRunker Hill, subsequently received his commission from\\nCieorge Washington and was in the army until the close\\nof the Revolutionary War. Three children were born to\\nthem: Charles lilanchard Danforth. May 29, 1841, for\\nmany years city editor of the Boston Herald, married\\nFrances E. .^dams. died in Boston Jan. 15, 1890; Frank\\nPierce Danforth, born March 5, 1846, died Dec. 21, 1861\\nAbby llulrhins Danforth, liorn Dec. 2, 1853, died Utl.\\n1872. Mrs. Danforth died in 1893.\\nCHAKLHS SARGHNT BUSSELL.\\nCharles S. Russell was born at Holliston, Mass., Nov.\\n19. 18.10. lie is a son of John S. lUissclI, who was a son\\nof Edniond Bussell, one of four brothers who were among\\nthe earliest settlers of Wilniot and other towns in New\\nHami)shire. The Bnssells were men of sturdy habits and\\nblameless lives, frugal, in lustrious and wealthy fanners\\nof their day. They tilled the soil, gave the children all\\nthe educational advantages their means afforded and\\nsought in every way to build up and advance the interests\\nof their town. On the maternal si le Mr. Bussell is a\\ndescendant of Stephen and Elizabeth (Gould) Bartlelt,\\npioneers of Plymouth and Rumney. Of their four chil-\\ndren Ezra W. was one of the well known early merchants\\nand real estate owners of Manchester Stephen was at\\ntlie head of a large manufactory in Bristol, Vt., and\\nprominent in state affairs; Elizabeth G. was a resident of\\nManchester for many years and a woman noted for good\\nworks; Sarah G., who for many years was a prominent\\nschool teacher in different localities in the state, married\\nJohn S. Bussell of Lowell. The whole family were among\\nthe early adherents of Methodism when it required cour-\\nage and money to estaljlish churches of that denomina-\\ntion.\\nMr. Bussell s youth was spent at Kingston and it was\\nthere he attended the j)ublic schools. When he was four-\\ncii.Mti.K.s s.\\\\ki;knt ItUSSEI.I..\\nteen years of age his father died in California and the\\nfamily removed to Wilinol. He continued his efforts,\\nhowever, to obtain an education and was graduated at the", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0509.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "488\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nNew Eagland Christian institute at Andover Center, after\\nwhich he sought an occupation at Manchester. He\\nobtained employment at the Amoskeag mills, where he\\nlearned the machinists trade, serving his time in the\\nAmoskeag locomotive works. He remained there the\\ngreater part of his time till 1859, when he came to Nashua\\nand became identified with the Jackson company, where\\nhe remained steadily employed for twenty-eight years,\\nresigning his position of superintendent of the weaving\\ndepartment in mill No. 3, in 1887. Mr. Bussell was a\\nmember of the Ijoard of education four years and per-\\nformed no end of hard work on the committee that had\\ncharge of the erection of the Mt. Pleasant school build-\\ning. He took a conspicuous part in changing the schools\\nfrom the old district methods to the graded system. Mr.\\nBussell held ward ofKces from time to time and repre-\\nsented Ward Three in the board of aldermen three\\nyears, doing efficient work in several departments and\\ngiving his time freely on the committee that built the\\nCanal street iron bridge. He was city clerk in 1888\\nand 1889 He is a trustee of the Emergency Hospital\\nassociation, of which he was one of the most earnest\\nadvocates and promoters, and also a charter member and\\nofficial in the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to\\nAnimals.\\nBut Mr. Bussell has been an active man in other fields\\nof endeavor. For more than twenty-five years he spent\\nhis odd hours in literary pursuits and since the expiration\\nof his second term as city clerk he has made journalism\\nhis profession. He was one of the purchasers of the\\nNashua Daily and Weekly Gazette plant at the time it\\nwas first published by a stock company and for some time\\nits editor and manager. He resigned these positions and\\nwas afterwards city editor of the same paper for a year or\\nmore. Meantime he served the Manchester Union fifteen\\nyears as Nashua correspondent and was for more than a\\nscore of years the representative of the Associated Press\\nfor southern New Hampshire. At the present time. May,\\n1897, he is the city editor of the Nashua Daily Press, a\\nposition he has held ever since the paper was founded.\\nAs a newspaper man Mr. Bussell is an indefatigable\\nworker. He is a man who thoroughlj understands his\\nbusiness and who always does good work. He has a\\npleasing way of stating facts, and his comments are\\noriginal to the degree that they give him a popularity\\nthat few men in the profession enjoy.\\nMr. Bussell is a member of Rising Sun lodge, A. F. and\\nA. M., Meridian Sun Royal Arch chapter, Israel Hunt\\ncouncil and St. George comniandery, K. T. He is also a\\nScottish Rite mason of the 32d degree, a former member\\nof Granite lodge, I. O. O. F., and one of its past grands,\\na Knight of Pythias and past chancellor of Nashua lodge\\nof that order, and in one way or another, officially and\\notherwise, connected with one or two local clubs, besides\\nbeing a member of the Main street Methodist church\\nwhich he assisted in many ways in erecting its present\\nedifice and associated on its official board.\\nMr. Bussell was united in marriage March 20, i860, with\\nvSusan S. Moulton, daughter of Simeon S. Moulton, son\\nof Henry Moulton, a prominent resident of Concord and\\nHooksett and later for many years a noted hotel keeper at\\nAndover Center, where he died Dec. 13, 1846. Simeon S.\\nwas a brother of Mace Moulton, prominent in the history\\nof Manchester and Hillsborough countv. Mr. and Mrs.\\nBussell have not Ijeen blessed with children of their own.\\nDuring the war, however, they adopted a motherless\\nbabe whose father was in the arm}-, gave her all the\\nopportunities of an education and when she died, being\\nat the time in her eighteenth year and a bright scholar in\\nthe high school, they mourned her as their own. They\\nhave resided in Nashua thirty-four vears.\\nALBERT EDWARD DE WOLFE.\\nAlbert E. De Wolfe was born in Nashua, October i,\\n1861, his parents being George Gordon Byron De Wolfe\\nand Eliza (Hargrove) De Wolfe. His paternal grand-\\nfather was Dr. Edward De Wolfe, a leading physician of\\nSt. vStephens, N. B. His maternal grandfather was\\nJoseph Hargrove, fifty years ago a prominent building\\ncontractor at Bradford, Yorkshire, England. Mr. Har-\\ngrove built the first railroads which ran into Bradford\\nanother monument to his skill being the magnificent\\nmarble town hall at Bradford, the contracts for the rail-\\nroads and hall calling for the outlay of millions of\\npounds. The family came to America in the fifties and\\nAI.HERT EDWAUn DE WOLPE.\\nlocated in Nashua. Of the nine children and their\\ndescendants, but two of the three of Eliza remain in this\\ncity.\\nEliza Hargrove was married to Cieorge Gordon Byron\\nDe Wolfe, widely known in this section as The Wan-\\ndering Poet, in i860, and of their three children Albert\\nE. was the only sou, the other two being Anna E., wife of\\nDr. Andrew Watt of Providence, R. I., and Martha M.\\nDe Wolfe, a teacher in the public schools of her native\\ncity. The father died Jan. 13, 1873. and IMrs. De Wolfe,\\nOct. 24, 1890.\\nFollowing employment in several of the manufacturing\\nestablishments of Nashua and Lowell, Albert E. saved\\nmoney enough to go through the Bryant Stratton\\ncommercial college in Boston, and then for five years was\\na clerk in the Nashua post office, under postmasters H.\\nA. Marsh, M. R. Buxton and A. N. Flinn. After a four\\nmonths trip to Europe he entered the employ of the\\nDaily Telegraph, never having been inside of a news-", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0510.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n489\\npaper office until the day the late O. C. Moore sent for\\nhim to become a reporter. From that day, March 12,\\niSSS, Mr. De Wolfe has been a news-gatherer for the\\nTolegraph, and for nearly six years past its city editor.\\nDuring that time the first morning daily pai)er in the\\ncity was issued The Morning Telegraph and Mr.\\nI)e Wolfe did all the local work for the morning and\\nevening editions for the entire time the morning paper\\nwas published. The morning edition lasted but eight\\ndays, suspending because of the refusal of the press\\nassociation to furnish dispatches.\\nMr. De Wolfe has seen the regular edition of The\\nTelegraph more than quadruple during the less than ten\\nyears he has been connected with the paper. For more\\nthan ten years he was the Nashua representative of the\\nBoston Globe, and received during that lime the largest\\nremuneration, as a newspaper writer, of any person\\nemployed in Nashua newspaper work for ten consecutive\\nyears work for one paper. He represents at present The\\nAssociated Press in southern New Hampshire and the\\nNew York World, beside attending his duties on the\\nTelegraph. Ijke all active newspaper writers he has had\\na large fund of experience.\\nFrom reaching his majority Mr. De Wolfe has been a\\nmember of Granite lodge, I. O. O. F., is a member of\\nNashua lodge. Knights of Pythias, Watananock tribe,\\nImproved Order of Red Men and is a member of several\\nsemi-social organizations. As president of the old Nashua\\nCycle club he is the onlj- Nashuan to have held a leading\\noffice in a bicycle club who is not a rider of the wheel.\\nIn athletic sports and in managing entertainments of a\\nmuch varied character, Mr. De Wolfe has always been\\nprominent in Nashua. Duriug the ten years preceding\\n1897, Mr. De Wolfe managed over two hundred entertain-\\nments, few of which were unsuccessful financially. This\\nincluded the two Cycle club minstrel shows, one of which\\nnetted the largest sum ever cleared in the city from paid\\nadmissions for a local performance.\\nFor two years Mr. De Wolfe was principal of the free\\nevening school at the Harbor school house, and many of\\nthe pupils there are now occupying positions of honor\\nand trust.\\nMay 27, iSgi.he married Vedora C. Shaw, daughter of\\nthe late Joseph A. Shaw of Augusta, Me. They have one\\ndaughter, Dorothy, born Jan. 11, 1894.\\nJAMES MEADE ADAMS.\\nJames Meade Adams was born in Nashua June 26, 1862,\\nand was the third and youngest child of James P. Adams\\nand Anna (Page) Adams. His father was a volunteer\\nsoldier in the Seventh New Hampshire regiment, dying\\nat Heaufort, S. C, in August, 1862, and his grandfather,\\nJames .Vdams, was a well known schoolmaster in the early\\npart of the present century, teaching in Henniker, Weare,\\nGoffstown, New Boston aud other towns. Both the pater-\\nnal and maternal ancestors of Mr. Adams were among the\\nearly settlers of Henniker.\\n.\\\\t the age of four years the subject of this sketch\\nremoved to North Weare with his widowed mother, who,\\ndying a few months later, left him in the care of an aunt,\\nMrs. Kli/.a k. Grcenleaf, with whom he resided until after\\nhe attained his majority. For a year or two, Mr. .Vdams\\nworked at the printer s trade in Manchester and Concord,\\nleaving it to devote himself to miscellaneous literary\\nwork at his home in Weare. He became a contributor in\\nboth prose and verse to numerous papers and magazines,\\nincluding Ballou s Monthly, Youth s Companion, Golden\\nDays, The F;])och, Puck, Judge, Christian Register, and\\nthe Granite Monthly. Three of his poems appear in the\\nvolume entitled The New Hampshire Poets. During\\n1884 Mr. .Vdanis was associate editor of the .Xmerican\\nYoung Folks, published at Manchester.\\nMr. .\\\\danis was elected messenger of the New Hamp-\\nshire senate in June, 1887, and served through the session,\\nwhich proved to be the longest on record. He was re-\\nelected in 1889, also serving through the extra session of\\n1890. In .\\\\ugust, 1890, he was appointed bj- Secretary\\nJeremiah Rusk, state statistical agent for New Hamp-\\nshire in the Department of .\\\\griculture, which office he\\nheld over three years, being removed by Secretary J.\\nSterling Morton for offensive partisanship. In Janu-\\nary, 1895, Mr. Adams was elected and served as sergeant-\\nat-arms of the New Hampshire senate.\\nMr. .Adams began to contribute regularly to the edito-\\n|,\\\\MI;S MKADK .\\\\D.\\\\MS.\\nrial columns of the Nashua Telegraph in May, 1889, and\\nin the following September came to Nashua to take edito-\\nrial charge of the paper during O. C. Moore s absence in\\nWashington as congressman. He has remained ever\\nsince and is the present editor of the Daily and Weekly\\nTelegraph. His service embraces eight years of daily ed-\\nitorial writing. Mr. .\\\\dams is an ardent Republican,\\npositive in his convictions, but independent within party\\nlines, and most uncompromising in his Americanism.\\nHe aims to be fair in the discussion of editorial topics,\\nand is scrupulously particular not to twist or obscure the\\nmeaning of the utterances of those who disagree with\\nhim.\\nMr. .-Vdains was married Sept. 22, 1890, to Maria\\nDame of Lynn, Mass., daughter of the late Owen Dame,\\nand a niece of Prof. Maria Mitchell, the distinguished\\nastronomer. They have two children, James G., liorn\\nMarch 24, 1892, and Constance May, born March 10, 1894.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0511.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "490\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nGEORGE WINTHROP FOWLER.\\nGeorge W. Fowler, son of Winthrop and Annie I ydia\\n(Locke) Fowler, was born at Pembroke Nov. i, 1864. His\\nimmigrant ancestor on the paternal side, Philip Fowler,\\n(iK(lK(,]-: W INI ilKOl F(_)\\\\VI,Iil!.\\ncame to America from England in 1625 and settled at\\nNewburyport, Mass., and, in direct line of descent, his\\ngrandfather, Winthrop Fowler, was one of the first set-\\ntlers of Epsom. His great-grandfather on the maternal\\nside, Ephraim Locke, was also one of the original settlers\\nof Epsom. The descendants of both families have been\\nprominent in the professions, in industrial and agricul-\\ntural pursuits and the affairs of state.\\nMr. Fowler obtained his primary education in the com-\\nmon schools and was graduated in 1S82 at the academy in\\nhis native town. He then entered Dartmouth college\\nwhere he was graduated in 1886. While pursuing his\\nacademic studies he founded and was the first editor of\\nThe Academian, a school journal of Pembroke academy,\\nwhich paper is still published; at Dartmouth he was class\\neditor of the college paper for the first three years of his\\ncourse, and managing editor the last year. Following\\nhis graduation he went to Dakota, where, at Bismarck, he\\ntaught school eight terms and was the first business man-\\nager of the Bismarck Morning Tribune. His ability was\\nsoon recognized and he was promoted to the position of\\nassociate editor of the Tribune, in which capacity\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and\\nwhen assigned in important matters as special staff corres-\\npondent he obtained a wide and varied experience that\\nequipped him as an all-around iournalist. Mr. Fowler\\nfinally tired of the far west and returned to Pembroke\\nand out-door life\u00e2\u0080\u0094 taking up agricultural pursuits for a\\ntime where he remained until 1890, when he purchased\\nstock in the Nashua Gazette Publishing companj- and\\nbecame business manager and managing editor of its\\ndaily and weekly publications. Mr. Fowler sold his\\nstock in the Gazette in 1895 to Mr. Clough and since then\\nhas been eniploj-ed on the Manchester Union.\\nMr. F owler was a member of the board of education of\\nPembroke in 1886, and resigned on going west. On his\\nreturn in 1888 he was re-elected and made superintendent\\nof schools, which position he held until he came to\\nNashua in 1890.\\nMr. Prowler was united in marriage Jan. 17, 1888, with\\nF;tta Bartlette, daughter of John F~. and Mary A. (Gor-\\ndon) Bartlett of Suncook. One son has been born to them:\\n(Tcorge, born Nov. 28, i8go.\\nCHARLES ANDREW POFF.\\nCharles Poff was born in Londonderry, N. H., April\\n6, 1870. He is the son of Francis H. and Mary J. (Sargent)\\nPoff, who came to .\\\\merica from Ireland about 1850. Mr.\\nPoff s father is of German and Scotch descent.\\nMr. Poff obtained his early education in the district\\nschools of Londonderry. At the age of eleven he moved\\nwith his parents to Nashua, where he attended the public\\nschools. In .\\\\pril, 1888, while in the High school, he\\nwas offered and accepted the position of clerk for the\\nTelegraph Publishing company. In 1892, during the\\nillness of the late O. C. Moore, he was promoted to\\nassistant business manager of the Telegraph, and is still\\nin this position, and is also clerk of the Telegraph Pub-\\nlishing company corporation. Mr. Poff s connection\\nwith the paper is largely in the advertising department,\\nand its columns best speak of the large line of business\\nconducted.\\nMr. Poff is a charter member of C company, N. H. N.\\nG., organized April 23, 1887, and was commissioned\\nsecond lieutenant in February, 1891, and re-commissioned\\nin February, 1896, to be promoted in November, 1896, to\\nfirst lieutenant. In social life he is a charter member of\\nCII.MlLJi.S ANDllEW POFF.\\nthe Knights of IMalta, and a member of the New Hamp-\\nshire Press association.\\nMr. Poff was married Nov. 23, 1892, to Annie S. Wynn,\\nof Truro, Nova Scotia.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0512.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n49\\nWILLIAM OLIVER CLOUGH.\\nWilliam O. Clou ;li was Ijoni at Gray, JIc, July 14,\\n1840. He is a son of John Keniiey and Ellen I.unt I.ib-\\nbey) Clouffh, who became residents of Meredith, his\\nfather s native place, in 1842. His immigrant ancestor on\\nthe paternal side, Daniel Clou^h, came to America from\\nScotland about the middle of the eighteenth century and\\nsettled at Whitefield. Of his large family, Oliver Clongh,\\ngrandfather of the subject of this sketch, became a resi-\\ndent of Henuiker,\\nat which place he\\nenlisted i n the\\nThird New Hamp-\\nshire regiment,\\ncommanded by\\nCol. Alexander\\nScammell, and en-\\ndured the dangers,\\nhardships and pri-\\nvations of the Rev-\\nolutionarj War.\\nHe was a pension-\\ner of the govern-\\nment, and died at\\nMeredith, Nov. 27,\\n1847. On the ma-\\nternal side he is a\\ndirect descendant\\nin the eighth gen-\\neration from John\\nLibbey, who was\\nborn in England\\nin 1602, came to\\nAmerica iu 1630,\\nsettled at Scarbo-\\nro. Me., died in\\n1682, and was (see\\nhistory of the Lib-\\nbey family) the\\nprogenitor of the\\nL i b b e y s of New-\\nEngland.\\nMr. Clongh was\\neducated in the\\npublic schools of\\nMeredith and in\\nRev. Hosea yuim-\\nb y s academic\\nschool at that\\nplace. .\\\\t the age\\nof sixteen years he\\nsought his fortune\\nin Boston, and\\nfrom 1856 to i860 was errand boy and clerk in a jewelry\\nstore. From i860 to 1869 he was the salesman of the Cape\\nCod tilass company on Milk street, Hoston. During his\\nresidence in Boston he was an active member of the Mer-\\ncantile Library association, in which he served seven\\nyears as a director and chairman of its committee on\\ndramatic, declamation and musical entertainments, being\\na good share of the time a student in the association s\\nevening school, editor of its pajier, The Tete-a-Tete, and\\na contributor to other publications. He was also the\\nfirst secretary of the Park Street Church Literary associa-\\nwii.i.i.vM ()i.i\\\\ i;i; I i.oi (.11.\\ntion and its third i)rcsident. The glass company with\\nwhich he was connected having failed, and closed its\\nbusiness, he came to Nashua, and from that lime to May,\\n1892, was city editor of the Nashua Daily Telegraph.\\nEollowiug his withdrawal from the Telegraph he became\\nstaff-correspondent of the New Hampshire (Daily) Re-\\npul)lican, and, in September of the same year, its politi-\\ncal editor, which position he held until the jiaper sus-\\npended publication in l- cbruary, 1893. In f)ctol.er, 1895.\\nMr. Clough purchased the conlrnlling stock of the Nash-\\nua Daily Gazette,\\nand in November,\\n1895, changed its\\nname to Nashua\\nDaily I ress. He\\nalso changed its\\npoliticsanrl policy.\\nIn January, 1S96,\\nthe company be-\\ncame insolvent\\nand its publica-\\ntions were sus-\\npended. Publica-\\ntion of the Nashua\\nDaily Press was\\nresumed May 20,\\n1896. Mr. Clough\\nand his family are\\nnow. May, 1897,\\nsole proprietors of\\nthe plant, and he\\nis managing editor\\nof the paper as he\\nhas been of every\\nissue to this date.\\nMr. Clough has\\nbeen a busy man\\nin other fields of\\nendeavor besides\\nthose nientioneil.\\nlie wrote steadily\\nfor the Boston\\nJournal, as corres-\\npondent under the\\nnon -de- plume of\\nNashoonon. twen-\\nty-two 5ears, antl\\ncontributed to va-\\nrious newspapers\\nan l magazines\\nmore t ha n one\\nh u nd red serial and\\nshort stories, es-\\n.says and skc.tches.\\nIn 1S76 he was appointed by Mayor Williams city mar-\\nshal of Nashua. He was reappointed by the same mayor\\nin 1S77, and by Mayor Holnian iu 1878, and again in\\n1879, serving till January, 1881. In 1878 Governor\\nCheney commissioned him associate justice of the Nashua\\npolice court, an l he still holds that commission. In\\n1893 the city council, in joint convention, elected him\\nassessor, and the same year he was elected to represent\\nWanl One on the same board for 1894, when he was re-\\nelected for the term ending January i, 1897. During\\nMr. dough s residence in Nashua he has served the", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0513.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "492\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\ncit\\\\ thirteen years as principal of an evening school and\\ntaken an active part in many enterprises in which the\\npeople were interested. He was one of the organizers of\\nthe Indian Head Mutual Fire Insurance company at the\\ntime when the desertion of old lime companies left the\\nstate without protection, and was a director in the com-\\npany and its last vice-president. He has also interested\\nhimself in building and loan associations and as a director\\nin the Nashua company. Mr. Clough w as the writer of\\nthe biographical department of this history.\\nMr. Clough has, from his youth, been identified with\\nsecret orders. He was a made a master mason in Colum-\\nbian lodge. A. F. and A. M., Boston, and a Royal Arch\\nmason in St. Andrews chapter in the same city. He was\\none of the original members of Israel Hunt coiincil and\\nits first illustrious master, and he is a member of St.\\nGeorge commandery, K. T. He is also a Scottish Rite\\nmason of the 32d decree, having been advanced to that\\ngrade at the Nassau valley in Boston in 1867.\\nMr. Clough was united in marriage, Jan. i6, 1S6S, at\\nManchester, with Julia Moore, daughter of Jonathan H.\\nand Hannah Van (Sleeper) Moore. (For ancestors see\\nsketch of her brother, Orren C. Moore.) Two daughters\\nwere born of their marriage Charlotte Moore, born at\\nManchester, graduated New Hampshire State Normal\\nschool, class of 1890, married Chester T. Cornish of New\\nBedford, Mass., May 10, 1893; Christine Rolfe, born at\\nNashua.\\nALFRED BEARD.\\nAlfred Beard was born iu Nelson, Feb. 28, 1808, twin\\nbrother of Albiu Beard, died in Keene, April 18, 1839,\\nburied in Nashua cemetery. He w as a son of Asa and\\nLucy (Goodnow) Beard and grandson of David Beard.\\nMr. Beard obtained a common school education in his\\nnative place and learned the printer s trade in the offices\\nof George Hough in Concord and the vSentinel at Keene.\\nAbout 1830 he went to Lowell, Mass., and in company\\nwith a Mr. Meacham started a paper under the name of\\nthe Middlesex Telegraph. Tw O years later he sold out\\nand came to Nashua, and in September, 1832, founded\\nthe New Hampshire Telegraph. His health failed, and,\\nfollowing a trip to Cuba, 1837, and while visiting in\\nKeene, he died of consumption. Mr. Beard was a promi-\\nnent member of the Unitarian society, which he served\\nseveral years as clerk. He had quite a reputation as a\\nvocalist and for a time conducted the music of the church.\\nThat Mr. Beard was a man who appreciated the humor-\\nous side of human affairs, a man whose rare good na-\\nture would not permit him to enter into the acrimoni-\\nous debates in which newspapers indulged, in his time, is\\nabundantly shown bj the files of the first volumes of the\\nTelegraph, which he edited. He was a pioneer in Nashua\\njourualisni and because of his many noble traits of char-\\nacter his name, like that of his brilliant successors on\\nthat newspaper, should be inscribed on the pages of her\\nhistory. His early death was a cause of public as well\\nas private sorrow. (See history of the Telegraph.\\nSAMUEL HOMER NOYES.\\nS. Homer Noyes was born in Portland, Me., Sept. 23,\\n1803, died in Nashua, Feb, 1, 1889. He was the eldest son\\nof Newman and Hannah (Homer) Noyes, whose ancestors\\nwere pioneers in the settlement of Scarboro, as the terri-\\ntory comprising Portland was originally known.\\nMr. Noyes, like many another well-informed man of\\nhis generation, obtained his education at the public\\nschools and at the printer s case. He came to Nashua in\\n1840, and during the next ten years was associated with\\nAlbin Beard in the publishing office of the New Hamp-\\nshire Telegraph. In 1850 he purchased the Nashua Oasis,\\ntlie only genuine literary paper ever printed in Nashua,\\nwhich he edited and published until 1857. He then re-\\nmoved to Bridgeton, Me., where he edited and published\\nthe Bridgeton Reporter. A little later, owing to failing\\nhealth, he sold out and returned to Nashua. He could\\nnot, however, resist the attraction of a new^spaper office\\nand so, from time to time, as his health would permit, he\\nkept in touch with the craft by associating himself with\\nthe publishers of the Gazette. It was his pride for many\\nyears that next to Editor Prentice of Keene he was the\\nsenior of the fraternity in New Hampshire. The Oasis\\nwas a non-partisan paper and therefore Mr. Noyes did not\\nfeel like taking an active part in politics or holding pub-\\nlic office. He took great interest in the the advancement\\nand growth of Nashua and in everything pertaining to its\\ninterest. He was a good citizen and a true man.\\nMr. Noyes was united in marriage Sept. 22, 1850, with\\nAnnie V.. Wadleigh, daughter of Benjamin and Cynthia\\n(Richards^ Wadleigh. Two children were born of their\\nmarrriage Lizzie Kent, born at Nashua, married Albert\\nN. Flinn George Homer, born at Nashua, married Jen-\\nnie Taylor.\\nORLANDO DANA MURRAY.\\nOrlando Dana Murray, son of David and Margaret\\n(Forsyth) Murray, was born in Hartland, Vt., March 12,\\n1818, died at Nashua F eb. 23, 1896. The first American\\nancestor of this branch of the famih- was Isaac Murray,\\nwho came from Scotland and located at Londonderry.\\nHe married Elizabeth, daughter of John Durham, and\\nshortly afterwards removed to Belfast, Me., where they\\nspent their lives. Their son David removed, when a\\nyoung man, to Chester where he engaged in business\\nas carpenter and builder. He served in the War of 1812\\niu a cavalry troop, and for his service received a grant of\\nland and his widow a pension. David married Margaret\\nForsyth of Chester in December, 1807. She was a daugh-\\nter of Lieut. Robert Forsyth, and grand-daughter of Dea-\\ncon Matthew Fors3th, who was born in Edinburgh, Scot-\\nland, was graduated from the University of Edinburgh,\\nand emigrated to America in 1730, settling at Chester.\\nThe familv of David Murray removed to Nashua in 1825.\\nThe subject of this sketch was their youngest child.\\nHe was educated at the Nashua academj- and at Pinkerton\\nacademy at Derry, and subsequently fitted for college\\nunder the tutorship of Col. Isaac Kinsman, (his cousin),\\nwho had been principal of the military academy and\\ngymnasium at Pembroke. Instead of going to college,\\nhowever, at the age of sixteen years he entered the office\\nof the Nashua Gazette as an apprentice in the art of\\nprinting, where he remained seven years, serving during\\nthat time also as assistant postmaster. In 1841 he pur-\\nchased a half interest in the Manchester Memorial and\\nbecame its editor, editing and pu1)lishing at the same", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0514.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASFfUA N. H.\\n493\\ntime an octavo montlily called tlie Iris. In the latter\\npart of 1842 he sold out, and, in partnership with A. I.\\nSawtell, founded the Nashua Oasis, January, 1843, and be-\\ncame its editor. It was a clean, independent familj-\\nnewspaper of literary merit, and one of the ablest and\\nbrightest of its day. Mr. Murray set the type and printed\\nthe first edition of Fox s History of Dunstable. In Sep-\\ntember, 1849, Mr. Murray sold his interest in the paper,\\nretired from the editorial chair and cml)arked, with oth-\\ners, in the manufacture of cardboard, j^lazed and enam-\\nelled paper, uuder\\nthe firm name of\\nGill Co., and\\nafterward s of\\nGage, Murray\\nCo. The enter-\\nprise proved a suc-\\ncess. In 1866 the\\nbusiness was sold\\nto Gilman Hroth-\\ners, and in 186S\\nMr. Murray be-\\ncame interested\\nin the Nashua\\nGlazed Paper com-\\npany, then in its\\ninfancy, which, in\\n1869, was consoli-\\ndated with the\\noriginal plant and\\nincorporated un-\\nder the name of\\nthe Nashua Card\\nand Glazed Paper\\ncompany. Mr.\\nMurray was made\\npresident of the\\nnew company and\\ncontinued in that\\noffice, being at the\\nsame time general\\nmanager of the\\nbusiness, until\\n1883, when he sold\\nout and retired to\\nprivate life.\\nMr.Murray(and\\nit is a noticeable\\ncharacteristic of\\nall live editors of\\nnewspapers; al-\\nways fostered and\\nencouraged indus-\\ntrial pursuits. He\\nbelieved that the growth and prosperity of a place de-\\npended upon them, and being determined to do all that a\\ngood citizen ought to do to encourage progressive young\\nmen in this line of endeavor he rendered pecuniary aid\\nand gave freely of his knowledge and experience in this\\ndirection. He was one of the stockholders of the Nashua\\nWatch company, a member of its board of directors, one\\nof the men who made sacrifices to firmly establish it, and\\na mourner when, for lack of capital, its business was re-\\nmoved to Waltham, Mass. Mr. Murray was one of the\\nprime movers in the Pennichuck Water Works, an incor-\\n()l!I.A\\\\I)(l I).\\\\X,\\\\ .Ml nn.w.\\nporalor of the American F.-in company, one fourth owner\\nand a director in the Conloocook \\\\alley Paper company\\nat Ilenniker, and gave financial aid to railroads and many\\nother un lerlakings that promised to be beneficial to\\nNashua. In a word, no citizen did more in his genera-\\ntion to help the town and city than Mr. Murray, and no\\ncitizen deserved a more ])rominent place in this history.\\nMr. Murray was a conspicuous figure in the political and\\nsocial life of Nashua. Ife was town clerk in 1849.50-1, ald-\\nerman from Ward Seven in 1858-9, from Ward Six in 1865 a\\nmember of the leg-\\nislature in 1855,\\nre-elected in 1856,\\nand also a mem-\\nber in 1885 and\\n1 886, anil in 1888\\nwas the Repub-\\nlican candidate\\nof the district for\\nsenator. He was\\nalso for many\\nyears a member\\nof the boanl of\\neducation. In all\\nthese positions, be-\\ning a man of com-\\nprehensive ideas\\nand a vigorous\\ndebater, he ren-\\ndered the city and\\nslate invaluable\\nservice. Mr. Mur-\\nray was a charier\\nmemberofCranile\\nlodge. I. O. 1\\nthe first lodge of\\nthe oriler organ-\\nized in the stale,\\na nd was m an y\\ntimes honored\\nwith the highest\\notTices in its gift.\\nHe was a mem-\\nber of Rising Sun\\nlodge. and\\nM., Meridian\\nSun Royal .\\\\rch\\nchapter and St.\\nGeorge command-\\nery, K. T. also\\na Scottish Rite\\nmason of the 32d\\ndegree. He was\\na I niversalist.\\nMr. Murray was united in marriage July 7. 1842, with\\n-Mary Jane Wetherbee, daughter of Solomon and Sarah\\n(Wetherbee) Wetherbee of Concord, Mass. Their chil-\\ndren were: George Dana, who was in the commissary de-\\npartment of the ;.\\\\rniy of the Potomac, deceased Sarah\\nmarried William Crombie of Burlington, Vt., of\\nwhich city he has been mayor: Levi K.. married Jane\\n(Russell) Hopkins, died Pebuary. 1880; .Mbert C, died\\nin infancv; Clarence married Mary Klizabeth Brown\\nof Ogdensburg, N. Y. Charles O., married I.ulu Bemis\\nof Nashua.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0515.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "494 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nNEWSPAPERS.\\nHistory of Nkwspaphrs Published in Dunstablh and Nashua, N. H., From\\n1826 TO 1897, Chronologically Arranged.\\nBY O. IJ. MURRAY.\\nIN 1638 the first printing press in the Ignited States was set up in Cambridge, Mass. In 1674\\nthe general court of Massachusetts authorized a press in Boston, and in 168 1 permitted a third\\nwith this order: That none may presume to set up any other press without the like liberty\\nfirst granted.\\nApril 24, 1704, John Campbell, a Scotchman, began and established The Boston News Letter,\\nat Boston, prior to which time there was not a newspaper published in the English colonies,\\nthroughout the extensive continent of North America.\\nIn 17S4 only four newspapers were printed in New England, and all those were sent out from\\nBoston, all were published weekly, while the average number of copies from each press did not\\nexceed six hundred.\\nIn 1756 a press was moved from Boston to Portsmouth. The governing powers were fearful of\\nthe press, as in the royal instructions sent to Governor Allen of New Hampshire, March 7, 1692, may\\nbe found this injunction: And forasmuch as great inconvenience may arise by the liberty of printing\\nwithin our Province of New Hampshire, you are to provide by all necessary orders, that no person\\nuse any press for printing, upon any occasion whatever, without your special license first obtained.\\nIn August, 1756, Daniel Eowie began the publication of the New Hampshire Gazette, at\\nPortsmouth the first in the state.\\nJanuary 21, 1765, The Portsmouth Mercurj and Weekly Advertiser made its appearance,\\nand was the second newspaper to be established in New Hampshire, and both from the same town.\\nIn the beginning of 1775 there were fourteen newspapers in all New England, and but one in\\nNew Hampshire.\\nNear the close of the year 1775 a third newspaper, called A New Hampshire Gazette, was\\nissued at Exeter.\\nIn i8go one hundred and fifty newspapers were being printed in the United States, of which\\nnumber some twenty were daily issues while previous to the Revolution all the publications were\\nweeklies.\\nIn 1810 there were twelve new.spapers being published in New Hampshire, viz: at PortsmmUh,\\nthree. New Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth Oracle, and Intelligencer; at Dover, the Sun; at\\nWalpole, two, Farmers Museum, and Farmers Cabinet; at Hanover, Dartmouth Gazette; at\\nConcord, two. Concord Gazette, and New Hampshire Patriot; at Keene, New Hampshire Sentinel;\\nat Haverhill, Coos Courier; at Exeter, the Constitutionalist.\\nNewspapers and periodicals multiplied rapidl\\\\- at a later date; and the number which had a\\nbeginning, and most of them an end, in Hillsborough county alone, is about two hundred and thirty,\\nand, incredible as it may seem, some two hundred were located at Manchester, as stated by the late\\nV,. I). Boylston of Amherst. Nashua, too, has contributed its full quota to the number of defunct\\nventures, as will be evinced by the relation of local efforts in that direction.\\nDecember 16, 1826, The Constellation and Nashua Advertiser was launolied upon the troubled\\nsea of newspaperdom, and although sailing under many masters, and with frequent change of figure-\\nhead, it is still staunch and buo\\\\ant. The Constellation was issued by Brown Crosman, editors\\nand proprietors, Nashua illage, Dun.stable, N. H. One dollar and fifty cents per aiuuim, payable in\\nsix months, or one dollar and twenty-five cents in advance. Its motto was: Uninfluencetl b_\\\\ Party,\\nwe aim to be Just.\\nIn the second issue, December 23, under the head line the Latest from Europe, appears a let-\\nter from Eondon, dated Nov. 2, 1826. Surely the ocean greyhound was not then in commission.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0516.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. 11. ^95\\nTliis uuiubLr contaiiK d no (..litoi iai except a slickful calling attention to a long communication\\nfavoring protection to niannfacturers against foreign competition, and heartily commending the same,\\nas heartily as it could be done in an article of one and three-quarter inches.\\nNuniher three announced the retirement of Mr. Crosman, ill-health being assigned as the cause.\\nA. few years since Mr. Crosman died in Boston, .Mass. A short time before his death he wrote a\\nletter, which was published in the Gazette, in which he disavowed ill health as the cause of his with-\\ndrawal, but rather the habits of his partner, of which he was ignorant when their business arrange-\\nments were made, as will be seen by the following letter, published in the Gazette June 29, 1889:\\nMr. Kki.SEv, Dear vSir:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Referring to the letter which you showed me this noon, from Mr.\\nWhittemore, in relation to the proposed sale of the Nashua Gazette and requesting me to write any-\\nthing which I might think would be of interest in regard to the city, its general appearance in 1826,\\nor of thepaper itself, or of Mr. Brown, my then partner. I regret to say that I remember nothing\\nthat can be of interest for your friend or anyone else to know. Si.xty-three years having elapsed since\\nthe publication of the paper was commenced, it ought not to be considered strange, or as exhibiting\\nany remarkable degree of forgetfnlness, that I am now unable to find on the tablets of my memorv,\\nany record of importance or worthy of repeating.\\nAll that 1 recollect is that we bought our type, office fixtures and press a Well s press, I\\nbelieve of Messrs. Greele Willis of Congress street, Boston. I am not clear whether they did\\nbusiness under the name of The New England Type foundry, but, if not, their establishment I\\nfeel quite certain assumed the above name not long after or perhaps before we purchased the outfit\\nfor the Nashua office.\\nAll I know of Nashua may be found in her written histor}-. I was attracted there while look-\\ning around for a place to commence a printing office in connection with a newspaper. I thought\\nthat that locality appeared to me to possess exceptionally flattering prospects. I believed that the\\nabundant water power at her command could not fail to bring capital and business there that the\\ntown would rapidly increase in population and wealth. My anticipations of the grand career that\\nawaited her have been exceeded more than a thousand fold.\\nI have but a very dim recollection of the place, as it ap])eared in 1S26. I remember the tavern\\nwhere I boarded and lodged, near our office, but I cannot recall the name of the landlord. I made\\nonly two or three acquaintances, for I was constantly occupied every hour, day and evening, loing\\nnearly all the work in our office writing, type-setting, etc., with precious little assistance from my\\npartner, whose habits, then first made known to me, were so objectionable, that I soon determined if\\nI could not purchase his interest, which I hoped and endeavored to do, that I must relin(|uisli mine.\\nI ought to explain that I knew little, really nothing, of Brown until after he joined me at Nashua.\\nI never knew or heard, until I read in your letter, that I was in ill health while in Nashua.\\nIf such a stor\\\\- was ever current there, it must have been one of Brown s coinage. I was troubled\\nfor a day or two with intlammatiou in my eyes, from working, often into the small hours of the night,\\nby insufficient light or new bright t\\\\pe.\\nI well remember making the accpiaintance of John Rand, the artist, and my intimac\\\\- with him\\ncontinued until the day of his death. Also that of Mr. Greeley, one of wlio.se sons, whom I have\\nknown for many years jia.st, founded the town of Nashua in Iowa. I also became acquainted with a\\nvery pleasant young (or perhaps middle-aged) law\\\\er whose name I have (orgotten.\\nI was utterly astounded to learn from your letter that I resided in Nashua only three weeks.\\nHad I been asked, I should have replied about three or four months. One thing, however, I know\\nand that is that I endured as much mortification, vexation and substantial suffering while in that town\\nas any mortal ought to be subjected to in three times that number of the longest years.\\nHave never heard a word of or from Brown since I left him.\\nVours trulv.\\nThursday p. m., June, 27, 1889. Joi v C\\\\ Ckosm.\\\\n.\\nNumber four, issued by W. A. Brown contained no editorial except one of like length as number\\ntwo, while the name was changed to The Constellation and Nashua Gazette. Brown dropped the\\nmotto.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0517.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "496 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nNumber ten contained a display advertisement of Rhode Island Lottery $12,000 Tickets and\\nshares sold at this ol^ce. This number contained the nominations for members of congress seven\\nin number. New Hampshire was of some account in those early days, with nine electoral votes.\\nThe paper was overrun with communications.\\nMay 26, 1827, the Constellation said: For ourselves, we are decidedly in favor of Mr. Adams,\\nand shall use all fair and honorable means to secure his re-election, but deprecated the abuse\\nheaped upon Jackson.\\nJune 9, 1S27, \\\\V. Wiggin assumed the publication of the paper, continuing the support of Adams\\nadministration.\\nJuly 21, 1S27, the names of Thayer Wiggin appeared as publishers. In this issue appeared\\nthe latest from England under date of June 8.\\nAugust 18, 1827, the title of the paper was changed to Nashua Gazette and Hillsborough\\nCounty Advertiser.\\nVolume two commenced with a change in the imprint to by A. E. Thayer Wiggin, and\\nFeb. 2, 1828, the paper was enlarged by the addition of some two inches to width of page.\\nVolume three, Dec. 12, 1828, Sciences and Morality were dropped from the motto.\\nDecemlier 18, 1828, the issue contained Jackson s message to congress, with the boast that it was\\nexpre.ssed to Boston in thirty-one hours and twentj -three minutes.\\nJulv 29, 1831, Andrew E. Thayer (see biography) assumed the sole control of the paper, and\\nmade a somewhat aggressive journal, as he was a man of ability, and occasionally preached to\\nUnitarian congregations. He kept a book store, with a circulating library, and accumulated\\nconsiderable property, becoming owner of much real estate. Mr. Thayer took great interest in all\\npublic affairs, and, being a good speaker, his voice was heard in all public gatherings for the\\nfurtherance of township advancement and public morality.\\nFebruary 24, 1832, Andrew E. Thayer transferred the Gazette to Israel Hunt, Jr. In his\\nvaledictory Mr. Thayer recounts the diiSculties under which he labored from being a liberal in\\nreligion. He says: A large proportion of the orthodox part}- withdrew from us their patronage.\\nA meeting was held in the vestry of the orthodox church in this village, when a committee was\\nappointed to hire an editor and a printer, and to provide funds for the establishment of another\\npaper. The prospectus has been published. If we may judge from this, the paper is not to be a\\nreligious or a political paper. The leaders of the party have, however, very explicitly stated the\\nobject of .starting this paper. It was intended to ruin this establishment, to prevent all free inquiry\\nupon religious subjects, and not to allow any communications in favor of liberal principles to be\\ncirculated in the comnuinitj-.\\nThe outcome seemed to be the e.stablishment of the Nashua Herald, April 14, of the same\\nyear whose lease of life extended through three short months, when obit was written on its issue of\\nJuly 1 1, 1S32.\\nMarch 2, 1832, Israel Hunt, Jr., (see biography) took possession of the Nashua Gazette, as\\neditor and proprietor. Thenceforward the Gazette was pronounced in its adhesion to the principles\\nof Jackson. In his salutatory we find the following A Democratic Republican Newspaper has long\\nbeen called for in this County, and no place combines so many advantages for the early reception and\\ncirculation of news as the Town of Dunstable. We ask of the Yeomanry of the State to give us\\nsuch support as may enable us to present them a Journal worthy of the cause, and of the old County\\nof Hillsborough. And we request the patronage of the friends of Freedom, both civil and Religious,\\nin general.\\nGeneral Israel Hunt, Jr., was one of the most widely known men in Dunstable, and throughout\\nthe .state as well. As a party leader he stood in the front ranks, as a military man he ranked with\\nthe foremost, as a writer he was fearless in invective, and never failed to strike hard. In political life\\nhe was a Democrat of Democrats, and never hesitated to speak his mind with infinite freedom. A\\nman with such characteristics could not fail to make an aggressive paper, and the Gazette stood only\\nsecond to the New Hampshire Patriot in its influence in the state. Its change in party fealty did not\\nappear to alienate its patrons, while the paper increased in power, with the aid of such able writers\\nas John M. Hunt, (see biography), Charles J. Fox, (see biography). Judge Charles F. Gove,\\nRev. Dura D. Pratt, and others, all strong men, and true to the party, under all exigencies.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0518.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, JV. H.\\n497\\nff|l|M-Ot5\u00c2\u00bb\\nGeneral Hunt was a large landholder, and in these later years which have brought prosperity to\\nNashua, appreciation in real estate values has greatly enriched the estate. General Hunt was of\\na quick, nervous temperament, and perhaps contentious at times, hut no man could quicker recover\\nfrom a display of earnestness, and overlook the heat of his opponent. In this respect he was a most\\ngenerous disputant, but always a free lance.\\nFebruary 23, 1838, Morrill cSi Dinsmore purchased the Gazette property of General Hunt and\\nbecame editors and proprietors, and so continued till April 12, 1839, when Paul Morrill purchased the\\ninterest of William H. Dinsmore and l)ccame sole proprietor. Six months later he sold his interest.\\nAugust 23, 1S39, Charles P. Danforth\\n(see biography) took charge of the edito-\\nrial columns as proprietor of the Gazette\\nplant. Mr. Danforth had been a frequent\\nconlril)utor to the Gazette, and felt that\\nhe had a call to the chair editorial, and\\nentered upon the duties with the greatest\\nardor. He was exceedingly zealous in\\nhis new calling, and followed close in the\\nsteps of his predecessor, with whose\\nassistance he was often favored, thus\\nmaking a scathing paper for his oppo-\\nnents. Being young, vigorous, and full\\nof the spirit of democracy, he forced the\\nfight at every salient point, and by dint\\nof activity and perseverance succeeded in\\nmaterially increasing his list of subscriV)-\\ners. Mr. Danforth was deeply imbued\\nwith the spirit of those resolutions of his\\nparty councils, which declared for free\\nsoil over every foot of God s heritage\\nand when the annexation of Texas was\\nbroached as a measure to extend slavery.\\nin a fiery article the Gazette characterized\\nthe object as black as ink. and bitter as\\nhell. Party discijiline caused him to\\nrecant; but after disposing of his interest\\nin the Gazette, and on the advent of the\\nKansas and Nebraska imbroglio, he broke\\nfrom his jmrty, became a Rei nblican. and\\nwas recipient of the shrievalty of Hills-\\nborough county for a term of five years.\\nMr. Danforth was very courtly in manner,\\nand was ever a popular citizen of Nashua. Aug. 28, 1845, Mr. Danforth disposed of the Gazette\\nplant to William H. Hewes, a New Hampshire man, and the i.ssue of that date contained the farewell\\nof the departing, and the introductorv article of the coming editor.\\nApril 23, 1846, Mr. Hewes, on account of failing health, sold out to William H. Hutterfield of\\nGilmanton N. H., formerlv of the Lowell Advertiser and Patriot: and the imprint contained the\\nname of William H. Gilmore as printer. In a few months Mr. Kutterfield left the narrow field for a\\nwider one as editor of the New Hamp.shire Patriot.\\nDecember 3, 1846, Mr. Butterfield retired, having sold to B. B. F. P. Whittemore, proprietors;\\nB B Whittemore, editor. With the advent of the Whittemores the multitudinous changes, which\\nhad seemed inherent in the plant, ceased, and for the period of lorty-three years the Nashua Gazette\\ncontinued its even course.\\nBernard B. Whittemore (see chapter on Bench and Bar was a Harvard graduate of .839;\\nadmitted to Hillsborough county bar in 1S42; practiced in Amherst, Nashua, and Palmer, Mass. He\\n4\\nliir HOlf^E BFILDIIVC;.\\nI THE SiibstTilx-rs noiilil iiiloi in X\\\\\\\\v l*iibli\u00c2\u00ab a) lai\\nInli. il llui. liaMii:: .ill Ihi tnnlih.^ .l.inMl lr.,i\u00e2\u0080\u009e .,1. i I ;,i. l i I, ln ril...l \\\\\\\\m\\\\\\narr rf|iiir.-.l. iiiul lo l,.T.!n pr.i[...-i 1.. .1..\\nALL. KI:KDN OF ^VOOD rORlk,\\narriinlmi: In .il) (lie wiriniis nrclrrs of .\\\\nliilrrtiirr. .iil;iplt-il to liiiildini;.! of vt-ry rfcscriplion. Sc\\nI and .-ilso siiilfd lo all tlir varicly of (asle^ and ciislimi* of roiinlry villages.\\nThcv ill also do the following: Piecr Work, viz:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 5g\\n3J All ki.\u00c2\u00bbK\u00e2\u0080\u009eVl)\u00e2\u0080\u009e..r~.\\\\; n Kramer; W, Fratn.- ;in,l S\u00e2\u0080\u009e l,. of .1, m\\nRe dow Bluid- and KoMii.:; SI,ol(.rs: 1 ;,i,imI orl, f .dl l.oid,; Clrir l i...s,.l itir li.a\\nislordrr; r,\u00c2\u00ab, and 1 iiI|hI^ miIl.I 1.. xanons Cliai. li...\\nThey will also Teiiiioii aii\u00c2\u00ab\\\\ Hortice Doors and Sash,\\nfor any ulio may favor (la in vMlh llirir (aslnia. iTin- li \\\\\u00c2\u00bb\\\\wy aial In a|.. i* tlian .an i.. don. l.y\\nlinod.\\nThey will also Plane, Joint, I oiiarne and Groove\\nBOARDS, in lli.- ninsl maiinrr. and iMlli -r. al .livpal. 1.. All ill. al,..v. lli.y villi .1 Ii.\\nv..nal.l.- tf nils so as to mak. it an ol.j. t lor in-opl.- I., .i. tn. In.in a ilistanr.\\nneatest\\nSM vvilb a niliiul\\nThey will also exeeute Plans and DratviiiKs in the\\nitest manner for all kinds of Bnddiniis, ..r |ian- ..f n..il.lini;s. ..f o.\u00e2\u0080\u009el. Ilri, k. ..r St\\nrv pan of tlie finislinie. in.i\\nSIIEPHERI\\nNashua Village, May 20, 1S.14.\\nSA2-S-S^S-S-S 5 W? ?*?^f 5 ?*5^\\nAN oi-D advkimisp:mkxt.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0519.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "498\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nwas an amiable man, quiet, reticent and studious. His advice in legal matters was highly prized.\\nHis editorials were scholarly in diction, and from his standpoint bore the impress of sincerity. In\\npolitics his democracy was rather ultra than otherwise; while in all things else he was very conserva-\\ntive. During the nearly half century incumbency of the Whittemores, the Gazette was always\\nissued in a neat and tasty dress, the work of the junior member.\\nSeptember 5, 1872, the Daih^ Gazette first saw the light. This was a venture which had long\\nbeen considered, as a measure to meet the assaults of an opposing daily from the Telegraph office,\\nwhich had occupied the field some three years. It was something of a struggle, but it lived and\\nprospered and became a /rt/V accompli.\\nAs time aged the editor, and his step became less elastic, his party friends thought the paper less\\nrobust than the times demanded. Seeking to effect a change, a corporation of the leading members\\nof the party was formed, and a purchase made by sale of stock.\\nJune 22, 1889, articles of incorporation as Gazette Press company were filed by the following\\nnamed gentlemen; J. H. Tolles (see biography), F. A. Dearborn, D. A. Gregg, E. P. Brown\\n(see biography), J. H. Vickery, W. W. Bailey (see biography), F. A. McKean, C. H. Burke,\\n(see biography) F. G. Noyes (see biography), C. S. Bussell (see biography), B. B. Whittemore,\\nE. H. Everett. The corporators organized by choosing W. W. Bailey, president; F. A. Dearborn,\\nclerk; C. S. Bu.ssell, trea.surer; W. W. Bailey, D. A. Gregg, C. H. Burke, J. H. Tolles, E. P.\\nBrown, J. H. Vickery, C. S. Bussell, board of directors. The capital stock was $10,000. C. S.\\nBussell was elected managing editor; and having later resigned the treasurership, E. P. Brown was\\nelected as his successor. Subsequently owing to other lousiness relations, Mr. Bussell withdrew from\\nthe editorship, and G. W. Fowler (see biography) was elected to succeed him.\\nJuly I, 1889, the Gazette Press company took possession of the Gazette property, and on that\\nday the issue was under its auspices, and contained the farewell words of one who had communed\\nwith his readers forty-three years consecutively. Mr. Whittemore retired with a competence.\\nUnder its corporate management, with the infusion of new and young blood, the Gazette carried\\non the political warfare with renewed vigor, and its assaults were felt all along the line of its\\nopponents. It was frank and outspoken in its utterances, bold in its charges, sought the offensive\\nmore than the defensive, and most certainly had the courage of its convictions.\\nThe Gazette Press company, as then organized, consisted of George \\\\V. F owler, managing\\neditor; A. W. Greeley, associate editor A. A. Flinn, reporter; board of directors: \\\\V. W.Bailey,\\npresident; George W. Fowler, treasurer; D. A. Gregg, James H. Tolles, A. W. Greele}-. Mr. Fowler\\nwas local correspondent of the Boston Herald.\\nIt must not be suppo.sed that all the honor accruing from the publication of a daih paper inheres\\nin the editor, but it must be divided with the news gatherers, reporters, and city editor. Charles S.\\nBussell, (see biography) who impersonally filled a column in the Manchester Dail} Union, did more\\nto hold the large number of readers in Nashua than all the other editors and writers in the staff,\\nassisting in the Gazette reportorial work as well.\\nOctober 14, 1895, the conti olling stock of the Gazette Press company was purchased by W. O.\\nClough and C. T. Cornish. These gentlemen assumed the plant and its newspapers, conducting the\\nlatter as independent in politics.\\nNovember 9, 1895, apjjeared this announcement The last Dail\\\\ Gazette. Good bye. This is\\nthe last issue. From this day forth the Nashua Daily Gazette is a back numlier.\\nHaving faithfully served a constituency, in victory and defeat, for nearly a quarter of a century, it has\\nearned a right to hope, in parting company with its readers, that whatever has been good and com-\\nmendable in its career will be kindl} remembered, while whatever has .seemed unjust for newspapers\\nbut reflect the doings of the day, with its passions as well as its commonplaces will be speedilj\\nforgotten.\\nChange presses hard upon the heel of change in this, the oldest printing office in Nashua, for\\nNov. II, 1895, the following appeared under the editorial head of Nashua Daily Press, jnililislied\\nby The Gazette Press company, William O. Clough, managing editor; Chester T. Cornish, business\\nmanager:\\nThe Nashua Daily Press makes its debut without boasting. Those employed upon it are old\\nhands at the bellows, and such know that conceit and unkept promises count for nothing in the", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0520.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. ^99\\nnewspaper world. They know, too, that what this connnunitv wants of local newspaper is the\\nnews. If the Press gives that fairly, without prejndice, it may hope to succeed, other^vise it must\\nfail. The news, therefore, will be our first care. Having made good this promise, it will devote so\\nmuch of Its space as remains-after taking care of its advertising patrons-to the discussion of\\nmatters of public moment.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2The editor realizes from long experience that he cannot hope to please everybodv, and, knowing\\nthis, will be compelled to deal with all matters in deference to his own judgment. In doing so he will\\nendeavor to be fair and just, more of a promise it is not necessarv to make. The local news will be\\ncollected under the supervision of C. S. Russell, long and favorably known as a local writer, a.ssisted\\nby Harvey E. Taylor, a young Nashuaii who Jias had considerable experience in the work in other\\nplaces, and the management bespeak for them the usual favors and accommodation of the public.\\nBesides this it will have a woman s department, edited by Charlotte M. Cornish. The management\\nsolicits items of news and comment from its lady readers, and while they cannot promise to publish\\nwithout amendment or alteration, they can assure them that their news and suggestions will be\\nappreciated and utilized as far as their importance and space will permit. Address Woman s\\nDepartment, Press Office.\\nWith this brief announcement the Press is launched. What its career is to be is problematical.\\nIt had high hopes and generous words of encouragement. If it fails, it will be through no lack of\\nenterprise or effort. If it succeeds, it will be its constant endeavor to merit the confidence of the\\npeople and honor the city of Nashua.\\nIn January, i8g6, the pecuniary affairs of the company were shown to be involved; the company\\nwas voted into insolvency, and publication suspended on the twenty-fourth of that month. A few\\nmonths later the plant was purchased by J. Alonzo Greene and re-established as an out and out\\nRepublican plant. May 20, 1896, with Mr. Clough as managing editor, and Mr. Corni-sh as business\\nmanager. It has met with good success. At the time of this writing it is under the ownership and\\nmanagement of the two gentlemen last mentioned.\\nApril 14, 1832. Bard Trow commenced the publication of the Nashua Herald S. J. Bard,\\neditor; J. F. Troy, printer. The prospectus concludes as follows: Our purpose is now before\\nthe public. It is briefly this, to make our paper a fountain of useful information and an organ of the\\ntruth. We offer our proposals to our fellow-citizens of every party, sect, profession and employment,\\npromising not always to say what thej- may think true or expedient, but not intentionally to mislead\\nthem, or Lcoiuid llicir fccluigs, or ii?i/ air their iiitcres/s.\\nIn the salutatory Dr. Bard says: It follows as a matter of course, that, in the .selection of\\nnational rulers, we prefer those whose views upon these important subjects, correspond with our own.\\nBut it does not follow that we as individuals, or as journalists, must necessarily engage in indiscrimi-\\nnate hostility to the present or any future administration; or an et|ually blind and absurd support of\\nits rivals and opposers.\\nFrom the al)Ove it is fair to conclude that Mr. Bard of the Herald did not mean to run his bark\\nupon the shoals that had wrecked Mr. Thayer s inde])endeiice in the Gazette, and that the fountain\\nof useful information had failed in three short months.\\nJuly II, 1832, Mr. Bard steps off the journalistic stage in the following, which is the only\\neditorial: The proprietor of this paper has determined from a variety of considerations to discon-\\ntinue it. Those in this vicinity who are interested would oblige us by calling immediately.\\nArrangements will be made for the accommodation of those at a distance.\\nOctober 20, 1832, Alfred Beard commenced the publication of a new venture in the form of a\\nnewspaper, and named it New Hampshire Telegrajih. Terms, one dollar and fifty cents in\\nadvance\u00e2\u0080\u0094 two dollars at the end of the year. It claimed to support the National Keiniblican party,\\nand would aim at Consi.stency, Decision, Independence; promising to support, by all just and\\nhonorable means, the cau.se of Henry Clay, the American System, the Constitution, and the Union\\nof the states. In those early days, relying upon a sparse population for sujjport, with the field\\nalready occupied, it required no little courage to set up a printing press in opposition to one already\\nestablished. Mr. Beard was of fine personal appearance, and soon became at rapport with the citizens\\nof the villa -e. He advocated the principles of his party with much vigor and ability. A few years", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0521.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "500\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nof arduous labor as printer, publisher, and editor, made inroads upon his health, and he fell by the\\nwayside, a victim of consumption, dying April i8, 1839.\\nIn 1836 Albin Beard, (see biography) a twin brother, but quite unlike in physical appearance, a\\nreporter on a Boston daily, came to Nashua as associate editor, and, after the death of his brother\\nA A\\nSK\\nTELEGRAPH BUILDING.\\nbecame sole editor and proprietor, and so continued for more than thirtv-one years dyincr Sept 16\\n1862, at the age of fifty-four years. o i-\\nAlbin Beard, while somewhat exacting with his employes, in his social intercourse was most\\ngemal, and always full of pleasantries. The Telegraph became the vehicle of a great deal of quaint-\\nness, which was oft quoted by contemporaries, and thus became a widely known journal Mr Beard", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0522.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 50,\\nwhile very tenacious of his opinions, did not become a very aggressive politician, aiming rather to\\nmake his paper a pleasant visitor in all families, at the same time asserting his staKvartism as a Whig\\nand a Republican, but not offensively so. After the death of Albin Heard, liis famih carricl ..n tin-\\npublication of the Telegraph, employing several persons to supply the editorials.\\nNovember i, 1862, Henry B. Atherton (see biography) a.ssumed the duties W edil.,r, and al,lv\\nfulfilled the trust for about a year and a half, with the vim of a soldier wounded in the defence of the\\nrnion for he had just returned from the field of battle with a memento of the conflict at Lee s Mills,\\nwhich compelled him to resign his commission of captain. Mr. Atherton was a graduate of Dart-\\nmouth college, class of 59, and after ceasing to be editor, resumed his profession in Nashua. As a\\nlawj-er and citizen Mr. Atherton enjoys an enviable reputation.\\nApril 9, 1864, Orren C. Moore (.see biography) became editor of the Telegraph, and so continue l\\nfor a year or more.\\nApril 24. 1865, Bernard Corr wielded the editorial pen for some three months.\\nApril 29, 1865, Mrs. Albin Beard advertised the Telegraph plant for sale.\\nJuly 15, 1865, Mrs. Beard transferred her interests in the Telegraph to White Berry. Shortly\\nafter the purchase Mr. White sold his interest to C. V. Dearborn (see biography), a practicing lawyer\\nof Nashua, who became its editor: and it may be .said that the Telegraph lost none of its vigor as an\\nexponent of Republicanism during the incumbency of Mr. Dearborn, who has since deceased.\\nNovember 23, 1867, O. C. Moore i)urchased Mr. Dearborn s interest, and again became its editor:\\nMoore Berry, publishers.\\nFebruary i, 1869, Mr. Berry .sold out to Clark .M. Langley of Lowell, Mass.\\nMarch i, 1869, Moore Langley took a decidedly advanced step in the issue of The Daily\\nTelegraph. It was the first local daily in the field and was very gratifying to the citizens of Nashua,\\nwho knew little of the trials and perplexities of the undertaking, but fully realized the manifold bene-\\nfits resulting from a more frequent communion and announcement, as well as giving renewed life and\\ncharacter to a young city, struggling for a higher plane, and a reputation for enterprise, to say\\nnothing of the coveted opportunity for the progressive merchant to daily extol his wares. It has\\nbeen five times enlarged.\\nJanuary i, 1887, The Telegraph Publishing company was incorporated, organizing with\\nCharles Holman, president; O. C. Moore, manager and treasurer William O. Clough. clerk.\\nIn 1889 pressing outside duties demanded so much of Mr. Moore s time and attention that\\neditorial assistance became imperative, and he called James M. Adams of Weare, (see biography) as\\nassistant editor, and he so continued until Mr. Moore s death, May 12, 1893. After that date, he\\nbecame editor-in-chief, and has proved himself a ready and versatile writer, with a tendency to\\nliterature and art, while his Republicanism is not left in doubt.\\nJanuary 4, 1892, Mr. Moore appointed Charles A. Poff (see biography) assistant business man-\\nager of the company, which position he has since held.\\nMay 14, 1S92, Albert E. De Wolfe, (see biography) for many years local correspondent of the\\nBoston Globe, became city editor, having been reporter for several years prior to his promotion: and\\nas reporters are sure to get behind the scenes, he has been able to act a double part acceptably.\\nEdwin S. Secord is reporter.\\nFor twenty years William O. Clough toiled uiircmitliiigly in gathering items for the Telegraph,\\nand as city editor presented them to its readers. He .severed his connection with the Telegraph in\\nMaj-, 1892.\\nSince the decease of Mr. Moore, The Telegraph Publishing company, as re-organized, consists\\nof Mrs. O. C. Moore, president and manager: Charles A. Poff, assistant business manager: Gertrude\\nC. Moore, treasurer: James M. Adams, editor; A. E. De Wolfe, city editor. It is quite apparent\\nthat success in monetary directions has been secured, although the expenditures must have greatly\\nincreased, as changes and improvements plainly indicate. Under the present management the\\nTelegraph has taken no backward step.\\nThe public career of Orren C. Moore, as journalist, orator, congressman, and politician, when\\nwritten, will fill a large space in history, for he was unceasing in his labors, untiring in his pursuits,\\nand unbending in his purposes. Through the columns of his journal he advocated the higher life\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a\\nlife of purity, of temperance, of morality. He advocated cleanness in politics, specially condemning", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0523.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "502 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nthe use of money in purchase of votes, and corruption of the ballot. Possessing a clear, penetrating\\nvoice; having a wonderful connnand of words; blessed with an exceedingly retentive memory of\\nstatistics with a mind stored with past and passing events with a lively remembrance of history\\nand the story it tells; with an ability to memorize annotations and written opinion, it is not a matter\\nof wonder that, with a terse, direct form of speech; with an intense earnestness, albeit without an\\nattempt at wit or humor, Mr. Moore was widely sought as an advocate of the principles he professed.\\nIn 1840 a campaign paper was published six months prior to the presidential election in Novem-\\nber of that year, by an association of young men, under the name of The Nashua Tippecanoe\\nClub, the foremost spirit in the club being the late Judge Thomas Peanson, (see biography) then a\\nminor, but active in political work. It may be unnecessary to say that the Harrison liagle was a\\nscreamer, and dealt largely in invective and personalities, making the hard-cider campaign one\\nof spirit.\\nJanuary 4, 1843, Murray Sawtell, (see Mr. Murray s biography), both practical printers,\\nbrought out a new paper which they named The Oasis, having for its motto, The Home Circle\\nthe Brightest Oasis in Life s Pathway. It was not much favored by the two papers then occupying\\nthe field, deeply impressed with the idea that they were full} sufficient for all requirements of the\\ngood people of both Nashua and Nashville for the goodly town of Nashua had been rent assunder in\\n1842, through dissensions on account of the Nashua river, which had then as now, a north side and a\\nsouth side and each side claimed to be the more eligible site for a contemplated town hall. The\\nsoutlisiders, being in the majority, won, hence two corporate bodies, the north side taking the name\\nof Nashville, which were to coalesce in 1853 under a city charter.\\nThe new paper appeared to strike a popular current, and it soon grew in size and so much in fa-\\nvor that its circulation exceeded that of the older ones and, on proving that fact to the post ofhce\\ndepartment in Washington, the publication of the list of letters remaining in the Nashua office on the\\nfirst of every month, was awarded The Oasis, although the postmaster was editor of the Nashua\\nGazette and fought valiantly for this perquisite.\\nAugust 16, 1843, I- Sawtell sold his interest to Horatio Kimball, and the firm of Murray\\nKimball continued until September, 1849, when Mr. Murray sold out to J. R. Dodge, who subse-\\nquently gained a national reputation as statistician in the agricultural department under the secretary\\nof agriculture, which important position he held for many years, under changing administrations, re-\\nsiding at Washington, D. C. In 1854 he published a township and railroad map of New Hampshire,\\nwhich perhaps paved the way to higher work. The firm of Kimball Dodge was dissolved in 185 1.\\nJanuary 22, 1851, Mr. Kimball sold out to S. Homer No3-es, and Dodge Noyes continued the\\nbusiness successfully.\\nIn 1855 ^Ir. Noyes purchased the interest of Mr. Dodge, and became .sole proprietor. He em-\\nployed for a time Rev. M. W. Willis, pastor of the Unitarian church, as editor. Later, he called\\nCharles Lamson to that position.\\nOctober 6, 1858, Mr. No) es moved the plant to Bridgeton, Me., where it was published under the\\nname of Bridgeton Reporter and The Oasis thus ceased to be identified with Nashua.\\nIn 1853 a campaign paper was published by J. M. Fletcher (see biography) with above title,\\nwhich strutted its brief allotted time upon the political stage, and then sank beneath the placid\\nwaters of oblivion, as all such campaign publications are wont to do.\\nMay 8, 1857, E. Turner Barrett and Henry C. Gray, two practical printers, under the firm name\\nof Barrett Gray, issued a large and handsome seven-column folio from an office in Noyes block with\\nthe above title. Republican in politics, it came in direct competition with the Telegraph and al-\\nthough much ability was displayed in its .stalwartism, the proprietors had not sufficient capital to\\nkeep up the fight for public recognition, nor friends willing to become sponsors.\\nMay 10, 1858, Mr. Gray sold out, and Mr. Barrett continued the publication alone.\\nMarch 4, 1859, the name of E. T. Barrett was dropped from the imprint, as publisher and proprie-\\ntor, and after April 8, 1859, the Granite State Register ceased to appear.\\nMarch 17, 1888, the first one cent daily in Na.shua was issued from the Telegraph office. In the\\nTelegraph, March 12, it was announced that to meet what is a want of the plain people of Nashua,\\nwe shall on vSaturday, March 17, begin the publication in this city of The News a one-cent daily, to", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0524.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. 50^\\n1.C k.v(,ted exclusively to the general and local news. It was was known as the Tele-\\ngraph s little brother. Publication ceased about Aug. i, 1888.\\nDuring the latter part of i.Sgi a determined and most pretentious effort was made bv a large num-\\nber of active Republicans to establish a morning daily in Nashua. \\\\V. S. Towner sought subscrip-\\ntions for stock to the amount of $40,000. When secured, the following named gentlemen united in\\nforming a corporation, under the name of New Hampshire Press Association Warren S.\\nTowner, Jo.seph Shattuck. (see biography), I.. I-. Thurber, W. U. Wakelin, Charles S. Rounsevel,\\n(.see biography), Andrew J. Tuck, George A. Rollins, James H. Hunt, (see biography), W. P. Hus-\\n.sey, Charles E. Faxon, F. E. Anderson, and E. H. Wason, (see biography.\\nDecember :,o, 1891, the first meeting of the incorporators was held, when Joseph Shattuck was\\nchosen chairman, and E. H. Wason, clerk, pro tem. At this meeting articles of agreement were\\nadopted, and the name of the corporation fixed. The stock was divided into eight hundred shares, of\\npar value of fifty dollars each. A code of by-laws was adopted and the following named gentlemen\\nwere elected as a board of ofiicers Joseph Shattuck, Lester F. Thurber, George A. Rollins, Frank\\nE. Anderson, William B. Wakelin, Jo.seph W. Howard, (see biography), Nashua; John McLane,\\nMilford; George T. Cruft, Bethelehem Henry B. Quimby, Lakeport. Clerk of corporation, Web-\\nster P. Hussey. The board elected Milton A. Taylor, treasurer; William B. Wakelin, clerk Josei)h\\nShattuck, president.\\nAn office was fitted uj) in Telegraph block with all the latest improvements: with a perfecting\\npress, to print from paper in rolls with a full staff of editors a large corps of rei)orters with a\\nstenographic writer supplied with the New England press reports and a telegraph operator.\\nSurely a fine outlook but the enterprise could not be steered clear of the rocks of disaster.\\nThe following named gentlemen comjirised the Daily Republican staff Business manager,\\nWarren S. Towner; managing editor, Howard P. Merrill staff correspondent, William Clough,\\nNashoonon city editor, Harry E. Back; telegraphic and night editor, II. W. Morey sten-\\nographer and state editor, G. R. Gammel reporters. Charles 11. Holt, Fred G. Walker: telegraph\\noperator, Jesse Taylor bookkeeper, George H. Hatch. The Republican made use of the New Eng-\\nland press reports until about October i, then New York ,Snii reports.\\nAs our railroad managers persistently refuse to run an early train from Boston, Nashua is with-\\nout morning news, if we except the Manchester Union, until a late hour, and hence a local morning\\ndaily seemed much needed therefore the New Hampshire Republican was gladly greeted by the\\npeople generally, and highly complimented for its enterprise and laudable ambition. It had been\\nprojected on a truly metropolitan scale, with a large outla on its managerial staff, necessitating an\\nexpenditure of funds far exceeding its receipts with the inevitable result easily foreseen.\\nThe New Hampshire Republican was an eight-page morning daily, a model of neatness, and its\\neditorial management was universally approbated by the friends of the venture, while it gave to its\\npatrons a much earlier service of telegraphic news, as well as the happenings of a local character, all\\nserved with the early breakfast.\\nMay 31, 1892, the first number was issued and its leader declared The New Hamp.shire\\nRepublican is in response to a demand of the Republicans of the state for a morning daily newspaper.\\nIt is the result of the enterpri.se and push of Nashua citizens and of the liberality of Republicans of all\\n.sections of the state. It occupies a field that brings it into rivalry with no other Republican newspa])er\\nof New Hampshire, and it asks the encouragement and snpi)ort of all. It is the pioneer of its party\\nin work already well done by the Manchester Union for the Democracy. Its stockholders are active\\nand leading Republicans scattered all through New Hampshire, who have no other interest in its\\nestablishment than the advancement of Republican principles. They are tried and true Republicans\\nwho have helped maintain the ascendancy of their party in the state and nation, and they are\\nunflinching in their fealty to that organization which is represented on our statute books by all that\\nis progressive in legislation. They are energetic men who in their respective communities have\\nfought the battles of the party, giving of their time and means to secure its victories, and this is their\\nlatest contribution.\\nThe Repul)lican is to be impersonal in its management, having no selfish purpo.se to promote,\\nand the personal ends of no man to subserve. In its comment on the actions of individuals it will\\nendeavor to be fair and unbiased, considerate of all and abusive of none. Its columns will be open", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0525.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "504 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nto the temperate discussion of all public questions, and closed to no courteous reply to its opinions.\\nThe promises were indeed praiseworthy, and the early collapse was only in line with the oft\\nquoted aphorism, The good die young. In spite of all adages, the world is not liable to be\\ndepopulated, nor the newspaper field to become fallow.\\nThis attempt to establish a morning daily, with the adjuncts furnished, was a notable incident;\\nand the loss of capital and prestige will doubtless curb the ambition of like minded persons in Na.shua\\nfor many years to come yet a similar publication is greatly needed in this growing city.\\nIn September, 1892, the staff was reconstructed by making Edward O. Lord, business manager,\\nand William O. Clough, associate and political editor; and Oct. i Chester T. Cornish became city\\neditor, and Harry E. Back was made telegraph and night editor. vSept. i state correspondence was\\nadded to the duties of the managing and associate editors.\\nFebruary 18, 1893, at an annual meeting adjoitrned from the third Thursday of January, the\\nfollowing named gentlemen were elected directors for the ensuing year: Joseph Shattuck, P rank E.\\nAnderson, Charles J. Hamblett, (see biography) Frank W. Maynard, William B. Wakelin, Milton\\nA. Taylor, E. H. Wason. Clerk, Webster P. Hns.sey. The directors chose William B. Wakelin,\\nclerk; Milton A. Taylor, treasurer; Joseph Shattuck, president. Those directors who had residences\\noutside of Nashua were replaced by those who could readily attend meetings of the board, thus\\nfacilitating business. The publication was regularly continued until Feb. 11. 1S93, when a notice,\\nunder the editorial head, signed by the clerk, W. P. Hussey, appeared, the first and oidy declaration\\nto the public of its demise. It was as follows: The adjourned annual meeting of the New\\nHampshire Press association will be held at the office of C. J. Hamblett, Beasom block, Nashua, on\\nThursday, Feb. 16, at eight o clock, p. 11., to ratif} the action of the directors, acting as a committee\\nof the stockholders to dispose of the plant, and for the transaction of any other business that may\\nlegally come before the meeting.\\nThe onlv editorial announcement, which meant much to the stockholders, was Good bye.\\nThis was followed by a plea for a good word for the deceased tiioiinis nil nisi bonum. Thus\\nquietly passed this newspaper meteor.\\nIt became known that negotiations had long been carried on with the Telegraph Publishing\\ncompany for the purchase of the Republican plant, which finally resulted in its absorption. Thus\\nthe Telegraph became possessor of a fine and complete outfit.\\nOf the collocation of editors, proprietors, publishers, and printers connected with the various\\nnewspapers which have been projected in Dunstable and Nashua during the seventy years under\\nconsideration, the writer is able to sa^ that he had personal knowledge of each and all, and since\\n1834, when he joined the ranks, personal acquaintance. The work, therefore, has been largely\\nreminiscent, and limited space alone compels a curtailment of much that might be written. The\\nendeavor has been to be truthful and just in all characterizations.\\nThey were, but are onh memories now: W. A. Brown, of the Constellation; S. J. Bard, of\\nNashua Herald; Alfred Beard, of Telegraph; William H. Butterfield, of Gazette; Albin Beard, of\\nTelegraph; R. W. Berry, of Telegraph; J. C. Crosman, of Constellation; William H. Dinsmore, of\\nGazette; C. V. Dearborn, of Telegraph; Charles P. Danforth, of Gazette; William H. Gilmore, of\\nGazette; Henry C. Gra}-, of Granite State Register; William H. Hewes, of Gazette; Israel Hunt,\\nJr., of Gazette; Horatio Kimball, of Oasis; Charles Lamson, of Oasis; Paul Morrill, of Gazette;\\nOrren C. Moore, of Telegraph; S. Homer Noyes, of Oasis. Thomas Pearson, of Harrison Eagle;\\nAugustus I. vSawtell, of Oasis; Andrew E. Thayer, of Gazette; J. F. Trow, of Nashua Herald; W.\\nWiggin, of Constellation; G. A. White, of Telegraph; M. W. Willis, of Oasis; B. B. Whittemore,\\nof Gazette. O. D. Murray, of the Oasis.*\\nMr. Murray died February 23, i8g6. The foregoing chapter is the last work of his pen. His biography appears\\non another page.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0526.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n505\\nJEREMIAH WILSON WHITE.\\nJeremiah W. \\\\Vliite was burn at PittsfieUl, Sept. 16,\\n1821, died at Nasliua, July 22, 1892. He was a son of\\nJeremiah and Elizabeth (Jones) White. His ancestors\\nwere of Scotch origin, and sturdy, energetic and enterpris-\\ning farmers among the first settlers of the Suncook\\nvalley.\\nMr. Wliite was educated in the public schools of his\\nnative town and at ritlsfield academy, where he was a\\nstudent two and a\\nhalf years. At the\\nage of seventeen\\nhe left home and\\nentered upon a\\nmercantile career\\nin a drug store in\\nBoston. At the\\nsame time he stud-\\nied medicine until\\nqualified for pro-\\nfessional practice.\\nThis knowledge\\nwas of great ser-\\nvice to him in his\\nlater life in busi-\\nness as a druggist,\\nand because of it\\nhe was generally\\nknown as Doctor\\nWhite. Mr.\\nWhite came to\\nX a s h u a in i S45\\nand es tablished\\nhimself in the\\ndrug and coal\\nbusiness in a store\\nat the corner of\\nMain and Factory\\nstreets where he\\nremained twenty-\\nfour years, until\\nthe Merchants ex-\\nchange building\\nwas erected, when\\nhe moved to the\\nstore at the corner\\nof Main and High\\nstreets, where he\\ncontinued as pro-\\nprietor till shortly\\nbefore his death.\\nDuring the Civil\\nWar Mr. White\\nwas appointed by Jay Cooke government agent for Nashua\\nand vicinity and the loans he negotiated greatly aided the\\nNational administration.\\nMr. White was a busy and energetic man outside of the\\nbusiness which he established and controlled. In 1876 he\\nfounded the Second National bank of which he was presi-\\ndent until compelled by ill health to relinquish its cares.\\nThe same year he became prominently identifie l with the\\nNashua Lowell railroad as a stockholder and director\\nand later as treasurer, .^n aggressive policy against the\\nBoston Lowell road, which had operated the Nashua\\nLowell for a number of years, was inaugurated under the\\nlead of Mr. White, and after a long controversy the road\\nwas again leased to the same company on much more\\nadvantageous terms.\\nMr. White was also interested directly and indirectlv in\\nmany of Nashua s industrial enterprises and it is due to\\nhis business sagacity and the encouragement he gave\\nthem at times when they needed a helping hand that they\\nare in a prosperous condition to-day. Notalile among\\nthese may l}e mentioned the Nashua Card and la/.ed\\nPaper company\\nand the White\\nMountain I- reezcr\\ni oni|)any. He was\\nalso interested in\\nthe Nashua Light,\\nHeat and Power\\ncompany. I n a\\nword Mr. While\\nwas essentially a\\nbusiness man, a\\nhard, [indefatiga-\\nble worker who\\ninspired all about\\nh i m w i t h conli-\\nilence, and whose\\njudgment was con-\\nsul ted by men in all\\ncircumstances and\\nconditions of life.\\nBy economy, hard\\nand constant work\\nand sagacious\\nl)usiness moves,\\nhe amassed a large\\nfortune.\\nMr. White gave\\nthe Pittsfield acad-\\nemy, where he was\\na student, ^5,000.\\nHe also gave f 10,-\\n000 towards the\\nconstruction of the\\nchapel of the First\\nCong rega t ional\\nchurch, and re-\\nmembered those\\nw ho ha d b e e n\\nfaithful to his in-\\nterests in like\\nmanner. K friend\\nhas said of him\\nMr. White liter-\\nikui;mi.\\\\ii wii.sDN w 111 f 1:\\nally made his own\\nway in the world. His tastes were simple, but refined.\\nMr. White was united in marriage July 5, 1846, with\\nCaroline G., eldest daughter of Caleb Merrill, a leailing\\nlawyer of Pittsfield. Of their children, the eldest, Caro-\\nline Wilson, died in infancy; the son, James Wilson\\nWhite, born June 10, 1849, died in Florida. Jan. 27, 1876.\\nMrs. White died suddenly of apoplexy in 1880. In April,\\n1881, JSIr. White was married the second time, to Mrs.\\nAnn M. Prichard of Bradford, Vt., an educated and ac-\\ncomplished lady, and the sister of his first wife, who sur-\\nvives him.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0527.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "5o6\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nSOLOMON SPALDING.\\nHon. Solomou Spalding was born at Merrimack July\\n20, 1811. He is a son of Solomon and Martha (McCluer)\\nSpalding, and a descendant of Edward Spalden who\\ncame to this country from Spalding, a town in Lincoln-\\nshire, England, in 1630 or 1633. and located at Braintree,\\nMass., where his first wife and his daughter died a few\\nyears later. In 1645, with thirty-two others, he petitioned\\nthe colonial authorities for a tract of land upon which to\\nsettle, and, the petition being granted, became one of\\nthe pioneers of Chelmsford, Mass. By his second wife,\\nRachael, family\\nname not given\\n(see .Spalding me-\\nmorial published\\nin 1872), he had\\nfour sons and one\\ndaughter. Of his\\ngrandsons, Samuel\\nand Henry, born\\nat Chelmsford set-\\ntled in Merrimack.\\nSamuel was the\\ngrandfather of the\\nsubject of this\\nsketch, the Spald-\\nings of England\\nfrom whom the\\nSpaldens, Spald-\\nings and Spauld-\\nings of America\\ntrace their lineage\\nto the middle ages.\\nThe significance\\nof the name is\\nshoulder-strik-\\ner. They were\\nnoted for their\\nprowess in battle,\\nwhen men fought\\nhand to hand; they\\nhad a coat-of-arms\\nand were promi-\\nnent in the coun-\\ncils of feudal\\nkings. Their de-\\nscendants have\\nheld high stations\\nthe world over,\\nand in this country\\nhavebecomeprom-\\ninent in peace and\\nwar, in church and\\nstate, in the pro-\\nfessions and call-\\nings in which men engage for a livelihood.\\nCaptain Spalding was educated in the public schools of\\nhis native place. He came to Nashua in 1828 and entered\\nthe grocery store of Hugh Jameson on the north side of\\nthe river, which was then the business section of the\\ntown. He worked as a clerk for Mr. Jameson three or\\nfour years and then bought him out and embarked in\\nbusiness for himself. He dealt in general merchandise,\\nand after being in business about five years, John Reed\\nSOI^O.MO.N .sPAI.DINi;\\nwas in partnership with him from 1836 to 1846, when he\\nbegan to enlarge in the department of flour and grain,\\nwhich finally became his exclusive business. He sold\\nout to Henry Stearns in 1873, and in 1880 took up bank-\\ning, in which he still continues active, being president of\\nthe New Hampshire Banking company and Guaranty\\nSavings bank from 1S85 till the present time, an institu-\\ntion that owes its high standard largely to his financial\\nand executive a1)ility. In fact Captain Spalding has been\\na leader, as well as pioneer in Nashua, and meets, as he\\nhas earned, the good will of the public and the friend-\\nship of those with whom he has been associated.\\nIn 1835 Captain\\nSpalding built a\\nresidence in what\\nwasthen, literally,\\nthe woods, but\\nwhich has since\\nbecome Orange\\nstreet and one of\\nthe most attractive\\nthoroughfares in\\nthe city. It was\\ntlie first brick\\nhouse built by any\\ni n d i V i d u a 1 i n\\nNashua, and he\\nhas lived in it fifty-\\nnine years. Cap-\\ntain Spalding has\\nhad much to do in\\npublic affairs and\\nhas been faithful\\nto every trust. He\\nwas one of the\\nleading spirits in\\nforming the Nash-\\nua Artillery com-\\npany, in which he\\nserved in subordi-\\nnate positions and\\nas commander. On\\nthe night of June\\n16, 1841, he en-\\ncamped with the\\ncompany on Bun-\\nker Hill, and as-\\nsisted the men in\\ntaking their field-\\npiece to the lop of\\nthe monument,\\nwhere, the cap-\\nstone not having\\nbeen put in place,\\na salute was fired.\\nIn the years that\\nNashville existed as a town, Captain Spalding was one of\\nthe most active participants in its affairs. He served on\\nits Iioard of selectmen, and was one of a few whose\\nadvice was sought in all public matters. Captain Spald-\\ning has also been a public spirited man in the affairs of\\nthe city of Nashua. He has served several years as a\\nmember of the board of assessors and was justice of the\\npolice court from 1873 to 1876. He is president of the\\nWilton railroad companj at the present time and trustee", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0528.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n507\\nof an educational inslilution located at Andover, which\\nis supported by contril)utions from people of this aii l\\nother states and for which Nashua citizens do their share.\\nCaptain Spaldinjr was united in marriage Feb. 26, 1834,\\nwith Sarah I). ICdsou, daughter of Asa C. and Theodosia\\nIvdson of vSpringfield, Vt., who died June 25, 1883.\\n.Seven iliildren were born of their marriage: Solomon\\nWarren, born Maj 13, 1856, died Sept. 16, 1838; John\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\ndrew, born Jan. 24, 1S41, married Lizzie Weaver Oct. 5,\\n1S71, lumber merchant in Philadelphia; Charles Warren,\\nborn June 11, 1843, graduated at Dartmouth college,\\nmarried Lizzie Mitchell Sept. i, 1864, banker at Chicago;\\nSarah (Vreelej^ born .Sept. 19, 1845, married John J. Whit-\\nIcuiore, Oct. 3, 1872; Mary Elizabeth, born May 3, 1847,\\nmarried Eugene V. McQuesteu, M. D.; Edward Clarence,\\nbcirn .\\\\ug. 30, 1851, died Jan. 30, 1890; Everett Sargent,\\nborn .\\\\ug. 30, 1S51. died .\\\\ug. 23, 1853.\\nHLBRIUGE PUTNAM BROWN.\\nElbridge 1 Krown, son of of Israel and Ivlith (Ilerrick)\\nBrown, was born in Cavendish, Vt., Oct. 4, 1820. He was\\neducated in the schools of Warren, to which place his\\nl:i.l!lill)(,li I l T.N.VM liUOUN.\\nparents removed when he was a child, at Rumney, where\\nthey became residents when he was sixteen, and at the\\nseminary at Newbury, Vt. He remained at Rumney till\\n1856, when he located in business at Madison, Wis.\\nyear later, in the autumn of 1857, he came to Nasluia and\\nhis home has been here ever since. While residing in\\nWarren and Rumney he followed agricultural pursuits,\\ntaught school eight or ten years, and held the office of\\ndeputy sheriff. In Madison, Wis., he managed a saw and\\ngrist mill, and in Nashua he was in the furniture an l\\ncrockery business until 1872, and after that was in the\\nhardware business about a year with R. O. Messer. In\\n1876 he was chosen treasurer of the City Savings bank,\\nwhich position he held until i89r he was treasurer of the\\nIndian Head and Capitol I ire Insurance companicsduring\\ntheir entire existence. The success of all his business\\nventures, the sound condition of the savings bank\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nwhich enabled it to weather every financial crisis\u00e2\u0080\u0094 an l\\nthe satisfactory showing of the insurance companies when\\ntheir affairs were li iuidated are evidence of his financial\\nability and that he has conscientiously performed every\\ntrust that has fallen to his lot. Mr. Brown has assisted\\nand encouraged many enterprises besides those mentioned,\\nand has been a valuable citizen in many ways in helping\\nNashua and Nashuans to better circumstances than those\\nin which he found them in 1857. No man counts more\\nfriends in the city and state anil no man more richly\\nmerits them.\\nAlthough he has been a busy and burdened man in\\nmercantile, banking and financial interest, he has yet\\nfound time to participate in other affairs and to contribute\\nof his e.xperience to the advantage of the city. He served\\nthe city as overseer of the poor in 1866 and 1867, was city\\nmarshal in 1871 and again in 1874 and deputy sheriff from\\n1872 to 1875. He has rendered valuable service as a mem-\\nber of the board of assessors, represented his ward in the\\nlegislature of 1869 and 1878, and in constitutional conven-\\ntion of 1S76, serving in each body on the most important\\ncommittees. In i88r he was the Democratic candidate\\nfor senator from the Nashua district, and his popularity\\nwas such that he overcame the large Republican majority\\nof two years before and lacked only twenty votes of an\\nelection. Mr. Brown is a member of Rising Sun lodge,\\nV. and A. M., and a Scottish Rite mason of the 32d\\ndegree, being a member of Edward A. Raymond consis-\\ntory. He is also a charter member of I ennichuck lodge,\\nI. O. O. and the Nashua grange. His summer home,\\na beautiful spot of earth on the banks of Winnipisi-\\nogee lake, is at The Weirs, and there, and at a Nashua\\nsummer resort on the shore of a lake in Rumney, he\\nspends many happy weeks during the summer vacation\\nseasons and royally entertains all friends and acquaint-\\nances who happen that way. Mr. Brown was united in\\nmarriage .-Vpril 18, 1848, with .\\\\bby K. Eastman, daughter\\nof Joseph and .\\\\bigail (Taylor) Eastman. No children.\\nWILLI.AM EDWARD SPALDING.\\nCol. William E. Spalding wa= born in Nashua Dec. 13.\\ni860. He is a son of John and Josephine E. (Eastman)\\nSpalding. I or ancestors see sketch of his father.)\\nColonel Spahling was educateil in the public schools and\\nat the Nashua Literary institution of which David Crosby\\nwas principal, following which he pursued a course of\\nstudy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in\\nBoston. During his school days and vacations he was\\nemployed in the First National bank as messenger and in\\nother capacities, and after completing his business educa-\\ntion he became permanently identilieil with it. He has\\nheld every position in the bank inchuling book-keeper\\nand teller, up to and including that of cashier, being\\nelected to the last responsible place in January, 1895. to\\nsucceed his father. That he performs his lutics in a\\nmanner satisfactory to the olTicers and stockholders of\\nthe institution is shown by his promotion.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0529.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "5o8\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nColonel Spalding has also been prominent in public\\naffairs. In 1885 he represented his ward in the common\\ncouncil, and in 1890 he was chosen citj treasurer, a\\nII.I.IAM I.IIW AKll M Al.DINCi.\\nposition to which he has been elected every year since\\nthen. He is treasurer of the Edgewood Cemetery asso-\\nciation, and of the Wilton railroad since 1880. He was\\nadjutant of the Second regiment, New Hampshire national\\nguards until 1885, when he resigned and accepted an\\nappointment as aide-de-camp on the staff of Gov. Charles\\nH. Sawyer, in which position he served in 1887 and i888\\nwith the rank of colonel. Colonel Spalding is the admin-\\nistrator of the estate of Edward H. Spalding, and has\\nserved as administrator and in other fiduciary capacities\\nin settlement of estates in the probate court of this and\\nother counties with singular fidelity and ability. He is\\nvice-president of the City Guards club and a member of\\nthe Nashua Boat club and First Congregational society.\\nBesides the public and private trusts mentioned Colonel\\nSpalding has served the community by giving freel)- of\\nhis time and talent to make success of entertainments to\\nraise funds for worthy charitable objects, while in manv\\nother ways, in society and in his citizenship, he has con-\\ntributed his full share to make Nashua a live and jiro-\\ngressive place.\\nColonel Spalding was united in marriage May 29, i88g,\\nwith Florence Dexter, daughter of Edwin D. and Julia B.\\nDexter of Windsor Locks, Conn. The children of their\\nmarriage are: Dexter Edwin, born Oct. T9, 1890; ,Sylvia,\\nborn June 9, 1894.\\nFAYETTE STEPHEN SARGENT.\\nFayette S. Sargent was l)orn in I iermont, July 30, i860.\\nOn the paternal side his great-grandparents were Jacob\\nand Peggy (Patten) Sargent: grandparents, John and\\nEliza (Eaton) Sargent; father, Andrew Sargent, all of\\nCandia. On the maternal side his great-grandparents\\nwere Moses and Mary (Hook) Bean; grandparents,\\nStephen M. and Mary (Brickett) Bean: mother, Mary\\nJulina Beau, all of Candia. Mr. Sargent was educated in\\nthe public schools of Bradford, Vt., to which place his\\nparents removed when he was five years of age. He\\nremained at home, being employed as a book-keeper,\\nuntil 1882, when he came to Nashua and accepted the\\ntellership of the Second National bank. In 1889 he\\nresigned this position to become the treasurer of the\\nSecurity Trust company, a position which he still holds.\\nIn all positions w hich he has been called upon to fill Mr.\\nSargent has enjoyed the respect and esteem of his fellow-\\ncitizens, as is in evidence from the marks of favor which\\nhe has received at their hands.\\nMr. Sargent is a director of the Second National bank,\\nand also a director in the bank of which he is treasurer.\\nHe represented Ward Six in the common council in 1894;\\nattends the services of the First Congregational church.\\nMr. vSargent was united in marriage Oct. 4, 1887, with\\nHannah F. Hall, the second daughter of William and\\nBetsey (Eaton) Hall of Revere, Mass. Her grandparents\\nwere Zachariah and Hannah (Tucker) Hall of Revere,\\nFAYETTE STEPHEN SARGE.VT-\\nand Moses W. and Louisa Laweuce) Flaton of Frances-\\ntown. Two children have been born to them: Hall, born\\nJuly 10, 1888, and Margaret, born June 19, 1890.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0530.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N: H.\\n509\\nCHARl.KS WAKREN SPALDING.\\nCharles \\\\V. Spaldinj? was born in Nashville, now\\nNashua, June 14, 1843. He is a son of Solomon and Theo-\\ndosia (Edson) Spalding. (For genealogy see sketch of\\nhis father.)\\nMr. Spalding was educateil in the pulilic schools of\\nNashua and at Dartmout i college, where he was gradu-\\nated in the class of 1863. I ollowing his graduation he\\ntook up civil engineering and located at Danhury, Conn.,\\nwhere he remained two years. From 1863 to 1872 he was\\na resident of Glenwood, Iowa. While in (llenwood he\\nwas county surveyor\\nof Mills county two\\nterms (four years),\\ntax agent and after-\\nwards secretary of\\nthe land department\\nof the Chicago, Bur-\\nlington Ouincy\\nrailroad. From 1872\\nto 1882 he resided in\\nBurlington, Iowa,\\nand since the last\\ndate given his home\\nhas been in Chicago.\\n111. In 1876 iM r\\nSpalding resigned his\\noffice in the laud de-\\npartment of the rail-\\nroad and engaged in\\nthe wholesale coal\\nbusiness. He organ-\\nized the firm of\\nSpalding, Mitchell\\nCo. Mr. Spalding\\nis manager of Red\\nOak Investment com-\\npany of Red Oak,\\nIowa, and president\\nof the Globe Savings\\nbank of Chicago.\\nHe is a Unitarian, a\\nfreemason, a member\\nof the University of\\nIllinois and its treas-\\nurer, mendjer of the\\nIroquois club an d\\ntrustee of Dartmouth\\ncollege, to w h i c h\\nplace of honor he\\nwas chosen in 1S92\\nto represent the western alunuii. Mr. Spalding, whose\\nlife is a busy one, has underl.iken the task of revising\\nand republishing the Spalding Memorial, a gencalogj- of\\nthe .Spalding familj- that was originally published in\\n1872 by Rev. Samuel J. .Spalding of Newburyport, Mass.\\nMr. Spalding was united in marrriage Sept. 1, 1864,\\nwith Lizzie K. Mitchell, third daughter of .\\\\braham and\\nCatherine (Adams) Mitchell of Nashua. Mrs. Spalding\\nis a granddaughter of Capt. I.aban .\\\\danis of Boston who\\nkept the old Land] tavern in Washington street, upon the\\nsite of the present Adams house. One son was born of\\nof their marriage Charles Rawson Spalding, born at\\nNashua, Aug. 7, 1867.\\nALBERT Mckean.\\nHon. Albert McKean was born in Deering in 1810, died\\nin Nashua in [887. He was of .Scotch-Irish descent, his\\nimmigrant ancestor being among the first of the settlers\\nat Londonderry. He was a man of influence in the com-\\nmunity in which he lived. fSee History of London-\\nderry.\\nMr. McKean was educated in the public schools of his\\nnative town, and beyond that acquired, unaided, a thor-\\nough knowledge of book-keeping and practical informa-\\ntion concerning the things that concern businessand pub-\\nlic affairs. He came\\nto .N ashua in iS^y,\\nand for many years\\nwas engaged in the\\nWest India goods\\ntrade, his brothers\\nbeing his partners.\\nDuring the existence\\nof the town of Nash-\\nville he was conspicu-\\nous in the manage-\\nment of its interests.\\nHe served the town\\nseveral terms as\\nchairman of the board\\nof selectmen and as\\na member of the com-\\nmittee that built the\\nfirst bridge of any im-\\nportance over the\\nNashua river on Ca-\\nnal street. He was\\nalso town agent for\\nthe purchaseand lav-\\ning out of the .\\\\m-\\nherst street cemetery.\\nIn 1843 and 1844 he\\nrepresented the town\\nin the legislature and\\nin 1851 the district in\\nthe senate. In 1874\\nhe represented the\\nthe first ilistrict in\\nGov. James Wes-\\nton s council.\\nF roni 1852 to 1SS5\\nJlr. McKean was one\\nof the most pronii-\\nnent bank managers\\nin souther n N e w\\nIIam])shire. In the first year nienlioneil heorgani/.ed the\\nIndian Head State bank, for which he obtained a charter\\nwhen he was a member of Ihe legislature, and became its\\ncashier. He held the position, making a national bank\\nof the institution in 1865, till 1867, when the management\\nchanged and he established the private banking house of\\nMcKean Co., in rooms in Merchants Kxchange. In\\n1S72 he became teller in the Indian Head National bank,\\nwith his son as cashier.\\nMr. McKean was united in marriage May .v. iS.^.S, with\\nVienna I aine. Three children were born to them I rank\\nk., married Clara Bowers; Susie married George I\\nAndrews; Mary Iv, married Isaac N. .\\\\ndrcws.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0531.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "5IO HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nFINANCE AND BANKING.\\nBY GEOROE A. RAMSDELL.\\nFROM the earliest settlement of Old Dunstable there has been no time in its history when there\\nwere not residents otherwise emploj-ed than in agricultural jnirsuits and mechanical\\noperations absolutely necessary to the town. While we have a reasonable amount of\\nproductive land within the present limits of the city, the products of the farm have never\\nlieen a large factor in the business of the town or citj\\nOld Dunstable was, and Nashua lias been, the gatewa} to a large portion of the business of New\\nHampshire. Within the memory of men now living a tonnage of vast proportions passed through\\nthis locality by canal, baggage wagons, and sleds fj-oni the northern and western part of the state;\\nfrom the entire state of erniont, and a considerable portion of Canada. Until the extension of the\\nrailroad system through the section referred to, many of the lines of passenger and freight traffic\\ncentered here. A large proportion of the merchandise from Boston was received in large invoices\\nand distribution made to points north and west. Mercantile and financial business which began to\\ndevelop in the early settlement of the neighborhood, in the gathering and sale of peltry of every\\nkind, afterwards appeared fully developed in the handling at this point of a ast tonnage of the\\nproducts of the sea and land. For these reasons men of the requisite business ability and financial\\nresources were from time to time attracted to this place, and have at all times in its history been\\nfound in unusual numliers.\\nNot many towns and cities in the state can show as large an amount of property per capita as the\\nterritory which is now the second city of the .state, and during the last century many large fortunes\\nhave been here accumulated. The capital, which at an earlier day was used in large amounts in\\nbusiness, which without much exaggeration could be called interstate traffic, as it graduall) ceased\\nto be needed for such purposes, found its way into manufacturing, bank and railroad stocks.\\nA substantial amount of the cotton factory capital was contributed by Nashua people. A large\\nproportion of the cost of building the railroads terminating here was furnished by citizens who were\\nand are the holders of local bank stocks. The remaining industries which from time to time have\\nbeen organized in Nashua are, and have been to a large extent, owned by our townspeople. I think\\nit may be said with truth that the leading spirits in every financial enterprise touching our town and\\ncity have been its citizens, and that, with few exceptions, the business enterprises here originated\\nhave been profitable to the promoters and creditable to the town and city. The only striking\\nexception was the building of the Nashua, Acton Boston railroad, a line connecting the cit} with\\nthe Fitchburg railroad at a point near Concord, Mass., and this, it is said, would not have happened\\nif certain negotiations for a lease to another railroad had not unexpectedl) failed, witli iut the fault\\nof the projectors of the Acton road.\\nNo country has made any considerable progress in commercial affairs and internal development\\nwithout the aid of a class of men called bankers, and institutions now called banks. Wherever the\\nexchange of products is carried on entirely by barter everything moves at a sluggish pace. Until\\nthe opening of the present century the business of our own state was carried on largely by a direct\\nexchange of the goods of the merchant and the crops of the farmer. For a circulating medium, gold\\nand silver, and paper currency of a variable value, issued by the province and continental autliorit}%\\nwere used the silver very largely in the form of Spanish milled dollars.\\nThe first and only bank chartered in the state prior to 1800 was the New Hampshire bank at\\nPortsmouth, commencing business in the year 1797. The first bank chartered in Hillsborough\\ncounty was called the Hillsborough bank, and located at Amhenst. It had an authorized capital of\\n$200,000, and was allowed by the state to issue bills to double the amount of its capital actually paid\\nin. Gov. Samuel Bell was its president, and Charles G. Atherton a prominent director. Business\\ncommenced at the new bank Oct. 17, 1806, and the citizens of Dunstable availed themselves of the\\nbanking privileges afforded at the shire town of the county, Exeter having for several years prior to\\nthis time been their banking town. The life of this institution was short. Availing themselves of\\ntheir legal right to issue a large amount of bills, the managers found themselves, in the first panic", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0532.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n5 I\\nthey encountered, uiial^Ie to redeem their promises to pay as fast as payment was demanded by the\\nholders, as the supply of gold in batik was totally inadequate for that purpose, and it could not\\nreadily be replenished from collections of the notes and securities of the bank. At the end o( three\\nyears the bank gave up business, but not without loss to very many outside of the stockholders.\\nHillsborough county and, of course, Dunstable was without banking facilities from 1809 to 1S25,\\nwhen another bank was i)Ut in operation at Amherst, called the Farmer s bank and continued to do\\nbusiness for twent\\\\ years.\\nAmherst was at this lime (1S25) not only the .sole shire town of the county and an important\\nsocial and liusiuess centre, but as populous as Dunstable. For these reasons, from the year 1.S2S to\\n1.S35, the date of the organization of the first bank at Dunstable, all banking business was done at\\nAmher.st, with the exception of a small amount at New Ipswich, which had the .second bank\\nchartered in the count\\\\- 182S) called the Manufacturers bank.\\nThe fiimncial depression of 1S37, which to a large extent paralyzed the business of the whole\\ncounty, was a serious blow to business everywhere, but the old Nashua bank\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the only monied\\ninstitution in town at that time\u00e2\u0080\u0094 received and endured the shock without serious inconvenience.\\nThe great financial crisis of 1.S57 came upon the country at a time when the general business of\\nthe city was being largely extended by men of such tireless energy as Jo.sephus Haldwin, Thomas W.\\nGillis, Leonard \\\\V. Noyes, John H. Gage, James Hartshorn, Winslow Ames, George W. I nderhill\\nand many others. vSeveral of the minor industries suffered severely and there was much individual\\nloss, but the banks then existing outrode the storm, and in a few years the financial disaster to the\\ntown was overcome. The depression of 1873, although it seriously affected business, left no lasting\\ntraces of disaster. The panic of 1S93, which was one of the most serious monetary convulsions the\\ncountry has ever seen, and which threatened the existence of every bank in the country not fortified\\nby a heavy surplus, came upon the city and heUl the banking institutions in its threatening gra.sp,\\nbut, thanks to the good sense of our townspeople, the banks of discount were sustained, instead of be-\\ning imperilled by the action of our local dei)ositors.\\nAs this panic was occasioned, in juirt at least, Ijy an almost uni\\\\ersal refusal of eastern banks and\\nindividuals to continue a large line of loans unwisely made in states west of the .Mississip])i, the his-\\ntorian is inclined to dwell at some length upon what might with propriety be called the catastrophe\\nresulting from western loans. Prior to 1870 but little New I lampshire money had been invested in\\nreal estate mortgages in the west. The building of the great western railroad systems opened u] for\\nsettlement a vast area of land some of which was very fertile, some moderately so, and some which\\ncould only be cultivated by irrigation. The business of making loans beyond the Mis.sissippi river for\\na time was carried on by individuals resident in that section and large numbers of profitable and se-\\ncure investments made. Eastern people were pleased to be able to get good real estate security and\\nfrom seven to ten per cent, interest, and a deniaiul for such loans increased until inveslnient companies\\nwere organized east and west to do a business upon a large scale by its agents and servants, which be-\\nfore had been carried on by individuals who were able to make a personal inspection of the property\\noffered for a loan.\\nThese companies commenced by making loans in the older and l etter sections of the west where\\ngood loans were obtainable and easily disposed of to eastern investors and t)aiiking institutions.\\nThese loans proved to be what had been anticipated of them, and the iiive.stmeiit companies, taking\\nfrom ten to twelve per cent, from the borrowers, could easily guarantee and pay .seven or eight per\\ncent, to the purchaser of the loans. The business proved so profitable that competition became very\\nbrisk and in cour.se of time loans were made in all parts of the west apparently without much regard\\nto the security taken. Parties were induced by the investment companies to buy land in western\\nKansas and Nebraska and those sections of the country where crops cannot be raised without the aid\\nof irrigation. The loan coniiianies would furnish the money to make the purchase and in many ca.ses\\ntake a mortgage for the full purchase price. Mo.st of the companies issued what are known as debent-\\nure bonds, that is, the direct bonds or obligations of the company, secured by an amount of real\\nestate equal or in excess of the face of the bonds or debentures. The companies also made large\\nloans in aid of enterprises established for gas works, water works, electric light works, and other\\nenterprises altogether beyond the demands of the country in which they were located. The com-\\npanies also made loans to a large amount upon the personal notes and obligations of individuals and", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0533.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "512 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\ncorporations in the same sections of the country and placed these notes and obligations in the hands\\nof eastern banks and individuals to a very large amount. Of course everything in the west depended\\nupon good annual crops. A large crop with no failures, for the ten years preceding 1893, might have\\naverted what has proved to be a great calamity, but averaging the crops in these states where most of\\nthe loans were made, from 18S7 to 1892 inclusive, not more than one-half a good crop was raised\\nthat is, the farmers in the west, living upon land mortgaged to the parties in the east had, during\\nthose six years, what amounted to one crop in two years. The failure of crops of course affected the\\nabilitv of town and city borrowers indirectly, as Imdly as the farmers, and, upon the opening of the\\nyear 189^, the interest upon western loans of all kinds was in default to an alarming extent. The\\nsame was true of many private and not a few public corporations.\\nWhen it became evident in the summer of 1893 that a stringency in the money market was immi-\\nnent, eastern capitalists, large and small, including a large number of banking institutions, refused to\\nrenew the short time paper and other loans guaranteed by western investment companies, and millions\\nof paper went to protest. The lack of confidence in many investment companies had become fixed at\\nan earlier date, but a much larger numb2r were in good standing until the summer of 1893 but the\\npanic showed unmistakably the inability of these western investment companies to carry the burdens\\nthey had assumed failure after failure followed, until this particular class of corporations has become\\na thing of the past.\\nNot only have the stockholders in the various companies suffered a total loss, but the\\ndirect and indirect obligations of these companies have not been met. New Hampshire was a large\\ninvestor in western securities through these companies, and, in common with other towns and cities\\nin the state, Nashua suffered its share of losses. The writer of this article has taken some pains to\\nmake an estimate of the losses to Nashua people and institutions by reasons of this western loan\\ncraze, and places the same at two millions and a half. The city has, however, with this exception\\nand the disaster attendant upon the building of the Acton railroad, been free from financial misfor-\\ntunes, and on the whole has had a most prosperous career during the many years of its corporate\\nexistence, and to-day the credit of the city, its corporations, and of its business men is of the highest\\ncharacter.\\nThe history of the baidcing institutions of a town or city is in no small degree the histor}- of the\\nfinancial interests of the place. In the following brief review of the banks which have for sixty years\\nserved the people of Nashua, the names of a large number of citizens prominent in business matters\\nduring the same time appear. If to any it may seem a waste of valuable space to devote several pages\\nto lists of bank officials, let it be remembered that in no other way can the memory of these servants\\nof the public, these workers in the building of our prosperous city, be so well preserved^.\\nThe year 1835 marks an important era in the history of Old Dunstable, or modern Nashua. The\\nold Nashua bank, the first in town, was chartered by the state and organized at that time. The first\\npresident was Daniel Abbot. John M. Hunt served the 1)ank as cashier during the thirty years of its\\nexistence.\\nThe capital of the bank was $100,000. Its business came from all parts of Hillsborough county.\\nIts second president was Isaac Spalding. It is a matter of common report that the bank never lost a\\ndollar upon any loan. The bank was located in E.xchange building on Main street near the bridge.\\nThe directors at the beginning of the enterprise were Daniel Abbot, president Jesse Bowers, Jesse\\nEsty, Zebediah Shattuck, James Pierce and Isaac Spalding.\\nIn 1865, after an honorable record, the managers of the bank, many of whom were well advanced\\nin j-ears, and not caring to reorganize as a national bank, decided to wind up the bu.sinessof the insti-\\ntution. The officers of the bank at the close of business were Isaac Spalding, president John M.\\nHunt, cashier; directors, Isaac Spalding, Zebediah Shattuck, James Pierce, Ebenezer Dearborn,\\nClark C. Boutwell, Perley Dodge and Edward Spalding.\\nThe Indian Head National bank was incorporated as a state bank in 1851 and converted into a\\nnational bank in 1865. Its place of business until the early part of the year 1894 was in the depot\\nbuilding of the Nashua Lowell railroad. Its banking house is now located in Whiting building,\\nwhere it has ample accommodation for its business, including safety deposit vaults for the accommo-\\ndation of its customers.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0534.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. .,3\\nIts first board of Hrectors was made up as follows :-Joseph Greeley. William I). Beaso.n, Josiah\\nG. Graves, Thomas W. Gilhs, John H. Gage, John Reed and Francis Winch\\nIts capital at the time of organization was $100,000. At the present time it is 20,000. During\\nan existence of nearly half a century the following residents of Nashua have .ser^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ed the bank as presi-\\ndents :-Joseph Greeley, for two years William D. Beasom, seventeen years; Calvin H Hill eleven\\nyears; Kdward Spalding, seven years; George Stark, one year; Charles H. Campbell, three years-\\nDavid A. Gregg, (in ofi^ce), three years. Cashiers ;-Albert McKean, sixteen vears John g Kim-\\nball, eight years Frank A. McKean, twenty years; Ira F. Harris, now in office John B. TiUotson\\nassistant cashier. The following is the present board of directors David A.Gregg, William h\\nBeasom, Virgil C. Gilman, James II. Tolles, William W.Bailey, Horace C. Phaneuf, William 1\\nI lather.\\nThe Peniiichuck bank was chartered by the the state and commenced business in the second .story\\nof Noyes block in 1855. Its capital was #100,000. The directors of the bank at the time of itsorgan-\\nization were \u00e2\u0080\u0094Aaron W. Sawyer, president Alfred Greeley, Charles F.Gove, Aaron P. Hughes,\\nI.srael Hunt, Henry J. Chapman and Charles H. Campbell. Harrison Hobson, cashier.\\nAt the end of ten years profitable business the stockholders, having received annual dividends\\naveraging nine per cent., decided not to organize under the national banking act, but to go out of\\nbusiness. At the time the affairs of the bank were closed the following citizens made up its board of\\ndirectors Aaron W.Sawyer, president; Henry J. Chapman, Bernard 1!. Wliittemore, Hiram M.\\nGoodrich, Alfred Greeley, Luther H. Clement, Charles P. Gage. Harrison Hobson, cashier.\\nMr. Hobson did all the work in the bank for the first .seven years of its existence. After that he\\nreceived some assistance from his daughter. According to Mr. Mobson s recollection he was not\\nabsent from town during the first seven years of his service.\\nThe First National bank was organized June 4, 1863, with a capital of Sioo,oco. It was located\\nin the second story of Nutt s block and there remained for a period of four years. In 1S67 the\\nsubstantial banking house which it now occupies was erected on land purchased of Col. L. W. Noyes.\\nIt has a Corliss burglar proof safe of the latest pattern and other modern business appointments.\\nIts first board of directors consisted of the following citizens: Thomas Chase, Edward H.\\nSpalding, Charles H. Nutt, Edward P. Fanerson and Luther A. Roby. Thomas Chase served as\\npresident eight years; Edward H. Spalding, three years; lildward P. lunerson, eight years; and\\nGeorge A. Ramsdell, thirteen years. John A. Spalding was cashier from the organization of the\\nbank to Januar} 1S95, when he was succeeded by his son, William Ii. Spalding. John A. Spald-\\ning s term of office exceeded that of any cashier at any time connected with the Nashua banks. As\\nvice-president he still gives his entire time to the interests of the bank.\\nThe present directors are George A. Ramsdell, president: John A. Spalding, vice-president;\\nLuther a Roby, Charles Holman, Solon S. Whithed, Charles H. Burns and Jo.seph W. Howard.\\nThe Second National bank commenced business March i, 1875, with a capital of $100,000, which\\nwas afterwards increased to $150,000. Its location has been from the beginning in Merchants\\nl^xchange, where it is the owner of quarters ample enough for its extensive business, and furnished\\nwith all modern improvements in the matter of safes and vaults.\\nJeremiah W. White, Charles Williams, George H. Whitney, Samuel K. Wellman. William D.\\nCadwell, Seth D. Chandler, and FZvan B. Hammond composed its first board of directors.\\nJeremiah W. White was president of the bank from the date of its organization until Feb. 23,\\n1892, when he was succeeded by F rederick W. l{stabrook, now in office. Cornelius Dearborn\\nwas cashier until January 14, 1876, when he was succeeded by F rederick A. F-aton, the present\\ncashier.\\nThe present board of officers is made up as follows: Directors, Frederick W. li.stabrook, presi-\\ndent: Seth D. Chandler, Charles H. Burke, Lester F. Thurber, Walter A. Lovering, Fayette S.\\nSargent and Albert Shedd. Frederick A. Eaton, cashier. Joseph L. Clough, assistant-cashier.\\nAt an early day in the history of our cotton manufacturing companies a savings bank depart-\\nment was established in each of the corporations as an incentive to the operatives to save their\\nearnings. There was but little formality about the business; the regular counting-room force doing\\nthe necessary work, and the corporation guaranteeing the safety of the deposit. Five per cent\\ninterest was allowed; no depositor was allowed to have more than five hundred dollars in the hands", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0535.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "///STORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nof the corporation. The savings bank department was continued until about the time of the\\norganization of the first savings bank in town. The savings deposits in the hands of the Nashua\\ncompany at one time amounted to $44,000 and in the Jackson company to $18,000.\\nThe finst regular savings bank in Nashua was chartered and ommenced business in 1.S54,\\nrelieving the corporations of the self-imposed burden of caring for the savings of their employes.\\nIts corporate name was the Nashua Savings bank, and it has had a continuous existence until the\\npresent time. Its first board of trustees was made up as follows: Edmund Parker, president:\\nJosephus Baldwin, George Y. Sawyer, Thomas Chase, Henry Parkinson, Caleb J. Emery, Augustus\\nG. Reed, Harrison Hobson, Franklin Munroe, Israel Hunt, Frank Fletcher, Edward Spalding and\\nAaron P. Hughes.\\nIts first treasurer was Aaron P. Hughes, who filled the office ten years. He was succeeded by\\nDr. Edward Spalding, who served thirteen years, and he, in turn, by Virgil C. Gilman, who filled the\\nposition eighteen years and was succeeded by George F. Andrews in May, 1895.\\nThe following well known citizens have acted as president of the bank Edmund Parker, two\\nyears; Edward vSpalding, eight years: Isaac Spalding, nine years: Clark C. Boutwell, five years;\\nWilliam W. Bailey, seven years: Joseph W. Howard, now in office.\\nThe amount of deposits as shown by the last bank commissioners report was $2,666,713.93.\\nThe bank was located at the time of its organization in Exchange building, afterwards in\\nTelegraph block. It now has ample accommodations in Odd Fellows building.\\nThe trustees of the bank at the present time are Joseph W. Howard, Charles H. Campbell,\\nCharles J. Hamblett, George W. Currier, George H. Alley, James H. Tolles, George B. McQuesten,\\nCharles H. Burke and Charles W. Stevens.\\nThe City Guaranty Savings liank was chartered as a mutual savings bank in 1S63, re-chartered\\nas a guaranty savings bank in 1891, with a guaranty fund of $65,000. Its location from the beginning\\nhas been in the second story of the First National bank building.\\nThe following well known citizens composed its first board of trustees: Thomas Chase, Benjamin\\nF F^merson, Benjamin vSaunders, Albert McKean, John G. Blunt, Matthew Barr, Euther A. Roby,\\nThomas J. Eaton, Daniel Hussey, Edward H. Spalding, John Reed, Hiram T. Morrill and Charles\\nH. Nutt.\\nIts presidents have been Thomas Chase, Edward P. Emerson, Luther A. Roby, Stephen D.\\nGreeley, Charles H. Burns.\\nThe treasurers have been Edward H. vSpalding, lilbridge P. Brown and George A. Ramsdell.\\nThe deposits as shown by the last report of the bank commissioners were $432,750.75. Its present\\nboard of directors is compo.sed of the following gentlemen: Charles H. Burns, president; George A.\\nRamsdell, treasurer; trustees, Charles H. Burns, George F. Wilber, George B. McQuesten, W. B.\\nRotch, Luther A. Roby, Edward O. Blunt, D. A. Fletcher, Daniel T. Buttrick, George A. Ramsdell,\\nMark R. Buxton, James M. Swallow, Andrew N. Shepard, Franklin M. Winn, John A. Spalding\\nand James H. Reed.\\nThe Mechanics Savings bank was incorporated in 1S69, with the following board of trustees:\\nHenry Parkinson, Dana Sargent, Charles P. Gage, Allen Wilson, Benjamin P. Moore, Israel Hunt,\\nDaniel F. Runnells, George H. Whitney, John D. Chandler, Seth D. Chandler, J. Abbott Marsh and\\nSamuel Greelej Cornelius V. Dearborn, treasurer.\\nIt was located for a few years in the County Record building. Upon the organization of the\\nSecond National bank this savings bank was removed to the banking rooms of that institution. On\\naccount of heavy losses from Western investments the bank is now 1897) in the hands of a receiver,\\nwho has already paid to depositors thirty per cent of their claims.\\nThe New Hampshire Banking company commenced business May i, 1880, and was one of the\\nfirst guaranty savings banks established in the state. It has a guarant} fund of $125,000.\\nBusiness was commenced in very modest quarters in the one story building north of the Main\\nstreet bridge. It remained in this location over thirteen years, until Novendser, 1893, when it\\nremoved to its present commodious quarters in Whiting building.\\nThe first board of trustees was composed of Hiram T. Morrill, Solomon Spalding, Archibald H.\\nDunlap, David O. Smith, Edward Hardy, George W. Davis, Albert A. Rotch, Charles H. Nutt,", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0536.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 3,-\\nWebster P. Hussey, lu.gene F. Wl.iincy. Hiram T. Morrill was elected president and John C,\\nKimball, treasurer. Mr. Kimball remaine.l treasurer until the later part of .886. when he was\\nsucceeded by William A. Parley.\\nThe present officers of the institution are Trustees, Solomon Spalding, Edward Hardy David\\nO. Smith, George Phelps, Solon S. Whithed, Charles Holman, Jam^s H. Dunlap. E. F. Mcgueslen\\nCharles F. Tessier, and Clarence L. Trow. Solomon Spalding, president. William A. Farley!\\ntreasurer.\\nThe amount of deposits, as shown by the last report of the bank commissioners, was\\n$1. 077, 439- H-\\nThe Security Trust company was organized in 1889 with a capital of \u00c2\u00a7200,000. Its spacious\\nl)anking rooms are located in Masonic temple and are provided with the most modern conveniences,\\nincluding safety depo.sit vaults for the accommodation of customers and others. In addition to its\\ngeneral banking business, it has a savings bank department, in which the deposits, as shown by the\\nlast bank commissioners report, amounted to $386,496.67.\\nThe following gentlemen compo.sed its first board of directors: David A. Gregg, Frank E.\\nAnderson, George A. Rollins, Edward P.liinl, Francis Coggin, Allen Wilson, Lester F. Thurber,\\nGeorge B. Clifford, Fayette S. Sargent, (ieorge E. Anderson, E. A. Hayley, lUbert Wheeler, Henry\\nA. Cutter and J. E. Clifford.\\nSince its organization David A. Gregg has ser\\\\-ed as president, and Fayette S. Sargent as\\ntreasurer. Its present board of directors, 1897, is made up as follows: Lester F. Thurber, George A.\\nRollins, Horace C. Phaneuf, Frank E. Anderson, George B. Clifford, Fayette S. Sargent, David A.\\nGregg, D. E. Proctor, Frank \\\\V. Mayuard, E. H. Wasou and V.. Wood.\\nThe Nashua Trust company was incorporated in 1889, and commenced business in Februarv,\\n1890, with a capital of $150,000. Its banking rooms, centrally located in McQue.sten block, have all\\nconveniences for doing a large banking business. In addition to its general banking business it has\\na savings bank department. The amount of savings bank deposits as shown by the last report of the\\nbank commissioners was $138,479.32.\\nIts first board of directors was made up as follows: Frank Jones, Henry O. Kent, Oscar C.\\nHatch, George E. Gage, George an Dyke, Eugene V. McQuesten, George H. Knowles, A. \\\\V.\\nNewell, E. A. Smith, F reeman Higgins, James H. Tilton, E. M. Shaw, R. H. Cheney, Charles F.\\nEastman, Milton A. Taylor, Frank P. Maynard and Sherburne R. Merrill.\\nF^ rank Jones, the first president of the company, served in that capacity until January, 1892.\\nwhen he was succeeded by George B. F rench, who still holds the office. John P. Goggin has filled\\nthe position of treasurer since the company s organization.\\nThe present board of directors, 1897, is composed of the following gentlemen: President. George\\nB. French, John H. Clark, John A. F^isher, Arthur P. Baker, Eugene F McQuesten, William S.\\nNorwell, R. H. Chenej-, George E. Gage, Webster P. Hussey, William D. Swart, Moses W. Webber,\\nAugu.stus W. vShea, Elijah M. Shaw, I R. Prie.st, and John P. Goggin, treasurer.\\nZ^\u00c2\u00a3l.\\n^A.^^_y", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0537.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "5i6\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nSTILMAN SAMUEL DAVIS.\\nStilinau S. Davis was born in Dunstable, Mass., Oct.\\n14, 1S26, died in Nashua May 26, 1886. He was a son of\\nDea. Mial and Lucy (Hutchins) Davis.\\nHis immigrant ancestor on the paternal side, Barnabas\\nDavis, came to this country from Tewksbury, Eng., in\\nSTILMAN SAMUEL DAVIS.\\n1635, and settled at Charlestown, Mass., and eventually\\nowned a good share of the laud now composing Charles-\\ntown, Mass., receiving the deed from the original Mr.\\nBunker. On the maternal side he was a descendant of\\nScotch-Irish ancestors.\\nMr. Davis was educated in the public schools of his\\nnative place and at the Nashua Literary institution of\\nwhich David Crosby was principal. He came to Nashua\\nto reside when he was seventeen years of age, and for a\\nnumber of years followed the occupation of a wood-\\nturner and cabinet-maker. His first venture for himself\\nwas in the soap manufacturing business, for which he\\nerected a commodious building on Front street on the\\nsite of the Howard Furniture company s warehouse. The\\nenterprise was a success, but for all that he gave it up\\nand bought the M. D. Knowlton paper-box manufactory\\nBy introducing moderu machinery and systematic meth-\\nods he built up a large and profitable business and con-\\ntinued in it, although suffering one or two heavy losses\\nfrom fire, until his death, after which it was sold to\\nWilliam H. Campbell, who conducts it at the present\\ntime.\\nMr Davis was a Nashuan who responded with alacrity\\nto every public demand made upon his time, and who\\nwas always to be found in the foremost ranks of those\\nwho were endeavoring to aid their fellow-men and make\\nNashua an ideal city. He represented Ward One in the\\ncommon council in 1855, but, his time being so occupied\\nwith other affairs, declined further political honors,\\nincluding a nomination as representative. He served\\nthe country four years during the war as paymaster in\\nthe navy, being in the Mississippi river squadron and\\nunder fire in several of its severest engagements. Fol-\\nlowing the war he settled the affairs of the Cutting\\nMachine company and resumed his business. Mr. Davis\\nwas a member of Rising Sun lodge, A. F. and A. M.,\\nMeridian Sun Royal .Arch chapter. Granite lodge, I. O.\\nO. F., of which he was noble grand three years, and,\\n1853, of the grand lodge of the same order of the state,\\nof which, 1857, he was grand master and grand repre-\\nsentative to the Sovereign grand lodge of the United\\nStates. He was also a member of John G. Foster post,\\nG. R., the Knights of Honor and Sovereigns of\\nIndustry. In 1870 Mr. Davis became a member of Nashua\\nlodge, K. of P., and February, 1871, he was elected\\ngrand chancellor of the grand lodge of New Hampshire,\\nwhich office he held two years, meanwhile representing\\nit in 1871 in the supreme lodge. His energy and execu-\\ntive ability attracted attention and commandeil the\\nrespect of the members of the order, and when, in 1874,\\nowing largely to disaffection in Southern and Western\\njurisdictions, it was a serious question whether it was to\\nlive or die, he was elected supreme chancellor of the\\norder throughout the world. Mr. Davis was a persuasive\\nspeaker, conservative in his views, a peace-maker and a\\nthorough organizer, and therefore the field before him\\ngave him the opportunity of his life. He held the office\\nfour 3 ears (being re-elected in 1876), during which time\\nhe visited the lodges in every state and territory and in\\nCanada, made appeals for harmony, settled all differ-\\nences, organized new bodies, made masterlj reports, and\\nput the order on its feet and gave it the prosperity and\\nhigh standing it enjoys to-dav That he accomplished all\\nthis and laid the order under obligations to him was\\nabundantly shown by more than 2500 of its members who\\ncame from near and remote places to attend his obsequies.\\nMr. Davis was a member of the First Baptist church. He\\nserved it many years on the prudential committee as its\\nclerk, and, being a good singer, as chorister. His demise\\nwas sudden. Mrs. Davis had been dangerously ill for\\nsome time and he had been confined to the house with\\npalpitation of the heart she died at early candlelight,\\nand, fifteen minutes later, while contemplating his loss\\nand overcome with sorrow, he sank into a chair and\\nexpired. Their funeral took place at the Baptist church,\\nand they were buried in one grave in the presence of the\\nlargest gathering of the people and secret order men\\never assembled in the city.\\nMrs. Davis maiden name was Alvina C. Swallow; born\\nDec. 30, 1828; married Nov. 15, 1848. She was a daughter\\nof Bera Swallow of Tyngsboro, Mass. Two sons were\\nborn to them Stilman Eugene, born Feb. 13, 1850, who\\nmarried Martha L. Hutchins of Carlisle, Mass.; Frank\\nE., born Aug. 13, 1862, married Jan. 24, 1883, .Amy E.\\nGreen of Nashua; Mary Bradley, adopted, graduated\\nSmith s college, married October, 1895, Arthur L. Franks\\nof Manchester.\\nPATRICK BARRY.\\nPatrick Barr} son of Welsh and Mary (O Brien) Bar-\\nry, was born in County Leitrim, Ireland, Feb. 2, 1837.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0538.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N.\\nHe was educated in the public schools of his native place\\nand came to America, Aug. 8, 1853. He went to work as\\na farm hand on the old Daniel Webster place at Marsh-\\nfield, Mass., and remained there until 1858. He then\\nwent west and remained almut a year. In October, 1S59,\\nI -MKiLK r,Ai;i;\\\\.\\nhe came to Nashua and durini; the next year was employed\\nby John M. Flanders as a carpeuter. The succeeding\\nyear was spent on a farm in Hollis then two years in the\\nemploy of the Nashua Iron and Steel company and two\\nyears in Otterson s foundry, where he learned the\\nmoulder s trade. In October, 1863, he was drafted into\\nthe army, but, for reasons which were satisfactorily ex-\\nplained at that time, he furnished a substitute, for which\\nhe willingh gave up every dollar he possessed. He\\nworked in Hudson at chopping wood, and at Wilton for\\nthe Boston IvOwell railroad, where he had a paying\\ncontract to fit wood for locomotives and used horse power\\nmachines. In 1868 he returned to Nashua, and during\\nthe next four years was employed at the works of the\\nFraucestow-n Soapstone company. His next shift, for, as\\nwill be noted, Mr. Barry is a versatile man, was to the\\nNashua Fire department as a driver then to the police\\ndepartment, where he served four years and won the\\nreputation of being one of the shrewdest and most suc-\\ncessful detectives of criminals in New England. In iSfig\\nhe formed a co-partnership with John H. Vickery, under\\nthe name of Barry Vickery, and embarked in the coal\\nbusiness. The Nashua Coal company, in which he is\\ninterested, is, with the former business of J. W. White,\\nthe successor of the firm. Mr. Barry, who has secured a\\ncompetency for old age, is now engaged in taking care of\\nhis real estate and attending to his business as an under-\\ntaker, he being the oldest in that line in New Hampshire.\\nHe is a man who appreciates the humorous side of life\\nand contributes to the goodfellowship of Nasliuans,\\nis ever ready to lend a helping hand in celebrations and\\ndonates from his means to the causes that appeal for\\nhelp. Mr. Barry has served Ward Five one term in the\\ncommon council and two terms in the legislature. He is\\na director in the Nashua Building and Loan association.\\n5 7\\nthe Nasliua board of trade, the Nashua Coal company\\nan I organized the Nashua Co-operative Iron Foundry\\ncompany, of which company he was president for nine\\nyears after its formation, a member of the Church of the\\nImmaculate Conception, the Ancient Order of Hibernians,\\nthe Nasliua Foresters and Literary society, also a member\\nof the Knights of Columbus.\\nMr. Barry was united in marriage, Aug. 8, 1861, with\\nAnnie Moran, daughter of John and Mary (McGIynn;\\nMoran. Six chil.lren have been born of their marriage:\\nJohn W., born Fel). 14, 1S63, died Dec. 25. 1880; James,\\nborn July 13, 1866, married Mary Gleason of Nashua\\nTimothy, born in June, 1868; Matthew, born May 30.\\n1871 Patrick, born Sept. 8, 1873: William, born March\\n1878.\\nBENJAMIN BAII.KV OTIS.\\nBenjamin B. Otis was born at Canaan, April 1, 1850. He\\nis a son of Paul and Laura M. (Knight j Otis. Forances-\\ntors see sketch of his father.)\\nMr. Otis, who came to Nashua in 1852 with his parents,\\nwas educated in the public schools of Nashua and gradu-\\nated at Bryant Stratton s business college in Boston.\\nHis l)usiness, being the successor of his father, is that of\\na dealer in sash, doors and blinds. Mr. Otis has always\\nbeen an active and progressive citizen who believes in\\nNashua and has done and is doing his part to further all\\nthe ends it aims at. He represented Wanl One in the\\ncommon council in 1891 and 1892 and in the board of\\naldermen in 1893 and 1894, and was elected to the legisla-\\nture to represent the same ward in the session of 1895 and\\n1896. He was a member of the City Guards when it wasa\\ncrack military company, is a director in the Nashua Trust\\ncompany, and the administrator of the estate of his father.\\nHe attends the First Congregational church. Mr. Otis\\nni-;\\\\| A\\nmarried his present wife, Lizzie D. Sullivan, daughter of\\nWilliam D. Sullivan, July 16, 1890. Two daughters were\\nborn by a former marriage, Leona H., born Aug. 27. 1.S.S2\\nErnia C, born June 29, 1885.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0539.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "5 IS\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nJOSEPH SHATTUCK.\\nJoseph Sliattuck was born in Blackburn, England,\\nSept. 29, 1850. He is a son of Ralph and Sarah Shattnck,\\nand came to America with his parents in 1851. After a\\nJOSEl II SIIATTIJCK.\\nresidence of five years at Brockville, Canada, the family\\nmoved to Ogdensbiirg, N. Y., at which place the subject\\nof this sketch was educated in the public schools. When\\nin his fourteenth year he enlisted at Plattsburg, N. Y., as\\na drummer boy in a regiment that was about to march to\\nthe front, but owing to his youth, his father objected and\\nhe withdrew. Shortly after he returned to England\\nwhere he spent four years in learing the confectioner s\\ntrade. Upon returning to this country- he located in\\nNashua, where he has been engaged at his trade and made\\nhis home ever since. While attending closely to his busi-\\nness he has yet found time to participate in other affairs\\nand encourage the things that promote sociability and\\nadd to the advancement of the interests of the com-\\nmunity. He was president of the company that pub-\\nlished the New Hampshire Republican, a daily paper\\nprinted in Nashua president of the Masonic board of\\nrelief, trustee of various Masonic bodies and a director in\\nthe Masonic Building association. Mr. Shattuck has\\nreceived all the degrees in York Rite Masonry and is past\\nmaster of Ancient York lodge and past eminent com-\\nmander of St. George commandery, K. T. He has also\\nreceived all the degrees in Scottish Rite Masonry,\\nincluding the 33d and last, and has held all the important\\noffices in the consistory, including illustrious command-\\ner-in-chief. No man in the state of New Hampshire has\\nworked with greater diligence, or has accomplished more\\nthan Mr. Shattuck in perfecting the ritual work of the\\nconsistory and in making the New Hamshire bodies in all\\nthings the equal of the most intelligent in the world.\\nMore than four hundred of his brethren freely accord him\\ntheir praise. Mr. Shattuck is also an Odd Fellow,\\nKnight of Pythias, and a member of the City Guards\\nclub. He attends the First Congregational church has a\\nfine residence on Concord street, which he built expressly\\nfor a home, and is highly esteemed as a liberal-minded,\\nliberal-handed citizen, whose purpose it is to deal consci-\\nentiously and justly with all men.\\nMr. Shattuck was united in marriage, May 9, 1871. with\\nEmma Shedd, daughter of Augustus N. and Orra E.\\n(Moore) Shedd. Mrs. Shattuck died Oct. 28, 1888. Two\\nson.= were born of their marriage: Frederick N., born\\n.\\\\pril 17, 1873, died Dec. 23, 1892: Edgar L., born June i,\\n1875.\\nCHARLES ALDEN WILLIAMS.\\nCharles A. Williams was born at Nashua, Aug. 18, 1851,\\ndied at Nashua, March 1 1, 18S7. He was a sou of Charles\\nand Eliza A. (Weston) Williams. (For genealogy see\\nsketch of his father.)\\nMr. Williams was a student of the Nashua High school\\nand was graduated at Phillips academy at Andover,\\nMass., in 1869, and at the Massachusetts school of tech-\\nnology in Boston, Mass., in 1873. Following his study in\\nBoston he entered his father s business as superintendent\\nof the foundry, a position he was eminently fitted to fill,\\nboth by his natural gifts and by his special course of\\nstudy. He was self-reliant, independent and possessed of\\nexcellent practical business ability. In all his social\\nrelations he was exceptionally genial and generous. The\\npoor and unfortunate found in him a sympathizing friend\\nand helper. Mr. Williams represented Ward Four in the\\ncommon council in 1S80.\\nMr. Williams was united in marriage Oct. 26, i8Si, with\\nKate Newcomb Piper, liorn in (Veneseo, 111., Nov. 30,\\n1S56, died at Nashua, Jan. 4, 1885. She was graduated\\nfrom the Andover female seminary, under the direction\\nof the Misses McKeen. At the close of her studies there\\nshe spent a year abroad in study and travel. Mrs. Wil-\\nliams was gifted with amiable qualitiesof mind and heart,\\nwas an ornament in society and greatly beloved. She was\\nCIlAHI.liS .M.DliX WU.I.IAMS.\\na member of the Pilgrim church, and with her husband\\nattended the First Congregational church. One son was\\nIjorn of their marriage: Charles Williams, born Dec. 13,\\n1SS4.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0540.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nGEORGE OLIVER OSBORN.\\nGeorge O. Osborn was born at Nashua, Oct. 31, 1854.\\nHe is a son of John and Susan (Reed) Osborn. On the\\npaternal side he is a descendant of early English settlers\\nof Quincy, Mass., and on the maternal side of William\\nReed, who came from Kent, Kng., in 1636, and settled at\\nWeymouth, Mass. Mr. Osborn was educated in the pub-\\nlic schools of Nashua. He is a confectioner, but has been\\na member of the fire department for the past twenty-two\\nyears, and since 1891 has been its chief. He is one of the\\nmost efficient fire-fighters the city has ever had, and is a\\nquiet and modest man who has the good will of the\\ndepartment and the public. Chief Osborn is a member of\\nCrranite lodge, I. O. O. I Watananock tribe of Red\\nMen and the Foresters. He was united in marriage July\\n2, 1877, with Ella M. Burns, daughter of Alexander D.\\nc;f;orge oi,i\\\\er osborx.\\nand Elizabeth (Tuite) Burns of Sherbrooke, 1 y. Four\\nchildren have been born of their marriage Gertrude\\nEllen, George F John A., and Harold C.\\nLOTIE IRENUS MINARD.\\nLotie I. Minard, son of Charles I and Sarah M. (Gay)\\nMinard, was born in Nashua, April 8, 1857. He is a\\ndescendant of Charles D. Minard, who came to America\\nfrom Scotland in 1823 and settled in Nashua, where his\\nchildren were born and where he resided until his death.\\nHis mother was a daughter of Timothy Gaj of Deerfield,\\nMass., and a descendant of the early settlers of that\\nlocality.\\nMr. Minard was educaleil in the pulilic schools of\\nNashua and at Crosby s literary institution, graduating in\\n1874. After four years of varied experience in railroad-\\ning he established himself in the shoe manufacturing\\nbusiness, which occupation he followed six years. He\\nthen entered the employ of Moody, Estabrook Ander-\\nsons, in the same line of business, where he remained\\nseven years. F rom his youth Mr. Minard has taken a\\n5 y\\ndeep interest in public affairs and in all the positions of\\nhonor and trust which he has held he has acquitted him-\\nself in a manner that has refiected credit upon the city\\nI.DI IK linCMS MIN.MU).\\nand his constituency. In 1885 he represented Ward Six\\nin the common council, and in 1886 and 1887 in the board\\nof aldermen. In 1891 he represented the same ward in\\nthe legislature and the same year was appointed deputy\\nsheriff for the county of Hillsborough, a position which\\nhe still holds and the duties of which he performs to the\\nentire satisfaction of the court and those who have busi-\\nness of a legal character. He is also manager and treas-\\nurer of the Nashua Concrete company, which was formed\\nin 1894. Mr. Minard is a member of Rising Sun lodge,\\nA. F. and A. M., Granite lodge, I. O. O. F., of which he is\\npast grand, Nashua lodge, K. of P., Watananock tribe of\\nRed Men, and the Manchester lodge of Elks. He was\\nunited in marriage in 1884 with Josie E. Herbert of New\\nYork. No children.\\nHENRY SCLATER NORWELL.\\nHenry S. Norwell was born in Glasgow, Scotland, Feb.\\n23, 1832. He is a son of William and Jessie Hunter i Scla-\\nter) Norwell, and a grandson on the paternal siile of\\nHenry and Christiana (Hood) Norwell of I^rrol I erth-\\nshirc, Scotland. On the maternal side he is a descendant\\nof William Sclater of Saltcoats. Ayrshire, Scotland, ami\\nJessie (Hunter) Sclater of Hrodick, Island of .\\\\rran.\\nButeshire, Scotland.\\nMr. Norwell was edncateil in the public schools of his\\nnative city, graduating at its high school. He came to\\nAmerica in 1861. and from that year till 1867 was a resi-\\ndent of Nashua. He then went to Chicago, where he was\\nburneil out, and sustaincil heavy losses, in the great fire\\nof 1S71, and where he continued in business till 1878,\\nwhen he returned to Nashua, where he has since remaineil.\\nMr. Norwell is a dry goods merchant of the most enter-\\nprising and progressive character, and a citizen who is\\nheld in the highest esteem by the public. He has never\\nmingled in political strife or .sought or held public ofiice,\\nbut has always done his part in furthering Uie ends of the", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0541.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "520\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nboard of trade, in which he was a director, and has given\\nhis influence and of his means to the tilings that benefit\\nIIENIIV SCLATEI! NOltWlCI-L.\\nthe city. Mr. Norwell is a trustee of Edgewood cemetery\\nand a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd,\\n(Episcopal), which he served many years as treasurer,\\nand in the goverument of which he is the senior warden.\\nMr. Norwell was united in marriage June 22, 1865, with\\nMatilda C. Flinn, daughter of Samuel and Clarissa (Lang-\\nley) Flinn of Nashua. Four children have been born of\\ntheir marriage Harry, born in August, 1866, died in\\nAugust, 1867; Jessie May, born in Chicago in May, 1869;\\nWilliam S., born in Chicago in November, 1S70; Helen\\nHunter, born in Nashua in November, 1883.\\nIRA HILAND PROCTOR.\\nIra H. Proctor, son of Ira and Mar}- (Hutchinson)\\nProctor, was born in Hollis, .\\\\ug. 27, 1843. He was edu-\\nacademy in New Ipswich. Since attaining his majorit}\\nhe has been engaged as a manufacturer of cooperage lum-\\nber and liuilding material, being in business with his\\nbrother uuder the firm name of Proctor Brothers. The\\nbrothers did business in Hollis until 1881, in which year\\nthey removed to Nashua and established the largest mill\\nof the kind in southern New Hampshire. Their enter-\\nprise and industry has proven of great value to Nashua in\\nman)- ways, in that they have given lucrative employ-\\nment to a large number of men and added materially to\\nthe general prosperity of the people. Mr. Proctor takes\\na decided interest in public affairs. He is conservative as\\nwell as progressive a man of excellent judgment in busi-\\nness affairs, and a citizen whose uprightness no man\\nquestions. He represented Ward Seven in the board of\\naldermen in i88g, and in the legislature of 1891, and in\\nboth organizations was loyal to the best interests of the\\npeople of Nashua. Mr. Proctor is a member of Ancient\\nYork lodge, .A. I and A. M., Meridian Sun Royal Arch\\nchapter, Israel Hunt council, St. George coinmanderv-. K.\\nT., and Edward A. Ra) niond consistory, 32d degree of the\\nScottish Rite. He is also a member of Aurora lodge, I.\\nO. O. F., of Hollis. N. H., Evening Star lodge, K. of P.,\\nand Watananock tribe of Red Men. He is unmarried.\\nNATHANIEL HUTCHINSON PROCTOR.\\nNathaniel H. Proctor was born in Hollis, Dec. ig, 1S45.\\n(See sketch of his brother, Ira H. Proctor.) He attended\\n]i: II I I. WD PROCTOR,\\ncated in the public schools of his native place and at the\\nNATIIANIEI. I1UTCHIN-Sl).\\\\ I liOClOU.\\nthe district schools of his native town and later was a\\nstudent at the New Ipswich academy. Following school-\\ndays he learned the cooper s trade and when he was twen-\\nty-four years of age he became a partner w-ith his brother\\nunder the firm name of Proctor Brothers. The business\\nof the firm, which manufactures a variety of cooperage\\nlumber and building material and has existed more than\\ntwenty-five years, outgrew its facilities in Hollis, and in\\niSSi removed to this city where it established shops and\\nmills on Hollis street and greatly increased its output and\\nhas continued to prosper. Mr. Proctor is a man of\\ndecided ability, and a citizen who commands the respect\\nof all with whom he is associated. He represented Ward", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0542.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nS2I\\nSeven in the board of aldermen in iSgi, and is a man wlio\\ncan be relied upon to help Nashua forward to .greater\\nprosperity. He is a member of Aurora lodge, I. O. I\\nof IloUis, and Ancient York lodge, A. F. and A. M.,\\nMeridian Sun Royal Arch chapter. He is also a Scottish\\nRite mason of the 32d degree, and a member of lulward\\nA. Raymond consistory attends the Pilgrim Congrega-\\ntional church. Mr. Proctor was united in marriage, Jan.\\n23, 187S, with Lizzie Billings, daughter of James H. and\\nTanison (Miller) Billings of .\\\\cton, Mass. His children\\nare, Clayton B., born in Hollis, I eb. 20, 1879; Roscoe 1\\nborn in Hollis, April 23, 1881 Margey 1 liorn in\\nNashua, Jan. 11, 1887.\\nJOHN EATON DHARBORN.\\nJohn K. Dearborn was born in Peterboro, Nov. 18, 1862.\\nHe is a son of Cornelius V. and Louise K. (Eaton) Dear-\\nborn. (For ancestors see sketch of his father.) Mr.\\nDearborn was educated in the public schools of Nashua\\nand at a business college in Boston. He is a dealer in real\\nestate and gives attention to the investment of securities.\\nwhich he now holds to the entire satisfaction of the stock-\\nholders of that company. He is a member of several socic-\\njoiix E.VTON de.m:i;()kn.\\nMr. Dearborn attends the First Congregational church\\nand is a member of the City Guards club. He was united\\nin marriage in 1885 with Mary A. Dean of Nashua.\\ntUWARD LABRHE.\\nEdward Labree, son of Joseph and Seraphine (Saintange)\\nLabree, was born at St. Dominiiiue, Canada, Nov. 18, 1861.\\nHe came to Nashua when he was six years old and was\\neducated in the public schools of the city. At an early\\nage he went to work in a cotton mill and, being ambi-\\ntious and desirous of obtaining more of an education,\\nattended the public evening schools where he made good\\nprogress and thus fitted himself for promotion. By close\\napplication to the tasks assigned him and perseverance in\\nwhatever he undertook he won the respect and confidence\\nof his employers, and was advanced step by step until he\\nreached the position of agent of the Vale mills, a position\\n\\\\.\\\\1\\\\\\\\ \\\\l:|) I.AIUUiE.\\nties and a man who has the confidence of his fellow-citi-\\nzens. Mr. Labree was married June 15, 1896, to Mary V.\\nBouley of Middlebury, Vt.\\nTHOMAS G. BANKS.\\nCol. Thomas C. Banks was born at .\\\\lstead June 16,\\n1800; died at Nashua March 4, 1886. He was a son of\\nJohn and Susanna (Prentice) Banks, both of whom were\\ndescendants of the Puritans and children of the early set-\\ntlers of Cheshire county.\\nThe subject of this sketch obtained a common school\\neducation in his native town. Pearly in life he and his\\nbrother, Nathaniel Prentice Banks, father of Gen. N. P.\\nBanks of national renown, started out in search of fortune.\\nThey settled at Waltham, Mass. In 1826 Thotnas G. came\\nto Nashua and was employeil as an overseer at the Nashua\\nmills, where he remained fifteen years. He then went\\ninto the livery business in a stable on the site of the\\nNoyes block, and ran a line of daily coaches between\\nNashua and Lowell. Later he was engaged in manufac-\\nturing and hanging wall paper. He finally gave up this\\nbusiness, ])urchased a farm on the Amherst road and gave\\nhis tiine and attention to market gardening.\\nDuring all these years he was constable and firewanl in\\nNashua; he was the first commander of the Dunstable\\ngrenadiers, and afterwards organized the Granite State\\nlanciers. Later he was commissioned colonel of the Fifth\\nregiment. New Hampshire militia. In 1857 Mayor Gillis\\nappointed him city marshal. This position he continued\\nto hold, with the exception of the year 1861. till 1S68.\\nHe was re-appointed in 1875 by Mayor Whitney. He was\\na member of the legislature for Ward One in 1877 and\\n1878. He was a member of the Olive Street church and\\nand of Rising Sun loilge, V. ami M.\\nColonel Banks was united in marriage at Waltham,\\nMass., Nov. 4, 1824, with Rebecca Mann, who died at\\nNashua Aug, 6, 1883. Their children were Thomas G.,\\nborn March 4, 1826, now residing at Watertown. Mass..\\nand Ezra Prentice, born at Nashua Nov. 10, 1836.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0543.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "522 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nTHE MILITIA OF NASHUA.\\nBY E. J. COPP.\\n1 LSTORY to be of worth and of interest must be a record of events in detail. The more in\\nI detail, the more interesting to most readers. Unfortunately the earlier records of the\\nI militia organizations of Nashua and their achievements are very meagre. A search among\\nthe files and reports of the adjutant-general s office shows the military establishments by\\ncompanies, regiments, brigades and divisions with incomplete rosters of commissioned officers of the\\nseveral organizations, but fails to give the information necessary to compile a complete history of the\\nmilitia of Nashua. It is upon tradition chiefly we must depend for the story of the militia, of the\\ngallant deeds of the regulars, and the renown of the Falstafian organizations known as the slam-\\nbangs. Few there are left among us to-day whose memory covers the period of the early militia\\norganizations, when every able boilied man between the ages of sixteen and sixtj- under the laws of\\nthe conunonwealth, must appear armed and equipped as the law directs, for the May and\\nSeptember trainings or for muster.\\nIt is unfortunate in this regard that the history of Nashua was not written some years earlier.\\nWhen we had with us such men as Thomas Pearson, (see biography) whose memory of events and\\nfund of anecdotes of the good old days seemed inexhaustible, and Col. Thomas G. Banks, the\\nveteran of so many hard fought sham-battles, whose military attainments kept him at the head of\\nNashua s show military for so many years, and others of the older generation who have but recently\\ngone from us. It is, however, fortunate that some of the active participants in the glory of ye\\nancient military are still with us to place upon record something of the story of Nashua s militia.\\nThe writer is indebted to Solomon Spalding (see biography), who in the early days was in\\ncommand of the best equipped and best drilled artillery company of the time. To William O.\\nClough (see biography), at the present time associate police justice and editor of the Nashua Press,\\nOilman C. Shattuck (see biography), Virgil C. Oilman (see biography), we are indebted for some of\\nthe facts of this history.\\nFrom the earliest times the military organization has been an important part of the body politic.\\nNations are born in the throes of military struggle and victories: the power of kings and the\\ninalienable rights of citizenship have been held and protected in all times by military power. Our\\nown country is no exception. Our independence was won, and our institutions were established\\nand maintained by the strong right arm of military force. Military organizations in various phases\\nhave existed in all times and all ages. Provision for the military establishment is found in statute\\nlaws from the first inception of government.\\nThe first militia laws of New Hampshire were enacted by the general assembly of the province\\nof New Hampshire in the 3 ear 1696. We think it worth the space to publish the following extract:\\nA Act for the Regulation of the Militia.\\nWhereas for the Honour and vService of his Majesty and for the security of His Province\\nagain.st any iolence or Invasion whatsoever, it is necessary that due care be taken that the\\nInhabitants thereof be Armed, Trained and in .Suitable Posture and Readiness for the Ends aforesaid,\\nand that every person may know his duty and be obliged to perform the same.\\nBe It therefore enacted by His Excellency, the Oovernour, Council and Representatives Convened in\\nGeneral Assembly and by Authority of the same.\\nThat all Persons from sixteen to sixty shall Bear Arms and Duly Attend all Musters and\\nMilitary Exercises of their Respective Troops and Companies where they are Li.sted or Belong,\\nallowing Three Months time to every Son after becoming sixteen years of age to provide Himself\\nwith Arms, Ammunition, C.\\nAnd the Clerk of each Troop and Company, once a Quarter, Yearly, shall take an exact List\\nof all persons living within the Precincts of such Troop or Company, and present the same to the\\nCaptain or Chief Officer on pain of forfeiting Forty Shillings for each Default, to be paid to the\\nCaptain or Chief Officer to the use of the Company and iu case of non-payment to be levied by", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0544.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "HISTORY AAS//UA, A If.\\n523\\nDistress and sale of the Offenders Goods, by virtue of a Warrant from the Captain or Chief Officer,\\nwho is hereby empowered to Grant the same.\\nThat every Listed vSoldier and HousehoUler, (except Troopers) shall always be provided with a\\nwull fixed Gunlock, Musket, or Bastard-Musket Hore, The barrel not less than three foot and a half\\nlong: or other good Fire Arms, to the satisfaction of the Commission OITicers of the Company; A\\nSnapsack, Cartouch Box, one pound of good Powder, twenty Bullets fit for his Gun and Twelve\\nFlints; A good Sword or Cutlass; A Worm and Priming Wire fit for his Gun, on penalty of Six\\nShillings for want of such Arms as is hereby required, and Two Shillings for each other defect, and a\\nlike sum for every Four Weeks he shall remain un])rovided the fines to be paid by Parents for tlieir\\nSons under age, and under their Command, and by Masters and Heads of Families for their Servants,\\nother than Ser\\\\ ants upon Wagers.\\nThat every Trooper shall be always ])ro\\\\ided witli a good, serviceable Horse of Ten Pounds\\nvalue, and not less than Fourteen Hands high, the same to be determined by Two Chief Com-\\nmissioned Officers, co\\\\-ered with a good Saddle, Bit, Bridle, Holsters, Pectoral and Crooper, and\\nfurnished with a Carbine, the Barrels not less than Two Foot and a half long, with a Belt and\\nSwivel, with a Case of Good Pistols, with a Sword or Cutlass, a Flask or Cartouch Box, One Pound\\nof good Powder, Three Pounds of vSizeable Bullets, twenty P lints and a good pair of Boots and Spurs\\non Penalty of Twelve Shillings for want of such Horse as is hereby ordered and Three Shillings a\\npiece for every other defect, and a like sum for everj^ Six Weeks he shall remain unprovided, and\\nthat each Trooper list his Horse and shall not dispose thereof without the consent of his Chief Officer,\\non penalty of Five Pounds; and for the non-appearance at the Time and Place appointed for exercise\\nevery Listed Trooper for each day s neglect shall pay Ten Shillitigs Fine.\\nThat Commissioned Officers of any Troop or Company or the Major part of them may order the\\ncorrecting of Disorders or Contempt on a Training Day or on a Watch the Punishment not being\\ngreater than laying Neck and Heels, riding the Wooden Horse, or Ten Shillings Fine.\\nThere appears to have been no practical change in the militia law for nearly one hundred years\\nthe presumption is, that the military of the province of New Hampshire did patriotic service for the\\nHonour of His Majesty.\\nFor the protection of the settlers upon the frontier, the military was often called out and sent upon\\nlong and oftentimes hazardous and disastrous campaigns against the Indians.\\nThe early liistory of our country is the history of a struggle for existence. The early settlers\\nbecame the natural enemies of the dusky savages of the forest who were the rightful proprietors of the\\nsoil, every advance upon their domains being resisted with all the power of their savage methods.\\nEvery settler made his cabin his fortress and in its defense and in the hunt for the game of the forest\\nhe became the expert marksman. His children were the apt pupils of their father in the use of the\\ngun and the endurance of hardship. Thus the entire population of the country became rare material\\nfor fighting soldiers. It was to this hereditary quality that the American patriots owed their superi-\\nority to the trained British soldiers upon the battlefields of the Revolution. The hi.story of the ser-\\nvices of the militia of Old Dunstable in the W^ar of the Revolution, of 1S12, and the Mexican War will\\nbe found in another chapter.\\nThe militia laws of December, 1792, organized the militia into twenty-eight regiments. The\\nFifth regiment with its two battalions was assigned or compri.scd the towns of Amherst, Merrimack.\\nLitchfield, Duxbury (now a part of Milford), Dnn.slahle, llollis, Nottingham West (now Hudson),\\nand Raby (now Brookline.\\nThe old Fifth regiment, the Bloody iMlth, the i.ridc of old Dunstable, Nashua and Nashville,\\neasily carried off the honors of all the military of the state for many, many years.\\nThe annual parades, musters and inspection of the militia of the whole state were the principal\\nevents of the time. The order for parades and musters was issued by the brigadier-general conimand-\\ning for the inspection or muster of his command. The colonels of regiments, through their adjutants,\\npromulgating the order bv the issuing of regimental orders to the captains of companies and the cap-\\ntains issuing warrants to the individual members of the several companies to appear at the stated time\\nand place armed and equipped as the law directs.\\nThe muster of the Fifth regiment was holden in various places from year to year, Amherst. Mn\\nford, Merrimack and Nashua in turn. In the fall of .84.S the muster was hol.len .1. Nashua, on the", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0545.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "52-J\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nc\\n/izz^\\ngrounds east of Main street and north of Harbor pond, the territory now included between Hollis\\nstreet and the harbor, it being a large level place admirably adapted for the purpose.\\nThe muster of the old time did not mean, as now, an encampment of several days. The entire\\nwork of the muster was between sunrise and sunset of one day. No tents were used, consequently\\nthere was no camp. It was a great day not only for the militia but for the public generally, practi-\\ncally every man, woman and child in all the country around was enthused with the excitement of the\\nday. For weeks before it was the talk of the town and the glorious coming event for the boys. Before\\nthe days of the county fair, the circus, the wild west show, base ball or the theatre it became the one\\ngreat source of amusement for the population okl and young.\\nThe military display of the muster da\\\\ was not all of its attractions; side shows, freak exhibi-\\ntions and amusements of every kind\\nTTT^ ^^ZT ^^L^ established themselves upon the\\ngrounds and were crowded through-\\nout the day with a mass of people.\\nTents and shanties of every conceiv-\\nable size and description made the\\nminiature white city of those days\\nand the Midway Plaisauce prob-\\nably here had its inception. Ped-\\ndlers with their wares Yankee no-\\ntions and fancy goods of all kinds\\nwith a babel of voices mingled with\\nthe music of brass bands, fifes and\\ndrums. It was here that Jack Adams\\ncommenced his career and laid the\\nfoundation of his fortune, first as a\\nvender of small wares from his ped-\\ndler s cart, later as the skillful chiro-\\npodist. The razor-strop man, the\\nscissors grinder, the quoit pitchers\\nand ring-toss man were there. The\\nginger-bread stand and candy coun-\\nter and fakes innumerable. The\\nsharper with the roulette table, props,\\nand dice made hay while the sun\\nshone, roping in the countryman and\\nrelieving him of his surplus cash.\\nNew Ivngland rum upon tap was the\\nfavorite beverage and everybody,\\nwith rare exceptions, considered it\\na necessity to the complete happiness\\nof the day.\\nThe forenoon of the day the duty\\nof the military was given to inspec-\\nV^-\\n/f\\n7\\ntr?\\ntion and drill. In the afternoon was the great event of the muster, a grand sham fight. A muster\\nwithout a sham fight would have been like the play of Hamlet with Handet left out. The roar of\\nthe cannon, the rattle of the flint-lock muskets, the grand charge of the infantry upon the artillery\\nand, of course, capturing the guns was the supreme and culminating event, the smoke and smell of\\npowder filling the air until night closed the scene.\\nAmong the colonels commanding the old Fifth regiment who were residents of Nashua, were\\nCol. Joseph Greeley, and later. Col. Joseph Greeley, Jr., Col. John h:ayrs. Col. Israel Hunt, Jr. (see\\nbiography), who was in command from 1.S36 to 1839, and became major-general in command of the\\nThird division. General Hunt held all ranks in the military service from sergeant to that of major-\\ngeneral. He was a familiar form upon the streets of Nashua for many years after he closed his", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0546.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n525\\nmilitary services. He always bought largely of real estate and became quite wealthy. He was a man of\\nstrong convictions, and ready to express his .sentiments. He was a Democrat of the radical school,\\nactive in public affairs up to the time of his death in 1875.\\nCol. Thomas G. Banks was appointed colonel of the Fifth regiment, January i, 1H56. Colonel\\nHanks was an able officer, with the true military instinct; and had he not been at an advanced age at\\nthe opening of the War of the Rebellion, would, without doubt, have won distinction upon the battle\\nfield. He was at the head of military affairs of Nashua for many years; a good executive officer, a\\ngenial nmn, a worthy and loyal citizen. He held the position of city marshal during the war.\\nAn incident showing his characteristics is worthy of record. Copperheadism in those days was\\nrampant in Na.shua as in other places. Freciuent altercations took place upon the streets between\\n1()\\\\ al citizens and those allies of the rebels of the vSoulh. It was upon the receipt of news, reporting\\nthe defeat of the Union army the first\\n^^^^^Z^^^-,-.^ ui Ui^;r-^i^^T^ day of the battle of Gettysburg. A\\n!^\u00c2\u00bb^f -i^ fi2lt^yk^ known Nashua Copperhead was\\n^^^i^\\n:4hiz: ^f.Jy^^^A^\\nl^ -r- y,i^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^.^c\\nexulting over the defeat; when\\nOliver M. Sawyer, familiarly known\\nas Salty Sawyer, made issue tell-\\nT^i.\\n.^^y\\n*xSvr A\\ntV. ff e^iy ft r- A\\ni^:\\nry\\ne^\\ne^\\nf-l^at i^, ^^n ^r-r-icT ^^t /-A-,^. r-i^ZZi-r^^^O\\nt.-** O-^y -e-^ifr^f\\nQ-.\\n^^t^ ^fxy t ^i\\ning him he should by rights have his\\nhead knocked from his shoulders,\\nand his loyal blood rising to the\\nboiling point he added, I believe I\\nwill do it, and suiting the action to\\nthe word, with his strong right fist\\nlaid Copperhead in the dust with a\\nbroken nose and bleeding face. City\\nMarshal Banks was appealed to to\\narrest Sawyer for assault. Colonel\\nBanks listened to the complainant s\\nstory and patting him upon the\\nshoulder he said, My friend, your\\ncomplaint is entered at the wrong\\nplace. You should go South with\\nyour trouble where you evidently\\nbelong.\\nIn the list of lieutenant-colonels\\nc;^^ of the regiment Nashua was well\\n6 i^-A {^^}f,^,j/eUciL. represented by Moses Hunt, brother\\nof Gen. Israel Hunt, having been\\n^^n^ttT/^A/^^ /a^/A c-^Zl promoted from captain of the Ivighth\\n^mmmm^^^ company. George Tuttle was lieu-\\n1^ tenant-colonel in 1839. Colonel Tul-\\n^ifyi y yZ. t^/Z^r jjg ^^.j^j, brother of Nelson Tuttle.\\nFranklin hletcher succeeded Colonel Tuttle. It appears from the records that Isaac J. Fox .served as\\nlieutenant-colonel from December, 1848 to 1856. Daniel M. Fi.ske was appointed beutenant-colonel,\\nJanuarv 4 1856 Colonel Fiske, more familiarly known as Captain Fiske, was a well-known military\\ncharacter in Nashua for many years. His life and money were spent in cultivating his tastes in th.s\\ndirection. He was a fine horseman and always owned a fine horse for military parades. Captain\\nFiske served in the Eighth N. H. regiment during the war.\\nTohnH Gage was major of the Fifth regiment in .856, and 1858 was commissioned as colonel.\\nHe was for man; vears one of Nashua s leading business men, being senior member of the firm of\\nGage Warner Whitnev, manufacturers of machinery on Hollis street near the Worcester railroad\\npassenger station. Colonel Gage was killed by the accidental discharge of a sporting rifle, about\\n1863.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0547.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "526 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nCharles H. Nutt (see biography) was quarter-master of the regiment from 1841 to 1S45. The\\nrecords also show that he was adjutant of the regiment in 1841.\\nSamuel Tuck was adjutant of the regiment in 1856. Adjutant Tuck was for many years in\\nthe millinery business in Noyes block.\\nAmong the surgeons of the regiment we find Dr. Ebenezer Dearborn (see biography), who was\\nappointed April 15, 1824. Doctor Dearborn lived at the head of Park street, corner of Olive, where\\nhis old homestead now stands.\\nDr. Josiah G. Graves (see biography) was appointed surgeon in 1S38. Doctor Graves became\\none of Nashua s eminent physicians.\\nDr. Edward Spalding (see biography) was surgeon of the regiment from 1841 to 1845. Doctor\\n.Spalding in later years became the recognized leading citizen of Nashua, accumulating a large\\nproperty, dispensing it with a liberal hand in any worthy charit} He died in 1895.\\nDr. L. F. lyocke (see biography) was appointed surgeon September 9, 1830. Doctor Locke\\nsubsequently turned his attention to dentistrj^ and became one of the leading dentists of Nashua,\\nhaving an office in Fishers building. Main street.\\nDr. E. B. Hammond (see biography), Dr. E. A. Colburn (see biograph}) are of record as\\nsurgeons mates, and became prominent physicians of Nashua in after years.\\nThe onerous position of paymaster was held by Alfred Greeley in 1816. Alfreil Greeley was\\nthe original owner of the Greelej farm on Concord street, bequeathed by his son J. Thornton Greeley\\nto the city of Nashua.\\nAlfred Greeley was succeeded as paymaster by Samuel Greeley in 1823, and Jackson Greeley in\\n1840. Evidently the Greeley family were in high favor at court.\\nThe old artillery company organized in 18 18 maintained its organization in varying condition\\nuntil about the year 1835, when it had become run down and almost extinct. It was at this period\\nthat Perley Foster, father of Maj.-Gen. John G. Foster (see biography), and vSoIomon Spalding (see\\nbiography) gave it new life by a complete re-organization. It was their purpose to make the\\norganization the best artillery company in New England, and that the}- succeeded is well attested\\nby the flattering reports upon their every appearance for many years. The principal event of their\\nservice seems to have been their march to Boston, and the part taken in the anni\\\\-ersary celebration\\nof the battle of Bunker Hill, 1842.\\nEarh on the morning of June 15 the company left the village of Nashua for Boston: the com-\\npau)- consisting of seventy men uniformed in blue, with gilt trimmings, each man armed with a\\nsword of the old Roman pattern two si.x-pound brass field pieces, known as the Napoleon gun,\\nwhich had been made expressly for their company at the Alger Foundry company in South Boston,\\ntogether with two caissons, each piece and each caisson drawn hx two horses gailj- decorated, all\\nmaking a brilliant and imposing display.\\nThe march to Boston via Old Concord was a series of ovations through the villages en route.\\nCaptain Spalding in narrating this event incidentally remarks, that the march was more of a ride,\\neighty horses being required to transport the batter)-, men, guns, caissons, and necessary commissary\\nstores. The commissar} wet and dry, being no small part of the outfit. As the column approached\\na village, by a well drilled manceuvre, the entire company were, in an incredible short time, dis-\\nmounted from the comfortable seats in their carriages and were in line of march, which was well\\nmaintained until the compau}- was well out of the village. This manceuvre, it is said, was executed\\neven upon the approach to country schoolhouses, that Young America should get no false\\nimpressions of real soldiers upon line of march.\\nArriving at Old Concord the company went into camp on the old battle ground of 1776. Here\\nthey were entertained right royally Ijy the good people of Concord. From Concord the company\\nmarched into Boston, dispensing with their private carriages. In Boston the company attracted\\nmarked attention, by the complete equipment of the battery, the remarkably brilliant uniforms and\\ngeneral soldierly bearing of the men.\\nUpon Bunker Hill this seventeenth day of June, New Hampshire carried off the honors of the\\nday, as did New Hampshire at the battle which the children of their worthy sires were this day\\ncelebrating.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0548.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N H\\n527\\nIf New Hampshire can justly claim the honors of lU.nker Hill, i\u00e2\u0080\u009e having more than one-half\\nof the men enKased on the American side, Nashua can take to herself the distinction of succeeding\\nOld Dunstahic ,n the honor of having more men in the battle than any other town in the state After\\nlong years of delay an.l many vicissitudes, the monument was now con.plete, except the crowninu\\ncap stone. 1\u00e2\u0080\u009e the celebration of the day New Hampshire was given an important part, and the old\\nNashua artillery were the worthy representatives of their state. One of the guns of their battery\\nbeing dismounted, was taken to the top of the monument, and there belched forth a national salute\\nproclaiming to the world m no uncertain sound, the great truth that the monument here reared and\\ncompleted would (or all time mark the spot where liberty for the world had its birth. The exercises\\nbeing ended, the company again took up its march for New Hampshire. This was the crowning\\nglory of the old artillery company. It maintained a successful organization for ten years after this\\ndate, attending many musters and man\\\\- parades.\\nAmong the officers of the artillery company were Phineas Adams, commissioned lieutenant\\nAugust 15, 1837, promoted to captain Jan. 31, 1839. Captain Adams became a prominent and\\nwealthy citizen; for many years he was landlord of the old Central house on Railroad scpiare, upon\\nthe present site of the I.aton house. He died about the year 1855. He was the father of Mrs. IC. B.\\nHammond and ol Phineas Adams, Jr., a prominent citizen of Manche.ster well known to Nashua\\ncitizens.\\nIgnatius Bagley was first lieutenant of the company in 1839, and again commissioned to the\\nsame rank in 1841. He was with his company in their trip to Boston. Lieutenant Bagley was in the\\nmeat business on Railroad square. The gun house of this company was near the Shattuck ledge on\\nSummer street.\\nThe finst record of the second company dated from 1815. Alexander Eayrs was commissioned\\ncaptain Dec. 19, 1815; Joseph Swallow, Dec. 16, 1S16: Samuel Foster, April 20, 1819: vStephen\\nBates, Dec. 13, 1822; Israel Hunt, Jr., June 14, 1824.\\nThis company appears to have been the military cradle of (piite a luimber of Nashua s militia\\nheroes. Israel Hunt, Jr., was first commissioned as ensign in this company in 1822 from the rank of\\nsergeant. His military ambition won for him rapid promotion. This company also was the primary\\nmilitary .school of Col. George Bowers (see biography the hereof two wars, who.se record will be\\nfound upon other pages of this history, and of Col. Thomas Banks, Capt. Daniel M. l iske, Jacob\\nHall, Capt. C. P. Danforth {.see biography), Jesse Bowers (see biography), Steidien Kendrick,\\nJeremiah P. Davis, all becoming prominent citizens of Nashua. This company was disbanded in\\n1831 and reorganized in 1834 under Thomas G. Banks, captain, and Daniel M. Fiske, ensign. The\\nlast record we find of the second company is in 1840, when it may be presumed the com])any ceased\\nto exist.\\nThe eighth company. Fifth regiment, also had a conspicuous place in the military establishment\\nfrom the year 181S and to the year 1841. It was in this organization that Moses Hunt commenced\\nhis military life, holding the position of captain from 1820 to 1832, lieing promoted to major of the\\nregiment June i, 1832, and to lieutenant-colonel Jan. 16, 1836. Moses Hunt was a brother of Gen.\\nIsrael Hunt. Franklin Foster was commissioned captain of the comiiaiiy June 1, 1832. He lived on\\nFletcher street for man}- years and carried on the business of wheelwright in the building on the\\ncorner of Main and Fletcher streets on the present site of Dunlap block. Solomon Spalding, Jr.,\\nwas in command of the eighth company from April 3, 1833, to April 27, 1S35, when Isaac P. Morgan\\nbecame captain. Morgan was the brother of Sumner Morgan, living on North I- lm street. Daniel\\nM. Fiske was al.so a captain from A))ril 21, 1836, to Sept. 15, 1837, when Samuel Merrill was com-\\nmissioned captain. Saimiel I. Mackiiis succeeded Merrill and James Roby became captain March 4,\\n1841. Roby was the brother of David Roby who, until his recent death, occupied the old family\\nhomestead on Amherst road. The lieutenants were Benjamin F arley, 181S; Noah Jewett, 1824;\\nBenjamin Pool, Jr., 1S24; Noah P.Goodhue, 1S26; Richard Dole. Jr., 1S33; Kbenezer Converse,\\n1837; Samuel Matthews, 1841.\\nThe first company of the Fifth regiment was organized about the year 1823 and commanded\\nsuccessively by John Ivpis, Jr., Noah Lund, Pascal Fletcher, brother of the venerable Mrs. Bowers,\\nwho at the present writing, at the age of over ninety years, is often seen upon our streets riding with\\nher daughter, Mrs. F A. McKean. Captain Fletcher was one of Nashua s early lumber merchants.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0549.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "528\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nHe was succeeded in tlie conimaiul of the first company bj- Josephus Baldwin, March iS, 1830.\\nJosephus Baldwin became the first niaj-or of the city of Nashua. He was one of the foremost of the\\nenergetic men of Nashua for more than thirty years, and did very much for his town in many ways.\\nHe established and built up to large proportions a bobbin and shuttle business on Water street. His\\nhomestead stood upon the present site of Ayers block on Main street until the year 1891. A more\\nextended sketch of his life will be found in this volume. Edward Baldwin succeeded his brother\\nJosephus to the command of this company in 1832, and he in the same year by William Adams-\\nCaptain Adams was a well-known landlord of the Pearl street hotel, the name of the house being\\nsubsequently changed to Tremont house. The lieutenants of this company were Samuel Roby,\\nbrother of Luther Roby; Sherabiah Hunt, brother of Gen. Israel Hunt. Joseph Knowlton was\\ncommissioned to the command of this company in 1833 and after two years service retired from the\\npomp and glory of the military to his cobbler shop on South Central street. Hiram Wilkins suc-\\nceeded Knowlton. Mr. Wilkins was a stable keeper on Railroad square. Amos Wheeler, Jr., was\\nthe last lieutenant of the company of record, being commissioned March 9, 1S41. Of the achieve-\\nments of the first company, history and tradition tell us not, and the oldest of its members have long\\nsince gone to their reward.\\nThe Grenadiers, organized in 1824, became one of the crack organizations of the regiment.\\nThat it was one of the pets of the town is evident from the following extract from the Nashua Weekly\\nTelegraph of June 28, 1828:\\nThe ladies of Nashua Village will, on the 4th of Jul\\\\ 1828, a-t 11 o clock jr., present to the\\nNashua Grenadiers a military standard. Those ladies who have subscribed for that object are\\nrespectfully invited to assemble at the house of Capt. Asa Buntin at 10 o clock. Citizens are invited\\nto participate in the exercises of the day. A dinner will be provided for the occasion. Tickets may\\nbe had at the Bar of Mr. Joel Fisher s Inn and at the stores of Messrs. D. E). S. Goodnow and I,.\\nW. Noyes.\\nR(.)bp;rt Andeksox, Committee\\nB. L. M.\\\\CK, of\\nL. W. NoYKS, Arrangements.\\nJuly 4, 1828, the following will be the order of the day at this village\\nThe Dunstable Cadets and Nashua Grenadiers will parade at 1 1 o clock on the common in\\nfront of Messrs. D. E. S. Goodnow s store. The ladies will meet at Capt. Asa Buntin s house at\\n10 o clock. At II they will be conducted to the common when a standard will be presented.\\nImmediately after the ceremony the procession will form in the following order to hear the\\nperformances at the meeting-house of the Rev. Mr. Nott.\\nMilitary Escort.\\nMusic.\\nMarshal of the Day.\\nHT 1 1 I Rev. Clergy, c. I\\nMarshal. Marshal.\\nCom. of Arrangements.\\nMarshal. Eadies. Marshal.\\nMarshal. Citizens and Strangers. Marshal.\\nCaptain Mack, Grand Marshal.\\nIndependent companies of Dunstable Cadets, commanded by Captain.\\nNashua Grenadiers, commanded by Captain Banks.\\nThe captains of the Grenadiers were succes.sively Alpha Richardson, Jonathan R. Wiggin,\\nThomas G. Banks, Charles Cunnuings, William Adams, Jonathan R. Wiggin, Frederick Dyke and\\nPeleg S. Tompkins.\\nThe uniform of the company was blue coat, duck pants, dark plume in soft hat. The company\\nwas disbanded in 1832.\\nThe military organizations of Nashua under command of Colonel Banks had the honor of acting\\nas escort to President Jackson upon his visit to the old town of Dunstable in 1833.\\nThe short time allowed, after ascertaining that the distinguished visitor would stop for an hour\\nor two, did not give time for elaborate plans for show, but all were glad to be favored by a visit from", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0550.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASiniA, N. H. 529\\nthe chief magistrate, and all, without distinction of party, were readv to do him honor. The leading\\ncitizens of the town at that time were Jesse Howers, Daniel Abbot, Charles i\\\\. Atherton, Moody D.\\nLovevvell, William Hoardmaii, Jesse Esty, Benjamin F. French, Israel and John M. Hunt, Mo.ses\\nTyler, .Stephen Kendrick, Silas Butterfield, Christopher Paige, Franklin Foster, John Flagg, Frank-\\nlin Munroe, William I,und, Isaac Spalding, Leonard W. Noyes, Hugh Jameson, I erley Foster,\\nJoseph, Ivzekiel and Alfred Greeley and many others not named.\\nThe plan for the reception which was carried out was for the military, with ajtavalcade of some\\nforty citizens, to meet the president and party at the state line about five miles below Nashua Village.\\nThe presidential party consisted of President Jackson, Martin Van Buren, then secretay of slate, and\\nthe members of the cabinet.\\nThe escort left the village about eight o clock in the morning and returned about ten with their\\nguests, stopping at the Washington house, on the present site of Noyes block, which was then the\\nbest adapted to the purpo.se, and from its convenient portico our visitors were .seen.\\nThe female operatives in the mills of both our corporations were invited to take part in the\\nfestivities, and all the young ladies of our village were included, and a special recjuest made that all\\nwho could conveniently do so should dress in white with blue sashes. The number in white and blue\\nwas between two and three hundred, they being given the foremost rank after the military, and were\\nfollowed by a large iiumher of ladies and gentlemen, together with representatives of the different\\ntrades and industries of the thriving village.\\nThe ojieralives in the mills were then the Yankee girls of New Hampshire, N ermont and Maine.\\nThere were no foreigners in the town. The place of gathering of the military and other participants\\nfor their organization and march was Abbot square. The influx of people from adjoining towns\\nmade a large crowd, which was organized ready for its march when the expected visitors reached\\nthe Washington house, ami was in readiness for the procession to pass in review.\\nUpon the approach of the column, the party was welcomed with the booming of cannon from\\nthe time they appeared at the top of the hill north of the harbor till they reached the Washington\\nhouse and long after.\\nAfter due arrangements were made for the visitors on the portico of the Washington house, the\\nAbbot square procession started, passing in review of the chief magistrate, and countermarching back\\nin front of the Washington house, and there foiniing in line.\\nThe time fixed for the departure was twelve o clock. The people, seeking the best ])ositions to\\nsee the president as he left the town, made for the north side of the bridge as that seemed to be the\\nfavorable spot to arrange themsehes for the best \\\\iew as the\\\\- went the hill on the wa\\\\ tothecajii-\\ntal of the state. The hill was then steep and sandy, the l)ridge at that time being some twenty-five\\nfeet lower than now, which made the hill much steeper on both sides of the river, and the military\\ncompany and men representing our \\\\arious industries, with handsaws, shovels, banners, etc., were in\\nthe line, and a large crowd extended far up the hill, eager to see the guests as they de] arted.\\nA barouche, with six white horses dri\\\\en by one of our best ribbon holders. Joel Concay. was\\n.soon in sight with the distinguished party on board. No man ever waved a salute more gracefully\\nthan General Jack.son but the speed of the horses which took them out of town gave him but little\\nopportunity to wave his graceful good-bye. The runaway .speed was caused by the hurrahing, the\\nwaving of flags, swinging of handsaws and other demoii.strations, as the horses reached the north end\\nof the bridge. The driver lost control of his horses any further than to try and keej) them headed up\\nthe hill in the direction of Concord, the place they wanted to reach. The hill and rising ground be-\\nyond served to take the wind of his horses, so he got them under control, but not till after they were\\nthrough and beyond the crowd, which reached from the bridge to Abbot square.\\nThe fir-st rifle company, organized Jan. 14, 1S25, comijiised .some of the first men of the town.\\nCharles Richardson was the first commander, holding the captaincy until 1828, when he was suc-\\nceeded by Charles G. Atherton, a prominent lawyer of the village and who became United States\\nsenator. A sketch of his life will be found among the biographies in this volume. Among the cap-\\ntains commanding the company were Alexander H. Converse, George W. Fletcher, Sewal G. Mack,\\nLuther Towns, Levi Curtis and Elbridge G.Hardy. Charles P. Danforth, one of the best known\\ncitizens of Nashua for more than sixty years, was lieutenant of the company from 1832 to 1834. The\\ncompany was disbanded about the year 1840.\\n^3", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0551.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "530 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nThe Nashua Guards, a company famous in its da} throughout the state for its excellence, was\\norganized Sept. lo, 1834. Capt. Thomas G. Banks was its first commander. Captain Banks was\\nsucceeded by George Bowers in 1840, Mark Putnam in 1843, Charles T. Gill in 1846 Capt. Thomas\\nG. Banks, Jr., now of Waltham, Mass., commanded the company in 1S47, Noah J. Harris in 1S49,\\nand Joel Colburn in 1851. Mr. Colburn followed the business of a painter, living on the banks of the\\nNashua river on Pearson s avenue on the present site of the old card shop. Among the lieutenants\\nin this company were Oliver Phillips and Caleb I. Emery. Oliver Phillips was for many years a well-\\nknown citizen of Nashua, at one time owner of an oyster saloon in one of the small ten-foot buildings\\non the corner of Main and Park streets, where about i860 he built a three-story frame building, occu-\\npying the larger part for his saloon and a billiard room in the second story. This building was\\nburned in 1868 in the extensive fire which swept down the east side of Main street to the bridge\\nand then as far as Goodrich block on the west side. On the site of his old building he built the pres-\\nent post office building which is still owned b}- his widow and son, who at the present writing reside\\nat the old homestead on Park street. Caleb I. Emery was the son of Caleb J. Emery, who was a suc-\\ncessful dealer in wet groceries on the corner of Pearl and Elm streets. Lieutenant Emery subse-\\nquently became pa} ma.ster in the United States nav) holding his position through the War of the\\nRebellion and for fifteen or twenty years after. He was a man of strong character, vigorous in the\\nuse of the English language, but kind of heart and companionable. He died about the year 1885.\\nThe other lieutenants of the company succeeding were Noah J. Harris, Charles Crowley, Henry J.\\nShattuck, James R. Campbell and E. C. Farwell. E. C. Farwell became a prominent merchant and\\nmanufacturer of Nashua. James H. Blake, the well-known dry goods man, Mark Putnam, of the\\nNashua Manufacturing company, James Cochran and Euke Putnam held the office of ensign at dif-\\nferent periods from 1840 to 1851. The uniform of the Guards was a blue coat with buff trimmings,\\nbrass buttons, and red cap with white feather plumes. The company ceased to exist in 1852.\\nAnother of the military companies of which Nashua was proud was the Lafayette Light Infantry.\\nIt had a short but brilliant career, it was organized in 1S39 with George Tuttle as captain, Fordice M.\\nStimp.son, first lieutenant, Hiram D. Leavitt, ensign. In the following year it was Captain Stimpson,\\nLieut. A. H. Dunlap and Ensign Nelson Tuttle. A. H. Dunlap became the successful seedsman.\\nNelson Tuttle acquired a large property and died in the year 1895. John H. Gage was commissioned\\ncaptain in 1841. Albin Beard (see biography) was lieutenant and Samuel Wright, ensign. The\\nuniform of this company was .somewhat amazing. It was purchased of the Boston Lancers and of\\ncourse was just right and up to date. The hat was of a brilliant red, shaped like a druggist s mortar,\\nwith red and white plumes; coat of sky blue with white trimmings and buttons of brass, and white\\npants. The guns of this company, as well as of all military companies at this time, and for some\\nyears later, were the flintlock, smooth bore musket. This company was the first to occupy the\\narmory, so called, in the town house, now the City Hall building. The company was disbanded\\nin 1842.\\nThe third company, light infantry, was organized April 19, 1841, with John H. Gage as captain,\\nAlbin Beard, lieutenant, and Sanuiel Wright, ensign. In 1842 Lieutenant Beard resigned. Samuel\\nF. Wright was promoted to lieutenant and Oliver Blodgett was appointed ensign. The last year of\\nits existence vSamuel Wright was commissioned captain, John H. Gage resigning, Oliver Blodgett,\\nlieutenant, and Franklin Munroe became ensign. Of the distinguished exploits of this company, if\\nan} history and tradition are silent.\\nA companj known as the fourth company, light infantry, Columbian Grays, was organized May\\n7, 1846. Isaac Fox, captain, Albin Beard, lieutenant. January 31, 1849, Albin Beard was promoted\\nto captain and J. Thornton Greeley appointed lieutenant. J. Thornton Greeley was the son of Col.\\nJo.seph Greeley and the donor to the city for public use of the farm on Concord street known as the\\nGreeley farm. Benjamin T. Peaslee was clerk of the company. Mr. Pea.slee then occupied the west\\nhalf of the house which, at the time of writing, is the property of the Armory association, next\\nwest of the Armory, on Canal street. The armory of the Columbian Grays was in Thayers hall, a\\nbuilding known at the present time as the Watananock house.\\nIn the spring of 1842, in the minds of the ambitious military men of Nashua, the public good\\ndemanded re-enforcements to the militia of the village, and authority was asked for and granted for\\nthe organization of another company and under the leadership of the irrepressible Daniel M. Fiske", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0552.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF KASm/A, N. H. 53,\\nthe company was formed and known as the eleventh company, Washington Light (luards, seventy-\\nfive men, rank and fde. The armory in the attic of the town house now became a busy place.\\nNearly every evening the week it was occupied by one or more of the five military com])anies,\\nfor drill business and fun. The officers of the conii)any were Capt. Daniel M. Fiske, Lieut. John\\nM. I landers and l^nsign Henry Adams. Lieutenant Flanders was one of Nashua s successful\\ncontractors and l)uilders Ii\\\\ ing till the year 1875. There were frequent changes among the officers of\\nthe company during the eight years of its exi.stence. Of the officers not before named were George\\nW. Holt, David P. Barber, Kdward M. Smith, Samuel T. Sawyer, Elijah T. Page, John Kaldwin,\\nR. (i. I sher, and Anthony Walker.\\nThe Union Artillery, a company of forty or fifty lads whose ages would average about fifteen,\\nwas organized in the spring or early summer of 1847 or 1848. Their first public parade was made in\\nJune, when their soldierly deportment and perfection in drill attracted the attention of the older\\nmilitary gentlemen of Nashua and Nashville, who immediately adopted the juvenile corps by taking\\nit into and treating it as a part of the military family of the two towns. The first officers were\\nCapt. H. F. George, First Lieutenant Hiram Smart, Ensign Charles R. McClary. Lieutenant Smart\\nwas shortly afterwards succeeded by Henr M. Davis, who is now living and engaged in the freight\\ndepartment of the Boston Maine railroad.\\nOn the fourth of July following this fir.st parade, the corps was presented with a beautiful silk\\nbanner by the girls employed on the Nashua corporation. This banner was received at the steps of\\nthe town hall, being presented by Miss Mary Moore of Hillsborough, N. H., and accepted by the\\ncommander of the corps, after which the young ladies were escorted in a body to the Central house,\\nin Nashville, where a collation and festivities were indulged in till the close of the daj Many of\\nthe military men of that day were guests, among whom were .\\\\tljutant-General Peasly of the state,\\nwho was so well pleased with the little corps that he privately told Captain George that he had\\ntwentjf-four cadet rifles and a brass four pounder field-piece in the state arsenal, then at Portsmouth,\\nwhich he could have, and gave in.structions how to proceed to get them. These arms were afterwards\\nobtained, which were a decided improvement o\\\\er the small iron cannon and a few small swords with\\nwhich the_\\\\ had been armed.\\nC. C. Danforth succeeded Captain (ieorge to the conunand of the company, E. P. Co] i)\\nsucceeding Davis as first lieutenant. Captain Danforth subseciuently became one of the leading\\ncitizens of Concord, where he resides at the present time. Lieutenant Co])]i was brother of Col. E.\\nJ. Copp. He removed early in the fifties to Madison, Wis., where he is now one of its oldest and\\nmost respected citizens.\\nThe company- in its early experience was indebted to Cai)t. Thomas Banks, Jr., for his ser\\\\-ices a\\ndrill master and instructor. This company- existed about three years.\\nA cavalry company known as the Granite State Lancers was organized in the fall of 1850, led by\\nthe intrepid Thomas G. Banks and the enthusiastic Daniel M. Fiske. All that is known of its history\\nis soon told. We know that it lived, and in a few short weeks it died. Why its career was so short\\nwe know not. Probably, from the dying out of the military spirit of the public, the necessary\\nsupport was not forthcoming. From 1850 to 1856 the military ardor of Nashua seems to have been\\nat a low ebb. The following is from the Nashua Telegraph of Jan. 5, 1856:\\nCapt. Thomas G. Banks has been appointed colonel of the bloody Fifth regiment. New\\nHampshire militia. The martial spirit has died out almost entirely among our young men. There\\nis not, to our knowledge, a company in the state pos.sessing real efficiency and discipline. All that\\nremains of the military .spirit is to be found in the bo.som of the veterans like Captain Banks. We\\nalmost have some hope of the militia of the state; if there is a spark of life in it he would kindle it\\nto a flame, and we don t know but he will galvanize the defunct institution into life.\\nThe field and staff officers and non-commissioned staff of the Fifth regiment under the organiza-\\ntion made in April, 1856, were all Na.shua men. Colonel, Thomas G. Banks; lieutenant-colonel.\\nDaniel M. Fi.ske major, John H. Gage; adjutant, Samuel Tuck; quartermaster, A. H. Dunlap\\npaymaster, George H. Whitney: ([uartermaster-sergeant, Samuel F. Crombie; sergeant-major. Jo.seph\\nAndrews; drum major, Franklin Munroe; fife major, Silas Brackett .surgeon, Dr. W. A. Tracy;\\nsurgeon s mate, Dr. E. Colburn chaplain, N. W. Willis.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0553.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "532 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nMention lias already been made of many of the above-mentioned officers. Paymaster George H.\\nWhitney (see biography) has but recently died. Joseph F. Andrews, the sergeant-major of the\\nreo-iment, was a contractor and builder. He built and lived until his decease in 1885, in the brick\\nhouse on Main street next south of Holman s block. The house was recently purchased and torn\\ndown by S. D. Chandler. Major Andrews reputation as a skillful builder was well-known throughout\\nthe state. He was for some years successful, but in building the state house at Concord the contract\\nprice was his ruin, lender a high sense of honor, which was ever characteristic of him, he deter-\\nmined to fulfill his contract, and it was done, but under great financial pressure, borrowing many\\nthousands of dollars to complete the work. This laid upon him a load under which he struggled for\\nthe remainder of his life. Entering the war in 1S62, he was commissioned major of the New Hamp-\\nshire cavalry and proved himself as brave in war as he was in peace. Through three years of war,\\nfighting the battles of his country, he showed the heroism born of true patriotism in the .struggle for\\nthe right. Although he died without wealth, who shall say that his life was not a success in the\\nhighest sense?\\nA company that became famous for the number of its members who went into the War of the\\nRebellion was the Granite State Cadets, organized in i860. The uniform was cadet gray with black\\ntrimmings and white epaulets, Russian dogskin hat trimmed with liraided white cord and white\\npompon with red top.\\nThe first officers were George Bowers, captain; George H. Whitney and Jonathan Parkhurst,\\nfirst lieutenants; B. Frank Kendrick and Otis Munroe, second lieutenants; Luther M. Wright,\\norderly sergeant.\\nOn the departure of Captain Bowers for the seat of war. Captain Wright was commissioned to\\nthe command of the company. Among the members of the company were C. D. Copp, D. W. King,\\nR. O. Greenleaf, J. Q. A. Warren, Tyler M. Shattuck, Q. A. Woodward, George S. Bayers, George\\nH. Whitney, J. H. Dunlap, Edward Parker, M. A. Taylor, W. F. York, T. H. Wood, Charles\\nBurnham, J. B. White, D. J. Flanders, E. P. Brown, C. A. Hall, J. M. Sanborn, L. W. Hall, J. M.\\nAdams, John Spalding, Alfred Beard, H. M. Blake, A. B. Buswell, Julius F. Gage, W. M. Bowman,\\nL. W. Goodrich, B. C. Buttrick, Wilder M. Gates, Thomas Nottage, E. B. Plummer, George D.\\nVerder, J. G. Fifield, C. A. Hutchinson, A. W. vShepard, W. S. Richardson, Jack Willard, George\\nStearns, George Edgecomb, George H. Taggart, A. T. Young, C. W. Spalding, E. P. Mclntire, M.\\nH. Farnsworth, L. B. Ball, Silas Brackett, J. B. Eaton, C. C. Gove, Charles Lund, J. J. Shattuck.\\nA large proportion of the company enlisted for the war and did gallant service in the defense of\\ntheir country, many of them holding conunissions of various rank. Capt. George Bowers became the\\npopular Colonel Bowers of the Thirteenth New Hampshire regiment. 1). W. King, commissioned as\\nfirst lieutenant in the Eighth New Hampshire volunteers, was promoted for gallantry to lieutenant-\\ncolonel of his regiment. C. D. Copp did gallant service in the Ninth New Hampshire regiment, first\\nas lieutenant and the last two years as captain in command of the color company of his regiment.\\nFor deeds of special bravery few if any during the entire war excelled those for which he received\\nfrom congress a medal of honor. J. O. A. Warren was a captain in the Eighth regiment and fell\\nupon one of the battlefields of Louisiana. Capt. T. M. vShattuck was also a brave soldier of the\\nsame regiment. Charles Burnham and D. J. Flanders both served in the Third regiment as com-\\nmissioned officers. L. M. Wright, George Eayrs and Edward Parker all served with credit.\\nThe Nashua Telegraph of Oct. 13, i860, has the following notice of the company s first\\nappearance\\nNo company ever made a more successful first appearance than the Granite State Cadets on\\nSaturday last (Oct. 6, i860). When it is considered that there has been no military here for these\\nmany years, and the spirit that used to keep alive four or five military companies in this cit\\\\- had\\nentirely died out, their success is remarkable. They appeared with full ranks and acquitted them-\\nselves like old soldiers; their marching would have done credit to an old company. Captain Bowers\\nhas attended most assiduously to their drill, and his zeal has been seconded not only by his associate\\nofficers but every member of the company has exhibited a determination to make a company which\\nshould be an honor to the city. The company is composed of men that will do honor to any station,\\nand becoming soldiers, they are in no danger of forgetting that a true soldier is a true gentleman.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0554.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 533\\nThey were accompanied by the Gerniaiiia band of Hoston, whose charming music excited the\\nadmiration of all listeners.\\nThe company dined at the Pearl Street house with a few invited guests among our citizens\\nfrom whom they received the heartiest encomiums for their success in organizing so fine a corps, as\\nwell as for their fine appearance and excellent drill. In point of lieauty and com])leteness of uniform\\nand equipment, they rival the best companies in the large cities, and will e(iual them in discipline at\\nan early day. The company continued its organization until 1S65, taking part in the President Lin-\\ncoln funeral ceremonies at Concord. vSoon after this tlie company was di.shanded.\\nOn Thursday, Oct. 1 1, 1.S60, the militia of the state went into camp at Nashua on the grounds of\\nthe Greeley farm on the Concord road about f)ne mile from the city. The field was on the level\\ngreen near the Concord railroad. The Telegraj)!! of Oct. 13, 1S60, has the following report of the\\nmuster\\nThursday, the first day of the state encampment, Camp C.oodwin. dawned bright and beauti-\\nful, and after the .stir of the day before, the streets ap] eared unusually quiet, until the trains begun to\\nbring in the militia and their attendant hosts, and the noise of sonorous bands breathing martial\\nsounds awaked the stillness oi tlii.- hour. The scene reminded us of a muster morning in the palmy\\ndays of the Bloody F ifth. The troops were ordered to api)ear on Railroad square but the line was\\nformed at the camp by Adjt. C. V.. Paige with ])romptness and put in working trim. The command\\nwas assumed by Col. John H. Gage and tlie business of the day proceeded with at once. The line\\nconsisted of the following corps\\nThe liattalian of Amoskeag W-lerans, Col. T. T. Abl)()tt, with Dignam s cornet band, with une\\nhundred guns, occupied the right of the line and made a splendid display.\\nThe McCutcheon Guards of New London, Capt. A.J. Sargent, with field music, thirty-three\\nrifles, was a well disciplined corps. Captain vSargent was an officer in the Mexican War.\\nThe Minute Guard of Manchester, Capt. J. M. Bruce, with Barwick s drum corps, thirty-six\\nguns.\\nThe Granite State Cadets of Nashua, Capt. (jeorge Bowers, with Baldwin s cornet band of\\nManchester, forty-two guns. Of the elegance and excellence of this company we have spoken else-\\nwhere.\\nThe Lafayette Artillery of Lyndeborough, Capt. J. H. Tarbell, with field music, forty swords.\\nThis company is the only company in the state which has maintained its organization ever since the\\ndisbandment of the militia and it conseciuenth has advantages over all others.\\nThe City Phalanx of Portsmouth, Capt. W. O. Sides, with the Portsmouth cornet band, forty\\nguns. This company with their handsome uniform and bearskins, under an efficient officer, made a\\nvery fine appearance.\\nThe Sullivan Guards of Exeter, Capt. Charles H. Bell, with the Exeter cornet band, forty mus-\\nkets. Captain Bell was an excellent officer and the company was well drilled. Their uniform was\\nof cadet grey, very like the cadets.\\nThe Abbott Guards of Manchester, Capt. William Knowltou, field music, thirty-four guns.\\nHollis Phalanx, Capt. George P. Greeley, Brookline brass band, forty-two guns, grey coats,\\nblack pants. Considering its brief organization it appeared remarkably well.\\nThe Canaan Grenadiers of Canaan, Capt. Jacob Peters, field music, thirty-two guns. This com-\\npany has also been organized several years and was well drilled.\\nThe Union Volunteers of Danville, Capt. D. D. Currier, with field music, thirty-two guns.\\nThe Peterborough Light Infantry, Capt. C. A. Wheeler.\\nThe regiment of Governor s Horse Guards, Col. George Stark, commander, with Mall s band of\\nBoston, on their fine stud of white horses, closed the line on the left. They mustered one hundred\\nsabres and made a splendid appearance. Company A, Col. John H. George: company B, Lieut. J.\\nF. Andrews, commanding. The regimental officers were as follows: Colonel, John H.Gage of\\nNashua: lieutenant-colonel, A. F. Stevens of Nashua; major, Gilbert Wadleigh of Milford adju-\\ntant, Charles E. Paige of Na.shua quartermaster, William P. Ainsworth of Nashua paymaster, W.\\nR. Wallace of Milfonl sergeant-major, William Barrett of Nashua: quartermaster-sergeant, D, B.\\nFiske of Nashua.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0555.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "534 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nIn the afternoon the troops were inspected by Adjutant-General J. C. Abbott. General Abbott\\nwas accompanied by a staff appointed for the occasion consisting of Col. Otis Wright of Nashua, Col.\\nGilbert Hills of Amherst and Col. I. W. Farmer of Manchester.\\nThe first day s exercises closed to the entire satisfaction of all concerned and it may be set down\\nas a perfect success. The most perfect order prevailed in the encampment during the day and night.\\nThe crowd in attendance was very large but generally very orderly.\\nIt may seem strange but it is true that the companies exhibited a far better degree of drill than\\nwas seen on the New Hampshire line in its palmiest military days. Then, when ever3^body trained,\\nthe drill was a kind of traditionary concern, some smart fellow, with a showy, dashing stjle, at the\\nhead of a companj was copied by all other companies in his neighborhood, and so we had a drill that\\nhad not the first principle of military science about it. This all died out with the militia itself and\\nwhen it was revived the officers had to go to the books and none of the ridiculous nonsense of the old\\ntimes has come up with it.\\nThe performances of the muster closed last (Friday) evening and all that we could sa\\\\- of the\\nfirst day is to be more than said of the second. The muster has been a perfect success throughout.\\nThe general orders of the day were fully and most successfully carried out. The governor, attended\\nby his suite, Brigadier-General Butler of the Massachusetts volunteer militia and his staff, Adjutant-\\nGeneral Schouler of Massachusetts, and Adjutant-General Abbott of this citj-, with his staff reviewed\\nthe troops. We repeat what we said in our first edition that we never saw so fine a military display\\nin the state in the palmiest days of the militia. The drill was generally excellent and the marching\\nin review was as steady as that of veterans. The Boston Ancient and Honorable Artillery and the\\nL,owell Mechanics Phalanx were a pleasant feature of the day and including them there were probably\\nmore than a thousand men under arms. They were received on Railroad square by a detachment\\nconsisting of the Amoskeag eterans and Granite State Cadets and escorted to the encampment. It\\nwould be impossible to select one company for special commendation when all did so well. We can-\\nnot, however, help saying that the Amoskeag Veterans attracted great attention for their large num-\\nbers, their discipline and the peculiaritj- and richness of their uniform. The Cadets of this city\\nexcited the admiration of all militar) men for the perfection of their drill. The Horse Guards, per-\\nhaps it is not too much to say, was the most prominent point of attraction and elicited the praise\\nof all.\\nDuring the encampment Governor Goodwin has made his quarters at the residence of General\\nStark, who on Thursday- evening threw open his doors and a very large number of our citizens paid\\ntheir respects to our excellent governor and his family; Major Rej-nolds of the navy yard, with his\\nlady. Captain Winder of the United States army, with his lady, and Captain Tracy, who has recently\\nreturned from long service in Utah, with his lady, Mr. Dwight and his family, were also among the\\ndistinguished persons who honored the occasion with their presence besides very large numbers of\\ndistinguished gentlemen in political and social life.\\nMost sincerely do we congratulate the military men who have spent their time and money so\\nfreely to get up this display, upon their perfect success not only as a military display but for the\\nperfection of the arrangements for its successful carrying out, in all respects. We know that many\\npeople, who remember the disgraceful scenes of by-gone days, had misgivings in relation to it. But\\nthe men who controlled it determined that no such scenes should be present here, and aided by Colonel\\nBanks, our chief of police, they were eminently successful. In the first place, all ardent spirits were\\nexcluded from the quarters and nobody was allowed to sell the stuff near tlie field. The result was\\nthat, although the crowd in attendance exceeded all previous occasions in Na.shua, it is the testimony\\nof all that a more orderly crowd was never .seen. The police department had taken the pains to have\\npresent detachments of the detective force from Boston and other cities, but we are gratified to know\\nthat there was so little occasion for their services.\\nWe believe gambling was well suppressed in the neighborhood, though we understand that in\\nthe city there were some arrangements made for it.\\nWe were gratified to notice the interest taken in the encampment by all clas.ses of our citizens\\nwithout exception, and are tenfold more gratified that there was so little to offend the taste or .senti-\\nments of anyone. The exercises closed by a grand ball of the Ancient and Honorable Artillerv", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0556.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, IV. 5^55\\nat Franklin hall. The hall had been very elegantly decorated (or the occasion by some of our\\ncitizens.\\nThe military chapter of this history would be incomplete without a reference to the Governor s\\nHorse Guards, for no military organization in this or any other stale embraced so large a portion of\\nthe most prominent men in the professional as well as the Inisiness life and activities throughout the\\nentire state, and none ever came into notoriety with such a bound and attained such a reputation\\nduring the brief term of its existence.\\nThe Governor s Hor.se Guards were incorporated in 1H59. The first meeting of the grantees was\\nheld in the council chamber in Concord Nov. 10, iS5y. There were present the following grantees:\\nJohn H. George, A. Herbert Hellows, Benjamin Grover, William Walker, Josiah B. Sanborn and\\nEdward H. Rollins of Concord, Adjt.-Gen. Joseph C. Abbott of Manchester and George Stark of\\nNashua. Thirty associates were elected at this meeting, among whom were John H. Gage, William\\n1 Ainsworlh, William F. Greeley and Dr. James H. Greeley of Nashua. Subsequently the following\\nfrom Nashua were elected: H. T. Morrill, C. Gilman, J. F. Andrews, Cieorge W. Underbill, Rev.\\nMartin W. Willis, Charles P. Gage, .Samuel Tuck, Thomas P. Pierce, Norman Fuller, Cieorge H.\\nGillis, Samuel C. Cronibie, Jolm N. Hall, .Samuel Chase, Samuel F. Wright, Gilman .Scripture,\\nGeorge Bowers, Charles Williams, Charles Iv. Paige, Luther H. Clement, William Barrett, Thomas\\nG. Banks, Isaac H. Marshall, Isaac Ivaton, Frank A. McKean, Alford Fisher, Henry Parkinson, S.\\n.S. Davis and O. A. Woodbury. At the next meeting, the battalion was increased by seventy-seven\\naccessions, among whom were David Gillis and Dr. J. G. Ciraves of Nashua. Jan. 11, i860, George\\nStark was elected colonel. The battalion was divided into four companies. A, B, C and D. Company\\nB, composed mostly of Nashua men, as it was first organized, was officered as follows: captain, John\\nH. Gage; first lieutenant, Bainbridge Wadleigh, Milford second lieutenant, Joseph F. Andrews.\\nThe first escort duty was performed June 7, i860, at the inauguration of Gov. Ichabod Goodwin;\\nand the well known character of the men composing the guards as well as their elegant uniforms and\\nequipments, contributed to make it an occasion of more than ordinary interest. Hall s band of\\nBoston furnished the music. A fine picture of the event appeared in Frank Leslie s paper.\\nThe next event of special interest occurred at Nashua, and is explained by the following order:\\nL. S. St.vtk oi- Nkw H.vjipshire,\\nAdjut.xnt Generai. .s Office, Concord, Sept. i, i860. I\\nGeneral Order No. 4.\\nTo Colonel George Stark, Commander of the Governor s Horse Guards.\\nThe commander-in-chief, with a view to promote improvement in the military of the state, has\\nordered an encampment at Nashua on the eleventh and twelfth of October next. He hereby orders\\nthat your corps parade on Railroad square in Nashua at ten o clock a. m., on the eleventh day of\\nOctober, and there await further orders.\\nThe corps will appear fully armed and equipped, as required by law.\\nBy command of His Ivxcellency,\\nIciiAiion Goodwin, Governor and Commander-in-Chief.\\nJosEi ii C. AiiiiOTT, Adjutant General.\\nThe Guards met in accordance with this order and performed escort duty for the governor and\\nstaff during the encampment of the state militia on the grounds of the Greeley farm on Concord\\nstreet, as has been elsewhere described in this work. Among its Nashua officers on this occasion\\nwere Dr. James B. Greeley, surgeon, and Franklin Munroe, drum major.\\nThe Guards performed escort duty at the inauguration of Gov. Nathaniel S. Berry, June 6, 186,.\\nand again at his second inauguration June 5, ..S62, and at each of the inaugurations of Gov. Joseph\\nA Gilmore June 4, i86^ and June 2, 1864. at which latter occasion (Governor Andrews and staff of\\nMassachusetts were present. October .4, .864, they were ordered into camp at Manchester. Among\\nthe officers elected at their annual encampment June .3. 1S64. was V. C. Oilman, captain of com-\\npanv B. Captain Gilman was afterwards elected major of the battalion.\\nThe next and last parade was June 8, 1865, being the inauguration of Gov.-elect Frederick\\nSnu th. The corps proceeded to the residence of Governor Gilmore, where he and Ins staff were", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0557.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "536 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nreceived into column, from thence the march was continued down Main to West street, where Gov.-\\nelect Frederick Smyth was received, who was accompanied from Manchester by the Amoskeag\\nVeterans, under command of Col. Chandler E. Potter.\\nAt the conclusion of the inauguration ceremonies the corps, dismounted, formed and proceeded\\nwith the govornor, the state officials and distinguished guests to the Eagle hotel, where the annual\\ndinner was served. The corps sustained its well earned reputation for efficiency and hospitality, so\\nthat its sun did not go down in obscnrit} Company B, compo.sed chiefly of Nashua gentlemen, took\\nespecial pride in perfecting its drill, its sabre exercise and graceful appearance in the saddle, many of\\nits members having attended an evening riding school in Boston Wednesday evenings, returning on\\nthe theatre train, reaching home at one-thirty A. Ji. They also procured a French instructor in\\nsabre exercise, who gave a lesson at the close of the riding lesson, and very soon enabled his class to\\ngo through the sabre exercise very creditablx\\nDec. 20, icS65, an adjourned meeting of the Guards was held at Phenix hall, Conc(nd, to hear the\\nreport of a committee appointed at a pre\\\\-ious meeting to consider the matter of enlisting the corps\\nunder the law of 1862. The records fail to show any report of this committee, but they do show a\\nresolution pa.ssed, suspending all parades and levees in the future, unless ordered by the governor,\\nuntil certain contingencies in the wa\\\\ of financial matters, etc., had been met and provided for by\\nthe state.\\nApril 24, 1879, the last meeting of the Guards was held at Concord, upon the call of Col. Henry\\nO. Kent.\\nGeorge Stark (see biography) was connnissioned brigadier-general of the New Hampshire militia\\nin 185S and assigned to the command of the third brigade, second division. He held this command\\nuntil June, 1861. He was in command of the volunteer troops organized for the war stationed at\\nPortsmouth, from May 2 to June 21, 1861. General Stark was a natural soldier, Ijorn to command,\\nwell equijiped in ability and experience to do service for his country and state upon the battlefield.\\nThe circumstances that prevented him from going to the front was the regret of the loyal citizens of\\nNashua and throughout the state. After the war he became one of the best known railroad managers\\nof the country. He died in Nashua in 1S92.\\nAlbin Beard was appointed brigade major under General Stark. Major Beard had been identi-\\nfied with the militia for many years, holding various grades of rank. He was the well-known, able\\neditor of the Nashua Telegraph for more than forty years. He used a pointed pen as well as the\\nsword in the interest of his town and state. He did valuable service in strengthening the military\\nspirit and patriotism of Nashua. He was active in all public affairs, a great worker in these days he\\nwould have been called a hustler of the most hustling type. (A full biographical sketch appears in\\nthis volume.\\nThe Nashua Light Guards was organized in 1S66 by D. J. Flanders as captain, Lemuel j\\\\L Jack-\\nman as first lieutenant, James A. Cobb, second lieutenant. Lieutenant Cobb succeeded Captain\\nFlanders in 1868. Lieutenant Jackman resigning his position, Charles T. Southwick succeeded\\nhim. L. S. Woodliury was commissioned second lieutenant, Aug. 31, 1868. The company was\\ndisbanded in 1869. The Nashua Light Guards was the onl^- company in existence for more than ten\\nyears after the war. The military spirit of the public seemed to be seeking a rest from the intense\\nexcitement of the days of war s alarms. The men who went to the front and experienced the ser-\\nvice of real soldiers in the grim work of death on the battlefields from Bull Run to Ajipomattox\\nhad little enthusiasm for holiday parade of play soldiers. This was a natural condition of the public\\nmind. Four years of bloodshed and of sorrow over the loss of beloved ones whose lives had paid the\\nprice of liberty and the glory of our country had made peace the boon most desired. For nearly ten\\nyears the pomp and glory of the military of Nashua was a thing of the past. By the legislature of\\n1878 a change in the military laws of the state was enacted changing the name of the militia to the\\nnational guard of New Hampshire. The necessity for a more complete formation of the military of\\nthe state had begun to be recognized and a revival of the military spirit to find expression.\\nIn the fall of 1877 a military company was organized under the name of the Nashua City Guards\\nand fifty-eight of the brightest and best young men of Nashua were enrolled as members. The com-\\npany was first assigned to the First regiment. New Hampshire militia, Col. John J. Dillon. In the\\nre-organization of the military under the name of the New Hampshire National Guard, April i, 1878,", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0558.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA. N. J/. 537\\nthe company was transferred to the Second regiment, Col. D. M. White commanding. The credit of\\nthe inception and work of organizing this company is due almost wholly to George W Hadger. a\\nveteran soldier and one of Nashua s best known and most public spirited citizens. He secured the\\nnames to the enrollment and the organization having been completed Mr. Hadger solicited funds for\\nthe purchase of arms for the company, raising nearly $1,000 for this puqw.se. The first meeting of\\nthis company, and the meetings for nearly a year subsequently, were in the old armory in the attic of\\nthe City Hall building. In 1869 the Grand Army hall in Laton building. Railroad square, was used\\nfor a drill room, and room on the second floor of the same building occupied for property room. The\\nofficers elected at the first meeting, and commissioned on the twenty-third day of October, 1S77, were\\nElbridge J. Copp (see biography), captain; Augustus D. Ayling, first lieutenant William I.. Hall,\\nsecond lieutenant. Captain Copp and Lieutenant Ayling were veterans of the war, both having\\nserved more than three years and both in the capacity of adjutant for the last year or more of their\\nservice. The finst served in the Third New Hampshire volunteers, and the last named in the Twenty-\\nfourth Massachusetts volunteers. If any military company more than another deserved the suj)i)orl\\nof the ])ublic the Nashua City Guards were surely entitled to this distinction. The days and nights\\nof its members were given to drill for weeks and months. Climbing laboriously the long winding\\nstairs into the old armory in the City Hall attic night after night for drill was not thought too great a\\ntask. The most rigid discipline was from the first insisted upon; there was but one standard set by\\nthe officers of the company and that was perfection of drill and discipline. The men in the coini)any\\ngeneralh- recognized the necessity of thorough discipline and cheerfully rendered implicit obedience.\\nThe real nulitary espti/ du corps was, from the first, characteristic of this company. I pon entering\\nthe armory the members taking on, voluntarily, the character of a soldier, left behind them their\\nidentity as citizens. This extreme punctiliousness, however, was at first objected to by some few\\nof the company but the result achieved and progress made soon brought all into line and they gave\\ntheir hearty support and co-operation in this method of making a real military conqiany. The writer,\\nwho was in a position to know, does not hesitate to say, unreservedly, that never was there a more\\nrepresentative compan_\\\\- of young citizens in Nashua or in the .state nor one which gave more enthusi-\\nasm to the work or succeeded in a higher degree in perfecting and maintaining a model military organ-\\nization. The Nashua City Guards probably attained as near to the high standard of regular troops\\nin drill and discipline as an military company ever organized in the country. For years under\\nthe systematic inspection and markings of the inspector-general of the state this company stood at\\nthe head of all other organizations. July i, 1S79, Captain Copp was promoted to major of the .Second\\nregiment, subsequently to lieutenant-colonel, and later to the colonelcy of the regiment. Lieutenant\\nAyling succeeded Captain Copp in command of the company, holding the position till July 25, 1879,\\nwhen he became adjutant-general of the state. This position he has held to the present time.\\nGeneral Ayling was well equipped for the position to which he was appointed in natural ability\\nand experience. He has gracefully and efficiently filled the office of adjutant-general and chief of\\nthe governor s staff for nearly twenty years. To him the state is greatly indebted for the efliciency of\\nthe national guard today. His method of conducting the business of his department has been strictly\\nmilitary and punctilious. He believes not only in the spirit of the military law, but in the letter of\\nthe law as well. He has a full conception of the meaning of military discipline, but he demands of\\nothers only that which he exacts of himself, .\\\\lfred Iv. Hunt was appointed second lieutenant\\nFeb. 5, 1879, and promoted to first lieutenant July i, 1879. He was commissioned cajitain July 25\\nof the same year. Captain Hunt was a very efficient and jwpular commander. The company fully\\nsustained its high .standard under his comnuuul. He brought with him into the company a valuable\\nexperience from his military training as an officer in the military battalion in the .school of technology\\nin Bo.ston. At the time of his connection with the City Guards his business was that of chemist at\\nthe works of the Nashua Iron and Sleel company. Removing from Nashua to Pittsburg, I a., he\\nl)ecame eminently successful in his business.\\nWilliam H. Cheever was commissioned second lieutenant of the company, July i, 1S79, and pro-\\nmoted to first lieutenant, July 25. of the .same year. Lieutenant Cheever had proved himself a valu-\\nable member of the company, rising from the ranks through the various grades of corporal, sergeant,\\norderly .^ergeant, to that of lieutenant, always the model soldier, grasping with ease the principles of\\nmilitary drill and discipline. He did an important part in placing the Na.shua City Guards at the", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0559.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "^,.S HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nhead of the military organizations of the state. In 1SS4 Lieutenant Cheever was appointed major\\nand assistant inspector-general on the staff of Gen. D. M. White. In December, 1885, he was com-\\nmissioned by Governor Currier inspector of rifle practice. This branch of the service had not been\\ngiven the attention that its importance demanded. Major Cheever s conception of the needs of the\\nmilitary service very .soon brought practical results through his systematic and vigorous methods, a\\npractical sy.stem of rifle practice was established which has since been in use, and has placed the New\\nHampshire military in the front rank of sharpshooters of the national guard of the country.\\nMay 3, 1881, Jason E. Tolles was commissioned captain of the Nashua City Guards. Captain\\nTolles had ri.sen from the ranks and was the last commanding officer of the company. Captain Tolles\\nwas commissioned adjutant of the vSecond regiment, July i, 1884 promoted to major, May 5, 1885,\\nand to lientenant-colonel, Aug. 5, 1887, and to colonel of the regiment, Aug. 31, 1S94, having held all\\nranks from that of private in the City Guards, and proved himself to be a popular and efficient offi-\\ncer, ahva\\\\s the courteous soldier and gentleman, and never over-confident of his own abilities. The\\nwriter when captain commanding the City Guards thought he saw in Private Tolles the requisite\\nmaterial for an officer and offered him the position of corporal. This offer was at first declined by\\nMr. Tolles who expressed himself as fearing that he would not be able to fill the position. At the\\npresent writing he is mayor of the city of Nashua and also has the honor of commanding one of the\\nfinest regiments of the national guard in the country and will undoubtedly wear the star of the brig-\\nadier in the service of his state before the end of his military service.\\nAndrew J. Tuck was appointed second lieutenant of the City Guards July 25, 1879. He had pre-\\nviously held the position of hospital steward of the Second regiment. Lieutenant Tuck s connection\\nwith the military was not of long duration but during his service he was always found at his post,\\nalways soldierly and efficient. He has been for some years and is at the present time in the insur-\\nance and real estate business.\\nThe first year of the company s organization a muster of the Second regiment under the com-\\nmand of Col. D. M. White was held at Nashua. The camp ground was at Fairmount heights. The\\nNashua City Guards, Capt. E. J. Copp commanding, assumed the responsibility of all arrangements\\nfor camp and providing rations for the five hundred men of the regiment during the three days en-\\ncampment. This, as may be understood, was a contract of no small proportions, but the company,\\nwith the hearty co-operation of citizens, proved equal to the emergenc)-, fully sustaining the reputa-\\ntion Nashua has ever held for hospitality. The work of providing the immense amount of food was\\nsj stematically organized and carried forward to success. Committees were appointed for each ward\\nfor soliciting food from house to house and for providing for the delivery of same at the camp at the\\nproper time. The whole city became interested in the work and very few refusals were met b}- the\\nboys on the committee for soliciting. Bread, beans, meats, doughnuts, pies and cakes, literall} by\\nthe cartload, were dispatched to the camp-ground during the three days of the camp. Two large\\ntents hired for the occasion from Boston were erected with a cook-house built between the two for the\\ncommissary department. One tent was for the men, the other for the officers of the regiment and the\\nguests. Under the direction of George W. Badger, the chief commissary of the camp, this most\\ninteresting feature of the camp was a great success. The second daj of the encampment Governor\\nCheney, Adjutant-General Head, Mayor Williams and many prominent citizens were guests at dinner.\\nOne chief feature of the dinner, in the recollection of the writer, was two roast pigs in all the beauty\\nof their corporeity, with all the usual culinary fixings. That the occasion was one of great enjoy-\\nment for everyone present goes without saying. This camp was a great event in the history of the\\nNashua City Guards and is one of the pleasantest recollections of the members of the company.\\nThe crowning glory of the military service of the City Guards was the memorable trip to York-\\ntown, October, 1881, in participation in the centennial celebration by the thirteen original states of\\nthe surrender of Lord Cornwallis. The appropriation by the legislature of our state provided for the\\nsending of the governor and his staff, and a battalion of three companies with field officers, .staff and\\nbaud. The selection of the companies was from those of highest standing as determined by the\\nreport of the inspector-general. The companies .selected were the Nashua City Guards, Co. F, Capt.\\nJ. E. Tolles, Second regiment; Co. K, Captain Tetley, Third regiment, and the Strafford Guards of\\nDover, Captain Demeritt, First regiment. The commanding officer selected was Lieut. -Col. E. J.\\nCopp of the Second regiment. Preparations for the trip were made in detail by General Ayling and", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0560.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 539\\nCdloiR-l Copp. A side-wheel steamer belonging to the Stoninglou line was chartered and arrange-\\nments made for the embarking of the command at Providence. R.I. A contract was made with Hop-\\nkins Sears, caterers, of Providence, for the important office of supplying the inner man. It is said\\ntliat thnni;_;li the stomach and good digestion come happiness; then, surely, our caterers were not\\nresponsible for any unhappiness of the New Hampshire boys on this trip. Through the courtesy\\nand at the suggestion of Crovernor Bell, Colonel Copp issued invitations for a limited nund)er of citi-\\nzens to join the expedition. Quite a number of Nashua citizens accepted the invitation. Among\\nthose who enjoyed this memorable trip were Dr. S. Dearborn, Cieorge V. Andrews and William H.\\nReed. Nashua was represented upon (Governor Hell s staff by (leneral Ayling, adjutant-general,\\nand Gen. pnbert Wheeler, inspector-general.\\nUpon arriving in Providence the New Hampshire battalion was met by the ofTicers of the Rhode\\nIsland military drawn up in line on Monument stpiare. From here the New Hamp.shire military\\nwere escorted to the new and elegant building of the eteran association of Providence, where a\\nroyal reception and Ijanqnet was tendered them. Governor Littlefield of Rhode Island made a sjieech\\nof welcome and Governor Bell made a reply that for appropriateness and finished rhetoric could not\\nbe excelled. Every New Hampshire man present was proud of the governor of their state. Although\\nentirel} unexpected, Governor Bell s speech was a model of excellence; he appeared a living\\nencyclopedia of facts of history, citing New Hamp.shire s and Rhode Island s joint services in the\\nWars of the Revolution and the Rebellion, where Rhode Island and New Hampshire regiments\\nfought side by side, and of the services of the distinguished sons of Rhode Island with those of our\\nown New Hampshire.\\nAfter the banquet the battalion marched to the wharf where the steamer Francis lay waiting with\\nsteam up. All on board, about five v. m., the vessel was steaming down the river. Sunday morning\\nfound the expedition well on its way out on the broad Atlantic out of sight of land, a new experience\\nfor most of the New Hampshire lads. There was a smooth sea but a treacherous swell the day was\\nbeautiful for those who could get on their sea legs, but the grandeur of the mighty deep and the\\nbeauty of the daj- had no charms for many of those on board. Many a brave man went down that\\nday and night under that terrible malady, seasickness, the commanding officer of the expedition\\nleading the whole command in the intensity of his wretchedness. The services held that Sunday\\nmorning on the deck of the steamer by Chaplain Powers was attended by a select few. Monday\\nmorning Cape Charles was sighted, and ere long Fortress Monroe came into view, the captain of the\\nvessel taking the ship up along the shore off the historic but now obsolete fortress. The sight was\\nan interesting one to the younger generation of soldier boys, whose knowledge of the war in which\\nit took so prominent a part was from their school books or the stories of their fathers. Soon the\\nsteamer was in the still waters of the York river where .sea sickness was forgotten and happiness\\nreigned. After a beautiful ride up the river, Vorktown was reached about four p. m., Monday. The\\nold town that had gone to sleep after the last gun of the Civil War had ceased reverberating, was\\nnow alive, and the scenes of war days re-enacted. War .ships with bristling guns and transports,\\ngay with bunting and alive with soldiers of another generation filled the harbor. The flags of\\nFrance, England and Germany floated over their representative war shijjs anchored alongside those\\nof a fleet of our own navy, the entire North Atlantic .scpiadron. Camj) had been established near the\\nMoore house, the scene of the surrender of Cornwallis.\\nThe celebration, covering a period of three days, was a rare exjierience for our New Hampshire\\nsoldiery. Representing one of the thirteen original .states, they felt the inspiration of the hour, and\\nwell filled the position to which they had been a.ssigned. After the ceremony of laying the corner-\\nstone of the monument, the closing event of the celebration was a grand review of the military by\\nthe president and cabinet and the foreign embassy representative of the Lafayettes, the Rochambeaus\\nand the von Steubens. That Nashua and the state had reason to be proud of their military is\\nattested by the universal prai.sS given by officers high in rank and by the press generally. Upon the\\nreview, after passing the reviewing stand. General Hancock despatched a mounted aid to inquire\\nwhat troops these were; returning with the information to the reviewing stand the aid was again sent\\nto the h .;ad of the column of the New Hamp.shire contingent, and, saluting the commander, said,\\nGeneral Hancock s compliments, and he reque.sts your presence at the banquet this afternoon on", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0561.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "540 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nboard the flag ship andalia to be given to the foreign embassy. Colonel Copp replied, Say to\\nGeneral Hancock 1 thank him for this compliment to the military of New Hampshire.\\nThe following is taken from the official organ of the army and navy, the Army and Navy\\nJournal\\nThe Granite State, first on the list of the thirteen originals, contributed a battalion of three\\ncompanies, twenty full files, equipped in a handsome blue uniform, under Lieut. -Col. E. J. Copp of\\nthe Second regiment, state troops. These companies were selected as the very best in the state, and\\nwell they fulfilled their mission. They passed in solid front receiving round after round of applause.\\nIt is said tliat good goods are made up in small parcels, and here was an exemplification of the old\\nadage, for the New Hampshire battalion though small received a place second to none in the\\npassage.\\nThe command embarked on the steamer Francis, Thursday afternoon, for home. A head wind\\nanil a rolling sea made the return voyage a repetition of the outward passage; sea-sickness was\\ngeneral and no little alarm prevailed among the more timid of those on board. Many of the party\\nadjusted life preservers and prepared themselves for the worst, fully believing that the ship and all\\non board would go to the bottom of the sea. Providence was reached in safety about noon on\\nSaturday and soon all were en route by rail for home.\\nThe citizens of Nashua, from the organization of the company to the end, took pride in giving to\\nthe City Guards their united support. Its honorary membership included more than one hundred of\\nthe leading citizens of the city. The social features were no small part of the strength of the com-\\npany, as indeed it must be in all volunteer military organizations in time of peace. The annual\\nconcert and ball of the Nashua City Guards became the social event of the city, patronized by the\\nfashion and wealth of Nashua. The companj was disbanded at the end of its five years service.\\nAn attempt was made to continue the organization as an independent military company for\\nsocial purposes. The social features, however, crystalized into a club known as the City Guards\\nVeteran association, the military part soon dropping out and disappearing.\\nCompany I, Foster Rifles, Second regiment, was organized in the spring of 1879. The companj-\\nwas named in honor of Gen. John G. Fo.ster, Nashua s most illustrious soldier. James A. Cobb was\\ncommissioned captain, Edward H. Parmenter, first lieutenant, and Judson A. Sawyer, second lieu-\\ntenant, April 3, 1879. From the first inception and organization of the company, these three officers\\nexhibited an enthusiasm and devotion to their duties rarely excelled. They were all veteran soldiers\\nof the war of 1861. Experience has demonstrated that the ideal militia officer is one who has seen\\nactual service and retains his military enthusiasm in the ranks of the militia. With these conditions\\nin this organization there could be no other result than a most excellent military company. It has\\nretained its organization to the present day and through all the years it has maintained the high\\nstanding it first attained. Each annual inspection by the inspector-general finds the company in the\\nsame excellent condition, although there have been many changes among the officers and in the ranks\\nthe same military enthusiasm and company pride continues to exist. An inspection by the inspector-\\ngeneral of to-day is quite a different thing from that of the old inspections of the militia days. It\\nmeans something more than a superficial examination of the company. It now means a rigid, critical\\nexamination of every detail in the soldier, the uniform, arms and equipment, as well as the drill and\\ndiscipline of the company. Fir.st, the general appearance of officers and men in line, the position of\\nthe soldier in detail, from the angle of each foot to the elevation of the chin, poise of the head and\\ndirection of the eyes, the exact position of the arms and hands and fingers in clasping their sword or\\nrifle, and on to the manual of arms and evolution of the company. It is not too much to say of this\\ncompany that it is not excelled by any other organization in the state. Company I has also carried\\noff the honors in rifle practice and sharpshooting for several successive years Lieutenant Degnan\\ntaking the prize gold medal at every competitive rifle practice for the past ten years, and holding the\\nregimental and state badges. The company holds all trophies offered by the state for marksmanship\\nand sharpshooting.\\nThe armory of this company was for .several years in the Perham building, corner of Canal and\\nOrange streets, occupying the third floor. In 1890 the company moved into the new and\\nelegant quarters in the armory on Canal street. Lieutenant Parmenter was promoted to captain,\\nSept. I, 1884. Lieutenant Sawyer resigning, E.H. Saunders was commissioned first lieutenant and C.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0562.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 54,\\nE. Lawrence, second lieutenant, June 6, 1885. Willis H. Goodspeed was comniissioiied captain.\\nWilliam R. Seaman, first lieutenant, and F. H. Thompson, second lieutenant. May 25, iSyo. Feb.\\n5, 1895, Captain Goodspeed was promoted to major and Lieutenant Thompson commissioned captain.\\nThe company has an honorary membership of about one hundred of Nashua s business men who\\ntake pleasure in giving to the company their support. The annual ball in February and clambake in\\nSeptember, attended largely by its honorary membership, have been a social su.r.s^ tln..ngh all the\\nyears of its organization.\\nCompany C. vSecond regiment, N. II. X. G., was organized April 23, 18S7. Capt. James A. Cobb\\nwas first elected captain, C. T. Lund, first lieutenant, and E. C. Emerson, second lieutenant. Cap-\\ntain Cobb and Lieutenant I.und resigning May 25 of the same year, E. H. Saunders was commis-\\nsioned captain and H. S. Stevens first lieutenant and W. H. Livingston second lieutenant. The\\nother officers of this company succeeding were W. I. L. Elliott, captain, who was succeeded Nov. 24,\\n1S96, by Ernest S. Woods, who is in command of the company at the present time, Charles A. Poff,\\nfirst lieutenant. Thomas J. Dane, second lieutenant. This company al.so became quite efficient in\\nrifle practice, H. V. Gains winning a prize medal, and among the best shots were Captain F^lliott, E.\\nJ. Stanton, H. F. Long, George H. Conant and J. Laton.\\nCompany K, Second regiment, known as the Tolles Light Infantry, the last company organized\\nin Nashua to the present time, also occupies the armory on Canal street. W. I. Blanchard, a wide-\\nawake and popular young physician, was nominated and commissioned its first captain. He was pro-\\nmoted to major of the Second regiment May 16, 1893, being succeeded by C. E. Faxon in command\\nof the company. Samuel S. Spaulding was commissioned first lieutenant and Arthur Iv. Bowers\\nsecond lieutenant. Each having resigned they have been succeeded by Arthur G. Shattuck and Charles\\nH. Barker. Captain Faxon s first military service was as sergeant-major of the Second regiment. His\\nefficiency soon won for him promotion to the position of adjutant of the regiment, serving in this\\ncapacity till June 5, 1889, the term of his commission expiring at that time. Gen. J. N. Patterson\\nsucceeding to the command of the regiment selected Adjutant Faxon as assistant inspector-general\\nwith the rank of major.\\nUpon Colonel Copp s promotion to the command of the .Second regiment, the headquarters of the\\nregiment were establi.shed at Nashua. The following Xasliuans were appointed upon the staff of the\\ncolonel commanding:\\nAdjutant, Jason E. Tolles; (luarlerniaster, George 1 Kimball; surgeon, Dr. Charles C. F^llis\\nchaplain, Rev. George W. Grover paymaster, Charles A. Roby.\\nUpon subsequent promotion of Adjutant Tolles, William li. Spalding was connnissioned adjutant.\\nAfter holding the position for about one year and upon leaving for Europe, Adjutant Spalding\\nresigned his commission. In 1887 he was appointed upon the staff of Governor Sawyer with the\\nrank of colonel. Colonel Spalding at the present time is cashier of the First National bank.\\nQuarterma.ster Kimball proved to be a very efficient officer, in an important and difficult position.\\nChaplain Grover was a mo.st popular spiritual adviser, and an enthusiastic officer. He served through\\nhis full term of five years. At the time of his appointment and for .some years after, he was pa.storof\\nthe Pilgrim church. A brilliant man. a scholar and a i)ul])it orator of a high order.\\nPaymaster Roby is a .son of Luther A. Roby, and is one of Nashua s bright young business men.\\nIn 1880 an encampment of the Second regiment was held at Peterboro. This was the last of\\nthe regimental camps.\\nIn 18S1 a brigade camp ground was established at Concord, upon the fair grounds upon the east\\nside of the Merrimack river. These grounds were subse(iuenlly purchased by the state, enlarged and\\nimproved, and at the present time are equalled by few states in the country. Here the annual\\nencampment of the entire state troops is holden. The several Nashua military coinpanies go into\\ncamp annually. Tt is the event of the whole year. It is here that the year s experience and instruc-\\ntion is exemplified.\\nThe discipline of the encampments of to-day is vastly improved over that of the old militia days,\\nyet it is the writer s observation that too much license is permitted and in too many instances military\\ndisciplin*^ is made subordinate to good-fellowship and social pleasure. I pon military di.scipline\\ndepends the life and usefulness of the military organization.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0563.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "5^2 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nWhile it is not the proNince of the historian to assume the role of critic, he remarks in passing\\nthat the jealous eye of the public should be, and is, upon the morale of the military establishment, as\\na disciplined military body under efficient officers at all times and conditions for efficient service\\nand this condition is only possible through discipline the National Guard is of the first importance\\nbut without discipline, and as an ornamental appendage for social enjoyment, it becomes too expen-\\nsive a luxury to be supported by a tax burdened people.\\nThe hi.story of the military of Nashua without a record of the building of the Nashua armory as\\na home for the military would be incomplete. Its need had long been apparent. The annual appro-\\npriations by the legislature is insufficient to meet the wants of the military of the state and it is to the\\nseveral cities and towns that the people must look for co-operation. The direct benefit to the city or\\ntown in which the military is located gives to such organizations a claim for support fi om the city or\\ntown and it has become a recognized principle with the state that the city or town that would or could\\nnot furnish suitable armory accommodations has no claim upon the state for maintaining there a mili-\\ntary organization. The Nashua companies had for years been without suitable armories and it had\\nbeen upon the hope of having better quarters that the organizations had been kept alive. The time\\nhad now come when definite action must be taken or the military of Nashua would be a thing of the\\npast. With what success the matter was carried forward the writer will leave for others to put upon\\nrecord.\\nThe following relative to the building of the armory is from the Nashua Daily Telegraph\\nBefore the first day of January, iScjr, will be dedicated in this cit the finest armory erected by\\na private corporation in the United vStates. A credit alike to its promoters, to the city, the state and\\nthe national guard of New Hampshire.\\nThis week the carpenters will finish their labors, then the painters will have the run of the\\nbuilding for a couple of weeks, and then, the grand dedication and military ball will take place on a\\ndate in the latter part of this month yet to be determined upon.\\nTwo years ago the idea first suggested itself to Col. E. J. Cnpp, the commanding officer of the\\nSecond regiment, N. H. N. G., that the Nashua militia should have a home for themselves that\\nshould l)e a credit to themselves and the city. The companies were then as now insufficiently quar-\\ntered. A meeting was called in the court room by Colonel Copp early in the .spring of 1889. It had\\nbeen preceded by several letters in this paper written by this same gentleman urging the necessity of\\nan armor\\\\- in this city. Several meetings were held they finally resulting in June, 1889, of the\\nNashua Arniorv association being formed with Col. K. j. Copp as president: the directors, J. A.\\nvSpalding, C. II. Burke, J. H. Dunlap and C. A. Rob\\\\-, the latter being also clerk and treasurer.\\nThere was considerable delay in the selecting of a site for the proposed armory, and several\\nplans were submitted to the association before the present excellent site on Canal street, and the plans\\nnow being carried out, were decided upon. From one cause or another beyond the control of the\\ncommittee in charge, work has been delayed and the dedication, which was confidently expected to\\noccur early in the fall, has not yet been fully decided upon.\\nFrom the first the brunt of the w n-k, the planning, the raising of the stock, antl the details of\\npushing the scheme to the glorious success it is sure to be within a month, fell to Col. E. J. Copp. It\\nis even hardly giving him the credit due him to state that but for him the armory would not have been\\nbuilt. It will be a lasting monument to his worth and energy as a citizen.\\nThe plans for the dedication, which have not yet been full matured, include dedication exer-\\ncises and a grand military ball. The exercises will take place in the afternoon and the ball in the\\nevening. Among those who will be invited are Gov. D. H. Goodell and staft, the entire militia of the\\nstate, prominent military men of this and adjoining states and many other prominent men. It has\\nnot yet been decided upon who will make all the addresses but previous to the exercises, it is proba-\\nble that the finest military parade seen here since the dedication of the soldiers monument will be\\nmade through the principal streets. In the evening the military ball in the drill shed is expected to\\neclipse anything of the kind ever witnessed in this city. The ball will be an invitation affair. After\\nthe dedication the companies will at once take charge of their headquarters.\\nThe building itself is in the style of the old feudal castles, less familiarly known in this country\\nthan across the water. Its excellent site on the top of a slight slope, with ample ground., in front,\\nadd much to the charm the outside has to passers-by. The building, the only one in the city of its", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0564.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 3^3\\npeculiar style, rises three stories in the front, with irregular roof, above a basement half above the\\nground. The head house is built of cobble stone and brick with single and triple arched stone sur-\\nrounded windows. The wide, arched main entrance is in the center, the walk leading directly from\\nthe street to it. It will be the finest entrance in any building in Nashua. Directly to the east ri.ses\\nthe octagon tower of brick, fifty feet high in three stories. The tower will be surmounted by a forty\\nfoot flag staff, from which Old Glory will float much of the time. There are entrances on the east\\nand west sides of the drill sheds, and from Grove street into the basement of the head house. The\\noutside dimensions of the head hou.se are seventy feet long by thirty feet deep, and those of the drill\\nshed are fifty by ninety feet. The appearance of the out.side is novel, unique and in perfect harmony\\nwith the purjiose for which the building is to be devoted.\\nlUit it is not until one passes inside the armory that the full effect of the beautiful and conveni-\\nent headquarters that will hereafter be the home of Nashua s military can be realized. The outside\\npromises much and the inside more than fulfills the expectations.\\nPassing through the ample-sized double cypress doors, panelled with the only bull s eye glass\\nprobably in use in the state, one steps into an ample hallway which will be handsomely tinted and\\nlighted by an elegant chandelier. At the immediate left is the conveniently arranged ticket office.\\nTo the west of this is the general headquarters which will also be used as ladies room. It is an\\nample-sized room with a single and triple arch windows that give a fine view southward. At the\\nwest end of the heachiuarters is a handsome oak mantel abo\\\\e tiles of sea green. The entrance is a\\ndouble doorway with heavy cypress doors. A small door to the left of the main doorway leads to the\\nladies dressing room. At the extreme west end of the head house is the serving room, with a dumb\\nwaiter running from the kitchen in the basement. Xe.xt east by the stairway is the cloak room. At\\nthe right of the main entrance a doorway leads into the tower, which is taken up with winding stairs\\nthat lead from the basement to the band room in Ihe third story. By these stairs the rooms on the\\nsecond and third floor and basement can be reached without entering the main floor bexond the\\nentrance. Just to the north of the tower room is the reception and reading room with a double door\\nleading into the hallway. Opposite the door is a large fireplace with handsome tiles and surmounted\\nwith a hea\\\\ y oak mantel. The room will l)e richly furnished.\\nA double doorway opposite the main entrance opens into the drill shed, the finest one in the\\nstate. In its ninety feet of length and fitt\\\\- of width iIkic is not a single pillar to obstruct the move-\\nments of the soldiers or dancers. On the south side is an am])le balcony for the nuisicians and on the\\nwest a stage sixteen by thirty feet. To the tip of the roof it is forty feet, and it is sujiported by five\\narched bases, over the floor and two half ones at each end. The floor is birch, and probably the\\nfinest in the city. The walls will be tinted and painted in liarmonious colors, and it will be the finest\\ndance and drill hall in the city. Kach of the local cominuiies will drill there one night in each week,\\nto be hereafter selected.\\nAn easy winding flight of stairs, with heavy banisters, leads to the second floor where are the\\ncompanies suites of rooms. There are three suites, each of two rooms, with double tloors l)etween,\\nand ample arched windows, giving a fine view of the surrounding country. The smaller of the two\\nrooms in each suite is for the officers, and the larger for the privates. When the double doors are\\nthrown back it practically makes one large room of the two. On the gla.ss panels of the main door\\nof each suite will be painted the company s name that occupies it. The center suite, looking directly\\nover Canal street, has already been selected by the Foster Rifles as its heachiuarters. and will be fitted\\nup in the mo.st expensive and luxurious style seen in any jniblic rooms in this city. Company C has\\nnot as yet selected its headquarters. At the west end of the stairs is the gentlemen s dressing room.\\nAt the right of head of the stairs is the entrance to the tower leading to the ample-sized sightly band\\nroom on the third floor. That will be occupied by the Second regiment band. At the west side of\\nthe room a short .stairway leads to the roof, practically an exterior roof balcony. There in o])en air\\nthe band will rehearse on summer evenings.\\nThe ba.sement is an enormous one and all of it will be utilized. .\\\\t the foot of the tower stairs\\nis the Gatling gun room with a wide opening on Grove street. Next north is the armorer s room in\\nwhich will be fitted up a work bench for the repairs of guns, etc., and which also contains an ammu-\\nnition va iwith an iron door. Then the pool room, for the exclusive use of members, will have a\\nfine table. Behind this are two large company store rooms. Directly under the entrance is the", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0565.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "544\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nboiler room, fitted up with a thirty liorse power boiler. Beyond is a generous sized lavatory with\\nmarble wash bowls, etc. The kitchen is at the extreme southwest corner and will be generously fitted\\nup with stoves, sink, closets, dumb waiter and all conveniences.\\nThe rifle range in the center of the basement, shooting to a solid rock wall at the west end, is\\nseventy feet long and eight wide. A bowling alley will also be built in the same place later. These,\\nlike the pool room, will be for the exclusive use of the companies and stockholders. The larger part\\nof the rear of the basement will be occupied by storage room which will be to rent, the entrance being\\non trrove street.\\nThe building is a model of its kind, sulistantiall\\\\- and elegantl\\\\- built. Tiie timbers are all of\\nthe best of southern pine. The armory will be lighted by gas and electricity and heated by steam.\\nThe stone masonry was done b Thomas Kelly brick work, E. G. Spalding; pi]nng and plumbing,\\nF. O. Ray; carpenter work, H. A. Holt. All have done excellent work.\\nThe armory will be for the exclusive use of the members of the two local companies, band, and\\nstockholders of the association They will be allowed the liberties of the public rooms, including\\nthe reading rooms, at all times, subject to the rules of the association. The hall will also be let for\\ndances, etc., as the association deems proper.\\nNashua has reason to feel proud of the architectural beauty of the armors of the future home\\nof its military companies that is not equaled in the state and of the public spirit of the chief promoters\\nof the association which made the armorv a fact.\\nIIIK AU.MORY.\\nMs-", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0566.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n545\\nFRbtMAN SNOW ROGKRS.\\n1 1(111 I lLciiian S. Rogers was bom at Dana, Mass., May\\n7, iSov ilifil at Nasluia, I fl). 7, 1S80. lie was a son of\\nFKEKMAN SNOW UOOEKS.\\nlilkaniiali and Tainziu (Snow) Rogers and descendant of\\nearly settlers of the Massachusetts colony.\\nMr. Rogers attended the schools of his native town and\\nafter that acquired a liberal business and general educa-\\ntion by private study and observation. The active years\\nof his life were spent in the manufacture of palni-lcaf\\nhats. He was located at different periods of his early\\ncareer at Dana, Ilardwick and Petersham, Mass. In 1846\\nhe located on Merrimack street in this city, in a liuildiiig\\non the site of the churn factory, where he pursued the\\nbusiness with marked success. lie was a man of the peo-\\nple. His sterling character, unquestioned integrity,\\nunbiased judgment and executive ability gave him the\\nconfidence of the public, and with the added fact that he\\nhad served in the Massachusetts general court while a\\nresident of that state, resulted in a demand for his ser-\\nvices in the first and second common councils. In 1855.\\nand again in 1S56, he was elected mayor, and both his\\nadministrations were marked with careful and prudent\\nmanagement of municipal affairs and the accomplishment\\nof several permanent improvements. He was a member\\nof the I niversalist church and for many years a deacon\\nin the Nashua society.\\nMr. Rogers was twice married I irst with V.\\\\\\\\/.:\\\\ Clark,\\ndaughter of Hardin and Triphena Clark of Petersham,\\nMass., by which marriage five children were born Hardin\\nClark, boru April 13, 1828, married Kllen Hastings of\\nPetersham, Mass.. died at Hyde Park, Mass., Sept. 7,\\n1880; Klizabeth, born Jan. 4. 1830, married Albert U.\\nTaylor of Nashua; Henry, born Sept. 14, 831, tlied at sea\\nAug. II, 1856; Clementine, born Nov. 27, 1832, died March\\n23, 1833; Sylvester, born Jan. 3, 1837, married Susan Tay-\\nlor of Nashua, killed at the second battle of Hull Run\\nAug. 29, 1862. Mrs. Rogers died in 1844. Mr. Rogers-\\nsecond marriage, Sept. 16, 1845, was with I.ydiaS. Haskell,\\ndaughter of Charles II. and Damaris (I lagg) Haskell of\\nSliulesbury, Mass., who died at Nashua Aug. 19. 1885.\\nTwo children were born of tliis marriage; Charles l- rce-\\nnian, born in Nashua, May 13, 1848, married Mrs. Joseph-\\nine Camfil of Nashua, .\\\\ug. 21, 1885: Caroline I rances,\\nborn at Nashua, .\\\\ug. 9, 1851, married John K. Hall of\\nNashua. .Sept. 19. 1872.\\nTHOMAS WOCbSTbK GILLIS.\\nHon. Thomas W. Cillis was born in Decring in 1806.\\ndied at Milford in 18S6. He was a son of John and Han-\\nnah (Aiken) Gillis. Mr. C.illis was of Scotch-Irish\\ndescent both paternally and maternally, the names of his\\nimmigrant ancestors being among the first in the London-\\nderry seltlenient as may be verified in the history of that\\nplace.\\nMr. Gillis was educated in the schools of the district\\nwhere he was born and was a good specimen of the self-\\nmade men of his generation. He came to Nashua in 1828\\nand by dint of courage and capacity rose from a picker-\\nboy to the agency of the mills of the Nashua Manufactur-\\ning company, which position he held from 1835 to 1S53.\\nDuring this term he acted for two years as agent of the\\n.Souhegan mills at Milfonl and was a director and pari\\nowner in iron works at Paterson, N. J., and Knoxville,\\nTcnn. In the last year mentioned he was chosen presi-\\ndent of the Nashua Gaslight company and became agent\\nof the Vale mills. In 1859 he went to Wheeling, \\\\V. Va.,\\nwhere he built cotton mills which he operatcil about two\\nyears. He then built mills at Circleville, Ohio, which he\\noperated till 1873, when, in the financial crisis of that\\nts\\ni\\niihi\\\\i\\\\ wiiciMi-.ii r.ii.i.is.\\nvear, fortune deserted him and he returned to New\\nHampshire and spent the rest of his life at Milford.\\nMr. Gillis was one of Nashua s first citizens. H", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0567.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "546\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nman of strict religious principles, generous and progres-\\nsive. Among the benefits which he conferred upon the\\npeople of his time was the Pearl street Congregational\\nchurch, in which he was the moving spirit, and to the\\nerection of the edifice in which it worshiped (now known\\nas the Uuiversalist church) he contributed more than\\n|3,ooo. He also was closely identified with the fire depart-\\nment and one of the old hand engines bore the name of\\nT. W. Gillis. In 1857 elected niaj^or. His\\nadministration of municipal affairs was marked with the\\nsame care and intelligence he bestowed upon his business\\nand private affairs, and is now recalled by old citizens as\\none of the best of the first decade of the city history\\nMr. Gillis was united in marriage in 1830 with Rhoda\\nFuller, daughter of Dr. Robert Fuller of Milford, who\\ndied in 1831. His second marriage, 1835, was with Eliza-\\nbeth C. French, daughter of .Stephen French of Bedford.\\nOne son was born by his first marriage John Fuller, born\\nAug. 3, 1S31, died October, 1861 by his second marriage,\\nRhoda F;., born May 24, 1838, married John \\\\V. Hutchin-\\nson in 1874; Mary Moore, born April 7, 1842, married I,-\\nF. Warner in 1870; Sarah ICittredge, born June 2, 1847,\\nmarried Carl E. Knight of Milford in 1873.\\nALBIN BEARD.\\nHon. Albin Beard was born in Nelson, Feb. 28, 1808, twin\\nbrother of Alfred Beard, died in Nashua, .Sept. 16, 1862.\\n.M.BIN niiAiiD.\\nHe was a son of Asa and Lucy (Goodnow) Beard and a\\ngrandson of David Beard, a prominent man in the affairs\\nof Cheshire county.\\nMr. Beard obtained his education in the common schools\\nof Nelson, and from his father, who was at one lime\\na school teacher, and learned the printers trade in the\\noffices of George Hough in Concord and the Sentinel at\\nKeene. He was employed for a few years as a journey-\\nman on the Columbian Sentinel of Boston, and devoted\\nhis spare time to writing articles for the newspapers pub-\\nlished by his twin brother. In 1836 he came to Nashua\\nand associated himself with his brother Alfred in the\\nediting and publishing of the New Hampshire Telegrapli.\\nFollowing the death of his brother in 1839, he became\\nsole editor and proprietor of the Telegraph and so con-\\ntinueil until his death. He was a clear and forcible\\nwriter with a keen appreciation of the humorous, and\\nmade for the Telegraph a reputation second to none in\\nthe state. (See history of the Telegraph.)\\nDuring Mr. Beard s active career he was one of the first\\ncitizens of Nashua and Nashville in all things pertaining\\nto the public weal. In his early manhood he was enthusi-\\nastic in military matters. He was a member of the\\nLafayette Light Infantry and afterwards captain of the\\nColumbian Grays. In 1840 and 1841 he represented the\\ntown of Nashua in the legislature and in 1846 and 1847 he\\nwas a member of the same body from Nashville. In 1848,\\n1849 and 1850 he was a member of the board of superin-\\ntending school committee of Nashville, and in all these\\nyears he was one of the strong men who promoted the\\ninterests of the Whig party. Mr. Beard labored unceas-\\ningly to dispel the ill feeling between the two towns,\\nand when a city charter was obtained Ward One elected\\nhim to represent the people in the first board of alder-\\nmen. He was re-elected in 1854, and in 1858 and again in\\n1859 he was called to the mayoralty. As chief magistrate\\nof the city he harmonized many conflicting interests and\\ninstituted and completed improvements that left him on\\nthe top wave of popularity at the close of his administra-\\ntion. When the Republican party, the principles of\\nwhich he advocated from its inception, came into power\\nin 1861, Abraham Lincoln commissioned him postmaster\\nof Nashua, which office he held at the time of his death.\\nMr. Beard was an upright and progressive citizen, gener-\\nous in all his dealings, and a worker in season and out of\\nseason in his business and in efforts to advance the inter-\\nests of Nashua. He was a prominent member of the\\nl^nitarian society, which he served several years as clerk,\\nand had quite a reputation as a vocalist and for nearly a\\nquarter of a centur) conducted the music of the church.\\nMr. Beard was united in marriage May i 1832, with\\nJulia .A.. Crooker, daughter of Maj. Turner and Mary\\nYoung) Crooker. Mr. Crooker was a son of Japhet and\\nLydia (Turner) Crooker. Mrs. Crooker was a daughter\\nof Dr. John and Rebecca Young. Four children were\\nborn of their marriage: Alfred, born in Boston, I eb, 23,\\n1833, died at the same place April 18, 1833; Julia Amanda,\\nborn in Boston, April 20, 1836, married June 22, 1861,\\nGen. Wheelock Graves Veazey (late commander-in-chief\\nof the Grand Army, and judge of the supreme court of\\nVermont and afterwards a member of the interstate com-\\nmerce commission); Lucy Josette, born in Nashua, Jan.\\n17. 1841, married Oct. 19, 1864, Arthur Bingham of Nashua;\\n.\\\\lfred, born in Nashua, Dec. 24, 1842, married, Aug. 13,\\n1S63, Lvicy E. Howard of Nashua, died in Lowell, May\\n6, 1894.\\nHIRAM TENNEY MORRILL.\\nHon. Hiram T. Morrill was born at Weare, May 22,\\n1S15, died at Nashua, July 7, 1885. He obtained a common\\nschool education and beyond that was a self-taught and\\nself-made man. His early life was spent upon a farm at\\nWeathersfield, Vt. When he attained his majority he\\ninvested his savings in a farm which he soon after sold\\nadvantageously. With his increased capital he purchased\\nthe stage route between Alstead and Charlestown, and by\\ncareful management, soon after added to it other lines", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0568.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "HISTORY Of A AS//f;,i, jV.\\nand fiiiallv controlled lUt- Forest line, from Nashua to\\nCharlestovvn. In about 1850 the advent of railroads\\ncalled a halt in staging and made it evident to him that\\na change in his entcr])rise was necessary. Accordingly\\nhe sold out ])art of his interest and founded an exi)ress\\nbusiness between Wilton and Hoston, under the (irni\\nname of Morrill Co. This firm and business, with the\\nexception of a few years interim, continued till Jan. i,\\n1882, when it was sold out to the .\\\\mcrican Express\\nconipanj-.\\nDuring his active career of more than forty years in\\nNashua, he was honored with many and laborious posi-\\ntions of trust, and he filled all of them with entire credit\\nto himself. He was an active member of the old state\\nmilitia, and held many commissions. He was the war\\nmayor of Nashua in i,S62 and i,S6;\u00e2\u0080\u009e and the amount of\\nIIIU.XM ri.NM-.\\\\ MOKlill.l..\\nwork which he did in those troublesome times, his wise\\nprecautions to preserve the peace and uphold the general\\ngovernment, his gratuitous service in hours of danger\\nand sorrow, journeys at his own expense to the battle-\\nfield, caring for Nashua s wounded, burying her dead and\\nproviding for widows and orphans, are worthy to be\\nrecorded among the sacrifices and the brave deeds of the\\nheroes, who, having perfect faith in the justice of their\\ncause and a determination to do a man s whole duty in\\nbringing about the final triumph of the federal arms,\\nstood by the ship of state and Abraham Lincoln in every\\nemergency that arose. That a self-made man, from\\nhumble beginnings, should be able to do this should be\\nthe very pride of our institutions.\\nColonel Morrill was elected commissioner of Hills-\\nborough county three times and served seven years. He\\nwas a member of the legislature in 1858, 1859 and 1883,\\n:i id, at the time of his death, was senator from the\\nseventeenth or Nashua district. He was president of the\\nNew Hampshire Hanking company, and an active citizen\\nwho was ever ready to do his part in any enterprise to\\nadvance the interests of the city, and he gave to the poor\\nand every good cause that appeale.l to him with a lavisli\\nhand. In tlie social affairs of life he was the most genial\\nand sunny temperament, always at ease and always\\nentertaining. He was a member of Rising Sun lo-lge, A.\\nand A. M., Meridian Sun Royal Arch cha].ter, St.\\nGeorge coninian lcry, K. T., and the Scottish Kite con-\\nsistory 32d degree.\\nCol. Morrill was united in marriage Jan. 15, 1842, with\\nAnne M. Mason of Boston. Mrs. Morrill, who was a\\ndescendant of Gen. Henry Woods, a pioneer of Grotoii,\\nMass., a woman who was active and self-sacrificing in the\\ndays of her country s trial and honored for noble deeds\\nas wife, mother and neighbor, died at the family home in\\nNashua, June 3, 1875. I onr children were born of their\\nmarriage: Ellen M., born Jan. 14, 1843, married James B.\\nFassett, Sept 9, 1S67; William Mason, born Dec. 13. 1845,\\nmarried Alice D. Scott of Springfiel.l, Mass.. Aug. 13.\\n18S3; Fred Hiram, born March 23, i860, died May 29,\\n1S92, clerk of police court for several years and at the\\ntime of his death; lidward Tenney, born Aug. 21, 1861,\\nmarried I.avinia J. Harrington Sept. 9, 1890.\\nHDWAKlJ SP.Xl.UING, M. D.\\nHon. IMwanl Siialiling, M. D., was born at Amherst,\\nSe])t. 15, 1813, died sudilenly. June 22, 1895, near I arnia-\\ncheene lake, in Maine, while on a fishing trip in that\\nregion. Dr. Spalding was the fourth child and first son\\nof the children of Dr. Matthias and Rebecca (Alherton)\\nSpalding. On the paternal side he was of the fifth gener-\\nation in direct descent from Edward Spalding, who came\\nto New F.ngland about 1632 and settled at Hraintree,\\nMass., removing a few years later to Chelmsford, Ma.ss.,\\nof which place he was one of the earliest proprietors. In\\nthe fourth generation his descent was from Col. Simeon\\nSpalding, son of lv lward, who married for his second wife,\\nMrs. Abigail Wilson, whose maiden name was Johnson,\\nthe fourth generation in descent from Eilward Johnson of\\nWoburn, Mass., who came from Kent county, ICng. Dr.\\nMatthias Spaliling, one of the youngest of her children,\\nwas born at Chelmsford, Mass., June 25, 1769, an l was\\ngraduated at Harvard college 1798. He then went abroad\\nto jjerfect his education, and attended nie lical lectures in\\nLondon. Soon after his return home he settled in Am-\\nherst and in 1806 was united in marriage with Rebecca\\nWentworth, daughter of Joshua Atherton, sister of Charles\\nII. Atherton, the father of Charles G. Atherton. He\\nwas a physician and surgeon of superior education, whose\\nservices were widely sought, and who distinguisheil him-\\nself for successful treatment of diseases. Moreover he was\\na citizen who wielded a wide and beneficent influence\\nand who contributed a good man s full (juota in moulding\\nthe character of his generation, so that .\\\\niherst has been\\nnoted in all the decades since then as a place of culture\\nand refinement. His wife is remembered as a lady of\\nrefined nature and elegant manners.\\nThe subject of this sketch went to Chelmsford when\\neleven years of age to be under the instruction of Rev.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\biel .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Vbbott. When thirteen years of age. he became a\\nstudent at I inkerton academy at Derry, .\\\\bel F. Hildreth.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0569.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "548\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\na celebrated schoolmaster in those days, being principal.\\nFrom the academy he went to Dartmouth college from\\nwhich he was graduated in 1833. Among his classmates\\nwere young men who later in life became distinguished in\\nthe professions: J. F. Joy, LL. D., Rev. F. A.\\nAdams, Ph. D., Prof. Joseph C. Bodwell, D. D., John Lord,\\nLL. D., Prof. David Crosby and Samuel L. -Sawyer, M. C.\\nfrom Missouri. Following his graduation he went to Lex-\\nington, Ky., hoping to find employment as a teacher.\\nThe field was not favorable to his aniliition and conse-\\nquently he re-\\nturned east in 1834\\nand commenced\\nthe study of med-\\nicine and surgery\\nin the office of his\\nfather. li e a t-\\ntended three\\ncourses of lectures\\nat Harvard medi-\\ncal school in Bos-\\nton and received\\nhis degree of M.\\nD. in 1837. Dr.\\nSpalding then\\nspent a few niniillis\\nriding with his\\nfather and observ-\\ning his treatment\\nof the sick. Mean-\\ntime he was cast-\\ning about for a\\nplace to locate and\\nhad two or three in\\nview when the\\nsmall-pox broke\\no VI t in Nashua\\nand he was invited\\nby the authorities\\nto take charge of\\nthe patients. The\\nepidemic lasted\\na 1) o u t eight\\nmonths, at the end\\nof which time, hav-\\ning made several\\npleasing acquaint-\\nances, and, being\\nurged to remain,\\nhe opened au office\\nand cast his lot\\nwith the people of\\nNashua. Follow-\\ning a few years of\\npractice by himself he accepted an invitation from Dr.\\nMicah Eldridge, and became a partner with him in prac-\\ntice. After this partnership was dissolved, he gained for\\nhimself an extensive and valuable practice. He was a\\nmember of the Hillsborough and New Hampshire Medical\\nsocieties and enjoyed the coufideuce of a large circle of\\nfamilies, and his success as a physician had given him an\\nenviable reputation. In the meantime he had been called\\nto assume respousibilities of a fiduciary nature, involving\\nsuch time, care and labor as to seriously interfere with\\nhis professional engagements. The transition to these\\nEDWAKI) Sl ALDlNC;,\\nnew employments was the natural sequence of the excel-\\nlent judgment and rare capacity for business which he\\nmanifested. The accuracy and promptitude with which his\\naccounts were rendered to the probate, and the just con-\\nsideration for the feelings and interest of all persons con-\\ncerned in the settlement of the estates comniitte l to his\\ntrust, brought such a pressure of occupation that he was\\ncompelled to relinquish his profession.\\nHe had now been in practice twenty-five years, and satis-\\nfactory as his services as a physician had been to the com-\\nmunity, he was yet\\nto perform an im-\\nportant and valu-\\nable service by his\\njudicious manage-\\nment of important\\ntrusts and his earn-\\nest co-operation in\\nthe direction and\\nenlargement of\\nnew enterprises.\\nIn addition to his\\nengage ments in\\nthe settlement of\\nlarge estates, he\\nbecame interested\\nin banking, manu-\\nfacturing and rail-\\nroads, holding\\nvarious offices of\\nhdior and respon-\\nsibility in these\\ninsti tu t i o n s and\\ncorporations. He\\nwas for several\\nyears treasurer of\\ntlie Nashua Sav-\\nings bank and sub-\\nse(|uently its presi-\\ndent. He was one\\nof the original\\nprojectors of the\\nI ennichuck water\\nworks, of which\\ncompany he was\\npresident at the\\ntime of his death\\na director and\\npresident in both\\nuf the large cotton\\nman ufac turi ng\\ncompanies which\\nhave contributed\\nso much to the\\nprosperity of the city; he had also filled similar duties in\\nother corporations elsewhere.\\nIn municipal and town offices he performed important\\nduties, taking a lively interest in the progress of popular\\nedvicatiou. He was elected a member of the school com-\\nmittee in 1839 and served on that committee and on the\\nboard of education, of which he was president a numlier\\nof terms, for a period of twenty years. He was also\\nactively engaged in building up the city library, of which\\nhe was a trustee from the beginning of the enterprise.\\nNever seeking political preferment and personally disin-", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0570.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "oliiieil to the strife for i)olitical aistiiu lion he, ticverlhc-\\nless, served as city pliysiciaii and overseer of the poor in\\n1853, in the common connoil in 1854, in the hoard of alder-\\nmen in 1.S57, and in 1S6.1 was elected mayor, attending the\\nRe^nbliean national convention at Haltimore in the same\\nyear. He was a member of the state convention for the\\nrevision of the constitution in 1876, and councilor for two\\nyears iluring the administration of Gov. Benjamin I\\nI rescott. 1878 anil 1879. In 1866 he was elected a trustee\\nof Dartmouth college an l continued in that od ice twenty-\\nfive years, during which time he contributed to the sub-\\nstantial pros])erity of the institution by frequent unob-\\ntrusive gifts, and- the steady service of a loyal graduate.\\nIn 1882 the college conferred the degree of M I), upon\\nhim. He also represented the college as a trustee of the\\nCollege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts during several\\nyears of its existence as a department.of instruction, and\\nwas a trustee of the New Hampshire asylum for the\\ninsane from 1SS3 until his death.\\nAlthough his life was a busy one he found time for\\nrecreation, often seeking the woods and waters of north-\\nern New Hampshire, and the forests and lakes of Maine,\\nfinding in tluni the pleasures that an angler experiences,\\nand also the eleinent.s of good health. His piscatorial\\ndiversions caused him to be identified with a good many\\nmen like-minded as himself, and as a conse(|uence he\\nserved a number of years as chairman of the state board\\nof fish commissioners, a board that w as created to ]no-\\nmote the fish and game resources of the state and which\\naccomplishe l a noteworthy work.\\nDr. Spalding was a mendier of the First Congregational\\nI hurrh and few men in New Hampshire have served the\\ncause that represents man s ha] |)iness here and hereafter\\nwith more zeal and liberality. Ilis contribution in 1870\\nto rebuild the First church, the original edifice having\\nbeen destroyed by fire, was |io,rK)0, while his gift to the\\nliuildiug fund for the magnificent edifice erected on\\nLowell street in 1893 and 1S9.1 was the second largest of\\nthe contributions. Dr. Spalding was a willing servant in\\nalt the departments of church activities. He was presi-\\ndent of the New Hampshire Bible society from i860 until\\nhis death, a Sunday school teacher, a promoter of mis-\\nsions, chairman of conventions and zealous in promoting\\nall good works calculated to advance the standard of right\\nliving and bless the homes of the people. Morethan this\\nno man in Nashua of his generation lid more to advance\\nthe cause of education or showed a kinder spirit or more\\ngenerous hand in fostering and encouraging secular enter-\\nprises for the public weal, and in encouraging individuals\\nby example, by advice and by pecuniary aid to make the\\nmost of their opportunities, and thereb) make this\\nNashua of ours the prosjierons and enlightened city we\\nbehold to-day.\\nDr. Siialding was united in marriage June 23, iS,)2, with\\nDora Barrett, second daughter of Joseph and Mary\\n(Applelon) Barrett of New Ipswich, a family honorably\\nidentified with the history of the town so widely known\\nby the character and achievements of its sons. Mrs.\\nSpalding, who died Jan. 17, 18S7, was a woman of rare\\ngood .sen.se, gentle, kind to those in sorrow and affliction,\\nnever wearying in the ministrations that make men and\\nwomen better and happier. Three children were born of\\ntheir marriage: Edward Atherton, born Oct. 13, 1852,\\ndied Nov. 10, 1S63, M.iry and Dora N., now living.\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. N.\\nVIRGIL CHASH OILMAN.\\n549\\nHon. Virgil C. Oilman was born in I nity, May 5, 1827.\\nHe is tlie third cliil.l and eldest son, in a family of eight\\nchildren, of TCmerson and Delia (Way) C.ilinan. Mr.\\nC.ilman traces his lineage to Moses Oilman, who was one\\nof three brothers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rdward, John and Moses\u00e2\u0080\u0094 who eini-\\ngrateil from ICngland to this country early in the sixteenth\\ncentury. The descendants of these pioneers in the\\ncivilization of this continent are numerous. There is\\nharilly a state in the I nion where they may not be found.\\nThe family has been in civil office from the lime our\\ncolony became a royal province to the jiresenl time.\\nJohn Oilman was one of the first councilors in I residenl\\nCutt s commission, and died in 1708. Col. Peter Oilman\\nwas one of the royal councilors in 1772. Nicholas Oilninn\\nwas councilor in 1777 and 178S, John Oilman in 1787,\\nwhile John Taylor Oilman was fourteen years, eleven in\\nsuccession, our highly respected chief magistrate. Ilis\\nbrother, Nicholas Oilman, was a member of the house\\nof representatives in congress eight years, and in the\\nnational senate nine years. The ecclesiastical annals\\nalso have: Rev. Nicholas Oilman, Harvard college. 1724,\\nand Rev. Tristram Oilman, Ilarvaril college, 1757, both\\nrespected men. The subject of this biograi)hy is a\\ndescendant in the line of Moses Oilman through Stephen\\naiul Dorothy (Clough) Oilman, who became his second\\nwife Sept. 5, 1793, and bore him twelve children. His\\nfirst wife, by whom he had nine children, was Anne\\nIlunton. Stephen was a native of Kingston and served\\nas a cavalry ollicer in the Revolutionary war. Rmerson,\\nson of Stephen, and father of Virgil, followed the trade of\\na clothier until machinery sn])planted the hand process,\\nwhen, after pursuing the occupation of a farmer for a few\\njears, he removed to Lowell, Mass., in 1837. Blessed\\nwith good courage and strong and willing hands he\\nsupported his large family and give his children the\\nadvantages the city afforded in the way of education.\\nMr. Oilman was ten years of age when he became a\\nresident of Lowell. He made fair progress, for a hoy of\\nhis age, in the public schools anil continued his studies\\nthrough several grades in the high school. In 1843 he\\nremoved to Nashua, but it was not until 1851 that he\\nentered business for himself. He then became associated\\nwith Charles P. Gage and O. D. Murray, under the firm\\nname of Gage, Murray Co., in the manufacture of\\nprinters cards, embossed and marble papers. The firm\\nmanaged its affairs with skill and enterprise, and out of\\nit came the Nashua Card and Glazed Paper company.\\nMr. Oilman is one of the finest penmen and most\\naccurate book-keepers in southern New Hampshire, and\\nconsei|uently his, services, after severing his connection\\nwith Gage ^S: Murray and while seeking renewed health,\\nwhich had become impaired under his close apjilicalion\\nto business, by tilling the soil .ind other out-door employ-\\nment, were often in demand in that department of mer-\\ncantile affairs. He opened the first set of books for the\\nNashua Savings bank, and was the cashier s substitute in\\nthe Pennichuck bank during his absence.\\nMr. Oilman has been active all his life. In 1876 he\\nliecame treasurer of the Nashua Savings bank in place of\\nDr. Ivdward Spalding, resigned, a position of great\\nresponsibility, which he held for more than eighteen\\nyears and with it the complete confidence of the public.\\nMr. Oilman has been identified with the growth and", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0571.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "S50\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nprosperity of Nashua iu many ways not heretofore men-\\ntioned. He was a stockholder and director iu the Under-\\nbill Edge Tool company and Amoskeag Axe company, is\\na director in the Indian Head National bank, and was for\\nmany years a director in the Nashua Iron and Steel\\ncompany and president of the Nashua Saddlery Hardware\\ncompany and the Peterboro railroad. In fact Mr. Gil-\\nman s interest in pushing Nashua into the front rank of\\nindustrial importance has been such that he has written,\\nfor newspapers and other publications, more valuable\\narticles on the sub-\\nject than any other\\ncitizen, with pos-\\nsibly the exception\\nof Editor Moore.\\nBesides this Mr.\\nGilnian has taken\\na decided interest\\nin military mat-\\nters. He was a\\nmember of the\\nfamous Governor s\\nHorse Guards and\\nan honorary mem-\\nber of the Foster\\nRifles. During all\\nthis time his inter-\\nest iu agricultural\\npursuits has been\\nsuch that he has\\nowned some of the\\nbest farms in\\nNashua, and cul-\\ntivated them to\\nthe admiration of\\nthe farming com-\\nmunity, furnish-\\ning tillers of the\\nsoil an incentive\\nto do their be.st.\\nUnder his aid and\\nencouragement\\nwhat is known as\\nthe Concord street\\ngreenhouses were\\nfounded. He has\\nserved on the\\nboard of trustees\\nof the New Hamp-\\nshire board of\\nagriculture and of\\nthe New England\\nagricultural socie-\\nl3 done yeoman\\nservice at numerous agricultural and horticultural fairs,\\nand was among the first to breed and develop the now\\nfamous Plymouth Rock fowl and to encourage poultry\\nshows, both local, state, New England, and uational, and\\nwas awarded a bronze medal at the Centennial exhibition\\nfor poultry.\\nWith all else Mr. Gilman has found time to hold public\\noffice. Never a self-seeker in the fiehl of political pre-\\nferment, the positions of responsibility which he has\\nfilled are where the office has sought the man. He was\\nmayor of Nashua iu 1865, has served long and faithfuUv\\nli;uU- CIl.VbL GII.MAN.\\non the board of education, and performed no end of work\\nin promoting the cause of the people through the public\\nlibrar} having served from its organization, more than\\ntwent3 -five years, on its board of trustees and performed\\nthe duties of secretary and treasurer. Besides this he\\nrepresented his ward in the legislature in 1879, being\\nchairman of the committee on banks, and zealously\\nopposing taxation of church property. In 1881 he was\\nchosen senator from the old Nashua district, and was\\nhonored with the chairmanship of the leading committee\\nof the senate, the\\njudiciary, no mem-\\nl)er of the legal\\nprofession having\\na seat iu that bod}\\nThe duties of this\\nposition, which\\nhad usually been\\nassigned to an at-\\ntorney, were per-\\nformed in a man-\\nner so conscien-\\ntious and courte-\\nous and with such\\nability as to win\\nfor him the esteem\\nof all who had\\nbusiness before\\nthe committee.\\nMr. Gilman is a\\nmember of the\\nb irst Congrega-\\ntional church and\\nsociety, and active\\nin all its missions,\\nhaving served it\\nas director and\\ntreasurer, and\\n])resident and di-\\nrector of the Sun-\\nday school. He\\nwas a generous\\ncontributor, not\\nonly to the l)uild-\\ning fund of its\\nsecond and pres-\\nent edifice, but to\\nthe many things\\nthat are necessar)\\nto the furtherance\\nof its work. It\\nmay be justly said,\\ntherefore, that iu\\nall that tends to\\nstrengthen society, in all that is for the best interests of\\nthe city of Nashua, Virgil C. Gilman has done his full\\nshare as an honest man and good citizen. Dartmouth\\ncollege conferred on him the degree of M. in 1893.\\nIn 1850 Mr. Gilman was united in marriage with Sarah\\nI^ouisa, daughter of Gideon Newcomb of Roxbur} Two\\nchildren were born of their marriage: Harriet Louisa,\\nborn October 21, 1853, married Charles W. Hoitt, attorney\\nat law and judge of the Nashua municipal court, January\\nI.), 1S75, and Alfred Emerson, born February 16, 1857,\\ndied September 29, 1857.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0572.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0)3l\\nJOTHAM DUTTON OlTbRSON.\\nHon. Jothain I). Otlcrsoii was born in Ilooksetl, Scpl.\\nII, 1805, (lied at Nashua, 1880. He was a son of James\\nand Warllia (Chase) Otterson. His ininiij;iant ancestor,\\nJames Ollorson, came to this country from the north of\\nIrelanil early in the eighteenth century. Of his four\\nsons who accompanied him, William, who married Jane\\nTemple before leaving his native land, settled in that\\npart of Chester, now Hooksett. He enlisted as a soldier\\nin the I rencli and Indian war and perislie l at Ticon-\\nderoga, leaving a widow and two children, James and\\nMollie. James, who was born Aug. 19, 1757, named for\\nhis grandfather, and the father of the subject of this\\nsketch, became a soldier in the War of the Revolution.\\nMollie lived a single life. It is an interesting fact in the\\nhistory of the Otterson family that Jane, wife of William,\\naccompanied her hus1)and two miles on fool carrying her\\nluniAM DUTTON I TITiltSI ).N.\\nbaby, Mollie, in her arms, and leading James, then in his\\nthird year, by the hand, when he started from home to\\njoin his company. It was their last parting. The cour-\\nageous woman returned to the farm, took up her life\\nwork, tilled the soil, brought up her children and at her\\ndeath left the estate to her son. The same farm is now\\nowned and occupied by a nephew of the fifth generation.\\nOn the maternal side he was a descendant of Abner and\\nBetty (Bradley) Chase, whose ancestors were among the\\nfirst settlers of the Suncook valley, and bore an honorable\\nrecord for piety and good-citizenship.\\nMr. Otterson was educated in the public schools of his\\nnative town and at Blanchard academy in I embroke. He\\nlearned the machinists and iron moulilers trades and\\nworked in Lebanon, Nashua, Hooksett, I itlsfield. Mass..\\nand came to Nashua about 1833. After being employed\\nfor sometime in the machine shop of the Nashua Manu-\\nfacturing com])any, he went to Clinton, Mass., where he\\nwas superintendent of the Ivancaster mills, and in 1850\\nreturned to Nashua an l purchased the interest of Deacon\\nBaldwin, then lately deceased, in the Nashua Lock com-\\npany, located on Water street. With his associates. Col.\\nL. W. Noyes and Robert Living, he continued the manu-\\nfacture of locks, knobs and house trimmings until the\\npartnership was dissolved. In settlement of the business\\nMr. Otterson look the foundry, tools and fixtures, and\\ncontinued in business as sole proprietor and manager\\nuntil his death, under the name of the Otterson I oundry\\ncompany. He was a conservative and practical business\\nman, who jiaid good wages ami look a deep interest in\\neverything that had a tendency to dignify labor and\\npromote the welfare of the laboring man. With all else\\nMr. Otterson was a citizen of the most democratic char-\\nacter. He believed in the people and he entered heartily\\ninto the things that interest them. In the days l efore\\nNashua was incorporated as a city he belonged to the fire\\ndepartment, was foreman of the Nashua company s\\nengine company ami chief of the department. Mr.\\nOtterson held a good many positions of honor and Irnst\\nand assisted several industries upon their feet. He rep-\\nresented his ward in the legislature with ability during\\ntwo sessions and in 1868 and 1870 was mayor of the city.\\nMr. Otterson was one of the founders of the I earl\\nstreet Congregational church, and no man connected\\nwith it was more generous in its support or more constant\\nand loyal to all its missions. He gave it financial support,\\nwithout which it could not have sustained itself, and\\nwhen it became necessary to close its doors he was sor-\\nrowful, and yet, true man that he was. he united with its\\nsuccessor the Pilgrim church. Mr. Otterson was a mem-\\nber of Granite lodge, I. O. O. I-., and was one of the\\ntruly good and generous men of Nashua, who performeil\\nevery duty of life with conscientious fidelity, and left an\\nunblemished record in all things.\\nMr. Otterson was twice marrie l first, l-eb. i, i8j8, to\\nSarah Kmery Scribner, daughter of Parker and Klizabeth\\n(Umery) .Scribner of I rankliu. Mrs. Otterson was a\\ndescendant on the paternal side of Josiah Scribner, who\\nsettled at .Xndover, who, on the maternal side, was\\ndescended from the Websters, his mother being Hannah,\\nthe sister of the father of Daniel Webster, and on the\\nmaternal side of the Hmerys and P esen lens. She died\\nat Clinton in January, 1852. His second marriage, in\\nDecember, 1852, was with Lucia I ish of Athol, Mass.\\nICight children were born to him, all by his first mar-\\nriage: James Parker Scribner, boi n in Hooksett, January\\n14, 1S31, married Peb. 17, 1S53, Asenath Hnrd liannister;\\nMary I-Mizabeth, born June 29, 1833, at Lebanon, inarricil\\nRev. Robert S. Stubbs; Lafayette Washington, born in\\nNashua, March 5, 1836, died Sept. 14, 1837; Sarah Kmery\\nDana, born in Nashua, July 15. 1S38, married 1-rederick\\nlUinnill, who dieil in the army, afterwards married ICdgar\\nB. Burke of Nashua; Nancy lunery, born in Nashua,\\nNov. 20, 1841, married Dana D. Dodge of Nashua; George\\nWashington, born in Hooksett, Oct. 5, 1S43, married\\nPriscilla Cook, now resides in Florida; Ann Maria, born\\nin Clinton. Mass., Feb. 7, 1847, married William H. Cook;\\nWilliam Henry, born in Nashua, March 31, 1850. died\\nSept. 17, 1851.\\nUANA SARGHNT.\\nHon. Dana Sargent was horn in Nottingham West\u00e2\u0080\u0094 now\\nHudson\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nov. 28, 1818, died, at Nashua, Nov. 24, 18S4. He\\nwas a son of Reuben and Kunice K. Davis Sargent. His\\nimmigrant ancestor was one of the original Scotch-Irish\\ncolony that settled at Londonderry early in the eighteenth\\ncenturv.\\nMr. Sargent was educated in the public schools of his\\nnative place and at the Nashua Literary institution. In his", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0573.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "552\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nyouth he learneil the trade of making carpenters planes\\nand followed that occupation for some time in his native\\nplace. His first business venture was in the hardware\\ntrade at Manchester, where he was in company with\\nGeorge A. P. Darling and remained about eight years.\\nHe then returned to Hudson and was associated w-ith John\\nN. Marshall in the grocery business. From there lie went\\nto Lawrence, Mass., where he formed a co-partnership\\nwith William H. Bridgnian and Hezekiah Plummer under\\nthe firm name of Sargent, Uridgman Co. The firm did\\nan extensive wholesale business in flour, grain, produce\\nand lumber, its place of business being on Essex street,\\nnear the railroad station. Mr. Sargent sold out his inter-\\nest in the firm about i860 when he came to Nashua and\\nformed a co-partnership with John Cross under the firm\\nname of .Sargent Cross, and continued in the same line\\nof trade, the mills and yard of Ihe firm being on Canal\\nstreet near the Jackson company s dam. Later, after dis-\\nposing of this business to James H. Tolles, he did an\\nextensive business in southern lumber.\\nMr. Sargent was interested in many enterprises outside\\nof his regular business, among which was the Nashua,\\nActon Boston railroad, which, with Edw-ard H. Spald-\\ning, Henry Parkinson and others he was largelj instru-\\nmental in building, and that, too, at a personal less. In\\n1854 he was warden of Ward Four, Lawrence, and repre-\\nsented the same ward in the common council of the city.\\nIn 1855 he was the Democratic candidate for the mayoralty\\nof Lawrence, and came within a few votes of an election.\\nIn 1870 he was the Democratic candidate for mayor of\\nNashua. His vote, being much larger than that cast for\\nthe gubernational candidate of his party, showed unmis-\\ntakable popularity, and the result was his re-nomination\\nby his associates in 1871, when he was handsomely\\nelected. His administration of the affairs of the citj- was\\nof a far-reaching and judicious character. He advocated\\nand purchased the tract of land known as the North Com-\\nmon, and the city councils recognized the wisdom of his\\njudgment by naming the thoroughfare on its northern\\nboundary Sargent avenue. He also foresaw that it was\\nonl} a question of a little time when Crown Hill would be\\nbuilt over and the city would need a schoolhouse and\\nengine house there, .\\\\cting upon this belief he purchased\\nfor a nominal sum the lot on what is now known as Ar-\\nlington street, on which buildings for the purpose men-\\ntioned were erected a few j ears later. These and other\\nimprovements, with courtesies shown every citizen who\\napproached him, made him a popular executive and won\\nfor him the kindest compliments of the Republican press\\nand voters, in addition to those of his own political faith.\\nMr. Sargent was a member of Ancient York lodge, A. F.\\nand A. M., and the Royal Arch chapter at Lawrence. He\\nwas a petitioner for a charter for St. George commander}\\nK. T., and one of its charter members, serving the same\\nbody as eminent commander in 1S69 and 1870; he was\\nalso a Scottish Rite mason, 32d degree, Valle) of Massa-\\nchusetts.\\nMr. vSargeut was united in marriage March 11, 1841,\\nwith Susan M. Hadley, daughter of William and Rachel\\nHadley of Hudson. Four children were born of their\\nmarriage: Mary E., born Jan. 26, 1842, deceased Reuben\\nWilmer, born Feb. 16, 1843, deceased Susan Helen, Oct.\\n24, 1844; William Franklin, born Oct. 5, 1S47, married\\nMinnie Cullen.\\nSETH D. CHANDLER.\\nHon. Seth I). Chandler was born at East .Vbington, now\\nRockland, Mass., Feb. ii, 1827. He is a son of Seth and\\nMartha (Burrell) Chandler, and a descendant on both the\\npaternal and maternal side from English settlers of the\\ncountry roundabout Duxbury, Mass.\\nMr. Chandler attended the district schools of Rockland\\nand besides the knowledge thus obtained he secured a\\nliberal education by private study and ob.servation. He is\\ntherefore, a well informed man in matters of business,\\nand in all things else that men who are not in profes-\\nsional life desire to know. Mr. Chandler had his home\\nin Rockland until he was twenty-three years of age. He\\nthen went to Hingham, Mass., where he drove a bread\\ncart for one year, and was in business as a baker one year\\nfor himself. April i, 1853, he came to Nashua and bought\\nout the bakery of Abel Bowman, located on the site of\\nWhiting block, and conducted that business seven years.\\nHe sold out this business in i860 and for the next three\\nyears was engaged in the lard, tallow and sausage busi-\\nness in Boston. In 1863 Mr. Chandler disposed of his\\nBoston business and embarked in business in a butchery\\nand packing house establishment in New York Cit}\\nwhere he remained three 5 ears. In October, 1866, he\\nreturned to Nashua and bought out the flour and grain\\nbusiness in which he is now engaged, and which by his\\ncareful and conservative business management has alwaj S\\nbeen in a flourishing condition.\\nMr. Chandler, however, has not been engrossed in busi-\\nness to the point where men have no time to give to mat-\\nters that are and should be the concern of ever)- good\\ncitizen. On the other hand he has shown a decided inter-\\nest in having good schools, wise laws and a just and", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0574.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "HISTORY or NASI I (J A, N. II.\\n55.1\\neconomical aihiiinislralion of municipal affairs. lie rop-\\nrescntcil his ward in tlic common council in 1S69, and in\\nthe board of aldermen in 1870 and 1S71. In 1872 he was\\nsHiii I). ciiANDl.i;i;.\\nmayor of Nashua, and il is due to the foresij^ht of his\\nadministration that the present high school huihlins; was\\nerected, and a l)e ^inuing made in paving streets ami intro-\\nducing modern methods in their general improvement.\\nIn fact he gave the city wise and faitful service. Mr.\\nChandler was one of the earnest citizens who came to the\\nfront at the time the foreign insurance companies aban-\\ndoned the state, who earnestly supported the people s\\ncause, invested money that he never expected to recover,\\nand gave his time to the management of the companies\\nthus formed. Mr. Chandler has served on the board of\\ndirectors of the Second National bank since its organiza-\\ntion and has been a director for many years of the While\\nMountain Freezer company. He attends the services of\\nthe Universalisl church and is a citizen who is held in the\\nhighest respect.\\nMr. Chandler lias been twice niarrie l first, December,\\n1855, with Hannah Iv Flagg of Nashua, who died in May,\\n1857; second, December, 1862, with Hattie K. Ober,\\ndaughter of Henry and ICliza (White) Ober of Craflon,\\nt. Of the three children born to them, .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Mice dieil when\\nfive years old, Walter died a young man twenty-six years\\nof age, a daughter, Mabel, still survives.\\nGEORGH H. WHITNEY.\\nHon. George II. Whitney was born in I raminghani,\\nMass., KfS 24, 1S21, died at Nashua, March 7, 1895. He\\nwas a sou of Jesse and Rebecca (Newell) Whitney, who\\nbecame residents of Nashua in 1826. His ancestors, both\\npalern.il and maternal, were of Fnglish origin and early\\nsettlers in the colony of Massachusetts Hay.\\nMr. Whitney was educate l in the common schools nn l\\nat Crosby s Literary institution. In 1838 he a] prenliced\\nhimself to John H. Cage for three years to learn the\\nmachinists trade. After completing his trade he went to\\nNew York City. He tarried there but a short time.\\nReturning to New Hampshire, 1842, he obtained employ-\\nment in the machine shop of the ;\\\\nioskeng company at\\nManchester, where he remained nine months. His next\\nmove was to Nashua, and here he remained. Mr. Whit-\\nney went to work fr)r his old employer, Mr. Cage. 1843,\\nMS foreman, and continued in that position until the\\nwinter of 1852, when, with David A. Warner, he\\nbecame a partner in the business, the firm name being\\nCage, Warner ^t Whitney. The new firm, owing to the\\nfact that the business had outgrown the buildings on\\nWater street, built a large shop on Hollis street. The\\nfirm prospered. It employed a large number of men and\\nwas widely known. In 1862 Mr. Cage, the senior partner,\\nwas accidentally killed at I ranklin by the ilischarge of a\\nshotgun which he was removing from a wagon. The firm\\nwas then re-r)rganizeil under the name of Warner\\nWhitney, and so continued until 1S73. when upon the\\ndeath of Mr. Warner, Mr. Whiliiej- became sole projiric-\\ntor, and managed the business until his death.\\nIt was not alone, however, in the manufacturing inter-\\nests of Nashua that Mr. Whitney was prominent and\\nprogressive. He took a conspicuous part in her military\\nand civil affairs. In 1S42 he identified himself with the\\n(.Koiti.K II. \\\\vlll^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0|\u00e2\u0096\u00a0;^.\\nI,afayette Light infantry, and from that lime to 185S was\\nactive in many of the numerous companies of those days,\\nholding a first lieutenant s commission in the Granite", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0575.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "554\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nState Cadets. He was also quartermaster of tlie Fifth\\nregiment, New Hampshire infantry, in 1858, and an officer\\nin the Cadets until about 1862, when the company dis-\\nbanded and most of the men enlisted in the cause of\\ntheir country. To this honorable record it should be\\nadded that Mr. Whitney represented his ward in the\\nlegislature in 1S55 and 1856, served in the board of alder-\\nmen in 1857 and 1858, and was chosen mayor by the\\nRepublican party in 1S75 by a large majority. Mr. Whit-\\nney served the city in 1886 ou the board of assessors.\\nHe was a member of tlie Pilgrim Congregational church,\\nRising Sun lodge, A. F. and A. M., Meridian Sun Royal\\nArch chapter, St. George comnianderj-, K. T., and\\nEdward A. Raymond consistory, 32d degree, also of\\nGranite lodge, I. O. O. F.\\nMr. Whitney was united in marriage April 25, 1844,\\nwith Susan G. Stickne}-, daughter of Luther A. and Ruth\\nCHARLES WILLIAMS.\\nHon. Charles Williams was born at Easton, Mass., Aug.\\nI, 1816, died at NasHua, May 19, 1894. Richard Williams,\\nhis first American ancestor, was born at Glamorganshire,\\nWales, as early as 1599. He came to this country in 1632\\nand settled at Taunton, Mass., in 1637. He has been\\ncalled the Father of Taunton. His wife, F rancis\\nDighton, was born in Somersetshire, England. She was\\na sister to the first wife of Governor Endicott. (See\\nHistory of Bristol county). He was deputy to the gen-\\neral court of Plymouth in Taunton in 1646, 1648, 1650,\\n1 65 1 and several subsequent years, and was first ou the\\nlist of those who made the south purchase (Dighton);\\nalso of those who made the north purchase which in-\\ncluded Easton, Norton, Mansfield and a part of Attle-\\n1)orough. Both history and tradition link this line of the\\nllESIDENCK OF MRS. CHARLES 1 1,I.I.\\\\MS.\\n(Glover) Stickney, and of their seven children three\\nhave died: George F., born at Nashua Nov. 2, 1846,\\nmarried Elthea Davis, Nov. 15, 1871; Charles H., born at\\nNashua June 22, 1851, married, first, Lizzie J. Genther of\\nWaldboro, Me., second, Anna F. Fisher of Nashua;\\nAlice G., born at Nashua, Sept. 26, 1853, married William\\nH. Sexton, Sept. 27, 1881 Eugene P., born at Nashua,\\nNov. 28, 1855, married Sept. 26, 1883, Elizabeth L. Jobert,\\ndied Nov. 19, 1887, and, second, Myra B^ White, in April.\\n1891 Clarence R., born at Nashua, July 24, 1849, died\\nOct. 8, 1868; Willis I., born at Nashua, March 21, 1848,\\ndied June 10, 1848; Susan May, born at Nashua, Dec. 23,\\n1859, and died Jan. 2, i860.\\nWilliams genealogy to that of Oliver Cromwell, the\\nprotector, who was also a descendant of Richard Williams\\nof Glamorganshire, Wales. His name was Williams,\\nknown in history as Cromwell alias Williams, the\\nassumed name of Cromwell being taken from his mater-\\nnal uncle, Thomas Cromwell, who held the portfolio of\\nstate to Henry VI 11., and who made him an heir. Roger\\nWilliams was also of the same line. He outlived the\\nPlymouth government and died at Taunton, Mass., 1692,\\nleaving nine children. His estate is still in the posses-\\nsion of his descendant. The direct descent fror.i Richard\\nWilliams of Taunton is as follows: Benjamin, the sixth\\nson, settled at Easton, Josiah settled at Bridgewater; Seth,", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0576.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF j\\\\ASUUA, A\\n555\\ntlie greal-Krandfather of Mr. Williams, was born at\\nBridgewater, May 21, 1722, settled at Eastoii, 1740, married\\nSusannah Forbes, May 21, 1750, born at Bridgewater, May\\n26, 1732. Edward Williams, his grandfather, born at\\nEastou, Jan. 28, 1751, married Sarah I,othrop, born at\\nBridgewater, November, 1755, married Dec. 3, 1772; he\\nstill retained the homestead where Lieut. Seth Williams,\\nthe father of the subject of this sketch, was born Jan. 29,\\n1776, died November, 1851. He was a tanner by trade\\nand took i 1S12. lie married Sarah\\nMitchael in iScki.\\nShe was a daughter\\nof Colonel Mitch-\\nael of Bridgewater,\\nMass., an active\\nman in the Revo-\\nlutionary War and\\nfor many years a\\nmember of the leg-\\nislature from Eas-\\nton He lived near\\nthe homestead.\\nThey had eight\\nchildren, Charles,\\nthe subject of this\\nsketch, being the\\nthird son.\\nMr. Williams\\nreceived a rudi-\\nmentary educa-\\ntion in the district\\nschool of his native\\nplace and spent his\\nIjoyhood on his\\nfather s farm. His\\nbusiness career\\ncommenced at\\neighteen, when he\\napprenticed him-\\nself to the Easton\\nIron works four\\nyears, his compen-\\nsation being twen-\\nty-five dollars for\\nthe first year,\\nfifty dollars for the\\nsecond, seventy-\\nfive dollars for the\\nthird, and one\\nhundred and twen-\\nty-five dollars for\\nthe fourth. The\\nfinancial crisis of 1837 embar-\\nrassed the iron business, and\\nMr. Williams went west and\\nlocated at Springfield, HI.,\\nbut at the end of two years\\nreturne l east and entered the\\neniplov of the iron foundry at\\nChelmsford, Mass. In 1841 he\\nwent to Manclicster and was\\nemployed in the .\\\\nioskeag\\nfound rv\\nS. C. Williams. The partnership between Mr. Wil-\\nliams and his brother was dissolved in 1859, and the\\nbusiness was continued being known as the Nashua\\nIron foundry\u00e2\u0080\u0094 by Charles Williams, and later wa.s prac-\\ntically under the management of his son, Charles\\nWilliams (see biography). Mr. Williams then resumed\\npersonal control of the business and continued it until,\\nby reason of failing health, he was compelled to abandon\\nbusiness affairs.\\nMany of the prominent Nashuans of to-day got their\\nstart in life nn l\\nthe incentive to\\ngreater usefulness\\nand nobler aims\\nfrom Mr. Wil-\\nliams, while it is\\nlargely due to his\\nfatherly advice\\nand deep interest\\nin those who\\nlooked to him for\\ncounsel anil em-\\nployment that\\nmany Nashuans\\nowe their homes.\\nMr. Williams\\nbusy life in the\\nmanagement of\\nhis foundry, anil\\nthe cultivation of\\nhis land for he\\nnever got over the\\nlove of the soil\\nwith which he be-\\ncame imbued ill his\\nyouth so fully\\noccupied his atten-\\ntion that he hail\\nlittle or no time in\\nwhich to partici-\\npate in public life\\nas an official. He\\nsat as a member of\\nthe first council of\\nthe city in 1853,\\nand ill 1876, at the\\nunanimous call of\\nthe Republicans,\\nhe was induccil to\\naccept the mayor-\\nalty nomination.\\nHe was elected in\\nMarch of that year and liecamc\\nthe centennial mayor. His\\nadministration, says his biog-\\nrapher, was characterized by\\nthe same prudence, fidelity and\\nsuccess that crowned his busi-\\nness career. I le was re-elected\\nby a largely increased majority.\\nOne of the social events of\\nMayor Williams term of ser-\\nvice was the visit of President\\n^^^l^\\nIn ia,s, with ins brother Seth, he came to Nashua and Hayes and his cabinet to thi. city ainl at\\nestablishcl the foundry business, under the firm name of residence, which was elaborately decorated for tin", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0577.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "556\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H\\nsiou, Mrs. Hayes held a reception, Mrs. William.s pre-\\nsiding, which was attended by a great throng of people\\nfrom the city and surrounding towns. Mr. Williams\\ndeclined a few years later to be a candidate for coun-\\ncillor.\\nMr. Williams was one of the five prominent men who\\noriginated the Second National bank, and held the office\\nof vice president of the institution till shortly before his\\ndeath, when he resigned. Following the announcement\\nof his death the city council passeil a resolution, in\\nmemoriam, in which they put on record that he was\\nfounder and manager of one of the city s greatest\\nindustries, that he filled the position of chief magistrate\\nwith al)ility, dignity and fidelity, was noted in private life\\nfor lilierality, courtesy and sweetness of disposition,\\nand resolving that the people have reason to deplore\\nhis death and hold in remenilirance his virtues. Mr.\\nWilliams was a constant communicant of the First Con-\\ngregational church and an honored member of Rising\\nSun lodge, A. F. and A. M.\\nMr. Williams was united in marriage in i8.)6 with Kli/a\\nWeston, daughter of Capt. Sutheric Weston of Antrim.\\nShe is a descendant of John Weston, who came from\\nEngland in J644. He lived in Salem, Mass., and after-\\nwards in Reading, Mass., married vSarah Fitch, died 1723,\\naged ninety-two years. Mrs. Williams, with her sons\\nand daughter, travelled extensively in foreign lands, and\\nhas been among the foremost in all good works in this\\ncity. The children of this marriage were: Seth Weston,\\nborn April 15, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S49; Charles Alden, born Aug. 18, 1851;\\nMarion Eliza, born March 4, 1854, graduated at Nashua\\nHigh school and at Madam Porter s school for young\\nladies at Farmington, Conn., married at Nashua, Nov. 8,\\n1878, to Herbert Allen Viets of Troy, N. Y.\\nCHARLHS HOLMAN.\\nHon. Charles Holman was born at .Sterling, Mass., Nov.\\n7, 1833. He is a son (^f Porter and Persis (Reed) Holman.\\nMr. Holman s parents were in hundde circumstances and\\nas a result he was compelled to commence the battle of\\nlife at an early age and to fi.glit his way as Vjest he could.\\nHe obtained as good a common school education as possi-\\nl)le, and at the age of eleven years went to work on a\\nfarm, where he remained until he was sixteen. F rom the\\nage of sixteen to twenty he was engaged in making boots\\nand shoes at West Boylston, Mass. He then, with his\\nsavings, purchased his time of his father a custom in\\nthose days\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and attended school at Fort Edward, N. Y.,\\nuntil he was of age. The sedentary life he had been com-\\npelled to lead had serionsl) impaired his health, and in\\nthe hope of improving it he became a canvasser, and in\\n1S56 came into New Hampshire to sell the Life of John\\nC. Fremont, the first Repidjlican candidate for the\\npresidency. With a companion, William C. Colburn,\\nwho, with the pecuniary assistance of Mr. Holman, after-\\nwards became a Methodist minister, he traveled through\\nthe state several months, but the pecuniary results were\\nnot encouraging and so Mr. Colburn returned to his\\nhome and Mr. Holman continued for a time alone. His\\nnext occupation, only for a short time however, was that\\nof a traveling salesman for E. K. Smith of Hanover, a\\nconfectioner.\\nIn the fall of 1857 Mr. Holman came to Nashua and for\\nthe next three years traveled for Col. Jonas C. Kempton\\nin the same capacity that he had traveled for Mr. Smith.\\nHe traveled a year for Chapman Cram. During all\\nthis time his health was delicate, and yet his indomitable\\ncourage and remarkable will power carried him through\\ntill he had a severe hemorrhage of the lungs and was\\ncompelled to take a respite from business for a period of\\nsix months. About i85i he commenced business for him-\\nself in the same line which he had last followed, and since\\nthen few men have been more closely identified with the\\ngrowth and development of Nashua. His first manufac-\\ntorj was destroyed by fire in 1874, when he imme liatelv\\nbought out Colonel Kempton s establishment on West\\nPearl street and in less than tw-elve hours after the fire\\nbroke out was engaged in filling orders. He remained\\non West Pearl street till 18S2, when, in connection with\\nJohn A. Spalding, he built the .southerly half of the block\\ncorner of Main and Hollis streets, which bears his name,\\nand moved there, increasing his capacity as a manufac-\\nturer and continuing to do the largest business of any\\nman in his line of trade in New Hampshire.\\nMr. Holman has seen much of public life and held\\nmany positions of honor and trust, greatly to his own\\ncreilit and to the advantage of his constituents. He\\nCIIAUJ.ES IIOL.M.VN.\\nserved in the board of aldermen two years, represented\\nhis ward in the legislature in 1869 and 1870, and the city\\nin the senate in 1875 and 1876, being president of that\\nbody in the last year. He was mayor of Nashua in 1878\\nand 1879, and his administration is remembered as one of\\nthe best. Mr. Holman was delegate from New Hamp-\\nshire to the Republican national convention in Chicago in\\n1S80, at which Gen. James A. Garfield was nominated for\\nthe presidency. Besides the political offices mentioned\\nMr. Holman has been a director for many years in the\\nFirst National bank of Nashua, and also on the board of\\nthe Worcester, Nashua tSi Rochester railroad, Viesides\\nholding other positions president of the Nashua Reform\\nclub and president of the Pilgrim church society. Mr.\\nHolman is a York Rite mason and a mendier of St.\\nGeorge commandery, K. T., and a .Scottish Rite mason", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0578.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N.\\nand a iiitiiiber of Edward A. Rayniond consistory, 321!\\ndegree. He is also a Iodide and eni-auipnient Odd l- ellow.\\nII sliould In- addc-d that there is hardly a cause in\\nNashua in the past thirty years in which Mr. Ilolnian\\nhas not contributed of his means and been identified as a\\npromoter. I ntil a few years past, or so long as his health\\npermitted him to participate in the activities of the city\\noutside of his business, he was a prominent fissure in pub-\\nlic gatherings and no public speaker was more popular\\nthan he. His keen wit, forcible illustrations and fund of\\nanecdotes was always appreciated and always put an audi-\\nence in the best of humor. I!ut it was not all humor.\\nSandwiched in and adileil as a conclusion were logical\\ndeiluctions, solid facts and persuasive argument. In a\\nword he has been, and still is, one of Nashua s most\\nprogressive and honored citizens.\\nMr. Ilolman was united in marriage Nov. 1, J863, with\\nMary S., daughter of George W. and Susan (Marston)\\nOsgood of Amesbury, Mass. Mrs. Ilolman, like her hus-\\nband, has been prominent in good works and has done a\\ngood woman s full share in deeds of charity and hard work\\nto promote the ijilercsts of society. The only surviving\\ncliild. Charles Francis, was born Sept. 2g, 1866, was grad-\\nualcil ;it the Nashua high school, and also at the Worces-\\nter Highland Military academy.\\nBENJAMIN Fl.HTCHtK, Jk.\\nHon. lienjaniin I ietchcr, Jr., was liorn at Weslmnre,\\nVt., June 4, 1837. He is a son of lienjamiu and I,ucin la\\n(Davis) Fletcher, and a descendant, in the ninth genera-\\ntion, of Robert Fletcher who settled at Concord, Mass.,\\nin 1630. On the maternal side he is a descendant of\\nSamuel Davis of Acworth.\\nMr. Fletcher obtained a common school education, and\\nbeyond that is a .self-made man. He is a man of wide and\\nvaried information and thoroughly conversant with all\\nthe details of the business to which he has devoted his\\nenergies from his youth to the present hour. I\\\\Ir.\\nFletcher came to Nashua with his parents in 18.42. He\\nwas employed at the works of the Nashua Iron and Steel\\ncompany for many years as forge-master, and in 1883\\nwent to liridgeport. Conn., to take charge of the affairs\\nof the Bridgeport Forge company, of which he is treas-\\nurer and general manager. In his line nf industrial\\npursuits there is probably no man in the country who\\nstands higher. He knows all the technicalities of manu-\\nfacturing, the demands of the markets and the intricacies\\nof business, as shown by his successful career.\\nWhile a resident of Naslnui, and it is his purpose to\\nreturn here when he retires from business, he was much\\nin public life and a progressive citizen who wielded a\\nwide influence and performed all the pul)lic duties he\\nassumed in ,1 ni.iiuur creditable to himself an l to the\\nwelfare of the city. He was a member of the common\\ncouncil in 1868 and 1869, and president of the body in the\\nlast year mentioned. In 1869 he was electe l chief\\nengineer of the fire department, and held that responsible\\nposition several years between that time and 1880, being\\none of the very best fire-fighters Nashua has ever had.\\nHe was elected mayor of the city for 1880 and again for\\ni88r, and during his term of office he greatly improved\\nthe hydrant system for fire department purposes and\\ninaugurated and comjdeted other improvements that\\nhave proven of lasting benefit to the people. Besides\\n557\\nthis service he was an eflicient member of the board of\\neducation and active in other affairs calculated to advance\\nthe interests of the city.\\nMr. I letcher was made a Mason in Rising Sun lodge,\\nA. F. and A. M., and was a charter member of Ancient\\nYork lodge, in which he sat in the soulh while it was\\nuiulera dispensation in 1870 and of which he was treas-\\nurer for several years, commencing in 1873. He received\\nhis demit in 1885 and became a member of St. Johns\\nlodge at Hridgeport, Conn., where he hiis since become a\\nmend)er of Jerusalem Royal Arch chapter, Jerusalem\\ncouncil of masters, and Hamilton coinmandery K. T. In\\nOdd I ellowship he has received all the degrees and is a\\nmember of I ennichuck lodge and Indian Head encamp-\\nmenl, withdrawing from Nashoonon encampment to\\nbecome a charter member, and is past gran.l and past\\npatriarch of these bodies anil past grand, past higli-pricsl\\nand past granil patriarch of the state Imdies. He has\\nl)een a meni1)er of the grand lodge of New Hampshire\\nover thirty years and rei resenled it in the sovereign\\n/ftmfm^\\nf!li\\\\|AMl\\\\ I l.KTfllKH. In\\ngrand lodge in 1871 and 1872. In religious matters he is\\na T niversalist. Mr. Fletcher is a man of ideas, and in\\nthe lodge or before the public is never at a loss to clotlie\\nthese ideas so as to make their significance plain and\\nforcible. In fact he is a self-made, self-reliant man whose\\ncareer shows what may be accomplished by study ami\\napplication.\\nMr. I letcher was united in marriage in 1859 with\\nParmelia Ingram, ilaughter of Roswell and I. aura (rratt)\\nIngram of Nashua and a descemlant of Samuel Ingram\\nand Richard I ratt. There were four children of their\\nmarriage, all born in Nashua: Frank M., born Deo. 24,\\n1859, graduated at Nashua high school, class of 1881,\\ndied Jan. 25, 1885; I.aura Helle, boru April 29, 1864;\\n.\\\\gnes, born Dec. 4, 1870, died April, 1S74; Rosalind, born\\nDec. 4, 1870, married O. C. Cole of liridgeporl. Conn.,\\nOct. 30, i8()0.\\nALFRHD METCALF NORTON.\\nHon. .Mfred M. Norton was born at dreenland, .April\\n13, 1822, died at Nashua, July 13. 1892. He was a son of", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0579.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "558\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nDaniel J. and Mar_v (Marstou) Norton. His paternal\\nancestors were of English origin, and among the early\\nsettlers of the territory roundabout Dover. His maternal\\ngrandfather was Thomas Marston, who married Mary\\nWhite. Both families were among the first people of\\ntheir section, active and influential in social circles and\\npublic affairs.\\nMr. Norton was educated in the common schools of his\\nnative place and graduated at Brackett academy .\\\\pril i,\\n1851. He entered the service of the Boston Gaslight\\ncompany, where,\\nby industry and\\nperseverance, he\\nmastered every de-\\ntail of the business\\nand was rapidly\\nadvanced from one\\nposition to another\\nuntil he became\\nrecognized as one\\nof the expert gas\\nengineers of New\\nEngland. In 1853\\nhe became man-\\nager of the gas\\nworks at Dover,\\nwhere he remained\\nseven years. He\\nthen became em-\\nployed at the gas\\nworks in East Bos-\\nton, and in 1861\\nbecame the com-\\npany s manager, a\\nposition he held\\nuntil he came to\\nNashua in 1S74,\\nmaking thirteen\\nyears in the service\\nof that company.\\nHe held the re-\\nsponsiljle position\\nof engineer and\\nmanager of the\\nNashua Light,\\nHeat and Power\\ncompany from the\\ndate last men-\\ntioned until his\\ndeath, and for sev-\\neral years was\\ntreasurer of the\\ncompany. During\\nhis administration\\nthe gas company s plant was remodeled, enlarged, new\\nbuildings were erected, modern inventions and methods\\nadopted and the price of gas to consumers reduced nearly\\none-half. It will thus be seen that Mr. Norton spent\\nforty years of his life in the manufacture of gas, and that\\nduring thirty-eight years of this time he was a manager.\\nIn 1883 and 1884 Mr. Norton served the city in the office\\nof mayor, and although elected and re-elected by a parti-\\nsan political organization, it is greatly to his credit that\\nhe gave the city a non-partisan administration both in\\nhis appointments and in the demand for improvements.\\nAI.FKED METLALF NORTON.\\nThere was nothing small or hollow-hearted in .\\\\lfred ]\\\\I.\\nNorton in any association or business transaction of life.\\nHe was commanding in stature, perfect in physical pro-\\nportions, democratic in social life, conservative in judg-\\nment, faithful to every trust, and had the complete\\nconfidence of the people. Mayor Norton built the Canal\\nstreet iron bridge, completed undertakings begun by\\nformer administrations, and incepted and carried forward\\nother improvements that have been of vast importance\\nto the public. Following this service to the city his\\nparty desired to\\nnominate him for\\nsenator, well\\nknowing that his\\npopularity would\\ninsure his election\\nbut he declined\\nthe honor. Mr.\\nNorton was made\\na Free Mason in\\nStrafford lodge at\\nDover, and was\\nknighted in Wil-\\nliam Park man\\nc o m m a u d e r y\\nKnights Templar,\\nat East Boston.\\nHe affiliated with\\nthe local bodies,\\nand, by reason of\\nhis commanding\\nstature, marched\\nat the head of the\\ncolumn in St.\\nGeorge command-\\nery whenever that\\nbody appeared in\\npublic.\\nMr. Norton was\\nunited in marriage\\nat Gonic, July 13,\\n1859, with Leona\\nE. Foster, daugh-\\nter of Nathan and\\nSally (Gilson) Fos-\\nter. Mr. Foster\\nwas born at Nor-\\nway, Me., April 9,\\n1795, died at Nor-\\nway, Me., Jan. 19,\\n1S37; Mrs. Foster\\nwasborn atGroton\\nMass., Dec. 30,\\nI79i,died at Nash-\\nua, July 13, 1SS2. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Norton are\\nMary f;., born June 17, i860, at Reading, Mass.; Julia L.,\\nborn Oct. 12, 1861, at Boston, Mass., married Albert J.\\nMcKean of Nashua, April 23, 18S9; Harry Austin, born\\nDec. 13, 1863, at Boston, married Katherine Gallinger of\\nConcord, Oct. 10, 1888; Leone S., born Feb. 8, 1866, at\\nBoston, married Frank H. Ivers of Cambridge, Mass.,\\nOct. 8, 1S84; Fred W., born at Boston, Nov. 17, 1868, mar-\\nried Almira Mercy Whithed of Nashua, Oct. 24, 1894; Paul\\nT., born at Boston, June 4, 1870; Arthur E., born at Boston,\\nDec. g, 1871 Walter I born at Boston, Oct. 20, 1873.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0580.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "JIISTORY or NASHUA, N. II.\\nJOHN AUGUSTINE SPAI.hlNG.\\n559\\nIIiui. John A. SpaUIiiiK was born in Wilton, May 29,\\n1837. lie is a son of Moses and Anna II. (Kimball)\\nSpalding. The name appears early in the middle ages of\\nEnglish History when battles were fought hand to hand\\n(see Spalding Memorial, published in 1872), and a\\ncoat-of arms was deemed essential to honor. There is a\\ntown in Lincolnshire, Rng., bearing the name, and it is\\nfrom that place that luUvaril Spaldon (the name being\\nwritten Spalding\\nand Spaulding in\\nthe next and suc-\\nceeding genera-\\ntions emigrated\\nto this country in\\n1630 or 1631. He\\nsettled at Brain-\\ntree, Mass., where\\nhis first wife ami\\ndaughter died. In\\n1645 his name aj)-\\npears among thir-\\nty-two petitioners\\nfor a tract of land\\nfor the purpose of\\na settlement, and\\nsubseqjient rec-\\nords show that,\\nin 1655, he be-\\ncame one of the\\nincorporators of\\nChelmsford,\\nMass., named after\\nChelmsford, Eng-\\nland. The family\\nname of his second\\nwife, Racliael, is\\nnot given in the\\nrecords of that\\nday, but the line-\\nage is successively\\ntraced through\\nseven generations\\nto the subject of\\nthis sketch. The\\ndescendants of this\\npioneer, like that\\nof many another\\nearly settler, are\\nscattered through-\\nout the union.\\nThey have held,\\nand still hold,\\nprominent places in the professions, in the mercantile\\nand monetarj world, in manufacturing industries and all\\nthe occupations in which men are employed for a liveli-\\nhood\\nMr. Spalding was educated in the district schools of\\nhis native town and at the Nashua Literary institution,\\nof which I rof. David Crosby was the founder and jirinci-\\npal. From 1S50 to 1856 he was a clerk in the clothing\\nstore of his irother, Capt. William R. .Spalding, at Law-\\nrence, Mass. In the last j ear mentioned, lieing then in\\nhis nineteenth year, he came to Nashua and engaged iu\\nlOlIN .\\\\li;i .M INK .SI \\\\I. DING.\\nthe same line of trade for himself. lie continue.! in the\\nbusiness with good success until 1S62, when the l-irsl\\nNational bank was founded and he was chosen cashier a\\nposition he held, with credit to himself and the entire\\nconfidence of the community, until January, 1895. thirty-\\ntwo years, when he rcsigne l and his son, Col. William\\nSpalding, became his successor. He is still a director\\nin the institution and its vice president. Mr. Spalding\\nhas also served for many years on the bonrd of trustees\\nof the Nashua Guaranty Savings bank. To him it is\\nlargely due that\\nthe investments\\nof this institution\\nare of a character\\nthat enabled it to\\npass unscathed\\nthrough the finan-\\ncial depression of\\n1893 and 1894, anil\\nthus retain its\\ncredit as one of the\\nsoundest institu-\\ntions of its kinil in\\nthe state.\\nBut Mr. Spahl-\\ning s activity as a\\ncitizen of Nashua\\nhas not been\\nwholly in the line\\nof banking. I or\\nyears he has been\\na large and suc-\\ncessful operator\\nin real estate. In\\nfact the records\\nof Hillsborough\\ncounty show that\\nduring the past\\ntwenty-five years\\nhe has recciveil\\nand executed more\\ndeeds than any\\nother man in the\\ncounty. During\\nthe serious fire in-\\nsurance troubles\\nthat were forced\\nupon the state iu\\n1S80, he responded\\nto the cause of the\\npeople and lent\\nhis services as an\\nofficer and his\\nmoney as a stock-\\nholder to form and manage two local companies, both of\\nwhich were serviceable in protecting the properly of the\\ncity and state, and in winding up their affairs returned to\\nthe stockholders their original investment with hand-\\nsome interest. Mr. Spalding has always encouraged\\niuilividnal enterprises ami manufacturing industries.\\nMany a successful meichanl owes his start in life to him,\\nand many corporations would be extinct to-day hail he\\nnot come to their ai I in time of financial distress. He is\\nat the jiresent time ollicer ,inil stockholder in the Howard\\nEuruiturc Mamifacturin.g coiii])aiiy. and several other", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0581.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "S60\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nconcerns that employ a large number of men and women,\\nand directly and indirectly benefit the people of Nashua\\nand the towns of the Souhegan valley.\\nIt is not alone in the activities mentioned that Mr.\\nSpalding has been a busy man and useful citizen. He\\nrepresented his ward in the legislature in 1865 and 1866.\\nand the district, which then included Nashua and several\\nneighboring towns, in the senate of 1S78. This was\\nthe last senate under the constitution of 1850 and was\\ncomposed of twelve members instead of twenty-four as\\nnow. In 1S83 and 1S84 he represented the third district\\nin the governor s council, and in 1SS5 he was elected\\nmayor of Nashua. The number of ballots cast for him in\\nthis election must be considered as a test of popularity,\\nfor in 1S84 his party was defeated at the polls by about\\none hundred and eighty votes and he was elected by that\\nnumber, a change of three hundred and sixty. He was\\nnot a candidate for re-election, and, as it turned out, his\\nparty was defeated under a new leader. Mr. Spalding s\\nadministration of the affairs of the municipality was one\\nof the most satisfactory in the history of the city. He\\ninvestigated the system of sewerage, and, finding it\\nimperfect, had new surveys made with an outlet at the\\nMerrimack river and made good progress in its con-\\nstruction. He also incepted the fire-alarm system and\\nput it in the line of realization; anticipated the needs of\\nthe future by purchasing nearly eleven acres of land and\\nadding the same to the Edgewood cemetery, and started\\nthe Nashua street railway of which he was the first presi-\\ndent. Besides this he was a presidential elector of the\\nGarfield and Arthur ticket, and was chairman of the\\nNashua Police commission from its organization in 1S92,\\nuntil 1895.\\nMr. Spalding was a director of the Concord railroad\\nsix years, which included its stormy history, and at the\\npresent time is a director in the Wilton railroad and in\\nthe Worcester, Nashua Rochester road, positions\\nwhich he has held for a .series of years. He is a member\\nof Rising ,Sun lodge, A. F. and A. M., Meridian- Sun\\nRoyal Arch chapter, St. George conimandery, K. T., and\\nof Edward A. Raymond consistory 32d degree; also of\\nPennichuck lodge, I. O. O. F., of which he is past grand,\\nand Nashoonon encampment of the same order, of which\\nhe is past chief patriarch, and an original promoter and\\nstockholder of the association that built Odd Fellows\\nblock, serving on its board of directors from its organiza-\\ntion to the present time. That Mr. Spalding has been a\\nvery busy man since he settled in Nashua is further\\nevidenced by the fact that he is president of the First\\nCongregational society and served it in 1S93 and 1894 as\\nchairman of the building committee of the magnificent\\nedifice on Lowell street, expending )f 125,000 with fidelity\\nthat had the approval and thanks of the subscriliers of\\nthat fund.\\nOf Mr. .Spalding as a man among his fellow-citizens\\nmuch might be said that must be omitted in au historical\\nwork that has its limitation. It should be stated, how-\\never, that his oversight of the affairs of the I irst National\\nbank has been of the most satisfactory and appreciable\\ncharacter by its stockholders and patrons; that his\\nadministration of public trusts have been of a most ser-\\nviceable character to the people and honorable to him-\\nself that no worthy cause appeals to him and is dismissed\\nempty-handed that his democratic sociability with the\\nhumblest as well as the affluent has been, and is still, a\\nsource of happiuess to thousands of men and women\\nwhose lives are brightened by intercourse with him, and\\nwhose private affairs are benefited by the advice he has\\ngiven and the aid he has advanced. Mr. Spalding has a\\nsummer home at the old homestead distiict on Abbot hill\\nin Wilton, and also in the grounds of The Grand at Blont\\nVernon, and whenever he is at either place his latch-\\nstring is out for friends and acquaintances.\\nMr. .Spalding was united in marriage at Wilton, Oct. 13,\\n1859, with Josephine E. Eastman, daughter of Joseph\\nand Abagail Eastman of Rumney. Mrs. Spalding died\\nat Nashua in January, 1877. His second marriage occurred\\nin November, 1878, with Anna, daughter of Dr. E. T. and\\nMary M. Learnard of F all River, Mass. His children,\\nb} his first wife: William E.. t)orn Dec. 13, 1S60; Harry\\nE-, born 1862 who died the same year.\\nJAMES H. TOLLES.\\nHon. James H. Tolles was born in Nashua Oct. 17, 1846.\\nHe is a son of Horace C. and Sophia A. (Wright) Tolles.\\n(For ancestors see .sketch of his father).\\nMr. Tolles obtained a common school education in the\\ndistrict where he was born, and a wider range of practical\\nknowledge relative to mercantile customs and methods\\nand matters of public moment by private study, intuition\\nand observation. He is a musician by nature, study and\\npractice, and during his youth made it his profession,\\nbeing a mendier at various times of the Dnnstal)le Cornet\\nband, the Nashua Cornet band and several orchestras,\\nbesides teaching and playing in church choirs. At the\\npresent time music, both vocal and instrumental, is\\nalmost entirely abandoned by him, although he continues\\nto greatly enjoy it, both his wife and daughter being\\nmusicians of high rank in the profession.\\nMr. Tolles is a self-made man in the truest sense.\\nWhen he left his home, at the age of twenty years and\\nsix months, he was in feeble health. He had not been\\nable to perform any work for two years, and even then\\ncould do but little. He went to work, however, for his\\nbrother, Henry J. Tolles, in a grocery store at Dunstable,\\nMass., and remained there about three years, his health\\nimproving meantime so that he felt like pushing out into\\nthe world. He returned to Nashua, and although he had\\nobtained a complete knowledge of mercantile affairs, he\\naccepted a situation in the dry goods store of Crawford\\nAnderson, located in Noyes block, and the largest store\\nof its kind in the city at that time, at seven dollars and a\\nhalf a week. His ability as a salesman in this, to him,\\nnew line of business, was soon discovered by his employ-\\ners, and his wages were very soon increased beyond the\\nusual salaries of that day. In July, 1872, although his\\nemploj ers offered him every possible inducement to\\nremain with them and spoke discouragingly of his pur-\\npose to enter a new line of trade, lie resigned his clerk-\\nship and accepted an invitation to go into the lumber\\nliusiness with John Cross, his father-in-law. It was an\\nunfavorable time of the year to enter the business, and,\\nconse()ueutly, on his return from his wedding trip, he\\naccepted a position with .Sargent Cross, whose mills\\nand lumber yard were located on Canal street, near the\\nJackson company s dam, as au all rouud assistant for the\\nfirm. Three months later, Dec. 9, 1872, Dana Sargent\\nand his brother, B. F. Sargent, retired from the business,\\naiul the firm was changed to Cross i4.1es, and so\\ncontinues at the present time.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0582.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "HISTORY Ol- NASHUA, N.\\n561\\ncoiii]);ini()nable man,\\niMr. Tolles, however, is soinethiug more tliau a success-\\nful Inisiness man. He has put lime, money and influence\\ninto the enterprises that have been incepteil and carried\\nforward for the development of Nashua industrial\\nresources, and has 1)een a generous giver and worker in\\nthe things that promote the interests of society and are\\nhelpful to the public. lie was elected mayor of the city\\nfor 1S86, and re-elected for 18S7 and 18S8. (See chapter\\non Civil Government).\\nIn private life he is a cordial\\na model citizen, a\\npromoter of the\\ninterests of musi-\\ncians, and an ear-\\nnest worker in\\nmany directions\\nfor the public at\\nlarge. He is a\\nmember of I enni-\\ncliuck lodge, I. O.\\nO. F., Merrimack\\nRiver conimand-\\nery, V. O. C,\\na member of the\\nsu p re me co ni\\nmandery of the\\nor ler, and for\\nmany years, and\\nnow, is grand treas-\\nurer of the grand\\ncommandery of\\nthe state of New\\nHampshire; the\\norder of Cood Fel-\\nlows, and an officer\\nin the supreme as-\\nsembly, and also\\nof the City Guards\\nclub. He is also\\nin corporate and\\nother organiza-\\ntions, being a\\ndirector and clerk\\nof the Nashua\\nLight, Heat and\\nPower company,\\ntile Indian Head\\nNational bank, the\\nNashua Building\\nand Loan associa-\\ntion, the Lowell\\nElectric Light\\ncorporation (Low-\\nell, Mass.,) the\\nWheeler Reflector company (Boston), and active in the\\nmanagement of many other important trusts, besides\\nbeing a trustee of the Nashua Savings bank, the City\\nIvmergency hospital, and serving on the executive board\\nwhen it was established; i)resident of the Nashua Board\\nof Trade and a member of the state board, in which he\\nserved as the chairman of the committee on statistics;\\nadministrator and trustee of the estate of Dana Sargent.\\nMr. Tolles is a member of the First Congregational church,\\nwhich he served on the committee that had charge of the\\nerection of the maguiliceut edifice on Lowell street.\\nMr. roUes was united in marriage Julv 8, 1872. with\\nMary Lllen Cross, daughter of John and Sarah A. (Sar-\\ngent) Cross. (For ancestors see sketch of\\nOne child has been born to them\\n1874.\\nher father).\\nMarion E., born Aug.\\nIAMI..S II. I 111. 1. 1-\\nCHARLES HORACE BURKE.\\nHon. Charles H. llurke was born in Milford. Dec. 4.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a085 He is a son of Nahuni W. an l Anna SX. (Lewis)\\nBurke. On the paternal si.le he is a descendant of Rich-\\nard Iturke, who\\ncame from Eng-\\nland to America\\nin 1670 and settled\\nat Sudlniry, Mass.,\\nwhere he becnine\\nan inlhiential citi-\\nzen. His children\\nand children s\\nchililren, like\\n1 hose of many oth-\\ners of the colonial\\nfamilies, have be-\\ncome widely scat-\\ntered and have\\nmaile for them-\\nselves honoralile\\nreconis in the ro-\\nfessions, the mer-\\ncantile world and\\nthe general occu-\\npations of men.\\nOn the maternal\\nside he is a de-\\nscendant of David\\nLewis of l rances-\\nlowii, of wlioni\\nhonorable mention\\nis maile under ilate\\nof 1764 in Coch-\\nran s history of\\nthat pl.ace.\\nMr. llurke came\\nto Nashua with his\\nparents in iS56and\\nwas eilucated in\\nour puldic schools.\\nDuring his minor-\\ni t y h e was em-\\nployed in his\\nfather s bakery,\\nand shortly after\\nattaining his ma-\\njority he liecame a\\na partner in the linsiness, the firm name being N. \\\\V.\\nBurke Son. His father died in 18,83, since that\\ntime he has conducted the business alone, having added\\nnew machinery from time to time, increasing the output\\nand keeping abreast of the times. Mr. Burke is one of\\nthe most reliable and busy business men in Nashua, and\\nbesides the management of his bakery is presi lent of the\\nNashua Iron and Brass foundry, president of the Nashua\\nBoot and Shoe company, president of the Home Building\\nand Loan association, director in the Second National\\nbank, the Nashua .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\rmory association, Nashua coal com-", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0583.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "S62\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\npauy, trustee of the City Guaranty Savings bank, ex-\\npresident of the board of trade, and one of the promoters\\nof the Nashua street railway, having served ou its first\\nboard of directors. That he has the confidence of tlie\\npeople is thus abundantly shown, and that he has done\\nall in his power to build up and promote the industries\\nof Nashua is a fact bej-ond cavil.\\nIn politics Mr. Burke is a progressive Democrat, a man\\nwhose magnetism aiul popularity is such that he has been\\nelected to office several times when his party associates\\nou the ticket have\\nfailed of an elec-\\ntion. Mr. Burke\\nrepresented Ward\\nEight iu the com-\\nmon council in\\n1S74, and iu the\\nlegislature iu 1876.\\nIn 1878 he was col-\\nlector of taxes for\\nthe city, and iu\\n1889 and 1890 he\\nserved in the office\\nof mayor. His ad-\\nministration of\\ncity affairs during\\nthe two terms he\\nwas chief magis-\\ntrate was marked\\nwith patriotic zeal\\nand improvements\\nthat have the ap-\\nproval of the peo-\\nple. He recog-\\nnized the long\\nstanding claim of\\nthe veteran volun-\\nteers for a suitable\\nmemorial to those\\nwho fought the\\nbattles of the re-\\npublic by erecting\\nand dedicating the\\nbeautiful soldiers\\nand sailors monu-\\nment on .\\\\bl ot\\nsquare, and he\\nadded the Arling-\\nton street school\\nhouse and the\\nCourt street police\\nstation to the\\nneeded and per-\\nmanent improve-\\nments of the city. He also improved the sewerage\\nsystem, sidewalks, streets and highways and devoted his\\ntime unstintedly to the public service, and to the inci-\\ndental things that convenience the people and give a city\\nan important uanie abroad. Mr. Burke was appointed\\nou the Nashua police commission in 1891 by Gov. Hiram\\nA. Tuttle, and re -appointed by Gov. John B. Smith for\\na term ending in 1899. He is clerk of the board and\\nhighly regarded by his associates and those who have\\nbusiness with the department.\\nIt is not alone iu the business and political world that\\nCII.VKI.HS 11. BUKKE.\\nMr. Burke has been an active citizen. He has shown\\npraiseworthy interest in church, educational, social and\\nbenevolent organizations and has done his part in pro-\\nmoting the interests of each. He is a member of\\nthe Universalist church and its treasurer for the past\\nfifteen years, and served the Ballou association as its\\npresident, taking part in its entertainments and encour-\\naging its members to lives of usefulness. Mr. Burke is a\\nmember of Rising Sun lodge, A. F. and -A. M., and of\\nEdward Raymond consistory 32d degree; also of I en-\\nnichuck lodge,\\nI. O. O. F., of\\nwhich he is past\\ngrand, of Indian\\nHead encampment\\nof which he is past\\n])atriarch, and\\nE v e n i u g Star\\nlodge, K. of P.,\\nof which he is past\\nchancellor. He is\\nan honorary mem-\\nber of the New\\nHampshire Vete-\\nrans association,\\na deserved com-\\npliment paid him\\nfor his patriotic\\nservice in build-\\ning the monument\\nto the memory of\\nNashua s veter-\\nans, and a former\\nmeui1)er of the\\nCitv Guards club.\\n:\\\\Ir. Burke w-as\\nunited iu mar-\\nriage Sept. 7, 1S76,\\nwith Asenath D.\\nSpalding, daugh-\\nter of Hosea B.\\nand Dorcas (Mar-\\nshall) Spalding of\\nMerrimack. (For\\ngenealogy see\\nsketch of Solo-\\nm on .S p a 1 d i n g,\\nMrs. Burke s pa-\\nternal ancestry be-\\ning practically the\\nsanie.^ They have\\none child, Tena,\\nborn at Nashua,\\nDec. 25, i88g.\\nWIl.LIAM H. BEASOM.\\nHon. William H. Beasom was born in Nashua, at the\\nhomestead on Main street where he now resides, Aug. 17,\\n1S61. He is a son of William D. and Jane N. (Boardmau)\\nBeasom. (For ancestors see sketch of his father.)\\nMr. Beasom was educated in the public schools of his\\nnative city, and, with the exception of five years spent iu\\nCalifornia, Colorado and Nebraska, has alwaj-s had his\\nhome here. His business is that of a manufacturer. He\\nwas treasurer of the Uuderhill Edge Tool company from", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0584.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. If.\\n563\\n18S6 till its ])laiit anil business were sold lo the American\\nAxe company in 1891, and the Nashua Sa ldlery Hardware\\ncompany, of which he is general manager and treasurer\\nW1LI,IAM II. BEASO.M\\nowes its existence and prosperity largely to his entcrjirise\\nand business sagacity. He is a trustee in the Nashua\\nSavings bank and director and vice-president in the\\nIndian Head National bank, besides being interested in\\none way or another in other puljlic and corporate institu-\\ntions.\\nNotwithstanding his business cares and resimnsibilities\\nMr. Beasom has been much in ])ublic life. He was clerk\\nof Ward Four in iS85 and 1887, councilman in 1888 and a\\nmember of the board of aldermen in 1889 and 1890. He\\nwas elected mayor of Nashua for the municipal year 1891\\nin one of the hardest fought local campaigns ever waged,\\nand was the youngest executive officer, being twenty-nine\\nyears of age at the time, in the history of the city. His\\nadministration was of a business character. Ivvery\\ndepartment was improved, sewers extended, streets paved,\\nthe police station completed and occupied and the con\\nstruction of Amherst street .schoolhouse begun. Mr.\\nlieasom was re-elected for the year 1892, but after he had\\ndischarged the duties of his office for a few months his\\nhealth failed and he relinciuished the executive chair to\\nAlderman C. H. Faxon, who was acting mayor the balance\\nof the term. In politics Mr. lieasom is a Kei)ublican and\\ninlluenlial in parly councils. He is a member and junior\\nwarden of the Church of the Good Shepherd, and a nuin\\nwhose amiable qualities and honest purpose commands\\nrespect and attracts friends who support him in business\\nenterprises and at the polls with earnestness that cannot\\nbe otherwise than gratifying to himself and friends.\\nMr. Beasom was united in marriage Oct. 8, 1884, with\\nMary F. Stevens, daughter of Mark W. and I.ucy R.\\n(I helps) Stevens of Sloansville, Schoharie county. N. Y.\\nTwochil.lren have been I)orn of their marriage: Mary,\\nhorn Sept. 3, 1885; Margaret, born Dec. 23, i8\\nWILLIAMS HALL.\\nHon. Williams Hall was born at Mason Aug. 11, i.S;,,.\\nHe is a son of Ceorge and Rachael (Boynston) Hull. an l\\na direct descendant of Richard Hall, who came from\\nKngland ami seltle l in Bradford, Mass., in 1673. On the\\nmaternal side he is also of Rnglish ancestry, the Mason\\nbranch of the Boynston family having a lineage in one of\\nthe oldest in New England.\\nMr. Hall obtained the best possible education in the\\nschools of his native place, and beyonil that is a self-\\ntaught man who has made good use of his opportunities,\\nand is therefore well informed in all mailers of a mer-\\ncantile or a business character as well as on general\\nthemes that are of interest and importance to busy men.\\nTpon attaining his majority he went lo Townsend, Ma.ss.,\\nwhere he w^as employed two years as a clerk in a country\\nstore. From Town.seud he went lo Charlcslown, Mass..\\nwhere he followed the same occupation in a general grain\\nstore. In 1857 Mr. Hall came lo Nashua and until 1S60\\nwas employed at cabinet work in the manufaclory of his\\nbrother on Water street. He spent the next eight and a\\nhalf years as a clerk, being employed three years by John\\nM. H( ])kiiis, four years by Solomon SpaMing Co., and\\neighteen months by Seth I). Chandler. In 1869 he bought\\noul the general store of Hopkins Ramsey, anil in 1874\\nw 11.1.1 \\\\Mn II \\\\I I.\\nsold out to C. C. Shattuck Co.. for whom he wascleik\\nfor the next two years. Jan. 1. 1S76, he bought a half\\ninterest in the business, which assumed the name of", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0585.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "564\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nShattuck Hall. Mr. Sliattuck -withdrew in 1886 and\\nsince then Mr. Hall has continued the business by him-\\nself.\\nAside from business Mr. Hall has been interested in\\npublic improvements and other things that inure to the\\nadvancement of the interest of the city and individuals.\\nIn 1872 and 1S73 he was a member of the common coun-\\ncil, and in 1874 deputy sheriff of the county. In 1892 he\\nwas elected mayor of Nashua, and his administration of\\nthe municipal government during the year 1893 was\\nmarked by the completion of the Amherst street school-\\nhouse and the erection of the Amherst street fire engine\\nhouse, one of the finest buildings of its kind in the state.\\nHe inaugurated and carried forward to completion sev-\\neral other improvements, and made a cleau record that\\nwill stand the test of time and be a source of pride to\\nhis descendants. Mr. Hall attends the Universalist\\nchurch and is a member of Rising Sun lodge, A. 1\\nand A. M.\\nMr. Hall was united in marriage Nov. 28, i85o, with\\nJane F. A. Howard, daughter of Benjamin and Pliebe\\n(Damon) Howard of Hinghain, Mass. They have one\\nsou, Frank W. Hall, born at Nashua, June 3, 1874.\\nTHOMAS SANDS.\\nIlun. Thomas Sands was l)orn at St. Albans, Me., Julj-\\n4, 1833. In 1840 the government appointed his father,\\nHiram Sands, supervisor of the construction of Fort\\nSmith, Ark., and the family removed to that place. The\\nfort, being located on the line of the Choctaw Indian ter-\\nritory, was remote from educational advantages and con-\\nsequently his schooling came from parental instruction\\nand general observation. Five years later he became a\\nresident of Cambridge, Mass., where he attended a gram-\\nmar school two terms. At the age of fourteen he appren-\\nticed himself for three years to the Davenport Bridges\\nand Kirk I^ocomotive manufacturers. During this time he\\nexhibited marked inventive talent, among the things pro-\\nduced by his brains and hands Ijeingthe first roller skate.\\nHis next place of employment was with the Moss\\nOsborn Steam Engine company in Boston. While there\\nhe invented Sands brick-making machine. He produced\\nseveral of these machines and successfully operated them,\\nafter which he located a mauufactory at St. Johnsbury,\\nVt., and traveled extensively for the purpose of intro-\\nducing them among brick makers. In 1853 he set up one\\nof his machines within a stone s throw of the capitol at\\nWashington and invited the senators and congressmen\\nto witness its workings. The result was the sale of the\\npatent for $25,000.\\nMr. Sands next place of emploj ment was with the\\nSinger Sewing Machine company in Boston. He remained\\nwith the company a short time, when, by mere chance, he\\nbecame acquainted with a manufacturer of reed organs.\\nThe result was he apprenticed himself for the remainder\\nof his minority to M. O. Nichols of Boston, and before\\nhis term of service ended he invented a pipe organ in the\\nshape of the present grand piano, which he patented.\\nDuring this time he became a self-taught organist and\\nwas engaged at three dollars a week to play in churches.\\nLeaving Mr. Nichols he formed a co-partnership with\\nJohn P. Lindsey, the object being to manufacture organs.\\nThe venture was not successful and the partnership was\\nterminated in 1856. Mr. Liudsey continued the business\\nand established shops in Lacouia, and Mr. Sands was in\\nhis employ as superintendent until 1857, when the enter-\\nprise was abandoned.\\nThrown again upon his own resources he invented a\\ncard printing press, which was the inception of the proof\\npress now in general use. He traded this machine, before\\nit was patented, for land in South Reading, Mass. His\\nnext venture was a partnership with a Mr. Prince for the\\npurpose of manufact ring brick. They furnished the\\ncontract of brick for the construction of the Franklin\\nstreet schoolhouse at Manchester. Prince failed in 1867\\nafter filling several contracts, but the young inventor,\\nalthough a lo.ser, was not easily discouraged. He returned\\nto Laconia and entered the employ of Gardner Cook a\\nmanufacturer of sash, doors and blinds for the purpose\\nof manufacturing his invention known as the spring\\nTIIOMA.S SAND.S.\\nneedle for hosiery. Mr. .Sands refused an offer of $10,000\\nfor the patent, but put this invention against |io,ooo capi-\\ntal, and with S. T. Thomas went into the business under\\nthe name of the Sands Needle company. He continued\\nin the business until 1S70, when he sold out. The next\\nproduct of Mr. .Sands active brain is known as the White\\nMountain ice cream freezer. He established a manufac-\\ntory at I,aconia and was on the top wave of success, when,\\nin 1881, his works were destro) ed by fire. A new factory\\nwas established in Nashua and was successfully managed\\nby Mr. Sands until 1889, when he sold his interest to a\\nsyndicate for a large sum of money. It is one of the\\nflourishing industries of the city at the present time.\\nMr. Sands now, on account of his health, physicians\\ninforming him that he would not live very long if he con-\\ntinued the mental strain he was under, retired tempora-", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0586.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nS .S\\nrily from the activities and cares of mainifacturiiiK inter-\\nests. Me invested his money largely in real estate ami\\ntook life easy. Tlie habits of a life time, however, could\\nnot be overcome. He felt unsettled, and consequently he\\nliecame interested with others in hioating the manufac-\\ntory of the nianchard Churn comjiany in Nashua. lie is\\npre.sident of the company at the present time, and has\\nbeen interested, financially and otherwise, in the Sands\\nBrown manufacturing company, a concern that manu-\\nfactures woven wire sprinsr beds, the l)usiiiess of which\\nhe was instrumen-\\ntal in bringiui; to\\nNashua.\\nMr. Sands close\\napplication to bus-\\niness has not pre-\\nvented him from\\ntaking an active\\npart in the affairs\\nthat concern the\\nwelfare of his\\ncountry .lud the\\nc o ni m unities\\nwhere he has re-\\nsided. He was an\\noriginal anti-slav-\\nery man, and, in\\nhis younger days,\\nwhen a resident of\\nBoston, was count-\\ne d among the\\nbelligerents who\\nresisted the return\\nof Anthony Burns\\nto slavery. Satiir-\\nday, June 2, 1S54,\\nhe even went so\\nfar as to partici-\\npate in the hazard-\\nous effort to break\\ndown the doors of\\nthe court house\\nwhere the fugitive\\nwas confined, and\\nwhile the excite-\\nment was at white\\nheat w as supposed\\nto have discharged\\nfirearms which\\nkilled Blanchard.\\nHe has clung tena-\\nciously all his life\\nto the principles of\\nhisyoutli.aud isan\\noutspoken and fearless advocate of whatever he believes\\nto be for the best interests of the public. Public office\\nholding has not been his aim or purpose in life. He has\\nmany times refused to be a candidate, and not till he was\\nrelieved of the cares of business would he permit his\\nfriends to use his name for the office of mayor of Nashua.\\nHe was the candidate of the Republican party in 1892,\\nand re-nominated by acclamation in 1893, and in the last\\nnamed }-ear was elected for the municipal year, [894. Mr.\\nSands made some substantial and satisfactory improve-\\nments upon the streets and highways; he was instru-\\nJO.SKl lI IIU\\\\V.\\\\I!I),\\nmental in the purchasing of Nashua s first ron.l ninchiiie.\\nand in every way showed a practical knowledge of roa.l\\nmaking. In fad he instituted many improvements in\\nthe departments of the public service and filled llie chair\\nand performed the .hities of the chief executive of the\\ncity with credit to himself.\\n-^s a citizen, since his residence iu Nashua, Mr. Samls\\nhas occupied a high and honorable position in the esti-\\nmation of his fellow citizens. He has lieen active not\\nonly in doing zealously and willingly all that he could\\nfor the advancc-\\nineiit of tlie city s\\ninterests and the\\nwelfare of thegen-\\neral public, but\\nhas also respond-\\ned liberally to\\njirivate aod public\\ncharities.\\nMr. Samls is a\\nYork .Mason and a\\nScottish Rite Ma-\\nson of the 32d\\ndegree, a niember\\nand past grand of\\nW i n n i |)iseogee\\nlodge, I. O. I-.,\\nI.aconia. a Knight\\nof Pythias, and a\\nmember of the In-\\ndependent Order\\nof the o I d e n\\nCross. lie is also\\na musical director\\nof the I liitarian\\nchoir and active iu\\nminor societies.\\nMr. Sands has\\nbeen twice mar-\\nried. His first wife\\nwas Elizabeth C,\\ndaughter of Col. S.\\nI). Johnson of Bed-\\nford. P ive chil-\\ndren were born to\\nthem, the only\\nsurvivor of whom\\nis Lizzie I., wife of\\nKriiest Morgan.\\nMrs. Sands died in\\n1S88. His second\\nmarriage was with\\nMrs. l.izzic M..\\nRussell, widow of\\nJoseph K. Russell of Laconia, at Nashua, October 6, 1890.\\nJOSEPH WOODBURY HOWARD.\\nHon. Joseph W. Howard was born at Washington, Nov.\\n22, 1844. He is a son of Iw.ra P. and Mary (Trow)\\nHoward.\\nMr. Howard was educated in the public schools of his\\nnative place, at Tubbs I nioii academy at Washington\\nand at the academy at New London. I poii leaving\\nschool he returned to his home in Washington. A little\\nlater he was engaged in business for aliout a year in", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0587.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "566\\nHISTORY or NASHUA, N. H.\\nManchester. In 1S67 Mr. Howard came to Nasliiia and\\nentered the furniture store of E. P. Brown, becoming for a\\npartner in the business shortly after and so continuing a\\nnunilier of years. Upon the dissolution of the firm he\\nformed a co-partnership with Capt. C. D. Copp, under\\nthe firm name of Howard Copp, and continued the\\nbusiness. This firm was dissolved after two or three\\nyears of successful business, and Charles H. I rench\\nbecame his partner under the firm name of Howard S:\\nFrench. Still later the firm was changed by the admis-\\nsion of David Heald of Milford to Howard, French\\nHeald. This firm had a manufactory at Milford in addi-\\ntion to its manufactory in Nashua, and did a very large\\nwholesale business. It was dissolved in January, 1S94,\\nFrench X: Heald assuming control of the Milford branch\\nand Mr. Howard becoming sole proprietor of the busi-\\nness in Nashua, in which he still continues.\\nMr. Howard s enterprise is of the kind that is not\\neasilj- discouraged or embarrassed by adversity. Fire of\\nthe most destructive character has followed him with a\\npersistency that would wreck a less hopeful and deter-\\nmined man. His retail department was totally destro3 ed\\nwhile located in the old Beasom block his manufactory\\nin the Greeley buildings on Lowell street was badly\\ndamaged, his manufactory in the old Washington house\\nand its annex on Main street was wholly consumed, as\\nwas his manufactory and storehouse on Front street. At\\nother times he has suffered from less destructive fires,\\nthe last being the burning of the upholstery department\\nof his business on Front street. Notwithstanding these\\ndiscouragements he has steadil) rebuilt, and increased\\nhis capacity for business and at the present time, in\\naddition to his local business, is president and manager\\nof the Howard Furniture company, organized in 1892,\\nwhich has a large manufactory at Wilton and a store-\\nhouse and salesroom on Front street, Nashua. Few if\\nany of the active men of to-day have done more in help-\\ning onward the progress of the city in the past twenty-\\nfive years. He was half owner with his father in building\\nHoward block, and has rendered pecuniary and otlier\\nassistance to other equally important enterprises, includ-\\ning the Masonic temple and Odd Fellows block.\\nBut it is not alone in business that Mr. Howard s\\ninduence has been felt in the things that make a live city.\\nHe has takeii a conspicuous part in pu1)lic affairs, and,\\nbeing a man in whom the people place implicit confi-\\ndence, has held uearl)- every office within the gift of his\\nward and the city. After serving Ward One on the board\\nof selectmen, he represented it in the common council in\\n1877 and 1878, and in the lioard of aldermen in 1879 and\\niSSo, and has served the city on the board of education\\ntwelve years. He was a member of the legislature of\\n1887 and 1888, in which the great railroad fight occurred,\\nand represented the district in the senate of 1893 and\\n1894, performing his duty to the state in a conscientious\\nmauner and winning the approval of his con.stitueuts to\\nthe degree that caused them to insist on his candidacj-\\nfor the mayoralty in 1894.\\nIn the social world Mr. Howard has been equally con-\\nspicuous. He is a Universalist and a liberal contributor\\nto the needs of that denomination in Nashua; a member\\nof Rising Sun lodge, A. F. and A. M., Meridian Sun\\nRoyal Arch chapter, Israel Hunt council, St. George\\ncommandej y, K. T., and Edward A. Raymond con-\\nsistory, 32d degree. He is a Knight of Pythias and an\\nOdd F ellow, in the last order being president of the\\nIniilding association that owns Odd Fellows block, and a\\nmember of the City Guards club. He is also a member\\nof the board of trustees of the Nashua Savings bank and\\na director in the First National bank, besides holding\\nsimilar positions of trust in several other city institu-\\ntions. In a word he is a very busy man and an influen-\\ntial factor in the industrial, municipal and social life of\\nNashua.\\nMr. Howard was united in marriage Aug. 27, 1868, with\\nNaucy J. Hasseltou, daugliter of Joel aud Mary (Herrick)\\nHesselton of Wilton. Three children have been born\\nof their marriage Charles Woodbury, born Oct. 28,\\n1869. married Blanche L. Baldwin, 1894; I- rauk Barrett,\\nborn Sept. 20, 1871 Mary Ilasselton, born Aug. 14, 1876.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0588.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. 567\\nMUNICIPAL.\\nTHI: Civil, GOVERNMKNT OF THH TOWNSHIPS OH DUNSTABI.K. Ol.l) DUNSTABLH.\\nNashua, Nashville and thh City of Nashua.\\n!!v \\\\v. ci.()i(;ii.\\nTWV. practical-miiiikd student who entertains a purpose to contribute to llie connnon stock ot\\nknowledge relative to the men\u00e2\u0080\u0094 their civil government and their achievements\u00e2\u0080\u0094 who were\\n]irominent in public stations in the townships of Dunstable, Old Dunstable, Nashua. Nash-\\nville and the City of Nashua in past decades, finds himself somewhat end)arrassed at the\\nver}- outset of his task. He discovers when searching old records, comparing citations au l endeavor-\\ning to harmonize conflicting statements, that much that had been associated in the public mind as\\nunqualified truth is questionable fiction, and that many interesting paragraphs that have appeared in\\npublic print have little or no foundation in fact, being for the most part the imaginings of writers\\nwho, hoping no doubt to escape prosiness, have unwittingly colored their theme. In a word, the\\nalignment that should separate the real and the ideal is, in many instances, so imperfectly drawn, and\\nthe necessity of making excuses so ingeniously interwoven, that there is danger, in restating the facts,\\nof falling into like errors. The perplexities thus indicated cropping out here and there along the\\ntrack of centuries are many times manifest in evidence of troubles incidental to locating and build-\\ning the first meeting-house following the first division of the town in (juarrels between settlements\\nand towns over division lines, places of worship and bridges; in the controversy over the location and\\nbuilding of the town hall, the Hunt memorial library building, and sundry other events of like char-\\nacter which there is no moral right for concealing from the reader of to-day and student of the future.\\nThe recorder, therefore, has no license to avoid plain truth, and hence it will be seen that while\\nendeavoring to be impartial and just reasonable excuse exists for seeking the charitable judgment\\nof his fellow citizens.\\nThe pioneers, who literally toiled to make the wilderness blossom and bear fruit lliat has ripened\\nin the civilization that crowns the close of the nineteenth century, were men of rugged constitutions\\nand iron nerve, rigid in rinciple, tenacious in their individual rights, and strict in matters of di.sci-\\npline. They were Puritans dissenters. They recognized no man as master and j aid only such\\ndeference to the king as was compulsory. In fact, while they tacitly gave their consent to be gov-\\nerned, so far as the affairs of state were concerned, they governed themselves in communities. Their\\nsystem of government, as developed in this country, was not, as many persons believe, moulded from\\nBritish customs. It was the result of necessity, each step in its advance having been taken to meet\\nthe demands of an increased population. In early times public affairs were con.sidered and passed\\nupon by the whole body of freemen, but the frequent attendance upon town meetings by widely scat-\\ntered settlers became burdensome, and hence certain ])ersons were selected to act for a stated time.\\ntheir authority being to order the affairs of the town. This was the origin of the board of select-\\nmen. Other town offices were set up to meet growing demands. Here, then, is the beginning of\\nlocal civil government.\\nUUNSTABLF UNDHK ITS FIRST CHARTFR.\\nThe objective point for those who would know more of the municipality is the townships of which\\nit is the successor. As early as 1650 the general court of Massachusetts granted tracts of land in the\\nMerrimack valley to actual settlers and to others who would agree to pay a nominal tax. These\\ntracts or farms, were located as extending from Chelmsford along the banks of the Merrimack and\\nSouhegan rivers. In 1655 settlers began to arrive-Jonathan Tyng being the f^rst-an.l a few years\\nlater 167^,, their number having increased so that they felt the need of accommodation (the legal\\nright to establish local government, impose taxes and settle a minister) they petitioned the general\\ncourt of Massachusetts for a charter. This petition was signed by Thomas Kdwards Thomas\\nWheeler, senior, Thomas Brattle, Jonathan Tyng and twenty-two others. The prayer of the peti-\\ntioners was granted Oct. 16, 1673. (old style.) It containe.l the usual conditions of the times: that", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0589.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "568 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nFive Hundred acres of Upland and Meadow be laved out for Publick use and tliat they jiroceed in\\nsetting up ye Plantation as to finish it out, (i. e., procure such number of settlers as would sujiport\\na minister, clear, break up, fence, l)uild houses and live in them), within three years, and maintayne\\nand able Orthodox minister. The charter, which did not give the town a name, was duly accepted\\nand an organization perfected. They named the new borough Dunstable (in compliment to Marj-\\nTyng, mother of Jonathan Tyng, who came from Dunstable, Eng.) and entered into a compact\\nfixing the methods by which they would Ije governed. There are no consecutive records of their\\nminor transactions. The\\\\ met, as occasion required, in farm houses and on May i6, 1674, voted to\\nbuild a meeting-house between Salmon brook and the house of Lieutenant Wheeler. The next A ear,\\n1675, King Phillip s war broke out and the incursions upon the settlement so scattered the inhabitants\\n(Jonathan T\\\\ng, onl\\\\ remaining) that this vote became inoperative. Three years later, iri7,S, peace\\nhaving been restored, the people returned to their homes and the meeting house was Iniilt. It was a\\nrude affair compared with the church edifices of to-day and can better be imagined than described.\\nIn 1679 the delayed conditions of the charter were finished out with thirty families, and the future\\nmade secure by the settlement of Rev. Thomas Weld. Their affairs then ran in a smooth channel\\nfor a number of years. In i6,Sy a revolution ha\\\\ing occurred in Great liritain and James II. being\\ndeposed, they chose John Waldo, Cornelius Waldo and Robert Parris to represent them in a conven-\\ntion, held in Boston, for assuming the government. The convention was, in spirit and purpo.se, a\\ndeclaration of inalienable rights and thus a forerunner of American independence. In 1692 Jonathan\\nTyng and Thomas Henchman were their representatives. The)- murmured at the expense legisla-\\ntors being paid at that time by the town instead of the state as now and, discovering that they were\\nnot compelled by law to be represented, voted not to send.\\nThe settlers had now enjoyed about ten years of peaceful life. Their dream of pro.sperity, how-\\never, was rudely broken. King William s war broke out and many of their wisest and best men were\\nslain, and they were again forced to flee for their lives. Oueen Anne s war followed in its train, and\\nfinally those who remained were compelled, under the lead of John Lovewell, to give battle to the\\nmerciless savages whose depredations had reduced them to poverty and compelled them in 1701 and\\nagain in 1704, to apply to the colonial treasurer for aid, tv\\\\ enty pounds being granted them each time.\\nThe story of those twenty-five j^ears of hardship, the record of the deeds of bravery of those who\\ndefended wives and children, their suffering, their experiences in the wilderness, the tragic death of\\nWeld, Lovewell and a score of others is a story of romantic interest and is simpl}- mentioned here to\\npreserve continuity. Peace came at last, and in 17 11 the broken-hearted and impoverished settlers,\\nwho had been living in garrisons the greater part of the time for twenty-five years, could number but\\nthirteen families, a total of eighty-six persons. But they had courage and looked to the future with a\\ndetermined purpose to regain all and more than they had lost. Local government had meantime\\nfallen into disuse, and for some time following the last date nothing of striking importance is noted in\\ntheir records. They built roads and bridges, paid their just proportion for keeping the highways of\\nthe town and those south of them in repair, l)uilt a boom across the river, glazed the meeting-house\\nappointed Joseph French coffin-maker, and constructed a town boat, 1728, for fording the Merri-\\nmack, probably at Little s .station, now South Nashua, for the purpose of communicating with their\\nneighbors on the territory now known as Hudson.\\nIt must not be understood, however, that the early settlers of Dunstable were oblivious of the\\ndoings of the general government. Far from it. They kept a watchful eye on all that was transpiring,\\nand the only reason that can be assigned for their failure to participate is found in their pecuniary\\nembarrassments. That they were opposed to heredity rule and determined to assert their inde-\\npendence is susceptible of proof though the fact that, notwithstanding their method gave ofhence,\\nthey insisted on choosing a grand juryman as early as 1723 and continued their practice. It is also\\nshown in the fact that for more than fifty years after receiving their charter they neglected although\\nfrequently reminded by agents of the government\u00e2\u0080\u0094 to establish a public school. They maintained\\nthat their people were too widely scattered to make a school advisable and that for all purposes for\\nwhich they had any use for book knowledge they were able to give instruction in their homes. They\\ntaught their children reading, mathematics and penman.ship, and it is not too much to say that they\\nproved competent teachers. In 1730, however, the adjoining towns cau.sed them to be indicted,\\nwhereupon they raised ten pounds and employed a teacher one season. They felt, however, that they", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0590.jp2"}, "591": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n569\\nwere being imposed upon and lapsed into the old way. No further attempt was made to coerce them.\\nThe years that followed before the town was divided, by reason of the settlement of the boundary line\\ndispute between Massachusetts and New Hampshire, were years of comparative plentv. They culti-\\nvated their farms, paid their taxes\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the total amount for all town purposes, including the minister s\\nsalary, being from two hundred and fifty dollars to four hundred dollars a year\u00e2\u0080\u0094 kept their highways\\nin repair and sought forgetfulness of past misfortunes. A few disturbing affairs of public momeiil.\\nhowever, crept in upon them. The first of these was a proposition to purchase the ministerial farm of\\nRev. Mr. Ki(hlcr :is a parsonage. There were a good many dissenters to this proposition and also a\\nhitch as to whom the deed should be made. Considerable hard feeling was engendered and threats\\nwere made to apply to the general court for redress, but happily the cloud j.assed without a serious\\nstorm. The second disturbing subject related to the meeting-house. It was out of repair and not\\ndccciU. The (|Ucstion to be .settled was would the town build a decent meeting-house or rectify\\nand iiand the old one. It was voted to build. A year of vexatious wrangling followed. It was\\nthen decided to build about four rods westward of where the meeting-house now stands, whereupon\\nnineteen per.sons entered a protest. They declared that the location was unjn.st, and were so earnest\\nin their opposition that the matter was held in abeyance nearly two years. In 17.^4 the (juarrel was\\nrenewed, and when those who favored the location heretofore named were about to carry out the\\nprovision of the vote of the town an invitation was received to ap])ear before the general assembly\\nand make answer to the remonstrance of John Kendall and others. The subsequent records of the\\ntown are lo.st, hence the sense of the voters cannot be stated. It is evident, however, from the\\nfacts that the meeting-hou.se was not t)uill until 173S, that there were many hot di.scussions aiul much\\nill-feeling engendered. On the completion of the meeting house another controversy, the result of\\nthe five years unfriendliness, arose. The inhabitants of the westerly side of the town and the\\nnortherly side of Groton petitioned to be set off as a separate townshi| The petitioners rei)resented\\nthat owing to the distance from six to ten miles they were deprived of preaching, and, for this, and\\nother reasons, they desired a distinct township. The people of the easterly part of the town resisted\\nto the bitter end, which came Dec. 28, 1739, at which time the general court of Ma.ssaclnisetts acted\\naffirmatively upon the petition. The success of the.se petitioners aroused the people of the western\\nportion of the town. They brought forward a similar complaint, and, after considerable debate and\\nsundry protests from the settlers near the Merrimack river, they were finally empowered to set up\\na parish under the name of We.st Dunstable. They had authority only to employ a minister: in all\\nelse they remained a part of Dunstable while it remained under Massachusetts jurisdiction. Hriefly\\ntold* from imperfect records, the foregoing statements contain the essential facts relative to the estab-\\nishment of local government over the territory now governed in part under the charter of the city of\\nNashua.\\nBefore making a further .summary of the affairs of the civil governments of which Nashua is a\\nsuccessor mention .should be made concerning the ownership of the territory. The town of Dunstable,\\nas has been shown, entered upon a new era of prosperity early in the eighteenth century. Deserted\\nfarms were being tilled by new settlers, a minister. Rev. Josiah Swan, had been secured, and. the\\nplantation having increa.sed to fifty families, prosperity had evidently come to stay. The new comli-\\ntions that confronted the original grantees and their heirs, together with the fact that the town had\\n.some years before fixed the population at eighty families, aroused ihcm to the necessity of protecting\\ntheir interests in the common and undivided land. They caused a legal warrant to be poste l\\nwarning a meeting to be held at the meeting-house July 12, 1729, for the purpose of making a record\\nof legal ownership and an equitable division of the same. The meeting was held on the day cited in\\nthe warrant. Benjamin Prescott was cho.seu moderator, and it was voted that 1 ,000 acres of ccpial\\nvalue be laid out to each of the original grantees and that the heirs of John Lovewell and others who\\nhad fallen in tlie defence of the settlement have the .same. They also made their organization perma-\\nnent, inferentially declaring themselves proprietors of all the land then unsettled, and not before\\ngranted to non-residents, within the boundary of their charter. A few years later, however, they\\nwere shorn of some of their po.ssessions by the setting up nf new towns, but in the end-after they\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2The rc-KUr is rcferrt-.l lo other chapters of this work for coiuimiity of narrative relative to wars. Indian\\nmassacre,., the succcs.sors of Rev. Mr. WeUl, the ol.l Imrial ground, an.l other matters that are not uiclu.le.l in this\\nrecord of the civil government of Dunstable.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0591.jp2"}, "592": {"fulltext": "-JO HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\ncame under New Hampshire government they froze out, taxed out, bought out and confiscated all\\nthat belonged to Massachusetts grantees. The land thus mentioned was surveyed and set off from\\ntime to time by Joseph Blanchard, surveyor of the town and proprietors clerk, and due record made\\nin a book kept for that purpose. Of the land in question four hundred and forty acres, on Watane-\\nnock plane or Watanenock neck exclusive of two grants of twenty-three acres each on the Merrimack\\nriver, owned respectively by Thomas Clark of Boston and John vSolendine of the town were sur-\\nveyed in 1764 by Colonel Blanchard, and conveyed, Sept. 10, to Joseph Knight and Christopher\\nTemple. The descriptive boundary was as follows A parcel of land north of Salmon brook and\\nsouth of the Nashua river, formerly known as the Watenenock river, running westward about two\\nmiles also conveved to Samuel Whitney, one hundred and ninet acres upon the same plain, ujion\\nSalmon brook southward. The land on the north side of the river was granted to the Boston Artil-\\nlery company Oct. 11, 1673, a few days before the Dunstable charter was signed. The boundary was\\nas follows: Or.e thousand acres on the north side of the Nashway river, at the intersection with the\\nMerrimack, extending along the north side of said river about one and a half miles, and on the\\nNashway to Spectacle meadow, about two miles. In these three descriptions is found the original\\nownership of the major part of the territory now embraced in the thickly settled part of Nashua.\\nCol. Joseph Blanchard purchased, about the middle of the eighteenth century, the interest of the\\nArtillery company and later sold it to actual settlers. The land on the south side of the river was\\ndi.sposed of in the same way, and in 1816 the original proprietors closed their accounts. A few years\\nlater the Nashua Manufacturing company became the purchaser of a large tract, and since then the\\nlist of ownership has enlarged most of the territory described being now in house lots.\\nDUNSTABLE UNDER A NEW HAMPSHIRE CHARTER.\\nIn 1 741 a new state line over which there had been a controversy for a good many years was\\nestablished between Massachusetts and New Hampshire. This line divided the town nearlj- in the\\nmiddle, leaving in Massachusetts, says Judge Worcester, the part of the old town now in Tyngs-\\nborough and Dunstable in that state and a narrow gore from the old parish of West Dunstable, now\\nin Pepperell, and severing from Groton a small triangular tract now in the south part of Nashua\\nalong the state line.\\nThe division came as a surprise upon the inhabitants of all parts of the town. They had seen\\ntheir territory diminishing in extent from time to time Nottingham, now Hudson, having been set\\noff in 1732, Souhegan East, later Rumford and now Merrimack, in 1733, Amherst and Litchfield in\\n1734 and they felt the last blow keenly. They argued that the) had been unfairly dealt with and\\nclaimed at the same time declaring that under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts they were secure in\\ntheir methods of local government they had grave doubts about their standing under the jurisdiction\\nof New Hampshire. Moreover, their kindred, their history, their business interests and their church\\nwere in Massachusetts. The more they brooded over the situation the more disgusted, discouraged,\\nand homesick they became. In fact their grievances became so magnified that nearly five years\\nelapsed before they were sufficiently reconciled to apply for a new charter, and even then they would\\nnot have humbled themselves had not other settlements in the town insisted on another division and\\non l)eing set off. The issue was actually forced upon them. No alternative remained but to act or\\nlose their identity. After much vain strife the consented to make application to the royal governor,\\nBenning Wentworth, for a charter re-establishing the township. Col. Joseph Blanchard was chosen\\nagent of the town for that purpose, and April 4, 1746, it was obtained. Another grievance came with\\nit; new towns had been set up and their territory thus again diminished. Nor was this all.\\nAlthough Dunstable was the original settlement the charters of Mon.son, Merrimack and Hollis were\\ngiven precedence in date. Ten days later, however notwithstanding their discomfiture a legal\\nmeeting of all those (lualified to vote was held at the hou.se of Jonathan Lovewell, when the\\ncharter was accepted and the following officers chosen: Jonathan Lovewell, town clerk: Jonathan\\nLovewell, Thomas Harwood and Thomas Patch, selectmen; Joseph Blanchard, treasurer; Jonathan\\nSnow, tithing-master; Thomas Allds, Elnathan Blood and Thomas Killicut, field-driver; Ephriam\\nLund and Samuel Keeny, fence- viewers William Lund, Gideon Howe and Joseph Butterfield, hog\\ncon.stables. It was voted that future meetings be called by the selectmen and then the meeting was", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0592.jp2"}, "593": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 5-,\\nadjourned. In the records of this meeting the adjective ohl. as a prefix to the name of the town.\\nis used for the first time, the evident purpose being to emphasize their priority over the other Dun-\\nstable and the towns whose charter antedated theirs. At a subsequent meeting it was voted to pay\\nColonel Blanchard thirty pounds, old tenor, expenses for obtaining a charter.* It will be observed\\nthat in this concise summary is given the circumstances under which the charter was .l)tained, the\\nprice paid, and the first legal government, under the laws of New Hampshire, estal Iished over the\\nterritory now governed under the charter of the city of Nashua, together with the first officers, and\\nthe fact made clear that the inhabitants were not in a frame of mind calculated to lead to generous\\ndealings among themselves or with neighboring towns.\\nA list of the officers of the town during the hundred years that follow, together with anything\\nlike a complete sunnnary of the business transacted, is not practicable. It is enough to know that\\nthe men who controlled imblic affairs in tho.se days were not unlike the public servants of the present\\ntime. They had their sharp differences of opinion and were more or less jealous of each other. In\\nfact the records show that they were often hopelessly divided on matters of local policy and were just\\nas tenacious and uncompromising in whatever they deemed their rights, individually and collectively,\\nas are the people of this generation. The truth of these statements\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and, if this asser\\\\ ation seems\\nharsh, the reader must remember that their e.xalted patriotism, devoted husbandry and religious\\nzeal are set forth in other chapters, this chapter presenting more especially the view that is of the\\nearth earthy are borne out by the tone and temper of the .second and sub.sequent meetings of the\\ntown. It was there, at the second meeting. May 10, that a bitter controversy arose over the minister,\\nover the payment of the just amount of salary due him for services rendered when they were a part\\nof the other Dunstable, and also over the location most readers will find it difficult to suppress a\\nsmile of their one public building, a meeting-house. These troubles the second mentioned of\\nwhich lasted seventeen 3 ears will be better understood when considered in separate paragraphs.\\nFor some reason that is not made clear in the records the town was about equally divided in favor\\nand against Rev. Josiah Swan. As a whole the voters were desirous that his ministry over them\\nshould come to an abrupt end, and it is quite evident that a heated debate took place and that party\\nfeeling ran high. Finally a committee w^as chosen to wait on Rev. Josiah Swan to know his\\ndemands on the town and report the same to the meeting. The committee reported that the\\ndemands on the inhabitants, on both sides of the province line, what was old Dunstable was two\\nhundred pounds, old tenor, for his salary for the past year. The only answer made by the meeting\\nwas a vote to excuse from the payment of any part of this sum those not residing under the old\\ncharter, and also that the committee treat with Rev. Mr. Swan and see if they can come to an agree-\\nment with him to perform the office of gospel minister in this town and if they can they agree with\\nhim so long as they think proper not exceeding said term. It does not appear that the committee\\nagreed with Mr. Swan. At an adjourned meeting Sept. 29, it was proposed that Rev. Josiah Swan s\\nsalary be raised and assessed according to contract and voted in the negative, and voted in the\\naffirmative that the place of preaching be at Deacon Jonathan French s house. Their grievance\\nagainst Mr. Swan had now become of a belligerent character. They discussed it in stormy detail,\\nand Oct. 15 voted that Noah John.son, Thomas Harwood and Jonathan Snow go to Rev. Mr. Swan\\nand see if he had any demands on this town and if he has to see upon what terms he will acquit this\\ntown and ask a dismission of the church here, and that they hear his proposal and make jjroposals to\\nhim to settle affairs. Two days later another meeting was held at which the committee reported\\nthat Rev. Mr. Swan desires six weeks in which to make up his mind as to the terms on which he\\nwould withdraw. Voted to grant his request and to hire .some person to preach six weeks. Nov.\\n28, the six weeks having elapsed, the town met again. The committee, which found Mr. Swan\\nobdurate, reported that the Rev. Josiah Swan s terms are if the town would give him three hun lred\\nand fifty pounds, old tenor, he would endeavor to get a dismission from the church and would acquit\\nthe town. The discussion that followed, judging from the division of sentiment, the character of\\nthose interested, and the tone of their vote, may be set down as of angry import. Here it is:\\nVoted that if Rev. Josiah Swan pursue his proposal and gets a dismission from the said church and\\nbring a certificate thereof and offers the .same to the selectmen they shall assess the inhabitants and\\npay him. During this time the town .settled Rev. vSamuel Hird. Mr. Swan, who was still a freeman\\n*A f:ic-siiiiile of this document is given as a frontispiece to this work.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0593.jp2"}, "594": {"fulltext": "572 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nof the town, and others voting against him. Mr. Swan settled with the town March 2, 1747, and\\nshortly afterwards moved to Lancaster, where he resumed his former occupation of a schoolmaster.\\nThis controvers}^ lasted ten months and authorities agree that it was of a bitter character.\\nMeanwhile, for the town had another and more serious iron in the fire at the same time, a warm\\ndiscussion was progressing and increasing in importance, relative to the location of a meeting-house.\\nTheir former place of worship was located in the other Dunstable and they would have none of it.\\nThey were holding town meetings and religious services in houses and barns, which was neither\\ncomfortable nor dignified, and were determined on settling on a site for a house suitable to the\\ninhabitants. At their third meeting, July 6, the matter was brought forward and discussed, after\\nwhich it was voted that the place for erecting a meeting-house for the Pulilick Worship of God be\\non or near the common road of passing through the town, viz, the road passing l)y the house of Jona-\\nthan Lovewell also, voted that the place of building and erecting said meeting-house be as near\\nthe barn of Messrs. Tyler and Hancock, now in the po.ssession of Thomas Cowen, as a place can be\\nfound convenient for the use, and that the place of preaching be at Ephraim Lund s barn and to\\nhire a proper person to preach. The first votes are antagonistic and the only explanation that can\\nbe given is that under their parliamentary usage a subsequent vote on a subject cancelled former\\nvotes relative to the same. At all events the action of the town raised a storm at once. Decided\\nopposition came from unexpected sources and the question was taken home for further consideration.\\nThe result of thinking and talking the matter over found public expression in a vote at a meeting\\nheld vSept. 29, when it was voted that the place to remove the meeting-house to in this town be\\nabout forty rods to the south of Jonathan Lovewell s house, to the west of the road of passing, upon a\\nplace of rising ground about six rods west of said road. Then the storm burst in fury. The free-\\nmen, both for and against the proposition, took sides, and, unquestionably, determined on a fight to\\nthe bitter end. The opponents of the removal and site were exasperated and Col. Joseph Blanchard\\nentered a written protest in which he insisted that the location was unjust, boldly declaring that the\\nmeeting was illegal and accused the moderator, Jonathan Lovewell, of admitting to vote inhabitants\\nwho were not qualified. The result was much the same as is experienced in these days, with excep-\\ntion that an appeal was not taken to court. This protest, which no doubt created a sensation in the\\ntown, was entered upon the records and the meeting adjourned. Six weeks later, Oct. 15,\\nanother effort was made to settle the controversy, but nothing was done except to vote that the\\nplace removing the meeting-house be not the place and that another be agreed on. Thus matters\\nstood until the next spring, when, March 2, 1747, a statement was made that:\\nA number of the inhabitants have proposed to take that part of the meeting-house in that will\\nbe the proportion this town ought to have in said meeting-house together with old areages if any be\\ncoming to them from Dunstable, Mass., and to erect and furnish a meeting-house forty feet long and\\ntwenty-eight feet wide twenty foot post on the place that shall be stated by the committee chosen at\\nthis meeting and build as many pews therein as may be commodious on the lower floor and gallerj\\nfinish a pulpit, leave two seats below next the front one on the men s side and one on the women s\\nside a pew below for strangers and one pew for the minister s family and that they calculate the\\ncharges that they have been at and apportion the same on the pews and proportion to the tax on real\\nestate.\\nOn this proposition the vote was in the affirmative. They were not content it seems with this\\nsettlement of their differences, for at the same meeting it was voted that a committee of three judi-\\ncious men belonging to some other town or towns be raised to locate said meeting-house. Then it\\nwas voted that the committee consist of Joseph Fitch of Bedford, William Lawrence of Groton and\\nJohn Chamberlin of Souhegan East, and the place shall be as stated by the committee. After\\nanother provoking delay it was voted, whether or not on the recommendation of the committee is not\\nstated, that the place be near the common road that passes Thomas Harwood s house to the Nash-\\nway river. But the end was not yet. At a meeting held May 25, it was voted to sell the interest\\nof the town in the old meeting-house to the town of Dunstable, Mass., for one hundred and fifty-five\\npounds, and also that the vote relative to a meeting-house be not pursued and that some other\\nmeasures betaken. The division of sentiment was so .strong that nothing was accomplished and\\nfurther consideration went over to a meeting held July 6, which was adjourned to Aug. 31, when it\\nwas voted to set a meeting-house near the common road passing through the town, viz, the road", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0594.jp2"}, "595": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N.\\nthat passes Thomas Harwoo.l s house to the Nashway river. The meeting adjoi.nied to Sept. 15. at\\nwhich time twenty heads of families, including Rev. Mr. Swan, wearying of strife and tunnoil, and\\nsome of them dissatisfied with Rev. Mr. Bird, whose orthodoxy was in doubt and whom they deiiom-\\niimted a new light of the Whitefield school, petitioned the town to be excused from paying taxes\\nto support the minister and also from being a.ssessed to erect and furni.sh a meeting-house where he\\nwas to preach. Col, Joseph Blanchard, the leader of the opposition, as against Jonathan Lovewell.\\nheaded the petition. They were excused. As if this was not enough to distract the town eleven\\nothers, residents of One Pine Hill, entered a protest saying they could not and would not attend\\nMr. Bird s meeting. They had contributed to the building of the meeting-house in Hollis when,\\nby the old line, they belonged in that town, the distance was one-half less, they were attached to\\nRev. Mr. Ivnerson and they desired to be .set off to that town. This protest proved the entering\\nwedge of a long and bitter quarrel in which Hollis became a moving factor. The request was denied,\\nand .seventeen persons sul),scribed two hundred and fifty-six pounds and entered into an agreement\\nwith the town to take the money coming for the sale of their interest in the old church and build a\\nmeeting-hou.se, according to plans heretofore mentioned, and sell the pews by auction, the money\\nreceived to be divided in jnoper proportions to what each subscribed and the town will assemble\\nand agree upon a place that is just and etpial near the connnon road passing through said town, vi/.\\nthe road that jiasses Thomas Harwood s house to the Xashwa\\\\- river bridge. This agreement was\\nin part rudely broken at a meeting held Nov. y, it being voted that the committee having agreed\\nupon a place that is not just and e(puil, all circumstances considered, it therefore now voted that the\\nplace be one hundred and forty rods south of the house of Jonathan TvOvewell, a few rods to the west\\nof the town road on a plane of rising groun l !)y a pine tree marked X or the nearest ]ilace convenient\\nfor that not more than forty rods from that place. The plan to build by subscription ami sell by\\nauction the site being now settled was agreed upon by the town, which, lieing interested as a sub-\\nscriber to the amount of one hundred and fifty-five pounds (received in ])aynient for the old meeting-\\nhouse) immediately hedged against wage-earners on the jjoint that the t jwn should oversee in the\\nmatter of cost and get the work done cheeper if it could. The meeting-house was built during the\\nfall and winter of 1747, and town meeting was held in it June 17, 1748.\\nThe meeting-house, it will be observed, had been built and furnished according to contract, and\\nyet the trouble did notecase. The location was unsatisfactory to nearly one-half of the opulatioii\\nand they refused to be placated or comforted. Both sides were determined and belligerent, and, s(j\\nthe records relate, March 13, 1749. the warrant for the meeting was taken away by violence. The\\nselectmen certified a new warrant, but no business of importance was transacted. In fact the town\\nwould neither settle with the builders of the meeting-house, pay for preaching, form a parish associa-\\ntion with the neighl)oring towns, call a minister or meet in the meeting-house, and for seven years.\\nuntil Oct. 15, 1774, the meetings were held at farm houses as had been the custom before it was built.\\nThe ])eople were not only angry with each other, but, as subse |uent events show, with the i)eople of\\nother towns, and that their anger did not cease for several years is abundantly proven by their record\\nJan. 15, 1750: oted that the peojde of Nottingham and Dunstable, Mass., upon pledging to\\nto pay a just proportion of the tax to support a minister their reiiuest being before the meeting in\\nwriting) may attend public worship in the meeting-house in this town, whereupon Jonathan I.ove-\\nwell, Noah Johnson, Samuel Whiting and others entered a written ])rote.st, and here the matter\\nended.\\nIn the meantime the inhabitants of One Pine Hill were uneasy, discomforted and a source of\\nconstant irritation and vexation. They would not vole to hire preaching and they again jietitioned\\nto be set off to Hollis.\\nMarch 25, 1751 Voted that the request of the i)eople of One Pine Hill their jietition having\\nbeen di.scussed) be denied and that the place of Publick Worshij) be at the meeting-hou.se built by\\nJonathan Lovewell, Noah John.son and others until the town see fit to alter it.\\nApril 15, 1752: Voted to decline an invitation to forma parish reunion with i)eoi)le of Dun-\\nstable, Mass.\\nIn these troubles, says Judge Worcester, it was very natural that the kindly sympathies of\\nthe good people of Hollis should have been strongly with the settler at One Pine Hill. The", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0595.jp2"}, "596": {"fulltext": "574 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nrecords of the town show that as early as Oct. 26, 1747, Hollis voted to request of Dunstable the\\nPeople of One Pine Hill with their Lands be set off to Hollis, but this request was not hospitably\\nentertained. All concerned were obdurate.\\nDec. 21, 1753: Voted the place whereon to set up a meeting-house for Public Worship on\\nLord s day be at the crotch of the road as near as can be with convenience near the house where Jona-\\nthan Lovewell now dwells: also\\nVoted that the old meeting-house be took down, moved and set up on the place this night voted\\nand that the same be forthwith don.\\nMarch 5, 1754: oted that the old meeting-house be fitted, raised and furnished as well as it\\nwas before it was took down at the place agreed upon for that use and that the pew ground below the\\nsame as was put to that use before the house was took down, and the pews sold at publick vandue\\nand also\\noted to excuse One Pine Hill people from all charges in fitting, raising and furnishing the\\nold meeting-house, to which last concession seventeen voters entered a protest which has the effect\\nof annulment.\\nThe people of One Pine Hill were now vexed beyond measure, and, it would seem, the peo-\\nple of Hollis were giving them aid and comfort. The former addressed a new petition to their towns-\\nmen reiiuesting to be set off and the latter voted to joyne One Pine Hill People, so called, to get\\nthem set off from Dunstable to be annexed to Hollis. The town of Dunstable discussed their requests\\nMarch 8, 1756, and peremptorily denied them.\\nSept. 27, 1757 oled that nothing more be done about furnishing the meeting-house at pres-\\nent also\\noted to hire Klias Smith to preach, whereupon John Allds and Jeremiah Colburn protested\\nin writing that Smith ilid n(_)t adhere to Westminster confession and they were Presbyterians.\\nNine others protested that the meeting was illegal and that Smith s preaching\\nis contrary to our profession, while seven contented themselves with protesting that the meeting-\\nwas illegal and it was\\nVoted that the town would not Incourage the settlement of Elias vSmith.\\nNov. 27. 1758; It was proposed whether the peojde of One Pine Hill .should be excused or\\nreleased from paying anything towards the support of the Gospel and it was voted in the negative\\nand fourteen persons signed a protest against settling Josiah Colburn and a committee was appointed\\nto find out why he was dismissed from his last place. (The conunittee reported at a subsequent meet-\\ning that it was to ease the taxpayers, and he was thereupon hired.)\\nMeanwhile the people of One Pine Hill were not appeased. They renewed their demand to be set\\noff, and Dec. 18, 1758, it was proposed to give consent for their set off to Hollis for one thousand\\npounds. This proposition was voted down, and then it was voted that the people of One Pine Hill\\nare uneasy and to make it easy move the meeting-hou.se to the center of the town. A comnuttee\\nwas appointed to talk the matter over with the grieved jieople and the conunittee reported that the\\npeople of Pine Hill would not be content nor joyne in .settleing a minister, neither consent to hear one\\nsermon, and thereupon the vote to move the meeting-house was rescinded. F inally it was voted\\nto settle Mr. Colburn and give Pine Hill the full part of preaching according to their tax in any place\\nin Dun.stable they might choose. Even this proposition did not heal the wound.\\nAt the annual meeting of the town, March 19, 1759, the strife was renewed and waxed so warm\\nthat Thomas Lund accused the moderator, Jonathan Lovewell, of allowing persons to vote who\\nhave no right. The meeting was then in no mood for business and so promptly adjourned. The\\npeople, however, could not rest easy. On April 23 they met again, and, after discussing a proposition\\nto set off the people of One Pine Hill, voted in the negative. They also refused to set off John\\nWilloby s one hundred and thirty acre farm. The Pine Hill people, so much in earnest were they,\\nagain ajspealed to Hollis for aid and sympathy. Hollis responded with a gift of fifty pounds, and\\nthereupon to the number of fifteen, eighteen including the selectmen of Hollis they petitioned\\nthe governor and council for relief. Their petition recited their grievances. The town of Dun-\\nstable upon being notified voted not to set off the land, and appointed Col. Joseph Blanchard, then\\na member of the governor s council, Zaccheus Lovewell and Joseph French agents of the town to\\noppose the petition. This conunittee evidently put on war paint. It reported:", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0596.jp2"}, "597": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. 575\\nWee are sencible that this vexatious IVliliou is stirred up and encouraj, ed by Mollis purely to\\nprevent Justice to their Western Inhabitants which they forsee will obtain unless they Cloak it by\\nRuining Dunstable.\\nWhat Oenius gave them front to mutter out this Motly Petition it is iJiflTicult to guess.\\nThe petition of Holies and the petetioners are totally Groundle.ss Wherefore we pray that the\\npetition may be dismissed.\\nThe petition was dismissed, and it is said, .says Judge Worcester, in answer to a like petition a\\nfew years later, that when it was found that Duii.stable would answer it the petitioners were afraid or\\nashamed to appear in defense. The battle was renewed in 1760. The town of I unsial)le, however,\\nmade an effort to pacify the Pine Hill people. It was voted Oct. 6 to move the meeting-house to a\\nplace just and equal: and again Nov. 10 that the place for a meeting-hou.se is about one hmulred\\nrods westerly from Lund s bridge .so called by a pine tree marked F on the southerly .side of the road\\nthat leads to Thomas Haley land; and also to set of John Willoby s farm to Holies. Hut no\\ncompromise would be entertained by One Pine Hill people. They petitioned again, and went so far\\nas to offer Dunstable /i,5io for permission to be set off. The town not only declined the offer but\\nvoted Nov. 24 to reconsider its former vote to move the house and fifty-si.x pouutls for fixing it up.\\nAs if this were not enough to break the hearts of their belligerent fellow-citizens they voted Aug. t,,\\nlyfii, to change the creed of the town from Presbyterian to Congregational, and Oct. 19, 1761, that\\nno part of Pine Hill be set off to Holies.\\nThe One Pine Hill people, however, with the aid of IloUis, were good fighters. They would\\nnot let go their hold. In 1 763 they again .sought relief through the governor and council. In this\\npetition they enlarged upon their grievance and informed the authorities that\\nvSoon after Dunstable was Incorporated they got into Parlys about .Settling .Mr. IJird. Ivach\\nParty Courted Pine Hills Assistance, promising to vote them off to Holies as soon as the matter was\\nsettled and so Pine Hill was fed on Sugar Plums for a number of years, till at length Dunstable cast\\noff the mask and now appears in their True Colors So that their opposition\\nmust arise from some other quarter to keep us as whips to drive out every minister that comes among\\nthem, for they are always divided and which side we take must carry the day.\\nDunstable voted to continue the defense and appointed a committee. This committee gave as\\ngood as had been received. It said in part\\nThe complaint is groundless and unreasonable. As to the meeting-house it was owin. to\\nthemselves (the location), for many of them voted to have it where it is and none of them against it.\\nThey so acted and voted for fear it might be moved to a place more ju.st and equal and so they be\\nprevented from being set off to Holies. As in time ])ast so they are now stirred uj) by Holies People\\nand so could it now be obtained to break up and ruin two towns (meaning Dunstahle and Mon.son), it\\nmay be hereafter something of a cover to hide the ini(iuity of Holies and helj) the private interests of\\nmercenar}- persons but can t possably promote the Public Good or help the Interests of these Towns.\\nThe case was argued before the general court and that body was convinced that One Pine Hill\\nand its inhabitants ought no longer to remain a part of Dunstable. An act, .setting them off, was\\npassed Dec. 13, 1763, and thus ended one of the longest and most tenacious town quarrels in the\\nhistory of New England.\\nThe peo])le of Dunstable subinilted (|uietly to their defeat antl for a time gave their attention to\\nother matters. The\\\\ voted, March 4, 1765, that the account of Capt. Nehemiah Lovewell, for\\nopposing One Pine Hill and other service done for the town, amounting to sixty-one pounds, old\\ntenor, be allowed, and June 6 that Jonathan Lovewell be allowed ten shillings for getting the case\\ndepending with Thomas Fessenden continued. At an adjourned meeting one pound five shillings\\nwas voted to Mr. Lovewell for going to Portsmouth to answer Fessenden. Fe.s.senden had preached\\nfor the town and it had declined to pay. The only recorded transactions of the town during the next\\nseven years that lia\\\\e an\\\\- special interest to the jieople of to-day are found in the following condensed\\nexcerps\\nOct. 6, 1767, voted to excu.se persons of other ])ersuasions from pa_\\\\- tax to sui port Rev. Mr.\\nKidder, and at the same meeting,\\noted not to give leave to remove any of the windows of the meeting house, and not to excuse\\nany person of different persuasion from paying to supi)ort the minister, then reconsidered, and", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0597.jp2"}, "598": {"fulltext": "5 76 HISTORY OF NASHUA. N. H.\\nVoted to excuse those who brought a certificate from the minister that they were of a different\\npersuasion.\\nMay 5, 1770: Voted to pay Joseph Whiting for opening and sweeping the meeting-house six\\nshillings for one year.\\nDuring these years the relation between Dunstable and Hollis was a good deal strained. The\\npeople of Dunstable had grievances that time could not heal. They were jealous of Hollis because\\nthe charter of that town ante-dated theirs, and moreover the fact that the people of that town had\\nmeddled in their quarrel with the families at One Pine Hill still rankled in their bosoms. In short,\\nthey were determined to punish their adversary on the first opportunity that offered. The opportunity\\ncame at last. It seems that for many years in fact while they were yet under the jurisdiction of\\nMassachusetts the question of a Ijridge over the Nashua river at a place called Lawrence mills, since\\nknown as Runnell s falls, had been agitated. The town of Dunstable had pursued a waiting\\npolicy. It had successfully dodged the issue. Hollis meanwhile had resorted to all sorts of schemes\\nto build the desired bridge. In 1751 it voted to help build it; in 1756 it pleaded with Dunstable\\nthrough an authorized committee but obtained no satisfaction; in 1760 it petitioned the general court\\nfor a lottery to raise the necessary money, and in 1759 and again in 1761 it called on Dunstable to join\\nwith it. Dunstable did not heed the call. Its vote was in the negative, which is evidence of the\\nsentiments heretofore attributed to her people. Then the town of Hollis, upon being informed of\\ntile indifference of the people of Dun.stable. built a Ijridge, being aided with money subscribed out\\nof town. In 1765 the bridge having probably been carried away in a .spring freshet, Hollis rebuilt\\nand repaired it at a cost of eight hundred pounds. Though often requested Dunstable gave no\\naid and there the matter rested until March, 1772, when Hollis voted to appoint a committee to\\nask for and recover of Dun.stable a share of the cost with power to prosecute if necessary; the\\ncommittee also had power to treat with Dunstable relative to setting off to Hollis the farms of\\nDaniel Merrell, K1)enezer Jaquith and Thomas Jaquith these families being nearer the meeting-\\nhouse in Hollis than to that in Dunstaljle and disposed to contribute to the maintenance of the bridge.\\nDunstable also appointed a committee. On the report, whether verbal or written is not stated in\\nthe records, Dunstable voted at a legal meeting held June 15, 1772, that they would not do any-\\nthing towards building a bridge over the Nashua river at or near Jaquith s mills also voted tliat\\nthey would not annex the land of Daniel Merrel, Ivbenezer Jaquith and Thomas Jaquith in Dunstable,\\nlying on the Nashua river, to the town of Hollis. This curt answer no doubt nettled the people of\\nHollis, but for all that they did not find it necessary to prosecute. On the other hand they bided\\ntheir time with patience and six months later ajipointed another committee. This committee had no\\nbetter success than the first, for it seems b\\\\ the Dunstable records of Feb. i, 1773, the town voted, on\\na propositon to set off the farms of Merrel and Jaquiths, five hundred acres, that it would not agree.\\nJust at this time it was discovered by someone learned in the law that Jaquith s mills were not in\\neither town. There was a defect in the line and neither Hollis nor Dunstable was compelled to main-\\ntain a bridge. The wise men of Old Dun.stable now saw their way out of the woods. The loss of\\nfive hundred acres was as nothing compared with the cost of Ijuilding a Ijridge antl keeping it in re-\\npair for all time to come, and so in a legal meeting held P eb. i, 1773, it was voted to set off the\\nfarms of Merrel and the two Jaquiths to the town of Hollis upon conditions that the town of Dun-\\nstable be forever excused from any future co.st to effect the same or building a bridge at the Nashua\\nriver. Hollis accepted the terms and in May, the same year, the general court legalized the trans-\\naction.\\nBefore passing from the eventful period in which the transactions narrated occurred it will be\\ninteresting to note that in .several j)articnlars the civil government of the eighteenth century was not\\nunlike that with which the people of the nineteenth are familiar. The poor are always with you\\nwas as true then as now and the undercurrent of purpose to avoid town charges the same. The\\nmethods of ye olden tymes, however, was more peremptory and somewhat harsher, as will be seen\\nby the following warrant, which is one of several of like purport spread upon the records\\nProvince of To Thomas Cowen, constable of the Town of Dunstable in the Province of New\\nNew Hampshire. I Hampshire. Greeting.\\nWhereas, Benja Furbush and Mary his wife and three Children under age which is kept in\\ntheir family viz Phebe Sneling and Asa vSneling and Lucy vSneling and John Downs and Mary his", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0598.jp2"}, "599": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. ^-y\\nwife a small Child vi/. Jane Maxwell all laU- ficm a Place called Souhegan Kast in said Province all\\npoor persons and neither freeholders or Inhai)itanls of the Town by Law have come in to this Town\\nto House Keei)inK and to Dwell and at present are residents in a House of Mr. James Gordons with-\\nout any consent of the Town or selectmen and have resided for Twenty four days last past in this\\nTown which they have no Legal Right to do Now then for that they might not become Chargable to\\nthe Town you arc hereby commanded in his Majestys Name forthwith to Notifie and warn the said\\npersons and every one of them that they and each of them Depart out of this Town within fourteen\\ndays next Coming at their Perril and see that you make return of this Warrant and the time of the\\nsaid persons Ivntering and being Warned as aforesaid unto the Court of (Quarter Sessions of the peace\\nof the Province aforesaid.\\nJON.VTII.VN LOVEWEI.!,, 1 o i\\nj^r Selectmen.\\nTlIOM.V.S H.VRWOOD, I\\nDated at Dunstable the thirteenth day of June .\\\\nno Domini 1746.\\nA true copy pr Jox.VTii.\\\\.\\\\ LovKWKi.i. Clerk.\\nThe official return uiicni this warrant, if any was made, is not recorded, but it is presumed that\\nCon.stable Cowen did his duty and that these poor persons were summarily ejected from the town.\\nThis cruel system, however, did not protect the town treasury, for it is recorded a few years later that\\nthe poor among them had to be provided for. The following is a true copy\\nVoted that the Poor of this Town be .set up at andue and be struck off to the lowest bidder for\\na term of one year the .selectmen having the wright to remove them when they think best Ivdward\\nTurrel bid off James Robbins at forty-six cents per week Daniel Lund bill off Mary Kenny for Miss\\nLund at one hundred and forty cents pr week Abraham Hale, Jr bid off Mary Kennys child at thirty-\\neight cents pr week Nathan Fi.sk bid off Dorothy Purkins and is to keej) her clothes as good as they\\nare now and keep her clear of Cost from the Town.\\nLocal quarrels and dissensions, and di.sputes with neighboring towns, ended with the settlement\\nof the Jaquith bridge controversy with Hollis, and in the years that followed they gave freely of their\\ntime, money and blood to establish the independence of the colonies. The cause was near their\\nhearts. They were patriots loyal and true to the Continental army and no sacrifice or hardship\\ndisheartened them. The narrative of events in which they were moving factors is given in another\\nchapter of this work. All therefore that is pertinent in this connection to the civil government of the\\ntown is a few interesting and instructive extracts, orthography corrected, from the records:\\nSept. 13, 1774 Voted eighteen pounds, six shillings, lawful money, to procure ammunition;\\nal.so, voted three pounds to Jonathan Lovewell for going to Portsmouth to petition for liberty to send\\na representative, and for going to Exeter to join in choice of Delegates for a General Congress.\\nJan. 9, 1775: Voted that Jonathan Lovewell, Jo.seph Eayrs and Robert Fletcher be cho.sen\\ndeputies of the town to meet deputies of other towns to choose delegates to represent the Province in\\nContinental Congress to be held in Philadelphia, May lo; also\\nVoted that Samuel Roby, Jonathan Lovewell, Joseph Ivayrs, Benjamin Smith and Josejih\\nWright be a connnittee to see that the result of the late Continental Congress be carried into ])ractice\\nand that all persons in this town conform to it.\\nMarch 6, 1775: oted that Capt. Benjamin French, Jonathan Blanchard and John .Sears be\\nadded to the committee to see that the result of the Continental Congress etc.; also, voted to i)eti-\\ntion the General assembl\\\\- to be excused from paying Provincial tax until given the privilege of\\nrepresentation.\\nApril 3, 1775 oted that there be a school-house built in each of the several school districts,\\n(there were five districts), in the town of Dunstable and that there be a committee of three from each\\ndistrict to fix upon certain places, and procure it for their .school-hou.ses, having regard for distance,\\nand if either committee cannot agree on a place for the house then all of the connnittee, or a majority,\\nshall go and find a certain place for that district and that each di.strict have a proportional part of\\nmoney to build with according as they pay taxes shall agree to build a school-\\nhouse by the first day of October, 1775; also voted that eighty pounds, lawful money, be rai.sed\\nfor building said school-houses.\\nMay 7, 1776 Voted to pay Dea. Thomas T und four shillings for transporting one Aaron and\\nwife and tw-o children from Dunstable to Bedford also \\\\oted to pay Noah Lovewell, Daniel Allds\\n46", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0599.jp2"}, "600": {"fulltext": "578\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H\\nand Benjamin Smith three shillings each for numbering the inha1)itants of the town of Dunstaljle.\\n(The number was three hundred and seventy-six males, three hundred and twenty-nine females, forty\\nmen in the army, seven slaves, total seven hundred and fifty-two.\\nJonathan Blanchard was chosen delegate to the Revolutionary convention at Exeter.\\nMarch 3, 1777: Voted that those men that stayed with Lieut. David Allds at Cambridge at the\\ntime of the Concord fite be paid out of the town treasury the same wages for the time served as\\nthose enlisted in the army, also\\nVoted that thirty pounds be raised for schools, the amount prior to this date Ijeing twenty\\npounds.\\nApril 10, 1777 oted that the town treasurer be and is hereby directed to hire as much money\\nat six per cent per annum as will be wanted to pay the extraordinary expenses of raising the propor-\\ntion of men in the town for the Continental army.\\nJune 2, 1777 Voted one hundred dollars to Joseph Honey, forty dollars to Simeon Butterfield,\\nand sixteen pounds, four shillings to Ebenezer Joseph to make their bounty equal and voted to\\nraise seven hundred and thirty-five pounds, lawful money, to pay the extraordinary expenses of the\\npre.sent war.\\nFeb. 9, 1778; oted to appoint a committee of nine to give Jonathan lyOvewell instructions to\\ncall a full and free representation of this state for the sole purpo.se of framing and laying a permanent\\nplan or system for the future government of this state.\\nSept. 9, 1779 Met for the purpose of taking under consideration the Bill of Rights and plan of\\ngovernment for the state of New Hampshire.\\nSept. 20, 1779: Voted to reject the Bill of Rights.\\nJune ID, 1779: Voted to pay five hundred dollars liounty to each soldier.\\nJune 24, 1779 Voted to raise $1,600 and pay the three Continental soldiers last engaged $1,500\\nof the same.\\nOct. 15, 1779: Voted to pay Lieut. John Lund eiglit pounds, two shillings for enlisting Conti-\\nnental soldiers, also voted to Dea. William Hunt four pounds, eighteen shillings, one penny\\nexpenses for attendance at Concord.\\nJuly 31, 17S0: Voted to raise i,20o, currency now passing, to pa\\\\- what money had been bor-\\nrowed to procure CoiUinental soldiers, also voted to raise ^^4,000, currency now passing, for pro-\\ncuring beef that this town is called upon to send to the Continental ami) also voted to excuse\\nfrom assessment soldiers who have been three years in the service.\\nSept. 10, 1780: Voted 7,000, currency now passing, to procure beef for the Continental army.\\nNov. 23, 1780: Voted to raise 9,400 to discharge the town s obligations to the soldiery, to be\\nassessed in mone)- and grain.\\nMarch 5, 1781: Voted three hundred and twenty-eight pounds, nine shillings, new issue or\\nequivalent, to procure Ijeef for the army, also voted to pay Rev. Mr. Kidder s salary, upon the scale\\nof depreciation, as ordered by the court, the amount being sixty-six pounds, thirteen shillings, and four\\npence in bills of the new issue.\\nJuly 12, 1781 oted that the town treasurer be ordered not to receive the balance due from\\nJoseph French in Continental bills, by reason of the dej^reciation thereof, also voted that David\\nGilson discharge one bushel of rye on his sons obligation from the town at the rate of one hundred\\nand forty dollars for the 1,200 he received, also, voted that the Constable be ordered not to collect\\nany more beet rate and pay back what he had collected.\\nOct. 10, 17S1 oted that fifty-five silver dollars be raised to procure rum for the Continental\\narmy.\\nDec. 18, 1781 Voted that Jonathan Blanchard and ten others be a committee to examine and con-\\nsider the plans of government lately formed for the state and lay their objections before an adjourneil\\nmeeting.\\nJan. 15, 1782 A vote was proposed to see if the town objected against the plans of government\\nlately formed for the state and it unanimously passed in the affirmative, and Col. Noah Lovewell\\nwas chosen delegate to a convention held at Concord.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0600.jp2"}, "601": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. 579\\nMarch 1 1, 17S2: ()le(l to abate Jonathan Powers minister tax in consideration of deafness.\\nApril iS, 17S2: oted that men who work on the highway be allowed four shillings a daj- in\\nthe best i)art of the year, also voted to have the selectmen agree on some person or persons to go\\nin search of William Mann, as they think best.\\nDec. 2;,, 17.S2 Voted that the objections against the Bill of Kiglits and plans of government as\\ndrawn b\\\\ the comnnttee be as it now stands and that the selectmen draw off the objections and .send\\nthe same to Concord, also, voted that Colonel I^ovewell go to Exeter and get all the discount that\\nis due the town for l)ounties paid Continental .soldiers and supplies for their families.\\nJuly 7, 178;,: Voted that the .selectmen be desired to make incjuiry who has served in the war\\nfor the town and liad no consideration and lay a report before the town. (The ])opulation had now\\ndecreased, i)arlly by reason of enlistniLiU in the army, from .seven hundred and three to five hundred\\nand seventy three.)\\nNov. 8, 1783: Voted to dismiss the petition drawn to j)re.sent to the general court, also\\nvoted to pay Benjamin Taylor one pound, seven shillings for a gun lost at Winter Hill.\\nApril 18, 1785: oted to sell .some part of the floor of the meeting-house, upon consideration\\nto be agreetl upon or l)y auction to the highest bidder, and that the money be expended for repairs,\\nand at the same meeting, (the old and ever new trouble):\\nW hereas complaint has been made that sums of money have several times been voted for partic-\\nular purposes, to discharge the town debts, and the selectmen have taken and used a part contrary to\\nappropriation, which has served to mislead the town and create discontent, and if this method should\\nbe continued the accounts cannot be well understood or the debts so agreeably discharged, therefore\\noted that the selectmen do not on any pretence draw or appropriate any money to different\\npurposes, and that they keep proper books.\\nMarch 5, 1787: oted that Mary Harwood be allowed seven pounds, eight shillings for what\\nthis town was benefitted by her late husband in the war, also voted the same, (amount not stated), to\\nthe heirs of William Lund.\\nJan. 10, 17S8: Voted not to accept the constitution, (presumably that of the state.)\\nThe oidy member of the go\\\\ernor s council from the towns formed out of the territory of OKI\\nDunstable was Col. Joseph Blanchard, who .served by appointment from 1741 till his death in 1758.\\nIn 1752, and for some years after, Jonathan Lovewell represented Dunstable and Merrimack in the\\nhouse of representatives, the towns being classed together. In 1762 Dunstable and Hollis were\\nclassed together. The hostile feeling between the people, by reason of the meeting-house and bridge\\ntrouble, asserted itself. The result is thus recorded in the New Hampshire Historical collection, vol-\\nume one, page fifty-seven.\\nFor a number of years after Hollis was incorporated, the two towns were classed together to\\nsend a man to represent them to the general court. Dunstable being the older town, required the\\nElections to be uniforndy held there, until Hollis became most populous, when it was requested by\\nHollis that they should be held in those towns alternately, that Each might have an Equal chance.\\nBut Dunstable did not consent to this proposal. Hollis feeling some resentment, mustered all its\\nforces, leaving at home scarcely man or horse. Previously to this time the person chosen had been\\nuniformly selected from Dunstable. But on this occasion the people of Dunstable, finding they were\\noutnumbered, their town clerk mounted a i)ile of shingles and called on the iidialiitants to bring in\\ntheir votes for Moderator for Dunstable. The town clerk of Hollis mounted another pile and called\\non the inhabitants of Dunstable and Hollis to bring in their votes for Moderator for Dunstable and\\nHollis. The result was that Lovewell, Esq., was declared Moderator for Dunstable and Dea.\\nl rancis Worcester, Moderator for Dunstable and Hollis. Each Moderator proceeded in the same\\nmanner to call the votes for Represenative. Jonathan Lovewell, Esq., was declared chosen to repre-\\nsent Dunstable and Dr. John Hale was declared chosen to represent Dunstable and Hollis. Accord-\\ningly both repaired to Portsmouth to attend the general court. Lovewell was allowed to take his\\nseat and Hale rejected. Hale, however, instead of returning home, took measures to acquaint the\\nlovernor with what had transpired and awaited the issue. It was not long before Secretary Theodore\\nAtkinson came into the House and proclaimed aloud, I have special orders to dissolve this House\\nAccordingly you are dissolved. God save the King.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0601.jp2"}, "602": {"fulltext": "58o HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nIt appears from the Journal of the House that the election of both Lovewell and Hale was set\\naside, and the House inunediateh- dissolved y the Governor. A few days after a second election was\\nheld and Hale returned by the sheriff, and at once obtained his seat without further objection.\\nThe outcome was unsatisfactory to both towns and it does not appear that they affiliated, politi-\\ncally, afterwards. A few years later Dunstable renewed its request for single representation, and, the\\nprivilege being granted, Jonathan Blanchard was chosen to represent the town. Noah Lovewell\\nrepresented the town in 1777 and i77^ William Hunt, 1781; Benjamin I- rench, 1782, no record for\\n1782: Frederick French, 1793, 1795, 1797, 1803, 1805 and 1806; Noah L,ovewell, 1794, 1796 and 1802.\\nThe number of votes b} which the early representatives of the town were elected to office are not\\nrecorded. An idea of the number of freemen who were qualified to take part in public deliberations,\\nhowever, may be gathered from the following, among the first with figures attached, for presidential\\nelectors, Dec. 15, 1785, when Gen. Benjamin Bellows, Gen. Moses Dow, John Dudley and Eben Thomp-\\nson had twenty-nine each, Timothy Farrar, twenty-eight, and Timothy Taylor, one, the last presuma-\\nbly the voter s error in writing his ballot. At the second presidential election, Aug. 27, 1792, but twen-\\nty-two votes were cast, the small number probably being due to busy season with farmers. Six years\\nlater, March, 1800, the total vote of the town as recorded for governor was seventy-six, of which John\\nTaylor Gilman had seventy-three and Timothy Walker, three. Further than this, to the close of the\\ncentury, the records show but little of interest. The people met annually in March and at other times\\nwhen town affairs demanded their attention. They elected officers kept a watchful eye on the schools\\n(which is a reminder that the first mention of a school on the territory now the city proper was at\\nIndian Head, and that this designation of locality occurs but once in the records), paid the minis-\\nter s salary, made appropriations, laid out highways, ordered roads and bridges repaired, sold the\\npoor by auction, lived in peace among themselves and in ostensible friendship with Hollis and other\\nneighboring towns. That they built iijion substantial foundations, and that their virtues far out-\\nshone their faults, is in evidence in the benificent civil government nut alone of Nashua, but of all\\nthe cities and towns of the state which Idesses mankind to-day and is pledged for the future.\\nINDIAN HEAD VILLAGE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 NASHUA VILLAGE.\\nAt the Ijeginning of the present century the settlement on the territory now endjraced in the\\nthickly settled portion of the city proper was called Indian Head \\\\-ilIage. The Iniililings were mostly\\non land contiguous to what is now known as Railroad square, and north antl south of this point was\\npractically a barren wilderness.* Pul)lic affairs, however, were still conducted under the charter of\\nDixnstable and so continuetl until 1837. The population of the whole town was 862 persons. Thomas\\nFrench was town clerk, and Thomas French, Theodore Frencli and David Fiske .selectmen, and so\\nfar as anything appears in the records the people were at peace among themselves and all the world\\nbesides. The Ijusiness transactetl at the annual town meeting in i8co and [or many years afterwards\\nwas mostly of a routine character. It was voted that the town be defaulted in an action brought by\\nRev. Joseph Kidder, and also to sell for thirteen shillings the oak tree near the meeting-house. In\\nNovember, 1802, it was \\\\-oted to hire William Patrick to preach during the ensuing winter. In 1803\\none hundred and twenty-nine votes were cast for governor, a post office was established at the Harbor\\nand the place began to take on the enterprise that has characterized it to this day. The same year\\nthe town voted a call to Mr. Patrick at four hundred ilollars for a settlement and three hundretl\\ndollars a year salary, the conditions being that he should withdraw at any time when two-thirds of\\nthe voters became dissatisfied and that he .should return the amount granted as a settlement if he left\\nwithout the consent of the town. In 1804 the Middlesex canal was opened. In 1805 Daniel Abbot\\nwas to carry on a lawsuit against the town of Acworth, and sold the town pew to Francis Davidson\\nfor one j-ear for five dollars and fifty cents. In 1806 on hulependence day, at the suggestion of Daniel\\nAblKit in an oration at the celebration of the opening of the canal, the village took on the name of\\nNashua village. Jan. 29, 1807, voted to settle Joseph Briggs at two hundred and fifty dollars for a\\nsettlement and five hundred dollars salary. In 1808 voted twenty-five cents bounty for old crows and\\n*A more complete description is given in the revised edition of Fox s history, which is incorporated in this\\nwork.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0602.jp2"}, "603": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 5s i\\nnine cents for young crows. It will llius be seen that so far as the civil government is concerned an\\nera of good feeling, enterprise and prosperity began with the century.\\nAt a meeting of the town, held April 17, 1807, it was stated that the old meeting-house was out\\nof repair and it was proposed to vote to see if the town would rebuild on such a place as a disinter-\\nested committee from out of town should say was convenient for the town, provided free of expense to\\nthe town or that the pew ground should build it. The vote stood thirty-one in favor of the proposi-\\ntion and forty-nine against it. It is evident, from the fact that two or three other votes are recorded\\nrelative to the subject, that con.siderable di.scussion followed. The outcome was a vote to choose a\\ncommittee of three to see where a meeting-house should be built and to hire preaching. The\\nmeeting was adjourned to May 10, when it was voted to .set the meeting-house on Cummings Pol-\\nlard s field, west of the place where it now stands, provided it can be done free of expen.se, and a\\ncommittee of three was appointed to draw plans. Mr. Pollard offered the land as a gift. Another\\nmeeting was held May 29, when it was voted to accept the plans presented by the committee and\\nrequest Willard Marshall to give a jjiece of land adjoining the land accepted from Mr. Pollard, for a\\ncommon. Mr. Marshall gracefully acceded to the request. It was then voted to sell pews according\\nto numbers on the plan and close a contract with anybody who could be found who would build for\\nthe sum thus pledged, the builders to have the rest of the pew ground. Willard Marshall, Thomas\\nFrench and Daniel Abbot were chosen building committee. It is probable that no one desired to\\nmake such a contract, for, Aug. 2.S, the town reconsidered all votes relative to a meeting-house and\\ndropped the subject.\\nThe only item of interest in town affairs in 1810 was a vote to pay fifty dollars for a singing school.\\nThe old subject came up again, however, at a special meeting on Jan. 12, 181 1, when the (juestion,\\nWill },-ou build a meeting-house in this town? was decided in the affirmative by a vote of forty-two\\nto eight, and two committee.? one to locate the same and the other to receive proposals were chosen.\\nThese connnittees reported May 11, and it was voted that the site be near the pound place on land of\\nWillard Marshall and that five acres of land, on both sides of the road, be secured for a common*.\\nJohn Lund, Thomas French, Daniel Abbot, Samuel Preston and Willard Marshall were chosen to\\nplan the building. It was then voted to pay pew owners five dollars each for the right to dispose of\\nthe old meeting-house, and to appropriate one hundred dollars to hire Rev. Joseph Kidder to preach\\nsuch length of time as he thought proper for that amount. At an adjourned meeting James T. Lund\\nproposed to build a town meeting-house for five hundred dollars and the old hou.se and to complete\\nthe same one year from Septenrber. His proposal was accepted and Thomas French, Thomas Lund,\\nJr., William F. Boynton, Daniel Abbot and Israel Hunt were appointed building committee. Aug.\\nII, a meeting was held at Jesse Estey s stable when it was voted to build fifty-two feet wide, sixty\\nfeet in length and leave it to the committee which will be best, to have pillars or portico or to have it\\nboarded up and clapboarded. John Epes and John Whittle were added to the committee. Aug. 2,\\n1812, the town voted one hundred and twenty dollars for a bell, provided the same amount was sub-\\nscribed by the people, and fifteen dollars for lightning rods. Oct. 2, voted twenty-two dollars and\\nfifty cents towards paj ing for the bell, to purchase pew number two for the minister, to hire a man to\\nring the bell, to accept the report of the building committee and to make arrangements for a dedica-\\ntion. The dedication occurred Nov. 4, the sermon lieing preached by Rev. Humphrey Moore, I). I).,\\nof Milford. It will thus be seen that the second jniblic liuilding in Old Dunstal)le was located and\\nbuilt without the usual friction that accompanies such undertakings.\\nDuring the twent3 -fi\\\\-e years that followed nothing occurred to disturb the peace and (|uict of the\\npeople. Prosperity attended them. The Nashua and Jackson conqianies canals and mills, two or\\nthree important bridges, several church edifices and many dwelling-houses were built, newspapers\\nwere established, the poor sold annually at auction, and many resources of wealth developed. A brief\\nsunnnary, however, of a few of the transactions of the town will not be found uninteresting. In 181,^\\nRev. Ebenezer Peck Sperry was settled at three hundred dollars for a settlement and five hundred\\ndollars salary, and it was voted to pa five dollars a month to men in the army, in addition to the gov-\\nernment jiav. In 1815 it was voted to make up the pay of all volunteers to fifteen dollars jier month\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Thu ineetiug-house was luiiU on this site, which is occupied :il Ihis liiiu- li\\\\ Ililaiul A. Holt s iluc-lliiiij-housi-, his\\ncarriatre-housc staniliii over the old foundatioii.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0603.jp2"}, "604": {"fulltext": "582 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nto appropriate $1,000 for schools and have the bell rung at twelve, noon, nine in the evening and on\\nall public days. The first hearse was purchased by the town in 1822 and a house built for the same.\\nIn 1824 the town voted on the question, Whether the shire town should be Amherst or Mont Ver-\\nnon, one hundred and ninety to four in favor of the former also voted to pay teu cents an hour for\\nlabor on the highways. In 1826 the first firewards were appointed, and it was voted not to pay Not-\\ntingham twelve dollars for burying William Phillips. Under date of April 27, 1827, the selectmen,\\nStephen Kendrick, Eleazer F. Ingalls and Caleb Pearson, complained to Clifton Claggett, judge of\\nprobate, that Simon L. Phelps, by excessive drinking, idleness and vicious habits doth waste,\\nspend and lessen his estate and so neglect his business as to expose himself and family to want and\\nsuffering therefore they desired a guardian appointed. This was the usual method of dealing for\\nmanv years afterward witli those who drank to excess. It is mentioned here from the fact that it is\\nthe first case of the kind upon the town records. The first town report ordered spread upon the\\nrecords was for the year 1829. The first printed report was by the selectmen of Nashua in 1837, the\\nsame being a summary of the affairs of 1836, the last year the town was known as Dunstable. It is\\ninteresting to note in this connection that the legal existence of Old Dunstable covered a period of\\nninety-one years that in the beginning the total amount of money raised by taxation was about two\\nhundred and fifty dollars, and at the end $12,903.63 that the debt and overdraft the last year by\\nreason of rebuilding the Main street bridge, which was necessitated by the construction of the Jackson\\ncompany s dam was $3,282.32. It is also an interesting fact that the inhabitants had increased from\\nabout sixty families of rising three hundred persons to 2,105 males, 2,960 females, a total of 5,056;\\ntotal number of scholars from sixty, approximately, to 1,256.\\nThat the people of Old Dun.stable were patriots who gave freely of their blood and treasure to\\nestablish American independence there is abundant evidence. Their country was their pride and they\\ncelebrated its natal day in an enthusiastic manner. The last general celebration in the old town\\ntook place July 4, 1835. The Declaration of Independence was read b^- Benjamin F. French, and an\\noration delivered by John Louis Clark. The civic procession, marshalled by Col. Thomas G. Banks,\\nand escorted by the Nashua Guards, Capt. Charles T. Gill, must have been a brilliant sight, for in\\nline were the female operatives of the mills, clothed in white, and thirty-four of the survivors of the\\nWar of the Revolution. The venerable patriots, supported by staves and crutches, joined the pro-\\ncession at the Indian Head coffee house and marched through the route to the oval, (then a shad}\\ngrove in Factory street), where the literary exercises were held. The list is as follows;\\nJonathan Woodward, Dunstable, Mass., 96; James Crossman, Mason, 92; Isaac Wright, Dun-\\nstable, Mass., 81 Joshua Pierce, Hudson, 71; Joshua Palmer, Dunstable, 73; Thaddeus Wilson,\\nDunstable, 70; Eleazer Fisk, Dunstable, 75; Nathaniel Merrill, Medford, 72; John Odall, Merri-\\nmack, 73 Daniel Bailey, Hollis, 80; Seth Cutter, Pelham, 77 Isaac Marshall, Dunstable, 76; Jacob\\nMarch, Londonderry, 75 Daniel Anderson, Londonderry, 78 Jacob Nutting, Londonderry, 88\\nPhinehas Holden, Brookline, 70; Silas Howard, Milford, 78; Ephraim Goss, Amherst, 69 Robert-\\nson Lakin, Amher.st, 72 Timothy Randall, Amherst, 72 Nathan F isk, Dunstable, 71 Israel Hunt,\\nDunstable, 77 Joseph Greeley, Hollis, 78 Benjamin vSprague, Bedford, 83 Jonas Woods, Dun-\\nstable, 76 William French, Dunstable, Mass., S3; Jonas French, Dunstable, Mass., 77; Edmund\\nTenney, Pelham, 79 Hugh Moone, Amherst, 69 Col. Solomon White, Roxbury, 81 John Field,\\nMei-rimack, 80 Joseph Crosby, Amherst, 82 Lot Spalding, Hollis, 73 Thomas Cheney, Derry, 80.\\nThe connnittee of arrangements for this crowning event in the history of Old Dunstable for it\\nwas then foreshadowed that the name was to be changed to Nashua were David Gillis, Albert\\nMcKean, William P. Abbot, Mark W. Merrill and William P. Newell; the assistant marshals, Har-\\nvey F. Courser and John Flagg the committee to prepare toasts, John M. Hunt, George Y. vSaw\\\\er\\nand John Eayrs. Dinner was served at the Washington house and the survivors of the Revolution\\nwere the only guests. It was a great event.\\nOld Dunstable was represented in the legislature in 1801, 1803 and 1804 (the names of those\\nprior to this date being given, in this chapter, in closing the eighteenth century) by Theodore\\nFrench 1802, Noah Lovewell 1807, Zaccheus Lovewell 1810, iSn, 1812 and 1821, Daniel Abbot\\n1815, Timothy Taylor 1816 to 1824, Jesse Bowers; 1825 to 1829, Benjamin F. French 1826, Benja-\\nmin F. French and Eleazer F. Ingalls; 1S27, Eleazer F. Ingalls and William Boardman 1828, Lsrael\\nHunt, Jr. and Moody D. Lovewell; 1829, Benjamin F. French and James Osgood; 1830, Moody D.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0604.jp2"}, "605": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OA NASHUA, N. H. 583\\nLovewell and Charles G. Atherton 1831, James Osgood and Josiah Fletcher (died before taking\\nhis seat); 1832, Ivleazer V. Ingalls and Robert Anderson; 1833, Charles G. Atherton and Moody D.\\nLovewell; 1834 and 1835, Moody D. Lovewell, Charles G. Atherton and Zebediah Shattuck 1836,\\nCharles G. Atherton, Ik-njaniin L. Jones and Zebediah .Shattnck.\\nTHE TOWNSHIP OF NASHUA.\\nThe reader will ha\\\\c noted that in the thirty years preceding affairs now under consideration\\nNashua \\\\-illage had grown from a sparse settlement to the central jioint of business and population.\\nFor more than twenty years ol this period merchants and the public generally had suffered inconven-\\nience by reason of two Dunstables side by side. Travelers were confused, and mail matter and\\nmerchandise often went astray. Under these conditions it seemed a necessity for one of the towns to\\n.seek a change of name. The people both sides of the line were unwilling to make the change.\\nTho.se residing in New Hampshire felt that they had the best claim. The first settlement was here.\\nIts honorable history in peace and war, its traditions and associations were mostly theirs, and they\\nwere loth to give them up. The people of t other Dunstable entertained the same view, and\\nalthough often requested to take another name its leading citizens tacitly agreeing at one time to be\\nknown as Massapoag they steadily procrastinated. The situation became annoying, and finally, at\\na town meeting held in the early autumn of 1836, the selectmen were instructed to apjilv to the\\nlegislature for relief. The selectmen John Eayrs, Perlej Foster and Eleazer Barrett carried out\\nthe instructions of the town in good faith by obtaining the following enactment:\\nBe it enacted by the .senate and house of representatives in general court convened: That the\\ntown of Dunstable in the county of Hillsborough shall, from and after the thirty-first day of\\nDecember in the j-ear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, be called and known in\\nlaw h\\\\ the name of Nashua.\\nApproved Dec. 8, 1836. Ls.v.vc Hill, Governor.\\nThe new town started off with a debt of $3,819.19. Its annual appropriation, including $3,000\\nfor schools, was about $13,000. The meetings of the town were held in churches, and, as was unan-\\nimously agreed, the crying need of the town was a town house. The matter was talked up among\\nthe citizens in an informal way, and, at a meeting held Oct. 29, 1838, discussed for determined action.\\nFinally, on motion of Aaron F. Sawyer, it was voted expedient to remove the old South meeting-\\nhouse the house which was dedicated in 18 12 to some convenient site in Nashua village, and Jesse\\nBowers, Jacob Hall, Elijah Colburn, George Y. Sawyer and James Patterson were chosen a committee\\nto see about the expense and a location. At the same meeting the selectmen were instructed to\\nconfer with owners of the pews, take into consideration ownership of the bell, ascertain probable\\namount of damages and report back. At a subsequent meeting the selectmen reported that thej- had\\nconferred with the pew holders and that thirty-four could be equitably settled with, three refused to\\nassent and two wanted further time that the bell belonged to the house and the house belonged to\\nthe town. George Y. Sawyer reported for the special committee. He stated the report being here\\ncondensed that several citizens had made propositions to sell lots to the town and that the commitee\\nhad thought it expedient to give the proprietor of the lot selected ownership of the basement of the\\nbuilding for stores owner of land to lay the foundation, set underpining and place stone steps at the\\ndoors. Thomas Chase made the most liberal terms for his lot, corner of Main and Pearl streets, and\\nthe committee had made a contract with him subject to the approval of the town.\\nThe report of the committee mild as it appears on the records proved the entering wedge of a\\ncontroversy that lasted fifteen years, and to some extent handicapped for many years more the growth\\nand prosperity of the city. In fact it was the history of the old Dunstable meeting-house quarrel\\nrepeated and intensified. The residents of the north side of the river declared that they were not\\nrepresented on the committee. They averred that the location was unjust, called attention to the fact\\nthat Railroad square was the hub, and inasmu-ch as they were the heaviest taxpayers, and for many\\nother reasons, including the convenience of the public, their wish to have the town house located\\namong them should be respected. The residents on the south side of the ri\\\\er were ecjually emphatic\\nin expressing their views. They claimed that they were actuated by the purest of motives; they\\nwere looking to the future, and, finall\\\\-, when goaded to extravagance of language, they informed", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0605.jp2"}, "606": {"fulltext": "5^4 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\ntheir dissatisfied fellow-citizens that they would not onl locate the building to suit their own\\nconvenience, hut that they would compel them to help pay for it. No further action was taken at\\nthis time. The meeting adjourned and the subject Ijecame a town topic, engendering ill feeling to\\nthe extent that there was very little social intercourse between the people on the north and south\\nsides of the river during the winter that followed:\\nAt the annual town meeting March 25, 1839, it was resolved that a committee be appointed to\\nin |uire into the subject of removing the old vSouth meeting-hon.se and remodeling it so as to make a\\nconvenient town hou.se, and also the subject of building a new town house, estimate the expense of\\neach subject separately and all other matters connected therewith. Charles F. Gove, George Y.\\nSawyer, Israel Hunt, Jr., George Tuttle, Aaron C. Bagley and John Crombie were reported as a\\ncommittee. This action precipitated another heated discussion in which former arguments were\\nrepeated and fuel added to the fire. The south-siders, however, hesitated about carrying out\\ntheir programme. They were ably led by Mr. Saw} er and had the requisite number of votes to\\naccomplish their scheme, but the belligerent opposition of Daniel Abbot, Charles F. Gove, Charles J.\\nFox and a score of other north-siders deterred them from action. The records of the town for the\\nnext two years make no mention of a report from the committee. They are silent on the subject, and\\nthe newspapers of that day throw no light on the controversy. It is certain though that both sides\\nwere active and quarrelsome and determined that overtures of peace should not be entertained or\\nconcessions made. Thus matters stood for two years, the enmit\\\\- increasing in bitterness; families\\nbecoming divided and the outside world looking and wondering what next. In fact the situation, as\\nrecited by an old resident, was a constant discomfort to the mind, a disturbance to mercantile affairs,\\nan affliction to the churches and a bar to social good fellowship. But few people would cross the\\nriver to attend places of public worship or for any other purpose when not absolutely necessary, they\\nwould not dance on each others territory and it was next door to treason to trade with each other.\\nThis phase of the wrangle la.sted two j-ears, the north-siders meantime subscribing about $4,700\\nfor the purchase of the site on which Greeley block now stands, and offering to deed it as a gift to\\nthe town, or, if more acceptable, they would purcha.se and deed free of expense the lot on which\\nWhiting block now stands. The offer was spurned and they were again informed that the house\\nwould be built on the south side of the river and they would be compelled to help pay for it. Thus\\nmatters stood on March 5, 1842, when the opponents met in town meeting, in the Olive Street church\\nedifice, and precipitated a fight for the supremacy. Of that battle royal there is no abstract report in\\nexistence. George Y. Sawyer, then in the beginning of his career, one of the ablest debaters in\\nNew Hampshire, led the south-siders. Israel Hunt, Jr., and Leonard W. Noyes gave him prompt\\nand efficient support, while less conspicuous citizens contributed their views. The gist of their\\narguments was that the tendency of growth in villages and cities was southward, that the great mills\\nwere on the .south side of the river and in time the plain (heretofore mentioned as Watanenock neck)\\nwould be thickly populated, hence the desirability of selecting a site that would become central in\\nthe near future. The north-siders were led by Charles F. Gove, Daniel Abbot and Charles J. Fox,\\nthree able men, assisted by William Boardman, Josiah G. Graves and others. These gentlemen\\nrepeated arguments heretofore indicated and affirmed that if they must cross the river to attend town\\nmeeting, the old South meeting-house was as satisfactory as an}- place south of the bridge. More-\\nover, they would present the town with the lot at the head of Main street or at the corner of Franklin\\nstreet, and Rev. Andrew E. Thayer, a substantial north-sider who had taken an active part in the\\ndiscussion, offered to give a lot eighty-three feet front and one hundred feet deep on Main street,\\nseventeen rods north of the bridge. The discussion, says one of the newspapers of that day,\\nlasted nearly a day and a half, and it was decided by a vote of five hundred and eighty-two to three\\nhundred and ninet\\\\--six that it should be on the south side of the river, between Pearl street and the\\nbridge. (The outcome of this discussion and decision is gi\\\\-en under the head: The Township of\\nNashville).\\nThe official records of this exciting meeting are very brief. On the first day the town voted to\\nbuild a town house and approjiriate $10,000 for that purpose, no mention being made of the site.\\nThe resolution that was discussed on the two subsequent daj S, and which, being passed, divided the\\ntown, was: that a committee be appointed to negotiate for and purchase a lot of land for a town\\nhouse, which lot shall be situated in the village between the Nashua ri\\\\-er on the north and Pearl", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0606.jp2"}, "607": {"fulltext": "f /STORY OF NASHUA, N. If. 5S5\\nstreet 011 the smith, and lolhiwiiii; its ])assage Mr. Sawyer was authorized to carry out llie will of\\nthe town, and Leonard W. Noyes, Thomas Chase, Israel Hunt, Jr., Samuel Shepherd, who was the\\narcliitect of the building, and Franklin l^ Ietcher were cho.sen as a building conunittee. The records\\nshow that these gentlemen were selected because their sjinpathies and residences were on the south\\nside, the first committee named being rejected because one or two north-siders were named upon it.\\nThe meeting adjourned in bad temper, the hostility of the north-siders being of the mo.st unconi-\\nproniising character.\\nA few weeks later it was discox-ered that S 10,000 would not jnirchase the lot selected the same\\nthat the City Hall building now .stands upon and that building being the identical structure of 1842\\nand complete the undertaking, and conse iuently at a special meeting of the town, Aug. 19, the same\\nyear, it was voted that the committee purchase the land and erect a building thereon, ])rovide(l the\\nsame may be completed in all its parts not to exceed $i.S,ooo. It would apjK-ar, however, that the\\nsouth-siders were mil (|uile satisfied with themselves, for at this meeting Dr. Micah l^ldredge moved\\nthat a committee be apjjointed to confer with a committee from Nashville relative to a reunion,\\nand it does not appear that there was a dissenting voice. The conunittee was Jesse Bowers, Micah\\nEldredge, C.ustine Marsliall, Thomas W. Gillis, Josephus Baldwin, Tliomas Chase and Martin\\nCrafts. (The sequel to this resolution is given in Nashville s histor_\\\\-.\\nTlie e.xact date on which the corner-stone of the town house was laid is not disco\\\\ered b\\\\- the\\nwriter. It was laid, however, with the usual civil and religious ceremon\\\\-. In an excavation of\\na stone under the northeast corner is deposited, in a zinc or lead box, a jilate with the date, names of\\nthe building conunittee, architect, a large collection of documents of all kinds, newspapers, re])orts\\nof various institutions, law, etc., together with specimens of American coin. prayer was offered\\nby Rev. Au.stin Richards, and an address, appropriate to the occasion and the circumstances, was\\nmade by the Rev. Dura D. Pratt. There is no record of a dedication.\\nMeanwhile thoughtful residents of Nashua, for there were now two towns, were suffering with a\\ntroubled conscience. They had evidently come to the conclusion that they had overshot the mark\\nand were in condition of mind suited to a compromise. Accordingly at the town meeting in March,\\n1843, it was voted, without division, that Jesse Bowers, Franklin Fletcher and John M. Hunt visit\\nthe legislature and urge a reunion of the towns, failing in which to seek a better settlement, and a\\nnew line by the Nashua river. This committee was opposed by Charles F. Gove and Charles J. Fox,\\nand all its efforts came to nought. The line remained unchanged and Nashua was compelled to\\nsettle on the basis of Nashville s charter.\\nThe years that followed, before the towns were united under a citj* charter, were filled with\\nturmoil. The troubles summarized as existing from 1839 to 1842 became intensified, and every enter-\\nprise calculated to advance the interest of the towns was handicapped. The debt and rate of\\ntaxation in Nashua caused the promoters of new industries to hesitate in their investment of capital,\\nand many who were desirous of settling here were deterred by the belligerency with which they were\\nattacked by one side or the other. There was no peace. Both sides of the Nashua river was fighting\\nground and woe betide the unaccompanied boy who strayed from his own bailiwick. He was sure to\\nreturn to his kindred w itli torn clothes and bruised flesh. Military and fire companies were not on\\nfriendly terms, the police were powerless after the middle of the bridge was passed, and even those of\\nwhom better things were expected exhibited a feeling of jealousy and resentment. This condition\\nof affairs became so serious that in 1853 wiser counsel prevailed, and, a city charter having been\\nobtained, it w-as voted, Sept. 17, four hundred and sixt5^-eight to three hundred and thirty-four, to\\nunite with Nashville. The town of Nashua was represented in the legislature in 1837 by Benjamin\\nL. Jones, George W. Baglej-, Hugh Jameson and Charles J. Fox in 1S3S and 1839 by Daniel Abbot,\\nStephen Kendrick, George Y. Sawyer and Silas Butterfield in 1S40 and 1841 by George Y. Sawj er,\\nIsaac Spalding, Albin Beard and Josephus Baldwin in 1842, by Ivconard W. Noyes, Abner Andrews\\nanil Anthony Gage; 1843, Josephus Baldwin 1844,110 election; 1845, Thomas Chase, William F.\\nLawrence, Isaac Spalding and Aaron F. Sawyer; 1S47, George Y. Sawyer, Isaac Spalding, John H.\\nGage and F,van B. Ilanimoiid; 1848, George Y. Sawyer, Jefferson Rockwood, Nahuni Williams and\\nEvan B. Haiiiiuoiul; 1849, Edmund Parker, Nahum Williams, Jefferson Rockwood and Aaron F.\\nvStevens; 1S50, Aaron F. Stevens, Malachi V. Dodge, Jr., Samuel F. Wright and lulmund Parker;\\nconstitutional convention, lulmund Parker, George Y. Sawj er, Isaac Spalding and Leonard W.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0607.jp2"}, "608": {"fulltext": "5 86 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nNo) es; 1851, George Y. Sawyer, vSamuel F. Wright, David Baldwin and I dniund Parker; 1852,\\nDavid Baldwin, Charles K. Whitne3% Malachi F. Dodge, Jr., and Isaac Spalding; 1S53, not repre-\\nsented. The records of the town were closed under date of Sept. 19, 1853, Charles T. Ridgway\\nbeing the last town clerk.\\nTHE TOWNSHIP OF N.4SHViLLE.\\nThe declaration of the vote that located the Nashua town house between the Main street bridge\\nand Pearl street, together with the boastful spirit of the victor, wrought the opponents of the site up\\nto a state of mind bordering on frenzy. They felt, considering their liberal proposition to furnish a\\nbuilding lot free of expense to the town, that they had been wronged, and, following their return to\\nthe north side of the river, gathered in groups and discussed their defeat in language that was neither\\nparliamentary nor complimentary to their south-side fellow-citizens. In fact their disaffection was so\\ngreat, and their determination not to submit so uncompromising that arrangements were made at once\\nto hold an indignation meeting on the evening of the same day. The meeting was called at Greeley s\\nhall and it was organized with Daniel Abbot, chairman, and Solomon Spalding, secretar}\\nRemarks setting forth the grievances of which they complained in consequence of the illiberal\\nand proscriptive course pursued by a majority of the citizens of Nashua living on the north side of the\\nriver, were made by the chairman, Charles F. Gove, Charles J. Fox and others and a committee of\\nfive was rai.sed to prepare a statement of facts and suitable resolutions expressive of the sentiment\\nand feelings of the meeting. The report of that committee was unanimously adopted at a meeting\\nheld on the following Saturday evening.\\nThis report (vide town records in city vault) recites the troubles already recorded, and in sarcas-\\ntic and indignant language arraigns the people of the south side of the river as t) rants and\\nrobbers, governing by the principle that might makes right, taxing without representation, and\\npursuing a course of oppression and injustice, of insult and selfishness without precedent. In\\nfact they denounced their fellow-citizens as engaged in a conspiracy to depri\\\\-e them of their rights,\\nand declared that they would not submit to the high-handed and arbitrary course of would-be\\ndictators. The report closes in these words To all such we bear no ill-will but if we cannot live\\ntogether in peace, enjoying equal rights, let us then separate in peace. For those few who have\\nlabored so hard to excite hostility and jealousy, we wish no worse punishment than their own evil\\npassion. Retribution will overtake them. We have asked nothing but what every candid man will\\nsay is reasonable and equitable, a fair and full hearing, and no proscription, and if this is to be denied\\nthe rights and feelings of five hundred voters who pay nearly or quite one-half of the taxes of the\\ntown shall not be trampled upon with impunity. The points of this report were condensed into a\\nseries of nine resolutions and adopted by the meeting.\\nThat the north-side residents were desperately in earnest is evidenced bj- the fact that on Monday\\nevening, the fourteenth, they met again, and, after many and vigorous expressions of indignation\\nvoted to draft a petition and obtain signatures to be presented to the legislature on the first\\nWednesday in June, for a division of the town. Perley Foster, Zebediah Shattuck, Solomon\\nSpalding, John Flagg and Robert Moore were chosen as a committee to carry out the will of the\\nmeeting, and also to notify in writing the selectmen of the town of the action taken. The petition\\nwas signed by William Boardman and four hundred and seventy-six others, and in due time pre-\\nsented to the legislature. Franklin Pierce, afterwards president of the United States, was secured\\nas counsel by the petitioners, and George Y. Sawyer, afterwards a member of the New Hampshire\\njudiciary, appeared for the remonstrants: Leonard Roby and five hundred and twenty-nine others.\\nHeretofore so far as discoverable upon the surface politics had played no part in the contro-\\nversy. It had been a town house fight and nothing else. Now unless the memory of old residents\\nis at fault, and the impression conveyed between the lines deceptive party lines were drawn.\\nNashua was a Whig town. Prominent non-resident Democrats conceived the idea that favors\\nbestowed upon the petitioners would naturally attract them to that party. The legislature was\\nDemocratic. Mr. Gove and Mr. Fox were Democrats. Mr. Pierce was a Democrat. Under these\\nconditions Mr. Sawyer, a Whig (even though ably seconded by Leonard W. Noyes* and other\\nCol. Noyes was so chagrined by this unwarranted turn of affairs that he eschewed politics for the rest of his\\nlife. In fact he would not even consent to be the candidate of his party, which was equivalent to an election, for the\\nfirst niavorality nf the united towns under a citv charter.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0608.jp2"}, "609": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 587\\nWhif^^s), was powerless. The intliience of the {(inner Iriuiniihed and a charter was obtained for a\\nnew town under the name of Nashville. The charter granted the petitioners all the rights and\\njirivileges a town may exercise under the laws of the state, imposed all the responsibilities, made\\nprovisions for a division of the propert) of the oUl town, and fi.ved the rates of liability on del)ts. It\\nwas signed by Gov. IIenr\\\\- Hubbard, June 2},, 1842, and the town was organized at a meeting held at\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0reeley hall, July ir, William lioardman calling it to order and Daniel Abbot being elected mod-\\nerator. The first otTicers of the the town were: Charles F. Gove, Fordyce M. Stinson, Albert\\nMcKean, Thomas Pearson and James Roby, selectmen; Alfred Greeley, treasurer, and Robert Moore,\\ntown clerk. The organization was perfected by the choice of a superintending school committee and\\nminor officers.\\nThe town of Nashville was now fairly- launched and ready for any battle that Nashua might\\ndesire to fight. Na.shua, however, was no longer in a belligerent mood. Its thoughtful citizens\\nrealized that their \\\\ictory was barren of results, that the people of Nashville had downed them and\\nthe town house site was insignificent compensation for the loss they had sustained. Moreover,\\nfriendships were broken, church affiliation disturbed to the detriment of the cause of religion,\\nbusiness interrupted, social intercourse abandoned and an enmity aroused among their young people,\\nall of which augured ill for the future. The people of Nashville although they would not admit as\\nnuich suffered from like promptings of conscience and hardships, while rivalry, jealousy and discord\\non lioth sides of the ri\\\\er were of such a nature that capitalists hesitated when industrial enterprises\\nwere considered. This undesirable picture, the result of four j-ears of contention, was now com-\\npletely developed, and although Nashua had exhibited penitence, and held out the olive Ijranch by\\nrequesting, without a dissenting vote, a reunion, Nashville was obdurate and uncompromising, and,\\nOctober, 1S42, postponed action on a motion made by Mr. Abbot, that a committee be appointed to\\nconfer with a committee appointed on the part of Nashua in regard to reunion. We wish never\\nagain to be united with the town of Nashua, was the language of the opposition as voiced in a\\nmotion by Eleazer T. Merrill, which resolution, on the suggestion of Mr. Abbot, was rejected. At\\nthis meeting it was voted to build a town house and a committee was appointed for that purpose, but\\nno house was built.\\nIn 1843 the town cast four hundred and eight votes. Its receipts were $5,816, and its expendi-\\ntures $5,486. Hatred of south-si lers was still the ruling passion, no friendship the one desire of their\\nhearts. At the annual meeting, March 14, the request of Nashua for reunion was again considered\\nand, that the matter might be emphatically and forever settled to use the language of a resident\\nof that day, the roll of the town was called and every man put on record. The result was the smiting\\nof the hand extended over the river by a vote of three hundred and sevent\\\\--seven to seventeen.\\nThe spreading of the names upon the minutes of the meeting under yea and nay captions, for the\\nfirst and only time in the history of Dunstable, Na.shua, and Na.shville, shows conclusively that the\\nspirit of peace was not permitted an abiding place in JSTashville.\\nThe chagrin of the peojile of Nashua over the outcome of their effort at reunion was in a large\\nmeasure concealed. They grieved and yet bethought themselves to make one more effort instruct-\\ning their selectmen to seek reunion through the legislature, failing in which they were to (jbtain\\nbetter terms in the matter of a division of the public property. The old forces, howexer, were allied\\nagainst them, consequently they were compelled to settle as directed in the Nashville charter. It was\\na bitter cup, and accompanied h\\\\ taunts that superinduced a revengeful spirit. While in this condi-\\ntion of mind the}- conceived the idea that Nashville had no use for a town farm in Nashua or the old\\nsouth meeting-house, and, as they were to be sold at auction, thej- would therefore refrain from bid-\\nding. I he lending men in Nashville were agreed among themselves that the farm was just as handv\\nfor them as a town as it was when they were citizens of Nashua and therefore made arrangements to\\nforce Nashua to ])ay a good ])rice for it or lose it to Nashville at less than its value. They facetiously\\nboasted as much, and Nashua, being deceived by their sh;ir]) jiractice and therefore bidding cautiously\\nwas trapped. Nashville got the farm the same that is now owned l)y the city at aljout half its\\nvalue. The same tactics i)revailed when the meeting-house was sold. Na.shville got it at her own\\nprice, and, having no use for it, sold the bell to the church in I .rookline and the edifice to a contractor\\nwho razed it and used the lumber in building a dwelling-house at Indian Head. These and other\\ntransactions of little significance from an historic standpoint added to the estrangement between", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0609.jp2"}, "610": {"fulltext": "588\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nthe rival towns and engendered more of hatred hatred, envy and malice, that seethed and burned\\nfor ten years and the effects of which cropped out now and then in the four decades that followed\\nwitness several acrimonious debates over the removal of the postoffice from a site a few rods south of\\nthe bridge, locating the soldiers and sailors monument north of Railroad square, choosing a site for\\na city library and other material and immaterial transactions.\\nAside from facts heretofore stated the records of the town furnish very little of general interest.\\nOfficers, of course, were chosen annually, a new bridge was built over the Nashua river east of the\\nmills of the Jackson company, the Amherst street cemetery was instituted and a hearse purchased, a\\nschool house built at Mount Pleasant, (the lot being the gift of Daniel Abbot), a corduroy road con-\\nstructed at the willows, police and fire regulations adopted, ordinances passed and other business\\nincidental to town government transacted.\\nTown meetings were held in Greeley hall,\\nthe Baptist and Unitarian church edifices,\\nand, commencing in 1850, in Franklin hall.\\nIn 1S45 it was again voted to build a town\\nhouse, and in 1847 a conunittee was ap-\\npointed for that jnirpose. There is no\\nrecord of a report by the committee, but\\nFeb. 22, 1850, the town contracted with the\\nNashua Lowell railroad whereby Frank-\\nlin hall was to be used for town purposes\\ntor a period of fifty years on payment of\\none hundred and twenty dollars annually.\\n(The contract is still in force, 1897.) The\\ncensus of the town, 1849, gave the popula-\\ntion at 1,104 niale, 1,533 female, seven hundred and thirty-six scholars, and the report shows that it\\nwas free from debt. The people of Nashville, however, mellowed at last. They wearied of the never\\nceasing quarrel, and they sighed for relief from the hundred and one disturbing influences that burden\\nthe mind and destroy usefulness. In fact it became plain to them that the growth and prosperity\\nof the towns was dependent upon concerted enterprise, and the more thej thought the matter over\\nthe more reconciled they became to reunion. Under the lead of citizens whose names are given in\\nanother connection, public sentiment was quickly crystalized in the affirmative and on Sept. 17, 1853,\\nit was voted two hundred and forty-seven to one hundred and fifteen to accept a city charter.\\nThe town was represented in the legislature in 1843 by William Boardman and Albert McKean\\n1844, Albert McKean and Eleazer T. Merrill 1845, Ziba Gay and William Wetherby 1S46, Ziba\\nGay and Albin Beard; 1S47, Albin Beard and Franklin Foster: 1848, Edmund Parker and Daniel\\nAbbot; 1S49, Abraham Mitchell and Fordyce M. Stinson 1850, David Robinson and Albin Beard;\\n1851 and 1S52, Solomon R. Bullard and William S. Atwood 1853, no election. Robert Moore was\\nclerk of the town ten years, John N. Barr one year, and Levi McKean the last year, the latter closing\\nthe records Oct. 4, 1853.\\n^si^^ss^i^i^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0UMMBKOH\\n^i^^^^^^^^^^K\\n^^^KLt^^JL M. A^^^^^\u00c2\u00bb^\\nsw^HB^R\\nL .s^^ifl^^^H\\n^^^^^S\\n0^f^\\n^^\u00c2\u00bbiS^\\n1\\nTu.\\\\\\\\.\\\\\\\\.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiiK wir.i.ows.\\nTHE CITY OF NASHUA.\\nThe first suggestion relative to the reunion of the towns under a city charter, as remembered by\\nseveral old citizens, came from Charles G. Atlierton of Nashville shortly after his election to the\\nUnited States senate in 1852. George Y. vSawj er of Nashua seconded the move. These learned and\\nfarseeing leaders of public opinion had evident!} considered the situation in private conversation,\\nand were agreed that the interests of both parties to the unfortunate quarrel were identical, and\\nwould be better conserved by unity. The logic of events, whether viewed from a mercantile,\\nindustrial or moral standpoint, clearly favored this view. These considerations were strengthened\\nby observation and knowledge that the conditions were such that Manchester and Concord were\\noutstripping the people of southern New Hampshire in the things that make wealth, progress and\\ninfluence. Besides this there was a personal motive, not alone with them but with many others,", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0610.jp2"}, "611": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, U. II.\\n589\\nuiKk-rlyiiig the general facts pride. Both had become public men, and, however much the idea \\\\w3.y\\nbe berated, they knew that when abroad in the world a tlegree of significance is attached to the fact\\nthat the individual hails from a city.\\nThe task to be performed in educating the public mind to this conclusion was, considering the\\ngrievance of fifteen years, a difficult one, and particularly so for Judge Sawyer, who had championed\\nthe cause of the south-siders in the original controversy. Judge Sawyer was eminently a man who\\npossessed the courage of conviction, and, although Senator Atherton took the responsibility of the\\ninitiative, which it was deemed expedient should come from the north-siders, was active and per-\\nsuasive in creating .sentiment in desired directions. William Boardman, Josiah G. Graves, M. D.,\\nAlbert McKean and other prominent citizens of Nashville became at once earnest advocates of the\\nproposed reunion. Leonard W. Noyes, who, although he had eschewed politics, could always be\\ncounted on in all matters of good citizenship and things that tended to promote industrial pursuits,\\nEvan B. Hammond, M. D., (Irlando D. Murray, John W. Gage, (ieorge H. Whitne\\\\- and other\\nleading citizens of Nashua also supported the measure. The result ol the ail\\\\ucac\\\\ of reunion 1)\\\\\\nthese citizens is indicated bj the votes recorded under township heads.\\nThe adoption of the charter, which, as heretofore noted, was accepted ^ept. 17, was proclaimed\\nand a warrant issued authorizing a general election of officers of the new municipalit\\\\- to take place\\non Saturday, Oct. 8. The candidates for the mayoralty were Josephus Bahlwin, Bernard B.\\nWhittemore and Winslow Ames. A majority vote was required on the first day, and neither\\ncandidate having the requisite numljer there was no choice. The polls were opened again on\\nMonday, when only a jjlurality vote was required, and the result of the ballot was: Ames, one\\nhundred and sixty-seven, Whittemore, three hundred and eleven, Baldwin, nxQ hundred and fifty-\\neight. Mr. Baldwin was declared electe l. The inauguration took place on the fifteenth of the\\nsame month, Charles G. Atherton administeiing the oath of office and Rev. Dura D. Pratt making\\nthe prayer. Edward P. Emerson was chosen city clerk, Aaron F. Stevens president of the common", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0611.jp2"}, "612": {"fulltext": "5,jo HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H\\ncouncil, and William P. Ainsworth clerk of the council the books, paper.s, key.s and funds of the\\ntowns were turned over by Edward Spalding, acting as agent, and thereupon the convention dissolved.\\nThe amount of funds received from the town of Nashua was nine hundred and twenty-one\\ndollars and ninety-one cents, from Nashville $1,054.15, in both instances being the unexpended\\nbalance of appropriations for the year. The debt, which the city assumed, the same being wholly\\nthat of Nashua, was $27,547.50. The infant city had a population of 8,942 souls and 2,181 voters.\\nThe valuation, as totalized by the assessors, was $4,266,658. It had five fire hand engines, one\\nhose carriage and one hook and ladder carriage, and other property, including the City Hall\\nIniilding, farm and incidentals, to the value of $41,752, exclusive of school houses.\\nMayor Baldwin s first administration covered a period of only five months. The improvements\\nof the year were practically completed when he came into office, and the business in hand consisted\\nmostly in laying foundations for the future: that is, drafting, discussing and making rules and\\nregulations for the fire and police departments, and ordinances for the preservation of the peace and\\nother necessary objects. It was a difficult and delicate task, but, having the wise counsel of Aaron\\nP. Hughes, city solicitor, and Aaron F. Stevens, president of the council, matters were taken up in a\\nsystematic and intelligent manner, and without noise and friction crystalized in law. In 1854 Mayor\\nBaldwin was a candidate for re-election. That he had met the expectations of the people is evident\\nin the fact that of the eight hundred and eighteen votes cast he received five hundred and sixty-two,\\nBernard B. Whittemore having two hundred and seven and William F. I^awrence, forty-nine. His\\nsecond administration was characterized by good judgment and plain dealing. An engine house was\\nbuilt on the north side, south of Circuit street, at a cost of $2,665, and the general affairs of the city\\nconducted on an economical basis. The Nashua Gas Light company was chartered in 1850, and the\\nNashville Aqueduct company in 1852. In 1853 the name of the latter was changed to the Penni-\\nchuck Water works, and during Ma3 or Baldwin s administration both undertakings were completed\\nto the extent that the city was supplied with water and gas. Mayor Baldwin, who was a man of the\\npeople, was a popular chief executive. He drew fifty dollars from the city treasury as compensation\\nfor his services.\\nIn 1855 the candidates for the mayoralty were Edmund Parker, Josephus Baldwin, Charles F.\\nGove and Freeman S. Rogers. The election of Mr. Rogers by a vote of 1,030 over four hundred and\\nfifty-six for Gove, one hundred and sevent3^-one for Baldwin and twenty-three for Parker was a sur-\\nprise to the friends of the defeated candidates. They were not prepared for such a result. It came\\nabout, however, through the American party, which was controlled in secret conclaves and put to\\nrout the old political organizations in that and the succeeding year, Mr. Rogers being re-elected in\\n1856. The two administrations of Mayor Rogers were of a peaceful and progressive character. He\\nadvocated better sidewalks, an increase of the police force, purchase of land for a common, beauti-\\nfying Railroad sc|uare and other improvements which, as suggested in his inaugural address, were a\\nnecessity to the community and an earnest of the progress of the city. With one or two exceptions\\nhis recommendations were acted upon affirnratively and lasting benefits resulted. During his second\\nadministration the state enacted a prohibitory liquor law and Isaac Eaton, the city marshal, was\\ninstructed to enforce it. Mr. Eaton, in obeying his instructions, seized five or six barrels of spirits\\nand jailed the owner. Considerable excitement prevailed and litigation was threatened. The city\\nrefused to furnish Marshal Eaton with an indemnifjdng bond, whereupon he compromised the matter,\\ndischarged the defendant and resigned his office. The liquor was returned to the owner and thus\\nended the first attempt at prohibition in Nashua. It was the first and only seizure made in the .state.\\nWilliam White was appointed marshal vice Eaton, resigned, and on the morning of Jan. 9, 1857, an\\nunfortunate incident occurred that has become noted in police annals. It was the result of jealousy\\nand intoxication among the night watchmen. The principals in the affair were detailed at a ball at\\nFranklin hall the night before and towards morning imprisoned one of their number and two other\\npersons in cells under the Cit} Hall building. A little later the place was discovered to be on fire.\\nThe prisoners lost their lives. Foul play was suspected, but the charges were not sustained at the\\ninvestigation which followed. Mayor Rogers was in no way responsible for these transactions and\\nhis administration has never suffered reproach by reason of them. It was during Mayor Rogers\\nadministration, July, 1856, that mill number one of the Nashua Maiuifacturing plant and a number\\nof dwelling houses on High and Garden streets were burned, entailing a loss of $100,000 to the com-\\npany insurance about $35,000, and $10,000 to indix iduals.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0612.jp2"}, "613": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. 591\\nAt the amuial election in March, i S57, Cieorge Bowers and Thomas W. Gillis were the candidates\\nfor the mayoralty. Mr. Gillis was chosen by a majority of two hundred and five votes. It was an\\nera of great financial distress throughout llic conntrx-. Thousands of men were out of employment.\\nThe wolf was at the door. These conditions precluded public improvements and therefore Mayor\\nGillis, in his inaugural address, urged the need of economy and the reduction of the public debt, and\\nbent his energies in that direction. The streets were kept in good repair and department expenses\\npaid; but little else was done. His administration was mainly satisfactory to the people, but owing\\nto personal considerations due to the state of the country he declined a nomination for a second term.\\nIn 1858 and again in 1859, Albin Beard was chosen to the office of chief magistrate of the city\\nby a majority vote over I.saac vSpalding and George Bowers. The ballot in 1858, with but slight\\ndifference in 1859, was Spalding twenty-nine. Bowers seven hundred and thirty-one, Beard nine\\nhundred and sixty-one. Mayor Beartl, like his immediate predecessor, not only recommended\\neconomy in the matter of public expenditures but i)racticed it. Many j^erplexing and conflicting\\ninterests handicapped his administration, the country, owing to agitation that led up to the John\\nBrown insurrection, was drifting toward civil war, business was at a stand-still and hence the\\npeople were not enthusiastic in local affairs. Mayor Beard harmonized differences to a large degree,\\nconducted public business on a routine basis, and suggested some improvements that were consum-\\nmated some years later. He was popular in office and highly regarded in private.\\nThe mayoralty election of i860 was between Aaron \\\\V. Sawyer (see biography and Aaron P.\\nHughes, brothers-in-law, and resulted in nine hundred and seventy-seven votes for the former and\\neight hundred and sixteen for the latter. The financial and political condition of the country had\\nnot improved to any encouraging extent. A national political battle was now being fought on grave\\nissues and already the rumbling of the inevitable conflict disturbed the public mind. Under these\\nconditions Mayor Sawyer was compelled to abandon enterprises that promised to develop the growth\\nof the city and continue the policy of retrenchment. Roads, bridges and public buildings were\\nrepaired and department bills liquidated, but little or nothing done with an eye to the future. The\\npopulation at this time was 10,665, the number of voters 2,186, the latter figures demonstrating that\\nthe increase over 1853 was due to the influx of female mill operatives. The total valuation of the\\ncity was now $4,577,978, the city debt $51,118, city property, exclusive of school-houses, valued at\\n$45,476. The threatened crisis in national affairs at this time had a depressing influence upon the\\npublic mind and discouraged all attempts to spend money for the inihlic weal. Ma or vSawyer\\ndeclined to be a candidate for re-election.\\nAt the annual election in March, 1861, the struggle for the supremacy between political parties\\ndue in a great measure to conditions heretofore stated in the choice of a chief magistrate was more\\nthan usually animated. The candidates were Isaac Spalding, George Bowers (see biography) and\\nFranklin Munroe. The friends of the last two mentioned candidates were belligerently active and\\nthe result of the ballot on the first day was: Munroe eight hundred and sixty-two. Bowers eight\\nhundred and fifty-one, Spalding twenty-two, scattering eight, no choice. On the second day Colonel\\nBowers received eight hundred and seventy-four votes to eight hundred and fifty-five for Mr. Munroe,\\nand was declared elected and duly inaugurated. The country was on the verge of civil war, and\\ntherefore no consideration could be given to the things that tend to local growth. It was enough, as\\nviewed by taxpayers, to pay current bills and hold the machinery of government intact. Maxor\\nBowers political affiliation at that time was with the party in the ranks of which were men who. to\\nsay the least, sympathized with those who had taken up arms against the government. These men\\nendeavored in many ways to so influence his official conduct as to defeat the state in recruiting men\\nfor the defence of national honor, but, be it said to his everlasting credit, being a soldier who had\\nfollowed the flag through stubborn battles to the halls of the Montezumas, his patriotism was such\\nthat he performed all the duties of his office on a plane above reproach. But few local improvements\\nwere made during his administration. Nothing was desired or expected. It was i|uite enough to\\npay economical current expenses.\\nThe office of mayor in the decade of years under consideration was nut in any sense a bed of\\nroses. On the other hand it was hedged about with thorns to the degree that it required a brave and\\nenergetic man to perform the duties. The sentiment of the Republican party in 1862 crystalized in\\nfavor of Hiram T. Morrill. Colonel Morrill declined but was finally persuaded to allow his name to", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0613.jp2"}, "614": {"fulltext": "592 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nbe used. He was iioniiiiated. Mayor Bowers had every reason in the world to expect the people to\\nindorse his administration and therefore sought and secured a renomination, and that too in spite of\\nthe opposition of party leaders whose wish to distress the general government he had vigorously\\ndeclined to favor. The result was not unexpected. Mayor Bowers offended party associates\\nrefrained from voting the mayoralty ticket and Colonel Morrill was accordingly elected, the vote\\nbeing Bowers seven hundred and sixty-four, Morril seven hundred and ninety-eight. Mayor Bowers,\\nhowever, did not sulk in his tent. He was too much of a patriot to be guilty of conduct\\nunbecoming his record in war and peace, and so a few months later, disregarding party ties, he\\nbuckled on his sword and went to the front line of battle as lieutenant-colonel. It should be added\\nin justice to his memory the smoke of the conflict having cleared away that his administration of\\nlocal affairs stands out as a bright oasis in a desert. Ma3 or Morrill was re-elected in 1863, George\\nStark being his opponent and the vote standing, Morrill eight hundred and forty-nine, Stark seven\\nhundred and sixty-six.\\nMayor Morrill s first administration was not unlike that of his predecessor in office. He practiced\\nsuch economy as was possible, and yet made liberal provision for the families of those citizens who\\nwere in the army, assisted and encouraged recruiting and kept wise supervision over city affairs. His\\nsecond administration was beset with many perplexing problems and annoyed by unfortunate partisan\\ninfluences. Both boards were tied, the aldermen being five and the common council ten of each\\nparty, and party passion in the ascendant Following the adjournment of the joint convention in\\nwhich the oath of office was administered and the inaugural address delivered, these bodies retired to\\ntheir respective chambers. In the council Theodore H. Wood was conceded the presidency by a vote\\nof eio-hteen to two for Henry Holt. Then came a struggle over the election of clerk. The candi-\\ndates were Frank A. McKean and Jacob D. March. Eighty ballots were taken, when one of\\nMcKean s supporters failed to vote and March was declared elected. Meanwhile the mayor and\\naldermen transacted the usual routine business necessary to complete their organization, and, it being\\nevident that the council was at logger-heads, adjourned to two o clock the same day. At the hour\\nmentioned five of the aldermen were purpo.sely absent. The animus was to prevent a quorum.\\nBetween one and two hours were spent in waiting, during which time Aldermen David Crosby\\nabsented himself subject to recall, and Mayor Morrill and one other alderman temporarily left the\\nroom. The board finally adjourned to seven o clock on the evening of the same day. At that hour\\nthe five aldermen were still absent, whereupon Mayor Morrill made his appointments and they were\\nconfirmed by the five aldermen present. The board then met in convention with the common council\\nand elected John G. Kimball city clerk. An issue was immediately raised. The outgoing city clerk,\\nIsaac H. Marshall, refused to give up the books or open the vault. He, and his partj associates,\\nmaintained that, inasmuch as there was no quorum of the aldermen, and because of the absence,\\ntemporarily, of the mayor and two aldermen in the afternoon, the election of Mr. Kimball was illegal,\\nand durino- the succeeding three months maintained this attitude to the great hindrance of public\\nbusiness. These clerks. Mayor Morrill recognizing Kimball, occupied separate desks in the office^\\nand it is said were on unfriendly terms and armed. Meantime relief was sought through the supreme\\ncourt, and in June (see New Hampshire reports, volume seven, page four hundred and sixty-five) a\\ndecision was rendered as follows: When, by statute, the day of meeting of the mayor and aldermen\\nand common council is fixed for a prescribed duty, one-half the aldermen cannot defeat a legal\\nelection by absenting themselves; they are bound to be present at all times when the board is in\\nsession till an election is made, and if recess or adjournment is made are bound to take notice. Mr.\\nKimball, therefore, and other officers, who.se legal appointment depended on the decision of the\\ncourt, prevailed and business was resumed. But Mayor Morrill s trials did not begin nor end with\\nthe affair recorded. There came a call during his administration for men to fill the depleted ranks of\\nthe army. A draft was ordered disloyal citizens threatened resistance, and rioting and bloodshed\\nwere imminent. Prudence dictated that measures be taken to preserve the peace should violence lie\\nresorted to. Accordingly arms were secretly procured and stored at midnight in the armor\\\\- over the\\nCity Hall, ammunition was hidden in the city vault and picked men notified to assemble at the stroke\\nof the bell or sound of the drum. Happily, drastic measures were not needed to subdue the passion\\nof the opponents of the government. Mayor Morrill had other burdens to bear besides those\\nmentioned. Regiments of soldiers passing through the city on their way to the seat of war were", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0614.jp2"}, "615": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n593\\nwelcomed, fed and given final gods^peed as they left the state; the sick and wounded who returned\\nwere cared for, and when great battles were fought, like Gettysburg, he hurried to the front at his\\nown expense to succor suffering Nashuans, see that the dead were buried and those unfit to continue\\nlonger in the service provided with transportation to their homes. Aside from these patriotic acts he\\ngave his time unstintedly, to the neglect of his business, in supervising the affairs of the city and the\\nfurtherance of necessary improvements. No task, however arduous, discouraged him, and no duty\\nwas evaded or left unperformed. All that the patriotic people of Nashua ought to do was done, and\\nthe good name of the city thereby preserved. Previous to this time alarms of fire were given by shout-\\ning and by church and factory bells. Isaac Eaton, chief of the fire department, in his report for 1863,\\nreconnnended the purchase of a bell to be hung in the City Hall tower. The councils of 1864 acted\\naffirmatively on the recommendation, and the steel bell now in use on the building was procured by\\nMayor Morrill and Chief I Daton at an expense, including incidentals and hanging, of about nine\\nhundred dollars. During Mayor Morrill s first term there was expended, by special appropriation,\\n$23,126 in aid of soldiers families and $20,700 bounty for substitutes in the army; during his second\\nterm $23,839 aid, and $91,000 bounty, which sums were subsequently reimbursed to the city by the\\nstate.\\nThe candidates for the mayoralty in 1S64 were Matthew Harr and Ivdward Spalding. The ballot\\nresulted in the choice of the latter by a vote of nine hundreil and fifty-two to six hundred and eighty-\\ntwo. The Civil War was now the one absorbing theme of public solicitation. The wisest had no\\nconception of the exigencies of the morrow; doubters as to the final result were everywhere ])resent;\\npatriots could only hope, watch, wait and declare their faith that the final victory would be with the\\nNorth. Under these distressing conditions all the energies of Mayor vSpalding, besides a judicious\\nexpenditure of the public funds to keep streets and highways in repair and oversee dei)artnient\\naffairs, were necessarily devoted to strengthening the general government by obtaining enlistments\\nfor the army and providing for the families of the men in the field. This he did, despite bitter\\nopposition, in a manner that won the admiration of all who counted no sacrifice too great to be made\\nfor country. Mayor Spalding expended, by .special appropriation, $85,000 in payment of bounties\\nand $20,447 in providing for the women and children of soldiers. His administration endured with\\npatience and fortitude many of the hardships incidental to the period, and deservedly ranks with that\\nof its immediate predecessor.\\nIn 1865 irgil C. Oilman and Bernard B. Whittemore were the mayoralty candidates. Whitte-\\nniore, editor of the Nashua Gazette, received six hundred and two votes and Gilman eight hundred\\nand forty-eight. The condition of public affairs, as heretofore recited had not improved. The\\nFederal armies were being reinforced the hour of deliverance or defeat was near at hand the people\\nwere nervous and irritable the office of chief magistrate of a city a most unenviable position.\\nMayor Gilman s first care was provision for the dependents of the men at the front and securing\\nvolunteers to fill the depleted ranks. This accomplished, and the victor\\\\ a few weeks later at Appo-\\nmato.x certifying that the war had ceased, he felt notwithstanding the increased debt and the oppo-\\nsition of timid taxpayers that something should be done to promote the general welfare of the city.\\nThe first thing to be considered was the erection of a county record building. The affirmative must\\nprevail or the records would be removed from Amherst to Manchester instead of Nashua. Public\\nsentiment was divided, notwith.standing which Mayor Gilman secured a special appropriation of\\n$20,000, which was subsequently increased to $25,000, and erected the building now occupied for the\\npurpose indicated. The wisdom of his judgment has not been questioned since his retirement from\\noffice. Besides what has been heretofore mentioned Maj-or Gilman put gas fixtures, chandeliers and\\nsettees into the City Hall, straightened Amherst street, which formerly ran over the southern portion\\nof Edgewood cemetery, and filled the gully at that point. He also straightened Concord street north\\nfrom Stark street, and filled a valley that w as a great hindrance to travel. These and other improve-\\nments marked the dawn of a new era that the searcher of records discovers five years later. Of a\\nspecial appropriation for bounties Mayor Gilman spent $10,443. Among the notable events of his\\nadministration was the welcoming home of the la,st battalion of New Hampshire troops. It was com-\\nposed of the Tenth and Thirteenth regiments. Tables were spread on Abbot square the place from\\nwhich these commands took their final departure for the seat of war a large concourse of people,\\nmany of whom were from the surrounding towns, was present. Mayor Gilman s address, which was\\n47", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0615.jp2"}, "616": {"fulltext": "594 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nprinted in the newspapers of that day, was delivered on, or near, the spot on which the soldiers and\\nsailors monument stands. Surely his administration deserves a conspicuous place in the civil history\\nof the city.\\nThe candidates for the mayoralty in 1866 and 1867 were James L,. Pierce and Gilman Scripture\\nthe ballot. Pierce six hundred and twenty-three and seven hundred and twenty-four respectively, and\\nScripture eight hundred and eighteen and eight hundred and seventy-three. Mayor Scripture was\\ndeterred from contemplated improvements by the cry of retrenchment and the judgment of his\\ncouncils. They, the aldermen and couucilmen, believed that the financial condition of the country\\ndid not warrant special appropriations. In fact the face difference in value between paper promises to\\npay and the gold standard was such that a waiting policy seemed advisable. Mayor Scripture as the\\nresult of the burning of the city farm buildings recommended strengthening the fire apparatus, and\\nto that end purchased the fir.st steam fire engine, Torrent, and horses for the department. James H.\\nReed, a few years later a member of the board of engineers, was the first foreman under the new\\norder of things, and Tyler M. Shattuck the first engineer. Mayor vScripture s management of other\\ndepartments and city affairs in general was prudent and satisfactory to those of his fellow-citizens\\nwho were satisfied with the privileges of an overgrown village. That, personally, he was one of the\\nmost popular maj ors of the decade is within the memory of many who are living to-day.\\nThe loyal administration of Mayor George Bowers in the troublesome days of 1861, recollection\\nof the circumstances under which he was denied popular endorsement in 1862, together with the fact\\nthat he had performed gallant .service in the Civil War and since then had been identified with the\\nparty that prevailed in the last year mentioned, gave him high standing in the community and moved\\nfriends and admirers to seek an honorable place for him in local history. Accordingly in 186S he was\\nconceded the mayoralty nomination. James L. Pierce was the opposing candidate and the vote\\nstood: Pierce nine hundred and sixt3 -five, Bowers 1,090. Mayor Bowers second administration was\\nas popular as his first. He built the city vault, an iron safe being in use before this date, improved\\nhighways and bridges, repaired school houses and managed the various departments upon an\\neconomical basis. Mayor Bowers now felt that the city of his birth had made the amende honorable.\\nHe wished to retire from public life, and therefore declined renomination.\\nAt this period in the history of Nashua, as viewed from a progressive standpoint, affairs were\\npractically at a standstill. The places of more than a thousand young men who had fallen out of the\\nranks during the Civil War had been but partially filled, business blocks and dwelling houses were\\nsimply landmarks of the old village, manufactories owing in part to fluctuations of the currency\\nhad not become settled upon a secure basis, and therefore the immediate future looked unpromising.\\nTo these discouraging conditions was added the knowledge that there was a slight falling off in the\\npopulation, and the hard fact that if hope of escape from decay and degeneration was to be enter-\\ntained, many too long delayed improvements must be made and new avenues of trade opened.\\nAmong the men who believed in the future of Nashua was Orren C. Moore. In the face of these\\nobstacles he founded the Nashua Daily Telegraph, and in editorials and speeches infused new life and\\nnew hope into city affairs. With persuasive energy he advocated the things that have come to pass\\nand thus laid future generations under obligation to him.\\nThe nominees for the maj oralty in 1869 were James L. Pierce, who received seven hundred and\\ntwenty-seven votes, and Jotham D. Otterson, 1,015. Maj or Otterson proved the right man for the\\nemergency. He was approachable, practical and thoroughly impressed with the necessity of laying\\nnew fountlations, and to this end devoted pretty much all his time. During the two years he held the\\noffice (for he was elected in 1870 over Dana vSargent by a vote of nine hundred and fifteen to eight\\nhundred and fifty-one) he rebuilt the Main street bridge, built the central fire engine house on Olive\\nstreet at a co.st of $40,000, constructed a mammoth sewer through Main street, and incepted other\\nimprovements that were realized through his successors. In the autumn of 1869 fire destroyed a\\ntemporary engine house, standing on the site of the present police station, and with it the steam fire\\nengine. The engine was rebuilt at Manchester and a few months later, April 16, 1870, the First\\nCongregational church edifice and contiguous property on Main street, from Park street to Pearson\\navenue was destroyed. During the conflagration help was asked from Manchester and nobly\\nresponded to, and Tyler M. Shattuck, a veteran fireman and a brave soldier who had retired from the\\nservice with the rank of captain, won the enduring gratitude of the citizens as engineer of the steam", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0616.jp2"}, "617": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 595\\nengine. The machine was stationed on the bridge, and during manj- anxious hours was worked to\\nthe degree that lier smokestack was red with heat and the situation so appalling that few people\\ndared venture within fifty yards of the place. The loss was rising $70,000, insurance $46,000.\\nBeasom and Noyes l)locks were badly damaged by fire the same year, and Henry Holt s batting mill\\non Merrimack street totally destroyed, which, with less disa.strous fires, made a total loss of nearly\\n$130,000. The situation plainly indicated the need of another steamer, and Mayor Otterson, notwith-\\nstanding the murmurs of those who always make it a part of their I)usiness to censure an adminis-\\ntration, purchased another engine, Niagara, and made a liberal addition to the supply of hose. The\\nexpenditures of his two years increased the city debt and grumblers were not a few, but for all that\\ntime has shown the wisdom of his judgment antl iin])arlial history does him justice. It was not alone\\n(^FiRt Stations.}\\nin the things mentioned that Mayor Otterson set the pace that has developed into the Nashua of\\nto-day.\\nIt was during his first term in oflice that the projectors of the Nashua i\\\\: Rochester railroad\\nsolicited the aid of the city. The proposition was that Nashua should take $200,000 worth of bonds,\\nredeemable in twenty j-ears, upon which interest was to be guaranteed, thus insuring its construction.\\nThe councils and public sentiment were about equally divided. The wisest financiers hesitated.\\nMayor Otterson favored the project. Editor Moore threw the influence of his newspaper into the\\nbreach in support of the proposition and the .struggle began in earnest. It was argued that the\\nconstruction of the road would give Nashua superior shipping facilities, that it was a beginning that\\nwould make it one of the business centres of New England; that it was the one thing needed to\\ndevelop southern New Hampshire and finally that growth and prosperity depended upon this kind of\\nenterprise. The opponents of the road took counsel of their fears, but after a long and weary contest\\nthe common council being ably and affirmatively led by its president, Eugene F. Whitnej- the\\nresolution was carried. Subsequent administrations issued city bonds with which to procure the\\namount of money thus pledged. The road was built and a few j-ears later the city disposed of its", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0617.jp2"}, "618": {"fulltext": "596 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nbonds without loss. In this transaction as in others heretofore mentioned, time has vindicated the\\ncourse of Mayor Otterson. He declined a third nomination. The decade of ^-ears here closing\\nshowed a debt of $195,950, city property $193,890, population 10,553 (a falling off of one hundred and\\ntwenty-two from i860), voters 2,483, valuation, unwarrantably inflated for the purpose of taxation,\\n$5,146,734-\\nIn 1871 the candidates were Oilman .Scripture and Dana .Sargent. The people made choice of\\nMr. Sargent, his vote being nine hundred and sixty-eight to eight hundred and ninety-four for ex-\\nMayor Scripture. Mayor Sargent, like his immediate predecessor, believed Nashua s future depended\\non a mighty infusion of enterprise. He was of those who were heartily out of patience with the men\\nwho cried a halt, and possessed the moral courage necessary to continue the work so auspiciously\\nbeo un by Mayor Otterson. Among the crying needs of the day was a school hou.se at Mount\\nPleasant. He joined hands with Editor Moore, ex-Ma -or Spalding and Francis B. Ayer, M. D.,\\n(political opponents) in an effort to induce the state to locate the normal school upon the lot, and,\\nwith others, offered to assist the undertaking from his private purse. When it became evident that\\nthe proposition had miscarried he recommended an appropriation of $30,000 towards the erection of a\\nnew building, and although opposed by conservative citizens succeeded in securing that amount.\\nThe house was built and dedicated while he was yet in office. Another important policy of his\\nadministration was developed through a resolution requesting the representatives in the legislature to\\nprocure the passage of a special act authorizing exemption from taxation for a period of five or ten\\nyears of industries by a two-thirds vote of the council. The desired legislation was obtained mainly\\nthrough the effort of Editor Moore, and on Jan. 31, 1872, Mayor Sargent signed the first resolution\\npassed by authority thus given. The exemption was in favor of Oregg Hoyt, and the result, as\\nwitnessed in 1895, is the sash, door and blind business, and, indirectly, the peopling of Crown Hill.\\nHaving accomplished this undertaking his farseeing vision evolved the future. It was a plain\\nproposition to his mind that eventually the city would need a tract of land in that vicinity, and he\\nargued that the time to purchase was when it could be obtained at a nominal price. A majority of\\nhis council agreed with him and the result was the city acquired the land on Arlington street, now\\noccupied by a modern school and engine house, for $2,000. He also bought for $9,000, the territory\\nembraced in the North Common, the avenue on the north side of which was subsequently named in\\nhis honor, and secured a vote appropriating five hundred dollars in aid of those w ho were suffering\\nby reason of the Chicago fire. Mayor Sargent made a careful study of the needs of the cit and\\nmanaged its department affairs with such gratifying success that when he retired from office the news-\\npapers and progressive citizens said many kind things of him. He was re-nominated, but failed of\\nre-election through the opposition of voters who failed to comprehend the significance of the new\\norder of things.\\nThe men who opposed the re-election of Mayor Sargent in 1872 very soon discovered that in the\\nchoice of Seth D. Chandler who had 1,067 votes to 1,039 for Sargent the executive chair of the\\ncity was again filled by a magistrate whose face was turned toward the future. Mayor Chandler s\\nfirst and great care was the disposal of the city bonds to procure funds with which to meet the city s\\npledge of $200,000 to the stock of the Nashua Rochester railroad, a measure which, as a member\\nof the common council in 1869, he had advocated as a feeder to the trade and industrial interests of\\nNashua, and which he had again supported when in the board of aldermen in 187 1, in a resolution\\ncompleting the terms of the subscription. He placed bonds to the amount of about $68,000 and in\\nother ways rendered invaluable service to the enterprise. More than this, and in consonance with\\nthe policy he had successfully advocated during his career as a city official, he influenced the councils\\nto vote a gratuity of $15,000 to the Peterboro railroad, to secure the extension of the Wilton railroad\\nto Greenfield. The result was a through line to Keene and beyond, and the realization of the benefits\\nforeshadowed in the resolution of May 14, 1869, authorizing aid to the Nashua Rochester railroad.\\nIn addition to these important transactions Ma\\\\ or Chandler called for and obtained $12,000 with\\nwhich to complete the Mount Pleasant school house and grade the lot. He also continued the work,\\nin the face of opposition and with aid of committees from the churches, of disinterring the bodies in\\nthe Spring street cemetery, thus removing from a busy center an unused burial place and preparing\\nthe lot for the magnificent high school building erected under the supervision of succeeding admin-\\nistrations. Mayor Chandler bonded a floating debt that had been necessarily created by predecessors,", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0618.jp2"}, "619": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 597\\nwlio, like himself, were deteriiiined on rising above the environments of a decaying village, spent\\n#3.500 in making the Canal street iron l)ri(lge safe for travel, and conducted the routine affairs of the\\ncity on business princij)lcs. During his administration the city sustained heavy losses by fire, the\\nmost disastrous being (April 30) the rolling mill of the Nashua Iron and Steel company, $50,000, and\\nat the same time Worcester Nashua railroad, |;2o,ooo. The year he served the city as its chief\\nmagistrate was rich with measures that tended to advance its prosperity and help make it what it is\\nto-day, the second city in the state. Mayor Chandler, on account of large business interests that\\nneeded his time and attention, declined to be a candidate for re-election.\\nThe mayoralty candidates in 1873 were Josiah M. Fletcher, one hundred and ten votes; Hiram\\nT. Morrill, eight hundred and twenty; Frank A. McKean, nine hundred and seventy-seven; 1874,\\nFletcher, one hundred and forty-two; Morrill, seven hundred and seventy-seven; McKean, 1,130.\\nThe bi-centennial of Dunstable was celebrated during Mayor McKean s first administration. It was\\nan event of much significance, and that it was observed with becoming spirit and to the lasting credit\\nof Nashua is due in a great measure to the indefatigable lal)or of Ma\\\\or McKean. A mammoth tent\\nwas pitched on the Nashua company s square, (since utilized for a store house), the civic oration was\\ndelivered In Judge -Samuel T. Worcester and the ecclesiastical discourse bj* Prof. John Weslej*\\nChurchill. Other exercises were had befitting the occasion. The matter of a soldiers monument\\nwas agitated but nothing came of it. Mayor McKean continued the work of jireparing the Spring\\nstreet cemetery lot for a school house, and built and finished the Harbor school house on Lake street\\nat a cost of about $10,000. During his second administration he laid the corner-stone of the high\\nschool building, contracted with John M. Flanders for its erection, and expended, approximatelv,\\n$63,000 tow-ards completing the undertaking. The losses by fire in Mayor McKean s first vear\\naggregated $60,000: Reuben Godfrey s residence $4,000, Warner Whitney s shop and office $4,000,\\nbakery building on Hollis street, occupied by Nahum W. Burke, two fires, $20,000, Charles\\nHolman s confectionery manufactory corner Main and lUdridge streets, $i8,oco. These misfortunes,\\nadded to the record of 1S72, caused the fire underwriters to contemplate an advance in rates. Mayor\\nMcKean and his council concluded that the purchase of another steam engine would result in a\\nsaving of money for the taxpayers, and therefore added Indian Head, number three, which was held\\nas a reserve until put into commission at Crown Hill. His administration graded the Mount Pleasant\\nschool house lot and put in a bank wall at an expense of about $1,000, and, in the face of much\\nopposition, laid the first stone pavement (between the Main street bridge and Water street) in the\\ncity, the latter improvement being more especially due to the persistent effort of Aldermen William\\nD. Cadwell, Daniel M. .Smith and Ross C. Duffy. The city finances were satisfactorily conducted\\nand his administrations are credited as progressive and in consonance with the demand of those who\\nwere building for the future.\\nIn 1875 Thomas P. Pierce and George H. Whitney were the candidates, the ballot resulting in\\nthe choice of the latter by a vote of 1,225 to 1,171. Mayor Whitney completed the high school\\nbuilding at a cost of about $30,000, and remodeled the old high school building on Main street for\\ngrammar school purposes. These expenditures, together with a heavy verdict (between $5,000 and\\n$6,000) rendered against the city in a suit for highway damages, necessitated curtailment in other\\ndirections and consequently Mayor W hitne)- was forced to forego some of the improvements sug-\\ngested in his inaugural address. All departments, however, were faithfully managed, and the steady\\nadvance on lines marked out in 1870 kept in mind. Mayor Whitney, a courteous, modest, conscien-\\ntious man, who naturally sought escape from the hurly-burly of public life, declined a renomination.\\nThe candidates in the centennial year and again in 1877 were Gilman C. .Shattuck and Charles\\nWilliams: 1876, vShattuck, 1,193; iIlianls, 1,236; 1877, Shattuck, 1,099; illiams, 1,291. The\\ngeneral feeling at this time was that the cit}- debt should be reduced before undertaking other needed\\nimprovements. Moreover, public attention was centered on the exposition at Philadelphia and the\\npopulace desired an Independence Day celebration worthy of the cit\\\\ Mayor Williams lent his\\ninfluence to the latter proposition and the Fourth of that 3ear was accordingly made memorable in\\nthe annals of Nashua. Gen. Aaron F Stevens marshalled the civic procession, and among his aids\\nwere heroes of the Civil War whom the citizens delighted to honor. The programme inlcuded a\\nburlesciue parade, sports, band concerts, balloon ascension, fire-works, etc. It was also during Mayor\\nWilliams administration that President Hayes and members of his cabinet were royally welcomed", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0619.jp2"}, "620": {"fulltext": "598 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nand entertained, Col. Thomas P. Pierce, a soldier of the Mexican and Civil Wars, graciously\\nperforming the duties of chief marshal and master of ceremonies. Maj or Williams cut down a hill\\nat the harbor and graded and improved Main street at that point. He made many other minor\\nimprovements and conducted the financial affairs of the city prudently. In fact it may be said that\\nhis administration met the approval of the people.\\nIn 1S78 Nashua witnessed one of the most exciting and bitterest political campaigns in her\\nhistor} A citizen, Frank A. McKean, was nominated for governor. His political associates were\\nactive and determined to carry the city. The opposing party, which had maintained a local majority\\nthe three previous years, was quite as determined to prevent such a result. The battle became fierce.\\nThe Democratic partj which supported McKean, nominated William H. Cook for mayor. The\\nRepublican party, when assembled in city convention, discovered that it was composed of two factions,\\none demanding a candidate pledged to the strict enforcement of the prohibitory liquor law and the\\nother content with less radical measures. The result of the ballot was a surprise. Clark M. Langley\\nbut for the scattering votes, would have been nominated. The second ballot resulted in the nomina-\\ntion of Charles Holman. The out-and-out prohibitionists were offended. They declared they had\\nbeen unfairly defeated, and, at a meeting held a few evenings later, nominated Langley as a third\\ncandidate. Under these conditions part) passion was in the ascendent and argument in the direction\\nof mending matters of no avail. The result of the ballot was lyangley, one hundred and twenty-four,\\nHolman, 1,112, Cook, 1,215; the board of aldermen Democratic and the common council tied. That\\nMayor Cook owing to the tie, party animosity and a rumor that a certain Democratic member would\\nvote for a Republican for city clerk was embarrassed from the very outset of his administration was\\napparent. The first ballot for city clerk showed a total of one more vote than the convention was\\nentitled to ca.st and was declared void. Immediateh a claim was set up that it was a trick to discover\\nthe situation. Mayor Cook smoothed the troubled waters as much as possible and ordered a second\\nballot, which resulted in the choice of a member of his own party. Threats were freely made for\\nseveral days afterwards that an appeal would be taken to the supreme court, but nothing came of it.\\nFollowing the adjournment of the inaugural convention another struggle for the supremacy occurred\\nin organizing the council. The candidates were William R. McMillan and Frank D. Cook. Ballot-\\ning was begun about twelve o clock and continued until some time the following da) Each candi-\\ndate had eleven votes. Some of the members of the council were prostrated by the poisonous atmos-\\nphere of the room, some by the limitations of nature and others by sustained excitement. Lunches,\\neasy chairs and cot beds were provided during the night, and many part)- followers remained about\\nthe vestibule to give courage and advice to their respective representatives. The dead-lock was\\nfinally broken on the two hundred and sixth ballot in favor of Mr. Cook, one of the opposing party\\nrefraining from voting. Nor was this all of the troubles of Mayor Cook s administration. The\\nleaders of his party feared that some of the aldermen were pledged to vote for a Republican for other\\ncity officers, and, that detection might follow, devised a three-cornered pasteboard ticket and placed\\nwatchers over their members to see that they deposited the same in the ballot box. They also used\\ncolored tickets and other devices much to the chagrin and discouragement of Mayor Cook, who was\\nover-ruled and made a target for the quips of the newspapers. The unfairness with which Mayor\\nCook was treated did not end here. An act was coached through the legislature in June changing\\nthe day of election from March to November, thus reducing his term of office to seven months. The\\nconsensus of opinion after party passion had subsided was, and still is, that Mayor Cook was not\\nfairly treated by either party. He was handicapped and unable to accomplish undertakings that he\\nknew were for the best interests of the city. He did, however, all an honest man may do in conduct-\\ning departments upon an economical basis and left l)ehind him a record that, under all the circum-\\nstances, should not be looked upon as unworthy of comparison with those of other ma ors who served\\nthe city in troublesome times.\\nThe canvass preceding the November election in 187S demonstrated that the third party\\nadherents who supported Langley in March were determined on reviving the old issue. They\\nnominated Coleman W. Murch, while the democrats supported Frederic Kelsey and the republi-\\ncans Charles Holman. The ballot disclosed; Murch, one hundred and nineteen; Kelsey, nine\\nhundred and thirty-three. Holman, 1,285. Mayor Holman and his associates in the government for\\n1879 were inaugurated without dissension and the affairs of the city resumed the even tenor of their", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0620.jp2"}, "621": {"fulltext": "///S/ OA OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n599\\nway. During liis first adniinislralioii a tronbk-sonic ([uestioii arose relative to the interest on the\\nNashua Rochester railroad stock held by the city. .Six per cent was guaranteed by the Worcester\\nNashua railroad. The Nashua cS: Rochester road cost in the neighborhood of S8oo,ooo more than\\nthe engineer s estimate. The financial condition of the Worcester Nashua company was such\\nits stock, by reason of the excess of interest it was compelled to pay under the terms of the guarantj-\\nhaving depreciated from one hundred and thirty dollars to eighteen dollars that there was inuninent\\ndanger of bankruptcy unless relief was afforded by a reduction of interest to three per cent. The\\nfacts were given out in an official synopsis of the railroad company s books, and Mayor Holman,\\nbefore taking action in the matter, secured the services of an expert accountant and verified the\\nstatement. Meanwhile the newspapers and many citizens of influence had openly declared that if\\naffirmative action was taken Mayor Holman s jiolitical career was ended. It was, considering that he\\nwas com-inced that to hold fast to the original contract was to force the road into bankruptcy and\\nCriV l-AiiM AXI) UOlSIi fOKUIiCTION.\\nentail heavy loss upon the citv, a most trying situation. Mayor Holman, however, disregarded all\\nthreats and acted upon his judgment. He led his councils to grant the reduction, and since then it\\nhas been an indisputaVile fact that his action relieved the embarrassment of the road the stock\\nquickly advancing from eighteen dollars to si.xt\\\\-five dollars per share so that in the end Nashua\\nwas enabled to dispose of its stock at par, and many individual stockholders who held their certificates\\ntill a few months later realized from ten to thirty per cent advance. In other affairs it was deemed\\nexpedient, considering the pul)lic debt, and in compliance with the majoritx sentiment of the tax-\\npayers, to forego all im])ro\\\\-ements not imperative and apply the strictest business jirinciples to all\\ndepartments. By so doing a most satisfactory exhibit was made. Despite the threats that had been\\nmade, Mayor Holman was re-nominated the following year and received nine hundred and seventy-\\neight votes to se\\\\-en hundred and thirty-seven for Quincy A. Woodward and fifty-one for Thomas\\nMelend\\\\-. The onl\\\\- friction experienced during his second administration was at the \\\\-ery beginning,\\nand came about through di\\\\-ision of supi)ort in the choice of city marshal. The candidates were\\nWillard C. Tolles, Horace S. Ashley and William O. Clough. On the twenty-.second ballot the vote", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0621.jp2"}, "622": {"fulltext": "6oo\\ntil STORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nwas tied between Clough and Ashley, when the mayor gave the casting vote to the former. Mayor\\nHolnian conducted the affairs of the city during his second term on practically the same lines as his\\nfirst. He macadamized Main and Canal streets, made needed improvements at the Mount Pleasant\\nschool house and house of correction, met all the city liabilities inside of the annual appropriation, and\\nat the same time reduced the cit)- debt about 5^10,000. It was a very satisfactory .showing and credit-\\nable to his financial and executive ability. The total city debt at the close of this decade, less $220,400\\nloaned on account Nashua Rochester railroad, was $243,340; valuation, $8,940,480; city property,\\nincluding school houses, $635,176; population, 13,397; voters, 3,014.\\nAt the annual election in 1880 the ma3 oralty candidates were Josiali M. Fletcher, Frank A.\\nMcKean and Benjamin Fletcher, Jr. The vote stood: J. M. Fletcher, fort) -one; McKean, 1,174: B.\\nFletcher, 1,383; in 1S81, Alfred M. Norton, eight hundred and thirtj -uine Fletcher, eight hundred\\nand ninety. Both administrations of Mayor Fletcher 1881 and 1882) were alike a credit to himself\\nand the city. He did a vast amount of work that had become indespensable by reason of the growth\\nof the city in the previous decade, and dispensed with sundry antiquated sy.stems that had become\\nsources of annoyance. Mayor Fletcher perfected the hydrant S3-steni, and greath added to the\\nHUDSON IRO.V BRIDGE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 LOW AND HIGH WATER.\\nefficiency of the fire department. His administration built that part of the Hudson iron bridge\\nbelonging to Nashua at a co.st of $10,209; and the O Donnell school house on Chandler .street at an\\nexpense, including fixtures, of about $10,000: purchased the lot on which the police station is\\nerected (a wise and prudent forethought as it turned out) for $6,683; improved the City Hall\\nbuilding, constructed new sewers and extended old ones, and made additions to the stone paving in\\nstreets. The improvements credited to Mayor Fletcher s administration were absolute necessities,\\nand yet, the city debt and the outspoken opposition of many influential taxpayers being taken into\\naccount, it required more than ordinary courage to carry them forward to completion. Besides\\nmaking the improvements mentioned he kept a careful oversight over departmental expenditures and\\nconducted city affairs on business principles, thus reducing the city debt $12,300 in 1881 and $6,851\\nin 1882, a total in two years of $19,151. This was indeed a gratifying exhibit. Mayor Fletcher\\nproved a chief magistrate of courage and independent judgment equal to the demand of the times,\\nand so became sponsor for two of the most satisfactory administrations of the generations he served.\\nThe mayoralty elections in November, 1882 and 1883, resulted in the choice of Alfred M. Norton.\\nThe vote stood, first year, James H. Dunlap, 1,150; Norton, 1,283; .second year, Isaac Eaton, 1,002;", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0622.jp2"}, "623": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHirA, A^ 6oi\\nNorton, i.iSj. Mayor Norton s two adniinislralioiis, 18.S3 and 1SS4, were helpful to the growth and\\nprosperity of the city. In his first year he coni])lete(l the new hydrant system inaugurated by Mayor\\nFletcher at an expense of about five hundred dollars, enlarged the South Common, S2,2co introduced\\nwater into the cemeteries, seven hundred dollars; purchased a hose carriage, seven hundred dollars;\\nhose, $i,4Sy; and remodeled the interior of the City Hall building which to this time was a relic of\\nantiijuity a lding steam-heating fixtures, modern furniture, jiainting and rejiairs, at a cost of about\\n$10,000, and ex])en(led something in excess of $5,000, in defending the cit\\\\- in an action to recover\\ndamages for the use of Knibb s valve on fire engines, and in a suit brought by the ale Mills\\ncompany to recover damages on account of outlets to sewers into the Harbor pond. In his second\\nyear he built a new iron bridge over the Nashua river f)n Canal street, S,50o; widened liridge street\\nat the corner of Amory street from money realized by the sale of Nashua Rochester railroad stock,\\nand expended in the courts about $3,200 in legal fees and nine hundred dollars to satisfy a verdict\\nfor damages for that amount by reason of a defective highway. These costly lawsuits were the final\\nsettlement of long standing claims for which his administration was not responsible. Mayor Norton\\npatrioticall) encouraged the celebration of the Fourth of July, 1884, and secured an ajjpropriation\\nfor that purpose. The event. Col. William H. D. Cochrane, chief marshal, included jjrocessions,\\nband concerts, sports, balloon ascension and fireworks, and passed off agreeably to the credit of the\\ncity. In addition to the onerous duties inciilental to the large expenses enumerated, he gav e careful\\nattention to department affairs and finances which he managed with skill and creditably to himself.\\nMayor Norton retired from office with the respect and entire good will of his fellow-citizens and the\\napprobation of a clear conscience.\\nAt the annual election in 1S84 the candidates were Thomas .Sands, James H. Tolles and John\\nSpalding. The result of the ballot was: vSands, one hundred and nine; Tolles, 1,249; Spahling,\\n1,428. The beginning of Mayor Spalding s administration was embarra.ssed by an issue of the\\ngravest importance to the city. The legislature had passed a law requiring insurance companies to\\npay the face of their policies, i. e., when total losses occurred the_\\\\- should not be allowed to adjust\\nclaims and compel the policy holders to settle for less than the amount for which they were insured.\\nForeign companies demurred and withdrew from the state. No insurance was to be had and property\\nwas fast being uncovered and at the mercy of the fire fiend. The people were greatly excited. Men\\nof influence said, Call the legislature together and repeal the law. FCditor Moore, who, during his\\nentire career in Nashua, was a leader of public opinion, excoriated the runaway companies through\\nthe columns of his newspaper and declared unconditionally that Nashua would take care of herself.\\nCity Editors Clough and Bussell interviewed merchants and manufacturers by the score and bv\\npublishing their opinions showed conclusively that the balance of public sentiment favored the view\\nof the editor. Mayor Spalding, although surrounded by those who were opposed to the law, bravely\\nchampioned the cause of the people and a battle royal thereupon ensued. The first meeting to\\norganize a home mutual company was thinly attended, but for all that Editor Moore and Mayor\\nSpalding pledged to make the fight of their lives. The issue was restated in the newspaper the\\nfollowing day, personal interviews were had with men of nerve, and at the second meeting Cornelius\\nV. Dearborn, Josiah M. Fletcher, Elbridge P. Brown, Mark R. Buxton, John H. Goodale, Seth D.\\nChandler and a few other influential citizens came to the rescue, and, despite all opposition, formed\\nthe Indian Head Mutual Fire Insurance company, with a guaranty fund as required by law, and\\nimmediately took risks upon exposed property. A few days later some of the heretofore lukewarm\\ncitizens aroused themselves, and with the aid of the men whose names have been given, organized\\nthe Capitol Fire Insurance compau}-. The cit) was saved from loss, the companies did business\\nseveral j ears, or until the return of the runaways, paid all their liabilities and regular dividends, and\\nwhen they closed accounts divided a handsome surplus among stockholders. The insurance problem\\nhaving been satisfactorily solved. Mayor Spalding gave his attention to routine business. A few\\nmonths later, however, another vexed question in which the people were deepl\\\\ interested, came up\\nfor adjustment. A small amount of the Nashua Rochester railroad stock had l)een sold at si.xty\\ndollars per share. Meantime a syndicate had been formed through which there w-as an opportunity\\nto dispose of the balance of the stock held by the city at par ($100 a share.) The leading financiers\\nof the city were divided as to the expediency of affirmative action. Some counselled him to wait for\\na rise, others declared it was time to unload. Mayor Spalding took the latter view and realized", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0623.jp2"}, "624": {"fulltext": "6o2 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n$142,000, vvliicli he added to the sinking fund provided to take care of the city bonds issued to\\npurchase the stock and due in i S92. Had Nashua declined to sell the syndicate could not have\\nsecured control of the road, and the value of stock must have necessarily remained at sixtj dollars or\\nthereabouts for an indefinite period. The result of the sale made the control by the syndicate possi-\\nble and enabled individual stockholders to dispose of their shares at a premium. Although Mayor\\nSpalding did not escape criticism at the time, the wisdom of the course he pursued became apparent\\na little later and was highly satisfactory to even those who had advised negatively. Mayor Spalding\\nrecommended the construction of a mammoth sewer from the Merrimack river through Hollis street\\nto the Woodlawn cemetery. There was a crying need of this improvement, and, the councils having\\nadopted his recommendation, the undertaking was begun and the sewer completed that season as far\\nas the Concord railroad junction. During his term of ofhce he compelled the railroads entering the\\ncity to erect and operate gates at dangerous crossings, secured from George Stark, as a gift to the\\ncity, the attractive park at the junction of Concord and Manchester streets, built a hose house on\\nBridge .street and increased the tributary sewerage sy.stem of the city. He also broke ground for the\\nNashua street railway being at the time president of the company holding a charter that he had kept\\nalive through years of persistent effort and rendered appreciable service in completing the enterprise.\\nBesides this step toward the realization of the hope of making Nashua a modern city it stands to\\nMayor Spalding s credit that he recognized the necessity of an electric fire alarm system, and, after a\\nthorough investigation of different patents, adopted the one now in use and, Dec. 8, 1S85, secured the\\npassage of a resolution authorizing an appropriation of $6,000 for its introduction. Electric street\\nlighting, although favored by his administration, was relegated to his successors. His prudent\\nmanagement of department finances reduced the city debt $14,500 and secured lasting benefits to the\\npeople. In fact, the service he rendered prepared the public mind for the work that lay in the path\\nof his successors, and in this view, and because of the things he accomplished, he is entitled to the\\ngratitude of posterity. Mayor Spalding publicly announced at the time of his nomination that owing\\nto his business engagements (for he was the cashier of the First National bank and connected with\\nseveral industrial and other enterprises), he could not consent to be a candidate for a second term and\\nalthough a second nomination was offered and urged upon him, could not be induced to accept.\\nThe mayoralty candidates at the election in 1885 were Thomas Sands, who received fifty-six\\nvotes; Cornelius V. Dearborn, 1,073; James H. Tolles, 1,115; 1886, John H. Goodale, 95; Frank D.\\nCook, 1,226; Tolles, 1,400; 1887, James M. Fletcher, fifty-nine; Cook, 1,312; Tolles, 1,321; recount,\\nFletcher, 59; Cook, 1,313; Tolles, 1,322. Mayor Tolles served three terms, 1886, 1887. 1888, and is\\nthe only chief executive of the city accorded this honor. He believed that if Nashua were to become\\na metropolitan city the work of development that had been steadily going forward since the days of\\nMayors Otterson and Sargent should be continued, and to that end bent all his energies. His first\\ncare, as considered in his inaugural address, was in the matter of finance. He clearly and forcibly\\nargued that inasmuch as the law compelled the city to add $7,062 annually to the sinking fund\\nprovided to liijuidate the bonds given in connection with the Nashua Rochester and Wilton rail-\\nroads transaction there was no necessity for holding in reserve the total amount realized b} his\\npredecessor b the sale of the stock of the former. Accumulated interest and the amount required\\nto be annually added would swell the total far beyond the requirements of the city in 1892, when the\\nbonds became due for which the sinking fund was created. Moreover the payment to the c\\\\\\\\.y from\\nthe city of the amount of coupons on bonds redeemed but not yet matured was a method of doing\\nbusiness that should be abandoned. In fine he recommended that all money not required to meet the\\ncity obligations at maturity of bonds in 1S92 be applied in payment of all the then outstanding script,\\nnotes and bonds due prior to that date. The bonds held by the tru.stees of the sinking fund\\namounted to $61,500, and a resolution was recommended and passed authorizing their cancellation,\\nand ordering them filed with the matured debt of the city; also another resolution authorizing the\\ndiscontinuance of the annual appropriation of the $7,062 to be added to the sinking fund. Many of\\nthe opponents of this new order of things looked upon the proposition as rank heresy and threatened\\nhis impeachment if the scheme was carried out. Mayor Tolles, however, were not alone in his views.\\nEx-Mayor Edward Spalding and several other of the leading financiers said he was right, and with\\nthis backing, and in the determined spirit of a positive man, he made an issue in the city council,\\nwhich was politically arrayed against him, and, after a protracted struggle in which there was little", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0624.jp2"}, "625": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 603\\nor no exhibition of temper, carried Iiis jioiiit, thus coiniiiittint; huth political parties to the proposition\\nami silencing those who had threatened imi)eachment. The policy thus ado])ted proved a relief of\\nabout 550,000, during the period of this administration, which the people would have been obliged\\nto li(|uidate by direct tax.\\nHaving opened the way to a continuance of the improvements begun and contemplated, the\\nauthorized appropriation for an electric fire alarm was made. lie was, nevertheless, confronted hy\\nl)er])lexing conditions. The amount ($6,000) was insufficient for the undertaking, citizens were\\nangry liecause of the erection of unsightly poles and the necessary trimming of shade trees, and not\\na few were distressed in mind because of what they were pleased to mention as an unnecessary outlay.\\nMayor Tolles dodged the grumblers as best he could and gave his attention to the business in hand.\\nHe found that the New England Telegrapli and Telephone com])any was seeking the right of way in\\nthe city, and, althougli it was a hard bargain for the concern, he made a contract by which it l)ecame\\nbound, in consideration of right of way, to furnish and maintain poles, cross-arms, and pins ujion\\nwhich the city should have perpetual right for fire alarm wires. The result was the completion of\\nthe system at a slight cost above the appropriation and a large annual saving. Mayor Tolles con-\\ntinued the work on the mammoth sewer \u00e2\u0080\u0094introducing for the first time in Na.sliua an excavating\\nmachine that saved hundreds of dollars and completed it during his last administration at a total\\ncost, including Mayor Spalding s expenditures, of about #50,000.\\nAnother appreciable improvement was in connection with the cemeteries. He recommended and\\nsecured the appointment of superintendents and during his first year reset a large number of fallen\\ngravestones, cleared out unsightly undergrowth, graded paths, and, during the following years,\\nerected needed chapels at Woodlawn and Edgewood.\\nIn May, 1886, the subject of electric lights for the public streets was introduced in the board of\\naldermen, and immediately it became evident that there was to be a formidable opposition to the\\nmeasure. Mayor Tolles, being a stockholder and officer in the Nashua Electric Eight company, was\\nnow between two fires, his own and the city s interests. He stated as much and pledged that if it\\nwere deemed advisable to light the city with electricity the contracts should be as reasonable as in\\nother cities or the award be made to the lowest bidder, the Nashua Gas Light company being the local\\ncompetitor of the compau)- he represented. The discussions that followed were long and tedious,\\nresolution after resolution failed of passage, experts were called, public hearings were given in which\\nthe Gas company participated, and the subject held in abe^-ance for months. Finally the Electric\\ncompany put up several lamps on trial and sustained the same at its own expense for a number of\\nmonths, and Feb. 27, 1887, a two years contract was made for one hundred and eight arc lights at\\n$7,000 a year. Opposition then ceased and surely few if any citizens would now vote to return to the\\nold method of lighting.\\nStill another improvement and unquestionably one of the best in the past quarter of a century\\nwas on Canal street. The street was narrow between Chandler street and the bridge, and during the\\ngreater part of the year a slough through which it was difficult for heavily loaded teams to pass.\\nThe Jackson company offered to give land from the yards in front of its blocks upon the condition\\nthat the city set back the fence and rebuild the sidewalk. Considering that the street must be paved\\nif the improvement were to be made, the undertaking was one of great moment. Mayor Tolles and\\nhis board carefully considered the proposition and studied the needs of the future. It was wisely\\ndetermined that it should be accepted even at the risk of increasing the jniljlic debt, and to this\\ndecision is due the fact that the street is now one of the most attractive in the city. Like all other\\nimprovements it had the opjiosition of those who are always in sorrow over public expenditures. It\\nwas made, however, without additional debt. Mayor Tolles cut down and graded Concord street\\nfrom between Hall s avenue and Stark street to the hill beyond thus bringing into the market\\nhouse lots on the streets on either side and inducing people to build dwelling houses that have atlded\\nmaterially to the taxable property of the locality and enlarged (nearly to completion) the county\\nrecord building. He sold the city s practically worthless gravel pit on Granite street and house lots\\non Sargent s avenue for about $5,000: added a fraction more than ten acres of land to the Edgewood\\ncemetery for $1,600; re-numbered all the houses in the city, put a flag-staff ujion the City Hall\\nbuilding and purchased a flag (the first owned by the city, and which the local newspajiers had been\\ndemanding for years) and introduced the weather signal service.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0625.jp2"}, "626": {"fulltext": "6o4\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nIll 1887 Iiidepeiideiice Day was celebrated as never before in town or city history. Col. William\\nH. D. Cochrane was the chief marshal and the procession included local and invited companies of\\nthe National Guard, fire companies, and among the then new features in this locality, a division of\\ntrades exhibits. Gov. Charles H. vSa\\\\V3 er and his staff, with other distinguished citizens of the state,\\nhonored the occasion and witnessed the balloon ascension, sports and fireworks. It was also during\\nMayor Tolles administration that the French international convention of Union St. Jean Baptiste\\nsocieties (which he welcomed in a fitting address) was held in Nashua, a magnificent civic procession\\nbeing one of the features. During his last term of office the subject of a .soldiers monument was\\nagitated by the citizens. Nov. 13, 18S8, the aldermen considered a resolution appropriating $12,000\\nfor this purpose and also locating the monument on the Railroad square oval. It was amended to\\n$10,000 and passed. The common council amended it to $12,000 and in front of Greeley building.\\nThe public was undecided as to location and engaged in hot discussion relating thereto in public\\nmeetings, therefore the aldermen referred the wliole matter to the incoming ailministration. The\\ngeneral expenditures during the three years Mayor Tolles served the city in the executive chair,\\nwhich included the purchase of a stone crusher, were economically managed and satisfactory exhibit\\nmade. In the summer and autumn of his last year the residents of Crown Hill demanded a school\\nhouse. The suggestion was made that the Pearl street school house be removed to a convenient site,\\nbut Mavor Tolles and his board rightly declared that such a course, inasmuch as the house was in no\\nparticular suited to the needs of the district or consistent with future growth, was inexpedient, and\\ntherefore, as their last important oiTicial act, passed a resolution authorizing the incoming council to\\nappropriate $25,000 for the erection of the building that now adorns the lot on Arlington street. That\\nMayor Tolles made improvements that have stood, and shall continue to stand the test of time no\\ncitizen will attempt to gainsay. He gave unstintedly of his time to the public service, he endured\\nwithout a murmur the harsh criticism of those who could not understand his motives, and bore him-\\nself courteously under all circumstances. More cannot be expected of any man.\\nThe mayoralty candidates at the annual election in iSSS were John H. Goodale, who received\\nthirty-two votes, Edward O. Blunt, 1,621, Charles H. Burke, 1,760. In 1889, Nathan O. Prescott,\\nnineteen; Charles T. Lund, 1,487; Burke, 1,599. Mayor Burke administrations of 18S9 and 1890)\\nwas confronted by the mooted question, whether or not the work of making Nashua an up to date\\ncity should continue, or, yielding to the clamor of an influential minority, all improvements should\\ncease. He wisely chose to continue, and among his first acts meanwhile meeting with consider-\\nable opposition he secured the authorized appropriation for building the school house at Crown Hill,\\nand, near the close of his second term, turned over to the city the building on Arlington street, the\\ntotal cost being about $34,000. Another long delayed (and it may be added often promised) under-\\ntaking was the erection of a soldiers and sailors monument. Favorable public sentiment had been\\naroused during the administration of his predecessor, and, although that class of citizens who invari-\\nably scold over public expenditures were clamorous for another postponement. Mayor Burke believed\\nthat considering Nashua was twenty-five years behind other cities in honoring the men who had\\nfought the battles of the Republic it was high time to make amends. The majority of his council\\nwas like-minded and accordingly $12,000 was appropriated. Abbot square selected as a compromise\\nand satisfactory site, and the corner stone laid by the Grand Army of the Republic, Milton A. Taylor\\nchief marshal, on Memorial Day, 1889, a magnificent procession of veteran soldiers and sailors, under\\nescort of the local companies of the National Guard, being present and participating in the exercises,\\nCol. Frank G. Noyes delivering an oration. The monument was completed during the next few\\nmonths and Oct. 15, the same year, dedicated by the state department, Grand Army of the Republic,\\nCol. lUbridge J. Copp, chief marshal. The event marks one of the grandest events in local history.\\nThe city was radiant with flags, bunting and banners. Thousands of the veteran soldiers and sailors\\nof New Hampshire, with comrades from other states, headed by bands of music and drum corps, and\\nescorted by military companies and secret organizations, paraded the streets, children of the public\\nschools (grouped for that purpose) sang patriotic hymns, the state officers of the Grand Army\\nperformed the dedicatory service of that order, Mayor Burke and others made stirring addresses and\\nGen. Charles H. Burns delivered a classic oration. The opponents of the undertaking were silenced\\nand no words other than of gratitude to Maj or Burke and his associates have since been spoken.\\nMayor Burke completed improvements to the county record building, the total expense being about", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0626.jp2"}, "627": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n605\\n$2,500 strengthened the fire department by adding a chemical engine and outfit at a cost of $3,000;\\nremodeled the central fire station (making nearly the entire excavation under it) at an expenditure of\\n$4,500; built and established the Quincy street fire station, $3,000; enlarged the city tomb and\\nWoodlawn cemetery (purchasing land on Kinsley street) at a cost of about $5,000; made alterations\\nand improvements in the City Hall building, (putting in new steam boilers and modern doors and\\nwindows) $2,500; built a nuunmolh sewer from Railroad square to the North Common, $27,000 laid\\nmore sewer pipe and edge stone than any of his predecessors completed paving Canal street to Kail-\\nroad square, $6,000 macadamized several streets; received the Hunt lecture fund established the\\noffice of city engineer secured an annual appropriation for the militia which encouraged building\\nthe armory on Canal street, and carefully guarded minor interests. The foregoing is not all by any\\nmeans that stands to the credit of Mayor Burke s administration. P or many years the newspapers,\\ncourts and cit\\\\ ofiicials had been inveighing against the police station in the basement of the City\\nHall building) and demanding that something in the interests of humanity be done about it. Mayor\\nBurke gave the naatter very serious consideration, although there was considerable opposition to the\\n.STAHK S(i_U.\\\\RE.\\nproposed outlay, secured an appropriation and built the model 1)uilding which adorns Court street and\\nsatisfies the demands of the times. The building cost upwards of $30,000. Mayor Burke entertained\\nPresident Harrison on the occasion of his visit to Nashua, and performed many other courteous acts\\nthat reflected credit upon himself and the niunicipalit\\\\- he represented. He devoted the major part\\nof his time to the affairs of the city and impartial history must declare that the work he accomplished\\ngrandly comjileted the new Nashua that Kditor Moore and Ma\\\\-or Olterson laid the foundation of\\nin 1870. The population at the close of this decade was 19,311; \\\\aIuation, $10,445,038; voters,\\n4,684 city debt, $339,074 city property, $691,033.\\nThe mayoralty candidates in 1890 were Frank D. Cook, twenty-four votes: Walter B. Chase,\\n1,670; William H. Beasom, 1,896. In 1891, John Cross, fifty-four; Williams Hall, r.490; Beasom,\\n1,731. Mayor Beasom (administrations of 1891 and 1892) believed with a majority of both political\\nparties that the police and fire departments should be taken out of politics, h rom the inauguration\\nof the first city government the efficiency of both had been somewhat luindica])pe(i with changes that\\noccurred among officers with the change of administrations. The time had come to make tenure of\\noffice in these departments subject to good behavior and Mayor Beasom took the initiative to accom-\\nplish this ])nr])ose. He wrote the original draft of tlie legislative act authorizing the fire commission", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0627.jp2"}, "628": {"fulltext": "6o6 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nand urged its passage, aud was also interested in the legislation that secured the police commission\\nthe first commissioners of the former being his appointees the commissioners of the latter being by\\nthe o-overnor and council. The consensus of public opinion is that both commissions have resulted\\nin radical reforms that have been beneficial to the peace, dignity and protection of the city. Mayor\\nBeasoni also recommended the appointment of a police matron (making the finst appointment in 1891\\nand the purchase of an ambulance, which was added to the service a few months later. His first\\nadministration built the Arlington street engine house at an expense of about $6,000; purchased a\\nnew hook and ladder truck, $1,900; enclosed the park at the junction of Concord and Manchester\\nstreets with a dressed stone curb, $2,800; constructed the stone bridge on Allds street over Salmon\\nbrook, about $7,000 liquidated arrearages on contracts for building the police station, $12,939 and\\nthe soldiers and sailors monument, $4,062 besides introducing assessors maps, which were com-\\npleted in 1892. A few weeks following his second inauguration his health failed and he was there-\\nfore compelled to relinquish the executive chair. Alderman Charles E. Faxon was elected acting\\nmayor by the board of aldermen, and performed the duties of mayor the rest of the term. Improve-\\nments incepted in 1891 were continued and the expenditures that resulted in Commercial street\\nauthorized, an agreement being entered into by which the Worcester, Nashua Rochester railroad\\nbore the major part of the expense. Some marked improvements were made upon highways and\\nbridges, the grade raised on the north side of the Main street bridge, greatly to the convenience of the\\npublic, and a resolution passed authorizing an appropriation to build a school house on Amherst\\nstreet, plans for which had been made in 1891, and a location decided upon. Acting Mayor Faxon\\nhad many difficult problems to deal with but for all that conducted municipal affairs in a creditable\\nmanner. Mayor Beasom resumed the chair of office at the close of the year and welcomed and\\nqualified his successor, a custom that has prevailed since the adoption of the city charter.\\nAt the annual election in 1892 the candidates were Thomas Sands aud Williams Hall, the latter\\nbeing elected by a vote 1,787 to 1,778. A recount was had but the result was not changed. When\\nMavor Hall (administration of 1893) came to the executive chair he found the public mind greatly\\ndisturbed over the choice of a site for a public library building. He used with the public and his\\ncouncil everv possible argument and endeavored to harmonize conflicting interests and desires, and\\nwas at all times ready to obey the order of the court, but despite the utmost he could do public senti-\\nment could not be placated nor his official associates induced to settle the vexed question. (A more\\nextended statement relative to this unfortunate controversy is given at the close of this chapter.\\nMayor Hall accomplished many undertakings that were of va.st importance to the public. He\\npurchased land of the Jackson company for the purpose of widening Amory street, and the improve-\\nment in that thoroughfare, which includes the pavement, made it possible to lay the track of the\\nelectric railway and at the same time permit abundant egress from the freight house of the Boston\\nMaine railroad. Mayor Hall extended the Ward One main sewer (as provided by a special appro-\\npriation of $15,000) from Greeley street, through Merrimack, Abbot, Manchester, Halls, Webster,\\nStark and Concord streets to the brow of the hill beyond, building of brick nearly three-fourths of\\nthe distance and continuing with Akron pipe. His enterprise had the approval of the people bene-\\nfitted, many of whom expressed to him their personal gratitude. The Amherst street school house, to\\nbuild which an appropriation was authorized by the preceeding administration and for which ways\\nand means were provided by Mayor Hall s administration, was built during his term of office, and,\\nalthough a committee of the government of 1892 held over, was given his personal attention. The\\ncost was about $18,600. He also built the Amherst street fire engine house (one of the finest in the\\nstate, and in which every citizen takes an honest pride) at an expense, including land, of about\\n$38,000. Mayor Hall built a sewer from the base of Commercial street to the Nashua river, paved\\nCommercial and Hudson streets, and straightened, filled and in man}- ways improved Concord street\\nfrom the old Ferry road to the Pennichuck brook. He also rendered all the aid in his power to the\\nestablishment of the Cit} Emergency hospital, using his influence to secure an appropriation of\\n$2,000, which amount, added to the gift of citizens, made the realization of this long needed institu-\\ntion possible. One of the most important acts of Mayor Hall s administration relates to the finance.\\nHe found a floating debt of $125,000 and issued cit}- bonds, due in 1913, in payment. The sale of the\\nbonds was the most favorable to the city of any in its history: a sure indication that the out-side\\nworld now looked upon Nashua as a modern and enterprising city, the credit of which is in a great", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0628.jp2"}, "629": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\n607\\nmeasure due to the positive and far seeing men who performed the duties of its chief magistrate\\nduring its reconstructive i eriod. In issuing the bonds mentioned Mayor Hall took the wise precau-\\ntion a business method which his successors will no doubt follow of establishing a sinking fund, to\\nwhich $6,000 is to be added annually, to meet the city s obligation at maturity. The routine affairs\\nof the\\\\arious departments were faithfully managed during the year, and Mayor Hall retired from the\\noffice with the credit of an able and progressive administration.\\nThe candidates for the mayoralt) in 1893 were Josiah M. Fletcher. se\\\\-enty Thomas Sands,\\n1,544: William A. Gregg, 1,575. The annoyances incidental to the introduction of the Australian\\nballot system were such that a recount of the votes, as in the previous year, was demanded. The\\nresult was Fletcher, seventy; Gregg, 1,596; Sands, 1,603, and the finding was confirmed by the\\nsupreme court. Mayor Sands contemplated making necessarj- improvements upon highways,\\nmacadamizing certain streets and curtailing as far as possible the general expenses of the govern-\\nRMInoalls 97.\\nSCIIOOI. HorSKS, KKKI ted in iSiyO.i,;.\\nment. All things considered it was a task allended with some disadxantages, conspicuous among\\nwhich were a dozen or more pending lawsuits to recover damages for injuries on the highways and\\nwhich, by reason of a change in the laws of the state it was desirable to have settled at an early day.\\nHe was a busy man about the courts for a long time and in the end his administration was compelled\\nto pay out for counsel fees and adverse verdicts nearly $14,000. This with other extraordinary\\nexpenditures increased the incidental account $17,000 over the appropriation. It was an unfortunate\\ncondition of affairs, and, the rate of taxation having been fixed at a minimum for the purpose of\\nlessening the hardships of merchants and manufacturers who were troubled because of the financial\\ncondition of the country, nothing could be done to mend the situation. Mayor Sands, however, met\\nthe changed conditions of affairs with courage and decision, lie purchased a combination truck for\\nthe fire department for $2,200, hose $1,400 and a ho.se wagon five hundred aiul fifteen dollars;\\nimproved fire engines at an expense of $2,100, bought a road machine for $3,700, and paid outstand-\\ning bills for paving stone, contracted for before he came into office, amounting to nearly $10,000,", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0629.jp2"}, "630": {"fulltext": "6o8 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\narrearages on Amherst street engine house $i4,oco, and for the support of the I- niergency liospital,\\n$2,500. Many of these demands were a surprise and a source of worriment to him. Notwithstanding\\nthe difficulties summarized he macadamized Hollis street, greatly improved many other streets and\\nhighways, supervised the departments and insisted that all their expenses should be economical.\\nTaking into account the many disadvantages Ma or Sands labored under his administration deserves,\\nas it receives, the approval of the people.\\nIn 1894 the election l)eing now for a term of two years, the candidates for the mayoralty were\\nJohn Cro.ss, twenty-eight; Eugene F. McQuesten, 1.630; Joseph W. Howard, 2,051. Mayor\\nHoward 1895 and 1896) had many hard problems to solve. The taxpayers were insistent in their\\ndemand that the expenses of the city government should be lessened, and yet public necessity\\ndemanded improvements. It was a difficult task to satisfy both. Mayor Howard, however, succeeded\\nin a large degree in meeting public expectations. Under his administration the Main street bridge\\nwas widened and strengthened, a new bridge was built at Fairmount, the Hunt library site was\\ncondemned under the law of eminent domain and became the property of the city, modern school\\nhouses were built at Belvidere (Bridge street), at Palm street, and many minor and important\\nimprovements made, including paving streets and other work incidental to changing the street\\nrailway from horse to electric power. The total valuation of the city at the outgoing of his\\nadministration as exhibited by the official reports was $13,452,845; total liabilities, less sinking fund,\\nto cancel bonds at maturity, $575,078.85; valuation of city property, as shown by inventory.\\n$579,825.44; total number of polls, 5,746; population (estimated), 24,000.\\nAt the municipal election in 1896, the mayoralty candidates were William D. Swart, 1,754;\\nJason E. Tolles, 2,318. Mayor Tolles administration (1897 and 1898) dedicated the school house\\nbuilt by the preceding administration. It is in the midst of putting into practice reforms demanded\\nby taxpayers, and promises economy in expenditures, which, by reason of the demands of a growing\\ncity, could not be made by his predecessors in office and still keep the municipality abreast of a\\nprogressive age. That Ma3 or Tolles, and his successors in the office of chief magistrate of Nashua,\\nwill do all that in them is to proclaim to the world that the gate city of New Hampshire is to\\ncontinue in growth and prosperity and maintain her proud position as one of the leading commercial\\nand industrial centres of New England need not be emphasized here. Nashua is to have a pros-\\nperous future.\\nMayors: 1853 and 1854, Josephus Baldwin 1855 and 1856, Freeman S. Rogers; 1857, Thomas\\nW. Gillis 1858 and 1859, Albin Beard; i860, Aaron W. Sawyer; 1861 and 1868, George Bowers;\\n1862 and 1863, Hiram T. Morrill; 1864, Edward Spalding; 1865, Virgil C. Oilman; 1866 and 1867,\\nGihnan Scripture; 1869 and 1870, Jotham D. Otterson 1871, Dana Sargent; 1872, Seth D. Chandler;\\n1873 and 1874, Frank A. McKean; 1875, George H. Whitney; 1876 and 1877, Charles Williams;\\n1878, William H. Cook; 1879 and 1880, Charles Holmau 1881 aud 1882, Benjamin Fletcher, Jr.;\\n1883 and 1884, Alfred M. Norton; 1885, John A. Spalding; 1886, 1887 and 1888, James H. Tolles;\\n1889 and 1890, Charles H. Burke; 1891 and 1892, William H. Beasom 1893, Williams Hall; 1894,\\nThomas Sands; 1895 and 1896, Joseph W. Howard; 1897, Jason E. Tolles.\\nPresidents of the common councils: 1853 and 1854, Aaron F. Sawyer; 1855 and 1856, David A.\\nG. Warner; 1857, Ivory Harmon; 1858, George L. White; 1859 and i860, Josiah M. Fletcher; 1861\\nJonathan Parkhurst 1862, Jacob D. March; 1863, Theodore H. Wood; 1864, Henry Holt; 1865,\\nMark R. Buxton 1866, George Turner (resigned), James E. Kent 1867, Charles D. Copp (resigned),\\nJohn M. Flanders; 1868, William P. Buel 1868, Benjamin Fletcher, Jr.; 1870, Eugene F Whitney\\n1871, Eugene W. Johnson; 1872, Thomas H. Pinkham; 1873, Loriiig Farnsworth 1874, Timothy\\nB. Crowley: 1S75, Edgar B. Burke; 1876, James H. Dunlap; 1S77, Alfred Chase; 1878, F rank D.\\nCook; 1879, James A. Merrill; 1880 and 1881, Charles W. Stevens 1882, Guy W. Latham (resigned\\nJoshua W. Hunt 1883, Isaac C. Johnson 1884, Charles E. Cummings 1885, Charles R. McQues-\\nten 1886, Albert H. Bailey; 1889, Henry P. Whitney; 1890, Frank P. Rideout 1891, Fletcher W.\\nBurnham 1892, Eester F. Thurber 1893, Frank L. Kimball; 1894, William D. Swart; 1895 and\\n1896, Charles J. Hamblett 1897, Edward H. Wason.\\nCity clerks 1853 to 1857, Edward P. Emerson 1857 to 1863, Isaac H. Marshall 1863 to 1867,\\nJohn G. Kimball; 1867 to 1874, George H. Taggard 1874, Ralph A. Arnold 1875, George H. Tag-\\ngard 1876, Ralph A. Arnold; 1S77, George H. Hatch (resigned), Eugene M.Bowman; 1878,\\nRandolph W.Farley; 1879 to 1884, Eugene M. Bowman; 1884, Ralph A. Arnold; 1885 to 1889,", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0630.jp2"}, "631": {"fulltext": "HISTORY or NASHUA, N.\\n609\\nEugene M. Howman iSSy aiul iScjo, Charles S. lUissell iSyi lo 1896, Kugeiie M. Houiiian, to whom\\nthe writer of this chapter acknowledges his indebtedness for many courtesies, and also for time spent\\nin assisting him in searcliing records 1.S96 and 1897, Oeorge F. Smith.\\nClerks of the common council 1S53 and 1.S54, William P. Ainsworth 1S55 and 1856, Henry O.\\nWinch; 185710 1S60, Charles H. Sackrider (resigned), George Swain: i86i, Theodore H. Wood;\\n1862 to 1872, Jacob D. March (died in office), Ceorge Swain; 1873, George Swain; 1874, Henry H.\\nDavis; 1875, W. F. Pinkliam 1876 to 1888, John II. Chapman; 1888 to 1889, George F:. Danforth,\\n1889, now serving.\\nThe police court, jjoHcc department, fire department and city library are incidental in the\\nmunicipal history, but neither have cumulative facts that are of special bearing in the civil\\ngovernment, and therefore are here treated in brief summary.\\nPrior to the date of the city charter court was held by any justice of the peace who could be\\ninduced to sit. Either Isaac Spalding or Israel Hunt, Jr., was usually called. With the charter a\\nregular court was instituted and General Hunt was appointed justice. He served until 1856 and was\\nfollowed by Thomas Pearson who resigned in 1862. lulward P. Ivmer.son served as ju.stice from 1862\\nto 1874, Solomon Spalding from 1874 to i,S76, James P. Fassett from 1876 till his death in 1889, when\\nHAiNU lUii.\\nCharles W. Hoitt, the present justice, was commissioned. The associate justices have been Isaac\\nSpalding, Henry Parkinson, Bernard B. Whittemore, George H. Taylor, Clark M. Langley and\\nWilliam O. Clough, the present incumbent, commissioned in 1878. The clerks have been Augustine\\nF. Long, Cliarles W. Hoitt, Fred T. Morrill, George E. Conlon, James H. Willoughby and Martin\\nFitzpatrick, Jr.\\nA new police department was also organized under the charter. It has experienced many\\nchanges and was formerly between the upper and nether mill-stones of politics. .Since 1891 it has\\nbeen controlled by a commission appointed by the governor and council. Theli.stof marshals, (chiefs\\nof the department) is as follows 1853 to 1855, Ignatius Bagley 1855 and a portion of 1856, Isaac\\nF aton 1856, William White 1857 to 1867 with the exception of 1861, when Samuel Tuck held the\\noffice and again in 1875, Thomas G. Banks 1S68 to 187 1, wdien he resigned, Charles M. Robinson\\nElbridge P. Brown completed Robinson s unexpired term and held the office in 1874; 1872 and 1873,\\nSalnia H. Murdough 1S76 to 1880, with the exception of seven months in 1878, w^hen Timothj B.\\nCrowle)- was marshal. William O. Clough 1880 to 1884 and in 1885 and 1886, James H. Hunt 1884\\nand 1S87 to 1891, Willard C. Tolles i8yi, the present incumbent. The department consists of\\n*A complete list of city officers from 185,^ to the present time, includini; rejiresentatives in the legislature, would\\nmake quite a volume of itself and therefore it is deemed inexpedient to publish the same in this connection.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a04S", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0631.jp2"}, "632": {"fulltext": "6io\\nHISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\na marshal, deputy marshal, captain, sergeant, inspector, turnkey, sixteen patrolmen and a reserve\\nforce of sixt} men.\\nThe fire department, like other departments mentioned, has been through many and radical\\nchanges. It has, however, always maintained a good name for efficiency and been officered and\\nmanned by the best citizens. Since 189 1 it has been out of politics and governed bv a commis-\\nsion elected by the city councils. Its chiefs under the city charter have been 1853 to 1855, Josephus\\nBaldwin, the first mayor; 1855 to 1857, Franklin Munroe 1857 to 1858 and 1870 and 1871 Lac\\nEaton; 1868 and 1869, Edgar B. Burke; 1872, 1878 and 1879, Benjamin Fletcher, Jr.; 187/to 1876\\nQumcy A. Woodward; 1876, 1877, 1880 to 1884, Frank A. Barney; 18S4 to 1891, Charles H Whit\\nney ,1891, present chief, George O. Osborne. The department has four steamers, four ho,se carriages\\ntwo hook and ladder trucks, two chemicals, twenty horses and ninety-four men.\\nSTEAM FIRE ENGINE NUMBER FOUR\\nMary^ p Ssfe^Hanf /t^? T ^^y E- Shepherd,\\nMary P. Fiske, Hattie E. Richardson, Sarah W. Kendall, Mary E. Hunt, Mary E Law and their\\nassociates. As early as 1830 Rev. Andrew E. Thayer established a circulat ng ibrao^ to Ita n book\\nfrom which a fee of from two to four dollars a year was charged. It contained at one th 11 os^^\\nIten^um r^l^rr^^ established a private organization ^ith corporate powers kLras\\nAthenseum. A weekly fee was charged. It had about 1,300 volumes and althou .h its usefulness\\nwas conceded by its patrons it did not meet the demands of the increasing inhab tints of the iy\\nThis fact was recognized by Orren C. Moore, editor of the Telegraph, who suggested to the Ead s\\nabil JHf f organization that had done patriotic work during thet^ivi War-the des r-\\nabihty of a levee for the purpose of raising funds with which to establish a free public library The\\nOnT riereiirof%tVir f upon fffirinativlu\\nh^v: ber; :e was hel :r C^rnan T ;fV--^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the ladies whose names\\na pro. Of L hundred .J^^t. l^. ^.^r^.r,", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0632.jp2"}, "633": {"fulltext": "///.V/VVvT OF NASHUA, N. 6ii\\nof eighty-seven volumes of desirable books. To this the Atheiueuiii library was added, and the whole\\noffered as a gift to the city upon condition that $i,ooo be expLMided annually for its supjjort and\\ndevelopment. The gift and condition were accepted in July, the same year, seven trustees appointed\\nand the library located in the south room, second story, of the county record building, where it\\nremained until 1892, when it was removed to more commodious cpiarters in Odd Fellows building,\\nTemple street, where it is now located. The city, much to its credit, has kept faith with the founders,\\nand prominent citizens have shown commendable spirit by donating to it many standard works and\\nmiscellaneous publications. Some years ago Daniel Hussey, for many years identified with the\\nmanufacturing interests of the city, devised a legacy of $50,000, payable upon the death of his\\nwidow, for a library building, which legacy is a consideration of the future. At the present writing\\nthe library has a small but convenient reading room, contains about 14,000 books, and is regularly\\nsupplied with magazines and the latest publications.\\nIt is a singular coincidence that the civil history of Nashua\u00e2\u0080\u0094 at the point where this work\\nnecessarily leaves it\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ends as in the beginning of Old Dunstable, with a controversy over the location\\nof a public building. In the autumn of 1892 Mary A. Hunt and her daughter. Mary E. Hunt, gave\\nthe city $50,000 with which to erect a public building to be known as the John M. Hunt Memorial\\nLibrary building. The gift was upon condition that the city purchase a lot of land to be selected\\nby the tru.stees of the library, acting with a committee of the city councils. The gift was accepted\\nunder the conditions named and the joint committee unanimou.sly agreed upon the Greeley lot, .so\\ncalled, at the head of Main street, on Railroad .square, at $35,000, made report accordingly and with-\\ndrew. The site chosen was satisfactory to the people of the first three wards and unsatisfactory to\\na majority of the residents of the other six wards. A heated controversy and discussion followed in\\nwhich much bad feeling was engendered. The objectors claimed that the location was remote from\\nthe center of the population, that the growth of the city was southward, and that sinister motives\\nwere shown, while the survivors of 1838-53 declared over and over again that it was an unwarranted\\nrevival of the old quarrel that resulted in the township of Nashville. Others stumbled over the cost\\nand not a few inveighed against the proposed building as unnecessary and ex])ensive luxury. Those\\nwho favored the scheme were derided as out-spoken in bitter condemnation of the attitude of their\\ndissatisfied fellow-citizens, and as pacificators who would allay public feeling by making it clear by\\nfacts and figures that the site was practically the centre of the residences of the patrons of the library.\\nThey claimed that justice demanded that at least one ornamental public building should be on the\\nnorth side of the river, and, moreover, it was the street railway centre. Arguments failed the city\\ncouncils disagreed a syndicate purchased the lot and demanded $5,000 more than the price stipu-\\nlated, which amount was pledged by citizens of the north side the supreme court was appealed to,\\nand wiien it rendered a decision that the lot must be purchased by the city the councils took the risk\\nof being in contempt by refusing to act. Meantime the donors became disturbed, and, feeling that\\nthey had precipitated a controversv and were also uncivilly treated requested, through the court, the\\nannulment of their contract with the city and the return of their gift. The evidence on this feature\\nof the controversy was presented to Chief Justice Doe and Justice Blodgett in June, 1895, and in\\nOctober, following, a decision was rendered denying the request and ordering the city to procure the\\nlot selected by its authorized committee and proceed to carr}- out the original contract. Mayor How-\\nard at once opened negotiations with the syndicate owners, but, being unable to agree upon the\\npurchase price, the lot was legally condemned by the city councils and taken under the law of\\neminent domain. At the time of this writing, July, 1897, indications are that there will be a year\\nor more before the John M. Hunt Memorial library building is erected as originally designed by the\\ndonors of the funds for that purpose, and that all the bitterness engendered bj- the controversy will\\nhave passed away.\\nHere ends the chapter on the civil government of the townships of Dunstable, Old Dunstable,\\nNashua, Nashville, and the city of Nashua. What the future is to be no man can foretell. It can\\nonly be hoped that quarrels and dissensions cease that the mistakes of the past wnll be avoided;\\nthat the good work of developing all its resources may go steadily forward, so that happiness and\\nprosperity may attend the generations yet to be born.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0633.jp2"}, "634": {"fulltext": "6i2 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nSOCIETIES AND CLUBS.\\nBY HENRY A. CUTTKR.\\nTHE societies and clubs of a place are indicative in a way, of the character and tastes of the\\npeople. And the influence of such organizations work for the good or bad, and mould the\\nthoughts and actions of communities. The benefits of organizations along the lines of\\nactive charities, or in the consideration of abstract moral principles, or in the promotion of\\ngood fellowship is obvious. Such, practically, are the purposes of the various associations which\\nhave been organized and maintained by our citizens. It is safe to say that Nashua has supported\\nmore organizations of the various kinds specified than any other city of its size in the state. At the\\nsame time, the home life, which is the most powerful factor of the integrity of any community, has\\nnot been neglected, as it is apt to be, whenever the outside influences are as .strong as they are, and\\nhave been, in a cosmopolitan city like Nashua.\\nThere are numerous organizations, which, being allied to either the church, the military, or to\\nlife insurance and other business ventures, will not be presented in the limits of this chapter,\\nwhich treats mainly of such bodies as are social, or quasi-social in their main characteristics. There\\nhave been bodies formed for mere temporary purposes which have not had any effect upon the people,\\nand they can hardly be treated of historically. There have been other associations whose objects\\nhave been of a purely private nature, and in which the public generally has no interest.\\nA survey of our past .social condition shows the club to be of comparatively late origin.\\nHitherto we find nothing that is analagous to it. The people formerly, instead of forming clubs,\\nreceived their friends at their homes, and depended more upon church sociables, and lecture courses\\nfor their entertainment. In the dispensation of charity they acted to a greater extent independently\\nof each other. Unity of action seems to be a principle that the last and the present generation have\\nextended into every phase of life. Sociological matters have apparently followed the trend of\\npolitical power and become more centralized. An article upon this subject portrays a present status\\nsolelj-.\\nThe pioneer of organizations which are semi-social in their character is the Masonic lodge, and\\nthe oldest Masonic body of Nashua is Rising Sun lodge, number 39, A. F. and A. M., which was\\ninstituted on the thirteenth day of June, 1822, under a dispensation from the grand lodge of the state\\nof New Hampshire, Joshua Darling, grand master. Willard Marshall, Ephraim Blanchard, and\\nJohn Lund were the prime movers in securing its organization. The first meeting was held June 26,\\n1822, and Ephraim Blanchard was elected its first master. Oct. 15 of that year there was a public\\nconsecration in the meeting-house, and Thomas W. Phillips of Boston delivered the oration.\\nThis meeting-house stood near the Harbor burial ground. The following is a list of its senior\\nofhcers, the master, with the years of service: Ephraim Blanchard, 1822, 1823; Alfred Greeley,\\n1824, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1854; Israel Hunt, Jr., 1825, 1826, 1833, 1834, 1S35, 1845, 1846; John M.\\nHunt, 1827; Stephen W. Balcome, 1828; Col. Leonard W. No} es, 1829: William Boardman, 1S30:\\nLuther Ballard, 1831, 1832; Jacob Hall, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842: Dr. Elijah Colburn,\\n1843, 1844; Thomas Pearson, i860: George A. Rollins, 1861: William W. Bailey, 1862, 1863;\\nThomas J. Rockwood, 1864, 1865; Charles E. Paige, 1866: William Barrett, 1867: Edward Parker,\\n1868; Henry M. Davis, 1869: Frank A. McKean, 1870; Dr. Oliver A. Woodbury, 1871, 1872: Dr.\\nGeorge W. Currier, 1873, 1876: Henry A. Marsh, 1874, 1S75; Mark R. Buxton, 1877, 1878, 1879:\\nJohn A. Grater, 1880, 1883; Ralph A. Arnold, 1881 Col. William H. D. Cochrane, 1882: Henry A.\\nCutter, 1884, 1885; George R. Pierce, 1886, 1887; George A. Underhill, 1888, 1889; Warren G.\\nHowe, 1890: John H.Clark, 1891, 1892; James H. Blake, 1893, 1894: Edward H. Wason, 1895,\\n1896. It will be seen that prominent men of the place, lawyers, doctors, merchants and others have\\nbeen leaders in this body. During its life of three quarters of a century it has had various lodge\\nrooms; it originally held its meetings in a dwelling at the Harbor. It has since occupied rooms in\\nthe old Greeley building, in the old Exchange building, and for over twenty years it occupied the\\nthird floor of Nutt s building. Jan. 21, 1890, it held its first meeting in Masonic temple.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0634.jp2"}, "635": {"fulltext": "J/JSTORV OF NASHUA, /V. II. 613\\nIt or.n iuii/.ed with Init few iiiembers, and it has ^rown to Ijc the second largest lodge in the state,\\nwith a nienihershii) of nearly three hundred. It has niaintainecl a high rank niasonicallj- in the state,\\nand some of its members have been the senior officer of the grand lodge of the state of New-\\nHampshire. Frank A. McKean, Cieorge \\\\V. Currier antl Henry A. Marsh have occupied that\\nposition. George W. Currier has also attained a like distinction in the grand chapter, and in the\\ngrand comniandery of Knight s Templar. The position of eminent grand commander has also been\\nheld liy Milton A. Taylor, John H. Clark and Henry A. Marsh. The influential and business men\\nof the town and cit have been members of Rising Sun lodge. It has a sizable charity fund, which\\nhas been well managed and safely invested. Its long life and present condition attests its fitness to\\nits environment, and gives promise of an indefinite period of usefulness amongst us. Judge Charles\\nF. Gove bequeathed to the lodge a tomb in the old Nashua cemetery, in which his remains now\\nrepose.\\nAncient York lodge, number 89, A. F. and A. M., was first organized under a dispensation\\ngranted by the grand lodge, Ma\\\\- 19, 1870. May 18, 1871, it accjuired a charter. Its charter members\\nwere Edward Parker, Dana Sargent, Albert H. Saunders, Benjamin Fletcher, Jr., Martin B.\\nGreene, Leonard C. Farwell, and George W. Moore. The following is a list of the masters, with the\\nyears of their service: Edward Parker, 1S70: Albert H. Saunders, 1871; Martin V. B. Greene,\\n1872: Herman V. Dane, 1873, 1874; Joshua W. Hunt, 1875: Addison W. Knight, 1876, 1877;\\nGeorge E. Spalding, 1S78; George B. Bowler, 1879, 1880; Sidney H. Favor, 1885, 1S86; Joseph\\nShattuck, 1887: Frank W. Adams, 1888. 18S9; Hendrick B. Gordon, 1890, 1891 Edward O. Fifield,\\n1893, 1894; Edward P. Graham, 1895, 1896. This lodge has a membership of one hundred and\\nsixty-four. The fact that it has attained a membership of large size in a comparatively short time\\nproves its po]nilarit\\\\-.\\nIn 1827 a dispensation was granted to establish Meridian .Sun Ro}al Arch chapter, number y, in\\nNashua, but the charter was not granted until Sept. i, 182S. This body has had a flourishing\\nexistence, and now has a membenship of two hundred and twenty-five companions. William Board-\\nman was the first senior officer, and Edward O. Fifield is the present incumbent of that chair.\\nIsrael Hunt council, number 8, R. and S. M., was chartered Feb. 27, 1873, with Daniel R.\\nMarshall, Aaron King, John C. Knowles, John D. Chandler, Oliver H. Phillips, Charles H. Fosdick,\\nIsaac Eaton, William Barrett, Thomas Pearson, William S. Atwood, Silas S. Drew and Artemua\\nKnight, as charter members. The first senior officer was William O. Clongh. Its meinliership is\\nabout one hundred and fifty.\\nJan. 16, 1867, Hiram T. Morrill, John M. Sanborn, Oliver H. Phillips, Alfred Greeley, Thomas\\nPearson, Stillnian Chase, Aaron King, Dana Sargent, William S. Atwood, Daniel R. Marshall,\\nWilliam Barrett, George H. Gillis, William H. H. Hinds, and Joa. H. Nottage petitioned the grand\\ncomniandery of New Hampshire for a dispensation to establish a commandery in Nashua, and in\\nconsequence a dispensation was granted and the first conclave of St. George commandery. Knights\\nTemplar, was held F eb. 6, 1867. A charter was subsequently granted Sept. 29, 1868. William\\nBarrett was the first eminent commander, and George Frank Hammond is the present eminent\\ncommander. This body has had a prosperous existence since its establishment. The men who go to\\nmake up the activity of the lower Ma.sonic bodies, to a great extent, are to be credited with the\\nsuccess of this body. It has a membership of about one hundred and seventy-five knights, who are\\nmostly citizens of Nashua. It is one of the most popular societies in our midst.\\nJune 19, 1863, the national grand body of 33d degree Masons granted a charter to Aaron P.\\nHughes, Aaron King, Oliver H. Phillips, Alfred Greeley, Israel Hunt, William Barrett, Oliver A.\\nWoodbury, Isaac Ivaton, Joseph A. Gihnore, Natt Head, and twenty-two others to form a grand\\nconsistory for the state of New Hampshire. Aaron P. Hughes was the first senior grand officer.\\nJune 7, 1864, charters were granted to form the subordinate bodies, with the following titles: Aaron\\nP. Hughes lodge of Perfection: Oriental council. Princes of Jerusalem: vSt. George chapter of Rose\\nCroix: Edward A. Raymond consistory. James P. vS. Otterson was the first senior officer of the\\nlodge; Henry B. Atherton was the first senior officer of the council; Hiram D. Woods was the first\\nsenior officer of the chapter, and William Barrett was the first senior officer of the consistory.\\nThe growth in this branch of Masonry was somewhat slow until about 1883, since which time\\nthe membershi]) has increased \\\\-ery rapidlx Nashua, until very recently, has lieen the only ])Iacc in", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0635.jp2"}, "636": {"fulltext": "6 14 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nthe state where these degrees were conferred. The membership in the consistory is about five\\nhundred and seventy-five.\\nConnected with the Masonic bodies, although in the nature of a business enterprise, is the\\nMasonic Building association, which in this chapter it may be well to recognize.\\nThis is a corporation, chartered May i6, 1889. It owes its inception chiefly to Dr. George W.\\nCurrier, who conceived the idea, and with the co-operation of such men as W. D. Cadwell, George E.\\nAnderson, George R. Pierce, Dr. George A. Underbill, Joseph Shattuck, George A. Rollins, Rev.\\nHenry B. Smith, Henry A. Cutter, the building was completed. Nearly every Mason in the city\\nresponded in taking at least one share of the $50,000 capital. The corner stone was laid Sept. 14,\\ni88g, by the grand lodge of New Hampshire, George W. Currier, M. W. G. M. The organ was\\npurchased by a voluntary subscription amounting to $1,800, which was pledged in a single evening.\\nMrs. Aaron King, Mrs. John M. Hunt and Mrs. G. Warren Greene added one hundred dollars each\\nto that fund. The building was dedicated Jan. 21, 1891. Rev. E. C. Bolles, D. D., of New York,\\ndelivered the oration in the afternoon. A banquet was had in the theatre at six o clock, J. Tyler\\nHicks Co. of Boston being the caterers. At eight o clock a reception was held. At nine o clock\\na musical entertainment took place in the lodge room, the Mendelssohn male quartette, Howard M.\\nDow, organist, and Miss L. E. Dow, vocalist, being the talent. Afterwards dancing in the banquet\\nhall concluded the day.\\nAll the Masonic bodies occupy the third and fourth floors of the Masonic temple. Each body\\nelects a trustee, and that body of trustees rent the apartments of the Masonic Building association\\nand adjust the rents among the various occupants, and have general charge of the quarters.\\nOdd Fellowship has had a thriving existence since its first institution in Nashua. The oldest\\nbody in the state is found here.\\nGranite lodge, number i, I. O. O. F., was instituted Sept. 11, 1843, and it was chartered Sept.\\n16, 1844. The charter members were O. D. Murray, C. T. Ridgway, David Philbrick, Charles T.\\nGill, Edward P. Emerson, Edwin P. Hill and others. David Philbrick was the first noble grand.\\nIt has had over one thousand members. It was first located in the old Exchange building, afterwards\\nit occupied a part of Noyes block, then in Telegraph building, in Goodrich building and finally,\\nwhen the I. O. O. F. temple was built, it removed into that magnificent building where it has lodge\\nroom accommodations second to none in the country. Pennichuck lodge, number.44, I- O- O- F-.\\nwas chartered Aug. iS, 1859. Its charter members were Leonard C. Farwell, Samuel K. Wellman,\\nEdward P. Emerson, Franklin Munroe, John M. Sanborn, Jacob D. March, Ezra Davis and C. C. C.\\nHill.\\nOlive Branch lodge, number i. Daughters of Rebekah, was instituted Nov. 16, 1886. Its charter\\nmembers were George E. Bagley, Norman E. Bragg, Arthur M. Davis, George E. Danforth, Menzel\\nP. French, Charles A. Goldthwait and others.\\nNashoonon encampment, numlier i, was instituted May 9, 1844, and was chartered Aug. 15,\\n184S. Its charter members were David Philbrick, Rev. C. L. Arnold, O. D. Murray, C. T. Ridgway,\\nB. D. Bingham, Jon. A. Hosmer anil others. This is the oldest encampment in the state.\\nIndian Head encampment, number 20, was chartered Jan. 14, 1873. Prominent among its\\ncharter members were Btnjamin Fletcher, Albert Beard, William S. Atwood, H. F. Dane, A. P.\\nHendrick and W. E. Taggart.\\nPatriarchs Militant, Canton A, number 9, was chartered under this title May 29, 1890. Odd\\nFellows who were prominent in securing its institution were Jason E. Tolles, Charles H. Dunlap,\\nWilliam M. Wilkins, Horace S. Ashley, James H. Reed and John A. Fisher and others. This has\\nbeen a very popular and active body and at present has a membership of over one hundred. Mem-\\nbers of the two encampments had, previous to the date of the charter of the canton, maintained\\nan organization as a uniformed rank since Oct. 7, 1879. R. M. Blanchard was the first captain.\\nEven before that date they had drilled as a military compau}-. They attended the dedication of the\\nOdd Fellows temple in Boston, with M. G. Wilson as captain. They were the first company of\\nuniformed Odd Fellows in Boston.\\nThe needs of the Odd Fellows of Nashua demanding better accommodations, a number of Odd\\nFellows, who realized the success which had attended the efforts of the Masons in building the\\nMasonic temple, called a meeting of the Odd Fellows of Nashua and formed a corporation under the", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0636.jp2"}, "637": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 615\\nstatutes. This corporation was chartered Feb. 9, 1891, with a capital stock of $75,000. It was\\norganized with J. W. Howard, president; Frederick Eaton, treasurer: George E. Danforth, clerk.\\nThe directors inunediatels- took the matter in hand and secured one of the best corner lots on Main\\nstreet. With the support of the fraternity behind tlieni, tlie building soon became an assured thing.\\nThe laying of the corner stone of the Odd Fellows building with imposing ceremonies occurred\\nMay 14, 1S91. The procession consisted of various cantons and lodges from the adjacent towns and\\nfrom many distant jdaces. It was under the marshalshij) of Gen. Charles W. Stevens. The build-\\nings along the line of march were profusely decorated, aiul the city had the ai)pearance of a fete day.\\nThe ceremonies were performed according to the ritual of the order by Canton A. nund)er 9. An\\noration was delivered by ex-congressman O. C. Moore, which presented a picture of the city as it will\\nappear with its new building contrasted with its appearance half a century ago. It was listened to\\nwith marketl attention by a vast throng which filled the contiguous streets. A banquet to over six\\nhundred in the Gilman card shop on Pearson avenue was served at six o clock. A grand ball at the\\nNashua theatre in the evening concluded the festivities of a most eventful day in the annals of\\nNashua. The dedication was a menujrable event. April 26, 1892, is a marked day in the history of\\nthe order, and initiated a new era in Odd Fellowship for Nashua. Favored by a Vjeautiful day,\\nand at a time of year when all nature was propitious, the beautiful building was consecrated to the\\nwork of benevolence and good deeds of the noble order of Odd I ellows.\\nDuring the forenoon the local bodies were bus}- escorting visiting lodges and fraters to the\\nvarious places of entertainment. In the afternoon a procession of over one thousand Odd Fellows in\\nline proceeded from the old lodge rooms to the new edifice where the work was performed in full form\\nby Granite lodge, number i, Rufus S. Bruce, N. G. The music was furnished by the Ariel quartette,\\nE. O. Wood, J. M. Blakey, G. E. Danforth and H. L. Sanderson. A bountiful and elaborate\\nbanquet was served in the City Hall at six o clock, Tanner of Haverhill being the caterer. H. S.\\nAshley was chairman of the banquet committee. Gen. C. W. Stevens sat at the head of the table,\\nwith the governor, H. A. Tuttle, at his right hand, who with other eminent guests graced the\\noccasion. Over four hundred plates w^ere laid. This most joyous and ever to be remembered day\\nterminated with a dance and that apartment, which is to be the scene of many future happy and\\ngladsome gatherings, was tested to its fullest capacity.\\nThe Knights of Pythias have three subordinate lodges here: Nashua lodge, number 5, instituted\\nMaj 9, 1870; Evening Star lodge, number 35, instituted March 4, 1890; and Rathbone Sisters,\\nNashua Star Temple, number 4, besides the uniformed rank, S. S. Davis division, number 2. The\\nsecret order has had a flourishing existence. The late S. S.Davis was at one time the senior national\\ngrand officer.\\nThere are man other societies, a mere enumeration of which will suffice to show to what extent\\nour citizens believe in a combination of effort.\\nImproved Order of Red Men, Independent Order of Good Templars, Patrons of Husbandry,\\nAncient Order of Foresters, American Legion of Honor, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Ancient\\nOrder of United Workmen, Daughters of Liberty, Knights and Ladies of Honor, Knights of Honor,\\nOrder of United American Mechanics, Brotherhood of Engineers, Order of United Friends, Order of\\nthe World, United Order of the Golden Cross, United Order of the Pilgrim Fathers, Circle Montcalm,\\nUnion St. Jean Baptiste, Ligue Du Sacre Coeur, Knights of Columbus and others.\\nThe societies are of comparitively late origin, and have achieved success. They have a secret\\nritualistic work, in which the general public is not interested, but the .social atmosphere which sur-\\nrounds that work begets a spirit of goodfellowship, which has wrought the citizens together in other\\nundertakings, and has tended to make us more one people in .strife with the outer world. Certain of\\nthese societies have kindly responded to the invitation of the writer to furnish data in regard to\\nthemselves.\\nJohn G. Foster post, nund)er 7, G. A. R., was chartered Feb. 24, 1868. It owes its existence in a\\nlarge measure, if to any one person more than another, to the efforts of the late Col. George Bowers.\\nHe was its first commander. The charter members were Col. George liowers, Capt. Henry B. Ather-\\nton, Maj. Timothy B. Crowley, Col. Dana W. King, Maj. Richard O. Greenleaf, Tyler M. Shattnck,\\nElmer A. llaskins, Noah T. Joy, Moses E. Wilkins and I-:iijah R. Wilkins. Matthew T. Benton\\nwas the department commander at that time.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0637.jp2"}, "638": {"fulltext": "6i6 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nIts first meeting was held in Beasom building, and then in succession it occupied the third floor\\nof old Exchange building, the attic floor of the Cit.v Hall, the third floor of the Countj- building,\\nthe third floor of Laton building on Railroad square, and in 1894 it acquired the Park street chapel,\\nwhere it has now exceptionally fine quarters. Its membership is now over two hundred veterans. It\\nhas been distinguished by having had three of its members department commanders. Alvin S.\\nEaton, Col. George Bowers and Col. Frank G. Noyes have served in that capacity with credit to\\nthemselves and to the post.\\nOne of the most important events in its history was the erection of the soldiers monument. It is\\nto the credit of the organization that such a monument graces one of the public squares of our city.\\nThe idea was first conceived in the hal! of the post, a committee was appointed to ask the assistance\\nof the city in the furtherance of the plan. For a great many years previous to any definite action\\nbeing taken, by the post, this question had been stirring the minds of the veterans. The matter was\\ncarried before the cit} government, and an appropriation of $12,000 was secured. A building com-\\nmittee of five from the city government, with Cliarles H. Burke, mayor, chairman, and three from the\\npost, Col. Frank G. Noyes, Gen. Charles \\\\V. vStevens and Dr. Royal B. Prescott was appointed.\\nThis committee advertised for plans, and thirty-six were submitted, from which a choice was to be\\nmade. Those selected were by T. M. Perry, and the contract was awarded to Frederick Field of\\nQuincy, Mass. The corner stone was laid by the grand lodge of the state of New Hampshire, George\\nW. Currier, M. W. G. M., May 30, 1889. On the afternoon of that day a procession Milton A.\\nTaylor, chief marshal was formed on Main street and marched to Abbot square. The procession\\nconsisted of a battalion of the militia under command of Maj. Jason E. Tolles, companies I and C,\\nthe Nashua High vSchool cadets, vSons of Veterans, two steamers, Pennicliuck hose, and Union Hook\\nand Ladder companies of the Nashua fire department. Canton A, P. M., Knights of the Sherwood\\nForest, Ancient Order of HiVteniians, Union St. Jean Baptiste society, \u00c2\u00bbSt. George commandery, K.\\nT., Triiiit\\\\ commandery, K. T., of Manchester, Mt. Horeb commandery, K. T., of Concord, grand\\nconunandery, grand lodge, A. V and A. M., city government in carriages. The exercises consisted\\nof opening address by the mayor, Capt. E). M. Shaw spoke in behalf of the post. The formal cere-\\nmony on the part of the grand lodge was performed. Col. F. G. Noyes delivered an eloquent oration,\\nkindled the memories of the surviving veterans, and touched the heart of the large audience which\\nhad crowded into the square, where many of the boys of 62 had spoken a last good-bj-e to their\\nfriends and begun their journey to the front. Benediction by Rev. H. B. Smith, R. W. grand chap-\\nlain, closed the service. The architect of the monument was T. M. Perry of Quincy, Mass. The\\nmodel of the bronze sailor was made by S. J. O Kelley, sculptor, of Boston, and that of the soldier\\nwas by C. Buberl, sculj^tor, of New York. Among the various articles deposited under the corner-\\nstone was a list of Nashua s 1,355 soldiers and sailors who served in the War of the Rebellion.\\nThe monument was dedicated Oct. 15, 18S9. A procession which eclipsed all prior processions\\nin the history of Nashua, under the marshalship of Col. E. J. Copp, was formed on Main and adjacent\\nstreets. It was composed of eleven companies from the state militia, Manchester and Nashua High\\nSchool companies, Amoskeag Veterans, state officials, Gov. David H. Goodell, John G. Foster post\\nnumber 7, John G. Foster post, number 163, of F ramingham, Mass., and thirty-seven other posts\\nfrom various places in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Sons of Veterans, A. O. H., U. St. Jean\\nBaptiste society, city government, invited guests, consisting of distinguished veterans, and the New-\\nHampshire delegation in congress. The ritualistic dedicatory exercises of the G. A. R. were per-\\nformed by post number 7, under lead of Deputy Commander James F. Grimes of Hillsborough.\\nGen. Charles H. Burns of Wilton delivered the oration in a most impressive way, and brought forth\\nvery beautifully the lessons which the monument teaches.\\nAmong the various organizations of this city there is one, wliich, from the benevolent work it has\\ndone and the patriotism it has inculcated, fully deserves recognition. This is the Woman s Relief\\ncorps, number 30, auxiliary to post number 7. Corps 30 was instituted April 2, 1885, with a mem-\\nbership of fifty-five. Its first president was Mrs. Nancy W. Moore. Much depends at the beginning\\nof a society upon the choice of officers. In this respect Mrs. Moore was eminently fitted forthe place\\nas will be .seen from the fact that at the end of the year the membership had increased to one hundred\\nand twenty-four members. For several years it remained the largest in the department, and has\\nalways been among the first in the ei^ciency of its work and especially in the amount given for", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0638.jp2"}, "639": {"fulltext": "insroRY or nashi/a, n. 617\\ncharity. Duriiio- the first ten years it expended for relief $i ,91 1 .83. Since then $315.56, making a\\ntotal since organization of ^2, 227.39. It contributed largely to the furni.shing of the Soldiers\\nHome at Tilton. Mrs. Moore in iSSSwas elected department president of New Hampshire, and in\\nher annual report S])oke of the necessity of a soldiers home in this state and recommended that, if\\nthe project for one which was on foot should materialize, the various corps of the department should\\nfurnish it. Through her influence a fair was held at the vShirley Hill hou.se in August, 1889, for the\\nbenefit of a soldiers home, tlie proceeds to be given to John G. Foster corps 30 for that purpose.\\nThe fair realized ninety-one dollars and to this was added the sum raised by the corps from the pub-\\nlication of a newspaper. As a result the Nashua corps soon had two hundred and twenty-seven dol-\\nlars toward furnishing the home, part of which was raised before the site for the soldiers home had\\nbeen selected. The reception room and office were entirely furnished by the corps at an expense of\\nalxnit four hundred and fifty dollars. Generous contributions were made for this purpose to the corps\\nby residents of Nashua. The corps also materially contributed for the relief of the Johnstown suf-\\nferers, opening headijuarters at City Hall, where, a,ssisted by the citizens, it prepared clothing and\\npacked boxes which were sent to Johuslowu at an estimated value of about $2, coo. The corps also\\nfurnished a room at the F^mergency hospital.\\nIts presidents have been Mrs. Nancy W. Moore, Mrs. Sarah Kunnells, Miss Kate M. Thayer,\\nMrs. Anna T. Olmstead, Mrs. M. Augusta Graham, Mrs. Helen S. Willoughby and Mrs. Etta M.\\nChase, the latter being president this year.\\nThe corps now numbers two hundred and thirteen members. As each Memorial Day comes they\\nkeep in sacred remembrance the deeds of our dead heroes b} placing upon their graves the flowers of\\nspring, and are ever ready to assist in caring for the helpless and needy ones left by them.\\nOf the purely local charities, and one which stands at the head because of its success, is the\\nNashua Protestant Home for Aged Women. This institution was incorporated by a special act of\\nthe legislature June 2, 1S77, Mrs. A. M. Stevens, Mrs. Fannie \\\\V. Sawyer, Mrs. J. N. Beasom, Miss\\nSarah \\\\V. Kendall and others were the incorporators. Its name shows the exact purpose of incorpo-\\nration. It has been supi)orted by donations, bequests, and funds obtained from dinners, fairs and\\nentertainments. Owing to the excellent way that its finances have been managed by the treasurer,\\nMiss Kendall, it now has a property not far from $25,000, mostly in real estate. It first occupied a\\nhouse on Chestnut street, afterwards on Kinsley street, but in 1892 it built a very commodious and\\ncomfortable building in the rear of the Kinsley street house, on Walnut street. Twenty-nine aged\\nwomen have taken advantage of this institution, and have been enabled to spend their last days con-\\ntentedly and comfortably.\\nIndependent Order of Good Templars, Harmony lodge number 1 1 1, was chartered June 17, 1S74.\\nAmong the grantees appear the names of James M. Wilkins, J. E. Walker, George H. Rollins,\\nHenry L. Redfield, Warren G. Howe, Rufus D. Andrews, and others.\\nPatrons of Husbandrj-, Nashua Grange, number 13, was chartered March 17, i,SS6, but it has\\nhad an organization since Dec. 22, 1873.\\nUnited Order of the Golden Cross has two subordinate bodies located here: Merrimack River\\ncommaudery, number 43, was established through the endeavors of C. A. Batchelder, Dr. C. S. Col-\\nlins, N. S. Whitman, C. W. Murch, P. F. Eaton, F Marshall and others in August, 1S79.\\nNashua commander}-, number 98, was chartered April 23, 1880. Prominent charter members\\nbeing Dr. E. F. McQuesten, T. H. Pinkham, N. O. Prescott, M. F. Sprague, C. C. Cameron and R.\\nM. Sawyer. The national grand treasurer, John D. Swain, for many years past has been a resident\\nof our city.\\nUnited Order of Pilgrim Fathers, Governor Wentworth colony, w^as established Nov. 4, 18S6,\\nwith I Vank G. Thurston, George li. Wheat, Dr. C. S. Rouusevel, lidward W. Dowd, B. A. Pease,\\nElmer W. liaton and others as charter members.\\nKnights of Honor of the World, Centennial lodge, number 251, w^as granted a charter vSept. 5,\\n1876. As charter members a])pear. among the names of others, the following well-known citizens\\nDr. G. W. Currier, E. S. Knight, R. M. Hlanchard, C. 15. Jackman, Charles II. Collins, and the late\\nS. S. Davis.\\nKnights and Ladies of Honor, No. 350, was created Aug. 31, iSSo. J. Barnes, G. W. Moore,\\nB. B. Otis, J. P. Howe, Americus Shattuck, A. S. Clark ap])ear with others as grantees.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0639.jp2"}, "640": {"fulltext": "6i8 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nIn the line of charities, and in a field that has not been pre-empted by the good people of Nashua,\\nlies the work of an organization of young ladies known as the Good Cheer societ} Their work is to\\nvisit the sick, and to comfort those unfortunates bj carrying them fruit, flowers and delicacies, by\\nwords of good cheer, by bright smiles and sympathetic looks, and by expressions of confidence in their\\nreturn of health. This beautiful idea was originated by Mrs. B. A. Pease (nee Flagg), Mrs. Eliza-\\nbeth Buddy (nee Spalding), now of Texas, Mrs. E. M. Gilman (nee Wallace), now of Springfield,\\nMass., and Miss Elizabeth Flather. Their first meeting was held in the fall of 1883, at the house of\\nMiss May Wallace (Mrs. E. M. Gilman), and, besides the above there were present Miss Jane E.\\nThayer, Miss Helen Lane, Miss Fanny J. Lane (now Mrs. C. F. Coburn of Lowell, Mass.,) Miss\\nClara Stetson (now Mrs. H. C. Parker of Woburn, Ma.ss.,) Miss Munn and Mi.ss Gorman. The\\noriginal officers were Miss Spalding, president; Miss Flagg, vice-president; Miss Stetson, secretarj^\\nand treasurer.\\nThe society has since increased its membership to twent)--five at which number it is limited.\\nThese young ladies, who were eminently fitted to their mission, began their good work and thej\\nand their successors, have carried it on unremittingly. A proper recognition of this very commend-\\nable charity has been accorded them, and they have persisted in what to many might seem to be a\\ndisagreeable task, but which to them has been a pleasure, and they have been rewarded with an\\nappreciation on the part of those to whom they have been, in fact, ministering angels.\\nThis charity has been sustained by the young ladies by the proceeds of lawn parties, teas, danc-\\ning parties, dramatic entertainments, etc., which they have verj- ingeniously managed. On the\\nmorning of Jan. i, 1886, these young ladies issued a woman s edition of The telegraph, realizing a\\nhandsome sum from the sales and advertisements. They have extended their work by contributing\\nto the poor, as well as the sick, the necessities of life. They have also acquired a fund. At the estab-\\nlishment of the Emergency hospital on Spring street they furnished two rooms.\\nThe importance of having a woman s club in Nashua had been for some time considered, and on\\nMay 29, 1896, Mrs. E. F. McQuesten invited to her home a limited number of interested women to\\ntake some action in the matter. The outcome of this meeting was the organization of The Nashaway\\nWoman s club with the following officers: President, Mrs. O. C. Moore; first vice-president, Mrs.\\nEnoch Powell; second vice-president, Mrs. E. F. McQuesten; secretary, Mrs. Albert N. Flinn\\ntreasurer. Miss Lucy F. Thayer; directors, Mrs. John F. Stark, Mrs. John H. Barr, Mrs. S. S.\\nWhithed, Mrs. J. A. Spalding, Mrs. Frank H. McQuesten, Mrs. Edward F. Knight.\\nThe first year s work has exceeded the expectations of its most sanguine members. The classes\\nin art, literature, current events and music have been most interesting and instructive. The very\\nefficient chairman of each class has put a great deal of time and thought into the work of preparing\\nprogrammes for the meetings, and their efforts were crowned with great success. The amount of\\ntalent developed in the membership has been most gratifying. The club since its inception has been\\nso successful that it promises growth and the widening of its influence as the years go by.\\nAmong the many clubs supported by gentlemen, there is but one the Guards club whose long\\ncontinued existence and whose large membership warrants its appearance as an historical fact.\\nWhen the state militia was organized in 1878, a company was raised in Nashua, with Col. E. J. Copp\\nas its first captain, which company was known as the Nashua City Guards. This was company F,\\nSecond regiment, N. H. N. G. It was composed of young men who were in the front rank socially\\nand in a business waj-. This company achieved distinction and many of its members became promi-\\nnent in the military affairs of the state. Its first captain became colonel of the regiment, and its\\nsecond captain became the adjutant-general of the state (Gen. A. D. Ayling), Col. Jason E. Tolles\\nbecame colonel of the regiment, Maj. W. H. Cheever, Maj. F. L. Kimball, Col. Charles H. Dunlap of\\nthe governor s staff, and Capt. C. A. Roby were also members of this company. Ties were formed in\\nthe drill room and on the muster field which the boys were loath to discontinue when the term of their\\nenlistment expired in 1883. So that in that year, Jason E. Tolles, Charles H. Dunlap, Frank L- Kim-\\nVnill, Charles A. Roby, Elmer W. Eaton, Frank O. Raj- and others organized a social club. From this\\nnucleus the present association sprung. It first occupied a single room in the Laton building on\\nRailroad square. Men who had no connection with the old company were admitted. The next year\\nwell appointed rooms in the old Beasom building became their home. This building was completely\\ndestroyed by fire in February, 1886, and the club lost everything that it possessed. For a few", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0640.jp2"}, "641": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H. 619\\nn.nUhs it occupied temporarily the rooms of the old Historical society on the third floor of Tele-\\ngraph building. Upon the erection of Howard building quarters were there provided font. The\\nentire third floor of Ayer s building was leased in 1891 and arranged as the club desired, and the\\nrooms were finished and furnished as befitted a club of its character. It increased rapidly m mem-\\nbership and the military spirit was lost by the larger number of its non-military members.\\nIn 1894 the verv appropriate, but rather cumbersome name which had adorned the club-Tie\\nNashua City Guards Veteran association-was .shortened into its present cognomen. Inder this title\\nthe iollv times which had permeated the life of the old company were not lost to sight Its mainte-\\nnance has demonstrated the fact that our business men believe in the maxim that all work and no\\nplay makes Jack a dull boy. The building of a dub house has been seriously discussed, and will\\nbe a realitv in the not distant future. 1 1,\\nChief among the literary societies and one that has made an impress upon the community which\\nwarrants a permanent record made for it is the Fortnightly club, which is an organisation ^o- literary\\nand social improvement an l which was established in February, 1887. It includes many of the lead-\\ning professional men of Nashua, its principal newspaper editors, Us prominent teachers, a good\\nlufmber of business men, and many ladies. The membership is limited to one hundred.\\nThe meetings of the club are usually held in private parlors on Monday evenings of every other\\nweek during the winter season. Its e.Kercises consist in the reading of original papers on popular\\nheme in familiar discussion of the subjects treated, and in other entertainments, chiefly musical.\\nThe excellence of its programme has been a subject of frequent \\\\^,^.^J\\nrange o topics, some of them requiring much learning and patient research hile nearly a third\\nof the subjects are distinctivelv literary, many are social and practical, a good number scientific, some\\neLcatfonal others historic-relating especially to local history-and others devoted to the fine arts\\nan to obse vatious in travel. Three papers generally are presented at each meeting the principal\\no e treating broadly of the subject for the evening, the other two considering special topics relating\\ntl e fo^ ?oing. The discussions frequently are animated and are participated in by many of the\\n1 \u00c2\u00abrc The records of the club present much that is interesting and instructive.\\nT^nam s he ;erion: who took an active part in the organization of the Fortnightly Cub are\\nThe a ^es 01 t p ^^j Hiram M. Goodrich, Rev. George W.\\nSrov r\u00c2\u00b00^;en C MoLXrles c^^ Morgan, Rev. Henry C. Parker, Dr. Royal B Prescott, Re.\\nCyrus Richardson, D. D., Rev. Henry B. Smith and Dr. Alfred M. Spalding. The first president .as\\nW VJ Bailev and the first secretary was C. C. Morgan. _ 1\\nThe Shakespeare club, a societv for the study of William Shakespeare, was organized ,n Nashua\\nOct? 887 The constitution of the Stratford club of Concord, with a few slight aherations was\\nadopted and the name. The Shakespeare club, assumed. Miss Dora N. Spalding was chosen p esi-\\ndent M;s H Goodrich vice-president. Miss Caroline W. Bailey secretary and treasurer Ther\\nha been no change in the officers with the exception of that caused by the lamented death of Miss\\nhas been no cUa secretary and treasurer. The meetings\\nfake pTace at rh m^of the members every Friday afternoon from October to May It is the\\ncustom to Ob eve Shakespeare s birthdav by an entertainment as suitable as possible to the occasion.\\nfH s Pti po Mr E, -ing Winslow has read The Tempest, Prof. C. C. Shackford his lecture upon\\nHamlet nZyl Clapp up^on Othello and upon the Sonnets, Mrs. Downs upon a visit to Stratford,\\nand Professor Elson upon the -.;V ^fiS The present members, in addition to the officers\\nThe number of ^^;f--^^;;^^ ^Tss Hele Bailev, Miss Elizabeth Flather, Mrs.\\nZT^:.::i^^C.U.^^-^ Ma^taldiug, Miss C. H. Sawyer. Mrs. Jessie Taylor, Mrs.\\nA\u00e2\u0080\u009e=tin Wallace Mrs E. H. Whithed, Miss Marion B. Aten. j-\\nTheHath^ the latter part of February, ,889, by the fol owing ladies:\\ni T Che ev Ms W P Hussev. Mrs. Chalres Holmau, Mrs. F. D. Cook, Miss CharloUe\\nMrs. E. E. Chene Mr.. \\\\V .1 .mi Goddard and Miss Flora E. Wilder\\nAtkinson, Miss M. Ellen Earl, Mrs^E- f .7;/;^;^^^^^^ \u00e2\u0080\u009e,eurred March 4, at the residence\\n:j^;;::rVm;:r^^dr^i:u:n^i;:^Sr;^t:Xted and the cmb organized und^the\\ne of lie Hat^^awaV cl b The first board of officers consisted of Mrs. E. E. Cheney, president\\n;?;r D JS^!; ^ci^ty: and Mrs. Charles Holman, treasurer. The number of members is", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0641.jp2"}, "642": {"fulltext": "IIJSTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nin Concord, and Mrs. G T. Wnki^ d^ st^\\nare held with the different n.en.bers on Frida3 If LrT. ^n fro!n 1 e^^^ Knda ^^r k\\nApril 23, Shakespeare s birthday, at which time some exer^r\\nPapers are prepared on the plays and charact r^rse Ued thTn^r^tar-\\nstudy of the play. With three exceptions the membership fs ti same at the 7\\nnearly eight years ago. Its officers at the present time are presided Mrs ohf H r\\ntary, Mrs. F. D. Cook, treasurer, Mrs. Charles Holman J^^n H. Goodale, secre-\\nrece^^t^^aM\u00e2\u0084\u00a2^:;;::^;^::!:^:\\ninterested in making theTives of ^^^J^ l^::\\nroundings to become worthy men and women. It s cliductrd bv tL iT n T\\nassociation, an organization comnosed of ch^rit L ^S s Daughters Benevolent\\nThe officers are pr^esident, M^lTl^. ^^s V^^^^^^-^^-^^es of the city,\\nclerk, Mrs. E. E. Harvey treasurer Miss Carrie M k! H T i ^t;\\ntwo members from each church Th; nurser. u m V T] consisting of\\nKim street. It was then remove! t! T^:::^:::^ )T\\nby the managers, who are consta.itlv Mile J, a\u00c2\u00abce, Th\u00e2\u0080\u009e necessfty is keenly tel,\\nparents. \u00e2\u0080\u009e,igl\u00e2\u0080\u009e otl.envLe i \u00e2\u0084\u00a2\u00c2\u00abv L S \u00e2\u0096\u00a01 hy\\nMiss Sttsan Sherman, re elar-fan he sj: f f andassistan,\\ni. .ne largely to the. r patie,,fa fh- .dly er, d;, t ^J Z^tl^fr I T\\ni~ r:\u00c2\u00bb7:i?.s:\\\\-t:.^:::,;^\u00e2\u0084\u00a2rerr\\nevening in Mr. Sylvester s parlor in ThXn r I Sylvester, met one\\nhouse. plans for which Urf r: e ted J ^1 ^^^^^^^^y meeting a small boat\\nhouse. The boat house was to be nrinHn. 1 f i ^he Nashua dve\\nlectors. G. A. Svlvest ectedT d n of tl^rt: P^\\nsion it was decided that a committee cons st o S y -g- -tion, and after much discus-\\nwho would go into the sche e w th the de f T others\\nthere might be found thirty ofi^ gent en n wh^l V was suggested that\\nthe next meeting the reports showed hat i Z f^ P^ organization. At\\nallowing at least ^f one hu^lred ^mb^rs for the d^ P\u00c2\u00b0\\nratii:t Lt:^r:^:b:;.::zr;^:r:uhi:;:^::r^ z\\nand other athletic sports to promote ,,h.:Z f encouragement of boating and\\ninterested in rowing and canoe rNrslu::\\nThe incorporators were G. A. Sylvester E S Hill T m ri i t tt\\nGreeley, W. P. Hovey, F. W. Mavnard, F. W. Hatfh E H Watr T, fi f\\ncorporation was held Tulv q iSo. in ti,. Wa.son. The first meeting of this\\nA. Sylvester, presidtit V S Hil 1 I/ S ^^-^ed: G.\\nwere adopted Ld the folirwing ;idit:ri offit^s rd eT. t B^laSf i ^T^\\ntreasurer; F. W. Maynard, J B Crowlev Ilr I Hatch.\\nGeorge W. Campbell; eapt.in. J 1 directors:\\navaiiirsu: ;o;uSit T;\u00e2\u0084\u00a2h ri; i .d VM 7 o\\nMan.,,aet\u00e2\u0080\u009eri,,g company la^;d ,::;:Tet^;-L t^:lrMf,X,:-", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0642.jp2"}, "643": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nThe membership is limited to one hundred. The present otlicers are r\\n-1 T R iv\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009el,-v secretary E. K. Johnson, treasurer L. (.t. Neviue. i..\\nEQ TTill ^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iop-nresulent n. (^ro\\\\vie\\\\ sclh-ijin j ,i I l,.\\nD. iiiii, ice picsiiiciii. J. n w nmnlii-U cautain. 1 lie\\nland in its enclosure and laid out tennis and croquet grounds. Including private\\nhas a flotilla of fourteen and additions are constantly being made.\\nIt is estimated that there are^including both ^^,^^^^^:2^. .as organized\\n1. Nashua at the present tn.e. There^ r;:2:^tt e bei^^.^^:: hundred and ten, and it has\\nSept. 1, .894: reorganized in Ma ^\u00c2\u00ab96, prese t The ofhcers are A. H. Jones,\\nlately compMed^nd IS o^uppnga^ Nashua Cycle club .as organized n.\\npresident Ahin J. Lucier. clerk r Greelev building on Railroad square. It\\nMay, 1896. At the present tniie is f^ ^l^ ^^.X,,, p.estdent; Fred Whittemore,\\nhas a membership of about one hundred. Ofticeis. 15. 1.. ^icner, 1\\nr A R Teach secretary Frank L. Mottrani, treasurer.\\nA. Noble, C. of \\\\V. 1.,, f\u00e2\u0080\u009e.r, rHx-isions in the citv. Division number\\nS:mvr;r;l.:^ jaL. s:.:,T;,;: Vice-,\u00e2\u0080\u009ee\u00c2\u00bb,e,,.: :o,.. J^ S,\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009e..\u00e2\u0080\u009e. reCO,.i.,g \u00c2\u00abc..\u00c2\u00bb0-: W.,\u00e2\u0080\u009e.,..\\nH Phippard, financial secretary; Thomas Burns, treasurer. Th.,\u00e2\u0080\u009ens\\nDiggins. v:ce.pre,ide,\u00e2\u0080\u009e 0 7,^:;; ;;;LT; dl 1 L mos; \u00c2\u00bbcc..s,u, i..\u00e2\u0080\u009eK,.t.\\nThis order has a large membership of the lush citizens ana\\nntit secret organizations of the city.\\nhas had a successful ex steic vice-president; Thomas Talbot, recording secretary E.N.\\nJ. B. Phaneuf, president; J. v_. Lormier, \\\\ice picsiuc\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009erga\u00e2\u0080\u009ei\u00c2\u00abd March .896. I.B officers .re Dr, H^ H^ Ur.v.ere. pre. dent H.\u00e2\u0080\u009er, H. Lefelnre,\\nprLide.,. A. R. S.lves.er, secretar, O.ea. O. Des^.n.p. re r _____\\nT.;e E...- No\u00c2\u00bb f,:7,\\\\:X To tf o B rtr. uT,.U,.g o\u00e2\u0080\u009e Mai., \u00c2\u00bb.ree., \u00e2\u0080\u009e-..ere U \u00e2\u0080\u009ea, fitted\\nlir:.;.::.:;:. cZ,,,oL..s,.:ltr:. I,\u00c2\u00bb o\u00c2\u00bbcer. arc T,.o,\u00e2\u0080\u009e., C\u00e2\u0080\u009er.di\u00e2\u0080\u009ec, \u00e2\u0080\u009ere.dc\u00e2\u0080\u009et He,,,, Parad.sc,\\nvice-president; Joseph Tivnan, secretary and treasurer.\\nThe Order o United American Mechanics is represented by Eagle council number 2, was instUute^l\\nThe Order 01 UiuteaAmeicd rtc nfficers are C E Cummngs, councilor John H.\\n,\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009ee .o, ,8\u00e2\u0080\u009e. \u00e2\u0084\u00a2:7 ,ct c at, -^Car.es treasure,. T\u00e2\u0080\u009eis\\n?tr7d:;.3 e-;i., sre; !,;r \u00e2\u0080\u009et;,;cM, -;;,--::r:K T^,^\u00e2\u0080\u009eS7r.s,:r:\\nir re?;^-j;;H^:::,r- s. rs,rrt;:; see:s:^n:.. o.\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009eeNreas.,r\\nThe old.t\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009ee hrc,,,.., arc represented h, Nashua at the preset ti,\u00e2\u0080\u009ee \u00c2\u00bb;3\\nNashua Vetera.. Firc.e.fs i V:rc,; ::r. c 1 as r.,*, o, ahout o.,e\\npresident; H. E. Woods, secretary; M. L- 1 uiell, treasurer.\\nhundred.", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0643.jp2"}, "644": {"fulltext": "^-2 HISTORY OF NASHUA, N. H.\\nThe Ballou association is a society of young people connected with the Universalist church It\\nIS soc:aI and benevolent :n its nature. Its officers are Walter H. Clement, presided clrie L\\nWalker, v-,ce-pres:de:U Harry F. McClure, secretary; Edward E. Nelson, treasurer\\nThe Kmghts of Columbus, Nashua council, \u00e2\u0080\u009eun,ber 131, was organized April 21 x8gs It is a\\nsocial and benevolent order. Present officers J. J. Dovle srand knight H r Pu\\ngrand knight; John H. Field, chancellor; Alvin l.ucier; et tan GeotToTts^rer\\nAssociated with John G. Foster post, GAR is T O 4 Wa.r.,\\nThe Union Veteran s union, is represented in the citv hv tliP r^i n r,\\nauartermastpr- r M^ xj^.f.., i- Junurs, surgeon Lliarles McGrearor\\nVkTc^ifoux O G N H r; r^ ^^P^^ Webster, O.^D.-\\nNew HamS ^e. ^P-^--^ commander fo;\\n.--u-^^Zuf^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a09o\\nBC- 2 4.", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0644.jp2"}, "645": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0645.jp2"}, "646": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0646.jp2"}, "647": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3294", "width": "2358", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0647.jp2"}, "648": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0is\\no,\\n^\u00c2\u00b0-n^.\\n.40*\\n^0\\nP-^^.\\ns\\\\^\\n/X\\n-^=-0^\\n.-^O.\\nJ- ^c^ ^m\\ni0j- 1^^ :\\\\ivx^^^-^\\n^?.Y^V^ ^5^\\\\o^ ^^-^^^V^\\n\u00c2\u00b0o\\nV. y-v\\no*\\ny* .-Mi^ .:Sfe^\\no V\\n^i-.\\na\\n^-.4^\\ni\\nor\\n-..^iIL 4\\nb-\\n)l\\nA\\no\\n..i^J,**.^ 1\\n^0\\nA\\n.-io*\\n.^t\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^./^r^^\\nA*\\nV\\n-V\\nv^\\n^ijj^:\\no ,0^\\nV\\n^rt^A/-*^\\n:ji\\\\\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^--0^\\nv^\\n~^-UM\\nc\u00c2\u00b0\\\\\\no\\nu i/J/\\n,0\\n*r^.\\nA^\\ncO\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2y\\n0^\\n,v^^-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I o^\\no\\nV c\\\\\\nV w -i^ L.\\n/^|y^\\\\ v./ v./", "height": "3268", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofcityofn00park_0648.jp2"}, "649": {"fulltext": "^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2n^.\\nr-\\n.0^\\nf.\\ni-\\n7,.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^0\\n^o^ i^\\n^v\\nS\\\\ O\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01\\no\\n0^ V\\nc\\n^^-o-^\\n-o^\\nV.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2t;!. x^\\n0- Q\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v*\\nX\\nt MrS\\n^^\u00c2\u00b0^_\\nJ^\\ni ^:r.\\n.0^\\nr^ Ti*\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2o\\n^.^o j^^\\nST. 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