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TOPOGRAPHY. RIVERS AND BROOKS. LAND. FORESTS. HILLS. MOUNTAINS. NATURAL CURIOSITIES. FISH AND GAME. FISHERIES OF AMOSKEAG
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BIRDS OF GOFFSTOWN
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MARTIN PRING. CHAMPLAIN. GEORGE WEYMOUTH. CHARTER OF THE PLYMOUTH COMPANY. GEORGE POPHAM. CAPT. JOHN SMITH. SECOND GRANT. COUNCIL OF PLYMOUTH. COUNCIL OF PLYMOUTH TO MASON. COUNCIL OF PLYMOUTH TO GORGES AND MASON. GRANT OF LACONIA. PLYMOUTH COLONY GRANTS TO SIR HENRY ROSWELL. PLYMOUTH COLONY GRANT TO CAPT. MASON. NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1629. PLYMOUTH COLONY GRANTS TO JOHN MASON 1635. GORGES QUITCLAIMS TO MASON1. MASON1 DIES. JOHN TUFTON MASON2 AND ROBERT TUFTON MASON2 INHERIT. JOHN2 DIES. PLANTATION IN AMERICA ABANDONED. SURVEY OF MERRIMACK RIVER. KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND. MASON3 PETITIONS FOR POSSESSION OF HIS TERRITORY IN AMERICA. NEW HAMPSHIRE BECOMES A ROYAL PROVINCE IN 1679. JOHN CUTTS GOVERNOR. EDWARD CRANSFIELD. MILLION ACRE SALE. MASON3 DIES. MASON'S TWO SONS4 SELL TO ALLEN. ALLEN CONTESTS IN LAW. BELLOMONT GOVERNOR, 1698. THOMAS ALLEN CARRIES ON THE SUIT. BELLOMONT DIES IN 1699. ALLEN DIES IN 1705. CONTEST RESTS. REVIVAL OF MASON5 CLAIM
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TERRITORY GRANTED TO CAPT. JOHN MASON. MASSACHUSETTS PURSUES A VACILLATING POLICY. DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FOR THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY. CONSTANT AGITATION OF THE SAME. GOV. BELCHER UNSUCCESSFUL IN SETTLING THE LINE. JOHN RINDGE APPOINTED AGENT. CAPT. JOHN THOMLINSON HIS SUCCESSOR. JOHN PARRIS ATTORNEY. MASSACHUSETTS GRANTS TOWNSHIPS. NEW HAMPSHIRE LIKEWISE. BOUNDARY LINES REFERRED TO A COMMISSION. BOTH STATES APPEAL TO THE KING. KING DECIDED IN FAVOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. SURVEY MADE. BENNING WENTWORTH GOVERNOR. CURVED LINE.
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INDIAN NAME. ORIGIN OF THE RACE NOT ESTABLISHED. ALGONQUINS. PENACOOKS IN THE MERRIMACK VALLEY. PASSACONNAWAY. WONNALANCET. KANCAMAGUS. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INDIAN. WIGWAMS. MODE OF COOKING. AGRICULTURE. THEIR WEAPONS. CANOES. CHILDREN. MEDICINAL KNOWLEDGE LIMITED. FISHERIES AT AMOSKEAG. MODE OF FISHING. MADE GREAT ACCOUNT OF THE FISHING SEASON. MR. ELIOT PREACHED HERE. TRAIL FROM AMOSKEAG TO GORHAM POND. INDIAN ROCK. JOB KIDDER. SHIRLEY HILL. SETTLEMENT AT GOFFSTOWN VILLAGE. CAPT. DANIEL PECKER'S SCOUTING PARTY. JONATHAN ROBBINS. EARLY SETTLERS FREE FROM ATTACKS. THEIR PLACE FINALLY SUPPLANTED BY THE ENGLISH
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NARRAGANSETT TOWNSHIPS. NARRAGANSETT NO. 4. PLAN AND DESCRIPTION. GRANTEES RELEASE THEIR CLAIM. OTHER EARLY GRANTS. BENJAMIN WOODBRIDGE AND THOMAS ARNOLD. WILLIAM BRADLEY. WILLIAM LUND. TOWN OF UXBRIDGE. HEIS OR ICHABOD WISWALL. TOWN OF MEDFORD
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THE GRANT. CONDITIONS OF THE GRANT. FIRST MEETING OF TOWN PROPRIETORS. MEDFORD GRANT. REQUESTS FOR LOTS UPON WHICH IMPROVEMENTS HAD BEEN MADE. LOTS DRAWN PAGES 58-68.
PROPRIETORS PETITION FOR A FIRST MEETING. JOHN GOFFE. FIRST MEETING HELD IN GOFES TOWN. COMMITTEE CHOSEN TO LAY OUT HIGHWAYS. AUDITORS APPOINTED. COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO GIVE ORDERS ON THE TREASURY. TRESPASS UPON CERTAIN LANDS, AND WASTE AND STRIP COMMITTED. CAPT. JOHN GOFF ORDERED TO SEIZE CLAPBOARDS AND SHINGLES MADE FROM THE PROPRIETORS' LOT ABOVE AMOSKEAG. COMMON LANDS TO BE PROTECTED. RIGHTS EQUALIZED. HIGHWAYS LAID OUT. COMMITTEE TO BUILD A MEETING HOUSE APPOINTED AND INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN.
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COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO BUILD A MEETING HOUSE; NEGLECT TO ACT. THOMAS FOLLANSBEE NEGLECTS TO BUILD A MILL. CLAPBOARDS SOLD AT JOHN GOFFE'S MILL. LAYING OUT HIGHWAYS. DELINGQUENTS NOTIFIED. COMMON LAND ASSIGNED. THOMAS HALL DESIRES TITLE TO THE ISLANDS IN AMOSKEAG FALLS. NAMES OF SOME OF THE EARLY SETTLERS. HABITS AND CUSTOMS OF EARLY SETTLERS.
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KING PHILIP'S WAR. KING PHILIP KILLED. KING WILLIAM'S WAR. MAJ. WALDRON MURDERED. INDIANS ATTACK DUNSTABLE. HANNAH DUSTIN KILLS TEN INDIANS AND MADE HER ESCAPE. QUEEN ANNE'S WAR. INDIAN CHIEFS PLEDGE FIDELITY. PLEDGE BROKEN. ATTACKS MADE ON HAPTON, OYSTER RIVER, DOVER, DURHAM AND EXETER. PORT ROYAL TAKEN. ATTACK UPON QUEBEC FAILED. PEACE DECLARED. LOVEWELL'S WAR. RASLE ESTABLISHES A MISSION AT NORRIDGEWOCK, ME. RASLE A SOURCE OF TROUBLE TO THE ENGLISH. THE ENGLISH ATTEMPT HIS CAPTURE. PLACE DESTROYED BY THE ENGLISH. POSSE OF DUNSTABLE KILLED AT THORNTON'S FERRY BY THE INDIANS. LOVEWELL MARCHES TO OSSIPEE. LOVEWELL SLAIN. THOMAS ATKINSON AS COMMISSIONER VISITS CANADA.
PAGES 84-90
KING GEORGE'S WAR. SIEGE OF LOUISBURG. ITS CAPTURE. PROPOSED CAPTURE OF CANADA. NOVA SCOTIA AND CAPE BRETON IN DANGER. FRENCH FLEET ARRIVES OFF LOUISBURG. COL. ATKINSON AND THE NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT MARCH TO WINNIPESAUKEE. INDIAN ATTACKS RENEWED. ATTACK AT HOPKINTON. ATTACK AT RUMFORD, NOW CONCORD. CAPTURE OF MRS. McCOY. INDIAN CHRISTO. PEACE DECLARED.
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THE OHIO COMPANY FORMED. CONVENTION AT ALBANY. INDIANS ATTACK SALISBURY AND CHARLESTOWN. JOHN STARK AND AMOS EASTMAN TAKEN PRISONERS. CONSTANT ALARM ON ACCOUNT ON THE INDIANS. FORT DUQUESNE ATTACKED. EXPEDITION TO CROWN POINT. NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT MARCHES TO CROWN POINT BY WAY OF CHARLESTOWN. CAPT. FOLSOM CAPTURES THE FRENCH BAGGAGE TRAIN. ST. FRANCIS INDIANS RENEW THEIR DEPREDATIONS UPON HOPKINGTON, KEENE, WALPOLE, ETC. WAR DECLARED BY GREAT BRITAIN 1756. ROGERS AUTHORIZED TO RECRUIT CORPS OF RANGERS. JOHN STARK APPOINTED CAPTAIN. CROWN POINT EXEDITION OF 1757. FORT WILLIAM HENRY SURRENDERS TO THE FRENCH. NEW HAMPSHIRE SOLDIERS MURDERED. QUEBEC SURRENDERS. ROGERS ANNIHILATES THE ST. FRANCIS TRIBE. MONTREAL SURRENDERS. PEACE DELCARED.
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CHARTER. JOHN GOFFE CALLS FIRST MEETING. TOWN OFFICERS. FIRST TAXPAYERS. MEETING CALLED AT THE HOUSE OF JAMES KARR. PROVINCE TAX PAID. CONSTABLES ARE DELINQUENT. REQUESTED TO PAY MONEY. FIRST TOWN MEETING HELD IN MEETING HOUSE AUGUST 1769. PRESBYTERIANS DISSATISFIED. DISCHARGED FROM PAYING THEIR RATES. PEOPLE WARNED OUT OF TOWN. LACK OF HARMONY AMONG THE PEOPLE.
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CAUSES WHICH LED TO THE REVOLUTION. STAMP ACT. DUTY ON TEA. SEIZING OF PINE LOGS. SAMUEL BLODGETT APPOINTED DEPUTY. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CONGRESS. LAST WARRANT POSTED IN HIS MAJESTY'S NAME. BATTLE OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD. INTENSE EXCITEMENT IN GOFFSTOWN AND NEIGHBORING TOWNS. DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO GO TO EXETER AND CAMBRIDGE TO BUY POWDER, LEAD AND FLINTS. FOURTH PROVINCIAL CONGRESS MEETS AT EXETER, MOSES KELLEY DELEGATE. SELECTMENT APPOINTED COMMITTEE OF SAFETY. BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL JUNE 17, 1775, 37 MEN FROM GOFFSTOWN ENGAGED. ARNOLD'S EXPEDITION TO QUEBEC. COL. MONTGOMERY DID NOT CO-OPERATE. ATTACK ON QUEBEC 1776. COMPANY OF RANGERS RAISED FOR DEFENSE OF FRONTIER TOWNS. GOFFSTOWN MEN IN SAME. DISGRACEFUL SURRENDER OF MAJ. ISAAC BUTTERFIELD AT THE CEDARS. MOSES KELLEY DELEGATE TO FIFTH PROVINCIAL CONGRESS. CIVIL GOVERNMENT TAKEN UP. MILITIA ORDERED TO WINTER HILL. NEW HAMPSHIRE TROOPS IN THE FIELD. SAMUEL BLODGETT APPOINTED SUTLER. CANNON DRAGGED FROM TICONDEROGA FOR THE DEFENSE OF BOSTON. BOSTON EVACUATED MARCH 17, 1776. COMMITTEE OF SAFETY, THEIR DUTIES. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY AND COUNCIL CHOSEN. DEPRECIATION OF THE CURRENCY. DISLOYAL PERSONS ARRESTED. NEW YORK TORIES IN AMHERST JAIL. GEN. STARK RESIGNS. CROWN POINT SURRENDERED, TICONDEROGA EVACUATED. COL. BAUM ATTEMPTS TO INVADE VERMONT. BATTLE OF BENNINGTON. BATTLE OF STILLWATER AND SARATOGA. BURGOYNE SURRENDERS. GOFFSTOWN CONTINGENT AT THE ALARM AT TICONDEROGA AND THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON. THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE. THREE BATTALIONS OF MILITIA CALLED FOR. FRANCE ACKNOWLEDGES THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES. BATTLE OF MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY. ATTACK ON NEWPORT. DEPREDATION IN CHERRY VALLEY. CONTINUED SERVICE OF 1ST N. H. REGIMENT. THE NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED. TEN POUNDS BOUNTY OFFERED TO SOLDIERS. EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION ASKED FOR. TOWN CALLED UPON TO FEED THE SOLDIERS. TOWN CALLED UPON TO FURNISH 10,000 POUNDS OF BEEF TO THE ARMY. CORNWALLIS SURRENDERS, 1781. TREATY OF PEACE SIGNED SEPT. 3, 1783. LIST OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS.
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GLOOMY PERIOD IN TOWN. TOWN'S POOR VENDUED. PROPERTY DOOMED ON ACCOUNT OF UNDERVALUATION. BOUNTY OFFERED BY SAMUEL BLODGETT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF WOOL AND FLAX. FISHWAYS OPENED IN PISCATAQUOG RIVER. THOMAS HALL A TOWN CHARGE. PETITION TO SEND REPRESENTATIVE TO GENERAL COURT INDEPENDENT OF ANYOTHER TOWN. NEW PLAN OF GOVERNMENT. CONSTABLES BROUGHT TO ACCOUNT. LAWSUIT. DOOMAGE. TOWN LINE. PAPER MONEY. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. BOUNTY OFFERED THE MINUTEMEN. SCHOOL LAND SOLD AND RENTED. ATTEMPT TO DIVIDE THE TOWN. SOCIAL LIBRARY IN GOFFSTOWN INCORPORATED. BOUNTY VOTED THE MINUTEMEN IF CALLED FOR. LIST OF TAXPAYERS FOR 1796-1800 AND 1810.
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CENSUS OF 1773, 1775, 1786, 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840; TAX LIST OF 1843
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WAR OF 1812
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TOWN INDICTED FOR NON-CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS. PETITION FOR A DIVISION OF TOWN. TOWN AGAIN INDICTED. CELEBRATION JULY 4, 1815. TOWN MEETING HELD ON FIRST MONDAY OF MARCH. CHANGED TO SECOND TUESDAY. CHANGED BACK TO FIRST MONDAY. STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS HELD ON SECOND TUESDAY. STATE MAP. VOTED TO FURNISH A POOR HOUSE. RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR GOVERNING THE POOR. WALLACE ROAD BUILT. TOWN INDICTED. NEW COUNTY PROPOSAL. HOOKSETT INCORPORATED. NAMES OF GOFFSTOWN TAXPAYERS SET OFF TO FORM A PORTION OF HOOKSETT. POOR FARM FURNISHED. CODE OF RULES ADOPTED. NEW CODE OF BY-LAWS. SPECIAL SUPERINTENDENT. FARM SOLD. LIST OF AGENTS. BODY OF DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM McDOLE REMOVED FROM GRAVE. ISLANDS IN MERRIMACK RIVER IN AMOSKEAG FALLS ANNEXED TO GOFFSTOWN. FAST DAY PROCLAMATION OF GOV. MORRIL. DOW ROAD. GOFFSTOWN UNION LIBRARY INCORPORATED. AMOSKEAG FIRE ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1 INCORPORATED. AMOSKEAG MANUFACTURING COMPANY INCORPORATED. CELEBRATION. WILL OF JAMES AIKEN. FARM OF ISAAC PARKER ANNEXED TO GOFFSTOWN. GOFFSTOWN MANUFACTURING COMPANY INCORPORATED. SURPLUS REVENUE. REPAIRING OF TOWN HOUSES. DIVISION OF TOWN. LIST OF TAXPAYERS FOR 1820 AND 1830.
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ROADS LAID OUT BY PROPRIETORS. ROADS LAID BY THE SELECTMEN. ROADS LAID BY COURTS COMMITTEE AND COMMISSIONS. BRIDGES ACROSS THE MERRIMACK. BRIDGES ACROSS THE PISCATAQUOG. LANDINGS. FERRIES.
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POUNDS; SHEEP AND CATTLE MARKS
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PRIVATE BURIAL LOTS AND TOMBS McDOUGALL, DODGE AND JONES. ANCIENT BURYING PLACES. UNCANOONUC MOUNTAIN, LOCUST HILL, MAST ROAD NEAR COUNTY FARM. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EARLY AND LATER. GRASMERE. MARTIN'S FERRY. WEST LAWN. AMOSKEAG. SHIRLEY HILL. POLANDERS YARD
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EARLY LEGISLATION FOR SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. TOWN FIRST DIVIDED INTO CLASSES. SCHOOL LAND SOLD. SCHOOL HOUSES BUILT. FEMALES FIRST EMPLOYED. TOWN DIVIDED INTO DISTRICTS. LITERARY QUALIFICATION OF TEACHERS. HEAD OF THE DISTRICT. PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE CHOSE. SUPERINTENDING COMMITTEE APPOINTED, THEN TERMED SCHOOL INSPECTORS. REPORTS FIRST READ IN TOWN MEETING. REPORTS PRINTED. CERTAIN DISTRICTS ABOLISHED. DISTRICTS UNITED. TOWN DISTRICT SYSTEM INTRODUCED. TEXT BOOKS FURNISHED BY TOWN. BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT. NAMES OF TEACHERS. ST. ANSELEM'S COLLEGE, THE BENEDICTINE INSTITUTION, IN GOFFSTOWN, N. H. VILLA AUGUSTINA
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ROSTER PAGES 263-274
TOWN REPORTS FIRST PRINTED. PETITION TO ANNEX AMOSKEAG TO MANCHESTER. REPRESENTATIVES INSTRUCTED TO OPPOSE IT. AMOSKEAG ANNEXED TO MANCHESTER. LEGISLATURE LEGALIZES ORIGINAL LINE BETWEEN DUNBARTON AND GOFFSTOWN. GREGGS FALLS MILL PRIVILEGE SOLD FOR TAXES. SHIRLEY ROAD BUILT. ATTEMPT TO FORM A NEW TOWN CALLED DAYTON. FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION. PARTISAN POLITICS. EXCITING ELECTION 1864. BLACK BROOK ROAD BUILT. MECHANICKS MILLS INCORPORATED. POOR FARM SOLD. BLACK BROOK AND CRAM ROADS BUILT. GREAT RAIN STORM AND DAMAGE. P. C. CHENEY CO. EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. NORTHERLY END OF BLACK BROOK ROAD BUILT. DISCOUNT VOTED ON TAXES. PORTION OF WEARE AND NEW BOSTON SEEKS ANNEXATION TO GOFFSTOWN. UNCANOONUC ROAD COMPANY INCORPORATED. APPROPRIATION MADE FOR DECORATION DAY
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EARLY TRANSMISSION OF INTELLIGENCE LIMITED. FIRST POST OFFICE UNDER THE STATE. ROUTES FIRST ESTABLISHED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. ESTABLISHED BY THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT IN 1792. RATES OF POSTAGE. STAMPS FIRST USED IN 1847. PROPOSALS FOR CARRYING THE MAIL TO GOFFSTOWN. COMPLETE LIST OF POSTMASTERS IN TOWN. TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE
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EARLY MODES OF TRAVEL. IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHWAYS. TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS TO AND FROM BOSTON. MIDDLESEX CANAL. BOATING BETWEEN PISCATAQUOG AND BOSTON. THROUGH STAGE LINE FROM THE NORTH. TAVERNS. DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE ENTERTAINED. NAMES OF LICENSEES.
PAGES 305-313
GOFFSTOWN AND MANCHESTER RAILROAD. NEW HAMPSHIRE CENTRAL RAILROAD. NEW BOSTON RAILROAD. MANCHESTER AND MILFORD RAILROAD. MANCHESTER AND GOFFSTOWN ELECTRIC ROAD. UNCANOONUC INCLINE RAILWAY AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
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GRIST MILLS. SAWMILLS. INDUSTRIES OF THE PISCATAQUOG RIVER. AMOSKEAG COTTON AND WOOLEN MILLS. KENDALL, HADLEY AND CO. WHEELWRIGHTS. MACHINISTS. TINSMITHS, PLUMBING, ETC., BUTCHERS AND MEAT DEALERS. TANNERIES. BLACKSMITHS. CARPENTERS. OTHER INDUSTRIES.
PAGES 320-338
EARLY LAWS. TWO COMPANIES IN GOFFSTOWN. MUSTERS. NATIONAL GUARD. MILITIA OFFICERS.
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FORT SUMPTER FIRED UPON. EARLY ENLISTMENTS. STATE AID VOTED TO WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VOLUNTEERS. BOUNTIES VOTED TO VOLUNTEERS. BOUNTIES VOTED TO DRAFTED MEN. SURRENDER OF GEN. LEE. TOWNDEBT AT THE CLOSE OF THE WAR. LIST OF SOLDIERS WHO VOTED IN THE FIELD. LIST OF GOFFSTOWN SOLDIERS IN THE WAR.
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TOWN HOUSES. PAGES 362-371
FIRST MEETING HOUSE BUILT 1768 AT CENTRE (CONGREGATIONAL). SECOND IN 1816 AT VILLAGE (CONGREGATIONAL). THIRD IN 1834 AT CENTRE (BAPTIST). FOURTH IN 1838 AT CENTRE, REBUILT IN 1877 (CONGREGATIONAL, AFTERWARDS METHODIST). FIFTH IN 1845 AT VILLAGE (CONGREGATIONAL). SIXTH IN 1869 AT VILLAGE (EPISCOPAL). SEVENTH IN 1890 AT VILLAGE (SECOND METHODIST).
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CONGREGATIONAL MINISTRY PAGES 378-394
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (GOFFSTOWN). CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (AMOSKEAG). BAPTIST CHURCH (GOFFSTOWN). BAPTIST CHURCH (AMOSKEAG). METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (GRASMERE). SECOND METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (GOFFSTOWN). SAINT MATTHEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH (GOFFSTOWN). UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY (GOFFSTOWN). UNDERSALIST SOCIETY (AMOSKEAG). GOFFSTOWN LIBERAL SOCIETY (GOFFSTOWN).
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DOCTORS, LAWYERS, COLLEGE GRADUATES, NATIVE MINISTERS. PAGES 413-419
MERCHANTS AND TRADERS. PAGES 420-423
FARM PURCHASED. BUILDINGS BURNED. HOUSE REPLACED BY PURCHASES OF U. S. HOSPITAL. MOVED TO WILTON. FARM SOLD. FARM REPURCHASED BY COUNTY. NEW BUILDINGS BUILT. INMATES MOVED. HOSPITAL BUILT.
PAGES 424-427
PRECINCT; FIRE ENGINES PAGES 428-430
LIBRARY PAGES 431-438
CELEBRATION OF 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN
PAGES 439-453
BRASS BANDS PAGES 454-455
BIBLE LODGE, A. F. AND A. M. MARTHA WASHINGTON CHAPTER, ORDER OF THE EASTER STAR. WEBSTER LODGE, I. O. O. F. MYSTERY REBEKAH LODGE. GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. WOMANS' RELIEF CORPS. SONS OF VETERANS. ADVANCE LODGE, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. GRASMERE LODGE, KNIGHTS OF PHYTHIAS. CALANTHE TEMPLE OF RATHBONE SISTERS. KNIGHTS OF HONOR. GRANITE LODGE, N. E. O. P. WASHINGTON COUNCIL, O. U. A. M. GOFFSTOWN COUNCIL, O. U. A. M. GOOD TEMPLARS. RED MEN. WESLEY WYMAN LOYAL LEGION. GRANGES. GOFFSTOWN UNITY CLUB
PAGES 456-474
SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE CHANGED. WATER POWER IN THE PISCATAQUOG RIVER IMPROVED. NEW HIGHWAY LAID TO ABRAM BUSWELL PLACE. VOTERS CHALLENGED BY LAW OF 1888. EXEMPTION OF EXCELSIOR PAPER STOCK COMPANY. BELL PLACED IN TOWN HOUSE. NEW BRIDGE BUILT AT GOFFSTOWN VILLAGE IN 1900. REUNION OF 10TH NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. FLAGMAN STATIONED AT MAIN STREET CROSSING OF THE RAILROAD. LAWSUITS. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE AMONG NEAT STOCK IN TOWN. TOWN VOTES AGAINST LICENSE FOR THE SALE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS. OLD HOME DAY OBSERVED. IN 1905, TOWN ADOPTS STATE AID. LAW FOR IMPROVEMENT IN HIGHWAYS. TOWN VOTED TO IMPROVE SITE WHERE CENTRAL BLOCK STOOD. LAWSUIT 1910, 1911. 1916, SOLDIERS' MONUMENT DEDICATED. 1918, SERVICE FLAG PLACED UPON THE TOWN HALL.
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LOCATION OF HOMESTEADS, SUCCESSION OF RESIDENTS AND CHANGE IN THE OCCUPATION OF FARMS.
PAGES 495-539
MURDER OF WIDOW ANNA AYER BY DANIEL DAVIS FARMER. POISONING OF SALLY FOSTER BLAISDELL AND BENJAMIN E. BLAISDELL. FREDERICK G. MERRILL. ASSAULT UPON DANIEL O. FLYNN. A MUDER AND SUICIDE OF MRS. BLANCHETTE AND JOSEPH BLANCHETTE.
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CASUALTIES, SUDDEN DEATHS AND SUICIDES
PAGES 544-548
FIRES. PAGES 549-551
SMALL POX, DIPHTHERIA AND SPANISH INFLUENZA
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TROUBLES WITH MEXICO. WORLD. DRAFT LIST. LIST OF SOLDIERS.
PAGES 558-571
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