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PUBLISHERS' INTRODUCTION.
While we have paid due care and attention to the business department of the enterprise, which now results in a History of Nashua, we have endeavored to neglect nothing which would tend to make it a literary success, and of historic value.
Mechanically it is all that high grade material, care and a sincere desire to issue a creditable work, can make it.
We thus express our appreciation of the financial support and sympathy of the public through which the production is made possible. We extend our thanks to the gentlemen, who without compensation assumed the no light task of preparing their various portions of the work.
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CHARTER OF OLD DUNSTABLE.
Issued after the re-adjustment of the State Line in 1741 .- (Reproduced with permission of Dr. Israel T. Hunt of Boston.)
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HISTORY
OF THE
CITY OF NASHUA, N. H.
FROM THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENT OF OLD DUNSTABLE TO THE YEAR 1895
FORT WAY
WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EARLY SETTLERS, THEIR DESCENDANTS AND OTHER RESIDENTS
Illustrated with Maps, Engravings, and Portraits
PREPARED BY A SELECTED CORPS OF EDITORS UNDER THE BUSINESS SUPERINTENDENCE OF H. REINHEIMER & CO.
JUDGE EDWARD E. PARKER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
NASHUA, N. H. TELEGRAPH PUBLISHING COMPANY, PUBLISHERS
1897
Copyright 1895, by H. Reinheimer & Co. All rights reserved.
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE.
PAGE.
Charter of Old Dunstable,
Title Page
Estabrook-Anderson Shoe Factory (Palm street view) 457
Editorial Group,
Estabrook-Anderson Shoe Factory, 457
The Indian Head House,
64
Estabrook-Anderson Shoe Factory (Pine street view) 458
The Arms of the Priory of Dunstable,
77
Nashua Card and Glazed Paper Co. (some of the help) 459
A Venerable Witness, 93
Nashua Card and Glazed Paper Company Factory, 460
The Island-A View on the Nashua River, IO2
114
An Old Shop Window, 471
The First Congregational Church,
149
Nashua Manufacturing Company, 472
The First Congregational Church, Main Street, Pilgrim Church,
152
The Methodist Church,
158
Telegraph Building, 500
The Protestant Episcopal Church,
160
Fac-Simile of Old Regimental Order, 524
The Chapel, Edgewood Cemetery,
192
Fac-Simile of Old Regimental Order, 525
544
View in Edgewood Cemetery,
194
Residence of Mrs. Charles Williams,
554
View in Edgewood Cemetery,
195
The Willows,
588
School Buildings,
255
Public Buildings, 589
Nashua Literary Institute,
261
Fire Stations,
595
Battle Flags,
298
City Farm and House of Correction,
599
Residence of Dana W. King,
310
Hudson Iron Bridge-High and Low Water,
6co
Soldiers' Monument,
317
Stark Square,
605
Sacred Heart Parochial School,
425
School Houses erected in 1896-1897, 607
Cotton Fibre,
438
Hand Tub, 609
Williams' Foundry,
439
Steam Fire Engine number four,
610
Old Hollis Street Shoe Shop,
456
Pennichuck Water Works Pumping Station, 468
The old Iron Bridge Over the Nashua,
150
Nashua Falls-Nashua River, 473
An Old Advertisement, 497
View in Edgewood Cemetery,
193
The Armory,
EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION.
Very nearly half a century had elapsed since the publication of Fox's "History of Dunstable," and Nashua had grown from a village of six thousand inhabitants or thereabouts, to a city of more than triple that size.
No systematic effort at preserving the account of its growth or the events leading to its present condition had been made. The importance of such a work was understood and appreciated by its citizens, but the task was recognized as a formidable one, involving much labor with but little probability of adequate compensation.
When, in November, 1894, an outside firm of publishers proposed to undertake the work, Nashuans were reluctant in encouraging the project, feeling that strangers could not prepare the history intelligently and would be inclined to slight those things of most interest and importance, for such portions as would yield a profit.
After careful deliberation, the tone of the public sentiment having been ascertained in a meas- ure through means of the press and by interviews with citizens, it was decided to call a meeting of several of the gentlemen who had been interviewed, together with others, in order that some defi- nite and satisfactory plan might be decided upon.
The meeting was called and, while there was a variety of opinions as to the method to be pur- sued in writing the history, there was the greatest unanimity in regard to the desirability and propriety of the work being done.
The meeting adjourned without date and without arriving at any definite conclusion, but, notwithstanding the somewhat discouraging tone of the deliberations, the gentlemen engaged in the work were not disheartened but continued to labor assiduously, meeting, day by day, in spite of , many obstacles and hindrances, the most encouraging signs of public sympathy and approval.
The plan of a continuous narrative was finally dismissed as inexpedient, since it would pre- clude the possibility of issuing such a work for many years from the date of its commencement.
There then seemed to be but one plan to be considered, having, as its exponent and model, the Memorial History of Boston, published in 1885, which has the indorsement and approval of some of the most distinguished scholars and citizens of Massachusetts and of the literary world.
Following the general plan of that work, the city's history has been divided in topics, or sub- jects, which are of sufficient number to include everything of vital importance. Each of these subjects or topics is written by one person, who, having nothing to do with matters other than those which appertain to his own chapter, will, we apprehend, give a correspondingly more lucid, accurate and interesting account of the historical phase of which he writes.
That the gentlemen whose names are associated together as editors of the work, perform their labor without compensation is a sufficient guarantee of its probable merit and value as a history, and that it will fulfill all that it promises. All of them are residents of Nashua of years of stand- ing, distinguished among their fellow citizens as men of probity, sound judgment and abundant mental capacities, and the promoters of this work can feel that they have reason to congratulate themselves and the citizens of Nashua upon having been successful in securing a staff of editors so well qualified and peculiarly fitted for the work which each has performed.
A prominent feature of the book are the portraits of citizens of Nashua, both of the living and of the dead. In connection with these portraits there are also short biographical sketches. Their value and importance will be more readily seen and appreciated when one considers that they are made a component part of the work not so much for their present value, although that is of no small account, as for the inestimable value and worth to future generations.
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CONTENTS.
CONTENTS. PART FIRST.
CHAPTER I. THE FIRST SETTLERS OF DUNSTABLE.
Legend of the Northmen. First Voyages to the New World. Landing of the Pilgrims. Valleys of the Merrimack and Nashua. Endicott Rock. Friendly Indians. Settlements extended north of Chelmsford and Groton. Early Grants. Brenton's Farm, Charlestown School Farm Grant. Dramcup Hill. Billerica School Farm Grant. Jonathan Danforth, Surveyor. Thomas Brattle. John Parker, Brattle Street Church. 3
CHAPTER II. HISTORY FROM 1662 TO 1674.
Henry Kimball's Farm. Grant to Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. Artillery Pond. Petition for consolidation of Grants into one Plantation. Township of Dunstable. Early Proprietors. Trafficking with the Indians. Indian Tribes. Passaconoway, Venerated Chief. Last Indian Resident. Roby's Farm. Whittier's Poem "The Bashaba's Feast." First Settlers. Rev. Thomas Weld, First Pastor. His House-lot. Old Fort. Houses of Hassell, Temple and Perry. 9
CHAPTER III. HISTORY FROM 1675 TO 1685.
Civil Affairs. Town Meetings. First Meeting-house. Rev. Thomas Weld, first minister. His settlement. High- land Farm. Other matters of interest pertaining to it. Bobbin Factory. Baldwin apple. Public Sentiment. Great Comet. Death of Edward Tyng. Town regulations. Mine Islands. Highway from Groton. Thirty Acre Rights. Names of the proprietors. Taxes. I7
CHAPTER IV. HISTORY FROM 1685 TO THE DEATH OF REV. MR. WELD IN 1702.
New Meeting-house built. Ordination of Mr. Weld. Church formed. Names of members. Covenant. Other churches in New Hampshire. Indians sell their lands and remove from the vicinity. Bridge built over Concord river at Billerica. Dog Whipper appointed. Important meeting of Delegates in Boston. First Tythingman chosen. Indian ravages in eastern part. Representatives of the town. Settlers forfeit rights by removal. State tax abated and grant for support of ministry made. Mrs. Hannah Dustin taken captive at Haverhill, Mass. Killed her captors and returned. Monument to her memory. Frequent alarms prevented growth of settlement. Grist mill at mouth of Stony Brook. Rev. Mr. Weld's compensation. Meeting-house glazed. List of inhabitants. Aid asked to support the ministry. Death of Rev. Mr. Weld. Biographical sketch. Monument to his memory, 25
CHAPTER V. ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY FROM 1702 TO 1737.
Town Records imperfect. Grant for support of the ministry. Rev. Samuel Hunt. His petition. Rev. Samuel Parris. Meeting-house repaired. Rev. Ames Cheever. Salary. Rev. Mr. Treat. Parsonage. Rev. Jona. Pierpont. Rev. Mr. Coffin. Rev. Mr. Prentice. His marriage. Salary. Death of Rev. Mr. Prentice. His grave. Death of Jonathan Tyng. 33
CHAPTER VI. CIVIL HISTORY OF THE TOWN UNTIL ITS DIVISION BY THE NEW STATE LINE IN 1741.
Growth of town. Need of aid. Bills of credit issued. Farwell and Blanchard Trustees for town's share. Second issue. Rev. Mr. Prentice receives it. Depreciation in value. No representative chosen. Records. The Meeting-house. Pews erected. First Pauper. Grand Jurymen chosen by town. Tythingman chosen. Bridge at Billerica. Voting by ballot. Customs of the times. Ferry-boat. Earthquake. Innkeepers licensed. Boom across the Merrimack. Jurisprudence. Taxes. Education. Laws relating to it. Difficulty of observing them. Town indicted. Small amount raised. Fell into neglect. Various disputes. New settlements. Nottingham (Hudson). Merrimack. Litchfield. Vote to build new Meeting-house. Hollis. Townsend. State line fixed. Rev. Mr. Swan settled. "New Lights." Meeting-house built. 37
CHAPTER VII. HISTORY OF DUNSTABLE, N. H., TO THE OLD FRENCH WAR.
Incorporation by New Hampshire. Great road to Tyngsborough. Rev. Mr. Swan dismissed. Anecdote of him. No schoolhouse in town. Indian hostilities. Soldiers impressed into service. Farwell and Taylor captured and taken to Canada. Rev. Mr. Bird settled. Divisions in the church. Proceedings declared illegal. Mr. Bird leaves Dunstable. "One Pine Hill" controversy. Full account by Judge Worcester. Schools resumed.
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CONTENTS.
Bridge over the Nashua. Lottery proposed to raise money. Not granted. Funds raised by subscription. Death of John Lovewell. Sketch of his life. His great age. Rev. Mr. Adams preached two years. New meeting-house built. 43
CHAPTER VIII. HISTORY FROM 1757 TO THE REVOLUTION.
Church affairs. Rev. Mr. Smith. Protest. Notice of Colonel Blanchard. Rev. Josiah Cotton. Ecclesiastical coun- cil. Compromise. Town meeting on points of doctrine. Rev. Mr. Livermore. Rev. Mr. Fessenden. Rev. Mr. Kidder settled. Notice of him. Rev. Mr. Sperry. Slaves owned in town. Customs at funerals. 50
CHAPTER IX. HISTORY TO THE ORIGIN OF NASHUA VILLAGE.
Sacrifices made for independence. Convention for state constitution Representatives. Convention to adopt consti- tion of United States. Different opinions. Vote of the town against it. Notice of Jonathan Blanchard-of Judge Jonathan Lovewell. 53
CHAPTER X. HISTORY OF NASHUA VILLAGE.
First stage coach. Boating on the Merrimack. Population in 1800. Canal boat launched. Oration. Name of Nashua. Description of the village. Post office. Middlesex canal. Gradual increase. Dunstable plains. Changes in Main street. New Meeting-house built. Rev. Mr. Sperry ordained. Dams across Nashua River. Census. Manufactures contemplated. First views. Nashua Manufacturing company. Their works. Boating canal. Indian Head company. Meeting-house on Olive street erected. History of the two Congregational societies. New bridge. Taylor's falls bridge. Unitarian church. State of Nashua Manufacturing company. Jackson company. Newspapers. First Baptist church. Methodist churches. Growth of the village. Rail- roads. Bank. Steamboat. Universalist church. Population. Second Baptist church. Name of the town changed. Free-will Baptist church. First Christian society. Protestant Episcopal church. Machine shop. Manufacturers' and Mechanics' association. Iron Foundry. Factory at Salmon Brook. Vote to erect a town house. Town of Nashville organized. Contrast of the past and present. 56
CHAPTER XI.
Indian Head Coffee house. Wheelwright shop of Jesse Crosby. Kendrick & Tuttle's store. The "Tontine." Fletcher street. Watananock house. Thayer's court. Store on corner of Franklin street, now Whiting build- ing. First Baptist church building. Central building. Shattuck's block. Greeley building. Central house. "Boat Landing." Timothy Gay's grocery store. First brick store and dwelling house in town. First Congre- gational church building "Ten-Footers." Phillip's block. Eayer's block. Jacob Hall cottage. Aaron F. Sawyer house. Atwood's building. Murgatroyd & Barker's block. Exchange building. Fisher's block. Beasom block. Factory street. Hunt building. Washington house. Noyes block. John G. Blunt's store. Craft's pottery. Residences of forty years ago. 63
APPENDICES.
I-Genealogy of the early settlers of Old Dunstable. 7I
2-History of the post office in Nashua. 73 74
3-Statistics of the district schools.
4-The name-Its origin. 77
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CONTENTS.
CONTENTS. PART SECOND.
POEM-The Last of the Nashaways,
80
Topography and Surface Geology,
93
HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, CANALS, STAGING AND TAVERNS.
Introduction. "Apostle Eliot"-His bridle path. Naticook land grant. Earliest laid out road. First bridge over Salmon brook. Ferry over the Merrimack river. The "Pound." Laying out of road from Nashua river to Pennichuck brook. Bridges over the Nashua. Runnells' bridge troubles. Laying out of roads from Dec. 5, 1755, to Oct. 4, 1766, inclusive. First hearse. First recorded dead. Taylor's falls bridge, 1825. Middlesex canal, 1804. The Nashua river dam below the bridge. Taylor's falls bridge. Laying out roads in Nashville. Stage coaches. Taverns. II4
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
Introduction. Chronological table of the churches. The First Congregational church. Division in the church. Benevolences. Pilgrim church. Rev. Handel G. Nott. Pearl Street church. The Universalist church. First Baptist church. The Crown Hill Baptist church. The Unitarian church. The Methodist church-Its division and reunion. Appointments. The Protestant Episcopal church. The Church of the Immaculate Conception. Father O'Donnell. St. Aloysius. St. Francis Xavier. Young Men's Christian association. The Salvation Army. The Free Will Baptist church. Spiritualism. Conclusion. 148
THE CEMETERIES-ANCIENT AND MODERN.
The old burying ground. The Southwest or Gilson cemetery. The Old South cemetery. Nashua cemetery. Edge- wood cemetery. The Spring street cemetery. The Irish Catholic cemetery. Cemetery of the Church of St. Aloysius. Cemetery of the Church of St. Francis Xavier. 174
MEDICAL HISTORY OF NASHUA.
Introduction. Nathan Cutler. Doctor Maynard. Peter Howe. Micah Eldridge. Ebenezer Dearborn. Elijah Colburn. Charles P. Coffin. . J. G. Graves. Small pox-1837. Edward Spalding. Josiah Kittredge. E. B. Hammond. J. F. Whittle. O. A. Woodbury. B. Colby. S. A. Toothaker. H. W. Buxton. W. E. Rider. J. H. Graves. N. P. Carter. J. C. Garland. Samuel Ingalls. N. J. Moore. George Gray. Edwin Colburn. L. P. Sawyer. F. B. Ayer. W. A. Tracy. Ezra L. Griffin. James B. Greeley. Thomas H. Gibby. George W. Currier. Andrew J. Gilson. E. F. McQuesten. George F. Wilbur. G. H. Noyes. P. E. Dansereau. Eugene Wason. S. G. Dearborn. C. S. Collins. Henry G. Dearborn. R. J. Hallarn. W. S. Collins. John Nottage. C. C. Ellis. M. H. Tierney. A. M. Spalding. W. H. Dinsmore. N. E. Guillet. W. I. Blanchard. Doctor Conroy. G. H. Greeley. A. M. Spalding. C. B. Hammond. J. N. Woodward. A. W. Petit. George A. Underhill. C. S. Rounsevel. Bradford Allen. R. B. Prescott. A. W. Shea. Ella Blaylock. Katherine E. Prichard. F. E. Kittredge. J. A. Lagace. M. T. Lajoie. A. S. Wallace. H. H. Jewell. I. F. Graves. B. G. Moran. F. A. Dearborn. I. G. Anthoine. J. T. Greeley. R. V. Vaillancour. Emile Simard. Augustus Guertin. Napoleon Matte. Charles S. Valcour. Charles F. Nutter. First board of health. Nashua Medical association. Emergency hospital. 230
EDUCATIONAL.
First school in town. First school committee. First school house. First school house on north side of Nashua river, 1816. Schools in 1839 and 1840. Re-numbering of districts. Vocal music. Mount Pleasant school house. West Pearl street school house. Main street school house. Formation of High school in 1869. Charles H. Merrill. Evening schools. T. W. Hussey. Edward A. Kingsley. S. Arthur Bent. John H. Goodale. O'Donnell School. Erastus B. Powers. E. J. Goodwin. Lemuel S. Hastings. Fred Gowing. Nashua Literary institution. St. Aloysius Parochial school. School of the Sacred Heart. Parochial school of the Church of St. Francis Xavier. 255
CONTENTS.
MILITARY HISTORY TO THE CLOSE OF THE WAR WITH MEXICO.
Introduction. Indian tribes. Passaconaway. Wannalancet. King Philip. Perilous situation of Dunstable. Indians remove. Garrison increased. Measures of governor and council. Mr. Tyng alone remains in Dunstable. His petition. Attack on Chelmsford. Sudden appearance of Mohawks. Second appearance. Wannalancet retires to Canada. Treaty of Nimguen. French war of 1689. Indian attack on Dover. Garrisons. Indian ravages. Ilassell massacre. Joe English. Massacre of the Parris family. Attack on the Weld garrison-Blanchard's- Galusha's. Death of Joe English. Precautions against the Indians. Account of Indian wars from Bancroft- from Mary Rowlandson. Peace. Indian disturbances renewed. Incursion of Mohawks. Cross and Blanchard captured. The pursuers waylaid and cut off. Second fight. Name of Indian Head. William Lund captured.
Lovewell's war and Lovewell's fight. Ballads. Restoration of peace. Anecdotes of Indian hostilities. Ravages of 1745. Capture of Farwell and Taylor. Peace. "Old French War." Rogers' Rangers. Dunstable men in the service. Colonel Goffe's regiment. Dunstable in the Revolutionary War. Fight at Lexington. Walker's company. Character of New Hampshire troops. Battle of Bunker Hill. Committee of Safety. Flags in use during the war. Representatives. New Hampshire troops in the service. List of Dunstable soldiers. War of 1812. Few soldiers from Dunstable. List. Notes. Indian Stream War. Florida War. Mexican War. Meeting to organize company of volunteers. Gen. Franklin Pierce. Lieut. George Bowers. Lieut. Thomas P. Pierce. Roll of Captain Bowers' company. Lieut. John G. Foster. Roll of Dunstable men in the navy. Conclusion. 270
NASHUA IN THE CIVIL WAR.
Dedication of soldiers' monument. Opening of the war. Meetings of Nashua's citizens. Public interest in war measures. 1861. Company E, First regiment. Aaron F. Stevens. Niagara Fire Engine company. Granite State cadets. Home guard. Return of the First regiment and welcome home. Second regiment. Third regi- ment. Fourth regiment. Fifth regiment. Sixth regiment. Seventh regiment. Eighth regiment. Ninth regiment. Tenth regiment. Eleventh and Twelfth regiments. Thirteenth regiment. Fourteenth to Eigh- teenth regiments. New Hampshire battalion, First regiment, New England volunteer cavalry. First regiment New Hampshire volunteer cavalry. Other organizations. Distinguished sons. Local branch of Sanitary com- mission. Young Ladies' Soldiers' Aid society. Names and personal record of 1,348 different men. Names of natives or residents of the city who participated in the War of the Rebellion. 317
THE BENCH AND THE BAR .*
Daniel Abbot," the first lawyer settled in Dunstable. First law office. Benjamin F. French. Peter Clark, Jr. Charles F. Gove. Aaron F. Stevens. Benjamin F. Emerson. Aaron P. Hughes. Bernard B. Whittemore. Samuel T. Worcester. Charles W. Hoitt. Eugene M. Bowman. Edwin B. Gould. Royal Dexter Barnes. Charles D. Parker. Jeremiah J. Doyle. Stephen L. Hallinan. Bertis A. Pease. William J. Mckay. Alvin J. Lucier. Edmund Parker. William Barrett. James F. J. Otterson. Leonard Freeman Burbank. Lyman D. Cook. George Wilson Clyde. Henri T. Ledoux. Walter E. Kittredge. Other lawyers who have been and remained in Nashua for a short time. 412
MANUFACTURES.
The introduction. Textile, Nashua Manufacturing company, Jackson Manufacturing company, Vale Mills company. Metal workers, Harbor Machine shop, Gage, Warner and Whitney, Nashua Iron foundry, Nashua Iron & Steel works, Underhill Edge Tool company, Nashua Lock company, Rollins Engine company, George W. Davis, American Shearer Manufacturing company, Sewing Machines, Hartshorn & Ames, Flather & Co., Watch com- pany, Co-operative Foundry company, Mark Flather & Co., William Highton & Sons, Nashua Steam Press and Boiler works, Nashua Sadlery Hardware company, Nashua Textile Machine company, Nashua Iron and Brass Foundry company. Wood workers, Furniture, Door, Sash and Blind, Bobbin works, Gregg & Son, saw mills, Nashua Till company, American Fan company, Proctor Brothers, George O. Saunders, saw mill and box factory, White Mountain Freezer company, Porter Blanchard Sons company, Roby & Swart, Fifield Box shop, Nashua Building company, Carpenters and Builders. Shoes, Moody, Estabrook & Anderson, Brackett & Co., Nashua Boot and Shoe shop. Card and Paper, Nashua Card and Glazed Paper company. Miscellaneous, Luther A. Roby, A. H. Dunlap & Sons, daguereotypes and photograplis, confectionery, bakers, mill, elevator and drain- pipes, Francestown Soapstone works, paper box manufactory, Hall's Hair Renewer, The Ledge, mittens, gloves, etc., Climax heater, brass foundry, electric power, ice, roofing and concrete walks, florists, minor enterprises, roofing, cigars, dams, harness and carriage making, plumbing, tools for manufacturing, Nashua inventions, manufacturing establishments. Trades, stores, steelyards and hay market, dry goods, grocers, butchers, book- stores, tailors, ready made clothing, boots and shoes, coal, hardware and builders' supplies, apothecaries, jew- elers, feed, flour and grain. 434
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