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Kendall, William R Navy
Kingsley, John . 3d
Kennedy, Matthew . 9th
King, Dana W., Lt . Ist and Sth
Kelsey, George E 8th
Grimes, Frank J 3d Keyser, Walter. Navy
Gordon, Hendrick 3d King, John W . 3d
Gilmore, Abram Stlı
Gilson, Andrew J 2d C'onn. Genette, John . 8th
Goodridge, William Mass. Gordon, Arthur (' 13th
Gray, Charles F 10th
Gray, Irving . 10th
Gray, John F' 10th
Greenleaf, R. O., Capt. Ist and 4th Gould, Luther 7th
Hale, Oliver II Sth
Hall, Horace
HIall, Charles T
Healy, John .
10th
Haskins, Elmer .A
8th
Lawrence, Charles A . . 7th
Longa, Il. W . . . . Ist and Bat.
Langley, J. M . . . . Ist and 8th Lawrence, O., Capt . . 1st and 7th Morse, Samuel 7th
Lawrence, Edward Sth Livingston, Edward . Ist and 8th
Lawrence, Arthur I . 9th
Larkin, John . .
Lawrence, Daniel B 14th
Leland, George . Navy
Lane, James . 8th
Lovejoy, George H .
9th Band
Leavitt, Henry E
.8th
Lowney, Jeremiah
10th
Lee, Jolın Navy
Ladd, Wesley - Vt.
Lewis, Daniel T., J 8th
Lee, Owen . 10th
Lonergan, Patrick 10th
Lincoln, Daniel 8th
Lee, Charles . 3d
Lambert, Edward 8th
Moseley, Frank 4th
Moreland, Benaiah 9th
Morgan, Charles W. 3d
McClure, Orville. 9th
Miles, II. MI Ist and 16th
Newton, Erastus 13th
Nichols, George W 1st
Norcross, Joseph F' 30
Nottage, Thomas, Jr .3d
Nottage, Elisha C. . 1st and 8th Neal, Michacl . 8th
Nolan, John J
Sth
Nott, Richard 14th Mass.
Nolan, John 4tl
Nolan, Thomas .4th
Nichols, Chas. E. . 1st and 10th
Norwood, Win . . I7th Bat. Reg.
Nichols, G. D) . . 1st and 4th
Nichols, John F . Ist and 4tlı
Nichols, William HI 4tlı
Newhall, Daniel B. . Ist and Sth Neff, William E . 8th
Noyes, Aaron . Navy
Nichols, Frederick A 3d
Nichols, Alfred HI 7th
Newell, Charles 7th
Niles, Jerome S. 1st
Osgood, Reuben D 4thì
Otterson, George W Gtlı Sullivan, Matthew
('Neill, Michael 8th
O Brien, William Ms.
O'Neill, Timothy 8th
O'Neill, Morti
8th
O' Brien, Patrick
4th
Ober, Henry S . 4th
Parker, E., 2d Lient 13th
Parker, L. ('. 13th
Prescott, Royal B 14th
Pratt, Charles W Navy
Pearson, Joseph . 3d
Porter, Benjamin F 8th
Peacock, Stilman . 8th
Pond, Charles N 17th Reg.
Pond, George W . Ist and 8th
Powers, Robert . Ist and 46th Pa. I'huninmer, S. M . . Ist and 9th Me. Peterson, Nelson C . . Ist and 8th Proudman, fleury . 9th
l'eabody, Warren .\ 9thı
MeKran, George 11 . 4th and 9th Mann, Charles W 30 Parks, David A 8th Stetron, Edwin C Stetson, Edwin 6th .8th
Peabody, Ezra B . 3d
Palmer, George 7th
Pillsbury, Edw'd W . Ist and sth
Pillsbury, Samuel II . 8th
Marden, George W Stlı Pratt, George 8th
Minard, George H 10th Page, George W 7th
McComes, James . 3d Parker, Lleweilyn 1st
Merrill, Josiah B .3d Pratt, Benjamin 7th
Moore, William 31 7th
Moore, Charles ff 4th
McCail, James
. 3d
Putney, Alonzo W., Lient. 8th
Meister, Franz 8th Pushee, Jesse ( . 3d Palmer, James . . Sharpshooters Perry, James B . 9th Morey, Sylvester J 9th
Morey, David . 8th
McCulloch, Patrick Battery
Moore, Isaac . 6th Perley, Thomas J Stl
Marden, George A . , Ist and 4th
McL'Moore, William 7th
Minchan, John 8th Parkhurst, William C . 3d
Kimball, Edward G 7th Miller, Henry J . 8th Patterson, James W 4th
Keyes, Levi P Stlı Morrill, George Ii 8th Perrin, Phineas J 4th
Moore, Horatio C 3d
McCoy, Adolphus 3d
Moseley, Frank 4th
Mills, George W.
McConahue, Lewis 3d
McSorley, James 7th
Moses, John JI . 4th
Mesme, James I) 7th
McClure, Samuel 7th
Morse, Thomas W 7th
McDonald, Daniel . 7th
Miller, George 3d
Marsh, Henry A., Ist Lt.
Marsh, John F., Lt. Col.
Morrill, William M .
Morrison, Chas. R., Adj. 1st and 11th
Mahan, John . 10th
Richardson, Milton 4th
Reed, William H . 1st
Rogers, Sylvester, Lieut. 24
Reed, William 15th Ms.
Robbins, Angustns B
8th
Haly, Thomas 8th
Ilall, Levi W 10th
Holt, George R Navy
Howe, Stephen il . 9th
Hall, Luke . Sth Herrick, William II Navy Hosmer, Francis E Navy
Hunter, Charles W . 1 Ith Mass.
Ilunter, George F . 14th Mass.
Hale, James P' 9th
Ilamblett, Judson \ 9tlı
Ilill, Clinton (
8th
Ilaines, Nestor . Ist and 8th
Hopkins, Milton J
Harris, Charles .\ . Ist and 4th
Hosley, Luther T Ist and 8th
Hardy, William 3d
Hosmer, Francis 3d
Hoitt, James B 7th
Ifoitt, L. D . Sharpshooter
llartshorn, Elbridge D sth
Harris, Wesley 'T' . 30 Hurd, Bradford A 4th
Harris, William R 4th
Hall, Jacob B 7th
Holmes, James 7th
Ilayes, William II 7th Hayes, Ivory
Hobart, John . 7th
Hopkins, George V Ist Hutchinson, A 20th Conn.
Ilunt, J. K: Ist
Hall, James HI .3d
Hallisy, Michael . 10th
Hanniford, William R . .13th
Hodgdon, C. W , Captain . . 14th Morse, Amos S 8th
Mygatt, Rivington IL 34
Melliken, Albert 0th
Morey, John 9th
Morey, Nocl D 8th
Mahan, Hugh ( 10th
Mahan, Charles W 10th
Johnson, Augustus 10th Manakin, John 10th
Johnson, Henry M Ist Jones, Archibald R .Ith
Jones, Gilman F Stlı
Jones, George D .
Ist and 1th
Jewett, John . Stlı
Johnson, Charh & R 7th
Molan, Benaiah 9th Jones, James W. D 8th
Jennings, Amos P 30
Jackman, George I 7th Jordon, James W . 7th
Johnson, Edgar C. Sth or 7th
Kilduff, John H . . Ist and Navy Kidder, Charles S Cav. Kirby, Abram . 3d
Kirby, Henry \ Navy
Kimball, John 1 . 3d
Killala, Patrick . 3d |
Killala, John 10th
Kimball, Jolın R . Ist and 4th
Kendall, Kilburn G Navy
Green, George W . 3d
Guild, John IL . . Ritle Ran. Ms.
Gilson, David . . . Sharpshooters Garrity, Edward
Kerrigan, Patrick Navy
Kerrigan, John 8th
Kendall, Walter B 3d
Knot, Samuel . -1th
Kidder, Alexander 4tlı
Kennan, John Sth
Kenny, G. N 4tl McCoy, James 3d
Kennedy, Andrew 9th
Kempton, Charles II 13th
Kenney, George V. 4th
30 3d Larvin, Thomas 10th
Hanley, George W Ist and 3d Hoitt, Nathan B. . Cav. and 9th Jlamblett, H. P . Leader 9th Band Hickey, Patrick . . sth Hopkins, Newton ( . . 9th Harrington, Drew . . 16th Mass.
Harrington, Jerry . 10th Hallissy, John . . 34tlı Mass.
Ilayes, Frank . . . 8th
Hobart, Freeman A . . Ist and 8th
Hildreth, Francis A . . 13th MIs. Ilarvey, George D . .30
Hunt, I. T . . 2d and 4th h. stw'd
Ilayden, George .\ . . 23d Mass. Ilayden, Alfred P 3d
McSweeney, Miles 10th
Monoghen, John . 10th Ritter, David .
McMahan, Robert 10th Randlett, James F., Capt. .
3d
Ryan, James 3d or 4th
Rice, Charles H 5th
Robbins, Geo. Il . Ist and Reg A. Robbins, William B 8th
Robbins, Benjamin F 10th
Ross, Chester
Richardson, George 9th
Richardson, Samuel Ms.
Ryan, Patrick 10th
Ross, Nathan K 8th
Ross, Edward N . . 8th
Rooney, J. P . . Ist and Mass Cav.
Saunders, Frederick HI 4th
Smith, William C . 10th Smith, Charles . 10th Stearns, George, Ist Lieut. 3d
Seavy, Fayette G 21st N. Y.
Shea, Daniel 8th
Sullivan, Bartholomew 9th
Shipley, Benjamin MI 8th
Shipley, George L . 3d
Shipley, Albert P . 8th
Sullivan, Dennis Sth
Sullivan, James 10th
Sullivan, Patrick , 9th
Shea, Patrick . 3d
Snow, George W 10th
Sullivan, Peter
9th
Shea, John Ist and 8th
Sullivan, Patrick .10th
Spalding, George
13th Ms.
Spalding, George B . . 13th Mass. Sabin, C'aleb . 3d Vt.
Swett. Hosford S 23d Mass.
Sullivan, Thomas 10th
St. Francis, Edward 9th
Shattuck, Winslow \ 8th
Steele, Jolın 10th
Shattuck, Tyler M 8th
Sargent, Hezekiahı 4th
Smith, Mark Cav.
Smith, Edwin D 8th
Smith, James 8th
Steel, James Ist
Stewartson, Benjamin 10th
Sawyer, Chas. A. S, Agt. . Cav.
Smith, Welford . . . Ist and 15th Smith, William 10th
Smith, Charles D 3d
Stetson, Fred. B 3d
Shepard, E. O., Capt. . 22d Mass. Shepard, Aaron W . 9th
Ste Steele, Robert . - Mass.
Perkins, David L 4th
Quinn, William 8th
Richards, Wm. A Mass.
3d Ripley, Charles H 1st
Reed, Leland 10th
Roone, John 8th
Russell, D. W. . 10th and Ms. 6th Ralph, John Sth
Reed, Oliver JI 8th Reed, William J Sth
Robbins, Charles 8th Reynolds, Thos. W. 1st MIs.
Rhoads, Joel II . 3d
Richardson, Isaac C 12th
W 9th
Roberts, Edgar . 12th Robinson, J. T
10th
McManus, John 10th
MeLaughlin, James 10th
Meighem, Charles 10th
MeDuffy, Charles 13th
Marden, J. P. 13th
Meighen, Carroll. 10th
Moore, James II. 9th
Lovejoy, John JI 8th
Lyons, Newman 4th
Lapham, James 9th
Lyons, John . 10th
Lund, Henry 4th
LaClair, Emery 3d
Longfellow, J. B. F.
. 3d Maine
Lowney, Dimick, . . . 16th Mass.
Lawrence, Charles JI .
7th
Laton, James L .
8th
Libbey, Horace W
. 4th
Little, Mitchell . 8th
Lancy, George F 4th
Lawrence, Edward 7th
Larey, Hosea B . 4th
Lepre, l'eter Sth
Lovering, William II Cav.
Lund, II. O. . . . 20 Mass. Cav.
Marshall, James H . . Ist and 8th McGowan, John . . 3d Montgomery, Francis W . . . 4th
Marden, David D . 10th
Manning, William . . . 9thı Band Merriam, F. B., acting mas. Navy Mc Neill, James . 3d
Marble, Eben MI. . Atlı Band
MeKran, Abbilino L.
sth
Ingraham, Henry II .30
Jackman, Lemuel N. .30
Jackman, John 11 -1tl
Jewett, Charles A 9th
Jenkins, - - Vt.
McBride, Barney 10th Mahan, Robert 10th
MeGaffy, Charles Navy
Marshall, F. V th Band
Marshall, Daniel W gth Band
Morse, Francis oth and Ist
Morey, Norman D
Vt.
Munsty, William T Sth
March, Edward 4tl
Mooney, Smith G. . Battery
Morrill, Benjamin C 8th
Moore, George \ 10th
Kimball, Lewis . 30 Moore, James İ 9th Pray, . Jerry K 8th
Miles, Jantes Ist Masy.
Miller, David 10th
Minard, Charles F . . Ist and 8th
Perkins, Charles Il . . Ist and 4th Perry, John P 8th
Pierce, Hiram . 3d or 4th
Patch, Joseph T . 8th
Philbrook, Charles W . 3d
4th
10th
Richardson, George 13th
. Bat.
Rideout, David J
8th
3d
Shea, Jerry
2d Ms.
10th
Lull, A., Quart. Sergeant. . Ist
. 15th Mass.
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NASHUA.
Sherwin, John R Seanlan, Michael . 30
7th
Warren, J. Q. A., Capt. . 8th
Wadsworth, Jonathan . 8th
Stockwell, Alvin S . 3d Wadsworth, D., Jr., 2d Lieut. . 3d
Sager, Zeri S . . 3d
Smith, John . . 31
Sherburne, Joseph A Navy
Swallow, William A 34
3d Swallow, George
Sherra, Frederick N Cav. Wright, Jonathan . Whittemore, George W . 8th
Stevens, Francis E Cav.
Shea, John . 8th Whipple, John P 9th
Staples, Alvah II . 4th Me.
Staples, Hiram .
5th Mass.
Smith, Amos . Navy
Sullivan, Michael . 20th Mass.
Wyman, Warren . Cav.
Sullivan, John 9th
Sullivan, Timothy
Sullivan, Michael T .
Shea, Connell, Jr
Sellingham, Frank W
Slattery, Joseph
Smith, George H
Sarson, Eleazur L. . 1 4th
Sullivan, John P . 7th
Simmington, Thomas H 7th
Stevens, Daniel
Silloway, John 7th
Silloway, Benjamin W 7th
Switzer, George 7th
Stevens, George F 7th
Stevens, Jacob F 7th
Simonds, Fred . . . Ist and Bat
Stevens, Aaron F. Maj. . Ist and Col. 13th
Sullivan, James (2d) 10th
Shaw, Major A ., Ist Lient. . 13th
Sawyer, Oliver M., 2d Lieut. 13th
Small, Orrin A
Woods, Alfred II 9th
Waters, James II . 16th Mass.
Waters, Patrick 3d
Welch, John . 1st & 8th
Waters, John .3d
Waters, Patrick Navy
Tirrell, George Y Cav. Watson, Charles S 10th
Tinker, Alvah G 9th
Towns, Archi. . . . Ist Mass Cav.
Tully, Owen . 4th
Thompson, G. W., Jr., Lient. 8th
Thornton, J. S., Lt. . cmg. Navy
Thompson, J. W., Lieut. . Ist and Sharpshooters
Thompson, Wm. H., Jr. . . Cav.
Taylor, James HI . . . 23d Mass.
Thrasher, Floriman 8th
Tenny, Hiram A 4tl1
Tupper, Charles . 4th Vt.
Tasker, Joseph P 7th
Trow, Harlan S 4th
Towle, John S
8th
Tracy, W. A., Surgeon 6th
Turrill, James, Jr Mass.
7th
Weston, Henry W
Williams, Charles
. 8th
Tucker, William II 8th
Wright, Friland F
25th Ind.
Taylor, George W . 7th
Webster, II. E . Navy & 9th Tinker, Hollis W 4th
Thempson, Joseph P Cav. Twombly, Samuel K Cav.
White, Caleb B 23d Ms. Willard, Nathaniel 30
Wilson, James Ist & 10th
Whidden. G. W .
Ist Ms. C'av.
Vincent, Clifford
8th
White, A., 2d Lient
1st & 4th
Veasy, Joel 3d Vincent, George 71h
Woods, Almon . 4th
Willis, M. W., Chaplain . . . 4th York, William F . 4th Valequeth, Willian Sth
The number of names in the above list is nine hun- dred and twenty-four. They are taken from the original city hall record.
Grand Army of the Republic .- The John G. Foster Post, No. 7, of the Grand Army of the Re- publie, is located in this city, having its headquarters in Latou's building. It members are residents of the city and adjoining towns. The number of active members is one hundred and eighty-six. The officers for the current year are: Commander, Patrick Loner- gan; Senior Vice-Commander, K. J. Collins; Junior Vice-Commander, E. S. Perkins ; Chaplain, Benjamin S. Woods; Quartermaster, Levi Barker; Officer of the Day, Uriah Hoyt; Officer of the Guard, Dennis Leazotte; Adjutant, Ross C. Duffy. 13
CHAPTER XIV.
NASHUA-(Continued).
NASHUA FROM 1870 TO 1885.
Irish and French Canadian Immigration-Improvement in Buildings- Public Schools-The Public Library-Nashua Fire Department - Railroad Facilities-Banking Institutions-Newspapers-Benevolent and Literary Organizations-The Agassiz Club-Masons and Odd Fel- lows.
THE past fifteen years have been a period of com-
parative quiet in Nashua. There have been no questions before the community of a political, religious, social or business tendency which have occasioned any unusual excitement. Our people have been oc- cupied with the ordinary duties of life, content, so far as modern civilized society can be; realizing that they are living under the best government and with the most favorable conditions of any people on the earth.
Forty years ago the people of Nashua were very nearly all descendents of the early English and Scotch emigrants. In 1845 the female operatives in the cotton-mills were young women from the rural dis- tricts of New Hampshire and Vermont. There was not a town of Hillsborough County which did not have its industrial representatives in our manufacto- ries. The Protestant Churches had nearly, if not quite, as large Sunday audiences as they have to-day. Nashua at that time was a Yankee manufacturing village. Between 1850 and 1860 a large number of Irish families came to this city, and of necessity, both in the mills and elsewhere, performed the less desira- ble kinds of labor. With many, it was for a time a daily struggle for food and clothing. As a class, they were industrious, but unfortunately many of the men fell into intemperate habits, and brought suffering to their families and disgrace to themselves. Since then, aided by the influence of Father O'Donnell, there has been a manifest improvement among this class of citizens. A majority are to-day temperate. The result is that of the five hundred Irish familiesin the city, one-half own the houses in which they live. The Co-operative Foundry is an evidence of their growing capacity for business. Since 1870 there has been no increase of the Irish population by immigra- tion. The number of that nationality, including under the name the descendants to the second gener- ation, is two thousand three hundred in the city.
In 1864 the French Canadians began to come here and engage in the rougher kinds of labor. Gradually they made their way into the mills and work-shops. They have increased rapidly in the city, and number at this time three thousand seven hundred. A ma- jority are as yet new-comers, and few of them are owners of real estate. It is not creditable to some of them that, imitating a certain class of our own people, they have fallen into intemperate habits.
The population of Nashua at this time (June, 1885) is fifteen thousand. Of these, nine thousand are of
. 3d
Welch, William H Watts, Hugh 4th
Wyman, William S 4th
Winn, Joseph L .
4th
Webster, Osborn P
Whittier, George W
Warren, Loami
Warren, James E
Woodbury, George C 7th
Whipple, Luman C 8th
Wilkins, Irving G
8th
Welch, John
. 3d
Webb, John 9th
Woods, Franklin L . Ist & 9th Whitmarsh, William A 6th
Whipple, John F
10th
Whitcomb, W. W Ith Mass.
Williams, Stephen 8tl
Wier, William W
Wilder, Lyman F C'av.
Wyatt, Henry .
Woodward, Jonathan F 8th
Wilson, Mark G .
Webster, Edwin H
Worthley, John
Wells, Walter
White, Charles II
. 30
Wing, Reuben
Whipple, G. W
Winn, Gardner J
Sharp Sh.
Whipple, John
Ist & 9th
8th
Towns, Oliver, Jr Sth Thurston, Joseph T 8th
Whipple, Charles H . 1st
Wright, Benjamin F 4th
. 9th Stlı
9th 4th
9th
8th
Whittemore, George G . 1st Ist & Me.
8th
Semonds, Lewis .9th
Shanley, James H 9th
Short, Richard II . 10th
Shattuck, Henry 11th Waters, Edward . 10th
. 16th Mass.
Wyman, George L . 3d
Whittemore, Charles O 8th
Wilkins, Hamilton 8th
. 3d Wyman, Charles . 3d Willoughby, Varnum T . 3d
8th 3d Wheeler, George N.
Navy
Wallace, Joseph W . 8th
Willard, John B 8th
White, Edwin D Cav.
Wright, George W. 9th
Wyman, Joseph R 9th
Wilson, J. II . Reg. Army
Weston, Samuel B C'av.
Walker, Willard Navy
8th
. 3d
and 4th
.3d
7th
7th 7th 7th
Taggard, George H 13th
Tans, John
Upton, George H 4th
Vickery, John H 10th
Winn, Maurice . 7th
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HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Anglo-Saxon origin, and six thousand are of French Canadian and Irish descent. In wealth and intelli- genee, the former have the precedence. How long they will retain it is a problem of the future.
Since 1870 there has been a decided improvement in all classes of buildings in this city. The Nashua and Jackson corporations have been continually en- larging their mills and beautifying their grounds. On Main Street the change has been equally positive. Noyes Block, built in 1852, and Nutt's Block, in 1860, have been supplemented by Dunlap's Block, in 1868, Goodrich Block, in 1869, Telegraph Block, in 1871, Merchants' Block, in 1872, Spalding's Block, in 1880, and MeQuesten's Block, in 1881. The merchants are provided with convenient stores and the best of facil- ities for the disposal of goods. No city in the State furnishes every kind of merchandise on more favor- able terms.
Private residences of attractive exterior and spacious and comfortable interior have been erected in every part of the city. Of late, the more rapid growth of dwellings has been in the southwestern and the south- eastern sections of the city, but there has been an in- crease in every locality. ' Some credit is due to the past as well as the present generation for the shade- trees that adorn the most of our streets; and that our dwellings are not left to stand, like the Pyramids, on a Jeatless plain under " a hot and copper sky," but that they are mostly surrounded and sheltered by trees.
Public Schools of the City .- The schools and the school-houses of this city are justly its pride and honor. Our school system has been the growth of a century. No one man or body of men has made it what it is. It is the result of the successive efforts of our forefathers and the men of our own time; and it represents the con- trolling sentiment of the community on the subject of popular education. It has been fortunate for the public schools that from the beginning they have had the constant and active co-operation of the mass of our citizens,-men who recognize in an intelligent people the true prosperity of the city and the safety of the State.
The High School building is the best constructed school edifice in the State. In it are located the High School, with five teachers, and the largest gram- mar school, with seven teachers. The building has ten spacious rooms for study and recitations, two lec- ture-rooms, a library-room, a laboratory and offices for the superintendent and principal, with a capacious hall in the third story. This building was completed in 1874 and cost one hundred and five thousand dol- lars. The Mount Pleasant Grammar School is a fine building on the best location in the city. The gram- mar school is in the second, middle and primary schools in the first, and a fine hall in the third story. The building was erected in 1870 and cost fifty thou- sand dollars. The Main Street School-house is a sub- stantial brick edifice, with suitable appointments. The excellence of the public schools of late years has
been such that no private schools could exist, until the French Catholic Parochial School was established, two years ago.
The number of public school buildings in the city is 18, having a valuation of $232,395. The school year is 36 weeks. The number of teachers is 54, of whom 3 are males and 51 females. The average at- tendance is 1642 scholars. The cost of the schools for 1884 was $36,254, of which sum $24,726 was for the salaries of teachers. Included in this school ex- penditure is the cost of the evening schools for those boys and girls who cannot attend the day sessions. They average 300 scholars and employ 17 teachers. These evening scholars are mostly of foreign families, and, added to the daily attendance, make the average attendance of 1942 scholars.
The Public Library .- The initiative step for es- tablishing a free public library in this city was taken by the Young Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society, an asso- ciation of patriotic ladies who had organized at the beginning of the Rebellion for the purpose the name indicates. The subject of a public library had become a topic of newspaper discussion, and, at a reunion of the society in March, 1867, it was decided to hold a "levee and fair" to raise funds to aid in establishing a public library. The managers were Lucy F. Thayer, M. E. Shepherd, Mary P. Fiske, Hattie Richardson, Sarah W. Kendall, Mary E. Law and Mary E. Hunt. The levee was a success, realizing one thousand and eighty-nine dollars above expenses. The Athenæum, a private association, had already decided to donate their library to encourage the enterprise. Other gifts of books were added, and in July of that year the City Council accepted the gift on the conditions proposed, the most important of which was to pay one thousand dollars annually for the support and in- crease of the proposed library. A board of seven trustees were elected and rooms secured in the county building for the convenience of the public. The Public Library at this time contains eight thousand two hundred and seven volumes, and in- cludes the best works in history, biography, travels, agricultural and scientific works, poetry, romance, sta- tistics and the best monthly publications. A majority of the families in the city avail themselves of its advan- tages. It furnishes the means of information and instruction which could in no other way be supplied. Maria A. Laton is librarian. Of the seven trustees, one is chosen annually by the City Council to serve seven years. As now constituted, they are George A. Ramsdell, term expires 1886; Bernard B. Whitte- more, term expires 1887; William W. Bailey, term expires 1888; Edward Spalding, term expires 1889; John H. Goodale, term expires 1890; Virgil C. Gil- man, term expires 1891; Charles Holman, term ex- pires 1892.
Nashua Fire Department .- The Fire Department of this city is very efficient in management and com- plete in its appointments. It consists of three steamer
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companies, two hose companies and carriages, a hook-and-ladder company, besides sixty-one hydrants properly located throughout the city. The fine en- gine-house on Olive Street is built of brick, with heavy granite trimmings, and is thoroughly finished and furnished. It was built in 1870 and cost thirty thousand dollars. It is centrally located. The board of engineers for 1885 are Charles H. Whitney, chief engineer, and Edward H. Parmenter, George O. Osborne, Everett S. Putnam and Enos F. Hadlock, assistants. The estimated value of the property of the department on the 1st of January, 1885, was twenty-nine thousand five hundred and twenty-four dollars. This estimate is exclusive of the engine- house. The expense of the Fire Department for the year 1884 was $8261.69.
FIRES IN NASHUA .- This city has never had any wide-spread conflagration, though it has suffered from quite a number of fires. One of the most destructive fires in the city was on the. 12th of October, 1848. It took in the basement of the first building on the north side of the Main Street bridge, on the west side of the street, in what was then known as the "Cen- tral Building." The adjoining Baptist Church and several smaller buildings were burned on the west side, when, crossing the street to the east side, the Boat-house Store, Nashua and Lowell Railroad depot and Shattuck's Block were burned.
In 1856, Mill No. 1 of the Nashua Company was destroyed. The fire broke out at noon, in the absence of the operatives. As the mill had been in operation thirty years, the flooring was combustible, and the mill was soon in ruins.
Some of the more recent fires in the city were the old engine-house, in 1870; W. J. Cooper's and Saw- yer's buildings, in May, 1882; Old Washington House, in November, 1883; Spalding's Block, 1883; Rollins' Steam-Engine Works, March, 1884; Crawford's Steel-Plate and Press-Works, January 1, 1885; and Nashua Iron and Steel-Plate Mill, February, 1885.
Railroad Facilities .- Whoever has studied the railroad map of New England knows that Nashua is the centre of an extensive system of railroads. In truth, its railroad facilities are unsurpassed by any inland city in New England. Six lines radiate from Nashua, and five of them are entitled to be called trunk lines. Their connections are direct with Wor- cester, New York and the West on one side; with Rochester, Portland, Bangor and the East, on the other side; with Manchester, Concord, the White Mountains, Vermont and Canada, on the north ; with Lowell, Boston and Providence on the south. These six lines are the Nashua, Lowell and Boston, forty miles ; the Nashua, Greenfield and Keene, fifty-six miles; the Nashua and Worcester, forty-six miles ; the Nashua and Rochester, forty-eight miles ; the Nashua and Concord, thirty-five miles ; the Nashua, Acton and Boston, forty-one miles. Fifty-six passenger and freight trains enter and depart from Nashua daily.
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