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N. II. Ninth Regiment : -
187. JOHN BLAKE; mustered in Aug. 26, 1804.
N. II. Tenth Regiment : -
188. ALEXANDER ANDERSON; private, Co. G; mustered in Feb. 10, 1804; transferred to Second N. H. Vols., June 21, 1865.
189. ICTAVE CHAPINE; private, Co. F, Feb. 20, 1864 ; wounded severely May 12, 1864; transferred to Second N. H. Vols., June 21, 1865.
190. DAVID STONE; private, Co. F; umstered in Feb. 10, 1864, and trans- ferred to Secoud N. II. Vols., June 21, 1805.
N. II. Eleventh Regiment : -
191. CHARLES BROWN; mustered in Dec. 29, 1863.
192. JOHN JOHNSON; mustered in Dec. 20, 1863; Co. B ; wounded slightly
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May 16, 1864 ; severely July 30, Isit ; died of disease, at Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1501.
193. JOHN NELSON; mustered In Dec. 29, 1863 ; wounded severely May 12, 1864 ; discharged for disability, at Washington, D. C., Oct. 21, 1804.
191. Gronur Seriesen ; mustered In Dec. 29, 1863.
195. EDWARD WILLSON; mustered In Dee. 29, 1863.
N. II. Twelfth Regiment : -
196. JOIN N. COLBY; Co. D; enlisted March 30, 1864. (See Vol. II. p. 174 -150, 1.)
197. THOMAS W. DONALD; private, Co. D; mustered In Oct. 21, 1809; transferred to Second N. IL. Vols., June 21, 1865.
198. EDMUND GREENHALGH; musiclau, Co. D; mustered In Jan. 2, lout ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, April 12, 1845 ; mustered out Aug. 21, 1865.
First Regiment N. E. Cavalry ; N. H. Battalion ; Troop B ; all enlisted March 29 or 30, 1864; all but two mustered out July 15, 1865 : -
199. GEORGE W. CARLETON ; absent, slek, since June 16, 1804 ; no discharge furnished.
200. GILBERT G. CHASE; missing June 29, 1864; gained from missing; promoted to corporal, July 1, 1865.
201. PETER FARLEY.
202. CORNELIUS JENOTTE; missing at Lacy Springs, Va., Dec. 21, 1864; gained from missing ; promoted to corporal, May 1, 1865.
203. JEREMIAH MANNING.
204. BENJAMIN F. MARSIL.
205. JOHN NICHOLS.
206. ALVALI SMITH; promoted to corporal, July 1, 1865.
207. CHARLES YORK; captured June 29, 1864; died of disease, at Ander- sonville, Ga., Sept. 14, 1864; grave No. 8, 736.
Troop C; chiefly mustered in March 30 and 31, 1864, aud out July 15, 1805 : -
208. PAUL. BERNARD; promoted to corporal, June 1, 1865.
209. JESSINO B. FAVOUR; died at Frederick City, Md., March 21, ISCS.
210. CHARLES GILISS; promoted to troop quartermaster sergeant, July 1, 1865.
211. ALBERT HORNEY; appointed bugler.
212. JOIN LER: mustered out June 5, 1865.
213. MATTHEW SULLIVAN; mustered in April 5, 1864; promoted to cor- poral, May 1, 1865.
Troop 1) : --
214. Roseer B. FERRis: enlisted July 28, 1864.
215. Jons Menruy ; enlisted July 28, 1864.
216. WILLIAM NEWELL ; enlisted Aug. 16, 1864.
217. GEORGE SAILOR; enlisted July 25, 1864.
218. GEORGE WILLIAMS; enlisted Aug. 3, 1504.
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Troop E; all enlisted (mustered in) between June 8 and Aug. 17, 1864 (the major part July 16 and 21), and deserted in a body : -
219. WILLIAM ANDERSON. 231. JAMES HARDGROVE.
220. JOHN BLAIR. 232. THOMAS JONES.
221. EDWARD BRADLEY. 233. CHARLES KENT.
222. JOIN BRADY. 234.
WILLIAM KING.
223. JOHN BROWN. 235. JAMES MAARKILAM.
294. JOIN CRONAN. 236. TIMOTHY MCCARTY.
225. JOIN DAILEY.
237. DANIEL MILLER.
220. GEORGE DULEY.
238. WILLIAM SIMPSON.
227. JOHN FARRELL.
239. ANDREW SMITH.
228. HENRY FLARTHEY.
240. JOHN SMITH, 2D.
29. JAMES GILMAN.
241. ALBERT WALSH.
230. GEORGE ILANE.
Troop F (mustered in July 16, 1864 ; out July 15, 1805) : - 242. JAMES BENTON.
243. JAMES FITZGERALD.
Troop G : -
244. JOIN CANNING; mustered in July 29, 1864.
245. GEORGE GOODWIN; mustered in July 21, 1864.
Troop I : -
246. WILLIAM ANSON; mustered in Aug. 13, 1864.
247. GEORGE EDWARD; mustered in Aug. 13, 1864; mustered out June 12, 1865. 248. JOHN G. SANBORN; mustered in Jan. 5, 1SGt (was also previously enlisted). (See Vol. II. p. Gs1-615, 3.)
Veteran Reserve Corps : -
249. WESTLEY ALEXANDER; mustered in June 30, ISG4.
250. WILLIAM BANNISTER; mustered in July 28, 1864.
251. PAT. C. MCQUEENEY ; ustered in June 25, 1864.
We supplement the above lists by the following fourteen names of individuals who are otherwise known (as indicated in their several records referred to in Vol. II.) to have served their country as San- bornton men in the war of 1861-65. A few of these, though betong- ing to New Hampshire regiments, yet fail, by an oversight. to be noticed in the Adjutant-General's reports ; others were enlisted in regiments out of the State ; and others still served in some different army departments. References are made, as above, to the pages in Vol. 11. where their army service is mentioned : -
252. AMON D. BAKER. (See Vol. 11. p. 18-36.)
253. SYLVESTER CHAPMAN. (See Vol. I. p. 114-36, 1.)
254. WILLIAM O. DANIELS. (See Vol. 11. p. 214-12. )
255. EBENEZER C. FIFIELD. (See Vol. II. p. 278-25.)
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256. GEORGE P. HOWE. (See Vol. II. p. 357-7.)
237. JOHN MI. HowE. (See Vol. II. p. 337-4.)
258. Reves HowE, JR. (See Vol. II. p. 357-6.)
259. SYLVESTER D. HUNT. (See Vol. II. p. 78-16.)
200. OLIVER P. MORRISON. (See Vol. II. p. 527-35C.)
261. CARLETON ROLLINS. (See Vol. II. p. 83-43, 2.)
262. JOSIAH S. SWALNY. (See Vol. II. p. 746-40. )
203. FREDERIC P. TAYLOR. (See Vol. II. p. 764-171, 1.)
204. ALBERT K. TILTON. (See Vol. II. p. 804-90. )
205. JEREMIAH C. TILTON. (See Vol. II. p. 802-76.)
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LIKEN AVENUE. (Franklin.)
IN MEMORY OF AH NBORN
JEREMI
BORN AT HAMPTON N.M JUIY 6.0.5.1739. DIED FEB. 13.1823.
In memory of MIRIAM The Wife of JEREMIAH SANDBORN Born May 16 1742 Died Dec- 12 1798
....
MIRIAM, HIS WIFE, BOAN MAY 5,0.9. 1742. DIED DEC. 18.1798.
SETTLED IN SANBOANTON FEB. 13.1779.
ERECTED BY THEIR GRANDCHILDREN 1876.
The Wildofane Codey LAy Hear Savon Whom! Burn July 1736
DIED 24- 1793
SANBORN.
In Memory of Anne
Wadleigh Sanden Born July 161770
Died Frankly 124193
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INSCRIPTIONS FROM FRANKLIN FALLS CEMETERY.
(See pp. 312 and 407.)
CHAPTER XVIII.
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
" Cast up, cast up the highway ; gather out the stones." - ISAIAn Ixii. 10.
" Highways are a very good standard of civilization." SANBORN . (" History of New Hampshire').
The earliest allusion to anything resembling a highway which was enstomarily travelled over within the limits of Sanbornton is found in Rev. Grant Powers's " Historical Sketches of the Cous Country," p. Is, being taken from the " Journal" of Capt. Peter Powers of Hollis. who commanded an exploring party, consisting of thirty armed meu, and was one of the first to penetrate the country described, in
The " carrying
place," from June and July, 1754. .. Monday, June 17 [after spending
Capt. Peter
l'owers's the Sabbath at Contoocook or Buscawen]. This morning
Journal. fair weather, and we fixed our packs and went and put them on board our canoes abont uine of the clock ; and some of the men went in the canoes, and the rest on the shore. And so we marched up the river Merrimack to the crotch or parting thereof, and then up the l'emigewasset about one mile and a half, and camped above the carrying place, which carrying place is about one hundred rods long ; and the whole of this day's march is thirteen miles." ;
Upon the above record Hon. George W. Nesmith remarks : . This ' carrying place' will be recognized as located near where the present highway exists, which connects the ox-bow on the river Winnipiseogce with the Pemigewasset above the Falls in Franklin Village. The tra- dition is that it was used by the Indians for the transportation of their camoes long before the white men had occasion to adopt it as their OWI."
It was specified in the earliest grant of Saubornton that -
"The lots be laid out in ranges, where the land will admit of it, and that land be left for high ways, four rods wide between the ranges, and two rods between the lots";
thuis anticipating an advanced stage of improvement such as the neces- sities of the early settlements could not recognize. Hence the first practical movement for a road was more in the line of convenience, at.
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a regularly warned meeting of the proprietors, May 24, 1762, when Joseph Rolins was allowed the sun of £148, o. t., -
" To clear a sunticient bagege rode of five feet wide [substantially'n path for pack horses] from Canterhary setellients to Wluepesoco river,
First nial of whear it was markt out by the survaler, and from thenee, the Herest and best waye [independently of ranges and lots], to the center squafr of the sald towuship (Sanborntou], within one month of this date."
This is the first intimation of any road or bridle-path to or within the limits of the town. Over this the carly settlers very generally came from the Canterbury fort, on the hill one mile west of the Centre Village of that town. It crossed the river at Sanbornton Bridge, - near the present tin shop, - then swift water and a ford ; and the Gult Brook just north of the present Gulf Bridge, though the Copps amt Rowens had a branch path from the above, crossing the river at the Shallows, near the Plains.
The next year, April 21, in connection with action for the first mill, it was voted that .. Dea. Fogg, Josiah Robinson, and William Chase be a Com. to clear a good bagege way five feet wide from Winepisoco river to the mill grant for f4 per day each." This path, if openeil, probably went cast of Tin Corner, following nearly the lot side lines, to the Thompson neighborhood, and thence, by the present old road, via Gale Ilill and " New Boston " to the late Morrison Mills, in Franklin. The mill-site being so soon transferred to the Bridge, the
Original bridge path was probably disused. " £300 o. t." were also given, over the Wiiu- Nov. 20, 1763, " towards building a bridge over Wine- nipiacogee. posoco river in the most convenient place for the Town." This is supposed to have been the first bridge at Tilton, built of birch poles, over which most of the settlers afterwards passed, at the place of the ford above named. The Burley family are known to have crossed it with their horse in 1767 (see Genealogies, Vol. II. p. 39 [13]). The aid of Canterbury was sought and probably obtained in its erection. The next action of the proprietors was, in 1764, to the effect that .. a good bagige way be cleared from the brige to Holderness way," at the committee's discretion.
The next road of importance is first heard of at the meeting of Sept. 22, 1760,-
"Daniel Sanborn, Jun., Esq., being appointed to lock [ look] out the rode und spot the same, and Abraham Perkins to clear said rode teen feet wide, nit for a cart or sled to pass in, - excepting bridges and cauces, - for which he shall have 23 pounds and teen shillings ofl tenner a mile."
Daniel Sanborn's " return " for this road was received the 17th of the next November; to wit, " that Perkins hath cleared the way
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according to vote, in distance four miels and 100 and 3 rods."
Abraham l'er- They then voted to Abraham Perkins, for clearing this
kiu,'s road- way, " six pounds laful uwney " ; but whether as an equiv- making. alent for the sum previously mentioned, - the oue being " old tenor" aud the other " lawful money," -or as a bonus for the job, does not appear. This road is elsewhere designated as passing " throw the town from the head of the rode that is already cleared." We are hence to infer that the original " baggage-way " had been pre- vionsly widened as far np as the Centre, though not noticed upon the proprietors' records ; also, that the favorite way of moving into town on the part of the settlers had begun to be ou ox-sleds iu the winter !
One of the earliest votes after the incorporation of the towu cuibod- ied this fundamental principle, which has ever since been acted upou in assessing highway taxes, - viz., " to clear and maintain ye rodes in proportion to each man's rates." Two hundred dollars Early high- way taxes. were raised for the highways in 1773 and 1775, which fell to $100 the two following years, and rose to $300 in 1778, " to be worked out at $1.00 * per day" ; and all, as in previous years, " by the last of October." In 1779 the style of computation changed, and ". 400 days' works" were voted, the selectieu to set the price of labor. 1780-84, "600 days' works," the latter year, " at + shillings p'r day"; and in 1783, with a fine of " 50 per cent ou all that is back" by Oct. 15, to be imposed on the surveyors ! 1786, " 1,000 days' work "! 1788, highway surveyors were empowered in the winter to call out all the men in their districts to break through the suow, aud make the ways passable, in neglect of which duty each surveyor was to pay a fine " not exceeding $10 * nor less than $5.00" ! It was cus- tomary at this time to vote sums of money, or days' works at three shillings per day, to repair sections of the "main " and other roads " complained of"; as iu 1790, " $50 * worth of labor ou main road above David Burley's " (north part of town), with Col. Josiah Sau- born to see the work done, " and that every man dooth a day's work for a day" !
1791, " Voted ane day's work on ye siugle head, and all other estate in proportion, on y" roads"; one and one half days' work, ditto, the following year. Special privileges grauted, as in 1794, to " Mr. Special priv- Dustin and the miller to work out their highway rates ou
ilkges and ap- his mill road." Extra appropriations began to be voted propriatious. (1794, £40, and 1795, £30) " for the repair of public roads to be apportioued by the Select men," surveyors to see that the road
* This modern way of writing " dollars" is not used in the original records of these years.
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have full width, where the feuce is built new, for the future. .. One day's work, per head," again, 1796, " allowing 5 skillings per day wages till Ing. 1, and 3 shilling , afterwards."
1801. .. Two thirds of the highway tax to be laid out in June." and " one third by the last of september." Delinguent surveyors required to render a sufficient reason to the selectmen for
Delaqueut survey ors. the non-working of taxes, and to pay over the money not worked out ; or, as in 1805, " to work it ont at their own
expense." 1507 and 1808, it seems to have been customary, when roads were petitioned for, to choose a committee to view the proposed route, estimate probable cost. and report at a subsequent meeting.
The . indictment" of the principal roadl through the town in 18t? and 1813 occasioned considerable stir ! Two or three special meetings were held. Road described as " leading from Satchel Clark's [Sau- born Road] to Jona. Calley's [Calley Poud] ; and " from South end of turnpike to the river." Committee " to view it " appraised $1, 200 for cost of repair. Finally, voted, that one surveyor (special) in cach school district be appointed by the selectmen to lay out the labor, assigning as " wages for eight hours' labor of a man and yoke of oxen sixty-five cents, and that each surveyor provide one gill of rum per day per man, if the same can be procured, instead of labor from any man that is taxed "! in 1814, voted to repair other banl Precautious roads, "so as to prevent any cause of indictment " ! Win- MeuL. ter tax first voted in 1818, " half a day's work cach rata- ble poll," etc., "to be worked in the summer following what is not neerled the next winter."
In September, 1826, town authorized the selectmen to borrow, on its credit, $300 for the repair of brilges; this doubtless occasioned by the great August freshet of that year, - of the Willey house catas- trophe ! In 1833. raised $500 for the repair of roads and bridges. The number of highway surveyors still continued sixty, even after the southwest corner of the town had been set off to Franklin.
Robert Morse and wife, of Rumney, were injured by the falling of .. Sanbornton Bridge," Angust, 1839. Town authorized the
The falling of Farborutou selvetmin to settle with said Morse, but action was brought ; Bridge. aund Sept. 10, 1>40, an agent was appointed to defend the town of settle. The voted tax had been divided for different years, solely between " one" and " one and one half day's on the poll." In 1826, "one day" (and selectmen to lay out not over $1.000 on repairs), which seems to have continued at least till 1845.
In connection with the catalogue of roads ** returned," changed. etc., as given in Appendix D, we now propose to add some account of those bridges and roads (especially of those roads not returned by the select-
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men), the building of which was attended with peculiar interest or excitement.
At the third annual town meeting, March 31, 1772, first mention is made of a " new bridge over Winipisoco river" (for bridge No. 1 see
Second bridge p. 194) ; and it was voted not to lay out a road to the same.
over the Win- This action, however, did not prove satisfactory ; for a
uipiscoce. special meeting was held, July 30, to reconsider the above negative vote, at which voted " to lay out a rode through John Gale's land, from that already laid out to said land, to y" new Bridge, as above." (See No. 19, in catalogue, Appendix D, to which the numbers through- out this chapter refer. ) This bridge had at that time been thrown over a swift part of the river, - as the second in town over the same stream, - at the foot of the steep hill, a little southeast of the late Charles II. Clark's, in Franklin ; the large stones now appearing, serv- ing as piers .* It was thought to facilitate the entrance of settlers into the west part of the town, by the way of Canterbury; but it probably continued in use not more than twenty years, as April 5, 1790, a com- mittee of three was chosen to meet with a committee from Northfield, " at ye middle bridge, near Joseph Clark's, to consult the propriety of keeping or destroying the same," by which it would seem that the bridge was then much ont of repair. At the same time, voted . to accept the lower bridge, by Sanborn's Mills," which then crossed the Winnipiscogee a few rods east of the present upper bridge, at Frank-
lin Falls, having just been built, and rendering the second Tlerd and or " middle bridge " less essential. This third or " Sau- fourth bridges
(Sanborn's
aud Culon). born's Bridge" was renewed on present site, with " stone butments," in 1822 ; but again carried off by the great " ice freshet " of Feb. 12, 1824, which the New Hampshire Patriot of that weck represents as " carrying away two bridges near Smith- ville, on the Winnipiscogee River, and one at Sanbornton Bridge Vil- lage, together with dams and mills." The time of building the fourth bridge over the Winnipiseogee is indicated by the following vote : .. March 27, 1792, to join Gihmantou in building a bridge over Gib- sun's Falls ; that is, we will build ye Western half" (with the select- men a committee for so doing), thus originating the well-known title of .. Union Bridge."
The first bridge over the Pemigewasset is believed to have been built in 1802, and called the " Republican Bridge," reflecting a chief phase in the political excitements of the time. This was at site of
* The building of the latest dam over the Winnipiscogee Biver, by the Paper Manufacturing Company, on this precise spot ( 1881), has of course obliterated all traces of this ancient road and bridge crossing.
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the present covered bridge, between the two villages of Franklin. This bridge was chartered in 1800, the same year with the incorpora- tion of the fourth New Hampshire turnpike, and is named in the .Net as " a bridge nt Webster's Falls." It was an old-fashioned . string bridge, with wooden piers, built ou contract, by the Sanbornton broth- ers, William and John Durgiu, at a cost of $2,200. The February freshet of 1821 swept this also away (see " Annals," Chap. XIV.) ; und a similar winter freshet, accompanied by . a tremendous gale and storm." Jan. 27, 1839, demolished its successor. The following sum- mer (1839) the present covered bridge was erected at a cost of 87,000, and continued, like its predecessors, a " toll bridge," till 1855.
But (returning to the time of the original building, 1802) the Fed- erals were still in the ascendeney in town ; and so the compliment was returned the next year, 1803, by naming the titth bridge
Republican and Federal
Bridges. over the Winnipiscogee, crossing just below the lowest dam in Franklin, the " Federal Bridge"! This bridge has had three sites, being rebuilt, by Sanbornton and Northfield, in 1819, on the abutments of the old dam ; probably again on same site in 1824 ; and in 1833 a little higher up the river, at its present loca- tion. At what date the first, ou site of the present upper bridge, at Tilton Village, was built, is uncertain. This was in lieu of the original bridge over the Winnipiseogee (see p. 194), which The upper bridges at Til- stood a little above. Its date may be referred to 1784,
lou Village. when it was voted (March 30) " to build or repair the upper bridge over Winnipisiokee river, if Northfield will join aml do onte half of the same." But as before hinted, it was carried away in February, 1821, - being then the only bridge at " Sauboruton Bridge Village," - and must soon after have been rebuilt; and after the " falling," in 1839, must have been thoroughly repaired, if not entirely renewed. The first erection of the bridge at Cross's Mills, in Franklin (Winnipiseogee River No. 6), probably corresponds with that of the first mill, in 1804.
" March 17, 1807. Shaker Bridge and road thereto accepted, provided both can be made by subscription, aml that the town shall maintain both for the future." This vote marks the time of the bridge Damed ( Winnipiseogce River No. 7), and also accounts for the road to the same as not being found among the roads " returned" on our town records. About this time. or perhaps somewhat carlier, at the building of Burleigh's clothing will, the second or lower,
Bridges Nos. - called also " Burleigh's Bridge," -at East Tilton, was
i to 10 accuse the Winmini- thrown across the stream, just above its entrance into beugee.
Little Bay ( Winnipiseogee River No. 8). The new bridge over the narrows at the Bay, on Lot No. 48, First Division, - called
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" Mosquito " or " Bay Bridge " (Winnipiseogee River No. 9), - is referred to the year 1810, built upon tiles, thirty-six rods in length. and at an original expense of about $2,000. It fell to Tilton ( west half) in the final division of the town. The lower bridge, at Tilton Village (Winnipiseogee River No. 10), was created in 1837 ; then called the " Suspension Bridge," which, with the . Sanbornton Bridge" (Winnipiseogee River No. 1), was formally divided for repairs between the towns of Sanboruton and Northfield, in 1858 .*
We have evidence that the ". New Chester Union," .. Hill," or .. Bel- knap Bridge " was built over the Pemigewasset as early as 1809, and the ". Bennett's Ferry," below, was thrown up soon after. Hill or " Bel- Thus have we accounted, historically, for the cleven bridges knap " Bridge. (uine at present) which have spanned the Winnipiseogee out of Sanbornton, and the two which have crossed the Pemigewasset. These, with the three railroad bridges, - two at Tilton Village aud one at East Tilton, - are the only ones that have ever connected onr well-bounded " peninsular" township with the adjoining towns, of which the " Ilill Bridge " is the only one belonging to the Sanbornton of to-day !
There is far more of history, however, connected with some of the interior bridges over the smaller streams. Especially is this true of the famous and romantic "Gulf Bridge " ( Lot No. 37, First Division). So early as March 31, 1778, it was voted in town meeting History of the " to build ye bridge at ye ' Gulf,' so called, by filling the Gulf Bridge. brook with logs to be bawled next fall, and to build said bridge the Summer after in manner aforesaid," - i. e., with logs. This was about twenty rods above the present bridge, whence the original path was by spotted trees to the present road below T. W. Taylor's. The tinal issue of this first vote, above, resulted in a contract with Capt. Chase Taylor, " Jan. 10, 1780, to build a good sufficient bridge where y" road now is, with pears, by y" 15th of June next, and to keep said bridge in good repair for twenty years from date "; but before the expiration of the twenty years the bridge had been " presented," there seeming to be a dissatisfaction, chiefly with its location ; and after voting to build a stone bridge, March 12, 1799, it was changed, May 7, to a wooden bridge " where the stone bridge was proposed." Lieut. Jolm Durgin had the contract for building this ; for which, March 11, 1800, it was voted to give him enough, in addition to what he had received, " to make him up $100." This bridge was a little
* Both these bridges are to be replaced by two elegant iron structures (now under contract, November, 1881), at a cost of nearly $6,000. We are informed, too late for fuller notice, of an eleventh bridge, which once crossed this river alves Tilton Vil- lage, near the present Simonds Mills
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