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Though Dr. Young continued in full practice, yet he became very poor as he grew old, probably in conse- quence of his intemperate habits, and was obliged to ask assistance of the town towards the support of his family. The action of the town was kind and delicate towards him ; for in 1799 the following vote was passed : " Voted, To take into consideration Dr. Young's low circumstances in worldly affairs. Chose Henry Fergu- son, Robert Morison, Robert Swan, a committee to make
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inquiry of the said Young's situation, and propose such relief as they shall think proper."
We have no account of the report of the committee, but suppose their suggestions were acted on at once, and that he was aided as much as was necessary.
One other vote of the town is found, June 5, 1805 : "Voted, That the selectmen furnish Dr. Young with two cows for his use, being the town's property."
We suppose that Dr. Young was considerably above mediocrity in his profession, and he enjoyed for many years the entire confidence of a community quick to see defects, ready to sift pretensions and expose shams. He went through the ordeal successfully, and but for his intemperance would have passed off as one of the most honored and worthy of the early physicians. He d. of a cancer of the face, after long suffering, Feb. 27, 1807, æ. 68 yrs.
John, b. March 8, 1764; m. - White, Whitestown, N. Y.
William, b. Aug. 14, 1768 ; m. Eunice Porter.
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 21, 1771 ; m. - Earl, Chester, Vt.
Jane Foster, b. May 24, 1773 ; unm. ; d. March 2, 1857, æ. 84 yrs. ; always lived in town.
Susanna, b. Aug. 24, 1776 ; m. Capt. B. Carryll. David, b. Oct. 25, 1779.
Foster, b. March 25, 1784; m. - , Chester, Vt., and re. to Buffalo, N. Y.
THE YOUNGMAN FAMILY.
David Youngman, Sen., was the son of Jabez Young- man, who was b. in Hollis, March, 1764 ; was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, as were his three older broth- ers, the oldest of whom, Eben, was killed in battle at Bunker Hill. He m., March, 1785, Susannah Powers, b. in Hollis, Aug. 28, 1768, where they lived several years, when they removed to Lempster, and lived many years in comfortable circumstances, and where they both d. within three days of each other ; he d. April 30, 1839, æ. 75 yrs. ; she d. May 3, 1839, æ. 71 yrs., after living in the marriage relation fifty-four years ; they were buried in the same grave.
DAVID YOUNGMAN was b. in Hollis, Dec. 19, 1790. Came to Peterborough about 1810 ; served an appren- ticeship in the tanning and currying business with Dea. John Field, for whom he afterwards worked some dozen years, and identified himself with the interests of the
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town. He m. Ruth Field, dau. of John Field, March 7, 1816. She d. Sept. 5, 1817, æ. 22 yrs. He removed to Franklin, Tenn., in 1821 or '22, where he engaged in tan- ning and currying, which he carried on successfully many years. He afterwards purchased an extensive farm, with saw and grist-mills ; became a slave-owner, and was pros- perous after the Southern fashion, until the war of the Rebellion set his slaves at liberty, and, during the strug- gle, he was robbed by both parties - Union as well as Confederate - of his horses, mules, cattle, leather, pro- visions, and, in fact, of everything that soldiers could find to steal, by which he became considerably reduced in circumstances. He m., 2d w., Nancy McMahon, April, 1833; no ch. He is still living in Franklin, Tenn., enjoying a serene old age, now in his eighty-sixth year.
t.David, b. in Peterborough, Aug. 26, 1817 ; m. Mary Ann Stone.
WILLARD YOUNGMAN was a younger brother of David, b. in Lempster, April, 1804. He came to Peterborough in early life; m. Jane Little, dau. of Thomas Little. She m., 2d hus., Benjamin Read, of Newport, November, 1834, and had by him one son, Wallace L., b. July 22, 1842. She d. Feb. 12, 1866, æ. 61 yrs. Willard Young- man was for several years engaged in building mills and mill-dams, during those years when the Union Factory and other large mills were erected. He lived at West Peterborough, where he built a house, and where he d. Dec. 1, 1833, æ. 29 yrs., of chronic ulceration of the hip- joint, induced by his previous peculiar exposure, and was among the first persons buried in the Village Cemetery.
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Fane L., b. Feb. 9, 1827 ; m. Nathan T. Eaton ; ch., (1) Abbie Louisa, b. April 9, 1847 ; d. Sept. 6, 1849, æ. 2 yrs., 6 mos. ; (2) Eva Cariola, b. July 20, 1850 ; (3) Frank W., b. April 23, 1853 ; d. June 2, 1853 ; (4) Ella L., b. Sept. 25, 1855.
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Mary L., b. June 17, 1828; m. Ethan Hadley; r. Chicopee. Addison, b. November, 1829 ; d. Feb. 18, 1830, æ. 3 mos. Susan W., b. April 11, 1831 ; m. Elias Cheney ; r. Leb- anon.
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DAVID YOUNGMAN, M. D. He fitted for college at New Ipswich, and graduated at Dartmouth College in 1839. He subsequently engaged in teaching at Frank- lin, Tenn., and at Hartford, Vt., when he returned to
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EMMA KNAPP YOUNGMAN.
Peterborough and taught the academy two years, 1842 and '43. He studied the medical profession with Albert Smith, M.D., at Peterborough, and with Profs. Crosby and Peaslee, at Hanover ; and after attending the usual courses of lectures, one at Woodstock, Vt., and two at Hanover, he took the degree of M.D., at Dartmouth, in 1846. He settled in South Woburn, Mass., (now Win- chester) in .1846; was elected the first town clerk of Winchester in 1850, which office he held six consecutive years, until he removed from town. He interested him- self in educational matters, and was a member of the school committee for several years. He was always interested in the study and practice of church and social music, and taught the same in various places in New Hampshire and Vermont during his pupilage, and was for many years an efficient and popular leader of the singing in church. He removed to Boston in 1856, where he still resides in the practice of his profession, and as a specialty devotes his time largely to the exam- ination of mental and nervous diseases. He m., Aug. I, 1842, Mary Ann Stone, of Hartford, Vt.
Albert Legrand, b. in Peterborough, Jan. 22, 1844 ; d. in Peterborough, Jan. 17, 1845, æ. I yr.
Willis Blake, b. in Winchester, Mass., June 29, 1846; m. Alma A. Sanborn, Dec. 25, 1871. Is engaged on cabinet organs in Boston. Has recently become quite successful as an artist in stipple and crayon por- traiture.
Mary Ruth, b. in Winchester, June 24, 1849 ; d. Jan. 2, 1852, æ. 2 yrs., 6 mos.
Clara Elizabeth, b. in Winchester, July 3, 1851 ; m. Wal- ter W. Scott, Jan. 5, 1875. He is a jeweller and opti- cian in Boston.
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Emma Knapp, b. in Winchester, July 30, 1853. Is a teacher in the public schools, Boston.
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INDEX.
NOTE. - Figures followed by a * refer to the Genealogical pages.
ABBOT, Rev. Abiel, settled over Congregational Church, 95, 4 .* Academy, Peterborough, establish- ed, IIO.
Act of Incorporation, copy of, 54.
petition for, 40. Act of Legislature became a law, 21.
Act of Legislature confirming land, 24.
Address, Centennial, 253. Alcoholic liquors, use of, 78. Allison, Ira, 130.
John Perry, 129, 131.
American Congress, its powers, 269. Revolution, 146.
Ames, Charles A., 129. T. Kneeland, 131, II .* Amusements and social habits, 78. Ancestors, character of, 246. Anecdote of "Uncle Mosey," 265. Animals, wild, 216.
Annan, Rev. David, 14 .*
his character and ministry, 88.
Antrim, County of, 33.
Apparatus, Philosophical, given to High School, 112. Appendix to History, 340.
Apple parings, 81. tree, first one set out, 267. Appropriations for libraries, 118. 66 schools, 104. Arboreal products, 216. Association Test, 147. Avenues and streets, 252.
Awkwardness in mechanical arts, 265.
BAKERY, 250.
Balch, Mr., carried first mail, 241. Ballard, Rev. Josiah, 126, 131.
Nathan, first teacher of Peterborough Academy, III. Bancroft, Hon. George, statement of, 38.
Band, Peterborough Cornet, 251. Banks, First National, 249. Peterborough Savings, 233,
249. Banks, Peterborough State, 232. Baptist Church built, IOI. Society, 100.
Barometers and thermometers, 204.
Barrett, Rev. Joshua, 96.
Basket Shop, 203.
Bears, 217.
Beavers, 216.
Belcher, Gov., signs Act of Incor- poration, 21.
Bell Factory, the first cotton, 195.
Bible read without note or com- ment, 70.
Billings, Rev. Liberty, 95.
Birds, 217.
Blacksmiths, 251.
Blanchard, Col., runs west line, 29, 50.
Blanchard, Jotham, 66.
Blodgett, A. C., town clerk, fails to record proceedings in 1840, 57, 109, 138, 330. Blood, Dr. Thomas H., 133.
Bogle, David, 65. Books and stationery, 249.
Boundary, controversy about, 44.
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HISTORY OF PETERBOROUGH.
Bowling alleys, 82. Brackett, Rev. Joseph, 126, 131.
Samuel, 68, 23 .*
Bradford, Rev. E. P., 96.
Breed, Rev. J. B., IOI.
Brick house first built, 266.
Brick masons, 250.
Briggs' Manufactory of Piano Stools, 206.
Brooks : Bogle, Cold, Goose, Mace Otter, Town-Line, Turner, Wal- lace, 215.
Buckle, Rev. Mr., 102.
Bunker Hill, battle of, 150, 269.
Burials, 226.
Business Directory, 249.
CALDWELL, Joseph (Ensign), 59. Carpenters, 251.
Carriage-makers, 250.
Carter, Dr. David, 134.
Casualties, 235 to 238.
Catholic Church, 102.
Causes retarding early settlements, 43. Cemeteries and burials, 220. Cemetery, the Little, 221. 66 the Old, 22I.
66 Pine Hill, 224.
Village, 222.
Centennial Address, 253.
66 Semi of Church, 96. .. time of holding, 40. Certificate of survey, 24. Changes in town, 244.
Character of first settlers, 17.
Characteristic traits, 287.
Charles II., King, folly of, 34.
Chase, Dr. Willard B., 135. Cheney, Charles G., 128.
Gov. Person C., 201, 39 .*
66 66 manufacturer, 201. Cheney, Rev. Oren B., 127, 13I. Church building, dedicated, 94. new one erected, 94. Church Presbyterian at first, 92. Clarion, the New Hampshire, 234. Clark, Rev. Samuel F., 132. Claverhouse, Col. James Graham, 34.
Clergymen, list of, 130. present, 251. Climate, no change in, 21I. salubrious, 212. Clock, town, 238.
Clothing store, 250.
Cogswell, George W., 128. College graduates, 124, 287. Commissioners on Boundaries meet at Hampton, 45.
Commissioners of Bureau of Educa- tion, II 5.
Committee of Defence, 148.
on location of meeting-
house, 85. Committee of Safety, 143.
Conclusion, 244.
Congregational Society formed, 94.
Continental Congress, extracts
from, 148.
Contoocook River, 24, 213.
30. middle of town,
"Contoocook Transcript," 234.
Contoocookville, 53.
Copy of first town meeting, 56.
Cornet Band, 251.
Cotton cloth first made in New Hampshire, 196.
Cotton factories, 25I.
mills started, 77.
Courage, examples of, 292. Culberson, Jean, first town pauper, 176.
Cuningham, Thomas, 40, 61.
Curtain Hollands, 197.
Cutler, Rev. Curtis, 95.
Cutler, Dr. John H., 135.
Cutter, Dr. Daniel B., 135, 49 .*
DAVISON, Dea. Thomas, 63. Declaration of Independence, 147. Dedication of Soldiers' Monument, I75. Deer, 216.
Department of education, 115. Destructive fire, 198. Diet of early settlers, 71.
Dinsmore, John, killed by Indians, 59. Dispute with N. H. concerning boundaries, 44.
Donegal, Marquis of, 37.
Donors to Peterborough Library, 118 to 121. Down, County of, 33.
Drugs and medicines, 250. Dry goods and groceries, 249. Dunbar, Rev. Elijah, military sketch by, 145.
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INDEX.
Dunbar, Rev. Elijah, ministry of, 95, 327. Dunbar, Rev. Elijah, records of, 18, 56 .* Dunbar, Rev. Elijah, settled as a Congregationalist, 91. Dustan, Rev. George, 97, 61 .*
EARL of Peterborough, Charles Mordaunt, 53.
Early families, dying out, 19. 66 many extinct, 245. " pioneers, courageous, 17.
settlers, all attend public wor- ship, 72.
Early settlers eminently social, 80.
intelligent, 70.
manufacture their own clothing, 71.
Early settlers, race of hardy men, 71. 66 66 records of, scanty, 18.
66 66 settlement of, 58.
66 their hardships, 34.
East Mountain, worthless, 29. Ecclesiastical affairs, 83.
Edes, Amasa, 126, 130. Dr. Hiram J., 136, 63 .* Education, 103. Edwards, Memoirs of libraries, 114. Elders, Ruling, in church, 93.
Election day, 82.
Elizabeth, Queen, during Irish re- bellion, 32.
Emigrants were Protestants, 36. number of, 243.
Emigration, causes of, 37.
to America, 36. 66 from Scotland, 33. 'Engine, fire, 238.
FACTORY, Bell, 195.
Eagle, 199; Phoenix, 197. North, 200; South, 199; Union, 200. Families, early, dying out, 19. many extinct, 245.
Fancy goods, 249. Farm for the poor, 180. Farms deteriorating, 21 I. of early settlers, 245. Farnsworth, Willis A., 130. Ferguson, John, 65, 73 .* Ferry, Rev. Charles B., 95. Field, Dea. John, 81 .* Fire, destructive, 178.
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Fire-engine, 238. Fire-places, old-fashioned, 267. Fish and game disappeared, 21I. " market, 250. Fisk, Amos Kidder, 129. Flax manufacture, 76.
preceded wool, 74.
Flour and grain, 250. Follansbee, Dr. William, 135, 84 .* Food of early settlers, 71.
Forests destroyed, 210.
Foster's, Mr., of Woburn, meeting at, 26.
Foundry and machine-shop, 205.
Fowle, John Jr., 25, 26.
Frame houses, 266.
French, Rev. James R., 97.
French war, 43.
Frontier line, 43.
Frost, Cyrus, 27.
Fruits, wild, 216.
Fun and humor, 69, 298.
Funerals in olden times, 300.
GAME and fish disappeared, 21I.
Games and amusements, 80.
Genealogy of families, I .*
Generosity, examples of, 295.
Good Templars, 235.
Goodhue, Thomas F., 130.
Goose Brook, 214.
Government, town, 272.
Graduates of college, 124, 287.
Granite and marble works, 205.
Grant and laying out of town, 22, 23.
" of town confirmed, 25. Grantees, sixty, 21. were speculators, 25.
Gratuity, the Osgood, 240.
Greeley, Dr. George, 135. Greenfield, town of, chartered, 209.
Gregg, Hugh, 39.
Lieut. John, 66.
Maj. Samuel, 66.
William, 39.
Gridley, Jeremiah, 25, 26.
Grist-mill, stone, 203. Grove, Putnam, 218. Groves, original, vanished, 21I.
HALE, William Gardner, 129. Hammill, Joseph, 68. Hand-cards, manufactory of, 204. and hand-wheels, 282. -
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HISTORY OF PETERBOROUGH.
Harness and carriage upholstery, 250. Harvey, Rev. Mr., 27, 64, 83.
Hats and caps, 250.
Healy, Right Rev. Bishop James A., 102. Hearses, 226.
Heywood, Samuel, urges petition, 19, 21.
High School, III.
Highways, 181 to 194.
Hill, John, treasurer, 25, 26.
"Hillsboro' Republican," 234.
Histories, Town, interest in, 18. History, ministerial, 272. objects of, 17. 66 political, 270.
Hobson, Capt. John, 21.
Holahan, Rev. P., 102.
Holmes, Abraham, 68.
Holmes, Artemas L., 127.
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Hon. Nathaniel, 127, 113 .* Samuel A., 129, 131.
Holt, Rev. Peter, 96. Home life, 69.
manufactures, 74.
Horse racing, 82. Hotels, 251. House of public worship erected, 84.
Houses of early settlers, 72.
Houses, first frame, 266.
Hunt, George A., 129, 131. Huskings, 80, 299.
ICE Dealer, 249.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 230.
Indian ambuscade at Lake George, 59.
Indian incident, 42. 66 names not adopted, 53.
Indians drive away first settlers, 41. fears from, 263. Industry of early settlers, 69.
Ingalls, Frederick C., 131. Dr. George H., 136.
Insects, 217. Intelligence of early settlers, 70. Ireland not the home of our ances- tors, 36. Irish rebellion, 32.
JACKSON, Rev. Abraham W., 95. Jaffrey, George, Jr., signs petition, 48.
James I., King, quarrels with Ro- man Catholics, 32.
James II., King, folly of, 34. Johnson, Dr. Willis, 135. Johnston, Rev. Mr., 83.
Jones, Rev. Zebulon, IOI.
KELLY, John, killed by Indians, 59. Kimball, Dr. Mary Ann, 135.
LAMB, Rev. Henry J., 97. Laws, Alfred, 129.
Rev. Solomon, 127, 132.
Lawyers, list of, 130. present, 250.
Legislation for highways, 181.
Liberality, examples of, 296.
Libraries, 113, 281.
Library, town, 114. 66
66 donations to, 119 to
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Library, town, present condition, 123.
List of early settlers, 59 to 68.
men serving in American Revolution, 149 to 156.
List of men serving in civil war, 1 59 to 172.
List of roads, 182 to 194.
Little, Thomas, 68. 66 Walter, 124, 131.
66 Dr. William, 136.
Livery stables, 250.
Location of town, 22.
Log-rollings, 81, 299.
Londonderry Co., settlement of, 33.
Longevity increased, 212.
Lovell, Zacheus, a chainman, 22, 24.
MACHINE shop and foundry, 205. Mail-coach started, 24I.
Mails, conveyance of, 241.
Manufactures, barometers, 203, 204. 66 cotton cloth, 195, 200.
Manufactures, flax, 76.
66 hand-cards, 204.
66 home, early, 74.
66 paper, 201.
66 piano-stools, 206.
woollen, 202.
Map of town, 357. Marble and granite, 205, 250. Marriages and publishments, 299.
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INDEX.
Mason, John Tufton, 28. Masonian Grant, annulled the Mas- sachusetts Grant, 28. Masonian Proprietors lenient, 27-29. Masonian Proprietors, quitclaim from, 47. Masonry, 229. Masons, brick and stone, 250.
Mass. Charitable Mechanics' Asso- ciation, 207.
Mass. Legislature, meeting of, 19.
Meats and provisions, 250.
Merry-meetings, 299.
" Messenger, Peterborough," 234. Meeting, first town, 56.
of Proprietors, 25.
Meeting-house, first built, 84. 66 location for new, 85. new one built, 94.
Methodist Church built, 99.
Society, 98. Millinery and fancy goods, 249. Military affairs, 144. 66 companies, 144.
sketch, by Mr. Dunbar,
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Military trainings, 82. Milk dealers, 249.
Miller, Gen. James, 130, 316, 147 .* Dr. Luke, 128, 136.
Samuel (Millow), 60, 67. Ministerial history, 272.
Library, 114.
Miscellaneous pursuits, 251. Mitchell, Dr. David, 136.
Dr. Frederick A., 135. Dea. Samuel, failed to re- cord proceedings of town meet- ing (1770), 57, 138. Mitchell, Stephen, 125, 130.
Mob, the only one in Peterborough, 276.
Moderators of town meetings, 139. Monadnock Railroad, 228.
Monument, Soldiers', 175. Moore, Rev. Abram, 90.
George, 129. Dea. Samuel, 65, 166 .*
66 Rev. Zephaniah Swift, 91. Mordaunt, Charles, Earl of Peter- borough, 53.
Morison, Horace, 127, 193 .* 66 Dr. James, 128, 136, 201 .* John, 62.
Morison, John, oldest man buried in Peterborough, 257.
Morison, Rev. John H., 126, 131, 186 .*
Morison, Rev. John H., Centennial Address, 253.
Morison, Jonathan, a great me- chanic, 62.
Morison, Nathaniel H., 127, 195 .* Thomas and Mr. Russell,
41, 62. Morison, Rev. William, 92.
Morrison, Rev. John, first settled minister, 86, 273, 204 .*
Mountain, East, worthless, 29.
Municipal statistics, 138.
Mussey, Dr. Reuben D., 125, 134, 208 .*
McClenning, Rev. Daniel, 132. McCloud, Thomas, 67.
McClourge, George, 67.
McCoy, Charles, killed by Indians, 59. McCoy, William, 67. McKean, James, 65.
McNee, Robert, first male born in Dublin, 59. McNee, Robert, killed by Indians, 59. McNee, Sarah (Aunt Nay), 260. Dea. William, 59.
NAME of town, 51. Name first called "East Monad- nick," 51.
Name, how obtained, 52.
Named after "Earl of Peterbor- ough," 53. Names generally from English towns, 52.
Names, Indian, too often changed, 53.
Names of clergymen, 131, 251.
" donors to library, 119 to I2I.
Names of early settlers, 59 to 68.
" lawyers, 130, 251.
66 " physicians, 132, 251.
" roads, 181 to 194.
" soldiers in American Revolution, 150 to 157. Names of soldiers in civil war, 159 to 172. Names of soldiers in war of 1812, I 58.
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HISTORY OF PETERBOROUGH.
Newspapers, 234. Niles, Rev. Asa, IOI. Notes to Centennial Address, 305. Nubanusit River, 213.
ODD FELLOWS, Order of, 238. Officers and soldiers in late war, 159 to 172. Old Cemetery, 220. Olliver, Samuel C., speech at Cen- tennial, 316. Organ placed in church, 95. Osgood Gratuity, 240.
Osgood, Isaac P., 125, 130. 66 Kendall, 132, 216 .*
PAINTERS, 250. Paper manufacture, 201, 251. Parker, Abel, 68.
Dr. John G., 128, 136.
Partridge, S. Hudson, 132.
Pastors of Baptist Church, IOI.
of Catholic 66 I02.
66 of Cong. 95.
Pastors of Methodist Church, 98. Pastors of Presbyterian Church, 96. Pauper Farm, 180. first in town, 176. Paupers few before American Rev- olution, 176. Payson, Thomas, 328, 221 .*
Peabody, Dr. Thomas, 134. 66 Dr. William H., 136. Peacock, Elder John, IOI.
Peg Factory, 203.
Pendleton, Rev. A. M., Benefactor to Library, 122.
Pennsylvania settled by Scotch- Irish, 37. Persecution in Ireland, 33, 34. Peterborough Academy, IIO. Cornet Band, 251.
66 escaped Indian dep-
redations, 43.
Peterborough first called "East Monadnick," 51.
Peterborough, first free library in United States, 117. Peterborough fortunate in its first settlers, 31. Peterborough a frontier town, 43.
Lodge of O. F., 231. Map of, 357.
Marble works, 205.
66 Messenger, 234.
Peterborough Ministerial Library, II4. Peterborough name, how obtained, 51.
Peterborough National Bank, 232. plan of, 23.
Savings Bank, 233.
66 Social Library, 113,
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Peterborough State Bank, 232.
Town Library, 114.
Transcript, 234. 66 when first settled,
38, 39. Petition for Incorporation, 51. 66 to Gov. Shute, of Massa- chusetts, 31. Petition to Massachusetts Legisla- ture, 19, 21. Petition to remove Rev. Mr. Mor- rison, 86.
Phoenix Factory, 197.
Physicians, list of, 132, 251.
Piano stools, manufacture of, 206.
Pine, Rev. Nathaniel, 96.
Pine Hill Cemetery, 224.
Pioneers, earnest and courageous, 17, 18. Plan of township, 23.
Political history, 270.
Ponds, inconsiderable, 215.
Population, 242.
Porter, Rev. Isaac, 95. 66 James, Jr., 125, 131.
Zaccheus, 130.
Postmasters, 24I. Post-office, 240.
Powers, Rev. Mr., 83.
Presbyterian Church built, 96. 66 ministers, 93. society, 96.
Presbyterians of Scotland, 32, 33. Prescott, Jonathan, called meeting of Proprietors, 25. Prescott, Peter, Proprietors' clerk, 26. Presidents furnished by Scotch- Irish, 38.
Priest, Dr. Jabez, 134.
Proceedings at Centennial, 308.
Products, arboreal, 216. Professional history, 124. men, 248.
Proprietors, Masonian, 27 to 29.
last act, 49.
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Proprietors, Masonian, quitclaim of, 47.
Proprietors' meeting, 27 to 29. 66 proceedings of, 26.
66 were speculators, 25. Protestant population, 33.
Province of N. H., 47.
Public schools, 280. Puffer, Elijah, 68. Putnam Grove, 218.
Miss Catharine, 218.
QUILTINGS, 81. Quitclaim of Masonian Proprie- tors, 47. Quoits as a game, 80.
RAILROAD, Monadnock, 228. Raising of buildings, 81.
Rebecca Degree Lodge, 231.
Refreshment rooms, 250. Report on Soldiers' Monument, 175. of surveyor, 24.
Representatives, list of, 139.
Residents, permanent, 59.
Revenue, surplus, 239. Revolution, soldiers in, 150 to 157. Revolutionary war, 146.
Richardson, Dr. E. Coolidge, 136. 66 Joseph, chainman, 22. 66 Dr. Samuel, 134.
Ritchie, John, first child in town, 27, 59.
Ritchie, William, 41, 59. 66 Rev. William, 125, 131, 313.
River, Contoocook, 213. Nubanusit, 213.
Roads, list of, 181 40 194.
Robbe, James, 61.
66 William, 39, 64.
Robinson, Rev. Charles, 95. Rodgers' Rangers, 59. Russell and Morison, first settlers, 41.
SCHOOL Committee, 105. Schools before incorporation, 103, Schools in center district, 107. public, 280.
School-houses built and numbered, 108.
School-houses cold and shabby, 107. Scotch covenanters, 69.
Scotch-Irish, character of, 31, 35, 38. Scotch-Irish, grievances of, 36.
furnished five Presi-
dents, 38. Scotch-Irish signers of Declara- tion, 38.
Scott, Albert S., 129, 251 .*
Alexander, 39, 61.
David, 130. William, 39, 63, 329.
Scott's novel referred to, 34. Selectmen, list of, 139. Settlement, permanent, 58. 66 prosperous, 53.
66 retarded, 43. time of, 39.
Settlers, early, character of, 18, 31, 38.
Shoe stores, 250.
Shute, Gov., petition to, 31.
Situation of town, 208.
Sixty grantees or Proprietors, 25.
were speculators, 25.
Smiley, Dr. David, 131, 133, 255 .* Smith, Dr. Albert, 126, 136, 314, 285 .*
Smith, Dr. Frederick A., 128, 137. 66 James, 128, 131. 66 Hon. Jeremiah, 124, 288, 276 .*
Smith, Dr. Jesse, 125, 136, 305.
John, 62, 296. 66 Jonathan, 129, 131. 66 Dea. Jonathan, president of the day, 312, 277 .* Smith, Jonathan, Jr., 126.
Dr. Robert, 136.
66 Hon. Samuel, statement of,
50, 52, 314, 279 .* Smith, Rev. Samuel Abbot, 128, 132, 285 .*
Smith, William, 60.
Social gatherings, 80.
habits, 78.
66
library, 113, 281.
Soil, productive, 18. Soldiers in American Revolution, I 50. Soldiers' Monument, 172.
sacrificed, 173.
66 in war of 1755, 145.
66
66
1812, 158.
66
66
Rebellion, 160 to
172.
374
HISTORY OF PETERBOROUGH.
Sons of Temperance, 235. Spring, Thomas, 130. Starr, Dr. John, 134. Steele, Capt. David, 67. David, 125, 130. Jonathan, 125, 130.
66 Gen. John, marshal of the day, 333, 294 .* Steele, Gov. John H., 196 to 200, 324, 295 .*
Steele, Dr. Richard, 135. Stephen P., 125. Stewart, John, killed by Indians, 59. Stinson, Samuel, 39, 64.
Stone Grist-mill, 203.
66 masons, 250. Streets and avenues, 252. Stuart, Charles J., 125, 131.
Frederick A., 128. William, 60.
Surface of town uneven, 210. Surplus revenue, 239.
Survey of town made, 22, 23, 27. report of, 24. -
Swan, Gustavus, 60, 130.
TAGGART, John, 41, 59. Rev. Mr., 93.
Tailors, 250.
Teaming and jobbing, 250.
Temperance, 234.
Thermometers and barometers, 204.
Thompson, A. B., 55.
Tin-ware, 250.
Tithing-men, 73.
Todd, Samuel, 64. Samuel John, 131.
Topography of town, 208.
Tory, not one in town, 147. Town clerks, list of, 140.
clock, 238.
deserted, 50.
farm, 180.
66 government, 272.
hall, 227.
library, 114.
¥ donations to, 118.
66 first free in U.S., 117.
66
66 history of, 117.
66 wants of, 123.
meeting, first, copy of, 56.
meetings, list of, 138. Col. Josiah, 21. Wilson, Hugh, 56.
66 in old times, 272.
name of, 51.
origin in speculation, 19.
Town paupers, few, 176.
sold, 178.
66 representatives, 142.
treasurers, 142.
uneven surface, 210.
Township not in Mass., 28.
" Transcript, Contoocook, and Pe- terborough," 234.
Turner, Thomas, 63.
ULSTER, Province of, 32, 34. Uncle Mosey's anecdotes, 265. Upton, Nathan, 131.
VASSAL, John, heirs of, 28. Verdy's, Luke, tavern; meeting of Proprietors at, 25.
Village Cemetery, 222. situation of, 208.
Volunteers in Revolutionary war, I 57. Volunteers in war of Rebellion, 160 to 172.
WALKER, George, 128, 131, 329 .* Wallace, David, killed by Indians, 59.
War, American Revolutionary, 146.
French, 43.
French and Indian, 145.
Indian, 20.
66 King Philip's, 45.
66 Rebellion, 1 59.
Washburn, Frank Leslie, 129.
Watches and jewelry, 250.
Water privileges, 265.
Watts' hymns introduced, 89.
Weddings in 1770, 299.
Wentworth, Benning, 55.
Wheelwrights, 250.
White, Charles, 126.
James A., 128.
John, 61.
66 Dr. Jonathan, 132.
Whittemore, Barnard B., 127, 131. Wild animals, 216.
Wild-cats, 217.
Wild fruits, 216.
Wilder, Joseph, surveys lots, 22, 24, 27.
Willard, Rev. Joseph, D.D., 91.
called first town meeting, 138.
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INDEX.
Wilson, James, 124.
Hon. James, 76, 353 .*
66 Gen. James, 131, 334, 356 .*
66 John, 124.
Robert, 68.
66 Mrs. Robert (funds), 76. William, killed by Indians,
59. Witches, belief in, 284. Wood, becoming scarce, 21I. Wool manufacture, 75.
Wool manufacture, machines for, 75. Woollen manufacture, 202. mill, 250. Wolves common, 74, 217. Women, hard condition of, 70. Wrestling, popular, 78.
YOUNG, Dr. John, 68, 132. Youngman, Dr. David, 127, 136, 364 .*
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