A Gazetteer of New Hampshire, Containing Descriptions of All the Counties, Towns, and Districts in the State: Also of Its Principal Mountains, Rivers, Waterfalls, Harbors, Islands, and Fashionable Resorts. To which are Added, Statistical Accounts of Its Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures ... |
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... Mills , & c . , value of , 19 20 155 , & c . Stark , General , 90 , 123 , 130 State Tax , Proportion of , 155 Statistical Tables , 147 114 , 128 Succession of Governors , 25 Superstitious Notions , Note 6 . Tax , Proportion of , 156 ...
... Mills , & c . , value of , 19 20 155 , & c . Stark , General , 90 , 123 , 130 State Tax , Proportion of , 155 Statistical Tables , 147 114 , 128 Succession of Governors , 25 Superstitious Notions , Note 6 . Tax , Proportion of , 156 ...
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... mill privileges . rises from Cold Pond in in this town , These streams were once the residence affords some good mill - sites . This of numbers of the beaver , otter , & c . town was formerly noted for the cul- ture of flax , which was ...
... mill privileges . rises from Cold Pond in in this town , These streams were once the residence affords some good mill - sites . This of numbers of the beaver , otter , & c . town was formerly noted for the cul- ture of flax , which was ...
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... mill sites . Catamount Hill is the highest land in the town . At the east end of this hill is a pre- cipice of seventy feet nearly perpendi- cular , at the foot of which is a cavern of some extent , inclining upwards . In 1748 , while ...
... mill sites . Catamount Hill is the highest land in the town . At the east end of this hill is a pre- cipice of seventy feet nearly perpendi- cular , at the foot of which is a cavern of some extent , inclining upwards . In 1748 , while ...
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... mill sites , and in some parts of dam , this island rises in the same de- its course it is bordered by tracts of in- gree as the water rises , which is some- tervale . The west part of the town is times six feet . Near the middle of ...
... mill sites , and in some parts of dam , this island rises in the same de- its course it is bordered by tracts of in- gree as the water rises , which is some- tervale . The west part of the town is times six feet . Near the middle of ...
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... mill sites . At one of these mill sites , on the Isin- glass River is a perpendicular fall of thirty feet . There is , about two miles from the centre of the town , a remarkable cav- ern , or fissure in a rock , commonly called the ...
... mill sites . At one of these mill sites , on the Isin- glass River is a perpendicular fall of thirty feet . There is , about two miles from the centre of the town , a remarkable cav- ern , or fissure in a rock , commonly called the ...
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