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CONCORD , the See also:capital of New See also:Hampshire, U.S.A., and the See also:county-seat of Merrimack county, on both sides of the See also:Merrimac. See also:river, about 75 M. N.W. of See also:Boston, See also:Massachusetts. Pop. (189o) 17,004; (1900) 19,632, of whom 3813 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (191o, See also:census) 21,497. Concord is served by the Boston & See also:Maine railway. The See also:area of the See also:city in 1906 was 4'5.16 sq. m. Concord has broad streets bordered with shade trees; and has several parks, including Penacook, See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White, Rollins and the Contoocook river. Among the See also:principal buildings are the See also:state capitol, the state library, the city See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, the county See also:court-See also:house, the See also:post-See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, a public library (17,000 vols.), the state See also:hospital, the state See also:prison, the Centennial See also:home for the aged, the See also:Margaret Pillsbury memorial hospital, the Rolfe See also:ann See also:Rumford See also:asylum for See also:orphan girls, founded by See also:Count Rumford's daughter, and some See also:fine churches, including the See also:Christian See also:Science See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church built by Mrs Eddy. There are a soldiers' memorial See also:arch, a statue of See also:Daniel See also:Webster by See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Ball, and statues of See also:John P. See also:Hale, John See also:Stark, and See also:Commodore See also:George H, See also:Perkins, the last by Daniel C. See also:French; and at Penacook, 6 m. N.W. of Concord, there is a See also:monument to Hannah Dustin (see See also:HAVERHILL), Among the educational institutions are the well-known St See also:Paul's school for boys (See also:Protestant Episcopal, 1853), about 2 M. W. of the city, and St See also:Mary's school for girls (Protestant Episcopal, ,885). From 1847 to 1867 Concord was the seat of the Biblical See also:Institute (Methodist Episcopal), founded in See also:Newbury, See also:Vermont, in 1841, removed to Boston as the Boston Theological See also:Seminary in 1867, and after 1871 a See also:part of Boston University. The city has various manufactures, including See also:flour and grist See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill products, See also:silver See also:ware, See also:cotton • and woollen goods, carriages, harnesses and See also:leather belting, See also:furniture, wooden ware, pianos and clothing; the Boston & Maine Railroad has a large repair See also:shop in the city, and there are valuable See also:granite quarries in the vicinity. In 1905 .Concord ranked third among the cities of the state in the value of : its factory products, which was $6,387,372, being an increase of 51.7 % since 1900. When first visited by the See also:English settlers, the site of Concord was occupied by Penacook See also:Indians; a trading post was built here about 166o. In 1725 Massachusetts granted the See also:land in this vicinity to some of her citizens; but this See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant was not recognized by New Hampshire, whose legislature issued (1727) a grant (the Township of See also:Bow) overlapping the Massachusetts grant, which was known as Penacook or See also:Penny See also:Cook. The New Hampshire grantees undertook to establish here a See also:colony of See also:Londonderry Irish; but the . Massachusetts settlers were firmly established by the See also:spring of 1727,• Massachusetts definitely assumed See also:jurisdiction in 1731, and in 1734 her See also:general court incorporated the See also:settlement under the name of Rumford. The conflicting rights of Rumford and Bow gave rise to one of the most celebrated of colonial land cases, and although the New Hampshire authorities enforced their claims of jurisdiction, the privy See also:council in 1755 confirmed. the Rumford settlers in their See also:possession. In 1765 the name was. changed to the " See also:parish of Concord," and in 1784 the See also:town of Concord was incorporated. Here, for some years before the See also:War of See also:American See also:Independence, lived See also:Benjamin See also:Thompson, later Count Rumford. In 1778 and again in 1781-1782 a state constitutional See also:convention met here; the first New Hampshire. legislature met at Concord in 1782; the convention which ratified for New Hampshire the Federal Constitution met here in 1788; and in ,8o8 the state capital was definitely established here. The New Hampshire Patriot, founded here in 18o8 (and for twenty years edited) by See also:Isaac See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill (1788-1851), who was a member of the See also:United States See also:Senate in 1831-1836, and See also:governor of New Hampshire in 1836-1839, became one of the leading exponents of Jacksonian See also:Democracy in New See also:England. In 1814 the See also:Middlesex See also:Canal, connecting Concord with Boston, was completed. A city See also:charter granted by the legislature in 1849 was not accepted by the city until 1853.
See J. O. Lyford, The See also:History of Concord, New Hampshire (City History See also:Commission) (2 vols., Concord, 1903) ; Concord Town Records, 1732-1820 (Concord, 1894) ; J. B. See also:Moore, See also:Annals of Concord I726-18a3 (Concord, 1824); and Nathaniel Bouton, The History of Concord (Concord, 1856).
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