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LACONIA , a See also: city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Belknap county, New See also:Hampshire, U.S.A., on both sides of the Winnepesaukee See also:river, 28 m. N.N.E. of See also:Concord. Pop. (1900) 8042 (1770 See also:foreign-See also:born); (191o) ro,183. Laconia is served by two divisions of the See also:Boston & See also:Maine railway, which has a very handsome See also:granite passenger station (1892) and repair shops here. It is pleasantly situated in the See also:lake See also:district of central New Hampshire, and in the summer See also:season Lake Winnisquam on the S. and W. and Lake Winnepesaukee on the N.E. attract many visitors. The city covers an See also:area of 2465 sq. m. (5.47 sq. m. annexed since 1890). Within the city limits, and about 6 m. from its centre, are the 'grounds of the Winnepesaukee See also:Camp-See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
Meeting Association, and the camping See also:place for the See also:annual reunions of the New Hampshire Veterans of the See also:Civil See also:War, both at The Weirs, the northernmost point in the territory claimed by colonial See also:Massachusetts; about 2 M. from the centre of Laconia is Lakeport (pop. 'goo, 2137), which, like The Weirs, is a summer resort and a See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward in the city of Laconia. Among the public institutions are the See also:State School for Feeble-minded See also:Children, a cottage See also:hospital and the Laconia Public Library, lodged in the See also:Gale Memorial Library See also:building (1903). Another See also:fine building is the Congregational 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 (1906). The New Hampshire State See also: Fish Hatchery is in Laconia. See also:Water-See also:power is furnished by the river. In 1905 Laconia ranked first among the cities of the state in the manufacture of See also:hosiery and knit goods, and the value of these products for the See also:year was 48.4% of the See also:total value of the city's factory product; among its other manufactures are See also:yarn, See also:knitting See also:machines, needles, sashes and blinds, axles, See also:paper boxes, boats, See also:gas and gasolene engines, and See also:freight, passenger and electric cars. The total value of the factory products increased from $2,152,379 in 1900 to $3,096,878 in 1905, or 43'9%. The portion of the city N. of the river, formerly known as See also:Meredith See also:Bridge, was set apart from the See also:town-See also:ship of Meredith and incorporated as a township under the name of Laconia in 1855; a See also:section S. of the river was taken from the township of Gilford in 1874; and Lakeport was added in 1893, when Laconia was chartered as a city. The See also:Frame Laconia was first applied in New See also:England to the region granted in 1629 to See also:- MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
- MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
- MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
- MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
- MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
- MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
- MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
- MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
- MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
- MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)
Mason and See also:Gorges (see MASON, See also:JOHN).
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