Annals (Google eBook)

Richard Watson Musgrove

R. W. Musgrove, 1904 - Bristol (N.H.)

Contents

• CHAPTER I: 9
• CHAPTER III: 18
• THE PROPRIETARY HISTORY: 28
• John Masons grant its sale to the Masoniau proprietors its bound: 44
• The first blow iu the wildernessThe first settler First log cabin: 53
• The organization of the town First meeting Carr Iluses paper: 61
• CHAPTER VII: 70
• CHAPTER VIII: 84
• Act of incorporation First town warrant First town meeting Tax: 94
• FORDS FERRIES AND TOLLBRIDGES: 105
• CHAPTER XI: 114
• CHAPTER XII: 136
• RAILROADS: 144
• TEMPERANCE: 153
• CHAPTER XVI: 159
• Early organization of the militia Reorganization Petition for arms: 168
• CHAPTER XVIII: 182
• CHAPTER XIX: 197
• The election of Abraham Lincoln The secession of the Southern states: 225
• ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORYNEW CHESTER: 251
• Efforts to build a meetinghouse Money raised for prenching Meet: 259
• CHAPTER XXIII: 269
• ECCLESIASTICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND SOCIE: 293
• CHAPTER XXV: 311
• ECCLESIASTICAL THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: 320
• School lotsTown indicted for failure to maintain: 324
• LIBRARIES: 352
• CHAPTER XXX: 358
• CHAPTER XXXI: 366
• MERCANTILE HOUSES AND OTHER INDUSTRIES: 392
• CHAPTER XXXIV: 418
• Poor facilities for fighting fire Great fire of 186l Petition for fire dis: 425
• FRATERNAL SOCIETIES: 431
• Masonic FraternityIndependent Order of Odd Fellows Promise: 442
• FARMS AND FARMING: 443
• CEMETERIES: 453
• Monument erected in 1872 A piece of ordinance appropriated by con: 460
• ANNALS OF THE TOWN: 471
• TOWN STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS: 496
• APPENDIX: 511
• INDEX: 524

Bibliographic information

• Title: Annals; Volume 1 of History of the Town of Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire, History of the Town of Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire
• Author: Richard Watson Musgrove
• Publisher: R. W. Musgrove, 1904
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Aug 24, 2006