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Title: History of Nottingham, Deerfield, and Northwood, comprised within the original limits of Nottingham, Rockingham County, N.H., with records of the centennial proceedings at Northwood, and genealogical sketches ..
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Cogswell, Elliott C. (Elliott Colby), 1814-1887
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Publisher: Manchester (N.H.) J.B. Clarke
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ated, commanding a view of no small portion of the country; was on the great highway from Portsmouth to Vermont; was near the center of the state, approached by good roads in several directions; had an intelligent and virtuous population; and was the center of much wealth, ample stores, well-kept hotels, and a well-built meeting house of ample dimensions. But Concord, incorporated in 1765, one year prior to the separation of Deerfield from Nottingham, presented stronger claims, and was made the capital of the state in 1805. But the Old Center long retained its reputation for beauty of location, for the wealth of its businessmen, and the intelligence and virtue of its families. The old musterfield was the scen eof grand military displays for many years; the gun-house, with its cannon, was gazed at with awe by boys; and every Fourth of July the big gun made the old hill tremble, and startled the community for miles around. The robin and the thrush make sweeter music for the inhabitants of 1878.
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HISTORY OF DEERFIELD. 305 NEW CENTER. This is located nearly equidistant from the Parade and Old Center, but south of a straight line between the two. Formerly, the more elevated the locations, the more desirable they seemed for villages and public buildings. Now the hills are avoided and the valleys preferred. The New Center is low, however, only in comparison with higher localities. Here are located three churches; the one belonging to the Congregational society is ample in its accommodations, and has a lofty spire, and in its dome is a heavy, rich-toned bell, the generous gift of the late Dr. Stephen Brown of the Parade; and the worshiper within is aided in praise by an excellent organ, the gift of the estimable wife of the donor of the bell. A little removed from this is that belonging to the Free Will Baptist society, pleasantly located, and inviting to wor-hip. Farther on, and in a line with the other two, is that of the Calvin Baptist society, affording ample sittings, and presenting

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