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    Cutter's History of of the Town of Jaffrey…1749-1880 was the first history of Jaffrey to appear in book form.

    CONTENTS
    CHAPTER I. Location—Boundaries—Climate—Soil—Productions.
    CHAPTER II. Masonian Proprietors—Grant of the Township— Survey—Report of the Surveyor.
    CHAPTER III. First Settlers—Report of Gilmore, Grout, and Hale.
    CHAPTER IV. Municipal History—Charter of the Town— Incorporation—List of Town and State Officers.
    CHAPTER V. Travel—Highway—County Road—Third New Hampshire Turnpike—Monadnock Railroad.
    CHAPTER VI.
    Ecclesiastical History—Meeting-House.
    CHAPTER VII.
    Ecclesiastical History.
    CHAPTER VIII.
    Education—Public Schools.
    CHAPTER IX.
    List of College Graduates of the Town of Jaffrey.
    CHAPTER X. Military History—First Military Company—Officers— Roll of Soldiers—Jaffrey and Rindge Cavalry Company—Rifle Company—Trainings and Musters
    CHAPTER XI.
    Revolution—War of I8I2—Mexican War—Civil War.
    CHAPTER XII.
    Mills—Manufactories and Artisans.
    CHAPTER XIII.
    Miscellany—Hotels—Stores—Post—Office—Mail Stage—Banks—Sacred Music— Common—Sale of the Public Lands—Constitutional Convention-Delegates—Fires.
    CHAPTER XIV.
    Invoice, 1793, First on Record—Money Raised—Highest Tax-Payers.
    CHAPTER XV.
    Pauperism—Warning from Town—Board of the Poor sold at Public Vendue—Town Farm.
    CHAPTER XVI.
    Cemeteries—Accidental Deaths—List of Persons whose Age exceeds Eighty years.
    CHAPTER XVII.
    Census of the Town, 1873, with the Location of the Inhabitants.
    CHAPTER XVIII.
    Conclusion.
    Genealogical Register.
    Appendix (Jaffrey Centennial).

    ILLUSTRATIONS
    Rev. Laban Ainsworth
    Mrs. Mary Ainsworth
    John Conant
    John Cutter
    Benjamin Cutter
    Calvin Cutter
    Daniel B. Cutter
    Leonard R. Cutter
    Frank H. Cutter
    John Fox
    Abel Parker
    Mrs. Edith Parker
    Joel Parker
    Benjamin Prescott
    Samuel Ryan
    O. L. Spaulding
    Peter Upton
    First Meeting-House
    First School-House
    East Jaffrey School-House
    Monadnock Bank
    Cutter Homestead
    Granite State Hotel
    View of the Mountain
    Map of the Town


     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


    Title: History of the Town of Jaffrey…1749-1880
    Author: Daniel B. Cutter, M.D.
    Date: 1881
    Place: Concord, N.H.
    Publisher: Printed by the Republican Press Association.
    Volume:  
    Pages: [649]pp
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