Real Estate and Water Power for Sale or to Let, Mason Village, NH, approximately 1860

Collection Name:

Broadsdie Collection - Auctions & Public Sales

Title:

Real Estate and Water Power for Sale or to Let, Mason Village, NH, approximately 1860

Creator:

Chamberlin, James L. , 1824-1883

Accession / Call Number:

2018.060

Object ID:

2018.060

Date:

approximately 1860

Type of Material:

textual record

Physical Description:

1 broadside; 22" x 19"

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

Broadside advertising the sale or lease of real estate and water power along the Souhegan River in Mason Village, NH (now Greenville, NH), dated approximately 1860. James L. Chamberlin served as the agent for the sale. The top half of the broadside shows a survey done by E.T. Quimby on February 18, 1860 featuring the river, street, boarding houses, and barn. Over the survey is an image of the land as it was surveyed done by J.H. Buffords, a lithographer of Boston. Text on the bottom half of the broadside describes three lots. The first lot is the one shown in the image, which includes the water power strong enough to power 100 looms. The second lot is a saw mill also with water power. The third lot is a farm. The broadside lists Samuel A. Wheeler of Fitchburg, MA, Timothy K. Ames of Peterborough, NH, and James L. Chamberlin of Mason Village to contact for more information.

Subjects:

Mills and mill-work , Textile factories , Water-power , Textile industry

Locations:

Greenville, NH

People:

Chamberlin, James L. , 1824-1883 , Chamberlin, Loami-1853 , Quimby, E.T.

Organizations:

Columbian Manufacturing Company (Greenville, N.H.)
J.H. Bufford's Lith.

Terms of Use:

For permission to reproduce or publish material from this collection, please contact the New Hampshire Historical Society. Researchers are responsible for following all copyright and intellectual property laws.

Credit Line:

Gift of Robert Taft.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Item