[Chapter XXIX. When Concord was a boating center.] A capital for New Hampshire / Grace P. Amsden.

Title:

[Chapter XXIX. When Concord was a boating center.] A capital for New Hampshire / Grace P. Amsden.

Author:

Amsden, Grace Page, 1872-1960.

Call Number:

977.8b C744ams

Publication Information:

Concord, N. H. : [publisher not identified], 1961.

Physical Description:

20 pages

Source:

Vol. 3 A capital for New Hampshire

Description:

Chapter 29 opens with an examination of Concord’s waterways, detailing various boating companies and proposed canal projects. Key freight, including rum, sugar, molasses, flour, and iron, was regularly transported via the river. Additionally, log drives floating downstream and the shipping of local granite enabled these vital New Hampshire industries to reach wider markets. Moving into political history, the chapter describes John Wheelock and the 1814 governance controversy at Dartmouth College. It concludes with several historical sketches, featuring brief accounts of President Monroe’s tour of New England and the lives of Samuel Finley Breese Morse and his wife, Lucretia Walker Morse. An index of names precedes the chapter.

Locations:

Concord, N. H. History

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