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By D. Fisher
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Concord, N.H.
Rumford Printing Company
Engravers and Printers — 1900
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Chapter 1 — Historic New Hampshire
- Its area. Early settled. The Towns that formed it. Its influence in history. Its beauty and accessibility.
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Chapter 2 — Exeter
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Chaper 3 — First Settlement of Exeter
- How and why settled. Rev. John Wheelwright. Why he went to Wells, ME. Rev. Samuel Dudley. Division in the First church. Rev. Samuel Rogers. Exeter as the state capital. Schools.
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Chapter 4 — Places of Interest in Exeter
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Chapter 5 — Along the Road to Hampton
- Miles of beautiful farm scenery. Ass brook. Bride’s Hill. Colonial farms and farmhouses.
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Chapter 6 — Hampton
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Chapter 7 — Early Settlement of Hampton
- Rev. Stephen Bachiler. How and why he came to Hampton. Wheelwright in Hampton. Hampton as a witch town. Hampton and the Quakers
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Chapter 8 — Hampton And The Quakers
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Chapter 9 — Whittier’s
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Chapter 10 — From Whittier’s To The Beach
- The Toppan House. Meeting-house Green. The first cemetery. The “Cow Common.” The “great ox common.” Great Boar’s Head. The first hotels. Hampton Beach. How divided. Beautiful South beach. How Whittier sang of it.
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Chapter 11 — Great Boar’s Head
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Chapter 12 — Whittier’s to Amesbury
- Hampton Falls. Its monument and old hotels. Where Whittier died. Seabrook Centre and its curiosity shop. Smithtown. Salisbury Plains in Amesbury.
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Chapter 13 — The City Of Amesbury
- How settled. As a witch town. The Bagley well. The Macey house. Where Whittier lived. From the top of “Po Hill.”
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Chapter 14 — The Witches Still Live and Run the Broomstick train
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Chapter 15 — Effect of the Railway on the Country
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Chapter 16 — Effect of the Railway on the Beach
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Chapter 17 — The Railway and the Plant
- Headquarters offices. The power station and plant. The car barn. The repair shop. The rolling stock and general equipment. Superintendent and employees.