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Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
"Manchester, a city, one of the capitals of Hillsborough co., N.H., is situated on the Merrimac River, 16 miles S. of Concord, and 59 miles N. of Boston. It is on the Con cord Railroad, and is a terminus of 3 other railroads,— namely, the Concord & Portsmouth, the Manchester & Lawrence, and the Manchester & North Weare. It is the most populous city of the state. Its site is a plain, elevated 90 feet above the surface of the river. The principal street, which is 100 feet wide, extends N. and S., parallel to the river. The city contains a court-house, 16 churches, 8 hotels, a Catholic orphan asylum, a convent, 4 national banks, 5 savings-banks, a state reform school, a high school, and a free public library. Three daily and 9 weekly newspapers are published here. Manchester has several public parks, a system of water-works which cost $600,000, and a paid fire department with 4 steam fire-engines. The river, which here falls 54 feet, affords great hydraulic power, which is employed in extensive manufactures of cotton and woollen goods. The chief of its several large corporations are the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company the Langdon Mills, the Manchester Mills, the Stark Mills, and the Namaske Mills, which manufacture sheetings, drillings, delaines, seamless bags, &c. The capital invested in manufactures in 1890 was returned at $21,462,683; hands employed, 14,407; value of product, $18,654,547. Its minor manufactures embrace steam-engines, locomotives, linen goods, hosiery, paper, edge-tools, carriages, shoes, soap, machinery, leather, &c. Pop, in 1850, 13,932; in 1860, 20,107; in 1810, 23,536; in 1880, 32,630; in 1890, 44,126."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
"Manchester, a city, one of the capitals of Hillsborough co., N.H., is situated on the Merrimac River, 16 miles S. of Concord, and 59 miles N. of Boston. It is on the Con cord Railroad, and is a terminus of 3 other railroads,— namely, the Concord & Portsmouth, the Manchester & Lawrence, and the Manchester & North Weare. It is the most populous city of the state. Its site is a plain, elevated 90 feet above the surface of the river. The principal street, which is 100 feet wide, extends N. and S., parallel to the river. The city contains a court-house, 16 churches, 8 hotels, a Catholic orphan asylum, a convent, 4 national banks, 5 savings-banks, a state reform school, a high school, and a free public library. Three daily and 9 weekly newspapers are published here. Manchester has several public parks, a system of water-works which cost $600,000, and a paid fire department with 4 steam fire-engines. The river, which here falls 54 feet, affords great hydraulic power, which is employed in extensive manufactures of cotton and woollen goods. The chief of its several large corporations are the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company the Langdon Mills, the Manchester Mills, the Stark Mills, and the Namaske Mills, which manufacture sheetings, drillings, delaines, seamless bags, &c. The capital invested in manufactures in 1890 was returned at $21,462,683; hands employed, 14,407; value of product, $18,654,547. Its minor manufactures embrace steam-engines, locomotives, linen goods, hosiery, paper, edge-tools, carriages, shoes, soap, machinery, leather, &c. Pop, in 1850, 13,932; in 1860, 20,107; in 1810, 23,536; in 1880, 32,630; in 1890, 44,126."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
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- 1810 - Manchester, New Hampshire founded
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1858 - TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
We stop the press to announce a frightful accident that occurred near this city, on the Central Railroad, about 1 - o'clock this afternoon, on Drew & ...Read MORE...- 1870 - DISASTROUS FIRES. Six Acres of Buildings Burned in Manchester, N.H. -Two Hundred Families Rendered Homeless
Manchester, N.H., July 8. At 2 o’clock this morning a fire broke out in one of the buildings in the rear of the Merchants’ Exchange, and swept...Read MORE... - 1871 - Long-term Letter Carrier
Manchester, N.H., boasts of a letter-carrier who has been such in that city for twenty two years, and is still at it.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 21, 1871 - 1873 - May 20 - Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive United States patent #139121 for using copper rivets to strengthen the pockets of denim work pants.
Levi Strauss & Co. begin manufacturing the famous Levi's brand of jeans, using fabric from the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company in Manchester, New...Read MORE... - 1896 - Dam and Bridge Gone.
Manchester, N. H., March 2. - The Merrimac and Piscataquog rivers, swelled by the continued rain of the past 36 hours, have risen nearly to the...Read MORE... 
Off for the Spanish War, N.H. Volunteers, Manchester, N.H., 1898
BUSINESS BLOCK BURNED.
Manchester, N.H., May 13. - The large six-story KENNARD business block was badly damaged by fire this morning, with a loss to the owners and occupants of $100,000.
The Daily Review
Decatur, Illinois
May 14, 1899
Union Station
Amoskeag National Bank and Merchants National Bank- 1903 - FIRE AT MANCHESTER. The Massabesic Hotel Destroyed - Probably the Work of an Incendiary.
Manchester, N. H. May 14. - The Massabesic hotel in this city was destroyed by fire tonight. The hostelry, was one of the landmarks of Manchester,...Read MORE... 
Granite St., West Manchester, N.H., Sept 1905- 1906
Manchester, a city, one of the capitals of Hillsboro co., N.H., is situated on the Merrimac River, 18 miles S. of Concord, on the Boston and Maine R. ...Read MORE... 
Elliott Hospital, 1906
New Manchester Mill, Largest in the World
New City Hotel, 1907
Franklin Street Second Congregational Church, 1907
Incline Railway, Uncanoonuc Mountain, Near Manchester, N.H.
City Hall, 1908
Granite Square, West Manchester
Weston Observatory- 1909 - LOSS IS $100,000 - ONE LIFE LOST AT A FIRE IN MANCHESTER TODAY.
Manchester, N. H., April 8. - All the worldly possessions of 2000 Greeks, Armenians, French-Canadians and Irish people, many of them either shoe shop ...Read MORE... 
Amoskeag Play Ground, Pool and Pavilion
Congregational, Methodist, and Baptist Churches
The Flying Squadron
High School, 1910
Industrial State School
Stone Arch Bridge over Squog River, W. Manchester
Amoskeag Falls, Bridge and Gate House, Merrimac River, Manchester, N.H.
Water Sports, Pine Island Park, 1912
Boston and Maine Railroad Station, 1912- 1914 - June 24 – In Manchester, New Hampshire, a downtown fire causes $400,000 damage and injures 19 firemen.
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June 24, 1914 
Bird's Eye View of B. & M. Railroad Yard
Showing Freight Depot and Passenger Station
Carpenter Library
Elm Street looking North
New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company
Sacred Heart Hospital
High School of Practical Arts Building
St. Anselms College- 1969 - October 30 - WXPO TV channel 50 in Manchester, NH (IND) 1st broadcast
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