Dover, New Hampshire, USA
1854 - Dover

Dover, a beautiful post-town, capital of Strafford county, New Hampshire, is situated on both sides of Coeheco river, at the lower falls, where it is crossed by the Boston and Maine railroad, 68 miles N. from Boston, and 12 miles N. W. from Portsmouth. Lat. 48° 18' N., Ion. 70° 54 W. The site of this town presents an agreeable variety of surface, and some of the streets cross each other in an oblique direction. It contains a town hall, 3 banks, 6 newspaper offices, an academy, a high-school, and about 10 churches, viz. 3 Baptist, 2 Methodist, 1 Congregational, 1 Episcopal, 1 Unitarian, 1 Friends', and 1 Universalist. The principal hotels are the American House, the Dover House, and the New Hampshire hotel. Dover is favorably situated for trade, at the head of sloop navigation, and is connected by the Coeheco railroad with Alton, on Winnipiseogee lake. The river at this place has a direct fall of 32 feet, affording abundant water-power. The Coeheco Manufacturing Company have erected here large cotton mills, with a printing establishment, in which from 1200 to 1500 operatives are employed, and a capital of $1,300,000 is invested. They produce about 10,000,000 yards of print cloths annually. There are also 2 large manufactories of shoes, 1 of woollen goods, and 1 of carpets, besides several smaller establishments. Dover is the oldest town in the state, having been settled by a company of English in 1623. It is surrounded by a fertile and well-cultivated country. Population of the township in 1850, 8196.

A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.

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