On January 7, 1735 the first birth was recorded in the Contoocook Plantation. Abigail was born to Nanthiel Danforth
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At this first annual meeting after the organization of the town, an appropriation of thirty pounds was made for a school, to be kept two..Read more
The citizens of Boscawen selected an honorable name for their town. Admiral of the Blue Edward Boscawen, (August 19,1711 – January 10, 1761) was a British admiral in..Read more
The Rainbow Bridge was on Depot Street and was the sixth bridges to be built over the Merrimack River at that one location. In 1803..Read more
The first meeting of the proprietors was called by John Coffin, and was held at the house of Archelaus Adams, in Newbury, on the 2nd..Read more
Although the proprietors, soon after settling the town, had chosen a committee to construct a bridge across the Contoocook River, nothing had been done in..Read more
The first town-meeting was called by the proprietors’ clerk, Joseph Coffin. ” This may inform the Free holders & other inhabitants of the plantation formerly..Read more
During the summer, Sabatis and Plansawa, who had stolen the Negroes from Canterbury, made their appearance in Contoocook with furs for sale. After being in..Read more
One of the conditions of the land grant required the erection of a meeting-house. It was voted that a house be erected and that the..Read more
In 1739 the proprietors voted that a fort should be erected. The dimension of the enclosure to be one hundred feet square, built of hewn..Read more