Hill (as New Chester, Nov. 20, 1778), included Bridgewater and Bristol; adopted present name in 1836 for Gov. Isaac Hill; from Grafton county, July 1, 1868.

Hooksett (July 2, 1822), formed from Chester, Goffstown and Dunbarton.

Hopkinton (Jan. 10, 1765), called New Hopkinton, settled by people from Hopkinton, Mass.; from Hillsborough county.

Loudon (Jan. 23, 1773), formed from Canterbury; named for Earl of Loudon; from Rockingham county.

Newbury (as Fisherfield Nov. 27, 1778), first called Dantzick; adopted present name in 1836; from Hillsborough county.

New London (June 25, 1779), a part of Alexandria Addition, and first called Heidelberg; from Hillsborough county.

Northfield (June 19, 1780), taken from Canterbury; from Rockingham county.

Prembroke (Nov. 1, 1759), granted May, 1727, as Suncook; from Rockingham county.

Pittsfield (March 27, 1782), formed from Chester; from Rockingham county.

Salisbury (March 1, 1768), called Baker's town and Gerrish-town, afterward Stevens-town; from Hillsborough county.

Sutton (April 13, 1784), called Perry's-town for Obadiah Perry, for Sutton, Mass.; from Hillsborough county.

Warner (Sept. 3, 1774), callled New Amesbury and Jennis-town, to which was added so much of Kearsarge Gore as lay south of Kearsarge Summit; from Hillsborongh county.

Webster (July 3, 1860), west part of Boscawen divided.

Wilmont (June 18, 1807), formed from the north-easterly portion of New London, part of New Chester; Hill and that part of Kearsarge Gore north of Kearsarge Summit.

CHESHIRE COUNTY.

Alstead (Aug. 6, 1763), first granted as Newton.

Chesterfield, called No. 1. granted Feb. 11, 1752.

Dublin (March 29, 1771), called Monadnock No. 2; included part of Harrisville.

Fitzwilliam (May 19,1773), called Monadnock No. 4; included part of Troy.

Gilsum (July 13, 1763), called Boyle, and included Surry.

Harrisville (July 2, 1870), formed from Dublin and Nelson.

Madison (Dec. 17, 1852), Eaton divided; named for President James Madison.

Moultonborough, granted Nov. 17, 1763; named for Col. Jonathan Moulton

Ossipee (Feb. 22, 1785), called New Garden; Indian name.

Sandwich (Oct. 25, 1763).

Tamworth (Oct. 14, 1766.)

Tuftonborough (Dec. 17, 1795), named for John Tufton Mason.
Wakefield (Aug. 30, 1774), called East Town.

Wolfeborough (July 9, 1770), named for Gen. Wolfe.

MERRIMACK GOUNTY.

Allenstown (incorporated July 2, 1831), granted May 11, 1722; from Rockingham county.

Andover (June 25, 1779), called Emeriss-town, and New Breton, for some of the grantees who were of the captors of that place in 17453 from Hillsborough county.

Boscawen (April 22, 1760), called Contoocook; named for Admiral Edward Boscawen; from Hillsborough county.

Bow, included part of Territory of Concord, named for bend in river; granted May 20 1727; from Rockingham county.

Bradford (Sept. 27, 1787), called New Bradford, for Bradford, Mass.; from Hillsborough county.

Canterbury, included the territory of Loudon and Northfield; granted May 20, 1727; from Rockingham county.

Chichester, included Pittsfield; granted May 20, 1727; from Rockingham county.

Concord, (as Rumford, June 7, 1733; as Concord, state of agreement or peace, Feb. 27, 1765), granted as Penacook, Jan. 17, 1725; in reference to settlement of territorial differences with Bow, by the King; became state capital in 1816; adopted city charter, March 10, 1853; from Rockingham county.

Danbury (June 181795), taken from Alexandria; from Grafton county. Dunbarton (Aug. 10, 1765), called Stark's-town, included part of Hooksett; from Rockingham county.

Epsom (May 18, 1727): from Rockingham county.

Franklin (Dec. 24, 1828), taken from Andover, Salisbury, Northfield, and Sanbornton; named for Benjamin Franklin.

Henniker (Nov. 9, 1768), called No. 6; named for John Henniker, M. P., merchant in London; from Hillsborough county.

Hinsdale (under J. Wentworth, Sept. 3, 1753), called Fort Dummer; named for Col, Ebenezer Hindsdale.

Jaffrey (Aug. 17, 1773), called Monadnock No. 2; named for Hon. Geo. Jaffrey, Portsmouth, councilor.

Keene (April 11, 1753), called Upper Ashuelot; adopted city charter 1873; named for Sir Benj. Keene, British minister to Spain.

Marlborough (Dec. 13, 1776), Monadnock No. 5, including parts of Roxbury and Troy; named for Duke of Marlborough.

Marlow (Oct. 7, 1761.)

Nelson (Feb. 22, 1774), Monadnock No. 6; afterwards called Packersfield, for Thomas Packer, a Masonian proprietor; included part of Roxbury; present name adopted June, 1814; named for Lord Nel

son.

Richmond (Feb. 28, 1752).

Rindge (Aug. 11, 1768), Monadnock No. 1, named for Geo. Rindge a proprietor and councilor.

Roxbury (Dec. 9, 1812, formed from parts of Nelson, Keene and Marlborough.

Stoddard (Nov. 5, 1774), called Limerick, named for Col. Sampson Stoddard, a granted from Chelmsford.

Sullivan (Sept. 27, 1787), named for Gen. John Sullivan.

Surry (March 9, f769), formed from parts of Gilsum and Westmoreland.

Swansey (July 2, 1853), called Lower Ashuelot.

Troy (June 23, 1815), formed parts of Marlborough and Fitzwilliam ; named for ancient Troy.

Walpole (Feb. 16, 1752), called Great Falls or Bellow's-town.
Westmoreland (Feb. 11, 1753), called Great Meadow.
Winchester (July 2, 1753), called Arlington.

SULLIVAN COUNTY.

Acworth (incorporated under John Wentworth, Sept. 19, 1766). Charlestown, called No. 4, including part of Langdon, named for Sir Charles Knowles, who presented a sword to Capt. Phineas Stevens for his brave defence of the fort against 400 French and Indians. Claremont (Oct. 26. 1764)), named for country seat of English General Lord Robert Clive.

Cornish (June 21, 1763), first known as Mast Camp, erected for company procuring masts for the king's navy.

Croydon (May 31, 1763).

A THEOSOPHIC POEM.

A Legend of Old Nutfield (Beyond Massabesic).

BY SECRETARY OF VETERAN O. F. ASSOCIATION.

THIRTEENTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THE VETERAN

ODD FELLOWS,

MANCHESTER, N. H., NOVEMBER 18, 1892.

BEN AND DAN."

All Hail! Now, ye brothers, of this Veteran band,
A mystic legend, I am moved to unfold,
And recite to you as our traditions stand;
But the moral taught, print in letters of gold.

This legend in mind, one morn on my couch,
An opportune theme, I wrote this; but then,
For the truth of the details I cannot avouch,
Read "Chester

the author was named after Ben.

This region is famous for traditions old,

"Rock Rimmon" is fruitful for a poem grand; Judges twenty-one, verse thirteen, we are told,

The people were "peaceful" all around in this land.

Even Ben traced his lineage to that ancient time,
Claimed that he had the cup, without any doubt,
Brought up out of Egypt; he made it all chime,

He proved it by names, he had traced it all out.

To our good Ben, there was a great moral taught,

"Great-heart" of Nutfield he was known then to be

In unmeasured lines, as suggested by Scott, "I will tell the tale as revealed unto me."

Just beyond Massabesic, or a mile or two more,
An old veteran lived in his comfortable cot,
But like many such things in those days of yore,
The road and the spot, and surname, are forgot.

Now it chanced on a day, says the legend arcane,
That a stranger was traveling that way from afar,
Aweary, afoot, no moon on the wane,

Not even the light of the evening star.

Perchance he had listened to a sermon thence,

By the good Joseph Secombe, on God, or his laws,
Or, to "I Go a fishing," thrice fifty years since,
In the good old days, before Manchester was.

His mind was absorbed in the days of his youth,
How he wrote on birch bark, a quill for a pen ;
How the hornbook was thumbed, and such like, forsooth,
In the good old school days he once had with Ben.

The night was approaching, his journey miles more,
Noon had delayed him with an indisposed man ;
Then darkness came on, and the Falls' distant roar,
Bethought him for shelter, "I'll look out for Dan."

Now, "Ourselves first, then the rest of mankind,"
Has guided too many, as it had Ben and Dan ;
Though Ben may not have had this in his mind,
Yet such is the maxim with many a man.

He spied through the trees away down the lane,
In a cot all alone, the gleam of a light,

That shone through the shutters, or uncurtained pane,
Inviting him thither for shelter that night.