Timeline of Manchester, New Hampshire

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Manchester, New Hampshire, United States.

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Prior to 19th century[edit]

  • 1722 - John Goffe settles in Old Harry's Town, in the British Province of New Hampshire.[1]
  • 1723 - A cabin was built and gradually a small settlement grew up.[1]
  • 1727 - Tyngstown (or “Tyng’s Township”) established.
  • 1736 - The first sawmill was erected. [1]
  • 1751 - Tyngstown rechartered as "Derryfield."[2][1]
  • 1788 - Province becomes part of the State of New Hampshire.
  • 1796 - Derryfield Social Library founded.[3]

19th century[edit]

1842 - Ann Bamford begins working in the Underground Railway

20th century[edit]

21st century[edit]

Images[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ a b c Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, p. 664, OCLC 3832886, OL 5812502M
  3. ^ a b c Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  4. ^ Morse 1823.
  5. ^ a b "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Sampson 1905.
  7. ^ Milne Special Collections. "New Hampshire Towns: Manchester". Collections by Subject. Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire Library. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  8. ^ "Central High School". central.mansd.org. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  9. ^ Henry Varnum Poor (1860), History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States, New York: J.H. Schultz, OCLC 11435390, OL 13555505M
  10. ^ "State Fair at Manchester". New York Times. October 10, 1851. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  11. ^ Carpenter Memorial Library ... Dedication Exercises. Manchester, N.H.: Manchester City Library. 1916.
  12. ^ Bell 1863.
  13. ^ Appleton 1872.
  14. ^ Charles H. Bartlett (1893), Dedication of Stark Park by the City of Manchester, N.H., Manchester, N.H: Printed by J.B. Clarke Co., OL 14003068M
  15. ^ Manchester Historic Association (1897), Collections, Manchester, N.H, OL 14001102M{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  16. ^ American Art Annual, vol. 13, NY: American Federation of Arts, 1916, hdl:2027/nyp.33433019831035
  17. ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Manchester, NH". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  18. ^ Centennial 1910.
  19. ^ Stahl 1995.
  20. ^ "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  21. ^ "Library History". Manchester City Library. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  22. ^ a b "Hillsborough County". Directory. Association of Historical Societies of New Hampshire. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  23. ^ John Mayer (1994). "The Mills and Machinery of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company of Manchester, New Hampshire". IA, The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology. 20 (1/2): 69–79. JSTOR 40968283.
  24. ^ "Manchester Community College". Retrieved August 27, 2012.
  25. ^ United States Census Bureau (1984), County and City Data Book, 1983, Statistical Abstract, Washington DC, OL 14997563M{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  26. ^ "Records of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, 1947-present". City of Manchester. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  27. ^ "City of Manchester". Archived from the original on 1998-12-12 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  28. ^ "History". Islamic Society of Greater Manchester. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  29. ^ Pluralism Project. "Manchester, New Hampshire". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  30. ^ "Mayor's Biography". City of Manchester, NH. Archived from the original on April 23, 2004.
  31. ^ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  32. ^ United States Census Bureau, American FactFinder, 2010 Census figures
  33. ^ "Manchester, New Hampshire's 1st Female Mayor Takes Office". 10 Boston. January 2, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  34. ^ "Jay P. Ruais inaugurated as Manchester mayor, to lead largest N.H. city in new direction". The Boston Globe. January 2, 2024. Retrieved February 28, 2024.

Bibliography[edit]

Published in the 19th century
  • Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Manchester", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
  • Samuel Newell Bell (1863). Index Catalogue of the Manchester City Library. Printed by C.F. Livingston.
  • "Manchester", Appletons' Hand-Book of American Travel: Northern and Eastern Tour, New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1872
  • "Manchester City". New Hampshire Register. Claremont, NH: Claremont Manufacturing Company. 1872.
  • Maurice D. Clarke (1875), Manchester: a Brief Record of its Past and a Picture of its Present, Manchester, N.H.: J.B. Clarke, OL 23317139M
  • Pocket Business Directory and Industrial and Social Statistics of the City of Manchester, N.H., 1879, Manchester: Temple & Farrington, 1879, OL 23367208M
  • Manchester Directory: 1883. Boston: Sampson & Murdock. 1882.
  • "City of Manchester", Leading Manufacturers and Merchants of New Hampshire, New York: International Pub. Co., 1887
  • George Fox Bacon (1891), Manchester and its Leading Business Men, Boston: Mercantile Publishing Co., OL 23365091M
  • 1846 Semi-Centennial Compendium of Historical Facts, Manchester, N.H.: Frank H. Challis, 1896, OL 13988380M
  • Contributions to the History of Derryfield, New Hampshire: a Paper Read Before the Manchester Historic Association, Manchester, N.H.: William Ellery Moore, 1896, OL 14050532M
Published in the 20th century
Published in the 21st century

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