History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . war or other com-motion which had been the lotof settlers in other places. Inthe spring of 1775, the townhad experienced ten years of municipal life, andhad made no inconsiderable progress in transform-ing a wilderness into cultivated fields. Most of theland fit for cultivation had been taken up and occu-pied ; still, extensive tracts in the east part had beenundisturbed by the woodsmans axe. A cursoryglance at the condition of the town at this time may. 56 HISTORY OF THE not be out of place h
History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . war or other com-motion which had been the lotof settlers in other places. Inthe spring of 1775, the townhad experienced ten years of municipal life, andhad made no inconsiderable progress in transform-ing a wilderness into cultivated fields. Most of theland fit for cultivation had been taken up and occu-pied ; still, extensive tracts in the east part had beenundisturbed by the woodsmans axe. A cursoryglance at the condition of the town at this time may. 56 HISTORY OF THE not be out of place here in forming a true estimate ofthe services rendered by the first settlers in the Revo-lutionary war. The population of the town was 860,and number of voters about 175. The businesscentres of the town were at Daniel Cass and JamesCooks, at neither place a village. There were somesaw-mills, and one or two grist-mills, two stores andfour or five taverns in town. Many of the familieswere still living in log-houses. They had no meeting-house of any kind, or school-houses of any descrip-tion. Money was extremely scarce, and not much incirculation. Their exchanges were mostly made bybarter. Their means of locomotion were extremelylimited, mostly confined to horseback riding, or jolt-ing along in the ox-cart — light wagons had notcome into use, and covered carriages were notthought of. They had no newspapers or periodi-cals, and no books of any amount. Still, isolated asthey were in the midst of deprivations, they were notignorant of the more import
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