Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland .. connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England, Ireland and Scotland; containing narratives, descriptions, and many views, some done from old prints; also much matter pertaining to the founders and settlers of New England and to their memorials on both sides of the Atlantic; . of great interest:—On June 13, 1810, John Langdon, Governor of New Hampshire, affixed his sealto a bill by which the name of the town of Derryheld was changed to Manchester,the exact phraseology of the essential
Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland .. connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England, Ireland and Scotland; containing narratives, descriptions, and many views, some done from old prints; also much matter pertaining to the founders and settlers of New England and to their memorials on both sides of the Atlantic; . of great interest:—On June 13, 1810, John Langdon, Governor of New Hampshire, affixed his sealto a bill by which the name of the town of Derryheld was changed to Manchester,the exact phraseology of the essential part of the bill being as follows:— Be it Enacted by the Senate and House or Representatives in General Courtconvened:That said town of Derryfield shall forever hereafter be called and known by the nameof Manchester, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. The reason for this form of expression may perhaps be found in the fact that theplace now designated as Manchester had already borne several different is a tradition that the territory was originally called by the Indians Kas-kaashadi, the place of broken water, referring to the falls of Amoskeag. If thiswas the case this name must have given way to Namaoskeag, meaning a greatplace for fish. The white settlers in this locality called it Nutfield, or the Chestnut I20 MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. From The Centennial Celebration of Manchester, OLD DERRYFIELD MEETING HOUSE Manchester, New Hampshire, was at one time called Derryfield because the people of Derry used to pasture their cows there. Country, on account of the abundance of chestnut trees, Tyngs Township beinganother name, meaning the land granted to Tyng and his men. Still later it wascalled by the derisive name of Harrytown, a shortened form of Old HarrysTown, and in 1751 it was called Derryfield, because the people of the nearbytown of Derry were accustomed to pasture their cows there. These names didnot all apply to precisely the
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