. The street railway review . s was born; here lived many fami-lies that have sent out men to makeAmerican history; here was the birth-place and home of Whittier, who after-ward lived at Amesbury where he isburied. At is located the cele-brated Phillips Exeter Academy, whichwas founded and formally opened byJohn Phillips in May, 1783, and whichhas always maintained a high standingas a preparatory school for Academy buildings are delight-fully located in the center of the villageand the ample grounds are well keptand shaded by stately elms. The campusis bounded on one side b
. The street railway review . s was born; here lived many fami-lies that have sent out men to makeAmerican history; here was the birth-place and home of Whittier, who after-ward lived at Amesbury where he isburied. At is located the cele-brated Phillips Exeter Academy, whichwas founded and formally opened byJohn Phillips in May, 1783, and whichhas always maintained a high standingas a preparatory school for Academy buildings are delight-fully located in the center of the villageand the ample grounds are well keptand shaded by stately elms. The campusis bounded on one side by a beautifulnew public library, built of cream-colored brick and on the oppositeside by a large stone church and in front by colonial houses withacres of lawns and a forest of shade trees. Nearby on the samestreet, is a church bearing a tablet, which reads, The First Churchin Exeter. Founded in 1638. Reorganized in i6g8. This houseerected in 1798. Hampton the other town from which the line , .Sulinbury B, No«burv|t>r. CASINO AND HOTEL, HAMPTON BEACH. post road from Portsmouth to Boston. The other continues threemiles to Hampton Beach, where on reaching the shore the tracksagain branch, one section running south along the shore lineabout two miles in front of cottages and hotels to the terminalin front of the Casino, and the other north along the shore about takes its name, has a population of about 2,000, while Amesbury isa prosperous manufacturing city of about 12,000 population, whichis located on the Merrimac River a few miles above its mouth. While both of the branches, as well as the main line, are througha well settled part of the country, and a number of villages besides Nov. 15, lytio,] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. those noted above, the road does not depend entirely npon localIrafiic for its income, but it draws a pleasure traffic from the wholeMcrrimac Vall(;y, and also enjoys a very liberal patronage fromthe summer tourists and seashore cottagers from Hampton,
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