. The New England gazetteer; containing descriptions of all the states, counties and towns in New England ... ond and River, See Bristol. Novfield, Me. York CO. This town is wateredby Little Ossipee river, and lies 99miles S. W. by W. from Au2:usta,and 15 N. W. from Alfred, it isa good farming town and producesconsiderable wheat and wool. Itwas incorporated in 1794. Popula-tion, 1837, 1,322 New Gloucester, Me. Cumberland CO. This is a pleasantand flourishing farming town, 23miles N. from Portland, and 38 from Augusta. Incorporated,1774. Population, 1837, 1,861. Itis well watered by Ro
. The New England gazetteer; containing descriptions of all the states, counties and towns in New England ... ond and River, See Bristol. Novfield, Me. York CO. This town is wateredby Little Ossipee river, and lies 99miles S. W. by W. from Au2:usta,and 15 N. W. from Alfred, it isa good farming town and producesconsiderable wheat and wool. Itwas incorporated in 1794. Popula-tion, 1837, 1,322 New Gloucester, Me. Cumberland CO. This is a pleasantand flourishing farming town, 23miles N. from Portland, and 38 from Augusta. Incorporated,1774. Population, 1837, 1,861. Itis well watered by Royals river,on which are mills of various soil of the town is very fertile,containing large tracts of first settlers were compelledto build a block house for their pro-tection against the Indians. In thisbuilding the people attended pub-lic worship for a number of town has an abundant waterpower, a school fund of $4,000, anda society of about 300 of those neatand industrious people, whosefaith is one and whose practice isone. See Canterbury, JV. H. NEW ENGLAND NEW HAMPSHIRE. This state is bounded north by Lower Canada, east by Maine, south-east by the Atlantic and the State of Massachusetts, south by Massa-chusetts, and west and north-west by Vermont. Situated between 42°40 and 45° 16 N. lat., and 72° 27 and 70° 35 W. Ion. Its length is168, and its greatest breadth about 90 miles, and it comprises an area ofabout 9,280 square miles. The first discovery of New Hampshire was in 1614, and the first set-tlements made by Europeans were at Dover and Portsmouth, in 1623;only three vears after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. Thenext settlements were at Exeter and Hampton, in 1638. The inhabit-ants of these and all the early settlements, until after the cession of Can-ada to England by France, were greatly annoyed by the Indians, whoexisted in\rge and powerful bodies in this then wilderness. In the re-peated and general wars wit
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