. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. :~pROYlNCEi^QUSe: NATHAN PRIEST, for man} years a member of the statelegislature; died iu New Castle in1822. In 1820 the town had a populationof 932. The next vear the bridgeconnected it with Portsmouth. In1850 it had 891 inhabitants ; in 1880,610. CHURCH MATTERS. In 1706 a meeting-house was takendown, and another erected and fur- nished with somewhat more than ordi-nary elegance for that period. It wasfurnished with a bell of a fine tone,sent over from England, decoratedwith a beautiful altar-
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress. :~pROYlNCEi^QUSe: NATHAN PRIEST, for man} years a member of the statelegislature; died iu New Castle in1822. In 1820 the town had a populationof 932. The next vear the bridgeconnected it with Portsmouth. In1850 it had 891 inhabitants ; in 1880,610. CHURCH MATTERS. In 1706 a meeting-house was takendown, and another erected and fur- nished with somewhat more than ordi-nary elegance for that period. It wasfurnished with a bell of a fine tone,sent over from England, decoratedwith a beautiful altar-piece, and sup-plied with a silver communion ser-vice. The precise date of the organi-zation of the church is unknown, asthe early records were destroyed byfire. REV. JOHN EMERSON was the first ordained minister of the 86 JVew Castle and the Piscataqua.
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