The following is a
timeline of the
history of the city of
Manchester ,
New Hampshire , United States.
Prior to 19th century
1722 -
John Goffe settles in Old Harry's Town, in the British
Province of New Hampshire .
1723 - A cabin was built and gradually a small settlement grew up.
1727 - Tyngstown (or “Tyng’s Township”) established.
1736 - The first sawmill was erected.
1751 - Tyngstown rechartered as "Derryfield."
[2]
1788 - Province
becomes part of the
State of New Hampshire .
1796 - Derryfield Social Library founded.
[3]
19th century
1807 - Canal built by
Samuel Blodgett .
1810
1823 - Population: 761.
1839
Amoskeag Representative newspaper begins publication.
[5]
First Congregational Society incorporated.
First Baptist Church organized.
1840 - Population: 3,235.
1841
1842 -
Ann Bamford begins working in the
Underground Railway
1843 - Mennell's Circulating Library in business (approximate date).
[3]
1844 - Manchester Athenaeum established.
[3]
1846
1849 -
Manchester and Lawrence Railroad begins operating.
[9]
1850
Manchester Daily Mirror newspaper begins publication.
[5]
City Missionary Society established.
1851 - City hosts state fair.
[10]
1852 - Manchester Gas Light Co. established.
1854
1855 - First Presbyterian Church organized.
1860 - Population: 8,841.
1863 -
Union Leader newspaper begins publication.
1869
1870
1874 -
Ash Street School built.
1875 - Women's Aid Home organized.
1880
1883 - Union Publishing Co. incorporated.
1885 - Young People's Christian Union organized.
1886 - Devonshire Mills incorporated.
1887
People's Baptist Church organized.
Novelty Advertising Co. incorporated.
1889 -
Saint Anselm College established in neighboring
Goffstown .
1890
1891 - Swedish Baptist Church organized.
1892
1893 -
Stark Park dedicated.
[14]
1894
Manchester Children's Home organized.
Eureka Shoe Co. incorporated.
1895
Manchester Historical Association established.
[15]
Varick Park sports complex in operation.
1897 -
Weston Observatory built.
1898
1900 - Population: 56,987.
20th century
21st century
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References
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"US Newspaper Directory" . Chronicling America . Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 27, 2012 .
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"New Hampshire Towns: Manchester" . Collections by Subject . Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire Library. Retrieved July 29, 2013 .
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"Central High School" . central.mansd.org . Retrieved 2016-04-15 .
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Henry Varnum Poor (1860), History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States , New York: J.H. Schultz,
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^ "State Fair at Manchester". New York Times . October 10, 1851.
^
Carpenter Memorial Library ... Dedication Exercises . Manchester, N.H.: Manchester City Library. 1916.
^ Charles H. Bartlett (1893), Dedication of Stark Park by the City of Manchester, N.H. , Manchester, N.H: Printed by J.B. Clarke Co.,
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^ Manchester Historic Association (1897), Collections , Manchester, N.H,
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^ American Art Annual , vol. 13, NY: American Federation of Arts, 1916,
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"Movie Theaters in Manchester, NH" . CinemaTreasures.org . Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2013 .
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"Historic Theatre Inventory" . Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from
the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013 .
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"Library History" . Manchester City Library. Retrieved July 29, 2013 .
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"Hillsborough County" . Directory . Association of Historical Societies of New Hampshire. Retrieved July 29, 2013 .
^ John Mayer (1994). "The Mills and Machinery of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company of Manchester, New Hampshire".
IA, The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology . 20 (1/2): 69–79.
JSTOR
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"Manchester Community College" . Retrieved August 27, 2012 .
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United States Census Bureau (1984), County and City Data Book, 1983 ,
Statistical Abstract , Washington DC,
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"Records of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, 1947-present" . City of Manchester. Retrieved December 30, 2014 .
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"City of Manchester" . Archived from
the original on 1998-12-12 – via Internet Archive,
Wayback Machine .
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"History" . Islamic Society of Greater Manchester. Retrieved July 29, 2013 .
^ Pluralism Project.
"Manchester, New Hampshire" . Directory of Religious Centers . Harvard University. Retrieved July 29, 2013 .
^
"Mayor's Biography" . City of Manchester, NH. Archived from
the original on April 23, 2004.
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"Meet the Mayors" . Washington, DC:
United States Conference of Mayors . Archived from
the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2013 .
^ United States Census Bureau, American FactFinder, 2010 Census figures
^
"Manchester, New Hampshire's 1st Female Mayor Takes Office" .
10 Boston . January 2, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019 .
^
"Jay P. Ruais inaugurated as Manchester mayor, to lead largest N.H. city in new direction" .
The Boston Globe . January 2, 2024. Retrieved February 28, 2024 .
Bibliography
Published in the 19th century
Jedidiah Morse ; Richard C. Morse (1823),
"Manchester" , A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
Samuel Newell Bell (1863).
Index Catalogue of the Manchester City Library . Printed by C.F. Livingston.
"Manchester" , Appletons' Hand-Book of American Travel: Northern and Eastern Tour , New York:
D. Appleton & Company , 1872
"Manchester City" . New Hampshire Register . Claremont, NH: Claremont Manufacturing Company. 1872.
Maurice D. Clarke (1875), Manchester: a Brief Record of its Past and a Picture of its Present , Manchester, N.H.: J.B. Clarke,
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23317139M
Pocket Business Directory and Industrial and Social Statistics of the City of Manchester, N.H., 1879 , Manchester: Temple & Farrington, 1879,
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Manchester Directory: 1883 . Boston: Sampson & Murdock. 1882.
"City of Manchester" , Leading Manufacturers and Merchants of New Hampshire , New York: International Pub. Co., 1887
George Fox Bacon (1891), Manchester and its Leading Business Men , Boston: Mercantile Publishing Co.,
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1846 Semi-Centennial Compendium of Historical Facts , Manchester, N.H.: Frank H. Challis, 1896,
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Contributions to the History of Derryfield, New Hampshire: a Paper Read Before the Manchester Historic Association , Manchester, N.H.: William Ellery Moore, 1896,
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Published in the 20th century
Manchester Directory: 1906 . Boston: Sampson & Murdock. 1905.
"Manchester" , United States (4th ed.), Leipzig:
K. Baedeker , 1909,
OCLC
02338437
"Manchester (New Hampshire)" .
Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 17 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 549–550.
Manchester Historic Association (1910), Centennial Celebration of Manchester, N.H. , Manchester NH,
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7811124 ,
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"Manchester" , Handbook of New England , Boston:
Porter E. Sargent , 1916,
OCLC
16726464
Manchester Directory . Boston: Sampson & Murdock. 1921.
Federal Writers' Project (1938). "Manchester". New Hampshire: a Guide to the Granite State .
American Guide Series . Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
hdl :
2027/mdp.39015021583557 .
Haebler, Peter. "Nativist Riots in Manchester: An Episode of Know-Nothingism in New Hampshire." Historical New Hampshire 39 (1985): 121–37.
George Thomas Kurian (1994),
"Manchester, New Hampshire" , World Encyclopedia of Cities , vol. 1: North America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO,
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David G. Stahl (Fall–Winter 1995),
"Becoming American: Manchester's Jewish Community" , Historical New Hampshire ,
New Hampshire Historical Society
Hareven, Tamara K., and Randolph Langenbach. Amoskeag: Life and work in an American factory-city (UPNE, 1995) The Amoskeag textile factory in Manchester was the largest in the world; this is the story of its workers.
online
Published in the 21st century
External links
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