THE

HISTORY OF MANCHESTER,

FORMERLY DERRYFIELD,

IN

NEW-HAMPSHIRE;

INCLUDING THAT OF ANCIENT AMOSKEAG,

OR THE MIDDLE MERRIMACK VALLEY ;

TOGETHER WITH THE ADDRESS, POEM, AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS,

OF THE

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION,

OF THE

INCORPORATION OF DERRYFIELD;

AT MANCHESTER, OCTOBER 22, 1851.

BY C. E. POTTER,

Corresponding member of the Historical Societies of Iowa and Maryland, and of the New England
Historic Genealogical Society; Member of the American Antiquarian Society;
and President of the New Hampshire Historical Society.

MANCHESTER,

C. E. POTTER, PUBLISHER.

1856.