NASHUA  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and one of the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county seats of Hillsboro county, New See also:

• HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire, U.S.A., at the confluence of the Nashua and See also:

• MERRIMAC

Merrimac See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, 35 M . S.S.E. of See also:

• CONCORD
• CONCORD, BOOK OF (Liber Concordiae)

Concord and 40 M . N.W. of See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1890) 19,311; (1900) 23,898, of whom 8093 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 26,005 . Nashua is served by the Boston & See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine railroad, whose several divisions centring here give the city commercial importance, and by electric lines to See also:

• HUDSON
• HUDSON, GEORGE (180o-1871)
• HUDSON, HENRY
• HUDSON, JOHN (1662–1719)

Hudson, See also:

• LITCHFIELD

Litchfield, See also:

• PELHAM
• PELHAM, HENRY (1696-1754)
• PELHAM, HENRY FRANCIS (1846-1907)

Pelham, Dracut and Tyngsboro . The See also:

• AREA

area of the city in 1906 was 30.71 sq. m . To the N.,W. and S.W. of the city there are beautiful hills and mountains . The See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• XAVIER, FRANCISCO DE (1506-1552)

Xavier and the First Congregational church are architecturally noteworthy . The city has a soldiers' See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument, a public library, a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house and two hospitals . There is a See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish hatchery here, and until after the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century fishing was the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, as manufacturing is now . See also:

• WATER

Water-See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power is furnished by the Nashua See also:

• RIVER

river and by See also:

• SALMON
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

Salmon See also:

• BROOK

Brook, and the city is extensively engaged in manufactures, notably See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton goods, boots, shoes, and foundry and See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine-See also:

• SHOP

shop products .

The value of the city's factory products increased from $10,096,064 in Igloo to $12,858,382 in 1905, or 27.4%, and in 1905 Nashua ranked second among the manufacturing cities of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Nashua is one of the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest interior settlements of the state . The first See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement here was established about 1665; and in 1673 the township of See also:

• DUNSTABLE

Dunstable was incorporated by the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Court of See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts . In 1741, when the boundary between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was settled, the See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction of this portion of Dunstable was transferred to New Hampshire; five years later it was incorporated under the See also:

• LAWS

laws of that state; and in 1803 the settlement, originally known as See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

Head, was incorporated as a See also:

• VILLAGE

village under the name of Nashua, and in 1836 the township of Dunstable also received the name Nashua . The See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• NASHVILLE

Nashville was set apart from the town of Nashua in 1842, but the two towns were united under a city See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter obtained in 18J3 . In 1795 the first See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage See also:

• COACH (through the Fr. coche, originally from the Magyar kocsi, an adjective from the Hungarian place named Kocs, between Raab and Buda, i.e. the sort of vehicle used there in the 15th century)

coach was run through here from Boston to See also:

• AMHERST
• AMHERST, JEFFREY AMHERST, BARON (1717-1797)

Amherst, and at about the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time a See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal was built around See also:

• PAWTUCKET

Pawtucket Falls on the Merrimac at See also:

• LOWELL
• LOWELL, ABBOTT LAWRENCE (1856— )
• LOWELL, CHARLES RUSSELL (1835-1864)
• LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL (1819-1891)
• LOWELL, JOHN (1743-1802)

Lowell . In 1822 a manufacturing See also:

• COMPANY

company was formed, which at once began to develop the water-power and in 1825 erected the first cotton See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill . Thirteen years later the Nashua & Lowell railroad (now leased to the Boston & Maine) first reached Nashua . See The See also:

• HISTORY

History of the City of Nashua, edited by E . E . See also:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

Parker (Nashua, 1897) .