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- 1850; Census Place: Peterborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; Roll: M432_433; Page: 341A; Image: 193.
215/245 James Nay 50 male watchman New Hampshire
Jane 50 fem NH
Jane M 18 fem NH
James M 16 male manufacture NH
Fedelia E 09 fem NH attended school
Helen M 07 fem NH attended school
Chester Whiting 16 male manufacture NH attended school
Andrew Holmes 16 male manufacture NH
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The Contoocook River and Nubanusit Brook offered numerous sites for watermills, and Peterborough became a prosperous mill town. In 1810, the first cotton factory was established. By 1859, when the population was 2,222, there were four additional cotton factories, plus a woolen mill. Other industries included two paper mills, an iron foundry, a machine shop, a carriage factory, a basket manufacturer, a maker of trusses and supporters, a boot and shoe factory, seven sawmills, and three gristmills.[2]
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Petersborough and Hancock are neighboring townships.
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