THE

HISTORY OF CONCORD,

FROM ITS

FIRST GRANT IN 1725,

TO THE

ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT IN 1853,

WITH A HISTORY OF

THE ANCIENT PENACOOKS.

THE WHOLE INTERSPERSED WITH

NUMEROUS INTERESTING INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES,

DOWN TO THE PRESENT PERIOD, 1855;

EMBELLISHED WITH MAPS;

WITH

PORTRAITS OF DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS, AND VIEWS OF ANCIENT
AND MODERN RESIDENCES.

"This shall be written for the generations to come."

BY NATHANIEL BOUTON,

Pastor of the First Congregational Church in Concord.

CONCORD:

PUBLISHED BY BENNING W. SANBORN.

1856.

MCFARLAND & JENKS, PRINTERS.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1855,

BY NATHANIEL BOUTON,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of New-Hampshire.