Lyford's History of Concord

Volume One

Authorized by the City Government January 14, 1896 and published in 1903.

• Introduction (PDF)
• Physical Features (PDF) Topography; Streams; Ponds; Freshets; Forests; Mineral Resources; Artesian Well; Localities.
• Physical Development (PDF) Ferries; Bridges; Main Street; Shade Trees; Types of Houses.
• Fish and Game (PDF)

General Narrative

• Chapter 1 (PDF) Scene of the History. Aboriginal Occupation
• Chapter 2 (PDF) Events Leading to English Occupation. Grant of the Plantation of Penacook.
• Chapter 3 Part 1 (PDF) Plantation of Penacook. Transition to the Township of Rumford.
• Chapter 3 Part 2 (PDF)
• Chapter 4 (PDF) Town of Rumford. Falls within Jurisdiction of New Hampshire.
• Chapter 5 (PDF) District of Rumford. King George's War and Its Indian Hostilities.
• Chapter 6 (PDF) Rumford neither Town nor District. Bow Controversy and Matters connected therewith. Colonization by Concord Settlers.
• Chapter 7 (PDF) Last French and Indian War. Rumford becomes Concord, a Parish of Bow.
• Chapter 8 Part 1 (PDF) Parish of Concord. Period of the American Revolution.
• Chapter 8 Part 2 (PDF)
• Chapter 9 (PDF) Town of Concord. Post Revolutionary Events. Constitution of the United States. Revised State Constitution. Town Affairs and Progress.
• Chapter 10 Part 1 (PDF) Town of Concord. Early Events of the New Century. Becomes the Capital of the State. War of 1812. Other Facts of the Period.
• Chapter 10 Part 2 (PDF)
• Chapter 11 (PDF) Town of Concord. The State House Erected. Toleration Act. Merrimack County Formed. Other Events.
• Chapter 12 Part 1 (PDF) Town of Concord. Temperance Reform. Religious, Social, Intellectual, and Material Progress. Catholic-Irish Immigration. Political Events. City Charter Adopted.
• Chapter 12 Part 2 (PDF)
• Chapter 13 Part 1 (PDF) City of Concord. New Government in Operation. City and County Building. Public Library. The Prohibitory Law. Progress in Various Departments. Ante-War Politics.
• Chapter 13 Part 2 (PDF)
• Chapter 14 Part 1 (PDF) City of Concord. Period of the Civil War.
• Chapter 14 Part 2 (PDF)
• Chapter 15 (PDF) City of Concord. After the War. Important Means Adopted whereby the General Advantage of the Community was Subserved.
• Chapter 16 Part 1 (PDF) City of Concord, 1880 to 1900. Two Decades of Progress. Topics, old and new, treated to Conclusion.
• Chapter 16 Part 2 (PDF)
• Chapter 17 Part 1 (PDF) Material Development
• Chapter 17 Part 2 (PDF)
• Chapter 18 (PDF) Weather Record: From 1856 to 1900 Inclusive
• Chapter 19 (PDF) Appendix: The Governor's Horse Guards

Volume Two

• Introduction (PDF)
• Chapter 19 Part 1 (PDF) Church History
• Chapter 19 Part 2 (PDF)
• Chapter 19 Part 3 (PDF)
• Chapter 19 Part 4 (PDF)
• Chapter 20 (PDF) Canals, Stage Lines, and Taverns
• Chapter 21 (PDF) Concord as a Railroad Center
• Chapter 22 Part 1 (PDF) The Medical Profession
• Chapter 22 Part 2 (PDF)
• Chapter 23 (PDF) Dentistry
• Chapter 24 (PDF) New Hampshire State Hospital
• Chapter 25 (PDF) Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital
• Chapter 26 (PDF) New Hampshire Memorial Hospital for Women and Children
• Chapter 27 Part 1 (PDF) Bench and Bar
• Chapter 27 Part 2 (PDF)
• Chapter 28 (PDF) Newspapers and their Editors
• Chapter 29 (PDF) Domestic Customs and Social Life
• Chapter 30 (PDF) The Rolfe and Rumford Asylum
• Chapter 31 Part 1 Political and Public Events at the Capital
• Chapter 31 Part 2
• Chapter 32 State Prison
• Chapter 33 Part 1 Concord in the Civil War
• Chapter 33 Part 2
• Chapter 34 Part 1 Schools, Public and Private
• Chapter 34 Part 2 (PDF)
• Chapter 34 Part 3 (PDF)
• Chapter 34 Part 4 (PDF)
• Chapter 35 (PDF) Concord Literary Institution
• Chapter 36 (PDF) Methodist General Biblical Institute
• Chapter 37 (PDF) St. Paul's School
• Chapter 38 (PDF) St. Mary's School
• Chapter 39 Part 1 (PDF) Official Roster
• Chapter 39 Part 2 (PDF)
• Chapter 40 (PDF) Miscellaneous
• General Index Part 1 (PDF)
• General Index Part 2 (PDF)
• General Index Part 3 (PDF)