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Catalogue/Miscellaneous
Pelham Items
Miscellaneous Pelham
Items
Pelham
Census Lists
Census List Introduction
(10 KB)
1790
(94 KB)
1810
(959 KB)
1820
(3.66 MB)
1830
(2.41 MB)
1840
(2.02 MB)
1850
(661 KB),
1850 in Alphabetical Order
(231 KB)
1860
(1.88 MB)
1862
(1.49 MB) -
Census of all able bodied
male residents of Pelham
1870
(2.47 MB)
1880
(3.06 MB)
Pelham
Population from 1767 - 1969 (232 KB)
Maps of Pelham, NH
1858 Map of Pelham,
NH
(49 KB) ,
1858 East Side
(60 KB) ,
1858 West Side
(71 KB)
1876 Town Center
(30 KB)
1892 Map of Pelham,
NH
(90 KB) ,
1892 East Side
(55 KB) ,
1892 West Side
(1.66 MB)
1900 Map of Pelham,
NH
drawn by Mary Hillman Sherburne
(64 KB)
Mary Hillman Sherburne, a daughter of Frank Hillman and
Alice Greeley Hillman was born in 1888 and died in 1978 at the age 90. In
her later years she was a noted local artist. Several of her paintings were
displayed at the Art Exhibit held at the Pelham Public Library June 15,
1996. At age 12, she prepared this map of Pelham, possibly as part of a
school project.
Little Island
Pond Map
Little Island Pond - Map 1
(422 KB)
Little Island Pond - Map 2
(544 KB)
Historical Area Map
(138 KB) Unknown Date -
This map shows the old town names.
It is a close up of this
New England
Map
(129 KB).
U.S. Geographical Survey Map
(340 KB) Unknown Date -
George Otis Smith Director
Pelham Town Map 1816
(376 KB)
Biography of Benjamin
Day, Stone Carver 1783-1855
(2.66 MB)
By Marilyn Day, Westford, MA
2005. Benjamin Day carved many of Pelhams oldest gravestones.
Photos. Narrative.
Gage-Cutter 1918 Quitclaim Deed
(844 KB) 6 Pages
This original deed was
donated to the Pelham Historical Society by Frederick and Ellen
Merriam.
The property described in
this deed is now part of the Frederick Cutter Merriam Conservation Area
recently acquired by the
Town of Pelham."
1894 Town
Warrant
(502 KB) 2 Pages
This is a Warrant for a Town
Meeting, which in part proposes to limit traffic from crossing the
town common. Apparently people weren't using the roads, but crossing
every which way. Apparently there were traffic problems in and
about the common back in the 1890s. The original document is
now owned by Cathy Pinette, who allowed us to scan it for our library.
Warrant for the Annual Meeting, March 14, 1871
(1.14 MB) 3 Pages
The original document is now owned by
Cathy Pinette, who allowed us to scan it for our library.
Warrant for the Annual Meeting, March 10, 1885
(462 KB) 3 Pages
The original document is now owned by
Cathy Pinette, who allowed us to scan it for our library.
Letters Written by Angeline H. Barker
Harriet Angeline Barker was born on June 6, 1818, the daughter of
Soloman Barker and Elizabeth (Betsy) Butler Barker. She was a sixth
generation descendent of Richard Barker, who came to the Colony of
Massachusetts during the Great Migration 1628-1642. He settled in
Andover, in 1643.
The family migrated to Pelham by way of Methuen.
Her father was a farmer. The farm was on the west side of Mammoth Road,
near the original Butler settlement, which explains why her mother was a
Butler. Angeline married and lived most of her adult life in Ohio.
Mar. 26,
1841
Mar.
7,
1842
Congregational Church members 1840
(538 KB)
Congregational Church Pen & Ink
(507 KB)
Pastorate at Pelham, NH 1847 - 1853
(2.97 MB)
Dedication to The Four Churches of
Christ Whom Eden Burroughs Foster Served in his Life, and whose Love and
Cooperation did so much to Make His Forty Years in the Ministry Happy
and Efficient, This Volume is Gratefully Dedicated by his Son.
Cemetery By Laws
(480 KB)
This document has an unknown author and date.
Invoices for
Caskets, Coffins, Grave Clothes, etc.
In 1863 Moody Hobbs was a State
Senator, a Selectman, surveyor and a lawyer without a license. He
was Pelham's leading citizen. During 1863, Charles William
Hobbs, his son was away fighting in the Civil War. Moody Hobbs
married Elizabeth Spofford. Elizabeth Spofford Hobbs died on
May 18, 1863, one day earlier than the May 19th date on the
invoice. Clearly this is the invoice for her casket.
We have a letter from Charles William to his father Moody,
discussing his mother's untimely death and that she would not be
there to greet him when he returned from the war.
Charles
William Hobbs letters regarding Mother's Death
(695 KB)
May 19, 1863
Invoice (243 KB)
Trolley Wreck Railroad Commission Report
- 10 Pages (1.55 MB)
This report lists the casualties,
injured, witnesses
as well as the Railroad Commissioner's Report on the trolley wreck.
Coffee Lots (760 KB)
This ad was placed in the Lawrence Evening Tribune on January 3, 1929. The
advertisement offered a free camp or house lot on Little Island Pond to
every person who purchased three pounds of Monarch Coffee. (Not over 2 lots
to a customer.) Many lots were sold as a result of this advertising gimmick,
and to this day the term "Coffee Lot" is often used to describe certain
parcels of land on the pond.
Discover Salem - Pelham - Windham
(9.17 MB)
July 21, 2005
Special
Supplement of The Salem Observer
Time Passages ~ Pelham Schoolhouse
(246 KB)
January 12, 2009
Written by Dean Shalhoup
- Nashua Telegraph
Early Pelham Dracut Grants
- 44 Pages (6.32 MB)
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