CONCORD, N. H., city, capital of the State and county-seat of Merrimack County, on the Merrimack River, and on the Boston & M. Railroad, 75 miles northwest of Boston. The city has an abundance of water-power, and manufactories of carriages, shoes, twine, elec trical apparatus, silverware, leather goods, ma chine-shop products, etc. The United States census of manufactures for 1914 recorded 86 industrial establishments of factory grade, em ploying 3,178 persons; of these, 2,856 were wage earners, receiving annually $1,956,000 in wages. The capital invested aggregated $5, 701,000, and the year's output was valued at $6,744,000: of this, $3,032,000 was the value added by manufacture. Near Concord are ex tensive quarries of a fine-grained white granite. There are three national banks with a com bined capital of $550,000 and a surplus of $779,000, and several private banking houses. The assessed property valuation exceeds $20, 000,000. The city is well laid out, has finely
shaded streets, is well lighted, and its water works are excellently constructed. The note worthy buildings include the State-house, a fine building of Concord granite, the city hall and courthouse, the State prison, State insane asy lum and the United States government build ings. The public schools are 26 in number and are admirably organized and conducted, and represent a property valued at more than $325, 000. This city is the seat of the well-known Saint Paul's School (Episcopal) for boys. Concord was settled by whites in 1725, on the site of the Ihdian village of Pennacock. It was called by this name until 1733, then incor porated as the town of Rumford, and became a city in 1853. It is noted as the place near where Hannah Dustin (q.v.) made her escape from Indian captors. Pop. 22,000.