CONCORD. A city, capital of New Hamp shire, and county-seat of Merrimack County, 75 miles north-northwest of Boston; on the Merri River and on the Boston and Maine Rail road (Map: New Hampshire, J 9). It. has wide streets, shaded and well paved. and a good water-supply, owned and operated by the munici pality. Among the principal buildings arc the State House, built of granite, United States Gov ernment building, court-honse, and city hall, State prison, State insane asylum, the Margaret Pillsbury hospital, State Library, and Saint Paul's School (Episcopal) for boys. There are several parks: White's. Rollins. Fiske. Con too•ook River, and Pennaeook. In the State house park is a bronze statue of Daniel Webster, and at Penna.o0k, a monument to Hannah Dustin. In the vicinity are extensive quarries of fine-grained white granite, the quarrying of which is one of the leading industries. The re pair-shops of the Boston and Maine Railroad are situated here. The manufactures include car riages. silverware, harness, furniture. flour, cot ton and woolen goods. leather belting and leather hose, pianos. shoes, etc. Industrial statistics for
1900 give the following figures: Number of in dustries. 81; invested capital, $1.959.238; value of production. $3,252,302.; persons employed, 1829. Under the charter of 1853, as amended. Concord is governed by a mayor, chosen every two years, and a bicameral city council. The assessors and the school board are chosen by popular election: other appointments are con trolled hr the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, and the Council. Population. in 1890. 17.004; in 1900, 19.632.
Concord was founded in 1725, on the site of Pennacook, the chief village of the Pennaeook Indians, and hove that name until 1733• when it was incorporated as Rumford. It suffered great ly in all the Indian wars and was the scene of a massacre in 1746. In 17115 Rumford was re named 'Concord.' On the adoption of a State constitution it became the capital of New Hamp shire. and in 1853 was incorporated :14 a city. Consult : Moore. Annals of Concord. Y. H. (Con cord, 1824) ; and Bouton, The ll istory of Con cord (Concord, 1856).