This is a transcription of the Marlborough, NH description from New Hampshire As It Is by Edwin A. Charlton; Part II: A Gazetteer of New Hampshire by George Ticknor, Tracy and Sanford Publishers, Claremont, N. H., 1855.
MARLBOROUGH
MARLBOROUGH, Cheshire county. Bounded north by Roxbury, east by Dublin and Jaffrey, south by Troy, and west by Swanzey and Keene. Area, about 13,000 acres. Distance from Concord, 55 miles, south-west; from Keene, 6, south. There are several ponds, which are the sources of some of the branches of the Ashuelot, The surface is broken; the soil rocky, but excellent for grazing.
Various branches of manufacturing are carried on to some extent here. There are four pail factories, in which 35 hands are employed; one box and measure factory, eight hands; one machine shop, 16 hands; one box and tray factory, five hands; one chair factory, four hands; one earthen ware shop, four hands; one faucet manufactory, four hands; and one yarn factory, five hands. There are also two stores, three meeting houses, and one hotel.
Marlborough was granted, April 29, 1751, to Timothy Dwight and 61 others. By reason of the breaking out of the French and Indian war the conditions of the charter were not seasonably fulfilled; the first charter was forfeited, and a second granted September 21, 1754. First settlers, William Barker, Abel Woodward, Benjamin Tucker, Daniel Goodenough, and one McAlister.
A Congregational church was formed in 1778. At present there is also a Baptist and a Universalist society.
Population, 887.
Number of legal voters in 1854, 225.
Inventory, $321,156.
Value of lands, $179,374.
Stock in trade, $4441.
Value of mills, factories, &c., $12,225.
Money on hand, &c., $40,830.
Number of sheep, 608.
Do. neat stock, 804.
Do. horses, 152.