This is a transcription of the Rindge, NH description from A Gazetteer of New Hampshire Containing Descriptions of all the Counties, Towns and Districts in the State by John Hayward, John P. Jewett (publisher), Boston, 1849.
RINDGE
CHESHIRE CO. This town is very rocky, but productive of butter and cheese of an exceeding good quality. Its other productions are numerous and valuable.
There are thirteen ponds in this town, the largest of which are called Manomonack, Emerson, Perley, Long, Grassy, and Bullet. The three first discharge their waters into Miller’s River in Massachasetts, thence communicating with the Connecticut; the three last discharge themselves into Contoocook River, and from thence into the Merrimac. These ponds abound with fish, and in ancient times were much frequented by the Indians for procuring fish and furs. Rindge is a favorite resort for anglers at the present day.
There is a small elevation of land in Rindge, from which the waters that issue on one side descend into the Merrimac, and those on the other side, into the Connecticut.
Rev. Seth Payson, D. D. long resided in this town, and died in 1820, aged sixty-two. Dr. Payson was the father of Rev. Edward Payson, D. D., who died at Portland, Me., Oct. 22, 1827, aged fifty-six. Both the father and son were eminently distinguished for their virtues and ministerial labors.
Boundaries. North by Jaffrey and Sharon, east by New Ipswich, south by Massachusetts, and west by Fitzwilliam.
First Settlers. Jonathan Stanley, George Hewitt, and Abel Platts, 1752.
First Ministers. Rev. Seth Deane, ordained in 1765; left in 1780. Rev. Seth Payson, D.D., ordained in 1782; died in 1820.
Productions of the Soil. Indian corn, 2,812 bushels; potatoes, 30,894 bushels; hay, 1,307 tons; wool, 2,474 lbs.; maple sugar, 1,307 pounds.
Distances. Twenty miles south-east from Keene, and fifty south-west from Concord.