This is a transcription of the Sullivan, 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.
SULLIVAN
SULLIVAN, Cheshire county. Bounded north by Gilsum and Stoddard, east by Stoddard and Nelson, south by Roxbury and Keene, and west by Keene and Gilsum. Area, 12,212 acres. Distance from Concord, 42 miles, southwest; from Keene, 6, east. The south-east part of the town is watered by Ashuelot River. There are two small ponds, the one called Bolster, the other Chapman’s Pond. The surface is generally even. The soil is very productive, and well cultivated. The inhabitants are chiefly farmers, and are intelligent, industrious, and, for the most part; independent. In 1854 there was not a person assessed for his poll who was not taxed, besides, for property of more or less value-a circumstance, at least, of rare occurrence. There is one religious society-the Congregational. Sullivan was incorporated September 27, 1787, and received its name from President Sullivan, the chief magistrate of New Hampshire at that time.
Population, 468.
Number of legal voters in 1854, 107.
Inventory, $213,718.
Value of lands, $135,776.
Stock in trade, $1605.
Value of mills, $2500.
Money at interest, $23,704.
Number of sheep, 2784.
Do. neat stock, 714.
Do. horses, 101.