From The Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire (in three parts), compiled from the best authorities, by Eliphalet Merrill and the Late Phinehas Merrill, Esq., Printed by C. Norris & Co. , Exeter, NH, ©1817, pg 63 Part I - General View- History 1763 - From this year may be dated the flourishing condition of New Hampshire. Population and cultivation progressed with unprecendented rapidity.