A copious work that covers first settlers, churches, maps, manufacturing, mills, stores, schools, library, marriages 1781-1861, births 1767-1809, baptisms 1781-1832, deaths 1780-1848, military history from the French and Indian War through the Civil War, militia list for 1861, town officers, physicians (with biographical sketches), family biographies, and genealogies of the following families: Allen, Ainsworth, Anderson, Back, Badger, Ballard, Belknap, Bennett, Bishop, Blodgett, Bugbee, Brown, Burnett, Butterworth, Carpenter, Church, Clark, Colburn, Curtis, Cram, Davison, Dean, De Estrees, Fletcher, Frizell, Fuller, Glazier, Goodell, Gould, Horton, Howlett, Janes, Kinney, Lilley, Lynn, Lyon, May, Marcy, McFarland, McIntire, Moore, Munger, Partridge, Perrin, Reeve, Rosebrooks, Sherman, Smalledge, Stevens, Switzer, Thomason, Towne, Underwood, Upham, Vinton, Wallis, Webber, Weld.