Excerpt from Early Records of the Town of Derryfield, Now Manchester, N. H., 1782-1800: A Complete and Exact Transcript of the Records of the Clerks as Written in the Old Derryfield Book No; 1, Pages 317 to 402, Book No; 2, Pages 1 to 201 The period covered by the following records is filled with the accounts of affairs of vital importance in the growth of the town. During these years were laid in fact the founda tion of its coming prestige as an industrial center. The first move, however, was in the direction of forming a system of government satisfactory to all concerned, not only in the progress here but everywhere in the state. In the settlement of this matter discussion followed discussion, and meetings and conventions were of common occurrence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.