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• Manchester NH History
  • Willey's semi-centennial books of Manchester, 1846-1896 - Willey, George Franklyn, 1869- [from old catalog] -- Internet Archive
  • Manchester up to date: story of the city, 1846-1896 - Perkins, David Lane, 1896, George F. Willey, Publisher -- Internet Archive (2nd version)
  • Manchester. A brief record of its past and a picture of its present - [Clarke, Maurice D.], 1875 (Includes Early History 1622-1751, Derryfield 1751-1810, Manchester A Town 1810-1846, Manchester a City 1846-1875, City of Today (1875), Schools, Benevolent Societies, Misc. Societies, Post Offices, Banks and Insurance Companies, Manufactures, Newspapers, Manchester in the Rebellion (Civil War), Residences, Representative Men, Index) -- Internet Archive
    
  • Manchester Historic Association Collections, Volume IV Part I, 1908 (includes info on the Snow-Shoe Scouts, The Indian Wars in NH, The McClary Family, Amoskeag's Old Fishing Rocks, Early Days of 'Squog, A Discourse at Amoskeag Falls 1739 by Rev. Joseph Secombe, Art and Artists in Manchester, Early Days of Amoskeag, Phinehas Adams // Vol 4, Part II, Amoskeag in Early Pioneer Days, Major John Moor, The Battle of Bennington, Stark's Independent Commant at Bennington, Reminiscense of General John Stark, General John Stark, Notes from an Old-Time History, Henry W. Herrick, Joseph H. Potter, Walter Cody, Francis B. Eaton, Lucretia Lane Eaton, Sallie Sophronia Harvey, Jon. James F. Briggs, I Clarence Whittemore, Daniel J. Daley, William F. Hubbard, George Byron Chandler, Horace F. Simpson, Ezra Huntington, Charles W. Eager, Joseph W. Fellows, Henry W. Herrick, Frank W. Fitts, Roland Rowell, George H. Tanswell, Capt. John A. Barker, Dr. James F. Brown, Walter S. Noyes, George Emerson, Rt. Rev. John B. Delany, Arthur L. Walker, Henry H. Morgan, Adoniram J. Lane, Alonzo Elliott, George S. Eastman, George F. Laird, Orrin E. Kimball, George F. Perry, William E. Buck, Harrison D. Lord, Edwin S. Foster, Frank S. Bodwell, Sylvester C. Gould, Gillis Stark, M.D., Robert D. Gay, Charles H. Bodwell -- Internet Archive
  • Manchester NH Historic Collections, Vol 1, Part 1, 1896, Manchester NH by John B. Clarke Co. (Reminiscenses of Manchester 1841-1896, NH Men at Louisburg and Bunker Hill, Derryfield Men at Bunker Hill, Boating on the Merrimack, Derryfield Social Library, Castle William and Mary, New Hampshire Branch of the Society of Cincinati, Grace Fletcher, The Sweet by and by, Old Derryfield and Young Manchester, Election Sermons of New Hampshire. -- Internet Archive
    
  • Historical Association Collections, in two Parts, Part I - Historic Quarterly, Part II, Contributions to History of Derryfield, Vol 11 1900-1901 by Manchester NH Historic Association, 1901 (Contributions to the history of Old Derryfield, Description of Landmarks, Rivers and Brooks, Geological, Concerning Early Floods, Botanical Sketch, Wild Animals of Derryfield, Indians (Native Peoples), Early Occupation and Settlement, Home Life, Churches and Schools, Derryfield Social Library)-- Internet Archive
  • Manchester Historic Association Collections, Vol 3, 1902-1903, Manchester NH (includes Gen. James Wilson, Old Bridge Street Pound, Sketch of Dunbarton NH, Asiatic Choera in Manchester, Rock Rimmon, Narrative of James Johnson, Early Recollections of Manchester, Water Supply of Manchester, Story of a Private Soldier in the Revolution, The Two James Rogers, Josiah H. Drummond, Derryfield in the Revolution, Major John Webster, The Story of Lake Massabesic, George W. Morrison, Then and Now, The Old Times Muster, Gen. John Stark's Home Farm, Smallpox Epidemic of 1834, Manchester as a Village, Preserving Places of Historic Interest // Plus Historic Quarterly Supplements) -- Internet Archive
  • 1846 semi-centennial compendium of historical facts : business and political index of Manchester, N.H. - Challis, Frank H (includes advertising B & M Railroad schedule, Historical Compendium i.e., event dates and some death dates) 1896 -- Internet Archive
  • Manchester A brief record of its past and a picture of its present, including an account of its settlement and of its growth as a town and city; a history of its schools, churches, societies, banks - Clarke, Maurice D, 1875 -- Internet Archive
  • The Manchester, New Hampshire City Directory, 1866 - Google EBooks
  • Progressive Manchester - a long article with photographs about the city history, buildings, people, and businesses of the time; found in The Granite Monthly, March-May 1916 (Internet Archive)
  • Manchester: The Mills and Immigrant Experience, Gary Samson
  • Manchester, by Robert B. Perrault
    
    
    
• Manchester NH (Derryfield, Tyng Town) RECORDS
  • Early Records of Londonderry, Windham and Derry NH 1719-1745 Vol II, ed by George Waldo Browne, Manchester NH 1911
  • Vital Records of Londonderry NH, Vol II, to the end of 1910, compiled by Daniel Gage Annis, Ed by George Waldo Browne, Manchester NH, 1914, Vol 7 -- Internet Archive
  • Vital Records of Londonderry NH, by Daniel Gage Annis, ed George Waldo Browne, Manchester NH, Vol. 7, The Granite State Publishing Co., 1914 (Gen George Reid, Certificates of Town Clerk, Coat of Arms of Campbell, Duke of Argyle; Daniel Gage Annis, Gen. George Reid, The Romance of "Ocean Mary", Ancestors of the Colonists of Londonderry (NH), Vital Records (Births, Marriage Intentions, Marriages, Deaths). -- Internet Archive
  • Proprietors' records of Tyng Township, 1735-1741, with notes and sketches, by George Waldo Browne, 1901, Manchester NH - Internet Archive
    
  • Early Records of Derryfield NH, now Manchester NH, 1751-1782; Vol 8, ed by George Waldo Browne, 1906 (Old Meeting House, Plan of Derryfield, Early Records of the Town of Derryfield, Assorted Early Documents, First Representatives to the General Court, Derryfield Soldiers in the Revolution, Petition of Hadley and Kidder, Letter of Colonel JohN Goffe, Alewive Fishery of 1776) -- Internet Archive
    
• Early Records of the town of Derryfield now Manchester NH 1782-1800, Vol 9, ed by George Waldo Browne, 1906 (includes Starks Fort, Early Records of the Town, Muster Roll of Soldiers 1748, Plan of Pews of Meeting House, Plan of Gallery Pews) -- Internet Archive
• Early Records Town of Manchester, Derryfield NH, Vol 11, 1817-1828, ed George Waldo Browne, Manchester NH, 1909 - Internet Archive (includes Gen. John Stark, Early Records) -- Internet Archive
  
• Early Records of the Town of Manchester NH, formerly Derryfield NH, 1829-1835; Vol 12, ed George Waldo Brown, Manchester NH 1906 - Internet Archive
• Report of the selectmen of the Town of Manchester) - Manchester (N.H.) 1842-1974 (MULTIPLE BOOKS) -- Internet Archive
• Municipal Archives and Record Center, Manchester NH (from City of Manchester's Official Website) - includes, Board of Mayor and Alderman, City Clerk Records, City Poor Farm and House of Corrections, Civil War Account Records, Common Council, Early Manchester Records, Election Records, Genealogy, Manchester Industrial Council: Grenier Field; Mayoral Papers, Miscellaneous Records, Naturalization Papers, Office of the Treasurer, Other Genealogy Sites, Police Records, Records of Corporations, School Committee Records, Tax Collector, Vital Records, Ward Records (Election) World War I Veterans Cards (Revised), 1847 Tax Book, 1864 Tax Book, 1869 City Directory and 1879 Map of Manchester, 1890 City Directory, 1918 City Directory).
  
  
• Celebrations & Dedications
  • Ceremonies of the Dedication of the Monument Erected by the City of Manchester to The Men Who Periled Their Lives to Save the Union in the Late Civil War, September 11, 1879, Manchester NH; Mirror Steam Printing Press, 1880 - Internet Archive
  • Dedication of Stark Park by the City of Manchester, Oration by Gen. Chas. H. Bartlett, June 17, 1893, Manchester NH printed by the John B. Clarke Company, 1893 -- Internet Archive
  • Centennial Celebration of Manchester NH June 13, 1810-1910 by the Manchester Historic Association, Published by Authority of the City Government 1910 -- Internet Archive
  • Semi-centennial of the city of Manchester, New Hampshire, September 6, 7, 8, 9, 1896, compiled by Herbert W. Eastman (Lots of biographies and photographs) - Internet Archives
    
  • The Londonderry celebration. Exercises on the 150th anniversary of the settlement of old Nutfield, comprising the towns of Londonderry, Derry, Windham, and parts of Manchester, Hudson and Salem, N.H., June 10, 1869. - Mack, Robert C. -- Internet Archive
    
    
• Individual or Group Biographies
  • Gen. John Stark's home farm : a paper read before the Manchester Historic Association October 7, 1903 - Rowell, Roland, b. 1849
    http://archive.org/details/genjohnstarkshom00rowe
    Early Records of Derryfield NH, now Manchester NH 1801-1816, VOl 10, ed by George Waldo Brown, 1908 (Hon. Samuel Blodget, Early Records of the Town, Miscellany) -- Internet Archive
    
  • Manchester and Its Leading Business Men Embracing Those of Goffstown, NH, by George F. Bacon, Boston, Mercantile Publishing Company, 1891 - Internet Archive
  • The life and writings of the Right Reverend John Bernard Delany, second bishop of Manchester, NH - Delany, John Bernard, Bishop, 1864-1906 - Internet Archive
  • The customs and minor regulations of the Sisters of Mercy in the Motherhouse, Manchester, N.H. and its branch houses - Sisters of Mercy (Manchester, N.H.) -- Internet Archive
  • Memoir of Mother Mary Gonzaga O’Brien / by a Sister of Mercy, Convent of Mercy, Manchester, N.H. 1920 [i.e., Mary Catherine Garety] ; with a preface by George Albert Guertin - Garety, Mary Catherine, Sister -- Internet Archive
    
  • One hundred years of New Hampshire surgery : a brief sketch of the life and work of New Hampshire surgeons from 1800-1900, read before the New Hampshire surgical club at Plymouth, N.H., September 18, 1907 - Blaisdell, Frank, 1852-1919 (including stories of Amos Twitchell, Reuben Dimond Mussey, Nathan Ryno Smith, Josiah Crosby, Dixi Crosby, Willard Parker, Gilman Kimball, Edmund Randolph Peaslee, William Heberden Mussey, George Brooks Twitchell, David W. Cheever, Alpheus Benning Crosby, Joseph Edward Janvrin, George W. Gay, John Wheelock Elliott, George Haven, Fred B. Lund, - Internet Archive
    
    
• Business Books & Institutions
  • Pocket business directory and industrial and social statistics of the city of Manchester, N.H., 1879 -- Internet Archive
    
  • Pocket business directory and industrial and social statistics of the city of Manchester, N.H., 1884 -- Internet Archive
  • Souvenir. A brief history of Ridgely lodge, no. 74, I. O. O. F., Manchester, N.H. Including the first anniversary address, delivered February 17, 1888 and Higher life, a poem .. - Odd-fellows, Independent order of. Manchester, N.H. Ridgely lodge, no. 74. [ODDFELLOWS] -- Internet Archive
  • Proceedings of the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences (Volume v.1-5 incomplete) - Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1899
    
  • Proceedings of the Manchester institute of arts and sciences - Manchester institute of arts and sciences, Manchester, N.H. [from old catalog], 1900
  • Proceedings of the Manchester institute of arts and sciences - Manchester institute of arts and sciences, Manchester, N.H. [from old catalog], 1906
  • Proceedings of the Manchester institute of arts and sciences (Volume 4, pt. 1) - Manchester institute of arts and sciences, Manchester, N.H. [from old catalog] 1903 - Internet Archive
  • Memoirs and Proceedings - Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 1883, by R. Angus Smith -- Internet Archive
    
• Wars
  • Derryfield (now Manchester, N. H.) in the revolution - Browne, George Waldo, 1851- [from old catalog] -- Internet Archive
  • Soldiers & Sailors, Manchester NH in the Civil War - George C. Gilmore
  • New Hampshire WWI Military: Heroes of World War I (blog, Cow Hampshire)
    
    

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• LOCAL REFERENCE
  • Listing of Parks in Manchester
  • New Hampshire County Location of New England Place Names
  • Manchester Historical Society, Calendar of Events
  • LOCAL LIBRARIES
    • Manchester City Library (be sure to visit the NH Room)
    • SEARCH the NH Historical Society's Library Collection on any topic
    • Sargent Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
• GENEALOGY & HISTORY REFERENCE
  • New Hampshire Society of Genealogists
  • New Hampshire Historical Society
    The Tuck Library
    30 Park Street
    Concord, NH 03301-6394
    Telephone: 603/228-6688
    Fax: 603/224-0463
    email: library@nhhistory.org
  • Museum of New Hampshire History
    The Hamel Center
    6 Eagle Square
    Concord, NH 03301-4923
    Telephone: 603/228-6688
    Fax: 603/228-6308
    
  • American-Canadian Genealogical Society (ACGS)
    Library: 4 Elm Street
    PO Box 6478, Manchester NH 03108-6478
    603-622-1554
    email: ACGS@acgs.org
    The Society was founded in Manchester, New Hampshire
    in September 1973 to serve persons interested in ancestral research.
  • New Hampshire State Library
    20 Park Street
    Concord, NH 03301
    (603) 271-2392
    (603) 271-6826 (fax)
    email: zmoore@library.state.nh.us
    See NH State Library Holdings for Manchester
  • Manchester Historic Association
  • The Making of America - Cornell University
    Online access to books and publications, searchable

• MAGAZINES ABOUT MANCHESTER (AND New Hampshire)
  • NH Magazine
  • Business New Hampshir