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Concord, New Hampshire. 291 of Capt. Richard Ayer. A deep ravine formerly intersected Main Street at that point. Near by was the residence of Dr. Thomas Chadbourne, a leading physician, who married a daughter of Dr. Green. The house is now the residence of E. S. Nutter. The stable to the west is part of the old garrison which once stood on the site of the house.

Some little distance below Pleasant Street is the residence of the late Joseph S. Abbot, the carriage-maker; opposite was the home of Dr. Alpheus Morrill, and the house of the late James R. Hill, the harness-maker, who did much towards building up the business portion of the city.

The large brick residence of the late Judge Asa Fowler was built by Judge Hall Burgin, who came from Allenstown; and it was afterwards occupied by Gov. Joseph A. Gilmore. It was a schoolhouse site many years ago, later a law-office. It has lately been purchased as the home for a ladies' seminary.

At the residence of the late distinguished civil engineer Charles C. Lund, lives Mrs. Ezekiel Webster, now in advanced years.

Hon. Benjamin A. Kimball's house and lot are among the most pleasing and attractive in the city.

John M. Hill, the last Democratic candidate for governor, son of Gov. Isaac Hill, father of Rev. Howard M. Hill of Montpelier, occupies the house once owned by Judge Ira A. Eastman.

Joseph Wentworth, from Sandwich (whose brother, Hon. John Wentworth, LL.D., known as Long John Wentworth, in early manhood did not think the State was large enough for Pierce, Hale, Burke, and himself, and migrated to Chicago for more room), owns the house of the late President Pierce.

George Clough lives in the Gov. Isaac Hill house, which when built was considered the finest residence in the town. In from the street, just below, is the ancient Rogers house, described in a late number of this magazine.

The Catholic priest, the Very Reverend J. E. Barry, vicar-general, occupies the pastoral residence adjoining St. John's Church, both the result of his long years of toil in the community. Father Barry, to a rare degree, enjoys the respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens, although by the Constitution of the State he cannot hold public office, — a law more honored in the breach than in the observance, and for years, to the credit of the State, a dead letter. Father Barry is a native of Eastport, Me., where his parents settled about 1823. As a boy he was studious, and went through the English High School before entering the Holy Cross College at Worcester. He finished his education at St. Sulpice Seminary at Montreal, and was ordained at Portland, June 29, 1863, by Right Reverend D. W. Bacon, Bishop of the Diocese. For fourteen months he was rector of the cathedral there, when he was sent to Concord. The Catholic Church was unorganized in the city then; but Father Barry devoted his energies to collecting and uniting the society, built the beautiful church and the pastoral residence, laid out the cemetery, — the whole at a cost of about seventy-five thousand dollars.

Lewis Downing, the pioneer carriage-maker, lived in the house now occupied by his son-in-law, Joseph C. A. Hill.

On the sidewalk east of the shop was the town pump, near which was erected the arch to welcome Lafayette, in 1825.