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Rh Concord is the seat of other important industries. Here are made the Blanchard churn, the Clapp traps, axe-handles, birch-bark pictures, bricks, bedsteads, brooms, brushes, carriage-springs, cigars, crackers, confectionery, excelsior, flour, furniture, lumber, mackerel-kits, meal, ploughs, salve, saws, shoes, soap, stoves, toys, water-wheels, etc.

The wholesale trade of Concord

merchants includes books, stationery, flour, grain, groceries, aside from the manufactured articles, and extends all through central, western, and northern New Hampshire and Vermont. The retail stores command a large business from neighboring towns, and large stocks in the various lines are carried. The most important is the home trade, however, for thirteen thousand people consume much food, and wear many garments. There are three well-patronized book-stores in town, several printing-offices, and two daily and five weekly newspapers, aside from. There are three national banks, three savings banks, and one private banking institution. Within the city there are several private libraries, especially rich in valuable and unique collections of books on art, history, and science.

Down towards the Lower Landing and the Concord Bridge is the mansion of the Countess Rumford, substantially unchanged since her death. By her it was bequeathed with an ample endowment-fund for a home for orphan girls,—a noble charity, which will keep her memory green for an untold period. The house was built in 1764, but it has lately been enlarged to twice its original size. Out beyond Millville, there is another orphan-asylum, conducted under the auspices of the Episcopalians.

At the extreme south end is an unique private residence, with a