BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMHERST, N.H., RELATED SOURCES

(Compiled by William P. Veillette. Updated October 24, 2014)

Allen, Mel. “Great New England Cooks: Helen Burns, Amherst, New Hampshire.” Yankee (Jan- uary 1978), pp. 32–33 and 134–141.

Alvord, Rev. Frederick. A Brief Address at the Funeral of Hon. Isaac Spalding, May 16th, 1876. Nashua, N.H.: Charles E. Clement, 1876.

American Revolution Bicentennial Committee (Amherst, N.H.). Let’s Take a Walk. Amherst, N.H.: Amherst Junior Women’s Club, 1976. (Tri-fold.)

“Amherst Holds Open House.” New Hampshire Profiles, Vol. 1, No. 6 (June 1952), pp. 7–15.

“Amherst, New Hampshire: A Pretty Town in the Souhegan Valley.” Amherst, N.H.: Amherst Men’s Club, 1928. 14 p. (Promotional booklet.)

“Amherst, New Hampshire, Bicentennial Program, June 25–26, 1960.” Amherst, N.H.: Town of Amherst, N.H., 1960. 8 p.

“Amherst, New Hampshire, House Tour, October 10, 1970.” Amherst, N.H.: Amherst Junior Women’s Club, 1970. 12 p.

Amherst Villagers Chapter of The Questers, Inc. Historic Amherst Coloring Book. Manchester, N.H.: AlphaGraphics, 2000. 36 p.

Atherton, Charles Humphrey. Eulogy on Gen. George Washington, Late President of the United States, Who Died December 14, 1799; delivered at Amherst, N.H. before the inhabitants of the town of Amherst, the inhabitants of the town of Milford, and the Benevolent Lodge, on the 22d day of February, 1800, at the request of the committee of the selectmen and other respectable citizens of the town of Amherst, to which was superadded the request of the committee of the Be- nevolent Lodge. Amherst, N.H.: from the press of Samuel Preston, 1800. 23 p.

Atherton, Charles H. Memoir of the Hon. Joshua Atherton. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Co., 1852. 57 p.

Atherton, Charles H. “Memoir of the Life of the Hon. Samuel Dana, late of Amherst, in the County of Hillsborough, State of New-Hampshire.” Collections of the New-Hampshire Histori- cal Society, Vol. III, Concord, N.H.: Jacob B. Moore, 1832, pp. 9–23.

Atherton, Charles H. “Memoir of Wyseman Claggett.” Collections of the New-Hampshire His- torical Society, Vol. III, Concord, N.H.: Jacob B. Moore, 1832, pp. 24–39.

Atherton, Charles H., et al. Memorial of the Farmer’s Bank in Amherst, N.H., Praying for the renewal of the charter of the Bank of the United States. 22nd Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Doc. No. 110, February 13, 1832. 5 p.

Atherton, Charles H. Oration, Pronounced in the First Parish at Amherst, N.H., on the Anniver- sary of the American Independence, July 4, 1798. Amherst, N.H.: Samuel Preston, Printer, 1798. 24 p.

“Auld Acquaintance Calendar, Amherst, N.H.” Amherst, N.H.: [s.n.], c. 1910. 65 p.

Bacon, Charles L. “Index for Daniel F. Secomb’s History of the Town of Amherst, Hillsborough County, N.H.” Amherst, N.H.: C.L. Bacon, 1992. 96 p. (Unpublished typescript.)

Bacon, Charles L. “Index for Emma P. Boylston Locke’s Colonial Amherst.” Amherst, N.H.: C.L. Bacon, 1992. 18 p. (Unpublished typescript.)

Bacon, Charles L. “Public burying ground by the town hall, Amherst, New Hampshire : alpha- betical listing of gravestone inscriptions.” Amherst, N.H.: C.L. Bacon, 1990. 16 p. (Unpublished typescript.)

Bacon, Charles L. “Whose House This Is I Know We Know: the Frost-Messer House, Amherst, New Hampshire.” Amherst, N.H.: C.L. Bacon, 1988. 8 p. (Unpublished typescript.)

Baker, Norman B. Early Houses of New England. Rutland, Vt.: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1980 (3rd printing). 144 p.

Barnard, Jeremiah. Discourse, delivered at Amherst, New Hampshire, June 24, 1805, before the benevolent lodge of free and accepted masons, at their festival of St. John the Baptist. Amherst, N.H.: Joseph Cushing, 1805. 15 p.

Bartlett, Charles H. Oration of Hon. Charles H. Bartlett of Manchester, N.H., at the Dedication of the Soldiers’ Monument at Amherst, N.H., June 19, 1890. Manchester, N.H.: John B. Clarke, 1890. 19 p.

Bell, Samuel. An Answer to the Petition of Eli Brown, Complaining of Misconduct, &c. &c. of the Directors and Agents of the Hillsborough Bank. Amherst, N.H.: R. Boylston, printer, 1811. 35 p.

Bentley, Rev. William. Discourse delivered at Amherst, August 10, 1797: before the most wor- shipful Nathaniel Adams of the grand lodge of New Hampshire, and the officers of the grand lodge of Massachusetts at the installation of the Benevolent Lodge under the right worshipful Samuel Dana, Esq. [s.l.]: Samuel Preston, 1797. 24 p.

Blazier, George Jordan (ed.). Joseph Barker: Recollections of the First Settlement of Ohio. Mari- etta, Ohio: Marietta College, 1958. 96p.

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Boas, Norman F. (ed.). Jane M. Pierce (1806-1863): The Pierce-Aiken Papers. New London, Conn.: New London Printers, 1983. 113 p.

Boas, Norman F. (ed.). Jane M. Pierce (1806-1863): The Pierce-Aiken Papers Supplement. Norwich, Conn.: Franklin Impressions, 1989. 58 p.

Boston & Main Railroad. Picturesque New England. Historical. Miscellaneous. Boston: Boston & Maine Railroad Co., c. 1900, unpaged.

Boylston, Edward D. Amherst in the Great Civil Conflict, 1861-1865. Amherst, N.H.: E.D. Boylston, 1893. 172 p.

Boylston, Edward D. Fragrant Memories: or, The Dead of a Hundred Years: 1760–1860. A re- call of the Dead of the First Century of the Town of Amherst, N.H., read at the Centennial, May 30, 1860. Amherst, N.H.: The Farmers’ Cabinet Press, 1881. 36 p.

Boylston, Edward D. (comp.). Historical Sketch of the Hillsborough County Congresses, Held at Amherst, (N.H.), 1774 & 1775, with other Revolutionary records. Amherst, N.H.: Farmers’ Cab- inet Press, 1884. 53 p.

Boylston, Edward D. Sketch of a Busy Life at Busyfield and Elsewhere by the One Who Lived It. Amherst, N.H.: E.D. Boylston, 1892. 184 p.

Boylston, Edward D. (comp.). Historical Sketch of the Hillsborough County Congress, held at Amherst, (N.H.) 1774 & 1775: With Other Revolutionary Records. Amherst, N.H.: Farmers’ Cabinet Press, 1884. 53 p.

Bradford, Ephraim Putnam. An Address Delivered at Amherst at the Funeral of Col. Daniel Warner, Amherst, N.H.: [s.n.], 1813. 12 p.

Brown, Eli. A True Account of the Defalcation of the Hillsborough Bank. Concord, N.H.: printed at the Patriot office, 1811. 16 p.

Cantor, George. “Colonial Utopia Becomes a Haven From Megalopolis.” The Miami Herald (Thursday, November 11, 1971), p. 8-A.

Carlton, Michael. “House for Sale.” Yankee (January/February 2005), pp. 42–43.

Center, Barbara. “Retired citizens meet: Dorothy Davis speaks to Helpmates on the history of Amherst buildings.” The Milford (N.H.) Cabinet and Wilton Journal (Thursday, January 24, 1980), p. 19.

The Century Club. Amherst, N.H. 100 Years Ago and Now. Amherst, N.H.: The Century Club, 1964. 6 p.

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Chace, J. Jr. (surveyor). Map of Hillsboro County, New Hampshire. Boston and Philadelphia: Smith, Mason & Co., 1858. 2nd ed. box set © 1982 Old Maps, West Chesterfield, N.H. 60 p.

Clayton, John. “Turning the pages of Amherst’s history.” New Hampshire Sunday News (Sep- tember 19, 2004), pp. 1 & 13.

Cole, Doris, and Taylor, Karen Cord. The Lady Architects: Lois Lilley Howe, Eleanor Manning and Mary Almy, 1893–1937. New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 1990. 145 p.

Congregational Church (Amherst, N.H.). Confession of Faith, and Covenant of the Congrega- tional Church in Amherst, Formed 1741. Amherst, N.H.: Printed by R. Boylston, 1846. 11 p.

Congregational Church (Amherst, N.H.). The Congregational Church of Amherst, New Hamp- shire, organ dedication service, January 20, 1963. Amherst, N.H.: Congregational Church of Amherst, N.H., 1963. 8 p.

Congregational Church (Amherst, N.H.). Constitution. Amherst, N.H.: Congregational Church, Amherst, N.H., 1828.

Congregational Church (Amherst, N.H.). Manual of the Congregational Church, Amherst, N.H., 1897. Amherst, N.H.: Congregational Church, Amherst, N.H., 1897. 11 p.

Congregational Church (Amherst, N.H.) Manual. Amherst, N.H.: Congregational Church, Am- herst, N.H., 1934.

Congregational Church (Amherst, N.H.). Manual. Amherst, N.H.: Congregational Church, Am- herst, N.H., 1953.

Congregational Church ( Amherst, N.H.). Two Hundredth Anniversary, Sept. 21, 1941, 1741– 1941. Amherst, N.H.: Congregational Church, Amherst, N.H., 1941. 4 p.

Crosby, Alpheus Benning. A Eulogy Commemorative of the Life and Character of Nathan Lord, D.D., LL. D., President of Dartmouth College. Hanover, N.H.: J.B. Parker, 1872. 29p.

Crosby, Nathan. A Crosby Family: Josiah Crosby,…Sarah Fitch,…and Their Descendants, by Their Grandson Nathan Crosby of Lowell, Mass. Lowell, Mass.: Stone, Huse & Co., 1877. 143 p.

Davis, Rev. J.G., and Rotch, W.B. Dedication of the Amherst Soldiers’ Monument, Amherst, N.H., June 19, 1890. Manchester, N.H.: John B. Clarke, 1890. 47 p.

Davis, Rev. J.G. Historical Discourse Delivered at Amherst, N.H. on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Dedication of the Congregational Meeting-House. Concord, N.H.: The Republican Press Assoc., 1874. 124 p.

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Day, Rev. Gardiner M. A Brief History of Amherst: How Souhegan West became Amherst; from a “Howling Wilderness” to a Busy Village. Amherst, N.H.: The Uniting Church of Christ, 1972. 28 p.

Duncklee, Ada Melinda Lakin. A Sketch of the Duncklee Family and a History of the Descend- ants of David Duncklee of Amherst, N. H., and of his Sister Hannah Duncklee Howe of Milford, N. H. Milford, N.H.: J.P. Melzer, 1908. 259 p.

Eastman, Moses. Discourse, delivered before the Hillsborough Agricultural Society, at Amherst, N.H., September 25, 1822. Amherst, N.H.: Richard Boylston, 1822. 24 p.

Embury II, Aymar. “A Comparative Study of a Group of Early American Windows.” The White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs, Vol. XVI, No. 2. New York, NY: Russell F. White- head, 1930. 27 p.

Emerson, Caleb. Discourse on Music, pronounced at Amherst, N.H., before the Handellian Mu- sical Society. Amherst, N.H.: Joseph Cushing, 1808. 12 p.

Everett, David. Oration pronounced at Amherst, N.H., July 4, 1804, the anniversary of the Dec- laration of American Independence. Amherst, N.H.: Joseph Cushing, 1804. 26 p.

“Family Tribute to the Late Mrs. Mercy Plummer Perkins, wife of Edward D. Boylston.” [s.l.]: [s.n.],1881. 52 p.

Farmer, Daniel Davis. The Life and Confessions of Daniel Davis Farmer, who was executed at Amherst, N.H. on the 3rd day of January, 1822, for the murder of the widow Anna Ayer, at Goffstown, on the 4th of April, 1821, to which is added his valedictory address, and some of his correspondence during his imprisonment. Written by himself. Amherst, N.H.: Printed by Elijah Mansur, 1822. 32 p.

Farmer, Daniel Davis. Trial of Daniel Davis Farmer, for the murder of the widow Anna Ayer, at Goffstown, on the 4th of April, A.D. 1821. Reported by Artemas Rogers & Henry B. Chase, coun- selors at law. Concord, N.H.: Hill and Moore, 1821. 72 p.

Farmer, John. An Historical Sketch on Amherst, in the County of Hillsborough, in New- Hampshire, from the first settlement to the present period. Amherst, N.H.: Printed by Richard Boylston, 1820. 35 p.

Farmer, John. Historical Sketch of Amherst, in the County of Hillsborough, in New-Hampshire, from the first settlement to the year MDCCCXXXVII. 2nd ed., enlarged. Concord, N.H.: Asa McFarland, 1837. 52 p.

First Baptist Church (Amherst, N.H.). Constitution, declaration of faith, church covenant, and catalogue of members. Amherst, N.H.: 1880. 16 p.

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Fiske, Albert A. The Fiske Family: A History of the Family (Ancestral and Descendant) of the Hon. William Fiske of Amherst, N. H., with Brief Notices of Those Connected with Them by Mar- riage. 1st ed. Chicago, IL: A.A. Fiske, 1865. 51 p.

Fiske, Albert A. The Fiske Family: A History of the Family (Ancestral and Descendant) of Wil- liam Fiske, Sen., of Amherst, N. H., with Brief Notices of Other Branches Springing from the Same Ancestry. 2nd and complete ed. Chicago, IL: A.A. Fiske, 1867. 209 p.

Fjelstul, Alice Bancroft, and Schad, Patricia Brown, with Marhoefer, Barbara. Early American Wall Stencils in Color. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1982. 137 p.

Foster, Eden Burroughs. Address on agriculture: delivered before the Hillsboro’ Agricultural and Mechanical society, at Amherst, March 5, 1851. Manchester, N.H.: Union Press, 1851 corn crib.” The Cabinet (Milford, N.H.: Thursday, October 7, 2004), p. 14.

Gaines, Judith. “Smoke, Sauce, and Friends: One man’s recipe for the perfect Fourth of July BBQ party.” Better Homes and Gardens (July 2006). Pp.183–207.

Gaines, Thomas. “Uncommon Village Greens.” The New York Times (Sunday, September 30, 1984), pp. 12 & 30.

Gale, June. Snow: Twice Orphaned/Once Rescued. Canaan, N.H.: Phoenix Publishing, 1980. 158 p. A psychiatric social worker, recognizing paranoia in her patient, traces one hundred years of history to help him resolve his neurosis. In telling her story, Gale describes detail about the his- toric house at 44 Stearns Road, Amherst, N.H.

Gardner, William M. (ed.). Towns Against Tyranny: Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, During the American Revolution 1775-1778. Nashua, N.H.: Hillsborough County Bicentennial Commission, 1976. 291 p.

G., J. Thoughts, Occasioned by seeing the Execution of Daniel Davis Farmer, at Amherst, Janu- ary 3d, 1822—keeping the eye upon Calvinism. Amherst, N.H.: [s.n.], 1822. 1 p.

Hale, Judson. “House for Sale: In the Room with Franklin Pierce.” Yankee (September 1997). pp. 36–42.

Hill, William Carroll. The Family of Bray Wilkins, “Patriarch of Will’s Hill,” of Salem (Middle- ton) Mass. Milford, N.H.: The Cabinet Press, 1943. 213 p.

Hill, William Carroll. The Family of Captain John Mills of Medway and Sherborn, Mass. and Amherst, N.H. Milford, N.H.: The Cabinet Press, 1902. 136 p.

The Historical Society of Amherst, N.H. Amherst: A Commemorative History, 1760-1960. Am- herst, N.H.: The Historical Society of Amherst, N.H., 1960. 37 p.

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The Historical Society of Amherst, N.H. Amherst: A Commemorative History, 1760-1960, re- vised and updated to 1976. Amherst, N.H.: The Historical Society of Amherst, N.H., 1976. 76 p.

The Historical Society of Amherst, N.H. Amherst, New Hampshire 1881/1982: A Sleeping Town Awakens. Canaan, N.H.: Phoenix Publishing, 1982. 304 p.

The Historical Society of Amherst, N.H. Walking Tours of Amherst Village, Amherst, New Hampshire. Concord, N.H.: Capital Offset Company, Inc., 2010. 88 p.

The Historical Society of Amherst, N.H.: Newsletters, Vol. I, No. 1 (August 1966) to present.

Holmes, David. A Letter from David Holmes to the Church of Christ in Amherst, N.H. Boston: E.G. House, No. 18, Cornhill, 1823. 58 p.

Howe, Lois Lilley. “The Colonel Robert Means House at Amherst, N.H.” The White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs, Vol. XIII, No. 5. New York, NY: Russell F. Whitehead, 1927. 23 p.

Hurd, D. Hamilton (comp.). History of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis & Co., 1885. 748 p.

Hurd, D. Hamilton (comp.). Town and City Atlas of the State of New Hampshire: Compiled from Government Surveys, County Records and Personal Investigations. Boston: D. H. Hurd & Co., 1892. 337 p.

Kelley, Mary Upham. Amherst, New Hampshire—Personal Narratives. Privately printed, 1898.

Kelley, Mary Upham. Reminiscences: July 8, 1910. Handwritten recollections on the 150th anni- versary of the incorporation of Amherst, N.H.

Kelley, Mary Upham, and Upham, Warren. Upham and Amherst, N. H. Memories; The Geneal- ogy and History of a Branch of the Upham Family. Privately printed: March 25, 1897. 66 p.

Kingsbury, Rev. John D. Sketch of Rev. Silas Aiken. Cambridge, Mass.: Welch, Bigelow & Co., 1870. 22 p.

Know your town: Milford, Amherst, Mont Vernon / a study by the League of Women Voters of the Milford Area, N.H. Milford, N.H.: League of Women Voters, 1974. 49 p.

Lawrence, Robert F. The New Hampshire Churches; Comprising Histories of the Congregation- al and Presbyterian Churches in the State, with Notices of Other Denominations: Also Contain- ing Many Interesting Incidents Connected with the First Settlement of Towns. Claremont, N.H.: The Claremont Manufacturing Co., 1856. 624 p.

LeBosquet, John. A Memorial with Reminiscences, Historical, Personal, and Characteristic, of John Farmer, A. M., Corresponding Secretary of the New Hampshire Historical Society, Mem-

7 ber of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries at Copenhagen, Etc. Boston: Cupples, Upham, & Co., 1884.

Lincoln, Charles J. New England Town Affairs. North Attleboro, Mass.: Covered Bridge Press, 1995. 216 p.

Locke, Emma P. Boylston (comp.). Colonial Amherst: The Early History, Customs and Homes. Milford, N.H.: W.B. and A.B. Rotch, 1916. 122 p.

Locke, Howard. Howard Locke Papers, located at Amherst Town Library, Amherst, N.H. How- ard Locke was the electrician who originally wired most of the homes in Amherst. He compiled a vast collection of information on the historic houses in the town.

McFarland, Asa. Sermon delivered at Amherst, New-Hampshire, at the ordination of the Rev. Nathan Lord, as colleague pastor of the church and society in that town, May 22, 1816. Am- herst, N.H.: R. Boylston, 1816. 30 p.

Meader, Robert F.W. “New Hampshire Meeting Houses.” New Hampshire Profiles, Vol. 2, No. 5 (May 1953), pp. 17–23.

Means, Anne M. Amherst and Our Family Tree. Boston: Press of Fleming-Hughes-Rogers, Inc., 1921. 414 p.

Melendy, Idamae. “A Gettysburg Soldier.” The Youth’s Instructor, Vol. 111, No. 26 (Review and Herald Publishing Association: Washington, D.C., July 2, 1963), pp. 6–8.

Meilach, Dona Z. Fireplace Accessories. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Publishing Co., 2002. 256 p.

Merriam, George F. Eulogy on Josiah Gardner Davis, D.D., of Amherst, N.H.: given… May 1, 1894 with a tribute to his memory by Rev. Augustus Berry. [s.l.]: [s.n.], 1894. 27 p.

Merriam, Rev. George F., and McGown, Rev. A. J. “In Memory of Edward Dudley Boylston, Amherst, N.H.” Privately Printed, 1895. 24 p.

Michaelis, Ingrid. “Amherst buildings were recently accepted into the National Register of His- toric Places.” The Milford (N.H.) Cabinet and Wilton Journal (Thursday, September 30, 1982), p. 34.

Milbouer, Staci. “Amherst has three villages, personalities.” The Sunday Telegraph, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Sunday, November 29, 1987), pp. F1 & F4.

New Hampshire General Court. The Laws of the State of New-Hampshire, passed at a session of the Honorable General-Court, begun and holden at Amherst, June, 1794. Portsmouth, N.H.: Printed by John Melcher, 1794. 22 p.

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“Open House in Amherst, June 28–29, 1952.” Amherst, N.H.: Town of Amherst, N.H., 1952. (5-fold pamphlet & map.)

Paine, Philbrook. “Amherst Progresses by Going Backwards.” New Hampshire Sunday News (November 11, 1956), p. 15.

Parker, Andrea. “‘It started out charming’: Amherst preserves its colonial appeal.” The Sunday Telegraph, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Sunday, November 29, 1987), pp. 1 & 14.

Parsons, Charles S. The Dunlaps & Their Furniture. Manchester, N.H.: The Currier Gallery of Art, 1970. 310 p.

“Petition of the Inhabitants of Souhegan-West—now Amherst—1747.” Collections of the New- Hampshire Historical Society, Vol. V, Concord, N.H.: Jacob B. Moore, 1837.

Phelps, Janet. “Ballrooms and brickwalks well become Amherst’s historic houses.” The Milford (N.H.) Cabinet and Wilton Journal (Thursday, October 25, 1984), p. 22.

Pillsbury, Albert E. Address on the Centenary Observance of Horace Greeley at Amherst, New Hampshire, February 3, 1911. Boston: Stetson Press, 1911. 23 p.

Ramsdell, George Allen. History of Milford, N.H., 1738–1901. Concord, N.H.: Rumford Press, 1901. 1023 p.

Rantoul, Robert S. (comp.). “The Narrative of Major Thompson Maxwell; Compiled from MSS. in possession of the Institute written out from his dictation, in 1818, by Genl. James Miller and Lieut. Allanson.” Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, Vol. VII, Nos. 1 & 2, Salem, Mass.: Swasey’s Job Office, February/April 1865. pp. 97–116.

“Reports of the Committees Appointed in June, 1810, to Investigate the Situation of the Coos, Cheshire and Hillsborough Banks.” Concord, N.H.: New Hampshire General Court, 1811. 8 p.

Rotch, William B. 150th Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Amherst, N.H., 1760– 1910, Friday, June 17, 1910. Milford, N.H.: W.B. Rotch, 1910. 12 p. (Program guide.)

Rotch, William B. “An Historic Event: One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary of the Town of Am- herst.” The Granite Monthly, Vol. XLII, No. 7 (July 1910), pp. 197–215.

Rotch, William B. Rambles About Amherst. Amherst, N.H.: Farmers’ Cabinet Press, 1890. 70 p.

Rotch, William B. (comp.). Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Incorporation of Am- herst, N.H., June 17, 1910, Including the Proceedings of the Committee, Addresses, and Other Exercises of the Occasion. Amherst, N.H.: W.B. Rotch, 1910. 120 p.

Rowe, Robert H. Colonial Amherst Village, Amherst, N.H. Wallace Press, 1995. 75 p.

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Rowe, Robert H. Quest for Liberty. Portsmouth, N.H.: Peter E. Randall Publisher, 2001. 216 p.

Rowe, Robert H. Walking Tour of Amherst Village, Amherst, N.H. Amherst, N.H.: Robert H. Rowe, 1996. 49 p.

Rowe, Robert H., and Veillette, William P. Amherst Historical Moments. Portsmouth, N.H.: Pe- ter E. Randall Publisher, 2004. 148 p.

Secomb, Daniel F. History of the Town of Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Con- cord, N.H.: Evans, Sleeper & Woodbury, 1883. 978 p.

Semes, Steven W. “Modern Architecture: or, What is a Period Style?” Clem Labine’s Period Homes. Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring 2000. pp. 117–118 and 122.

Sewall, Edmund Q. Sermon on Human Depravity, Delivered in Amherst, N.H., June 25, 1825. Amherst, N.H.: Wells & Seaton, 1825. 34 p.

Shelley, Frederick. Early American Tower Clocks: Surviving American Tower Clocks from 1726 to 1870, with Profiles of All Known American Makers. Columbia, Pa.: National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, 1999. 236 p.

Sherman, Steve. “Our Town: Amherst.” New Hampshire Profiles, Vol. 35, No. 6 (June 1986), pp. 16–20.

Shorey, Seth U. The First Baptist Church of Amherst, New Hampshire—A Narrative Account of Its History, 1828-1982. Amherst, N.H.: S.U. Shorey, 1983. 43 p. (Unpublished typescript.)

Silva, Peggy and Mackin, Robert A. Standards of Mind and Heart: Creating the Good High School. New York: Teachers College Press, 2002. 162 p.

“Simple Elegance.” Colonial Homes, Vol. 17, No. 5 (September/October 1991), pp. 106–109.

Sinnett, Charles Nelson (comp.). Ancestor Hon. Robert Means and Descendants. Carthage, S.D.: typescript, 1928. Caution: This genealogical account of Col. Robert Means and his descendants is full of major errors. One should not rely on any of this information without validating it from a primary source.

Smith, Charles J. History of the Town of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire. Boston: Blanchard Printing Co., 1907. 197 p.

Smith, Charles J. History of Purgatory and the early settlers. [s.l.]: W.B. Rotch, 1890. 8 p.

Smith, Norman W. “The ‘Amherst Bubble,’ Wildcat Banking in Early Nineteenth Century New Hampshire.” Historical New Hampshire (Spring 1965, Vol. XX, No. 1), pp. 27–40

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Spalding, Rebecca Wentworth. Butter Stamps and a Silver Snuffbox. Louisville, KY: The Stand- ard Printing Company, 1940. 35 p.

Speare, Eva A. Colonial Meeting-Houses of New Hampshire. Littleton, N.H.: Courier Printing Co., 1938. 238 p.

Spectator. Succinct Account of the Life and Execution of Daniel Davis Farmer, Who was execut- ed at Amherst, N.H. on Thursday, January 3d, 1822, for the crime of Murder! Amherst, N.H.: s.n., 1822. 1 p.

Staples, Linnea. “Historic Amherst Looks Back on 200 Years: will celebrate anniversary June 25 – 26.” New Hampshire Sunday News (June 19, 1960), p. 13.

Stevens, Austin. “Who Shall Live in Amherst?” Yankee (June 1977). pp. 52–59 and 150–151.

Stimson, Pauline H. “Views and Reviews of Amherst, N.H.” Hampton, N.H.: Pauline H. Stim- son, 1988. 130 p. (Unpublished typescript.)

“The Town Library, Amherst, New Hampshire—Its Birth and Re-birth.” Commemorative book- let issued for the March 9, 1911 reopening of the library following remodeling and enlargement by Mr. James W. Towne. Amherst, N.H.: Town of Amherst, N.H., 1911. 11 p.

Tolles, Bryant F. New Hampshire Architecture: An Illustrated Guide. Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England (for the New Hampshire Historical Society), 1979. 393 p.

Towne, Richard P. Jr., and Thibodeau, Kate N. (ed.) “Nothing But Our Best”: A Holyoke Indus- trialist & His Company. Agawam, Mass.: Printed by Bridgeport National Bindery for Richard P. Towne Jr., 2009. 155 p.

Towne, William B. An Historical Address, Delivered in the Town Hall, at Amherst, January 19, 1874, on the Occasion of the Hundredth Anniversary of the Dedication of the Congregational Meeting-House: being an historical sketch of the territory embraced in the first parish in Mil- ford, an account of the origin of the parish, then a part of Amherst, the organization of the church, and the services of its ministers. Concord, N.H.: Republican Press Association, 1874. 32 p.

Town of Amherst, N.H. Addresses and Proceedings at the Dedication of the Town Library Building, Amherst, N.H. Milford, N.H.: Farmers’ Cabinet Print, 1892. 27 p.

Town of Amherst, N.H. Amherst in the World Wars. Milford, N.H.: The Cabinet Press, 1947. 95 p.

Veillette, William. “Amherst’s ‘Top Ten’” The Amherst Citizen (January 26, 2010), p. 9.

Veillette, William P. The Rehabilitation of the Col. Robert Means Mansion, Amherst, New Hampshire. Amherst, N.H.: William P. Veillette, 2009. 24 p.

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