Excerpt from Manual of the Congregational Church, in Newport, N. H: Organized Oct. 28, 1779 Nov. 23, 1836, the church Voted that the pastor and deacons be authorized to lease to school district No. 2 a piece of ground on the meeting-house lot as a site for a school-house, on condition that said district grant them the use of the upper room to be occupied as a ves try and a school room for young ladies, should it he wanted for such a purpose. The building was erected the following year, but was destroyed by fire March 3, 1843. A vestry was built the following year on the site of the present parsonage, by private subscriptions. This was sold in 1872, and now stands at the lower end of South Main street, having been converted into a dwelling house. The present chapel was erected in 1872 at an expense of more than $6000. The proceeds from the sale of the former vestry and the first parsonage were applied toward its cost, about $800 was raised by subscription and otherwise, and the balance was the generous gift of Dea. Dexter Richards. The first parsonage was the house now owned and occupied by Silas S. Booth. It was built in 1852 by Daniel W. Wilcox and F ran cis W. Comstock, and leased by them to the pastor, Rev. Mr. Cum mings. Apr. 1, 1865, the church and society completed paying for it, and obtained a deed of the property. It was sold in 1872. The present parsonage was built by subscription in 1877, at an ex pense of $3500. 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.