Category:	Government
		Subject:	Town of Jackson
		Code:	1000
		Item Type	Description
		Document - 1	Tax Assessments for 1813 - Jackson was still called Adams on this date
		Document - 2	"Jackson Civil War Story" account of hoax concerning draft dodgers. Selectmen's records concerning Civil War recruitment from 1863 to 1866.
		Photograph - 3	2 photographs showing flood in March 1953. Moved to Jackson Village Photographs Code #2910 in Photographs Group.
		Article - 4	Account of Town Meeting in Yankee Magazine April 1968
		Article - 5	Series of newspaper articles in "The Reporter" 1916 about daily events in Jackson. Similar article, 1937
		Article - 6	Miscellaneous newspaper articles from 1978, 1992, 1998
		Article - 7	Copy of section on Jackson in "History of Carroll County"
		Document - 8	Annual State Tax Assessment from State of New Hampshire for Jackson for 1885
		Document - 9	License for a pool table; June 1, 1895
		Document - Box	Town Annual Reports - 1895 to 1994 (1897 missing)
		Brochure - 11	Early brochure on places to stay in Jackson
		Brochure - 12	Brochures on real estate developments at Tyrol & Mirror Lake
		Deed - 13	Deeds for sale of land from Trickey Brothers to Town of Jackson; February 12, 1940 & deed for re-sale of same land to previous owners; August 9, 1945
		Article - 14	History of Jackson by C.E. Meserve in "The Idler" July 20, 1880
		Book - 15	Tax Assessments - 1896
		Article - 16	Section on Jackson in "New Hampshire Town Names" book by Elmer Munson Hunt. Includes some information on original land grants, and states that Richard Gridley deserves to be among Jackson's "patron saints". Also information on the changes in name of the Town.
		Document - 17	Excerpt from 1817 "Gazetteer of State of New Hampshire" with description of Adams (now Jackson)
		Photograph - 18	Photographs of attendees at Jackson Sounding Board Meeting - January 1, 1998. Moved to Jackson Village Photographs Code #2910 in Photographs Group.
		Document - 19	Agreement by Selectmen to allow use of Town Hall for "entertainments". Also list of functions from 1801 to 1919
		Book - Box	3 tax books - 1950 & 1951 (located in same box as Town Annual Reports)
		Article - 20	Article in "The Reporter" - April 15, 1981 on town trivia test with 20 questions
		Article - 21	Article in "The Reporter" - March 5, 1980 on talk to Jackson Historical Society by Jacquelyn Jones "Jackson Real Estate - Then and Now"
		Article - 22	Article in "The Reporter" - July 9, 1980 0n July 4th celebrations in Jackson. Names of many citizens mentioned - particularly those of children
		Book - 23	1943 Telephone Directory for Carroll County (including listings for Jackson)
		Article - 24	Article in The Irregular, November 30, 1976 of poem "A Brag on Jackson" written by Rev. Mr. Tarbox in late 19th century. Also shows a photograph of 4 unidentified Jackson children fro same period
		Article - 25	Article in The Reporter October 2, 1985 announcing rejection by Jackson Planning Board of 60 unit condominium development on Spruce Mountain
		Document - shelf	Card file of recorded mortgages - 1841 - 1930
		Document - 26	Copy of Minutes of Town Meetings as recorded in Town Record Books - 1800 - 1920
		Document - 27	Town Treasurer's Receipts for 1894.
	Document - 28	Statement of Fee from Fence Viewers to settle fence dispute. October 5, 1878.
	Document - 29	Letter from the State of New Hampshire to E.T. March, Jackson Selectman, dated January 21, 1930, concerning bounties paid by the State for hedgehogs and bears.
	Deed - 30	Warranty Deed from Holland and Betty Whitney for sale of strips of land to the Town of Jackson known as "Woodpecker Ridge" Road and "Deer Run" Road in Jackson Heights.
	Deed - 31	Deed from Anna M. Pitman dated August 7, 1942 granting to the Town of Jackson the right to cut and maintain a foot path along the easterly side of Pinkham Pasture, or Manson Lot, to a boundary line between the home farms of Bertha Dame and Sarah Ham whose farms border on Dundee Road. Also deeds from Bertha Dame and Sarah Ham for this purpose.
	Deed - 32	Deed for land sold by William W. Trickey & S. Alice Trickey to the Town of Jackson dated December 14, 1939. From description it appears that the 2,750 square feet is the green space between the Grammar School and the Post Office complex where the Jackson Falls House once stood.
	Document - 33	Several letters, receipts, etc. for amounts paid/collected by Henry Meserve, Tax Collector. Various dates in 1881, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1890. Includes copy of American Express "Money by Telegraph" dated November 25, 1886 remitting tax receipts to State Treasure.
	Document - 34	Several "Collectors Sale of Real Estate." Notices for unpaid taxes in 1880, 1886, 1889, 1890.
	Document - 35	"List of Lands Redeemed" from sale of land and buildings for unpaid taxes in 1884. Isaac Samuels land redeemed by Moody Merrill; Chauncey Eaton farm and buildings redeemed by Freeman Mason; ward farm and buildings redeemed by Warren Johnson.
	Document - 36	Alphabetical listing of legal voters of Jackson in 1888 and 1890.
	Document - 37	Letter from Selectmen dated April 3, 2001 thanking Jackson Historical Society for presentation of the Bicentennial quilt made by the members of the Jackson Sewing Club. The quilt is on permanent display in the Town Office.
	Document - 38	Act dated December 4, 1800 approved by State of New Hampshire to incorporate certain locations and state lands in Grafton County into a Town by the name of Adams.
	Document - 39	Act by State of NH June 17, 1806 transferring 300 acres from Town of Adams to Bartlett for schools. Act by State of NH June 22, 1819 transferring 50 acres owned by William Stilphen near the foot of Thorn Mountain transferred from Adams to Bartlett. Act by State of NH July 3, 1822 transferring a tract of land part of farm owned by Nathaniel Carlton near the foot of Thorn Mountain from Bartlett to Adams.
	The Jackson Historical Society will furnish copies of the resource materials available at the cost of reproduction and shipping. If you are interested in the information listed above, please send us your request.
		Jackson Historical Society, PO Box 8, Jackson, NH 03846 Telephone/Fax: 603-383-4060 Questions? E-mail us at: info@JacksonNHhistory.org
History l Resources l Merchandise l Events l Membership l Guestbook l Home