Bristol, New Hampshire is in the southeast part of Grafton county, having Pemigewasset rivrr on the east, and Smith's river on the south, is thirty miles north from Concord. Bristol originally formed a portion of the territory of Bridgewater and New Chester (now Hill), from which it was set off and incorporated on June 24, 1819. Colonel Peter Sleeper, Benjamin Emmons, and others, began the settlement about the year 1770.
The riverbanks around Bristol, along with providing fertile farmland to support the early settlers, yielded a high-quality clay used in making fine china, pottery and reddish-brown bricks. The clay was similar to that used to create bricks in Bristol, England, hence the name of the town.
Bristol, New Hampshire, 1884
Drawn from imaginary viewpoint above the opposite bank of the Pemigewasset River. The foothills of the White Mountains are visible in the distance.
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Becoming Bristol (New Hampshire Magazine)
Bristol (New Hampshire Historical Society)
Bristol Town Hall (Wikipedia)
Bristol, New Hampshire (Wikipedia)
History of the town of Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire by Richard Watson Musgrove, 1904, (Internet Archive)
History of the town of Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire, Volume I by Richard Watson Musgrove, 1904, (University of New Hampshire)
History of the town of Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire, Volume II by Richard Watson Musgrove, 1904, (University of New Hampshire)
New Hampshire - Town of Bristol in A history and description of New England, general and local by Austin Jacobs Coolidge & John Brainard Mansfield, 1859 (Internet Archive)