Editing Marlow, New Hampshire (section)

==History==
The town was first granted in 1753 by [[British North America|colonial]] Governor [[Benning Wentworth]] as "Addison", after [[Joseph Addison]], writer and for a time under-[[secretary of state]] for England. Addison had signed the appointment papers making the governor's father, [[John Wentworth (lieutenant governor, born 1671)|John Wentworth]], lieutenant-governor of New Hampshire in 1717. As a result of the [[French and Indian War]], few original grantees settled here, so it was regranted on October 7, 1761, to William Noyes and 69 others, the majority from [[Lyme, Connecticut]]. The town was named after [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire|Marlow, England]], located on the [[River Thames]] in [[Buckinghamshire]].<ref name=Coolidge>{{Cite book  | last = Coolidge  | first = Austin J.|author2=John B. Mansfield  | title = A History and Description of New England| publisher = A.J. Coolidge  | year = 1859| location = Boston, Massachusetts| pages = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ/page/n614 573]–574| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ| quote = coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859.  }}</ref>

Marlow bears many marks of [[glacial]] action, and minerals are still found here. A [[woodworking]] industry once used the [[water power]] of the [[Ashuelot River]] to produce tools, furniture and wooden buckets from lumber cut nearby. By 1859, when the population was 708, there were seven [[sawmill]]s, a [[gristmill]], a [[carriage]] shop, a [[tin]] shop, and two [[Tanning (leather)|tanneries]]. Although the town's undulating surface is somewhat rocky, farmers produced hay, grain and vegetables.<ref name="Coolidge"/>

Marlow was the original home of [[PC Connection]], now just called 'Connection'.