Editing Temple, New Hampshire (section)

== History ==
The area was first called "Peterborough Slip", which included what is now the town of [[Sharon, New Hampshire|Sharon]]. In 1758, Maj. Ephraim Heald and his wife Sarah, along with his brother Deacon Peter Heald and Oliver Heald, a cousin, were among the first settlers. Peter Heald is generally considered to be the founder of Temple, and his child, Peter, was the first male child born in the town.<ref>Blood, Henry Ames. ''The History of Temple, New Hampshire,'' p. 7, Geo. C. Rand & Avery, 1860.</ref><ref>Stager, Helen, and Stager, Evelyn. ''A Family Odyssey,'' pp. 343-4, Nicollet Press, Inc., Pipestone, MN, 1983.</ref> In 1768, it was incorporated by colonial Governor [[Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet|John Wentworth]], who named it after his lieutenant governor, [[John Temple (diplomat)|John Temple]].<ref>[http://www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/cp/profiles-htm/temple.htm New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile]</ref>  Peter Felt, from Lynn, Massachusetts, arrived with his wife Lucy Andrews, of Concord, Massachusetts, in 1769. Temple [[Glassworks]] was founded in 1780 by Robert Hewes of [[Boston]]. Although the company is long defunct, surviving examples of Temple glass are today rare and prized collectibles. By 1859, Temple had a population of 579, with two [[sawmill]]s, one [[gristmill]], and a [[tannery]].<ref name="Coolidge">{{Cite book| last = Coolidge| first = Austin J.| author2=John B. Mansfield| title = A History and Description of New England| year = 1859| location = Boston, Massachusetts| pages = 664| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OcoMAAAAYAAJ&q=coolidge%20mansfield%20history%20description%20new%20england%201859&pg=PA664}}</ref>  The town of [[Temple, Maine]] was named after Temple, NH.<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile for Temple, Maine|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2374|access-date=April 18, 2010|publisher=[[ePodunk]]}}</ref>

Terrain is generally uneven and rocky. It is also elevated, commanding distant views to the east and south.<ref name="Coolidge"/> As John Farmer and Jacob Bailey Moore wrote in 1823, "From the highest point of elevation, twenty [[meetinghouse]]s may be seen when the atmosphere is clear."<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/collectionstopog03moor/collectionstopog03moor_djvu.txt John Farmer and Jacob Bailey Moore, editors; ''Collections, Topographical, Historical and Biographical, Relating Principally to New Hampshire''; Volumes 1-3; 1823]</ref>

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File:TempleNH CongregationalChurch.jpg|Congregational Church
File:Cemetery in Temple, New Hampshire.jpg|Cemetery gate
File:TempleNH BirchwoodInn.jpg|Birchwood Inn
File:Pack Monadnock.jpg|View from Temple Mountain
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