CONCORD, the capital of the state of New Hampshire,
North America, stands on both sides of the Merrimac river,
here crossed by several handsome bridges, 64 miles N.N.W.
of Boston. It is connected by railways with Boston,
Montreal, and other places; and has several large cotton
factories, paper mills, potteries, and a variety of other in-
dustrial establishments. Its neighbourhood abounds in
granite, which is exported. The state house is a hand-
some building of hewn granite. Pop. (1840) 4897; (1850)
5884.