Excerpt from Semi-Centennial of the City of Manchester: New Hampshire, September 6, 7, 8, 9; 1896
Manchester, as a city, came into existence in a year of great excitement and unrest. War with Mexico had been declared, and Palo Alto and Resaca tie la Palma had already been fought, while the echoes of the cannon of Monterey furnished the grim accompaniment to the first session of its councils. In our own state, factional discord was at its worst, and Anthony Colby, failing of election by the people, had been chosen governor by the legislature, through a coalition of the Whigs and Free Soilers. At the March town meeting of that year, 1846, Manchester having then a population of more than 10,000, and being entitled to eight representatives in the general court, a committee was chosen to petition the legislature for a city charter. This committee consisted of David Gillis, Samuel D. Bell, Isaac Riddle, William C. Clarke, John A. Burnham, Luther Farley, and Walter French.
The legislature assembled in Concord on Wednesday, June 3, 1846. Manchester's representatives in the house were Herman Foster, Jacob F. James, J. W. Mowry, Ira W. Moore, Daniel Clark. Daniel Savage, Ebon C. Foster, and Edwin Baldwin. Of the twelve senatorial districts into which the state was then divided, only five had chosen senators by popular vote. The legislature, in joint convention, filled the vacancy in district No. 3 by the election of James U. Parker of Manchester, brother of Nathan Parker, and with him the founder of the Manchester bank. Mr. Parker was subsequently elected president of the senate. John P. Hale was chosen speaker of the house. It was not until Friday, June 5, that Janies U. Parker, in convention, declared His Excellency Anthony Colby governor of the state of New Hampshire for the ensuing year, and Governor Cothy delivered his inaugural address, in which he devoted thirty lines to the question of slavery, and ten lines to the war with Mexico. Men afterwards conspicuous in New Hampshire history were members of the house that year. There were John P. Hale, the speaker: Daniel M. Christie, chairman of the judiciary committee: Daniel Clark, chairman of committee on agriculture and manufactures; George W. Nesmith, chairman of committee on incorporations; Oilman Marston, chairman of bills on second reading; George G. Fogg, Ruel Durkee, Aaron F. Sawyer, and others who later figured in war or peace.
On Tuesday, June 9, 1816, Daniel Clark of Manchester presented the petition of "the town of Manchester" for a city charter. No such petition had ever before been presented in a New Hampshire legislature. It was ordered that it be referred to the committee on towns and parishes.
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