AQS257132 Fireman\'s Muster, Merrimack Square, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1859 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: in September of 1859, a firemen\'s muster was held in Manchester, the purpose of which was the see which handtub could shoot a stream of water the longest distance; the muster held on Merrimack common brought over 2,500 visiting firemen into the city; the festivities resulted in one of the most violent riots in Manchester\'s history, starting as an altercation between a gambling house proprietor and a visiting fireman it soon escalated into a riot; several gambling houses were destroyed in a nightlong brawl;); 穢 Courtesy, American Antiquarian Society ; American, out of copyright.