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A New Hampshire Valentine Warning of 1850

ST. VALENTINE’S–On Thursday, St. Valentine will hold his annual festival. Single ladies and gentlemen may expect the usual quantity of favors, while “the little god Cupid” acts as post-boy. Old bachelors should fortify their bosoms with an extra covering of … Continue reading

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1786 Poem: "The Grumbling Clown"

Beneath an oak a rustick clown
 Lay lounging in the shade,
Complaining loud of Fortune's gifts,
 And call'd her — … Continue reading

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The New Hampshire Gazette: the Oldest Newspaper in America

Portsmouth, the only port worthy of the name on New-Hampshire's eighteen miles of sea-coast, was originally planted as a mercantile … Continue reading

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