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Tag Archives: magician
The Celebrated Ventriloquist and Professor of Legerdemain & Namesake of Potter Place, New Hampshire: Richard Potter (1783-1835)
I was reading a 1968 article in the Nashua Telegraph about how Potter Place, New Hampshire is reportedly haunted. I suppose anywhere mankind has lived and died is haunted–Potter Place not less so. Besides, the official New Hampshire state marker … Continue reading
Posted in Haunted New Hampshire, History, N.H. Historical Markers, R.I.P, Travel
Tagged black, black art, buried, cemetery, conjure, dark arts, first, ghost, grave, Harris, haunt, haunted, illusion, legerdemain, magician, mesmerism, mesmerist, mulatto, necromancer, perform, performance, performer, Potter, Potter Place, Richard, Sally, stage, throw, tricks, ventriloquism, ventriloquist, voice
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2016 Black History Month in New Hampshire
Today New Hampshire’s population is 93% white with African-Americans making up about 1.4% of residents (the rest being Hispanic and Asian). In the early years of the New Hampshire colony, and throughout our State’s history, the number of non-Caucasian residents … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women
Tagged black, black state, Bloemen, candidate, color, Congress, Cunningham, first, free, Greenville, Hampshire, Henry, history, Hudson, James, Johnson, Lawrence, magician, month, negro, new, New Hampshire, NH, opera, people, Portsmouth, representative, Richardson, runaway, singer, slave, Trail, Valerie, Vanessa, Washington
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