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He Made "New Hampshire Beautiful:" Rev. Wallace W. Nutting, D.D. (1861-1941)

Posted on 24 April, 2008 by Janice Brown

“The people of New Hampshire possess greater breadth of view and broader sympathy than most other rural people, owing to their contact for generations with the world at large as it comes

Rev. Wallace W. Nutting, D.D. (1861-1941)

Rev. Wallace W. Nutting, D.D. (1861-1941). Photograph from “Nutting Genealogy: A Record of Some Descendants of John Nutting of Groton Massachusetts,” by John Keep Nutting, 1908, C.W. Bardeen Publisher, Syracuse, N.Y., page 166

to visit them….To live in New Hampshire and not to breathe deeply, think strongly, love truly, is a crime against the landscape. For ever, amid the glories of the outer world, we look for stronger men and fairer women, for growth and power and invention and dignity in character of the people, and we do not look in vain.” Continue reading →

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The American Winston Churchill (1871-1947)

Posted on 16 February, 2008 by Janice Brown

Winston Churchill was born 10 November 1871 in St. Louis, Missouri

and died in 1947 in Winter Park, Florida.  He … Continue reading →

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Milford New Hampshire Black Novelist and Spiritualist: Harriet "Hattie" E. (Green) Adams Wilson Robinson (1825-1900)

Posted on 2 June, 2007 by Janice Brown

Harriet “Hattie” E. (Green) Adams is believed to have been born on March 15, 1825(?), possibly in Milford, New Hampshire. … Continue reading →

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Newport New Hampshire Milliner, Author, Poet, Editor and "Mother of Thanksgiving": Sarah Josepha (Buell) Hale (1788-1879)

Posted on 1 May, 2007 by Janice Brown

Born Sarah Josepha Buell, on a farm in the small town of Newport New Hampshire, she had a limited … Continue reading →

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Dunbarton New Hampshire’s Statistician, Educator, Economist, U.S. Commissioner of Labor: Carroll Davidson Wright, A.M., Ph.D., LL.D. (1840-1909)

Posted on 22 March, 2007 by Janice Brown

Carroll Davidson Wright, was born in Dunbarton NH, in 1840, the son of a Universalist minister.

From lowly means he … Continue reading →

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