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A DEFENSE OF THE IRISH: What Has Been Accomplished By the Irish Race

Posted on 16 March, 2021 by Janice Brown

From the National Republican newspaper, Washington CD 24 Feb 1874, page 4; A DEFENCE OF THE IRISH. What Has Been Accomplished By The Irish Race “A LIST OF DISTINGUISHED IRISHMEN–WHAT THE IRISH HAVE DONE FOR AMERICA–WHAT THEY DID FOR AMERICAN … Continue reading →

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100 Years Ago: New Hampshire’s WWI Letters of Death and Heroism

Posted on 24 February, 2017 by Janice Brown

To most people WWI is a just a series of statistics or a list of famous battles. Perhaps you can remember names of a few high ranking officers. It is the men in the trenches (and the women in the … Continue reading →

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Not New Hampshire: Henry Prince Nourse, 4th Great Grandson of Rebecca (Town) Nurse

Posted on 3 September, 2015 by Janice Brown

A handsome young man named Henry Prince Nourse stares out from this lovely tin-type photograph.He was not from New Hampshire, but the pose was charming enough that I bought it, to write about him. “He did not fall far from … Continue reading →

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Predicting Valentine’s Day’s Soft Impeachments

Posted on 14 February, 2011 by Janice Brown

Sometimes, despite the best of efforts, our predictions end up out in the New Hampshire puckerbrush. Early in 1858 the … Continue reading →

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