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Tag Archives: New Hampshire
Likeness: Franklin Pierce
Posted in History
Tagged 14th, fourteenth, Franklin Pierce, likeness, New Hampshire, NH, President
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Celebrating New Hampshire Women Through History
In March of 2006, I wrote my first blog article specifically about women, named “New Hampshire Women in History,” and five years later…. Continue reading
Posted in Carnivals and Memes, New Hampshire Women
Tagged celebrate, genealogy, Hampshire, history, include, new, New Hampshire, NH, research, woman, women
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Predicting Valentine’s Day’s Soft Impeachments
Sometimes, despite the best of efforts, our predictions end up out in the New Hampshire puckerbrush. Early in 1858 the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Humor
Tagged card, impeachment, letter, love, New Hampshire, soft, valentine
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New Hampshire’s First Valentine: Valentine Hill of Oyster River (c1603-c1661)
New Hampshire's First Valentine has nothing to do with greeting cards, candy, or heart-shaped tokens.

Rather, the first Valentine within … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, New Hampshire Men
Tagged first, Hill, man, New Hampshire, Oyster River, valentine, Valentine Hill
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1889: When Concord New Hampshire First Feted the Bard
Shakespeare's Birthday in Concord N.H –For the first time in the history of the capital of New Hampshire the 23d … Continue reading
Posted in History, Poetry
Tagged celebration, Concord, New Hampshire, Shakespeare, William
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