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Tag Archives: office
Merrimack New Hampshire Post Office History and Its First Woman Postmaster.
New Hampshire has a long and interesting post office history dating back to 1673. This story is specific to the area that is now the town of Merrimack in Hillsborough County. For New Hampshire’s early post office and post road … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged Asaph, Evans, first, Hampshire, Harriet Lewis, Hattie A Evans, master, Merrimack, new, NH, office, Post, postmaster, South, South Merrimack, woman
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Some Descendants of Newmarket New Hampshire Black Patriot: Wentworth Cheswell (1746-1817)
I am not the first to write about a remarkable man–Wentworth Cheswell of Newmarket New Hampshire. Many have sung his praises and brought to light his many “firsts” in New Hampshire. His grandfather, and earliest known ancestor, Richard Cheswell, was … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Men, NH Persons of Color
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August 2020: Celebrating a Women’s Suffrage Anniversary in New Hampshire
A special celebration of suffrage is approaching (actually two)! One hundred years ago, on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to vote was finally ratified (meaning resolutions were passed by the required 36 State legislatures … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged 100, 100 years, anniversary, celebration, Equal, Hampshire, new, New Hampshire, NH, office, public, suffrage, suffragist, vote, woman, women
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The Hammond Family and Their Home in Nashua, New Hampshire
Usually the photograph of a human face spurs me to write a story, but in this case it was one of an ivy covered building. The Ebay description hinted that it might be located in Nashua, New Hampshire, for that … Continue reading
New Hampshire’s Post Road and Post Office History
Today much of our communication is transmitted electronically. It was only a few decades ago that all of our correspondence, documents, and bills were delivered by human hand to our doorsteps. In colonial America, post roads influenced what people knew … Continue reading
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Tagged Hampshire, mail, master, new, New Hampshire, NH, office, Post, post road, postal, postmaster, road, United States, US
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