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Merrimack New Hampshire Poet and Author: Hannah Eayrs Barron (1809-1891)

Posted on 7 April, 2014 by Janice Brown

IT IS FIRST RATE TO BE A YANKEE That we are yankees is first rate, And natives of the Granite State; We love this place as well we may, So near the banks of Nashua. By and by comes vacation, … Continue reading →

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Poem: Ghost House, by Robert Frost (1906)

Posted on 31 October, 2013 by Janice Brown

  I Dwell in a lonely house I know That vanished many a summer ago, And left no trace but the cellar walls, And a cellar in which the daylight falls, And the purple-stemmed wild raspberries grow.

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Orford New Hampshire Poet, Musician, and Teacher: Fannie H. (Runnells) Poole (1863-1940)

Posted on 7 July, 2011 by Janice Brown

Fannie Huntington Runnells was born in Orford, New Hampshire in 1863, the daughter of minister-historian, and died in 1940.  Her … Continue reading →

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A New Hampshire Song for the Fourth of July – 1826

Posted on 4 July, 2011 by Janice Brown

Come join the grand Chorus with hearts full of glee,
And drain each a bumper in toasting the free

Let care and … Continue reading →

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Fannie Huntington (Runnells) Poole

Posted on 3 July, 2011 by Janice Brown

Orford New Hampshire Poet, Musician, and Teacher: Fannie H. (Runnells) Poole (1863-1940) SEE ARTICLE Photograph from: New Hampshire women:A collection of portraits and biographical sketches of daughters and residents of the Granite state The New Hampshire publishing co., 1895

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