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New Hampshire Glossary: Excise

ON EXCISES Excise, a Monster, worse than e’er before Frighted the Midwife, and the Mother tore; A thousands Hands she has, a thousand Eyes, Breaks into Shops and into Cellars pries; With hundred Rows of Teeth the Shark exceeds, And … Continue reading

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New Hampshire Glossary: Constable

constable – in early times, an elected official of a town, with the responsibility of calling (“warning”) town meetings, … Continue reading

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