Author: Charles Henry BellPublisher:
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Category : Exeter (N.H.)
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Exeter in 1776
Author: Charles Henry BellPublisher:
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Category : Exeter (N.H.)
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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THE NEW - ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER
Author: Report of the State Librarian to the New Hampshire Legislature
Author: New Hampshire State LibrarianPublisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Report of the State Librarian to the New Hampshire Legislature
Author: New Hampshire State LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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A List of Books and Pamphlets in the Dover Public Library Relating to New Hampshire
Author: Dover Public Library (Dover, N.H.)Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The Bibliographer's Manual of American History: M-Q. nos. 3104-4527. 1908
Author: Stanislaus Vincent HenkelsPublisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Exeter in 1776
Author: UNKNOWN. AUTHORPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781331428916
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Excerpt from Exeter in 1776: Sketches of an Old New Hampshire Town as It Was a Hundred Years Ago, Prepared for the Ladies' Centennial Levee Held in Exeter, Feb, 22, 1876 Exeter then became, and remained for many years, the capital of the province, and state. The Legislature held its sessions here, and during its adjournments, the Committee of Safety took its place, and exercised its functions. The courts were again established here, and the town became practically the headquarters of all military undertakings, in which New Hampshire was concerned. And here on the fifth day of January, 1776, was adopted and put in operation the First Written Constitution for popular government, of the Revolutionary period. The honor of taking the lead of her sister colonies in this momentous new departure be longs to New Hampshire, and Exeter may well be proud to have been the scene of an occurrence so interesting and so memorable. The structure in our town which has perhaps retained its old-time appearance most perfectly for the past century, is the powder-house, situated on the point near the river on the east side. It was built about 1760, and has apparently um dergone little repair since that time. It probably first held military stores destined for the French and Indian war, which, however, terminated before they could have been much needed. A few years later it was opened, no doubt, to receive a part of the powder captured by the provincials in the raid, under Sullivan, upon Fort William and Mary in Portsmouth harbor, in December, 1774. But as powder without ball hardly met the requirements of the times, the select men of Exeter purchased lead for the town stock from John Emery, and sent for a further supply to Portsmouth by Theodore Carlton employed Thomas Gilman to run it into bullets, and finally stored the leaden' missiles in a chest, which Peter Folsom made for the purpose, at the cost of three and sixpence. The ammunition was dealt out from time to time to other places which stood in greater need, very sparingly though; for notwithstanding Exeter had a powder mill in 1776, the explosive dust was too precious to he wasted, through a large part of the Revolutionary war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Author: Exeter in 1776. Sketches of an Old New Hampshire Town as It Was a Hundred Years Ago. Prepared for the Ladies Centennial Levee Held in Exeter, Feb. 22, 1876
Author: Charles Henry] 1823-1893 [From [BellPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781359509611
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Dover Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Classified
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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