Jul 2, 2012 | Walpole As It Was and As It Is
Transcription of the history section from 1724 to 1750 from Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, page 7.
Topics: Introduction—Shad and salmon—Wigwams—Gov. Belcher—John Wentworth—His son Benning—State boundaries—Equivalent lands—Indian fight at Great Meadows—Capture of Nehemiah How—Settlement of John Kilburn and family—Shooting of David Rugg—His Burial—Charters—Settlements of Charlestown, Hinsdale, Chesterfield, Keene and Westmoreland.
Note: This section of the book has opinions that are not shared by the website owner/transcriber, particularly about Native Americans. It is not this sites' intention to offend anyone. This site, however, does not alter the original written words of these old books that are transcribed and presented here.
May 30, 2009 | New Hampshire Women
This is a transcription of the Frances (Bellows) Sanborn biography from New Hampshire Women: A Collection of Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Daughters and Residents of the Granite State, Who are Worthy Representatives of their Sex in the Various Walks and Conditions of Life, The New Hampshire Publishing Co., Concord, NH, 1895, page 231.
Dec 24, 2007 | Walpole As It Was and As It Is
Transcription of the preface from Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, page 3.
Aug 27, 2006 | A Gazetteer of New Hampshire (1855)
This is a transcription of the Walpole, NH description from New Hampshire As It Is by Edwin A. Charlton; Part II: A Gazetteer of New Hampshire by George Ticknor, Tracy and Sanford Publishers, Claremont, N. H., 1855.
Aug 27, 2006 | A Gazetteer of New Hampshire (1849)
This is a transcription of the Walpole, NH addition from A Gazetteer of New Hampshire Containing Descriptions of all the Counties, Towns and Districts in the State by John Hayward, John P. Jewett (publisher), Boston, 1849.
