Walpole N.H. from 1724 to 1750

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.  

Laura (Wentworth) Fowler

Sep 20, 2006 | New Hampshire Women

This is a transcription of the Laura (Wentworth) Fowler of Somersworth, NH and Boston, Mass. 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 163.

Preface

Aug 20, 2006 | The History of Canaan, New Hampshire

This contains a transcription of the preface from The History of Canaan, New Hampshire by William Allen Wallace, edited by James Burns Wallace, Concord, N.H.: The Rumford Press, 1910.

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