All posts tagged "Durham NH"
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45.5K6New HampshireWentworth Cheswell, the Black Man Who Rode With Revere
Wentworth Cheswell is considered New Hampshire’s first archaeologist and the first African-American elected to public office in the United States. He also...
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7.7K14Crime and ScandalProfessor Marvin Hewitt Takes a Twisting Journey from Dropout to Imposter to Rocket Scientist
In 1954, University of New Hampshire president Robert Chandler had a problem faculty member. Professor Kenneth Yates was “undoubtedly a brilliant physicist,”...
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16.4K6Arts and LeisurePeyton Place – A Town, Its Scandals and the Woman Who Told the World
The dirty novel Peyton Place landed like a bombshell in 1956, a surprise hit by an unknown author. The critics panned it, the...
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1.2K6MassachusettsAlexander Scammell, the Lovesick Revolutionary War Hero
On a June night in 1777, Gen. Alexander Scammell poured out his heart in a letter to Abigail Bishop of Mistic, Mass....
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14.7K18New HampshireWhen Paul Revere Rode to New Hampshire
On Dec. 13, 1774, Paul Revere rode to Portsmouth, N.H., to warn the redcoats were coming. It was a much less famous...
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3.4K4MassachusettsJohn Sullivan: Too Busy Fighting the Revolution
When the New Hampshire Committee of Safety instructed Gen. John Sullivan to meet with a Capt. Hobb, Sullivan put him off for a week....
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