All posts tagged "governor"
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9.8K13New HampshireThe Revolutionary War Veterans Christmas Dinner in New Hampshire
Benjamin Pierce, a war hero and father of future president Franklin Pierce, threw a Christmas dinner for 21 Revolutionary War veterans in 1824....
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17.3K18New 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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13.7K11Arts and LeisureMolly Spotted Elk, From Poverty in Old Town, Maine, to Fame in Paris — and Back
In the fall of 1931, 27-year-old Molly Spotted Elk was far from home and unsure about marrying her French journalist lover. She...
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14.9K8MassachusettsBritish Press Gangs Cause The Boston Riot of 1747
A British naval squadron commander in November 1747 incited the worst Boston riot until violence broke out against the Stamp Act of 1765. Commodore...
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19.1K22New HampshireThe Triumph and Tragedy of Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was elected as the 14th and possibly worst president of the United States on Nov. 2, 1852. During his presidency...
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8.3K7Arts and LeisureMadame Knight Observes the Manners and Customs of Connecticut Colony, 1704
Sarah Kemble Knight, known as Madame Knight, made a long and hard journey from Boston to New Haven in 1704. Along the...
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