All posts tagged "New Castle NH"
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11.4K3New HampshireThe Stone-Throwing Devil of New Castle, N.H.
During the summer of 1682, a stone-throwing devil persecuted a Quaker tavern owner named George Walton in what is now New Castle,...
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25.0K3New HampshireThe Privateer Liverpool Packet, The Evil Genius of Coastal Trade
The privateers that raided shipping off the New England coast in the War of 1812 were the gladiators of their day. Wealth,...
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50.6K4bostonSix Revolutionary Forts
Scattered throughout New England are dozens of revolutionary forts. Some, like Fort Halifax in Maine, date to the French and Indian wars....
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39.1K7ConnecticutSix Revolutionary War Battlefields in New England
Revolutionary War battlefields abound in New England, where, after all, the whole thing began. The patriots fought the British in every colony...
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20.2K18New 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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11.6K3Arts and LeisureFrank Weston Benson, New England Painter of Light
Frank Weston Benson painted everything from duck stamps to Library of Congress murals, but he is most beloved for his sunny outdoor...
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