When History Gets Ugly One of the appeasing themes you hear lately in discussion of middle eastern troubles has been the notion that if we just didn’t involve ourselves in Israel’s defense, or foreign policy, we would have peace with the Islamic world. As a student of history, I always have to chuckle whenever anyone […]

News from the New Hampshire Gazette, 1771 Editorial: Only Religious Men Should Hold Office Portsmouth, NH, March 29, 1771: “..Good Rulers are the great Axis on which the Happiness of a People turns, and the only Way to have such, is for every one to use his influence to promote Men of Merit, and generously […]

December, 1770: New Hampshire hears the final word on the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.   They are largely acquitted of the crime. January 1771 Governor Wentworth publishes reward for turning in deserted sailors, (40 shillings a piece) January 11, 1771: in Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1000 men show up for a militia muster. January 11, […]

  I’m trying to get a sense of what a New Hampshire Thanksgiving might have looked like in November of 1770.  Bear in mind, how particular I am about the date itself.  1770.   There’s a tendency to lump “the colonies” into a big basket containing everything from Jamestown in 1607 to the conclusion of […]

A Native Californian here again, pondering a New Hampshire winter and wondering how far horseback travel might take you during the winter.   Matthew Patten, the justice of the peace for Bedford, NH recorded his several different journeys during the month.  The center circle has a very rough one mile radius, the next a 4 […]

Hi, folks.  James Riley here.   I wrote, directed, and acted in “Courage, New Hampshire,” and on behalf of the whole Courage, New Hampshire family (literally hundreds of people help make these episodes), I need to spend some time selling, so pay heed and spread the word. Reason #1 for buying Courage right now: IT […]

Counterfeiter hanged! Burglar spared with a branding! In this sneak preview of Episode 2 Andrew Breitbart makes his big screen debut as the High Sheriff in 1770 Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

A summary of major stories from the New Hampshire Gazette London: A reprint of his majesty’s speech to both houses of parliament dated November 13, 1770.   While hoping to avoid war, the action of the governor of “Buenos Ayres” (sic) in seizing English possessions in the Falkland Islands required the King to petition the […]

New York: Jan 3, 1771 (More rumors of war being inevitable) London:  a report from Constantinople regarding the campaign appointments of the Grand Signior, the first Turkish emperor to lead an army since the time of Solyman the Magnificent.   The imperial train is meant to match his title, for he considers himself the master of […]