The Details
Posted on July 25, 2011 by James RileyOver on Facebook Group page for Courage, Paul W. Pyle aks: I was wondering about the process you use in gathering historical facts when you start creating a great movie such as this. How you get the idea of the basic historical location and so on. Over the years, we’ve collected quite a few primary […]Continue Reading »
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When Evil Wears Good Manners
Posted on July 6, 2011 by James RileyIf Courage, New Hampshire, were, well, Courage, Virginia, we might have a more flamboyant royal governor for the show, but this being New Hampshire in 1770, we have one John Wentworth (right) to study, and he’s just that — an interesting study. The enemies of the Wentworth family, in New Hampshire, called his extended kin “The […]Continue Reading »
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Heah, New England is our franchise..
Posted on June 26, 2011 by James RileyJust one of the many indications of British troops deserting to New Hampshire. You think they hung out in Portsmouth, next to the rest of the regiment? Hmmm… New Hampshire Gazette, May 5, 1769. (Click Graphic for a larger version of the image.) The dirty little secret about a few history lovers is that they treat their […]Continue Reading »
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New Hampshire News — June 15, 1770
Posted on May 31, 2011 by James RileyEnglish Race Horse Available for Breeding “Scrip,” a beautiful brown bay horse, imported from England and the winner of many matches, has been sent to improve the horse stock of New England, and is now available for a stud fee of six shillings. No mare under fourteen hands will be admitted. He is capable of […]Continue Reading »
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An ‘Encouraging’ Dose of Tar and Feather
Posted on May 24, 2011 by James Riley‘Community’ may be many things to many people, but for most of the industrial era, at least, it hasn’t had much to do with seeking justice. The days of the sheriff calling out the posse and deputizing every honest man in the neighborhood have morphed into ‘community watch’ programs, where people just peer out their windows and call […]Continue Reading »
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“So Spirited A People as the Americans” New Hampshire June 1770
Posted on May 23, 2011 by James RileyTaking note of what the good citizens of New Hampshire were reading in the summer of 1770. The Boston Massacre On June 29, 1770, the New Hampshire Gazette reported that London papers had just arrived in Boston. The news of the Boston Massacre arrived in England on the 22nd of April, (48 days after the event). In response […]Continue Reading »
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