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The Details

James Riley — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:03:15 +0000

Over 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 […]

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When Evil Wears Good Manners

James Riley — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:35:47 +0000

If 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 […]

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Heah, New England is our franchise..

James Riley — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:14:55 +0000

Just 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 […]

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New Hampshire News — June 15, 1770

James Riley — Tue, 31 May 2011 18:54:11 +0000

English 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 […]

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An ‘Encouraging’ Dose of Tar and Feather

James Riley — Tue, 24 May 2011 18:36:46 +0000

‘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 […]

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“So Spirited A People as the Americans” New Hampshire June 1770

James Riley — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:50:29 +0000

Taking 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 […]

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