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John Adams [Video]

James Riley — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 23:55:50 +0000

This is the chatty, gossipy, dismissive side of our 2nd president. You’re going to love hearing what he has to say about the John Green family of Stafford Springs, Connecticut. People pick on John Adams, but he didn’t spring ex nihilo out of the New England mist. America was built, in large part, on the Puritan […]

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A Different Kind of People..

James Riley — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:26:25 +0000

When we look back on the great accomplishments of the late 18th century — embattled farmers standing their ground at Lexington and Concord, the timeless language of the Declaration, the homage the centuries have paid to the Bill of Rights — we tend to see the victories and not the character of the people who […]

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Courage, New Hampshire – The Major Events of 1771

James Riley — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:59:56 +0000

The year 1771 broke upon New Hampshire with international rumors of a possible war with Spain and her ally, France, over the Falkland Islands. The British army and navy continued to have trouble with desertion and 40 shilling rewards were being posted for the return of British sailors to their ships. Governor Wentworth began cracking […]

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It’s a Hot Day — Don’t Drink the Water!

James Riley — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:36:33 +0000

Editor’s Note: perhaps a student of medicine might tell us what was happening in the late New England summer of 1771. We’re thinking the water is getting a bum rap. Re-printed from the New Hampshire Gazette August 16, 1771 Boston, August 8, 1771: The extreme heat has continued longer this season than has ever […]

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The Travels of Matthew Patten, January 1771

James Riley — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:01:36 +0000

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 […]

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The Winter of 1771

James Riley — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:25:49 +0000

January 4, 1771 New Hampshire Gazette As we proceed to the winter of 1771, we’ll be making notes on how the region’s primary newspaper, The New Hampshire Gazette, reported the local and international news. An anonymous writer, who describes himself as “A Member of Dartmouth College” writes a page long poem of praise to Governor […]

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