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Early 19th century Baptist activism, hosted at the old district two school house …

“Vote First Or Die” by Eleri Mai Harris (GUEST POST)

Guest artist ELERI MAI HARRIS presents this outsider’s view of the long-running political phenomenon that is New Hampshire!

Colby 16: Visiting Family

1862: Colby talks politics with various branches of the family during his week at home…

Celebration Day – January 8th, 1829 (Henniker)

The people of Henniker party like it’s 1829…

Historic Handshake (Claremont, 1995)

In a way, this might be one of NH’s strangest Highway Historical Markers…

Sarah Josepha Hale on Thanksgiving (1864)

Hale reflects on the national holiday she helped create in the midst of Civil War. (Note her “peculiarly” 19th century conceptions of politics, gender, charity, & religion.)

Letter to Lincoln (1863)

Newport native Sarah Josepha Hale appeals to President Lincoln in the midst of the Civil War, and instigates an official national holiday!

John Hale Statue (Concord)

John P. Hale was a radical anti-slavery Republican during the Civil War.

Daniel Webster on Slavery, the Constitution, and Secession

A career-defining speech on slavery and the constitution, given by NH native Daniel Webster to the US Senate on 7 March, 1850 …

A sing-along music video based on the landmark Weeks Act of 1911… ALSO SEE: The Weeks Act Comic! >> DOWNLOAD:Printable 2-page PDF 2-page JPG version: SOURCE MATERIALS: Here are some of the primary sources that helped make this song & comic possible: The Weeks Act itself = I looked up the pages from the 1911 congressionalContinue reading “Video: “John Weeks, 1911””