Category: politics

• Resolved

  

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

  Marek

  23 January, 2016

  1800-1899, 1800s, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history, politics, religion

  1800s, abolition, alcohol, baptist, Milford, prayer, school, slavery, temperance

• “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!

  Marek

  11 November, 2013

  “Live Free or Die”, constitution, elections, guest artist, NH history, politics

  election, Eleri Mai Harris, nh primary, politics, vote

• Colby 16: Visiting Family

  

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

  Marek

  22 January, 2013

  1860s, Bradford, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Henniker, politics, SOURCE=HHS

  abbie piper, bradford, civil war, Freeman Colby, Henniker, henry piper, robert harriman

• Celebration Day – January 8th, 1829 (Henniker)

  

  The people of Henniker party like it’s 1829…

  Marek

  7 January, 2013

  1820s, Franklin Pierce, Henniker, James Miller, music & dance, Peterborough, politics, SOURCE=Cogswell, War of 1812, Warner

  Andrew Jackson, Franklin Pierce, Henniker, James Miller, Judge Darling, Perley Howe, Phineas Campbell

• Historic Handshake (Claremont, 1995)

  

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

  Marek

  30 November, 2012

  1990s, Claremont, politics, SOURCE=roadside markers

  Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich

• 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.)

  Marek

  21 November, 2012

  1860s, charity, Civil War, harvest, Newport, politics, religion, Sarah Josepha Hale

  civil war, Sarah Josepha Hale, Thanksgiving

• 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!

  Marek

  18 November, 2012

  1860s, Civil War, Newport, politics, Sarah Josepha Hale, SOURCE=Library of Congress

  Abraham Lincoln, congress, hale, Lincoln, Sarah Joseph, Thanksgiving

• John Hale Statue (Concord)

  

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

  Marek

  27 October, 2012

  1800-1899, Concord, Dover, NH State House, politics, Rochester, statues

  anti-slavery, civil war, hale, john p. hale, republican, senator

• 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 …

  Marek

  6 October, 2012

  1850s, Civil War, constitution, Daniel Webster, politics

  Daniel Webster, fugitive slave law, secession, senate, slavery, speech, us

• Video: “John Weeks, 1911”

  

  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 congressional…

  Marek

  5 October, 2012

  1910s, constitution, environment, forestry, John Wingate Weeks, Lancaster, legislative branch, mills, politics, video, White Mountains

  1911, congress, forestry, John Weeks, john wingate weeks, law, nh, us, water, watersheds, Weeks Act

• “Your state motto is SO COOL!”

  

  Let’s take a closer look at that little motto on our license plates…

  Marek

  4 October, 2012

  “Live Free or Die”, 1970s, John Stark, NH culture, politics, revolutionary era, SOURCE=NH.gov

  government, John Stark, live free or die, motto, nh, state

• Civic Ignorance (w/ Justice David Souter)

  

  A comics discussion with former Supreme Court Justice David Souter…

  Marek

  29 September, 2012

  2000-2099, Concord, constitution, David Souter, education, NH people, politics

  civic, constitution, david souter, democracy, education, government, ignorance, supreme court

• Daniel Webster, Young & Old

  

  After drawing his statue at the State House, I started reading up on Daniel Webster and became captivated by these two images:   

  Marek

  28 September, 2012

  1830s, 1850s, Daniel Webster, politics

  1835, 1850, Daniel Webster, new hampshire, politics, portraits

• Daniel Webster Statue (Concord)

  

  Sketch of the Daniel Webster statue in front of the NH State House:

  Marek

  14 September, 2012

  Concord, Daniel Webster, NH people, NH State House, politics, statues

  concord, Daniel Webster, history, nh, state house, statue

• The First Voter Check-List (Henniker, 1813)

  

  In 1813, NH tests out a strange new voting procedure: keeping track of voters with an official checklist! 

  Marek

  9 September, 2012

  1810s, elections, Henniker, NH history, politics, SOURCE=Cogswell, sources, stick figures

  checklists, county, democracy, elections, history, local, nh, politics, state, vote, voter registration, voting

• John T. Gilman

  

  Gilman served as governor of NH from 1794-1805, and again from 1813-1816.  The town of Gilmanton is named after his family.  He was governor when the state legislature passed NH’s first mandatory voter check-list law. During the American Revolution he served in the “Minutemen” militia. Drawn from an engraving by Max Rosenthal. [Also see John Taylor Gilman…

  Marek

  5 September, 2012

  1800s, Henniker, NH people, politics

  governor, john gilman, nh, politician

• James Willis Patterson

  

  Drawn from a portrait in the reading room at Tucker Free Library (Henniker, NH): Patterson taught school in New Hampshire, and later served as a Republican member of Congress during the Civil War, where he supported the establishment of Freedmen’s Schools in the South. [Also see James W. Patterson on Wikipedia]

  Marek

  21 August, 2012

  Civil War, education, Freedmen, Henniker, NH people, NH places, politics

  civil war, congress, education, freedmen’s schools, Henniker, James WIllis Patterson, library

• The Weeks Act of 1911

  

  Here’s a comic to celebrate the Weeks Act Centennial, drawn at the intersection of environmental science, government policy, activism, & private industry… ALSO SEE: The Weeks Act Music Video! >> DOWNLOAD: printable 2-page PDF >> ALSO SEE: The Weeks Act Music Video! >> REFERENCE IMAGES: The starting point for my research was the text of the Weeks…

  Marek

  10 August, 2012

  1910s, environment, fish, forestry, John Wingate Weeks, mills, NH history, NH resources & industry, politics, Reference Links, stick figures, tourism, weather, White Mountains

  1911, environment, forests, John Weeks, legislation, mountains, NH resources & industry, Weeks Act