Spaulding’s “Giant Mountaineer”…
Category Archives: 1700-1799
NH Constitution Article 10: Right of Revolution.
“The people MAY and of right OUGHT TO…”
NH Constitution Article 9: No Hereditary Office or Place
Free elections, not family dynasties!
NH Constitution Article 8: Accountability of Magistrates & Officers; Public’s Right to Know.
Open, accessible government, for the people…
NH Constitution Article 7: State Sovereignty.
State’s rights, reserved for the people of NH…
NH Constitution Article 2: Natural Rights
Life, liberty, property, happiness… This article has it all.
NH Constitution Article 1: Equality of People; Origin & Object of Government
“All [people] are born equally FREE and INDEPENDENT…”
Clean Living
The musical history of NH’s famous Singing Hutchinsons runs deep… and complicated:
Early Amusements (Peterborough, c.1750)
Some examples of “early amusements” from Smith’s History of Peterborough (1876):
First Clock in Town (Peterborough) (GUEST POST)
Guest artist Chris depicts the arrival of new technology around 1765-1770, thanks to the efforts of Mrs. William Smith:
An Interview with the Devil (Peterborough) (GUEST POST)
Guest artist Malcolm (of Dublin, NH) dramatizes of an old supernatural fiddler legend from Peterborough…
Fake Raid (Peterborough, 1754) (GUEST POST)
Peterborough resident Liam draws a practical joke from the French-Indian War era:
