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Category Archives: NH history

NH Constitution Article 7: State Sovereignty.

State’s rights, reserved for the people of NH…

Posted byMarek16 June, 201620 June, 2016Posted in1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.govTags:constitution, nh, rights, state1 Comment on NH Constitution Article 7: State Sovereignty.

Pitch Pine

Brother John digs deep in search of light, and Brother Asa gets the axe … << BEFORE: Candles from hogs …

Posted byMarek24 March, 2016Posted in1800-1899, 1820s, farms, forestry, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH historyTags:amputation, Asa Hutchinson, Ben Hutchinson, candles, John Hutchinson, pineLeave a comment on Pitch Pine

NH Constitution Article 6: Morality and Piety.

This one explains why public schools and other state institutions don’t celebrate any one religion’s holidays

Posted byMarek17 March, 201621 June, 2016Posted in1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, religion, SOURCE=NH.govTags:constitution, morality, nh, religion, rightsLeave a comment on NH Constitution Article 6: Morality and Piety.

NH Constitution Article 5: Religious Freedom Recognized.

A logical extension of freedom of conscience.

Posted byMarek14 March, 201622 March, 2016Posted in1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, religion, SOURCE=NH.govTags:constitution, god, nh, religion, rights, state government1 Comment on NH Constitution Article 5: Religious Freedom Recognized.

NH Constitution Article 4: Rights of Conscience Unalienable

Some rights you just can’t give away.

Posted byMarek13 March, 201622 March, 2016Posted in1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.govTags:conscience, constitution, nh, rights, state governmentLeave a comment on NH Constitution Article 4: Rights of Conscience Unalienable

NH Constitution Article 3: Society, its Organization and Purposes

Balancing NATURAL RIGHTS with the compromises and exchanges of SOCIETY…

Posted byMarek9 March, 201622 March, 2016Posted in1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.govTags:constitution, feature, nh, rights, society, state governmentLeave a comment on NH Constitution Article 3: Society, its Organization and Purposes

Colby 116: Patient Patient

Newton’s story, continued …

Posted byMarek8 March, 20168 March, 2016Posted in1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHSTags:Henniker, hospital, newton colby, Parker Richardson, Thompson, washingtonLeave a comment on Colby 116: Patient Patient

NH Constitution Article 2a: The Bearing of Arms

This one’s short and to the point.

Posted byMarek7 March, 20169 March, 2016Posted in1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.govTags:arms, constitution, feature, nh, rights, state governmentLeave a comment on NH Constitution Article 2a: The Bearing of Arms

NH Constitution Article 2: Natural Rights

Life, liberty, property, happiness… This article has it all.

Posted byMarek1 March, 20167 March, 2016Posted in1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.govTags:constitution, happiness, liberty, nh, property, rights, state government1 Comment on NH Constitution Article 2: Natural Rights

NH Constitution Article 1: Equality of People; Origin & Object of Government

“All [people] are born equally FREE and INDEPENDENT…”

Posted byMarek29 February, 20167 March, 2016Posted in1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.govTags:constitution, equality, feature, freedom, nh, rights, state governmentLeave a comment on NH Constitution Article 1: Equality of People; Origin & Object of Government

Illumination

Whale oil or hog fat? The sustainable energy debate of the 1820s…

Posted byMarek24 February, 201618 October, 2018Posted in1800-1899, 1820s, farms, Hutchinson Family, Hutchinson Family Singers, Milford, NH history, pigsTags:candles, David Hutchinson, John Hutchinson, Noah Hutchinson, pig, polly hutchinson, Rhoda Hutchinson, whaleLeave a comment on Illumination

Colby & Bacon on a Night March

The officers, no doubt, feel a certain urgency …

Posted byMarek12 February, 201612 February, 2016Posted in1800-1899, 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, hiking, NH historyTags:antietam, civil war, coffee, Freeman Colby, jonas bacon, sugar, walking, washingtonLeave a comment on Colby & Bacon on a Night March

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