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Although no Civil War battle was fought in New Hampshire, the stage was set here.Throughout the 1840s and 1850s, New Hampshire politicians were split over the issue of slavery. Disagreements between Franklin Pierce and John P. Hale, the first...

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Ashley Miller shares this month’s story with ConcordTV. Watch the episode on YouTube.Every March, citizens from towns throughout New Hampshire gather for Town Meeting day. They discuss issues, raise warrants, and some even eat cake.The practice of...

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Ashley Miller shares this month’s story with ConcordTV. Watch the episode on YouTube.One of the most famed naval battles of the Civil War involved a ship created in, and named for, the Granite State.The USS Kearsarge was built in the Portsmouth Naval...

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Tensions were high in colonial New Hampshire. A Portsmouth mob had forced the resignation of a British tax collector, the Townsend Acts were being debated among the colonies, disputes over New England timber were coming to a head, and discussions of...

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Ashley Miller shares this month’s story with ConcordTV. Watch the episode on YouTube.Among the first acts of the American Revolution, the Raid on Fort William and Mary was a pivotal moment for the patriot cause. In the wake of the September 1774...

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(Ashley Miller shares this month’s story with ConcordTV. Watch the episode on YouTube.)The spring and summer of 1776 were tumultuous: the British forces occupied New York City by late August, the Great Fire broke out in Manhattan with both British and...

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(Ashley Miller shares this month’s story with ConcordTV. Watch the episode on YouTube.)In the research room of the New Hampshire State Archives, patrons are greeted by the towering sight of William Plumer, accompanying an 1806 quote: “I have rescued...

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In the New Hampshire State Archives, two copper plates tell the story of a struggle for dominance between two European superpowers. Seldom discussed, King George’s War involved much of New England. The war primarily took place in the British provinces...

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Ashley Miller shares this month’s story with ConcordTV. Watch the episode on YouTube.Upon a visit to the capital, passersby are greeted by the prominent figure of Rochester, New Hampshire, native John Parker Hale.His statue stands a towering eight...

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In 1820, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams noticed that the Declaration of Independence, which had been subjected to years of travel, sunlight, humidity and temperature fluctuations, improper handling, and rolling and flattening, was...