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Deerfield New Hampshire Professor of Oratory: Moses True Brown (1827-1900)

Moses True Brown, son of Dr. Thomas & Mary “Polly” (Moore) Brown, was b. 4 March 1827 in Deerfield NH. … Continue reading

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Hinsdale New Hampshire Journalist, Editor, and Publisher: Charles Anderson Dana (1819-1897)

He was born to a modest merchant family in Hinsdale, New Hampshire in 1819.

His mother having died when he … Continue reading

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New Hampshire Missing Places: Pannaway

Pannaway is probably an American Indian word (Abenaki) meaning “place where the waters [of the ocean] spread out” into the … Continue reading

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Exeter New Hampshire Artist & Botanist, Catherine "Kate" Furbish (1834-1931)

Most people called her “Kate.”

She was born Catherine Furbish in Exeter, New Hampshire, on May 19, 1834, the … Continue reading

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New Ipswich New Hampshire Artist: Benjamin Champney (1817-1907)

Lithographer and renowned landscape, portrait and floral painter

Benjamin Crackbone Champney was born in New Ipswich New Hampshire … Continue reading

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