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Old Haunted Houses Reported in New Hampshire Newspapers
DANGER OF HAUNTED HOUSES (1792). — A girl who was a servant in a house reputed to be haunted, was suspected, and at length fairly convicted, of pregnancy; she fell on her knees before her mistress, craving forgiveness, alleging indeed … Continue reading
Posted in Haunted New Hampshire, History, Really Old News
Tagged ghost, haunted, haunting, house, place, spectres
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The American Winston Churchill (1871-1947)
Winston Churchill was born 10 November 1871 in St. Louis, Missouri
and died in 1947 in Winter Park, Florida. He … Continue reading
Posted in N.H. Historical Markers, New Hampshire Men
Tagged author, burned, Churchill, Claremont, Coniston, Cornish, Cosmopolitan, fire, Harlakenden, house, Missouri, New Hampshire, Newport, NH, Plainfield, President, St. Louis, summer home, Wilson, Windfield, Winston, Woodrow, writer
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New Hampshire: There Is Something In An Old House
There is something in an old house that there never can be in a new one.
The new one may … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Haunted New Hampshire, History, Structures
Tagged ghosts, house, New Hampshire, NH, old, prose
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New Hampshire Glossary: Smallpox
Before the introduction of inoculation, small-pox was the most fatal disease in Great Britain and the American colonies. It killed about one out of four of those who contracted it, and left many survivors blinded, scarred and weak for life. After inoculation became common practice, the disease killed only one in several hundred people.
Eventually as a preventative, and to limit deaths, New Hampshire townships were given the power to isolate individuals and families who had small-pox or those who had come in contact with the disease. These people were placed in pox-houses (or sick-houses). Doing so often reduced the number of people who came in contact with them, and contracted the disease themselves. Continue reading
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Tagged biological, contagious, deadly, diease, disease, first, George, Hampshire, house, Indian, infectious, innoculate, innoculation, native, new, New Hampshire, NH, people, pest, pesthouse, pox, pustules, revolution, shot, sick, sickhouse, small, small-pox, smallpox, war, Washington, weapon
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New Hampshire Glossary: Garrison House
A Garrison House was a fortified building (sometimes called a “fort”) of colonial New
Hampshire where troops were stationed, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbot, Abbott, Amoskeag, building, colonist, Concord, Dover, Exeter, fort, fortified, garrison, Gilmanton, Hampshire, Hampton, house, Manchester, new, New Hampshire, NH, protection, Stark, structure
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