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The New Hampshire Gazette: the Oldest Newspaper in America

Posted on 26 February, 2007 by Janice Brown

Portsmouth, the only port worthy of the name on New-Hampshire's eighteen miles of sea-coast, was originally planted as a mercantile … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Gazette

Posted on 30 December, 2006 by Janice Brown

This is the header from the New Hampshire Gazette dated October 7, 1756. See upcoming article about this newspaper.
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New Hampshire: And Be Ye Thankful

Posted on 22 November, 2006 by Janice Brown

I was reading through some of the old New Hampshire newspapers about how Thanksgiving was spent in the “olde days.”… Continue reading →

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Candia New Hampshire Journalist, Editor and Poet, Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911)

Posted on 6 November, 2006 by Janice Brown

During his lifetime, he was called “Poet of the People,” and “Master of the Yankee Dialect,” but today he is … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire: A Hundred Years Hence

Posted on 11 September, 2006 by Janice Brown

This life of ours is full of mysteries. 

We rise in the morning, we go to bed at night, … Continue reading →

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