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New Hampshire’s Premier Newpaper Family: The McQuaids

Posted on 2 October, 2007 by Janice Brown

This is a story about a family with “a fire in the belly” for news. For four documented generations (and possibly more), the McQuaid family have been newspapermen–publishers, editors, reporters, telegraphers, and journalists… Continue reading →

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Milford New Hampshire Black Novelist and Spiritualist: Harriet "Hattie" E. (Green) Adams Wilson Robinson (1825-1900)

Posted on 2 June, 2007 by Janice Brown

Harriet “Hattie” E. (Green) Adams is believed to have been born on March 15, 1825(?), possibly in Milford, New Hampshire. … Continue reading →

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Newport New Hampshire Milliner, Author, Poet, Editor and "Mother of Thanksgiving": Sarah Josepha (Buell) Hale (1788-1879)

Posted on 1 May, 2007 by Janice Brown

Born Sarah Josepha Buell, on a farm in the small town of Newport New Hampshire, she had a limited … Continue reading →

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Hanover New Hampshire Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet, and Teacher, Richard G. Eberhart (1904-2005)

Posted on 31 January, 2007 by Janice Brown

What more can possibly be said (that hasn't already been) about a man who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry … Continue reading →

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Dublin New Hampshire publisher, Robb Hansell Sagendorph (1900-1970)

Posted on 28 November, 2006 by Janice Brown

A New Hampshire tradition was begun in 1935. 

“Climb up on some hill at sunrise. Everybody needs perspective … Continue reading →

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