New Hampshire: Celebrating the Manchester Public Library’s Centennial
Celebrations are in order for Manchester New Hampshire’s Public Library. The current building, originally called the Carpenter Memorial Library, is 100 years old on November 18, 2014 (using the...
View ArticleA New Hampshire Joiner’s Wife: Malinda (Maddox) Knox (1812-1890)
The lovely face of gazes out at you from an ancient daguerreotype. “M. Knox, 12 Union St., Portsmouth, NH” is handwritten behind the plate. The photograph appears to have been taken between 1840-1855....
View ArticleThe Father of Labor Day: Manchester New Hampshire’s George McGuire aka...
The tombstone of George McGuire sits in Manchester, New Hampshire’s Piscataquog Cemetery on Bowman Street with the engraving “Father of Labor Day.” Several newspapers throughout the United States,...
View ArticleEzra T. Rumery: Carpenter of Strafford, New Hampshire (1805-1865)
Ezra T. Rumery was born in Effingham, New Hampshire, and lived in Strafford County New Hampshire, locations that is to this day, are still very much rural. He was a carpenter, and his son (and...
View ArticleSome Descendants of Newmarket New Hampshire Black Patriot: Wentworth Cheswell...
I am not the first to write about a remarkable man–Wentworth Cheswell of Newmarket New Hampshire. Many have sung his praises and brought to light his many “firsts” in New Hampshire. His grandfather,...
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