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Some
History:
New Hampshire is a small State in the Northeast
corner of the United
States, known
as New England. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Massachusetts, Vermont,
Canada, and Maine.
In 1623, Captain John Mason sent some men into what is now New Hampshire, to
establish a fishing village. And so, settlement began in the current towns of
Rye and Dover. The state is named after his native English county of Hampshire.
It became a "royal province" in 1769 with John Cutt as president, and
in 1698, it came under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts with Joseph Dudley as
Governor. Thus it continued until 1741, when King George II made it a province
again with its own governor, Benning Wentworth, who was its chief magistrate from
1741 to 1766. His nephew succeeded him and is best known for buying a 36 mile
tract of land along Lake Winnipesaukee, which he named
Kingswood - and which later became Wolfeborough (now Wolfeboro). The school district
which includes Kingswood school in Wolfeboro is called
Governor Wentworth. My son, Jaime, used to take some classes
there every day (as well as in Alton).
Just as it was the first to declare its independence and adopt its own constitution,
New Hampshire was the ninth and deciding state in accepting the National Constitution
as that of a republic, never to be known under any other form of government. New
Hampshire's John Langdon was the first acting vice-president of the United States,
and was President of the Senate when Washington was elected first president. The
14th President, Franklin Pierce, was
born in Amherst, NH, where we used to live before moving here.
~~~~For more information on the Presidents, NH, and all the 50 States, please visit 50 Heartlands and US Commanders-In-Chief.
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Neighbor to the North - Canada
Massachusetts - Neighbor to the South
Neighbor to the East - Maine
Vermont - Neighbor to the West
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