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This short REFERENCE PAGE is designed to provide no more than a 'glimpse' of the history of the State,
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Topography: The length of New Hampshire from north to south is 180 miles; greatest breadth, ninety-three miles in the south; average breadth, about forty-five miles; area, 9,305 square miles, or 5,955,200 acres. Portsmouth is the only harbor for large vessels.

The White mountains, which cover an area of 1,270 square miles, run through the northern division of the State, in a direction a little east of north, the height of the peaks ranging from 2,000 to 6,000 feet. They are broken by a number of gaps or "notches" at an average height of 1,200 feet, and the scenery of these beautiful mountains is considered the finest in America.

The general elevation of the State is about 1,200 feet above sea level, sloping from north to south. The largest river is the Connecticut, which forms the greater part of the western boundary. Next come the Merrimac, the Androscoggin and the Piscataqua, with their numerous tributaries.

The harbor of Portsmouth is formed by an estuary known as Great Bay, and is never frozen, even in the severest winters. The principal lakes are Winnipiseogee, which has an area of seventy-two square miles; Lake Umbagog, the source of the Androscoggin river; and the four Connecticut lakes in the north, which form the source of the river of the same name.

The Isles of Shoals lie ten miles southeast of Portsmouth, and form a part of New Hampshire.

Climate: Owing to the difference in elevation the temperature varies considerably. In the Merrimac valley and generally in the southern division the extremes are not so great, but the winters in the White mountains are excessively cold, and characterized by violent winds and snow storms.

The summers are short and hot, the thermometer sometimes rising to 98°; cold weather begins with November and lasts to the end of April, and snow lies on the ground the winter through, and on the tops of the White mountains for eight months of the year.

The precipitation of rain and snow ranges from forty-six inches in the lowlands to fifty-five inches on the mountains. The climate is healthy.

History: The first settlements of white men within the limits of what is now New Hampshire were made in 1623 at Dover and Portsmouth. In 1622 a grant had been made to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason, and it was by them - though chiefly by Mason - that these early settlers were sent out.

In 1629 the grant was divided, Mason taking the district between the Piscataqua and the Merrimac. In 1641 the straggling New Hampshire towns united with the Massachusetts colony, and the union was not sundered until 1741, when the latter became a separate province, remaining so until it declared its independence in 1776.

During this latter period its boundaries were believed to extend as far west as the eastern New York line, and grants were made by the governor, Benning Wentworth, covering a great part of the present State of Vermont.

New York claimed that her territory extended to the Connecticut river, and for nearly a quarter of a century the conflicting claims of New Hampshire and New York to the territory known as the "New Hampshire grants" caused a vexatious controversy between the provinces, or as they afterwards became, the States.

With a rugged soil to subdue and savage Indians to contend against, the early settlers of the Granite State developed a sturdy independence and love of liberty, and when the difficulties culminated in 1776 New Hampshire was among the very first of the colonies to declare its independence.

The first State constitution was adopted in 1784, and amended in 1792. In 1851 an amendment abolishing the property qualification was adopted, and in 1876 a convention held at Concord revised the constitution and submitted amendments to be voted upon by the people in March, 1877.

The war record of New Hampshire is a noble one. The little province gave her best and bravest men in defense of her liberties, and at Bunker Hill, Bennington, Stillwater and Monmouth her troops distinguished themselves. The constitution of the United States was ratified June 21, 1788.

Concord was made the capital in 1807, and so remains. In 1860 the population was a little over 320,000, but out of this number New Hampshire contributed 33,937 men to the Federal army during 1861-65.

Population: Census of 1880: Males, 170,526; Females, 176,465; Native, 300,697; Foreign, 46,294; White, 346,229; Colored, 762, including 14 Chinese and 63 Indians and Half-breeds.

After very many years in the Trade, I am now retired and the Postaprint Website as such is no longer available.
However this large collection of Reference Pages is being left on line, as we hope you will find them to informative and helpful. They provide details of many of the maps, books and engravings we had the pleasure of dealing in over so many years.
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However, my wife has a store on eBay, with many offers of delightful antiquarian maps & prints & engravings.