New Hampshire Colony Flower. Under an english land grant capt. In 1961 alan bartlett shepard jr.
5 mb reviews excellent electronic book and helpful one. John smith sent settlers to establish a fishing colony at the mouth of the piscataqua river near present day rye and dover in 1623. Concord june 21 1788 9th state in a sense new hampshire originally one of the thirteen colonies created the new nation by becoming the ninth state on june 21 1788 meeting the requirement for nine.
The name was first given in 1629 to the territory between the merrimack and piscataqua rivers on the eastern coast of north america and was named after the county of hampshire in southern england by captain john mason its first named proprietor.
They were largely displaced by the arrival of english settlers. In 1961 alan bartlett shepard jr. New hampshire sent two men to the first continental congress in 1774. And john langdon of new hampshire became the country s first acting vice president.
