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	Lt. Governor John Wentworth - Guide to Likeness of New Hampshire Officials and Governors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wentworth was a Massachusetts official, but he lived in New Hampshire and was responsible for administration of New Hampshire 1724-1728.
		Wentworth presented the border dispute as a struggle by "a poor little province" against a rapacious and arrogant Massachusetts.
		John Wentworth's portrait was painted by Joseph Blackburn in 1760, thirty years after Wentworth's death.
	www.state.nh.us /nhdhr/glikeness/wentjohn.html (260 words)

	Encyclopedia: John Wentworth (lt-governor) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		John Wentworth (1671-1730) was an early settler in New England who served as Lieutenant Governor for New Hampshire from 1717 to 1730.
		John Wentworth was first appointed Lt. Governor late in 1717, but for several years had little function in the government.
		Then in 1722, governor Samuel Shute returned to England, a Lt. Governor took over as chief magistrate in Massachusetts, and Wentworth's role in New Hampshire was greatly expanded.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John-Wentworth-%28lt_governor%29 (226 words)

	Joshua Wentworth House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Born in 1742, Joshua Wentworth was a grandson of Lt. Governor John Wentworth, nephew of Governor Benning Wentworth and cousin of New Hampshire's last royal governor, another John Wentworth.
		Governor Wentworth's idea was to create a country estate such as those he had seen in England among the landed gentry.
		When John Wentworth fled in a small boat from the back yard of his Portsmouth home in June 1775, the woodwork for his Wolfeboro house may still have lain in the shop where it was made.
	www.strawberybanke.org /museum/wentworth/wentworth.html (1040 words)

	Davis family
		John Simcoe, wife of the Lt. Governor of Upper Canada, knew Mary (Davis) Green and described her in her diary.
		John was a surveyor and road builder and traveled with Governor Simcoe on his journeys along the shores of Lake Ontario.
		John Green's wife, Mary, was licensed to practice medicine and surgery and it is said that she used to ride horseback through the forest on her errands of mercy.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Farm/4162/davisnj.html (1546 words)

	History of Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
		Governor's health; be this as it may, Wentworth fell into a lethargy and died on the 12th day of December, 1730, in the 59th year of age.
		Governor, united with the opposition, and thus it became so formidable as to be a source of disquiet to the Governor and his friends.
		John Goffe, Junior settled at the "Cohas," before or about the same time with his brothers-in-law, Lingfield and Kidder; probably in 1722, at which time he was married, and also was named in the Charter as one of the grantees of Londonderry.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/nh/county/hillsborough/manchester/book/chap10.html (4258 words)

	Benning Wentworth
		Wentworth and his friends then could sell their land holdings, profiting from the labor of the settlers whose work gave value to the land which made prices rise.
		Wentworth and many of his friends in official positions were able to make money through double dealing in enforcing these laws.
		John served as Governor of New Hampshire while it was still a province of Massachusetts.
	www.johnjhenderson.com /Notables/Biographies/benning_wentworth.htm (993 words)

	John Wentworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Wentworth (1671-1730), colonial Lt.-Governor of New Hampshire
		John Wentworth (1737-1820), colonial governor of New Hampshire and Nova Scotia
		John Wentworth (1768-1820), Attorney General of Prince Edward Island and New Hampshire lawyer
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Wentworth (113 words)

	The History of Wentworth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Wentworth Show and the Military Ball came and went and planning went on during the spring for the reenactment which turned out to be Missouri’s key event in the national commemoration of the Civil War.
		Wentworth had a good reason to be proud of the new facility which would be used by many groups in Western Missouri for a wide variety of athletic and public functions.
		Wentworth and the Air Force Academy developed an excellent relationship over the years and preparatory cadets have been placed at the academy in growing numbers, some times a few each year, some times as many as a dozen, up through the current time.
	www.wma1880.org /htmls/wma_history/alumni_chapter4.html (4275 words)

	EarlyChicagoHOME
		(1811-1842) chartered in New York State in 1808 by John Jacob Astor and launched in 1811; the company’s headquarters were in Michilimackinac, with agents in Chicago and elsewhere in the Midwest.
		female Negro slave of John Kinzie in 1812, serving as cook and housemaid; wife of Henry, also one of Kinzie`s slaves; survived the massacre of 1812 in the boat with the Kinzies, but lost her husband in the trade [see Black Jim] for Captain Heald`s release.
		John Bates (1832); David Carver (1833); James A. Marshall, M.D., W. Montgomery (1835); Augustus Garrett (1835); and Mr.
	www.earlychicago.com /encyclopedia.php (3440 words)

	John Sullivan
		JOHN SULLIVAN was one of the best known New Hampshire figures in the Revolution, but he was also one of the most controversial.
		John Sullivan." With the aid of a few favorable depositions from his friends, Sullivan talked the court into dismissing the petition and then sued unsuccessfully for libel.
		From 1768 to 1774 the minutes record the occasional presence of John Sullivan, but since his home was about twelve miles from the lodge room it is to be expected his attendance was not as regular as of those living in close proximity to it.
	www.seacoastnh.com /framers/sullivan.html (2543 words)

	World War 1 and 2 - Benning Wentworth
		Benning Wentworth (1696–1770) was the colonial governor of New Hampshire from (1741-1766).
		He was the son of the John Wentworth who had been Lieutenant Governor.
		Wentworth enriched himself by a clever scheme of selling land now in the state of Vermont to developers, in spite of jurisdictional claims for this region by the Colony of New York.
	www.worldwardiary.com /history/Benning_Wentworth (189 words)

	History of Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
		Governor Wentworth at one time thought seriously of taking command of the forces, but his lameness, and a timely hint from his friend Shirley determined him very wisely to withdraw his claims in favor of Col. Pepperell.
		John Goffe of Harrytown, was detached by Colonel Blanchard for the hazardous duty.
		Governor Wentworth ordered Col. Atkinson's regiment to New Castle to hold and put in a state of proper defence Fort William and Mary, at the southern extremity of that Island, and commanding the entrance of the Piscataqua.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/nh/county/hillsborough/manchester/book/chap12.html (7454 words)

	Encyclopedia: John-Wentworth-(lt. governor) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		John Wentworth (1671-1730) was a British colonial leader of the New Hampshire Colony.
		Before New Hampshire got its own Royal Governor in 1741, it was administered under the guidance of the Governor of Massachusetts, and John was the Lieutenant Governor for New Hampshire from 1717 to 1730.
		His son, Benning Wentworth, was later the first directly appointed Royal Governor.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John_Wentworth_%28lt.-governor%29 (113 words)

	The American Experience \| John Brown's Holy War \| Enhanced Transcript
		John Brown Reading: I John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away, but with Blood.
		John was eight years old when his mother died.
		John Brown Reading: Dear Sons and Daughters: It is a source of utmost comfort to me that I retain a warm place in the sympathies, affections, and confidence of my family.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/brown/filmmore/transcript/transcript1.html (7141 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1772 Sir Thomas Wentworth of Bretton Hall was granted, along with 82 others, a parcel of land covering 24,640 acres in the White Mountains region of New Hampshire by Governor John Wentworth (portrait on the left).
		John Wentworth was a descendent of William Wentworth, who emigrated to America in the 1630s, to escape religious persecution.
		In 1766 John Wentworth visited another kinsman at Bretton Hall - Sir Thomas Wentworth, and it was around this time that he was informed that he had been commissioned as Royal Governor of New Hampshire to replace his uncle, Benning Wentworth.
	naea.leeds.ac.uk /BH_Estate/Bretton_woods.htm (574 words)

	Rick Perry vs. the World: Tracking the 2006 Texas Race for Governor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Governor Perry takes President Bush's position that one does not destroy potential human life in the name of scientific research.
		The Statesman blog has rumors that Wentworth and others in the House were planning to prohibit federal campaign funds from being used in state races.
		After an impressive stint as lieutenant governor in 1999, his first session as governor in 2001 ended with strained feelings because he vetoed a ton of bills.
	perryvsworld.blogspot.com (3876 words)

	Some of the Books from Guidon Books Confederate Section
		At the same time, letters and diaries from the homefront reveal the courage and resourcefulness of the women who tended the wounded and managed their households in the heartland of the Confederacy.
		Early, Lt. General Jubal A. A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States of America.
		Fowler, John D. Mountaineers in Gray: The Nineteenth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. Utilizing an exhaustive exploration of primary source materials, Fowler creates a new model for future regimental histories - detailing the background of the men, motivation for enlistment and their socioeconomic background of this volunteer unit.
	www.guidon.com /confed.html (11681 words)

	Past Lieutenant Governors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sir John Wentworth was born into a merchant family in New Hampshire.
		He was educated at Harvard University and from there became the Governor of New Hampshire, thanks to some influence from the Marquess of Rockingham, an English relation.
		Sir John was appointed the first civilian Governor of Halifax and was considered popular by its citizens.
	www.lt.gov.ns.ca /inner/frames/honourable/content/past/Wentworth.htm (117 words)

	Dolbeer
		John Sharborn be Treasurer to the sd Proprat., and have Power to Receive the money that shall be collectred, and to Discharge the several charges, Rendering an act to the proprit.
		Article of objection is to a Governor's not being eligible of being elected into office for more than three years in seven, according to the proposed plan.
		James Gray is said to have been a school-teacher here before the Revolutionary War, and tradition tells of School-masters Sutton and Casey, and the same authors tell that the former became imporverished in his declining years, and was assisted by the town, and the latter, for some unlawful act, was obliged to leave the town.
	www.nhscar.com /epsom/history/dolbeerhist.htm (12669 words)

	State of Illinois Home - IGNN (Illinois Government News Network)
		Much of this success is due to the legislation that the Governor helped the General Assembly pass in 2003.
		Illinois’ film industry was in deep decline up until nearly two years ago when the Governor signed Senate Bill 785, which made the state more competitive with other filming locations across the nation and around the world.
		The Governor signed Senate Bill 1965 into law today, which was sponsored by State Senator Rickey Hendon (D-Chicago) and State Rep. Ken Dunkin (D-Chicago), extending the film tax credit legislation for another year, with provisions making it easier to use and encouraging the hiring of Illinois workers from high unemployment areas.
	www.illinois.gov /PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=1&RecNum=4145 (1386 words)

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		Governor Seymour was afraid that federal troops would attempt to intimidate Democratic voters, so he called out the militia prior to the election.
		In 1863 Jacob was elected lieutenant governor of Kentucky and became an outspoken critic of the Lincoln Administration because of his op position to the Emancipation Proclamation.
		1 Gilmore was the governor of New Hampshire.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /mss/mal/maltext/rtf_orig/mal087f.rtf (16765 words)

	Dresden HoefnagelClose
		And in the early 1760s, New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth issued hundreds of grants to establish townships on either side of the river-even ignoring a royal decree (1764) declaring the western bank of the river the official boundary of New Hampshire.
		Knowledge of linguistics was available through Woodward's colleague John Smith (Dartmouth Class of 1773), whose extraordinary abilities as a linguist led in 1778 to an appointment (at age 26) as the College's Professor of the Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Oriental languages.
		Wheelock, in anticipation of this event, had sent his son John (later to be the second President of the College) to Bennington, to present an extensive and detailed petition to the state's General Assembly, requesting that Vermont 'take this School under your friendly and Charitable patronage.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~library/Library_Bulletin/Nov1997/HoefnagelClose.html (2375 words)

	Sir John Wentworth plaque (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wentworth removed his family to Boston and later to Nova Scotia...
		Joshua Wentworth House...John Wentworth's Wolfeboro house was palatial
		Governor Wentworth: letter to the Earl of Dartmouth 20 December 1774
	www.newscotland1398.net /hfxrm/wentworthj.html (278 words)

	Oglethorpe Essay
		Their findings: "We are of Opinion that Major General Oglethorpe is not guilty of the crime laid to his charge and do, therefore, acquitt him of the same." In 1747 Oglethorpe was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and in 1765 he was appointed General.
		Three days later Oglethorpe visited Adams and expressed "a great esteem and regard for America, much regret at the misunderstanding between the two countries, and was very happy to have lived to see the termination of it." Quite appropriately Adams returned Oglethorpe's visit.
		Brown, Governor of Georgia, the British Ambassador and the Resident British Consul.
	www.sip.armstrong.edu /Oglethorpe/Essay.html (3715 words)

	John Wentworth Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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	Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia, 1800-1867.
		Hartshorne chances of making his way up the social ladder, as with so many loyalists who came to the Nova Scotia, were greatly increased when John Wentworth was named the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia in 1792.
		In and around 1792, Hartshorne formed a partnership with Richard Tremain; the pair were responsible for building a combined grist-mill and bakehouse at Dartmouth, across the harbour from Halifax Harbour.
		Perkins is likely best known to historians because he kept a "comprehensive and voluminous diary" between the years 1766-1812 and it has proven to be a valuable resource to the history of the province during this period.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/BiosNS/1800-67/List.htm (4548 words)

	John Wentworth (1671-1730) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		John Wentworth (1671-1730) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about John Wentworth (1671-1730) contains research on
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/John_Wentworth_%28lt.-governor%29 (48 words)

	March 5
		1766 - Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
		1982 - Actor and SNL star John Belushi dies of a drug overdose in his hotel room at the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard.
		Eileen Collins as commander of a future Space Shuttle Columbia mission to launch an X-ray telescope making Collins the first woman commander of a space shuttle mission.
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		Perennial candidate Gene Kelly received 4.7 percent, and Austin attorney Ed Cunningham received 2.3 percent even though he withdrew from the race and endorsed Ron Kirk (his name still appeared on the ballot because he withdrew after the ballots were printed).
		Governor — Land Commissioner David Dewhurst received 78.4 percent of the vote to beat Tom Kelly of Galveston in the Republican primary. He will face former Comptroller John Sharp in the General Election.
		District 1 — Acting Lt. Governor Bill Ratliff (R) Mount Pleasant easily survived a contentious Republican Primary Challenge from former State Representative Jerry Yost of Longview 69.7 percent to 30.3 percent. Perennial candidate B.D. Blount of Paris is the Democratic candidate to meet Ratliff in the November General Election.
	www.texpac.org /political/primaryelectionresults.htm (1024 words)

	List of colonial governors of New Hampshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This list identifies the men who governed the New Hampshire Colony of Great Britain.
		From 1680 to 1741, the Governor of Massachusetts Bay was senior, and a Lieutenant Governor headed the New Hampshire Council.
		This page was last modified 20:48, 13 November 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_of_New_Hampshire (72 words)

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