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  New Hampshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Settled in 1623, Portsmouth, New Hampshire is one of the oldest towns in the Granite State and the former Capitol.
New Hampshire's major regions are the Great North Woods, the White Mountains region, the Lakes region the Seacoast region, the Merrimack Valley region, the Monadnock region, and the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee area.
As of 2004, the population of New Hampshire was estimated to be 1,299,500.
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 John Langdon biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Langdon was again a member of the Continental Congress in 1787 and became a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, serving as a member of the New Hampshire delegation.
Langdon later served as a member of the New Hampshire legislature (1801-05), with the last two terms as Speaker; he served as Governor of New Hampshire from 1805-11, with the exception of 1809.
Langdon declined the nomination to be a candidate for Vice President in 1812, and later retired.
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 John Langdon
Langdon fell victim to British trade regulations when a ship on which he had a cargo of sugar and rum was seized and condemned by an admiralty judge.
Langdon felt the seizure was due to "private pique" and appealed the judge's decision, but he lost his appeal and his cargo.
Langdon was elected speaker of the New Hampshire House in December, 1776 and he held that position until 1782.
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 JOHN LANGDON
Langdon and his older brother Woodbury both rejected the opportunity to join in their father's successful agricultural pursuits, succumbing instead to the lure of the thriving port.
Langdon's unit, often called a "silk-stocking" outfit by his contemporaries because it was composed of wealthy citizens who all held officer commissions in their own local militia units, was in fact a highly trained combat formation.
Langdon and Gilman missed the early sessions of the Convention, but Langdon was soon noted for his strong support of measures to strengthen the national government.
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Born to a New Hampshire farming family and trained as a clerk to a merchant (a training similar to that of Alexander Hamilton), Langdon made a fortune in the West Indies trade in the decades before the Revolution.
Langdon had one of his cargoes seized under the more vigorously enforced British acts of trade in the early 1770s, and became thereafter a leader in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in the protests against British imperial policy.
Langdon certainly fits this charge, as he was a major creditor of the government under the Articles.
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 National Park Service - Signers of the Constitution (John Langdon)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Langdon, who stood out at the Convention despite his late arrival, was a politician and businessman who had enthusiastically backed the patriot cause during the War for Independence He also enjoyed long and fruitful careers in New Hampshire and national politics.
Langdon was born in 1741 at or near Portsmouth, N.H. His father, whose family had emigrated to America before 1660, was a prosperous farmer who sired a large family.
Langdon, a vigorous supporter of the Revolution, sat on the New Hampshire committee of correspondence and a nonimportation committee.
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 Langdon, John on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In the Saratoga campaign (1777) he financed the New Hampshire militia under Gen. John Stark in the expedition against General Burgoyne, and he saw action himself at Bennington and Saratoga.
Langdon was a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, and it was largely through his efforts that New Hampshire ratified the Constitution as the ninth state, thus making the instrument effective.
Langdon was governor of New Hampshire from 1805 to 1809 and from 1810 to 1812.
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 New Hampshire maps and information page
Long the ancestral land of American Indian tribes, New Hampshire was first colonized by the English in the early 1600s, with permanent settlements built in present-day Dover, Portsmouth and Rye.
In New Hampshire, a fierce, determined pride in the traditions and values of early America is very much alive.
New Hampshire is dominated (south to north) by the White Mountains, a northern range of the Appalachian Mountains
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 New Hampshire
After a 38-year period of union with Massachusetts, New Hampshire was made a separate royal colony in 1679.
New Hampshire gained a measure of international attention in 1905 when Portsmouth Naval Base played host to the signing of the treaty ending the
Abundant water power turned New Hampshire into an industrial state early on, and manufacturing is the principal source of income.
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 Langdon, New Hampshire NH, town profile (Sullivan County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
New Hampshire > All counties > Sullivan County > Langdon
Langdon, NH Langdon is a town in Sullivan County.
Median rent in Langdon, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $506.
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 langdon.html   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
I live in a small cottage in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
I was born in 1741 in New Hampshire.
I died and was buried in Portsmouth Grave in 1819 at the age of 78.
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 New Hampshire National Guard Bibliography
Eames, Steven C. "Rustic Warriors: Warfare and the Provincial Soldier on the Northern Frontier, 1689-1748." Ph.D. Dissertation, University of New Hampshire, 1988.
History of Bedford, New Hampshire From 1737: Being Statistics Compiled on the Occasion of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Town, May 15, 1900.
History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire: From Its Settlement in 1638 to the Autumn of 1892.
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 Participants
Jeremy Belknap, who wrote during the lives of both Langdon and Sullivan and was a close friend of the latter, credits the leadership to these two prominent New Harmpshire men.
From the New Hampshire Spy we learn that Judge Ebenezer Thompson went with the party as far as Portsmouth, but was not present at the fort, and that the Rev. Mr.
General Sullivan says that he was assisted by his three clerks in bringing the stores up the river, and this leaves but little doubt that Alexander Scammell, Peter French, and James Underwood, who were at that time in his office, were with him at the second attack.
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 New Hampshire
The Bench and Bar of New Hampshire, Including Biographical Notes of Deceased Judges of the Highest Court, and Lawyers of the Province and State, and a List of Names of Those Now Living.
New Hampshire's Role in the American Revolution, 1763-1789: A Bibliography.
Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation.
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 John Langdon
After the war he was (1785–86, 1788–89) president (governor) of New Hampshire.
John LANGDON - LANGDON, John (1741—1819) Senate Years of Service: 1789-1793; 1793-1795; 1795-1801 Party:...
Woodbury LANGDON - LANGDON, Woodbury (1739—1805) LANGDON, Woodbury, (brother of John Langdon), a Delegate from...
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 University of New Hampshire Library - Milne Special Collections and Archives - Histories by Town
History of the town of Antrim, New Hampshire: From its Earliest Settlement to June 27, 1877, with a Brief Genealogical Record of all the Antrim Families
Annals of Charlestown in the County of Sullivan, New Hampshire
New Hampshire to Minnesota: Memoirs of Samuel Higbee Grannis (1839-1933)
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 SeacoastNH.com - Home
That’s good news for a lot of us aging University grads who needed proof they are still living.
Lovingly restored and under new management, the Ioka is celebrating its 90th anniversary with a Jesse Winchester concert and classic films for just $5 per show.
The oldest and largest orchard in New Hampshire is at it again.
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 New Hampshire Covered Bridge #17 - McDermott Bridge -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The bridge is 81' 0" long with a clear span of 76' 0".
It has an overall width of 16' 6" with a roadway width of 12' 1" and a maximum vertical clearance of 11' 1".
It is braced by cables attached to the new highway bridge which bypassed it in 1964.
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 USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Durham - The University of New Hampshire's Alumni Association is working to fix an embarrassing error in its latest directory.
Concord - New Hampshire's top law enforcement chiefs have formed a task force to make it harder for methamphetamine makers to acquire the ingredients for the drug.
That may mean putting some common cold and allergy medications behind the counter since they contain pseudoephedrine, a chemical used in making methamphetamine.
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 Free State Project — New Hampshire Information
This page is a clearinghouse of information about the state of New Hampshire, for FSP members moving here.
New Hampshire Underground - A place for NH liberty lovers to gather, post accomplishments, meetings, activities, and ideas.
New Hampshire Liberty Index - annual rating of NH legislator voting records.
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 John Langdon
Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution: John Langdon - New Hampshire (U.S. History)
Langdon, John (1741-1819) (The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History)
LANGDON'S EYE PROVES DEADLY TO TEMPLE (The Record (Bergen County, NJ))
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 Langdon, New Hampshire Detailed Profile - travel and real estate info, jobs, hotels, hospitals, weather, schools, ...
Langdon, New Hampshire Detailed Profile - travel and real estate info, jobs, hotels, hospitals, weather, schools, crime,...
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 Langdon schools
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GreatSchools.net: Elementary, middle and high school information for New Hampshire public, private and charter schools
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 Langdon Homes For Sale Buying Home Selling House Condo MLS Langdon NH
The MLS provides home buyers with direct access to the same tool Real Estate Agents and REALTORS® use to search for existing homes for sale in Langdon and is the most accurate and frequently updated source of home/property listings available to the home buyer.
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 NH Real Estate - New Hampshire MLS NH Homes NH Condos NH Land NH Waterfront NH Realtor
Search all the New Hampshire MLS for all available real estate listings in New Hampshire: Homes, Condos and Townhouses, Land, Waterfront Properties, Multifamily, Commercial Properties and more - all updated daily.
New homes for sale, new construction and newly built properties and subdivisions
Developers can find large parcels of land for sale in New Hampshire by searching the MLS for available land.
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The Michael Bean Group has the most complete index of New Hampshire real estate listings on the web to help you find a home or get a sense of current New Hampshire property values.
We give you direct access to homes for sale on the New Hampshire Multiple Listings Services (MLS), the source real estate agents use to view listings.
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 The GENE Shed - Samuel Waldo
Born: 24 Jan 1794, Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire
Samuel married Orpha Walker, daughter of Asa Walker and Sally Perry, on 28 Dec 1817 in Langdon, Sullivan, New Hampshire.
(Orpha Walker was born on 26 Aug 1799 in Langdon, Sullivan, New Hampshire
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 Langdon, New Hampshire. Universalist Society of Langdon.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
bMS 210/1 (1) Universal Society of Langdon, New Hampshire.
bMS 210/2 (6) Letter, 27 December 1926, from Sarah A. Porter to Asa Mayo Bradley concerning Universalism in Langdon.
1920-1940, concerning town of Langdon and Ancestor's Day celebrations of Universalist Meeting House; program of celebration 28 August 1927.
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 New Hampshire: Localities: L: Langdon, American Langdon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
New Hampshire / Localities / L / Langdon
Webster: Langdon Official statistics and information from the New Hampshire State Library.
New Hampshire: Localities: L: Langdon - American Langdon
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 Find in a Library: John Langdon of New Hampshire.
Find in a Library: John Langdon of New Hampshire.
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 Langdon New Hampshire Real Estate Lodging Town Travel Tourism Information Langdon NH USA
Langdon New Hampshire Real Estate Lodging Town Travel Tourism Information Langdon NH USA
Carved out of several adjacent towns, Langdon was named in honor of Governor John Langdon.
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