Colonial backgrounds of the Piscataqua region: Historical New Hampshire / by William Safford Jones.

Title:

Colonial backgrounds of the Piscataqua region: Historical New Hampshire / by William Safford Jones.

Author:

Jones, William Safford,

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1944.

Physical Description:

p. 7-9.

Source:

Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1944 Vol. 1, No. 1 (November 1944) Historical New Hampshire.

Description:

An excerpt of a speech by William Safford Jones, Minister of the South Parish in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is presented. The speech was delivered at the New Hampshire meeting of the Newcomen Society of England at the Hotel Rockingham in Portsmouth on September 27, 1944. Jones reflects on English settlement in the region near New Hampshire's Piscataqua River. The settlers' scientific views and flight from religious persecution are also examined.

Subjects:

Colonists New Hampshire. , Persecution. , History Religious aspects.

Locations:

New Hampshire History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New England History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Piscataqua River (N.H. and Me.)

Terms of Use:

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Credit Line:

1944.

Electronic Resources:

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