"The English Background of Some of the Wentworth Town Grants": Historical New Hampshire/ by Elmer Munson Hunt.
- Title:
- "The English Background of Some of the Wentworth Town Grants": Historical New Hampshire/ by Elmer Munson Hunt.
- Author:
- Hunt, Elmer Munson.
- Call Number:
- 977.8 5321h
- Physical Description:
- p.1-4.
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1950 Vol.6 (November 1950) New Hampshire Historical Society
- Description:
- The article discusses the origins of town names in New Hampshire, suggesting that they often derived from the interests of New Hampshire's eighteenth century English colonial rulers Lieutenant Governor John Wentworth and governors Benning Wenworth and Sir John Wentworth. It notes that names often commemorated prominent English families, popular heroes, and politicians. The author examines political power in eighteenth century England and New Hampshire and argues that the Wentworth governors used town names to maintain political connections.
- People:
- Wentworth, John. , Wentworth, Benning.
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