The Provincial Setting for the Prentis Collection: Historical New Hampshire/ by Charlotte D. Conover.
- Title:
- The Provincial Setting for the Prentis Collection: Historical New Hampshire/ by Charlotte D. Conover.
- Author:
- Conover, Charlotte D.
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1985.
- Physical Description:
- 6 pages, some unnumbered: some illustrations.
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1958 Vol.14, (December 1958) Historical New Hampshire
- Description:
- The article provides a brief overview of the early history of New Hampshire, noting the early colonial period was the historical setting of items in the New Hampshire Historical Society's Prentis Collection. It reports that New Hampshire was first part of Massachusetts and that Benning Wentworth became the province's first English royal governor in 1741. The author comments on a 1730 report that noted the importance of the lumber and fish trades to New Hampshire and reported on the population of white and black residents.
- People:
- Wentworth, Benning, 1696-1770.
- Organizations:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.
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