The problems of power; New Hampshire government during the revolution: Historical New Hampshire/ by John K. Gemmill.

Title:

The problems of power; New Hampshire government during the revolution: Historical New Hampshire/ by John K. Gemmill.

Author:

Gemmill, John K.

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1967.

Physical Description:

p.27-38.

Source:

Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire HIstorical Society, 1967 Vol. 22, Issue 2 (Summer 1967) Historical New Hampshire

Description:

New Hampshire provincials evolved a government after Governor John Wentworth left on 23 August 1775. They secured congressional permission and in 1776 drafted the first of four revolutionary constitutions. The provincial assembly was reapportioned according to the 1775 census and several times adjusted, but still the Connecticut Valley towns complained. The executive was intended to be weak; the legislature was weak through high turnover; but the Committee of Safety, led by Meshech Weare, Josiah Bartlett, and Ebenezer Thompson was strong. It administered a loyalty oath to nearly nine thousand men; 773 refused to take it. Based on a Columbia M. A. thesis using 'New Hampshire Provincial Papers' and other published documents.

Subjects:

United States History Revolution 1775-1783. , United States History Revolution Committees of safety. 1775-1783

People:

Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795. , Thompson, Ebenezer, 1762-1828. , Weare, Meshech, 1713-1786. , Wentworth, John, 1737-1820.

Organizations:

New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.

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