Lady Wentworth's last days in New Hampshire: Historical New Hampshire/ by Jere R. Daniell.

Title:

Lady Wentworth's last days in New Hampshire: Historical New Hampshire/ by Jere R. Daniell.

Author:

Daniell, Jere R.

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH : New Hampshire Historical Society, 1968.

Physical Description:

p 14-30.

Source:

Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1968 Vol. 23., Issue 1 (Spring 1968) Historical New Hampshire

Description:

During the spring and summer of 1775 royal government totally collapsed in New Hampshire. One of the most dramatic confrontations of the period occured on June 13 when a group of Portsmouth residents surrounded the house of Governor John Wentworth and demanded the surrender of his loyalist guest, John Fenton. Fenton at first refused to give himself up, but when the revolutionists dragged a large cannon to the front door and threatened to destroy the house and everyone in it, he changed his mind. Later that night the Governor and his wife Frances fled with their newly-born son to the government fort located at New Castle. They never returned to Portsmouth. This article examine the days leading up to the Wentworth's leaving Portsmouth; includes letters between Frances Wentworth and Mary (wife of her husband's political patron, the Marquis of Rockingham).

People:

Wentworth, Benning, 1696-1770. , Wentworth, Frances, Lady, approximately 1745-1813. , Watson-Wentworth, Mary.

Organizations:

New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.

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