The great courthouse fire: a Coos tragedy: Historical New Hampshire/ by Rosalind Ekman Ladd.
- Title:
- The great courthouse fire: a Coos tragedy: Historical New Hampshire/ by Rosalind Ekman Ladd.
- Author:
- Ekman Ladd, Rosalind,
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 2014.
- Physical Description:
- p. 68-73.
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 2014 Vol.68, issue 1/2 (Fall/Winter 2014) Historical New Hampshire
- Description:
- This article discusses the burning of the courthouse in Lancaster, New Hampshire in 1886, focusing on how the destruction of records impacted Coos County, New Hampshire. Other topics include biographical information on lawyer/judge William Spencer Ladd and how the fire impacted him, information about how the fire started, and a discussion of how the Democratic and Republican newspapers in Lancaster portrayed the fire.
- Subjects:
- Courthouses. , County government--Records and correspondence. , Fires.
- Locations:
- Lancaster (N.H.)
Coos County (N.H.) - People:
- Ladd, William Spencer.
- Organizations:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.
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