History of New Hampshire

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1888. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI. THE REVOLUTION, 1775-1783. Lexington -- Portsmouth Fortified -- Bunker Hill -- General Stark -- General Reed -- Nottingham --Meshech Weare -- House Of Representatives -- Gov. John Wentworth -- Gen. John Sullivan -- Siege Of Boston -- Exeter in 1776 -- Committee Of Safety--BenNington -- Stillwater -- Saratoga-- First Schoolmasters -- Keene Raid -- Freewill Baptists -- Samuel Livermore And Family -- SlavEry-- Northfield-- Shakers -- Canterbury -- General Stark. 'THE history of the Revolution, and the causes which led to that event, are properly treated in a more general history than this purports to be. The attention of the reader is called to the part taken by the people of the Province and State of New Hampshire in that struggle. 1 A convention was holden at Exeter, on the 25th of January, 1775, for the purpose of choosing delegates to the General Congress, which was to meet at Philadelphia the 10th of May. The British troops commenced hostilities by firing on the people collected at Lexington, in Massachusetts, the 19th of April. The news of this attack spread rapidly through the country. The battle created great excitement in the province of New Hampshire. From the central and southern towns about fourteen hundred men, in independent companies and unorganized detachments, immediately marched to Cambridge. Runners were sent, by the provincial Committee to call a Congress, to the several towns in the Province, to send delegates to a convention to be holden at Exeter on the 21st of April, to consult for the general safety. 1 Annals of Portsmouth. At this convention, Col. Nathaniel Folsom of Exeter was chosen brigadier-general, to command the troops that had gone or might go from this government to assist our suffering brethren in the province of Massachusetts. Meanwhi...