New Hampshire’s Leading Suffragist, Human Rights Proponent and...
Armenia Smith Aldrich, daughter of John & Harriet (Smith) Aldrich, was born 1 November 1817 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. In 1830 she moved with her parents to Boscawen NH, where she...
View ArticlePhotographer Charles Henry Shaw of Manchester, New Hampshire (1864-1932)
From 1897 to 1927, a span of thirty years, Charles Henry Shaw photographed the people of Manchester. His studio for most of that time was at 895 Elm Street, though briefly it was also located at 68...
View Article2016 Black History Month in New Hampshire
Today New Hampshire’s population is 93% white with African-Americans making up about 1.4% of residents (the rest being Hispanic and Asian). In the early years of the New Hampshire colony, and...
View ArticleAfrican-American Soprano and “Queen of Song”: Dover New Hampshire’s Nellie...
She was born, Nellie Brown, the daughter of Charles & Martha (Runnels) Brown. Her father was a shoemaker turned barber/hairdresser. In the 1850 census, Nellie along with her parents and siblings,...
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