Category Archives: Rochester History
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Adams Jaffa Colony
Leave a commentAugust 24, 2015 by rochesterhistoricalnh
Adams Jaffa Colony By Florence H. Smith On a rainy Sunday night in late October, 1861, a man accompanied by …
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CHILDHOOD MEMORIES, 1930’s
1July 25, 2015 by rochesterhistoricalnh
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES The 1930’s BY PRISCILLA FOWLER THOMAS 2003 Introduction I hope that these descriptions of how we lived …
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Rochester Tax Reports Inventory for 1816
Leave a commentJuly 25, 2015 by rochesterhistoricalnh
Rochester Tax Reports Inventory for 1816 Adams, Amos Adams, Benjamin Adams, Jesse Adams, Wido. Susannah Allen, Col. Joshua Allen, Maj. …
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Rochester’s First Churches
Leave a commentJuly 30, 2014 by rochesterhistoricalnh
Part One – The 1700’s For many years, men had been cutting lumber and mast trees north of Dover …
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1914 Rochester Today with Glimpses of its Past
Leave a commentJuly 30, 2014 by rochesterhistoricalnh
Written by Adeline Estes Wright, 1914 Rochester, a city of about 9,000 inhabitants is situated in the southeastern …
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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE OLD AND NEW SCHOOLHOUSE
Leave a commentMarch 26, 2014 by rochesterhistoricalnh
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE OLD AND NEW SCHOOLHOUSE GONIC, 1858 Excerpts typed from “Report of The Building Committee for the New …
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Asa P. Hanson Letter
Leave a commentMarch 26, 2014 by rochesterhistoricalnh
Typed copy of Asa P.Hanson letter- written to his brother at age 19 On envelope section: free …
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