These files are adjuncts to the museum's traveling programs
New Hampshire Goes to War and Redcoats and Rebels.
Documents are in PDF format unless otherwise specified. They require Adobe®
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| Philias Dubuc (ca. 1917) served as a translator for American Intelligence
in France during World War I. |
New Hampshire and the Revolutionary
War (slides)
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What is Paul Revere's connection to New Hampshire? Why is much of Vermont's State Route 9 called "The Molly
Stark Trail"? This show provides a brief look at causes of the War for Independence and highlights New Hampshire's
involvement in the war. The presentation serves well as a preview for the outreach programs Redcoats and Rebels
and New Hampshire Goes to War. [1.1 MB]
Civil War Envelopes (html)
This page shows thumbnail images of six patriotic envelopes current during the Civil War. They are part of the
New Hampshire Historical Society's extensive collection. Larger images of each envelope are available for viewing
or downloading in PDF format.
For help in studying the images, download "Tips
for Historical Interpretation of Visual Materials," a set of general questions prepared by Dr. Diane Miliotes, past research curator of the Hood Museum of Art. The
questions are applicable to other works of art as well.
Civil War Letters of Private Edward
F. Hall
In addition to the many artifacts maintained by its museum, the New Hampshire Historical Society possesses original papers, letters, photographs,
broadsides, and ephemera spanning the state's history. Students and members of the Society may access these primary
source materials free of charge. (Others pay a modest fee.)
This document provides a brief introduction to letters that Edward F. Hall of Epping and Exeter wrote to his wife
Susan between 1861 and 1864 while a private in the 3rd N.H. Regiment. The document then leads to online transcripts
of eight selected letters (PDF). Some transcripts include samples of the letters in Hall's own hand; others
include photographs of Hall's regiment.
The letters provide an excellent exercise in interpreting historical documents and introduce students to the collected
treasures of the New Hampshire Historical Society.
New Hampshire in the Civil War: Statistics (Excel®)
This document consists of tables compiled from quantifiable information in Augustus Ayling’s 1359-page publication Revised Register of the Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion, 1861–1866 (Concord 1895). The tables can be sorted and filtered to provide a convenient way of comparing the experiences of each regiment from New Hampshire during the Civil War.
It is possible, for example, to view only battles in which the 5 th N.H. regiment participated, or to see at a glance which regiments took part in the Battle of Gettysburg and how many casualties they suffered, or to see how many foreign-born soldiers served in each regiment by country of origin.
Ayling’s entire publication is available in PDF format online at the New Hampshire History Bookshelf. Here you will find information about each soldier and sailor who served in a New Hampshire unit and be able to read brief regimental histories.
Background to Civil War: Conflict
over Slavery in New Hampshire and across the Nation (slides)
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How did national conflict over the issue of slavery
affect New Hampshire? Trace the spread of slavery in the country and learn about how positions of prominent New
Hampshirites factored into a debate that would result in Civil War. The presentation serves well as a preview for
the traveling program New Hampshire Goes to War. [1.4 MB]
The French, the Indians, and the
English: Trouble in Colonial New Hampshire (slides)
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What role did New Hampshire play in the six wars England
fought with France and Native Americans of the Northeast? This presentation briefly discusses reasons for enmity
that the French and the Native Americans felt toward English settlers. It then traces the impact of Indian raids
on New Hampshire during a century of continual war. The program provides background information for the traveling
programs Redcoats and Rebels and New Hampshire Goes to War. [2.8 MB]
Letter from John Stark:
Introduction to Primary Sources
This file provides a background for studying original documents and uses a 1777 letter written by John Stark as
an example.
New Hampshire's Revolutionary Association Test
Concerns over issues of personal freedom vs. community security are not new to our country. In 1776, citizens
of the colony of New Hampshire faced just such an issue with "association tests." This document
presents a message sent to town selectmen from the New Hampshire Safety Committee. (This particular document
is addressed to selectmen of Effingham.) Along with the document are a transcript of the message and suggested
follow-up questions.
Lesson: "We Had a Riot"
In this lesson from the New Hampshire History Curriculum, Book 1, students review national and
regional events occurring in the years leading up to the Revolutionary War, especially the Pine Tree Riot
of 1772 in Weare, New Hampshire, that stemmed from the English law reserving white pines of 12˝ or
more in diameter for royal use.
Camp Stark: Prisoner-of-War Camp
in WWII
This lesson, centering on the prisoner-of-war camp in Stark, NH, lays out procedures for addressing three key questions:
What political, personal, and geographical boundaries did the prisoners at Camp Stark experience? What was life
like for prisoners at Camp Stark? What was the relationship between the POWs at Camp Stark and their keepers and
local townspeople? [HTML
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