The ninth State : New Hampshire's formative years

502 Pages·1983·63.925 MB·English

by  Lynn Warren Turner

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THE NINTH STATE

THE NINTH STATE
NEW Hampshire's formative years
LYNN WARREN TURNER
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS
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Chapel Hill London
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©1983 TheUniversityofNorthCarolinaPress
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Manufaauredin theUnitedStatesofAmerica
LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData
Turner,Lynn W.
Theninthstate.
Includes bibliographicalreferencesandindex.
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I. NewHampshire Politicsandgovernment
1775-1865. L Title.
F38.T87 1983 974.2'o3 82-13386
ISBN 0-8078-1541-1
TheUniversityofNorth Carolina Pressgratefully
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TO VERALYN AND BRUCE,
who grew up knowing more about
the history ofNew Hampshire than
ofthe state in which they lived

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CONTENTS
Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Chapter i Revolutionary Mew Hatnpshire J
Chapter 2 Constitution Nluhing 12
Chapter 3 Vecice and Depfession
Chapter 4 Petsoncil Politics ^8
Chapter A Fragment ofSocialHistory 86
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Chapter 6 In the Federal Union 112
Chapter 7 Constitutional Revision 126
Chapter 8 The Rise ofParties 142
Chapter 9 Federalists and Republicans 1^2
Chapter 10 FederalistDecline 176
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Chapter iz Democracy Triumphant 209
Chapter 1 Federalist Collapse 2IQ
v_yiitipicr 14 DlUCKULlc UrlU IZirnUuT^U 234
Chapter 1 Drifting toward War
Chapter 16 In the War with England 268
Chapter 17 The Indian Summer ofFederalism 284
Chapter 18 PeaceAbroad: War atHome 295
Chapter 19 Tribulations 314
Chapter 20 The Demise ofFederalism 3^9
Chapter 21 Reform andFreedom 344
APPENDIX Maps and Explanations
Map I Regions in 1775 360
Map 2 Population in 1775 362