A convention of both houses reports a declaration of independence, which was adopted and sent forthwith to the delegates of New Hampshire in Congress June 15, 1776 Declaration of Independence of the United States signed by Josiah Bartlett and William Whipple, of New Hampshire, Aug. 2, 1776, and by a third representative from the State, Matthew Thornton November, 1776 An academy, the second in the State, opened at New Ipswich.... ...1789 Publication of Concord Herald begun by George Hough....... .Jan. 5, 1790 Academies incorporated at Atkinson and Amherst.. ...1791 Four post-routes appointed through the interior of the State.. .1791 New Hampshire Medical Society incorporated .. ...1791 Bank established at Portsmouth. . 1792 New Hampshire troops engage in the Convention assembles at Concord, Sept. battle of Bennington, under John Stark, 7, 1791, revises the State constitution, who is made brigadier-general by Congress changes the title of the chief magistrate Aug. 18, 1777 from president to governor, and completes Articles of Confederation ratified by its labors.... .Sept. 5, 1792 New Hampshire, March 4, 1778, and signed Elder Jesse Lee, coming from Virginia, by the State representatives at Philadel- visits New Hampshire; founds the first phia, Josiah Bartlett and John Went- Methodist society in the State......1792 worth.... ...Aug. 8, 1778 A privateer ship, the McClary, fitted Phillips Academy at Exeter founded out during the war at Portsmouth under 1781 the sanction of the legislature, captures an American merchant ship, the Susanna, bound for an enemy's port laden with supplies. The matter is brought into court, and the United States court of appeals reverses the judgment of the State court and awards $32,721.36 damages to the owners of the Susanna. The legislature of New Hampshire, in special session, prepares a spirited remonstrance against this action as "a violation of State independence and an unwarrantable encroachment in the courts of the United States" Daniel Webster born at Salisbury, now Franklin, N. H................... ....Jan. 18, 1782 Sixteen towns, on the eastern side of the Connecticut River refuse to send delegates to a constitutional convention in New Hampshire, and desire to be admitted into the new State of Vermont. Vermont agrees to accept these additional towns, but Congress in its act of admission makes it an indispensable preliminary that the revolted towns shall be restored to New Hampshire. The towns at last accept the situation and become part of New Hampshire 1782 A convention which meets at Concord, June 10, 1778, frames a constitution which is rejected by the people. A new convention meets at Exeter in 1781, and after two years a constitution is framed which goes into effect..... ...June 2, 1784 John Langdon and Nicholas Gilman, delegates from New Hampshire, sign the Constitution of the United States Sept. 17, 1787 Convention assembles at Exeter, Feb. 13, adjourns to Concord, and ratifies the Constitution of the United States by a vote of 57 to 47.. .June 21, 1788 President Washington, on a tour of observation, arrives at Portsmouth Portsmouth Journal Portsmouth 1794 Bridge constructed over the Piscataqua near Portsmouth, from Newington to Durham, nearly half a mile in length....1794 First New Hampshire turnpike, extending from Concord to the Piscataqua bridge, chartered.... .1796 Keene Sentinel established at Keene Oct. 30, 1789 districts February, 1831 Nashua and Lowell Railroad incorporated recognized as a religious sect in New New Hampshire, is succeeded by Joseph Hampshire... ....June 13, 1805 M. Harper, acting governor From 1680 to 1775 the seat of government was at Portsmouth. From 1775 to 1807 the legislature adjourned from town to town, assembling at Exeter, Concord, Hopkinton, Dover, Amherst, Charlestown, and Hanover. The legislature of 1807 adjourns from Hopkinton to Concord for regular sessions. ..1807 New Hampshire Iron Factory Company, incorporated at Franconia in 1805, erects and puts in operation a blast-furnace. 1811 Horace Greeley born at Amherst Feb. 3, 1811 New Hampshire troops, under Gen. John McNiel, take part in the battle of Chippewa, July 5, 1814, and at Niagara July 25, 1814 Law passed giving to the State complete jurisdiction over Dartmouth College, the charter for which requires the trustees, professors, tutors, and officers to take the oath of allegiance to the British King June 27, 1816 Trustees and overseers of Dartmouth College, summoned by the governor to meet at Hanover, Aug. 26, 1816, refuse to act under the law of June 27, or to report to the governor as requested Aug. 28, 1816 President John Wheelock, of Dartmouth College, dies.... . April 4, 1817 President James Monroe, on his tour of the Northern States, visits Portsmouth, Dover, Concord, and Hanover......1817 State-house at Concord erected.. 1817 Gen. Benjamin Pierce appointed sheriff of Hillsborough county by Governor Plumer, liberates three aged men confined for debt in Amherst jail, by paying their debts.... .Nov. 20, 1818 Toleration law making all religious sects on equal grounds and dependent on voluntary contributions. . . . ...1819 Control of Dartmouth College, after two years more of litigation, awarded by the Supreme Court of the United States to the trustees 1819 Law of June 29, 1821, imposing an annual tax of one-half of 1 per cent. on the capital stock of banks, for school purposes. The sum accrued is divided among the towns 1829 .1836 Act passed providing for a scientific, geological, and mineralogical survey of the State.. ...........July 3, 1839 Office of State commissioner of common schools created.. . 1846 Law authorizing towns to establish public libraries.... ..1849 Office of school commissioner abolished; a board of education constituted of county school commissioners. . . . . . ...June, 1850 Democratic National Convention Baltimore, Md., nominates Gen. Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, for President May 9, 1852 at Gov. Matthew Harvey, appointed judge City training school, of the United States district court for opened Manchester, ...1869 Ex-President Pierce dies at Concord State soldiers' home established at Tilton, 1889; dedicated..........Dec. 3, 1890 Hiram A. Tuttle elected governor by legislature.. .Jan. 7, 1891 J. H. Gallinger elected United States Senator.... .....Jan. 20, 1891 Legislature makes the first Monday in September (Labor Day) a legal holiday, directs removal of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts from Hanover to the farm of the late Benjamin Thompson, of Durham, and passes a secret or Australian ballot act at its session......Jan. 7-April 11, 1891 Oct. 8, 1869 Labor Reform party holds its first State convention.... .Jan. 28, 1870 Act passed creating a State board of agriculture ..1870 James A. Weston, Democrat, receives 34,700 votes for governor, and James Pike, Republican, 33,892. The legislature elects Weston by 326 to 159........June, 1871 Orphans' home and school of industry on the ancestral Webster farm, near Franklin, opened...... ..1871 Compulsory attendance school law goes into effect.. 1871 Ex-Gov. Samuel W. Hale dies at BrookWeston re-elected by the legislature, no lyn, aged sixty-eight........Oct. 16, 1891 choice by the people; legislature meets Monument to Matthew Thornton, signer June 3, 1874 of the Declaration of Independence, erectThere being no choice for governor at ed by legislative authority, dedicated at the election, March 9, 1875, Person C. Merrimac.... . May 27, 1892 Cheney is chosen by the legislature Statue of John P. Hale, donated by his June 9, 1875 son-in-law, W. E. Chandler, unveiled in Thirteen amendments to the constitu- the State-house yard, Concord tion, proposed by a convention at Concord, Dec. 6 to 16, 1876, are adopted except two, one of which was to strike out the word Protestant" in the Bill of Rights....1877 Prohibitionists in State convention at Nashua adopt a constitution for the State temperance union. . . . . . . . . June 7-8, 1882 Bronze statue of Daniel Webster, 8 feet in height, cast at Munich, and gift of Benjamin P. Cheney, is erected in the State-house park, Concord, and dedicated June 17, 1886 For governor: David H. Goodell, Republican, 44,809 votes; Charles H. Amsden, Democrat, 44,093; Edgar L. Carr, Prohibition, 1,567; the choice devolves upon the legislature.. . November, 1888 State constitutional convention meets at Concord, Jan. 2, 1889; among the seven amendments submitted to the people one favoring prohibition is lost 66 Aug. 31, 1892 John Greenleaf Whittier, born 1807, dies at Hampton Falls...... Sept. 7, 1892 Vote for governor: John B. Smith, Republican, 43,676; Luther F. McKinney, Democrat, 41,501; Edgar L. Carr, Prohibition, 1,563; scattering, 320 November, 1892 Insane asylum at Dover burned; fortyfive lives lost... ...Feb. 9, 1893 Monument to Maj.-Gen. John Sullivan, erected by legislative authority, dedicated at Durham... .Sept. 27, 1894 Vote for governor: Charles A. Busiel, Republican. 46,491; Henry O. Kent, Democrat, 33,959; Daniel C. Knowles, Prohibition, 1,750; scattering, 856 November, 1894 State library and Supreme Court building erected at a cost of $300,000, dedicated at Concord..... .Jan. 8, 1895 Vote for governor: George A. Ramsdell, Republican, 48,387; Henry O. Kent, Democrat, 28,333; John C. Berry, Prohibition, 1,057; scattering, 1,015 November, 1896 March 12, 1889 Legislature elects Goodell governor by 168 to 114.... .June 5, 1889 Statue of Gen. John Stark, for which the legislature appropriated $12,000, unveiled in the State-house yard, Concord Vote for governor: Frank W. Rollins, Oct. 23, 1890 Republican, 44,730; Charles F. Stone, Vote for governor: Hiram A. Tuttle, Democrat, 35,653; Augustus G. Stevens, Republican, 42,479; Charles H. Amsden, Prohibition, 1,333; scattering, 749 Democrat, 42,386; Josiah M. Fletcher, Prohibition, 1,363; no choice November, 1898 Ex-Gov. Frederick Smith dies November, 1890 April 22, 1899 August, 1900 Old Home Week first celebrated in fifty Republican, 53,891; Frederick E. Potter, cities and towns.... August, 1899 Democrat, 34,956; Josiah M. Fletcher, Seventy towns celebrate Old Home Week Prohibition, 1,182..... November, 1900 One hundred towns celebrate Old Home Week..... ...August, 1901 Centennial anniversary of the graduation of Daniel Webster from Dartmouth celebrated at Hanover.... September, 1901 Tablet marking the home of Daniel Webster in Franklin unveiled......May, 1902 Joint presentation of bronze tablets to battle-ships Kearsarge and Alabama by people of New Hampshire, Governor Johnston and staff, of Alabama, attending, at Portsmouth. . . . . . . . . . . September, 1900 Vote for governor: Chester B. Jordan, NEW JERSEY New Jersey, one of the middle Atlantic and establish the first permanent settleStates of the United States of America, ment in New Jersey.... ....Oct. 28, 1664 lies between lat. 38° 56′ and 41° 21' Philip Carteret, appointed first English N., and long. 73° 53′ 51′′ and 75° 33′ governor of New Jersey, arrives at W. It is bounded on the north by New Elizabethtown with thirty settlers York, east by New York and Atlantic Ocean, south by Delaware Bay, and west by Delaware and Pennsylvania, from which it is separated by the Delaware River. Area, 8,715 square miles, in twenty-one counties. Population in 1890, 1,444,933; 1900, 1,883,669. Capital, Trenton. Henry Hudson, in the ship Half Moon, enters Delaware Bay, Aug. 28, 1609, and coasts the eastern shore of New Jersey on his way to Sandy Hook, where he anchors. .Sept. 3, 1609 First Dutch settlement on the Delaware is made near Gloucester, N. J., where Fort Nassau is built.... ....1623 Capt. Thomas Young, receiving a commission from Charles I., sails up the Delaware River to Trenton Falls..... Sept. 1, 1634 Number of English families settle on Salem Creek, at a place called by the Indians Asamohaking ...1640 Dutch acquire by deed a large tract of land in the eastern part of New Jersey called Bergen..... ...Jan. 30, 1658 Royal charter executed by Charles II., in favor of the Duke of York, of the whole region between the Connecticut and Delaware rivers.... . March 20, 1664 Present State of New Jersey granted by the Duke of York to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret by deed of lease and release, to be called Nova Cæsaria, or New Jersey.. June 23-24, 1664 August, 1665 Newark settled by thirty families from Connecticut.... . May 17, 1666 Grant of 276 acres issued for Hoboken May 12, 1668 Session of the first legislative Assembly of New Jersey held at Elizabethtown May 26, 1668 Bergen chartered.. ...Sept. 22, 1668 Settlers under grants from Governor Nicholls form an independent government whose deputies at Elizabethtown elect James Carteret governor.... May 14, 1672 Gov. Philip Carteret returns to England to lay the matter of the government of New Jersey before the proprietors....1672 First Friends' meeting - house built at Shrewsbury .....1672 Lord Berkeley sells his half interest in the province to two English Quakers, John Fenwick and Edward Byllinge March 18, 1673 New Netherlands, including New Jersey, surrendered to the Dutch......July, 1673 New Jersey again becomes an English province, under treaty of peace between England and Holland........ Feb. 9, 1674 Edward Byllinge, becoming financially embarrassed, assigns his contract to William Penn and others........ Feb. 10, 1674 Philip Carteret returns and resumes authority in New Jersey, meeting the General Assembly at Bergen.... Nov. 6, 1674 By license from Colonel Nicholls, gov Fenwick, sailing from London in the ernor under the Duke of York, a company, ship Griffith, arrives with a small comthe "Elizabethtown Associates," purchase pany of Quakers and settles at Salem the site of Elizabethtown from Indians, June, 1675 "Concessions and Agreements" of the uty ...1682 Revenues of Matenicunk Island, in the Delaware opposite Burlington, set apart for education. This is believed to be the first school fund in America... Robert Barclay appointed for life first proprietors of the Fenwick and Byllinge governor of east Jersey under the new purchase in New Jersey issued; Fenwick proprietary, with Thomas Rudyard as depto have one-tenth interest, and the assignees of Byllinge nine-tenths, and a government established........March 3, 1676 Quintipartite deed executed between William Penn and others, assignees of Byllinge, and Sir George Carteret, for a division of New Jersey into east and west, by a line drawn from Little Egg Harbor to the most northerly point or boundary on the Delaware, Carteret retaining east Jersey. ....July 1, 1676 Richard Hartshore and Richard Guy, of east Jersey, and James Wasse sent from England, authorized to establish a government for west Jersey, by the proprietors Aug. 18, 1676 Nine executive commissioners appointed by the proprietors of west Jersey under a constitution promulgated March 3, 1676, accompanied by a large number of settlers, arrive from England and purchase from the Indians a tract of land on the Delaware between Assunpink and Old Man's Creek...... . August, 1677 agents of the ...1677 Burlington laid out by London Land Company. Ship Shields, from Hull, the first ship to ascend the Delaware to Burlington, bringing settlers.. .Dec. 10, 1678 Sir George Carteret, proprietor of east Jersey, dies.. ...1679 Sir Edmund Andros claims the government of New Jersey, which repudiates his authority... ....June 2, 1680 Duke of York having submitted the claim of governmental power in New Jersey to a commission, which decides against Andros, he makes a second grant of west Jersey to the proprietors, Aug. 6, and of east Jersey... .Sept. 6, 1680 Vicinity of Trenton settled by Phineas Pemberton ..1680 First Assembly meets at Burlington and organizes a government, with Samuel Jennings as deputy governor.... Nov. 25, 1681 Carteret's heirs sell east Jersey to a company of proprietors, including William Penn and eleven others.... Feb. 1-2, 1682 Penn Company, now increased to twentyfour proprietors, secure a new conveyance of east Jersey from the Duke of York, with full powers of government .....1683 Perth Amboy laid out into lots....1683 First tavern or hotel in the province established at Woodbridge..... ...1683 Site of Camden occupied by Messrs. Cooper, Runyon, and Morris........1684 First Episcopal church in New Jersey, St. Peter's, founded at Perth Amboy. 1685 Byllinge dies, and Dr. Samuel Coxe, of London, purchases his interest in west Jersey .....1687 First Baptist church in east Jersey built at Middletown.. ...1688 Governor Barclay dies....Oct. 3, 1690 Presbyterian churches established in Freehold and Woodbridge.. ...1692 First school law of the State enacted by the General Assembly of east New Jersey at Perth Amboy, to maintain a school-master within the town Burlington incorporated. Oct. 12, 1693 .1693 ..1695 Government of New Jersey surrendered to the crown, and both provinces united April 17, 1702 Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury, appointed governor of New York and New Jersey by Queen Anne.... .... Nov. 16, 1702 General Assembly meets at Perth Amboy Nov. 10, 1703 First association of Seventh-day Baptists formed in Piscataway.... April, 1707 Lord Cornbury, removed from office by Queen Anne, is imprisoned for debt by his creditors ...1709 Paper money first issued in New Jersey 1709 Assembly votes to aid the English expedition against the French in Canada July 16, 1711 Schuyler copper-mines near Belleville discovered by Arent Schuyler........ 1719 First freestone quarried in New Jersey 1721 Law providing for triennial elections of deputies to Assembly and triennial sessions alternately at Burlington and Am March 14, 1682 boy ...1727 |