John Livingston of Walpole, New Hampshire
Transcription of the John Livingston Family History from Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, page 312.
Grave Robbing – Miss Pruda Temple of Westmoreland, New Hampshire
Grave robbing used to be a real concern. We read of the body-knapping of Miss Prude Temple by a medical student in Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, page 252: Lydia [Floyd], b. at Weston, June 1,...Walpole N.H. from 1724 to 1750
Transcription of the history section from 1724 to 1750 from Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, page 7.
Topics: Introduction—Shad and salmon—Wigwams—Gov. Belcher—John Wentworth—His son Benning—State boundaries—Equivalent lands—Indian fight at Great Meadows—Capture of Nehemiah How—Settlement of John Kilburn and family—Shooting of David Rugg—His Burial—Charters—Settlements of Charlestown, Hinsdale, Chesterfield, Keene and Westmoreland.
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Westmoreland, NH Description
This is a transcription of the Westmoreland, NH description from New Hampshire As It Is by Edwin A. Charlton; Part II: A Gazetteer of New Hampshire by George Ticknor, Tracy and Sanford Publishers, Claremont, N. H., 1855.
Westmoreland, NH Description
This is a transcription of the Westmoreland, NH description from A Gazetteer of New Hampshire Containing Descriptions of all the Counties, Towns and Districts in the State by John Hayward, John P. Jewett (publisher), Boston, 1849.