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New Hampshire: Map, History and Much More from Answers.com (5796 words) |
 | New Hampshire was home to the famous rock formation called the Old Man of the Mountain, a face-like profile in Franconia Notch, until May 2003, when the formation, an icon of the state, fell apart. |
 | New Hampshire was a Jacksonian stronghold; the state sent Franklin Pierce to the White House in the election of 1852. |
 | New Hampshire has a bifurcated executive branch, consisting of the governor and a five-member Executive Council which votes on state contracts over $5,000 and "advises and consents" to the governor's nominations to major state positions such as department heads and all judgeships and pardon requests. |
| The US50 - A guide to the state of New Hampshire - History (1330 words) |
 | While the new towns were occasionally given the names of the leading grantees, not a few of them bore the historic names of English royalty, frequently those of friends and relatives of Governor Wentworth and his own royal family, the Rockinghams, in England. |
 | A pre-Revolution event occurring in New Hampshire was the removal in 1774, by a small party of patriots at New Castle, of the powder and guns at Fort William and Mary. |
 | New Hampshire's John Langdon was the first acting vice-president of the United States, and was President of the Senate when Washington was elected first president. |