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3 giorni fa · Dartmouth College was originally conceived as a missionary school for Native Americans. The idea came from Rev. Eleazar Wheelock who established an Indian school in Connecticut as early as 1756. Hoping to move and expand his small school, Wheelock sent two of his best Indian students to England to raise funds a few years before the American Revolution.
5 giorni fa · Origin: This territory was first granted in 1765 as Dartmouth, after William Legge, Earl of Dartmouth and patron of Dartmouth College. The location was so deep in unexplored territory that few took up their claims, and a regrant was issued to several influential men from about the state.
1 giorno fa · William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth: Christ Church John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville: Christ Church Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford: Christ Church Charles Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville: Christ Church James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope: Trinity George Waldegrave, 7th Earl Waldegrave: Christ Church Gerard Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth ...
1 giorno fa · The Roundhead Association is part of The English Civil War Society, which is dedicated to the re-enactment of life during the English Civil War period. The Roundhead Association represent the Parliamentarians. Our army is made up of a number of Brigades whose Regiments take their names and uniforms from those of the 17th century.
3 giorni fa · Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel. Lady Elizabeth Stuart. Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (12 July 1628 – 13 January 1684) was an English nobleman and politician. He was the second son of Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, and Lady Elizabeth Stuart. He succeeded his brother Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk after Thomas's death in 1677.
4 giorni fa · HAIL, happy day, when, smiling like the morn, Fair Freedom rose New-England to adorn: The northern clime beneath her genial ray, Dartmouth, congratulates thy blissful sway: Elate with hope her race no longer mourns, Each soul expands, each grateful bosom burns, While in thine hand with pleasure we behold The silken reins, and Freedom's charms unfold.
4 giorni fa · The name Kittery goes way back to the early 1600s. The "oldest town in Maine" was settled some time in the 1620s and was incorporated in 1647. Like almost all towns along the Piscataqua, Kittery was named by English settlers in honor of their homeland. But this town was named, not for another town, but for a manor house.
