Men and Things of Exeter New Hampshire

Men and Things of Exeter New Hampshire provides a detailed record of the early settlement and social evolution of Exeter, New Hampshire, tracing its origins from the 1638 arrival of Rev. John Wheelwright. The text documents the town’s revolutionary spirit, highlighting its transition from a vulnerable frontier outpost to a patriot headquarters where citizens actively resisted British authority. A significant portion of the work is dedicated to the intellectual and religious landscape, cataloging the progression of the local printing press and the complex internal schisms of various ecclesiastical societies. By blending genealogical facts with anecdotes of popular uprisings and visits from figures like George Washington, the author preserves the material history of the community for future generations.

This fragment is made up of a series of hastily written articles which appeared in the columns of the Exeter Newsletter, in 1871. A few copies were printed in this form for presentation to the writer’s friends.

Men and things of Exeter. Sketches from the history of an old New Hampshire town

Contents

There are no chapters 9 and 10. Perhaps the Ecclesiastical chapter being so long was initially published in three parts?

1. Introductory and Outlinear, page 1
2. Pre-Revolutionary, 5
3. Revolutionary, 8
4. The Press, 11
5. Newspaperial,17
6. Antinomian, 24
7. Incidents, 34
8. Incidents, 37
9. Missing
10. Missing
11. Ecclesiastical, 41
12. The New Parish, 65
13. The Baptist Society, 70

Source

Bell, Charles Henry, Men and things of Exeter. Sketches from the history of an old New Hampshire town, Exeter, N.H. : Printed at The News-letter press, 1871

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