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Old 10-16-2009, 10:51 PM   #2
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The special collections library at the NH Historical Society in Concord has several lists of recipients of financial support in antebellum NH - as well as the reasons for their status. Everything ranging from recent widowhood to idiocy.

Can't recall specific towns.
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