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New Hampshire and the Continental Congress
New Hampshire participated in the First Continental Congress. The New Hampshire Provincial Congress elected two delegates in July, John Sullivan and Nathaniel Folsom, and they attended the first meeting of the First Continental Congress on September 5, 1774.
Salem’s Report
In the aftermath of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, news spread from Massachusetts to the rest of the colonies. The Massachusetts Provincial Congress and political leaders in the towns and counties, including Salem, created reports of the events, to ensure the British were depicted as having started hostilities.
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Bombardment of Bristol, 1775
The Bombardment of Bristol was a British naval attack on the town of Bristol, Rhode Island that took place on October 7, 1775. It was part of a series of raids carried out by Captain James Wallace in the waters off Rhode Island to seize provisions for British troops during the Siege of Boston.
