Description: "New HampshireOne of the thirteen original States. Settled by English Puritans at Dover and Portsmouth 1623. Named for Hampshire County, England, called the 'Granite State.' Ratified United States constitution June 21, 1788.""VermontFirst settled by Massachusetts emigrants near Brattleboro 1724. First State to join original 13. Called the Green Mountain State."— Edison Source: Thomas F. Edison, Edison's Handy Encyclopaedia of General Information and Universal Atlas (Chicago, IL: Laird and Lee, 1898) 499 Map Credit: The Private Collection of Roy Winkelman |
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