Photographed 28 November 2002
Links to Relevant Websiteshttp://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1764-00/Wentworth.htm John Wentworth II: the last Royal governor of New Hampshire http://www.state.nh.us/nhdhr/glikeness/wentjohnroy.html Governor John Wentworth and the American Revolution by Paul W.Wilderson http://www.dartmouth.edu/acad-inst/upne/0-87451-656-0.html Government House http://lt.gov.ns.ca/inner/frames/government/content/history.html Sir John Wentworth http://www.canadianheritage.org/reproductions/10240.htm The Wentworths: a benevolent aristocratic family dynasty of appointed governors ...When Governor Wentworth discovered a mob pointing a cannon at his home, he took the hint. Wentworth removed his family to Boston and later to Nova Scotia... http://www.seacoastnh.com/history/rev/ John Wentworth NH's last British leader did his best to keep peace, but John and Frances Wentworth had to flee ... John Wentworth engendered less ill-will among Americans than almost any other highly placed British official in the colonies. Yet, in spite of favorable sentiment, Wentworth could not avoid the decree of history and became one of the tragic figures of the American Revolution... http://www.seacoastnh.com/framers/wentworth.html Proclamation by His Excellency John Wentworth, 10 March 1774 http://memory.loc.gov/rbc/rbpe/rbpe08/rbpe087/08701500/001dr.jpg Governor Wentworth's Volunteers: Report of Formation 16 October 1777 http://www.royalprovincial.com/military/rhist/govwent/gvwform.htm Joshua Wentworth House ...John Wentworth's Wolfeboro house was palatial in size. One hundred feet wide and forty deep, it was one of the great mansions of New England. The Governor spent several summers in the house as work continued on it. In 1775, however, as revolutionary events reached New Hampshire, Wentworth left the province never to see Portsmouth or Wolfeboro again... http://www.strawberybanke.org/museum/wentworth/wentworth.html Wentworth Estate historic marker http://www.geocities.com/afka_bob/nhhistmk/nhhist053.htm Governor Wentworth: letter to Governor Gage 14 December 1774 http://www.izaak.unh.edu/exhibits/1774/WENT1.HTM Governor Wentworth: letter to the Earl of Dartmouth 20 December 1774 http://www.izaak.unh.edu/exhibits/1774/WENT3.HTM Governor Wentworth: Official Proclamation 26 December 1774 http://www.izaak.unh.edu/exhibits/1774/WENT4.HTM |
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