Comments on: July 4 it is https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/july-4-it-is/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 21 May 2026 16:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/july-4-it-is/comment-page-1/#comment-277476 Isegoria Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:30:26 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=25550#comment-277476 To clarify, Exeter was the capital of New Hampshire during the revolution:

Exeter suffered its last Indian raid in August of 1723 and by 1725 the tribes had left the area. In 1774 the rebellious Provincial Congress began to meet in the Exeter Town House after Colonial Governor John Wentworth banned it from the colonial capitol at Portsmouth. In July of 1775, the Provincial Congress had the provincial records seized from royal officials in Portsmouth and brought to Exeter as well. And so Exeter became New Hampshire’s Revolutionary War capital, an honor it held for fourteen years until Concord assumed the role.

The Continental Congresses were held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, then the largest city in the colonies.

]]> By: Kalim Kassam https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/july-4-it-is/comment-page-1/#comment-277430 Kalim Kassam Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:25:27 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=25550#comment-277430 I spent my high-school years in Exeter, New Hampshire — which was the colonial capital at the time of the revolution. I found it very charming that their Independence Day parade isn’t until July 16th, the date New Hampshire’s printed copy of the Declaration arrived from Philadelphia and was read to the townspeople.

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