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All the resources that appear in this unit are gathered here for you—the photographs, maps, objects, audiovisuals, documents, videos, biographies, and vocabulary words. Click on the image below to see a larger view of each resource with more information about each one. On some of the resources you can even zoom in and get a closer look. So go ahead, dive in, and explore. Before you know it, you’ll be thinking like a historian.

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Biographies in this Unit:

A black and white photograph of a white man in a high-collared shirt, necktie, vest, and jacket. The photograph is centered in a gold frame with inwardly curved edges.
Abel Crawford
Daniel Webster
A solid black image of a moose, with white capital letters inside reading "SORRY, NO PICTURE AVAILABLE."
Ethan Allen Crawford
A colored painting of a white man with short brown hair, painted from the waist up. He is wearing a black cloak with a white collar. Two ends of a white necktie hang beneath the white collar.
Jeremy Belknap
A circular, colored portrait of a white man looking off to the right. He wears a blue coat with a yellow collar and a black tri-cornered hat.
John Stark
A solid black image of a moose, with white capital letters inside reading "SORRY, NO PICTURE AVAILABLE."
Philip Carrigain

Documents in this Unit:

A black and white printing of a piece of writing is bordered by small swirling decorations. Under the signature is a P.S. It reads "I will give you my volunteer toast. LIVE FREE OR DIE. --DEATH IS NOT THE GREATEST OF EVILS."
Live Free or Die
A horizontal document with several lines of text written in cursive handwriting in black ink on white paper.
Receipt for State House Builder
A vertical document on light brown paper. Drawn on the paper in black ink is the exterior of a building, showing rectangular bricks and two rows, or floors, of windows. The windows on the first floor are rectangular and the windows on the second floor are arched. Written in several of the rectangular bricks on the first floor are three-digit numbers. The document is splotched throughout with little black marks.
State House Stonecutting Plan
A vertical document with several paragraphs of typed text in black ink on white paper.
The Granite State
A vertical document with several lines of typed text in black ink on light brown paper. The title of the document, located along the upper border, reads "THE HISTORY/OF/NEW-HAMPSHIRE."
The History of New Hampshire

Explainer Videos and Virtual Field Trips in this Unit:

Mason Asks: What Is Mount Washington?
Mason Asks: What Was the Old Man of the Mountain?
Mason Explains: Factory Work
Mason Explains: From Farm to City
Mason Explains: From Homemade to Machine-Made
Mason Explains: Railroads in New Hampshire
Mason Explains: The New Hampshire State House
Mason Explains: Turnpikes in New Hampshire
Virtual Field Trip: New Hampshire Historical Society
Virtual Field Trip: The Concord Coach

Maps & Charts in this Unit:

In this historic map of New Hampshire, the seven counties of New Hampshire are different colors and labeled. On the state's borders, Lower Canada, Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont are labeled. All towns are outlined, and some are labeled. Rivers and bodies of water are noted. The title "Map of the State of New-Hampshire" is in the upper left corner; the words circle a drawing of the sun rising over a water scene.
Carrigain Map of New Hampshire
A colored vertical map of New Hampshire, outlined in red. Sections of the interior of New Hampshire are colored green, pink, and yellow. The title of the map, located in the upper left-hand corner, reads "COLTON"S/NEW HAMPSHIRE."
Colton's Map of New Hampshire
A colored horizontal map of the upper-most tip of New Hampshire. This section of New Hampshire is bordered by three sections of land, labelled left to right: "VERMONT," "MAINE," and "BRITISH PROVINCE OF LOWER CANADA." The rivers and lakes in this section of New Hampshire are labelled in blue text, and the area in the left-most corner of New Hampshire is colored in green. The title of the map, located along the left-side border, reads "Republic of/Indian Stream" in green text.
Indian Stream Republic
A vertical document with a curvy vertical line drawn through the middle of the paper. The line is drawn in brown ink on light brown paper. Scattered along the line are locations noted in cursive handwriting. To the left of the line are three hand-drawn images and the title of the drawing. The title reads "PLAN/OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE/TURNPIKE ROAD." Above and below the title are drawings of mountain ranges. Beneath the lower drawing of the mountain range is a compass rose.
Plan of the First New Hampshire Turnpike (detail)
A yellowed piece of paper of the states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Maine, and the Provinces of Quebec. The state of New Hampshire is highlighted in yellow, and has several red lines runniong throughout the state. The Atlantic Ocean is colored in blue to the right of New Hampshire. The title of the map, placed in bolded black text in the top left corner reads "RAILROAD MAP/OF/NEW HAMPSHIRE/ACCOMPANYING REPORT OF THE/RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS/1890"
Railroad Map of New Hampshire 1857
A colored vertical map of the New England states. Sections of each state are colored in several colors, including: yellow, pink, blue, and green. The title of the map, located in the lower right-hand corner, reads "Map of/MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE,/ VERMONT, MASSACHUSETTS,/RHODE ISLAND,/AND CONNECTICUT."
Transportation Map of New England

Objects in this Unit:

A leather pouch lying on a wooden table, laced up by leather ties. Pouring out of the pouch are several gold and brass colored coins.
Coins
Concord Coach
A carved gold-colored eagle statue. The wings of the eagle are spread open, and the neck is positioned slightly to the right.
Original State House Eagle

Photographs & Prints in this Unit:

A collection of fifteen individual black and white photographs of women, each enclosed in connecting gold oval frames, five photographs by three photographs. All of the women wear their hair parted down the middle and drawn up in the back, and wear dark-colored dresses of different styles.
Amoskeag Mill Girls
A black and white drawing of the side of a fire engine. The fire engine has a large wheel in the back and a slightly smaller wheel in the front. A large basin sits among gears in the back of the fire engine. There is a single seat at the front, placed behind a large horizontal steering wheel.
Amoskeag Self-Propelled Steam Fire Engine
A black and white drawing of two men and a young boy standing inside a room. The men are surrounded by farm products, including pumpkins and baskets of potatoes and apples. The man on the right holds two dead chickens by their feet and the man on the left pulls several papers out of his top hat. The young boy is sneaking through the door on the left side of the drawing and pulls an apple out of a basket.
Bartering
A colored bird's-eye-view of a town. The town has several red-colored buildings and small white houses which dot white roads and a green landscape.
Bird's Eye View of the Village of Farmington
A black and white drawing of a train engine designed to look like a giant boot. The engine pulls several carts of shoe boxes. The engine has smoke and individual shoes coming out of the top of it.
Boot and Shoe Card
A black and white photograph of the exterior of a store. The store is two-stories tall and has two entrances. Two men stand in front of the entrance to the right, underneath a sign that reads "C.F. PETTENGILL." and four women stand in front of the entrance to the left, underneath a sign that reads "FANCY DRY GOODS." The women wear long dresses with long sleeves and the men wear jackets and pants.
C. F. Pettengill Store
A colored painting of a body of water surrounded by green trees and grassy areas. Several cattle graze on the grassy areas facing the water. In the distance are several multi-storied buildings. A train with multiple passenger cars rides towards the buildings. A sailboat and two flat-bottomed rafts float on the body of water.
Concord, New Hampshire
A colored painting of a large, three-storied house in an open field in the middle of a mountain range. At the center of the painting is a woman on horseback and a man leading the horse towards the left-hand side of the painting. On the left side of the painting, there is a group of men and women all on horseback, entering a forest. The house is in the right side of the painting, and has several groups of people and horses standing in front of the house or gathered on the front porch.
Crawford House, Crawford Notch
A colored postcard of a mountain region. Green trees are mixed in with multi-colored trees in the valley of the mountains. Above the mountain region is a clouded blue sky.
Crawford Notch
A colored painting of a white man with brown hair seen from the waist up. He wears a white shirt underneath a black coat with brass-colored buttons and a black necktie.
Daniel Webster
A black and white drawing of a cluster of multi-storied buildings sitting on the edge of a body of water. A group of ducks swim in the water and three men fish from the shore in the forefront of the drawing.
Dover Factories
A circular black-ink drawing on white paper of a three-story building with a dome. The drawing is borded by cursive handwriting that curves along with the circle's edges.
Early State House Drawing
A colored painting of a body of water surrounded by flat grassy lands, trees, and rounded hills. A man and woman walk along a grassy path next to the body of water. The man wears a black suit with a top hat and a cane, and the woman wears a long white and blue dress. Floating on the water, near the shore, are two boats.
Erie Canal, 1825
A black and white drawing of a small train engine pulling carriages of people and supplies. The title of the drawing, located along the bottom border, reads: "FIRST TRAIN OF CARS IN AMERICA."
First Train of Cars in America
A colored photograph of a white two-storied house, with several multi-storied buildings attached to the back of it. Surrounding the house is a green field and tall trees with green leaves.
Frost Farm
A colored drawing of a bald white man riding a brown horse down a road lined with multi-storied houses. The man leans forward on his horse, making it look like he is riding fast. In front of the horse on the road are white geese running and flying away from the horse. To the sides and back of the horse are several dogs chasing after the horse. Groups of men, women, and children watch the scene from the sides of the road.
Galloping Through the Turnpike Gate
A black and white photograph shows an image of workers in a granite quarry. The ground in the photograph is littered with white stones, large and small and generally angular. The rocky and chiseled sides of the quarry act as the backdrop. Two men are seated in the foreground on large white blocks of stone, with mallets and pegs. The seated men are hitting the pegs with mallets. One man stands behind them, and all three men are looking at the camera. A group of four men talk around a white block of stone in the background at the photograph’s center.
Granite Quarry Workers
A black and white photograph of a grassy field to the left of a river, on which several sheep graze.
Grazing Sheep
Grist Mill
A black and white photograph of a long flat-bottomed boat with a tall, diagonal mast. The boat's sails are tied to the mast. The boat floats in a body of water and is anchored to a piece of land, on which a wooden structure sits to its right. Onboard the boat are several bundles of cargo. The land on the other side of the body of water is filled with trees.
Gundalow Fanny M
A colored painting of a small cottage in a wooded area, surrounded by a fence. In front of the cottage is a large grassy field. Five people walk in front of the fence in groups. One of the people walks along with a donkey and a sheep.
King's Road, Chelsea
A colored painting of a two-story white house with several barns and out buildings in a large grassy field. Behind the buildings are large green hills covered with trees. In front of the buildings are several piles of green hay. Five men with rakes work in the field. A large pile of hay sits on top of a flat wagon, pulled by two brown oxen.
Leete Farm, West Claremont, New Hampshire
A black and white drawing of a sheep with curved horns on its head. The sheep stands on a patch of grass. The title of the drawing, located along the bottom border, reads: "MERINO RAM."
Merino Sheep
A colored drawing of a two-storied house on the banks of a river, with two large wheels attached to the back of it. Half of the wheels are submerged in the water, and two small waterfalls rush just beyond the wheels down into the river below. The banks on either side of the river have green grass and trees.
Mill at New Ipswich
A colored drawing of a valley in the middle of a mountain range. A curvy river cuts through the valley, and is surrounded by grasslands and hills covered in trees. A horse-drawn carriage crosses the river over a wood-plank bridge.
Mount Washington and the White Hills
A colored painting of a three-story yellow house and barn in a wooded area. A curved dirt path leads to the house. A man, a dog, two sheep, and two cows walk along the path towards the house.
New England Homestead
A colored drawing of a single-masted ship propped up by wooden stilts on a sandy piece of land, next to a body of water. A raised American flag flies from the ship's back. Several people stand around the ship on the sand. In the background, the sun is seen rising from the body of water. The words "NEW HAMPSHIRE" are typed in black text on a red scrolled ribbon. Underneath the ribbon are the words "NEW HAMPSHIRE" printed again, but in a thinner font than the ribbon text.
New Hampshire Coat of Arms
A black and white photograph of the entrance hallway of a two-storied building. The building's front door is on the left side of the photograph. A large semi-circular desk with various small statues and objects sits on the right-side of the photograph. Surrounding the room are several passage ways, which could be entered through arched doorways. The building's second floor, bordered by sets of windows and shutters, can be seen from this room.
New Hampshire Historical Society Museum
A colored postcard of a large building surrounded by tall trees. The building is two stories high, with a large dome sitting on top. The front of the building has a porch held up by several columns and has a pointed roof. The words "State Captiol Concord, N.H." are written in black text in the lower left hand corner. Sitting in the top right hand corner is a badge with a a setting sun, a large sailboat on a beach, and several people walking around. The words "NEW HAMPSHIRE" are written along the bottom of the badge.
New Hampshire State House
A colored photograph of a two-storied building, with a large dome sitting on top. The front of the building juts out from the rest of the building, and has a two-storied porch held up by several columns and has a pointed roof. There is a flag pole on either side of the dome, which both have flags on them.
New Hampshire State House
A colorized photograph of a rocky cliff. At the cliff's edge, the rocks come together to form the profile of a man's face. Green trees are seen at the bottom of the cliff.
Old Man of the Mountain Photograph
A colored postcard of a two-storied, L-shaped building. The building is red with large white windows. The part of the building that is L-shaped has a white dome on top of it and a wooden walkway leading up to it. The title of the postcard, located along the upper border, reads: "Old Slater Mill, Pawtucket, R. I. The oldest Cotton Mill in the United States." There are also words along the bottom border, which read: " Erected 1793. Painted by Alfred Carufel."
Old Slater Mill
A black and white photograph of a three-story building with a dome. The building sits in front of a large grassy area, scattered throughout with trees. The lawn is borded by a fence. A three-story building sits to its left and a church sits to its right.
Original State House Photo
A black and white photograph of six men working in an office. Five of the men sit at large desks and one man stands in the back of the room and looks through files at a cabinet. The room is lined with several tall cabinets with multiple drawers.
Patent Office
A black and white drawing of a large group of people looking at tall boots and shoes. Some of the people have speech bubbles positioned near their mouths. A sign that hangs along the upper border of the drawing reads: "BOOTS & SHOES ONE PRICE CASH/SHOE STORE."
Poster No. 5—Boots and Shoes
A colored painting of a large flat area in front of a body of water. The land is bordered by several two-storied buildings, positioned near the water. On the right side of the drawing are large log piles and a white steamship. Several groups of people stand or ride on horse-drawn carriages in front of the buildings. Words that appear above the painting read: "LAKE AND MOUNTAIN VIEWS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE" while the title of the painting, located along the bottom border, reads: "RAILROAD AND STEAMBOAT STATION/ALTON BAY, N.H."
Railroad and Steamboat Station
A colored photograph of a large auditorium-style room, taken from above. There are five sections of pitched seats in rows, all facing a large, multi-level desk at the front of the room. Behind the large desk are five large painted portraits of white men.
Representatives' Hall
A colored watercolor painting of several large buildings and small houses in the middle of a large, open green field. Behind the large buildings is a river and to its left is a railroad track. The houses are in two rows in front of the large buildings and face each other. A road with several people in carriages is in front of the houses. Beneath this image is the title of the painting, which reads "SAWYER WOOLEN MILLS/DOVER, N.H."
Sawyer Woolen Mills
A colored photograph of a carved label in the side of a gray building. The label reads "THE NATION'S OLDEST STATE HOUSE/IN WHICH THE LEGISLATURE STILL/OCCUPIES ITS ORIGINAL CHAMBERS/ 1819 JUNE 2 1969."
State House Anniversary Inscription
A close-up colored photograph of a gray building's dome. The sides of the dome are lined with arched white windows and the dome itself is gold-colored. Sitting on top of the dome is an eagle statue, which has its wings stretched out to its sides.
State House Dome
A black and white photograph of a three-story building with a dome. Two levels of column-lined porches jut out from the center of the building and is crowned by a pointed roof. The sides of the dome are lined with arched windows. Sitting on top of the dome is an eagle statue, which has its wings stretched out to its sides.
State House Expanded and Remodeled
A black and white engraving of a three-story building with a dome. The building sits in front of a large grassy area, scattered throughout with trees. The lawn is borded by a fence. Several groups of people walk in front of the building. The title of the engraving, located along the bottom border, reads "STATE HOUSE IN CONCORD, N. H."
State House in Concord Engraving
A colored photograph of the interior of a large room, taken from above. One large desk sits atop a podium, and there are several smaller desks in front of it and to its right. Behind the desks are four sets of arched wall murals, each depicting a different scene.
State House Murals
A colored postcard of a group of multi-storied houses and churches facing each other across a green field. At the forefront of the postcard is a curved white picket fence. The title of the postcard, located along the upper border, reads "'Storrowton' New England Village, Eastern States Exposition, Springfield , Mass. 72873 35."
Storrowton New England Village
A black and white drawing of a woman working on a thread in front of a textile machine. She wears a short-sleeved shirt and a long skirt with an apron. There is a carton of cylinders with yarn wrapped around them next to the machine. In the background, there are women working in front of identical machines.
The Bobbin Girl
A colored painting of a carriage filled with people and suitcases being pulled by four horses. The front two horses are white and the back two horses are brown. The carriage is painted red and has yellow wheels. Several women and children wave to the passengers in the carriage from the sides of the dirt road. Two young boys try to hang on to the back of the carriage.
The Pemigewasset Coach
A colored painting of a carriage filled with people being drawn by four horses down a hill on a dirt path. To the right of the path is a curvy path that leads to a body of water. The carriage carries seven men and one woman. The woman holds a baby in her arms. One of the men has dropped his hat out of the carriage's window and he reaches out the side of the carriage to try and catch it.
Travel by Stagecoach Near Trenton, New Jersey
A colored painting of a body of water surrounded by green trees and grassy areas. To the right of the water is a dirt path. Several cattle graze on the grassy areas in front of the water and on the path. In the distance are several multi-storied buildings.
View Near Passaconaway Club House
A colored painting of a dirt path through a wooded area. There are several groups of people, horse-drawn wagons, and cattle traveling on the path.
Wooded Landscape with a Wagon Train
A colored painting of a dirt path through a wooded area. An open field sits to the left of the path and a small cottage sits to the path's right. Two people and a dog walk along the dirt path, towards the viewer. There is also another person on the path in the distance, walking away from the viewer.
Woodland Road
A colored drawing of several train engines pulling many multi-colored passenger and box train cars. The trains at the top and bottom of the drawing drive in a straight line, but the rest of the trains drive in curvy patterns.
Zig-Zag Passenger and Freight Train