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The Paper Money Riot, or Exeter Rebellion, was an armed uprising in Exeter, New Hampshire, on September 20, 1786. Following the American Revolution, the nation, states, and many individuals were deeply in debt. The lack of specie and paper currency in circulation made the payment of debts difficult for poor farmers.
1644 August 31: Cornish Royalist victory at the Second Battle of Lostwithiel. 1645 Cornish Royalist leader Sir Richard Grenville, 1st Baronet makes Launceston his base and he stations Cornish troops along the River Tamar and issues them with instructions to keep "all foreign troops out of Cornwall". Grenville tries to use "Cornish particularist ...
The garrison of Exeter was initially commanded by William de Vauville but soon passed to Baldwin FitzGilbert (or de Meulles), while Brian of Brittany was made earl of the West Country. [ 22 ] Gytha and her entourage sailed from the siege at Exeter to the Bristol Channel where she established a base on the island of Flat Holm , possibly in the ...
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Exeter, New Hampshire" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
William of Malmesbury, writing around 1120, says that in about 927, King Æthelstan of England expelled the Cornish from Exeter and fixed Cornwall's eastern boundary at the River Tamar. T. M. Charles-Edwards dismisses William's account as an "improbable story" on the ground that Cornwall was by then firmly under English control. [35]
927 – Athelstan evicts the Cornish from Exeter (and perhaps the rest of Devon), according to William of Malmesbury, writing around 1120. [6] 932 – Monastery founded by Athelstan. [3] 1003 – Exeter sacked by forces of Sweyn of Denmark. [3] 1048 – Episcopal see relocated to Exeter from Crediton. [4] 1050 – Leofric becomes bishop of ...
The Edward Sewall Garrison is a historic house at 16 Epping Road in Exeter, New Hampshire. With a construction history dating to 1676, it is one of New Hampshire's oldest buildings, and is a rare example of a formerly fortified garrison house in its original location. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
The Maj. John Gilman House is a historic house at 25 Cass Street in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States. Built in 1738, it is a well-preserved example of a Georgian gambrel-roof house, further notable for its association with the locally prominent Gilman family. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]