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1719 - First potato planted in the US at Londonderry Common Field (Derry)
1767 - First summer resort in America, the summer home of Royal Governor John Wentworth at Wolfeboro, NH
1774 - First state to declare itself independent from England
1776 - First state to adopt a revolutionary constitution
1778 - First state to hold a constitutional convention
1783 - First state to require that its constitution be referred to the people for approval
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1833 - First free public library in the United States established at Peterborough, NH
1869 - first mountain climbing cog railroad (Mt. Washington)
1909 - First credit association in the nation chartered (St. Mary's Bank Credit Union)
1938 - First aerial passenger tramway in North America (Cannon Mt.)
1952 - Held the First-in-the-Nation Presidential Primary
1963 - Adopted the first legal lottery in the twentieth century United States
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Mineral Clubs - Meeting Dates
Saco Valley Gem and Mineral Club
3rd Monday of each month at the Albany, NH Town Hall - 7:00 PM
Keene
1st Saturday of each month at Keene State college, Bldg. 18, Keene, NH - 7:00 PM
Nashua
Last Wednesday of each month at the Nashua public Library, Court St., Nashua, NH in the downstairs
Theater Room - 7:00 PM
North Shore (MA)
3rd Friday of each month, St. Paul Episcopal Church, Washington St., Peabody, MA - 7:30 PM
Boston Mineral Club
1st Tuesday of each month, Harvard University Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge,
MA
Southeastern NH Mineral Club
2nd Wednesday of each month, St John's Methodist Church, 28 Cataract Avenue, Dover, NH - 7:00 PM
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