Original Thirteen Colonies
New Hampshire Colony Research Blueprint
Important but more dependent on printed state papers and local repositories; elevate the 1779 petition of Prince Whipple and other 'Natives of Africa.'
New Englandphase-two-index-and-local-repository-workLaunch priority 2
Safety and claim boundary
This page is a source-acquisition and review blueprint. It does not turn colonial records, petitions, maps, museum interpretation, oral tradition, or repository targets into certification of identity, ancestry, descent, tribe, nationality, DNA conclusions, legal status, community membership, Muur/Moor claims, spiritual interpretation, ownership, or family continuity.
Private knowledge may guide caution, but public claims require public, reviewable evidence and clear source status.
Source readiness
phase-two-index-and-local-repository-work: Needs scan requests, local repository work, or deeper finding-aid review before image-rich publication.
Research modules
Founding law
NH grants and Piscataqua/Exeter agreements as legal backbone.
Maps and land
State papers, deeds, port records, house records, family papers.
Indigenous perspective
Abenaki Heritage Initiative and oral tradition paired with colonial papers.
Black records and testimony
1779 petition by Prince Whipple and other 'Natives of Africa' as signature counter-voice.
Religion and print
Printed state papers and local publications; avoid overclaiming from summary editions.
Migration, Loyalism, and movement
Portsmouth and Piscataqua materials for port and migration context.
Archaeology and material culture
Strawbery Banke and local house records for lived-place interpretation.
Signature source targets
Each card is intentionally labeled as a source target unless the route later verifies URL, rights, and item-level citation details.
Provincial and State Papers
Repository or steward: verify in Source Review before citation.
Why it matters: helps compare law, land, testimony, print, movement, or material culture against the colony blueprint.
source targetverify URLrights check
Suggested next step: add to a source table, verify access, request scan or permission when needed, and route sensitive wording to Source Review.
1779 petition of Prince Whipple and other 'Natives of Africa'
Repository or steward: verify in Source Review before citation.
Why it matters: helps compare law, land, testimony, print, movement, or material culture against the colony blueprint.
source targetverify URLrights check
Suggested next step: add to a source table, verify access, request scan or permission when needed, and route sensitive wording to Source Review.
Abenaki Heritage Initiative and Abenaki oral tradition
Repository or steward: verify in Source Review before citation.
Why it matters: helps compare law, land, testimony, print, movement, or material culture against the colony blueprint.
source targetverify URLrights check
Suggested next step: add to a source table, verify access, request scan or permission when needed, and route sensitive wording to Source Review.
New Hampshire State Archives
Repository or steward: verify in Source Review before citation.
Why it matters: helps compare law, land, testimony, print, movement, or material culture against the colony blueprint.
source targetverify URLrights check
Suggested next step: add to a source table, verify access, request scan or permission when needed, and route sensitive wording to Source Review.
Portsmouth Athenaeum and Strawbery Banke
Repository or steward: verify in Source Review before citation.
Why it matters: helps compare law, land, testimony, print, movement, or material culture against the colony blueprint.
source targetverify URLrights check
Suggested next step: add to a source table, verify access, request scan or permission when needed, and route sensitive wording to Source Review.
Source readiness and acquisition notes
Start with founding law, then move into lived records. Do not let a charter, grant, deed, petition, sermon, travel account, or museum label stand alone when the claim concerns people, identity, legal status, land, or community memory.
Founding law targets
- New Hampshire grants
- Exeter/Piscataqua agreements
Required public-use checks
- Confirm repository or steward.
- Record item title, date, creator, collection, rights, and access path.
- Separate quotation from interpretation.
- Use Safe Sharing when a record touches living people, private family knowledge, genetic information, or sensitive identity claims.