Why do they call it New Hampshire?

On October 11, 1825, only a few days later, the New Hampshire Gazette, page 3, vol LXX, issue 47, wrote: “If New-Hampshire is called a Granite State, Boston may be called a Granite City–for Art makes as great a display of this beautiful and durable material here, as nature does there.–Best. Pal. read more

New Hampshire New Hampshire is one of the most straight ahead names among the New England states. The English explorer/colonizer John Mason sought and received a grant of land, roughly half the area between the Merrimack and Kennebec River. read more