Salma
Hale (1787-1866)
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Birthplace
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Alstead, N.H. |
Occupation
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Printer,
lawyer |
| Congressional Service |
House 1817-19 (R-New Hampshire) |
Newspaper
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Walpole,
N.H. Political Observatory, 1805-1808 (took over from Stanley
Griswold) |
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Federal
appointments
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Secretary
to commission appointed under Treaty of Ghent to determine
northeastern boundary |
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| Other
offices |
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Clerk
of the court of common pleas, Cheshire County, N.H., ca. 1810s |
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Clerk
of N.H. Supreme Court, 1817-34 |
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Member,
N.H. House of Reps., 1823, 1828, 1844; N.H. Senate, 1824-25,
1845-46 |
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Notes
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Elected
during Compensation Act backlash year of 1816 |
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Author
of an early school history text, History of the United
States, from their first settlement as colonies to the close of
the administration of Mr. Madison in 1817 (multiple editions,
1826-45) |
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