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Province of New Hampshire
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Province of New Hampshire
The
Province of New Hampshire
is a name first given in 1629 to the territory between the
Merrimack
and
Piscataqua
rivers on the eastern coast of
North America
. It was formally organized as an
English
royal colony
on October 7, 1691, during the period of
English colonization
. The charter was enacted May 14, 1692, by
William and Mary
, the joint monarchs of
England
and
Scotland
, at the same time that the
Province of Massachusetts Bay
was created. The territory is now the
U.S. state
of
New Hampshire
, and was named after the county of
Hampshire
in southern England by
Captain John Mason
, its first proprietor.
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